On Sunday, the elected Libyan National Congress acted decisively to hold a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur. The same body had put him in power on September 12, but had grown increasingly impatient with his lack of leadership qualities. They complained that he took too long to form a government, that […]
Top Ten Things Mitt Romney’s Insults to Spain tell us About Him
Mitt Romney has caused a tiff with Spain by saying that its economic crisis was caused by government over-spending and saying he doesn’t want the US to end up like Spain. The Spanish are bewildered, since Romney’s charge (like most of the things he said in last week’s debate) is simply untrue. So here are […]
Sunday Afternoon Reading on the Exciting Middle East
California gasoline crisis shows Desirability of Hybrid, Electric Cars
The Big Oil lobby is always talking about how unreliable wind and solar energy are. They say the wind doesn’t blow all the time, and the sun doesn’t shine at night. But actually, there are ways, such as hydropumps, to store renewable energy for use later. And increasingly sophisticated computer programs are getting good at […]
Global Facebook Network Connections on the Eve of the Arab Spring (Image)
At first I thought that this late 2010 map of Facebook network connections left the Arab world blank. But I zeroed in, and Tunis, Alexandria and Lebanon are all actually quite bright, which fits the statistics we have from that time.
Half of All Solar Panels are in Germany (Video)
Video report on how exactly Germany’s renewable energy revolution has worked. From Renewable Energy Magazine
2012 Rumble/ Debate between Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart (Video)
The 2012 Rumble (debate) between Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart: Best line: ‘Why should anyone vote for President Obama again?” Jon Stewart: “There are only two candidates and he is running against Mitt Romney.”
Omar Khayyam (336)
I know the outside of being and nothingness, and I know the inside of the high and the low. Even so, I should be ashamed of all my knowledge if I knew of any higher status than drunkenness. Translated by Juan Cole from Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, [pdf] Whinfield 336
Imran Khan Protest Convoy Against US Drones Heads toward Waziristan, Pakistan
Charismatic Pakistani opposition politician, Imran Khan, set out Saturday from Islamabad in a motorized convoy for a mobile protest by his Justice Party against continued US drone strikes on the tribal belt in northern Pakistan. His convoy, made up of all sorts of vehicles, was also joined by activists from Lahore and other cities. A […]
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