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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Israel
Israel at 65: Welcome to the Neighborhood (Map)

Israel at 65: Welcome to the Neighborhood (Map)

Satire Israel (in red) is welcomed into the Muslim Middle East in 2013 Zionism: The theory that because murderous Nazis hated Jews in the 1930s […]

Juan Cole

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Gun “Control” “Legislation,” Parodied by Saturday Night Live

Gun “Control” “Legislation,” Parodied by Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live satirizes the minimalism of the gun registration bill proposed by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)

Juan Cole

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Class Hatred and Bad Memories of Thatcher

Class Hatred and Bad Memories of Thatcher

The hatred for the late Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, among a broad segment of the British public has manifested itself in visible and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine PM Fayyad Resigns, a Victim of Israeli and US funding cut-off and backlash against Austerity

Palestine PM Fayyad Resigns, a Victim of Israeli and US funding cut-off and backlash against Austerity

The man recognized by the Palestine government based in Ramallah as prime minister, Salam Fayyad, has tendered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas. The most […]

Juan Cole

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Jonathan Winters, RIP  (Video: of Classic Standup Routine)

Jonathan Winters, RIP (Video: of Classic Standup Routine)

Comedian Jonathan Winters has died at 87. Winters was a pioneer in improvisational standup and the use of impressions in mini-skits within the monologue. He […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Arctic Summer Ice Cap will be gone in 20 Years: NOAA (Time-Lapse Video)

Arctic Summer Ice Cap will be gone in 20 Years: NOAA (Time-Lapse Video)

Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now predict that the arctic will be iceless during summers in as little as ten to twenty […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: As Mubarak retrial begins, Judge Recuses Self

Egypt: As Mubarak retrial begins, Judge Recuses Self

Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was brought to a courtroom on Saturday for the beginning of his retrial on charges of ordering hundreds of peaceful […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Amazing Green Energy News:  World's Largest Wind Farm opens in UK, as Libya prepares to go Solar

Amazing Green Energy News: World’s Largest Wind Farm opens in UK, as Libya prepares to go Solar

1. World’s Largest Wind Farm The London Array offshore wind farm has just gone live, generating 630 MW of electricity in the first phase. An […]

Juan Cole

Iran
"Losing my Religion" in Tehran (Music Video)

“Losing my Religion” in Tehran (Music Video)

Iranian mashup of R.E.M’s 1991 hit, “Losing my Religion”, set in Tehran. REM LOSING MY RELIGION at Tehran from Hamed Zarepoor on Vimeo. h/t reddit.com

Juan Cole

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