Comedy Central’s John Oliver sends up the US congressmen who stupidly and wickedly cut off funding to UNESCO because 100 member nations voted to admit Palestine to the organization. The US was a sponsor of the Oslo Peace Accords that created the Palestine Authority and set it on the path to statehood, and it is […]
Omar Khayyam (67)
They say that drunkards are consigned to hell; but that makes no sense and the heart cannot accept it. If lovers and lushes are going to hell, tomorrow heaven will be as empty as my hand. Translated by Juan Cole from [pdf] Whinfield 67
AH-64 Apache Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan
Apache helicopter crash in Afghanistan– incredibly no one was hurt. Apparently this video was leaked, and we don’t hear about woundings, crashes and other negative news in the US military in Afghanistan, only actual deaths. Unfortunately, our press doesn’t report much on even those deaths, and most Americans seem not to know or care that […]
Fayyad: Stop Exploiting Palestinian Children for Terror
Obama, GOP won’t Tell Americans that Iran Sanctions drive Gas Prices
President Barack Obama campaigned on energy issues on Wednesday, visiting a handful of oil wellheads on Federal land in New Mexico and a solar installation in Boulder City, Nevada. The subtext of this Obama campaign is public unhappiness with the price of gasoline and the hypocritical attacks on him over this issue by his Republican […]
Romney Taking Santorum for a Ride in Illinois (Graphic)
Etch-a-Sketch Romney (Cartoon)
“Can Romney shake off his aide’s gaffe?”
Omar Khayyam (66)
I don’t drink wine for sheer enjoyment nor to corrupt my morals nor for irreligion or bad character. I want to tame my carnal soul and make it selfless. That’s why I drink and why I get drunk Translated by Juan Cole from [pdf] Whinfield 66
SBC’s Land: Romney’s Mormonism “Like Islam” (Here we go Again)
It turns out that from a hard-right American evangelical point of view, the US public may have a choice between two Muslims, or two ‘may as well be Muslims’ for president this fall. Dr. Richard Land, a major leader of the Southern Baptist Convention has told Newsmax that Mitt Romney’s Mormonism is not an orthodox […]
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