When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]
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“The Iranians are Coming!” Derangement Syndrome over 1 Destroyer in Atlantic
(By Juan Cole) Today’s headlines in the US were marked by Iran derangement syndrome. It turns out that Iran has sent “a fleet” of “warships” […]
Iraq says recoverable oil reserves stand at 15 billion barrels
By Shaymaa Adel Azzaman, February 8, 2014 Iraq’s recoverable oil reserves have shot to 150 billion barrels, thanks to new major discoveries, Oil Minister Abdulkareem […]
Sochi Opening Ceremony Fireworks
AFP footage of “Dazzling fireworks conclude Sochi opening ceremony”
Bhutto Zardari: Taliban must be eradicated from Pakistan
(Via The Economist): Bilawal Bhutto on Pakistani politics: Renaissance man (via The Economist) MODELS in skimpy outfits, dancing around a fiery cauldron in a strange […]
McKibben: Crunch Time for Obama on Keystone XL
Bill Moyers interviews environmental activist Bill McKibben on the choice facing President Obama on the Keystone XL pipeline: McKibben argues that stopping the pipeline is […]
Another non-terrorist non-Muslim Plane Hijacker: The Sochi Plot
(By Juan Cole) The Associated Press article on the Ukrainian hijacker who tried to divert a plane to Sochi on Friday is interesting for the […]
NSA’s Zero Day Exploits: Paying $800 mn. to Hackers so they Can Spy on You
(By Pratap Chatterjee via Tomdispatch) Imagine that you could wander unseen through a city, sneaking into houses and offices of your choosing at any time, […]
Daily Show: How much of an A*hole do you have to be that Al-Zawahiri won’t Work with You?
Jon Stewart of the Daily Show at Comedy Central covers the fruitless Syria negotiations and break between al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and […]
Boycott of Israeli Universities by American Studies Assn. being Tried in a Kangaroo Court
(By Alan M. Wald) In Memory of Edward Said (1935-2003) “You cannot continue to victimize someone else just because you yourself were a victim once—there […]
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