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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

01/18/2026 By Yale Climate Connections

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

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For Fun:  M.C. Escher Drawings brought to Life via 3-D Printer by Israeli Professor

For Fun: M.C. Escher Drawings brought to Life via 3-D Printer by Israeli Professor

Professor Gershon Elber of Technion Israel Institute of Technology uses the university’s Objet 3-D printer to bring into reality the absurdist architecture of M. C. […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Did the Boston Bombing Hurt the Syrian Revolution?  Obama & Putin Confer as Rebels Allege Regime Massacre

Did the Boston Bombing Hurt the Syrian Revolution? Obama & Putin Confer as Rebels Allege Regime Massacre

The phone call between President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Boston Marathon bombers were identified as Chechens, in which Obama thanked Putin […]

Juan Cole

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Chechen Rock Group G Town (Music Video)

Chechen Rock Group G Town (Music Video)

For a different view of Chechens, a performance of G-Town covering the Blues Brothers:

Juan Cole

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Syrian Bombing Victims send Condolences to Boston

Syrian Bombing Victims send Condolences to Boston

Juan Cole

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Rep. Peter King Calls on FBI to put him under Close Surveillance and Profile Redheads

Rep. Peter King Calls on FBI to put him under Close Surveillance and Profile Redheads

Satire. Or not. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY) called on Saturday for close and constant FBI surveillance of himself. “Let’s not be politically correct,” the […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Is LindJohn’s notion of an Enemy Combatant Racist?  How about attempted Assassination of the Commander in Chief?

Is LindJohn’s notion of an Enemy Combatant Racist? How about attempted Assassination of the Commander in Chief?

Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain (or as I refer to them, LindJohn) have demanded that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be charged as an enemy combatant rather […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Chechen Jihadis Reject Tsarnaevs (OSC)

Chechen Jihadis Reject Tsarnaevs (OSC)

The USG Open Source Center translates a reaction from the Caucasus Emirate Islamic insurgency on the news that the Tsarnaev brothers are accused of the […]

Juan Cole

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Moroccan, Indian have lives Ruined by old, new Media, falsely Accused of Boston Bombing

Moroccan, Indian have lives Ruined by old, new Media, falsely Accused of Boston Bombing

US judges’ famous reluctance to apply libel laws because of the First Amendment may need to be revisited. We can’t be having peoples’ lives ruined […]

Juan Cole

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How not to Cover a Mass Murder (Charlie Brooker Video)

How not to Cover a Mass Murder (Charlie Brooker Video)

Charlie Brooker and a forensic psychiatrist give the television news media tips on how and how not to cover a mass murder. Takeaway: Don’t obsess […]

Juan Cole

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