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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries
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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries

Juan Cole

Two-thirds of California’s electricity retail sales are now generated by renewables.

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From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

12/19/2025 By Jasim Al-Azzawi

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

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Solar, Wind don't do this:  21,000 Gallons of Oil Stain Santa Barbara, CA Coastline

Solar, Wind don’t do this: 21,000 Gallons of Oil Stain Santa Barbara, CA Coastline

By Nicholas Sirianno | (Mountain Weekly News) — About 25 miles north of Santa Barbara, CA Refugio State Beach, a quiet white-sand surf and popular […]

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Syrian Opposition, Caught between Assad & Extremists, Despair at World's Neglect

Syrian Opposition, Caught between Assad & Extremists, Despair at World’s Neglect

By Haroro J. Ingram with L. T. Anthony | (The Conversation) | – Syrian civilians are trapped in the middle of a holocaust: prizes in […]

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Health
Epileptic Girl moved to Denver for Medical Pot, Dramatically Improves

Epileptic Girl moved to Denver for Medical Pot, Dramatically Improves

WCPO Denver | (9 on Your Side Video) | – “Adam and Heather Benton uprooted their lives to move across the country this April to […]

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Iraq:  25,000 Shiite Militiamen gather for Battle of Ramadi

Iraq: 25,000 Shiite Militiamen gather for Battle of Ramadi

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — Al-Zaman (The Times of Baghdad) reports that Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi met Tuesday with leaders of […]

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Bill of Rights
Unlike Congress, Majority of Americans Oppose NSA Spying

Unlike Congress, Majority of Americans Oppose NSA Spying

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – Survey commissioned by ACLU shows “how disconnected members of Congress are from the feelings of a […]

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Bill of Rights
The National Security State gets Real:  9 Ways the US is becoming Bizarro World

The National Security State gets Real: 9 Ways the US is becoming Bizarro World

By Tomd Engledhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – It’s commonplace to speak of “the fog of war,” of what can’t be known in the midst of […]

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African-Americans
Hip-Hop Hijabis: Spitting Rhymes About Being Muslim And Female

Hip-Hop Hijabis: Spitting Rhymes About Being Muslim And Female

AJ+ | – “Hip-hop is a male-dominated arena. In California, a hip-hop collective of Muslim women are challenging stereotypes about being Muslim, and women, through […]

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Christianity
Vatican recognition of saints symbolic victory for Palestinians

Vatican recognition of saints symbolic victory for Palestinians

By: Charlie Hoyle BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The grounds of the Carmel Convent in Bethlehem, home to blue-shuttered stone buildings on a hilltop facing the Nativity […]

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2007:  Progress Continues in Ramadi, Mullen Notes During Visit

2007: Progress Continues in Ramadi, Mullen Notes During Visit

Just to show Iraq’s ups and downs, here is a celebratory article from the US Department of Defense about the apparent rollback in Ramadi of […]

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