Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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Egypt: Sisi Celebrations marred by mob sexual assault in Tahrir Square
CAIRO — Egypt’s police arrested half a dozen men for sexually assaulting women during celebrations for the inauguration of Egypt’s newly-elected president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, as public outrage mounted over an online video appearing to show a sexually…
Top 3 White Terrorist Attacks in America this Week
By Juan Cole Our capitalist class may be becoming an absolute danger to ordinary Americans. By promoting a doctrine of absolute right to gun ownership […]
That time when White Terrorists Ambushed Nevada Police after Fox Supported Bundy Gunmen Threatening Law Enforcement
They shouted, “This is a revolution!” ABC News: “Deadly Shooting Spree in Las Vegas” Related posts: Fox News asks Rand Paul if Reid is right […]
Pope Francis hosts Israeli, Palestinian Leaders as “Brothers”
Deborah Lutterbeck reports: “Pope Francis, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend a peace prayer meeting in “neutral” Vatican gardens.” Reuters: “Pope […]
Iraq: 450,000 have fled al-Anbar as Gov’t Deploys Militias against al-Qaeda
Euronews reports: “Security slips further in Iraq as car bombs hit Baghdad” Ahmad Hadi gives the background at Niqash.org Members of an extremist Shiite Muslim […]
Student Debt: Blame Law-Makers, Tax-Shirking Rich, War on Drugs, not Universities
By Juan Cole In honor of President Obama’s support for Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bill to address the student debt crisis by offering students with older […]
Dear Sen. McCain: No, the Taliban Prisoners didn’t Carry out 9/11; but you Supported Muslim Radicals
By Juan Cole Sen. John McCain on Sunday maintained that President Obama, in releasing the five officials who had served in the Islamic Emirate of […]
5 Falsehoods Defenders of NSA keep Repeating that Destroy their Credibility
By Cindy Cohn and Nadia Kayyali Over the past year, as the Snowden revelations have rolled out, the government and its apologists have developed a […]
Despite dire predictions, Denver crime falls over 10 percent in wake of pot legalization
Despite dire predictions by anti-marijuana activists, overall crime rates in the city of Denver are down more than five months after legal marijuana sales began in the Rocky Mountain state. According to the Denver Department of Public Safety, rates…
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