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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:  Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain
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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain

Richard Penaskovic

BY Richard Penaskovic | – Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, […]

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:17

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

10/04/2025 By Juan Cole

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

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Along with pardoning Manning, Obama should have repealed 1917 Espionage Act

Along with pardoning Manning, Obama should have repealed 1917 Espionage Act

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a daring and bold move that showed his profound humanitarian side, President Obama has commuted […]

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Will Americans go along with Authoritarian Trumpism?

Will Americans go along with Authoritarian Trumpism?

By Thomas Pepinsky | (TeleSur) | – – Everyday life in the modern authoritarian regime is boring and tolerable. Malaysia is a country that I […]

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Palestinian Parliamentarians say Israeli Legislation aims to annex West Bank

Palestinian Parliamentarians say Israeli Legislation aims to annex West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, passed a controversial bill on Tuesday that would allow verdicts from […]

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Screwed?:  4 Top International Crises we have to depend on Trump to Resolve

Screwed?: 4 Top International Crises we have to depend on Trump to Resolve

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Within months of taking office, President Donald Trump is likely to face one or more […]

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Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA but not with Putin

Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA but not with Putin

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump picked a fight with almost everyone but his buddy Vladimir Putin this weekend. His […]

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Credible:  Author of Trump’s dirty dossier ‘had UK agencies’ for clients

Credible: Author of Trump’s dirty dossier ‘had UK agencies’ for clients

By Georgi Gotev, James Crisp | Euractiv.com | – – EXCLUSIVE/ Christopher Steele, the former MI6 spy and author of the dirty dossier on President-elect […]

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World's Richest 8–All Men–as Wealthy as Half of Humanity: Oxfam

World’s Richest 8–All Men–as Wealthy as Half of Humanity: Oxfam

TeleSur | – – The world will have its first trillionaire in only 25 years, the organization found. Just eight individuals, all men, own as […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Soldiers Uproot Hundreds Of Olive Trees For Illegal Colonialist Road

Israeli Soldiers Uproot Hundreds Of Olive Trees For Illegal Colonialist Road

IMEMC | – – Israeli soldiers started, on Monday morning, the illegal uprooting of hundreds of olive trees, as part of a plan to uproot […]

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Donald Trump
Trump and the Pee-Pee Party:  Alec Baldwin at SNL

Trump and the Pee-Pee Party: Alec Baldwin at SNL

NBC’s Saturday Night Live | (Video Skit) | – – “President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) holds his first press conference since getting elected.” Donald Trump […]

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