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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

08/13/2025 By Juan Cole

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Didn't Stop Matthew: Fl. Gov. Rick Scott Banned term 'Climate Change'

Didn’t Stop Matthew: Fl. Gov. Rick Scott Banned term ‘Climate Change’

Lest we forget, here is a 2015 column full of ironies for Florida’s increasingly dire climate change challenge: Nadia Prupis, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) […]

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Iraq
As Battle w/ ISIL for Mosul nears, Iraq should exclude Abusive Militias

As Battle w/ ISIL for Mosul nears, Iraq should exclude Abusive Militias

Human Rights Watch | – – Role of Abusive Armed Forces, Treatment, and Screening of Detainees (Beirut) – The Iraqi government should make a commitment […]

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Republican Party
The Ugly American:  Donald Trump is our Mirror, not an Outlier

The Ugly American: Donald Trump is our Mirror, not an Outlier

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – This is not about Donald Trump. And I mean it. From the moment the first […]

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De Mistura:  al-Qaeda must leave E. Aleppo to save it from Destruction

De Mistura: al-Qaeda must leave E. Aleppo to save it from Destruction

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has addressed the Levant Conquest Front, whose leader, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Hurricane Matthew a Herald of Man-Made Climate Change

Hurricane Matthew a Herald of Man-Made Climate Change

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – If your tv isn’t telling you the below, turn it off and read more Informed Comment […]

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History
Return of Virulent Nationalism: how language is being used to mark national borders

Return of Virulent Nationalism: how language is being used to mark national borders

Mario Saraceni | (The Conversation) | – – According to a series of newspapers, immigrants will apparently change the English language in Britain beyond repair […]

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Government surveillance
NSA again hacked by own Contractor, but wants us to trust them with our Data

NSA again hacked by own Contractor, but wants us to trust them with our Data

TeleSur | – – “I thought the Third World War had started,” the man’s neighbor described the raid and arrest in August. A National Security […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Military seizes Female Gaza aid Flotilla

Israeli Military seizes Female Gaza aid Flotilla

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Group including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aimed ‘to highlight the vital role women play not […]

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Democratic Party
"Little Trump"  Pence:  Bomb Syria, confront Russia, smear refugees; & smoking doesn't cause Cancer

“Little Trump” Pence: Bomb Syria, confront Russia, smear refugees; & smoking doesn’t cause Cancer

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump running mate Mike Pence continued the unreality of this election season in Tuesday’s debate by […]

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