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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

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That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

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Obama Says:  U.S. At War With Terrorism, Not With Islam

Obama Says: U.S. At War With Terrorism, Not With Islam

By RFE/ RL | – U.S. President Barack Obama has said the United States is not “at war” with Islam, but with people who distort […]

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Iran Nuclear Talks: They said it Couldn't be Done

Iran Nuclear Talks: They said it Couldn’t be Done

By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) – According to sources familiar with negotiations between the international P5+1 group and Iran, the Obama Administration is optimistic […]

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Christianity
Holy War:  How Bill O'Reilly & Daesh/ ISIL Share The Same Goal

Holy War: How Bill O’Reilly & Daesh/ ISIL Share The Same Goal

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) “Bill O’Reilly stated definitively, multiple times tonight, that he believes the United States and the world are in a […]

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Iraq: Kurds repel ISIL/ Daesh w/ help of the Shiite Militiamen they Distrust

Iraq: Kurds repel ISIL/ Daesh w/ help of the Shiite Militiamen they Distrust

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – In a bold move, Daesh (i.e. ISIL or ISIS) fighters moved Monday on Kirkuk and Erbil, two cities […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Russell Brand:  Chapel Hill Vs Copenhagen - Which Is Terrorism?

Russell Brand: Chapel Hill Vs Copenhagen – Which Is Terrorism?

Russell Brand | (The Trews) – “Reaction to the media coverage of the Chapel Hill killings last week and the shootings in Copenhagen.” Chapel Hill […]

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Corporate Surveillance
Not your Founding Fathers' America:  Permanent War, Permanent Election Campaigns, Guns, Drones and Surveillance

Not your Founding Fathers’ America: Permanent War, Permanent Election Campaigns, Guns, Drones and Surveillance

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) I never fail to be amazed — and that’s undoubtedly my failing.  I mean, if you retain a capacity for […]

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Iraq
Just when you thought they Couldn't be Worse: ISIL trafficking Human Organs

Just when you thought they Couldn’t be Worse: ISIL trafficking Human Organs

RT | – The Islamic State is harvesting human organs to finance its blood-driven caliphate, according to Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations, urging its […]

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Crime
NSA making all vulnerable online with Equation Viruses on your Computer

NSA making all vulnerable online with Equation Viruses on your Computer

TheLipTV | – “Malware in hard drive firmware is the latest, and most sophisticated spying tool the NSA is suspected of using, with Kaspersky Labs […]

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Today's Top 7 Myths about Daesh/ ISIL

Today’s Top 7 Myths about Daesh/ ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The self-styled ‘Islamic State’ Group (ISIS or ISIL), the Arabic acronym for which is Daesh, is increasingly haunting […]

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