The Egyptian military pushed back Friday against largely Salafi protesters, who insisted on attempting to get near to the Ministry of Defense in the al-Abbasiya district. When they tried to cut through the barbed wire keeping them off the MoD grounds, troops used water cannon and teargas to disperse them, and charged the crowd, pushing […]
Military-Salafi Clashes in Egypt Injured hundreds, Kill 1 Soldier
“Democracy becomes a government of bullies . . .” (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poster)
Romney v. Carter (Jamiol Cartoon)
Courtesy Paul Jamiol
No, Virginia, Iran isn’t in Bed with Al-Qaeda (Abbotabad Trove)
The al-Qaeda documents released by West Point’s Center for Combatting Terrorism (which needs to be better funded by Congress) show that the whole warmonger meme that Iran and al-Qaeda are in bed is a complete crock. Ali Gharib at Think Progress shows that the flurry of Weekly Standard articles alleging al-Qaeda-Iran links in recent months […]
Omar Khayyam (128): Lovers are at home in heaven and in hell
Seekers of the truth look at the lovely and the ugly as the same. Lovers are at home in heaven and in hell. Those who’ve lost their hearts can dress in satin or sack cloth; the infatuated do not know if they are laying down their heads in clouds or resting them on earthen bricks. Translated by […]
Raging Weather & Climate Change (McKibben)
Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com Too Hot Not to Notice? A Planet Connected by Wild Weather By Bill McKibben The Williams River was so languid and lovely last Saturday morning that it was almost impossible to imagine the violence with which it must have been running on August 28, 2011. And yet the evidence was […]
Ashton Kutcher ad in Indian ‘Brownface’ Pulled for Racism
Ashton Kutcher’s ad for Popchips, playing an Indian character in brown make-up, has had to be pulled over charges of stereotyping and racism, reports ITN: Reaction from Manan Ahmed, @sepoy: Dear US media: Just remember, it is only Arabs you can be racist about.
Top Five Reasons to Celebrate World Press Day (Rice)
Alice Rice writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism; alas, the breaking news is that she could have added Tunisia to the list: Today the United Nations highlights the pressures and dangers facing journalists across the world with a conference in Tunis and a themed day, World Press Freedom Day. Tunis is a slightly strange […]
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