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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

Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2025), $30.00. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, […]

“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

10/04/2025 By The Conversation

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Dear Saudi Arabia: Executing People for Atheism is in fact ISIL-Like; #Sosuemesaudi

Dear Saudi Arabia: Executing People for Atheism is in fact ISIL-Like; #Sosuemesaudi

Boom Live | – – Poet Ashraf Fayad has been sentenced to death by a Saudi Arabian court. He was charged with accusations of public […]

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Democratic Party
Armed White Shooters Scarier than Syria Refugees: Dallas Mayor

Armed White Shooters Scarier than Syria Refugees: Dallas Mayor

Mark Sovel and Nik Zecevic | (TheLipTV Video Report) | – – “Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said he is “more fearful” of white men who […]

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Iraq
Iraq:  Eastern front against ISIL slowed by Internal Divisions, Unenthusiastic USAF

Iraq: Eastern front against ISIL slowed by Internal Divisions, Unenthusiastic USAF

By Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) | – – Iraqi fighters in Anbar are waiting to push the Islamic State group out of cities like Ramadi. […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Big Rise in Terrorism *outside* West linked to Refugee Crisis

Big Rise in Terrorism *outside* West linked to Refugee Crisis

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – In 2014, the number of lives lost to terrorism around the […]

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censorship
Israel To Coordinate With Google, YouTube, To Censor Palestinian Videos Of Conflict

Israel To Coordinate With Google, YouTube, To Censor Palestinian Videos Of Conflict

By Saed Bannoura | ( IMEMC) | – – The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Member of Knesset Tzipi Hotovely, held meetings this week with representatives […]

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Putin: Turkey supports Radicalism & We may have to Respond, hence Tourism Ban

Putin: Turkey supports Radicalism & We may have to Respond, hence Tourism Ban

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday explained his rationale for asking Russian tourists to leave Turkey, […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Struggling Syrian Refugees are being failed by Int'l Aid System

Struggling Syrian Refugees are being failed by Int’l Aid System

Dawn Chatty | (OpenDemocracy) | – – “As the war is prolonged, families are exhausting their savings. Without a massive re-thinking of how aid is […]

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Russia
Boycotts as Russia seethes against Turkey after Shootdown

Boycotts as Russia seethes against Turkey after Shootdown

By Tom Balmforth | ( RFE/RL) | – – MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin said there would be “serious consequences” after Turkish fighter jets shot down […]

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Jewish-Only Cities to Evict Thousands of Palestinians

Jewish-Only Cities to Evict Thousands of Palestinians

By IMEMC News | – – Thousands of Palestinians will be displaced as part of a new Israeli plan to build several Jewish-only communities in […]

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