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Libyans say CIA Tortured Them (Ross)
Alice Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism President Bush and his CIA director Michael Hayden have each claimed that the US has in […]
Omar Khayyam (172) “A passion for heavenly goddesses”
I hope my mind will always be consumed by a passion for heavenly goddesses, and that my hand will always cradle the juice of the grape. They […]
Dear Democrats: If you do That you have to do This
Dear Democratic Party: If you bring Gabby Giffords to say the Pledge of Allegiance, you have to bring up the issue of gun control somewhere […]
Top Ten Ways we are Better off than in January 2009
It is breathtaking impudence that Republicans should try to campaign on whether we are better off than were were in the last six months of […]
US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia (Woods & Serle)
Chris Woods and Jack Serle write at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Pakistan: August sees the highest number of CIA strikes in Pakistan since October […]
Science Fictional Despair in Deraa, Syria (Photo)
h/t The New Syria
Was the Rachel Corrie Verdict the end of Israel’s Judicial Credibility? (Marlowe)
Jen Marlowe writes in a guest column for Informed Comment August 28, 2012: Cindy and Craig Corrie and Sarah Corrie Simpson made their way into […]
Afghanistan’s US Bases: Big Government Conservatives Love (Turse)
Nick Turse writes at Tomdispatch: Afghanistan’s Base Bonanza: Total Tops Iraq at That War’s Height Afghanistan may turn out to be one of the great […]
Is Obama more Klingon or more Vulcan? & Michael Dorn Pitches “Captain Worf”
Actor Michael Dorn has confirmed that he is trying to develop a new television show, “Star Trek: Captain Worf.” He told Star Trek News, “I […]
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