Informed Comment - Part 1931

Israeli vandals fell fruit trees in revenge attack on Arabs

Suspected Jewish extremists cut down fruit trees belonging to Israeli Arabs in an apparent revenge attack for Palestinian villagers beating up Jewish settlers, police say.

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Barack Obama

Fox News: Christie Scandal Coverage pretext to Ignore Gates Revelations

(By David Edwards) Fox host on Christie: ‘Bridge thing’ ruining coverage of Bob Gates’ Obama-bashing (via Raw Story ) Fox News host Steve Doocy on […]

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Libya

Libya: The Dictatorship of the Militias

(By Imad Mesdoua) “Ansar Al-Sharia cleans the streets of Benghazi and conducts social work to further enhance its standing” Terrorism Security in Libya still remains […]

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Climate Change

Peak or no Peak, Oil is Unsafe at any Price

(By Michael Klare) Among the big energy stories of 2013, “peak oil” — the once-popular notion that worldwide oil production would soon reach a maximum […]

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Dissent

“It’s all Right to Make Fun of the Government”: Bassem Youssef (Egypt’s Jon Stewart)

Bassem Youssef: “It’s OK to make fun of ourselves” “BBC Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman talks to Bassem Youssef, also known as the “Egyptian Jon Stewart”, about […]

Juan Cole

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Top 5 US Government Decisions that put Troops more at Risk than Snowden Did

(By Juan Cole) The propaganda wars in Washington continue over Edward Snowden’s revelation that the National Security Agency and other Federal government departments have in […]

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Anti-Arab graffiti scrawled in West Bank village

Latest price tag attack appears to be revenge for beating of settlers near Esh Kodesh earlier in the week

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Climate Change

60 Minutes goes Benghazi on Cleantech & Gets that Wrong Too

(By Joe Romm) 60 Minutes Ignores The Facts In Clean Energy Segment (via Clean Technica) Originally published on ClimateProgressby Joe Romm Clean technology is booming […]

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