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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

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Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

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Iraq Can't Get  Ramadi back without an Inclusive Policy toward Sunnis

Iraq Can’t Get Ramadi back without an Inclusive Policy toward Sunnis

By David Alpher | (The Conversation) – Last Friday, the city of Ramadi – provincial capital of Iraq’s Anbar Province, and symbolic seat of its […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Venezuela to Boost Palestine to Full Embassy Status

Venezuela to Boost Palestine to Full Embassy Status

By Ben Tavener – IMEMC/PNN – Venezuela will boost its diplomatic representation in Palestine to full embassy status, according to the Venezuelan minister for foreign […]

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Christianity
Conservative, Catholic Ireland 1st Country to vote in Gay Marriage

Conservative, Catholic Ireland 1st Country to vote in Gay Marriage

Channel 4 News | (Video) – “Support for gay marriage in Ireland reaches 65 per cent with just the final votes to be counted – […]

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Bill of Rights
Snowden's Revenge:  USA "Freedom" [Surveillance] Act Fails in Senate

Snowden’s Revenge: USA “Freedom” [Surveillance] Act Fails in Senate

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) — “The failure of these bills to pass shows just how dramatically the politics of surveillance changed once […]

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Daesh/ ISIL blows up Shiite Mosque in Saudi Arabia, seeking Sectarian Civil War

Daesh/ ISIL blows up Shiite Mosque in Saudi Arabia, seeking Sectarian Civil War

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – A suicide bomber with a concealed weapon detonated his payload during Friday prayers at the Ali b. […]

Juan Cole

GCC
Richest Countries Bomb among World's Poorest:  Yemen already a Forgotten War

Richest Countries Bomb among World’s Poorest: Yemen already a Forgotten War

VICE News | (Video) | – “For more than six weeks, nine countries led by Saudi Arabia have been carrying out airstrikes on Yemen, the […]

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Climate Change
Now Jeb Bush thinks Scientists are Arrogant for Discovering Climate Change

Now Jeb Bush thinks Scientists are Arrogant for Discovering Climate Change

John Iadarola and Ben Mankiewicz | (The Young Turks) | (Video) – “A few weeks back we gave Jeb Bush credit for admitting that climate […]

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Bill of Rights
Obama Prosecutes another Whistleblower to Senate for "Espionage"

Obama Prosecutes another Whistleblower to Senate for “Espionage”

By John Kiriakou | (Foreign Policy in Focus) Jeffrey Sterling learned the hard way that the feds will throw the book at anyone who embarrasses […]

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Apartheid
World Bank Warns of Total Collapse of Economy in Gaza

World Bank Warns of Total Collapse of Economy in Gaza

IMEMC | — The World Bank will be presenting a report to the bi-annual Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting on May 27, 2015 in […]

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