The Asia-Pacific is poised for 355 GW in New Solar, 43 GW in Offshore Wind in the next Decade
“I am a Nationalist” – Donald Trump apes Mussolini in Drive to destroy America
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump proudly says he is a “nationalist.” He is, of course, saying this to shore up support among white nationalists. The Nazi sites on the web were all having wet dreams in the aftermath. From the 1990s, polling has found that about 10% of Americans support far right militias. These […]
Does Turkey Aim to unseat Saudi Crown Prince MBS via Khashoggi Affair?
Turkey columnist: Jared Kushner, UAE crown prince Bin Salman made up a ‘devils triangle’
Germany halts arms Sales to Riyadh, as Investors sell $1 bn in Saudi Stocks
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that Germany would put arms sales to Saudi Arabia on hold in light of the murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. She said that they “could not take place in our current circumstances.” Meanwhile, foreign investors sold […]
Socialism is Healthy: US Barracuda Capitalism is Literally Killing us
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US has fallen off a cliff on global health statistics, plummeting an unprecedented 21 places in the world index. Moreover, the US is expected to fall even further behind over the next 20 years. Mellan Solly at The Smithsonian Magazine analyzed the numbers in a just-published Lancet article While […]
Top Five Ways Trump Enabled MBS Murder of Journalist Khashoggi
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump said Friday that he finds “credible” the bald-faced and ridiculous lies the Saudi government came up with to explain the death of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He thereby signaled his intention of sweeping the affair under the table for the sake of Saudi arms sales. His position is no […]
Buy an Electric Car and Foil Kushner’s Plan to let Khashoggi’s Murder Blow Over
Jared Kushner is said to believe the whole affair will blow over.
Did Trump Have an Obligation to Warn Khashoggi? Juan Cole @ Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann Show | (Video Interview) | – – How much responsibility does Donald Trump have, after not warning Khashoggi, and what does this say to the state of journalism, free speech, the Trump administration, America and the World. Professor Juan Cole joins the Thom Hartmann Program to discuss this and his new book, Muhammad: […]
Islam: The Essence of the Qur’an is Compassionate Love: Qur’an 90
An early chapter of the Qur’an is 90, “The City.” It contrasts the wealthy elite of Mecca in western Arabia in the 610s of the Common Era with the small band of Muhammad’s Believers. Verses 12-17 go this way: And how would I make you understand the steep path? It is freeing a slave or […]
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