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US Classifies Torture Testimonies of accused al-Qaeda Prisoners (Currier)
Still Classified: Terror Suspects’ Own Accounts of Their Abuse by Cora Currier, writing at ProPublica In a motion unsealed last week, the government proposed new […]
A Post-Mortem on Muslim Rage: What did the reaction to the Islamophobic Trailer Really Tell Us? (Abootalebi)
Ali R. Abootalebi writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Today’s journalism and social media, with their increasingly short news cycles, are good at […]
The Shameful Politicization of the Benghazi Consulate Attack
The Tea Party Congress, having, with Paul Ryan’s leadership, deeply cut funds for embassy security, held a hearing on Wednesday on the circumstances of the […]
Colbert Report: Romney gives Americans ‘Vague, Long-winded Threats’ as Foreign Policy (Video)
Stephen Colbert reviews Mitt Romney’s speech on foreign policy and concludes that he knows what Americans want: Vague, long-winded threats and “four more wars.” Colbert […]
Omar Khayyam (42) “No hand would set out to break them”
As for the parts of a wineglass that have been joined together– no hand would set out […]
Romney and the Syrian Dilemma
On Monday, Mitt Romney made clear his intention to intervene in Syria should he become president. As usual, how exactly he would do that remained […]
Romney as Mr. Rogers (Video Satire by Jimmy Fallon)
Jimmy Fallon’s satirical sketch, “Mr. Romney’s Neighborhood
The Pentagon’s Imperial Overstretch and Victory Culture (Engelhardt)
Tom Engelhardt, author of the scintillating classic, The End of Victory Culture writes at Tomdispatch.com : Overwrought Empire: The Discrediting of U.S. Military Power By […]
Col. Wilkerson on Romney’s Chickenhawk Advisors: They “make me sick”
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to then Secretary of State Colin Powell, tells Ed Schultz what he really thinks of the Neocon sharks […]
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