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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

At a 2.7º C. increase, northern Australian areas such as Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland will become uninhabitable by the end of the century

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

01/30/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

01/30/2026 By Tom Engelhardt

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As Jews, with our own Painful History of Oppression… [South African Jewish Statement on Palestinians]

As Jews, with our own Painful History of Oppression… [South African Jewish Statement on Palestinians]

I got this by email and thought it worth sharing. It further makes the point, signalled by Peter Beinart and others, that the Likud, Israel […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
How America is Filling up itself and the World With Guns

How America is Filling up itself and the World With Guns

The American obsession with guns and violence is not unique, but it is distinctive. The US ranks 12th in the world for rate of firearm-related […]

Juan Cole

CIA
What Happens in Langley Doesn’t Stay in Langley Anymore: How our Spies Came out of the Shadows (Engelhardt)

What Happens in Langley Doesn’t Stay in Langley Anymore: How our Spies Came out of the Shadows (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com: Weren’t those the greatest of days if you were in the American spy game?  Governments went down in Guatemala and […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Let's also Remember the 176 children Killed by US Drones

Let’s also Remember the 176 children Killed by US Drones

The US government continues to rain drones down on the tribal belt of Pakistan. While the Washington narrative is that these drones are precision machines […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top Ten Threats to the Legitimacy of Egypt's new Constitution

Top Ten Threats to the Legitimacy of Egypt’s new Constitution

Early returns from the Egyptian provinces that voted in a two-stage referendum on Saturday suggest that the draft constitution garnered some 56% of the vote. […]

Juan Cole

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European Human Rights Court finds CIA Guilty of Torture

European Human Rights Court finds CIA Guilty of Torture

For the first time, the European Court of Human Rights has found the US Central Intelligence Agency guilty of torturing and sodomizing an innocent man. […]

Juan Cole

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Firearms used in 300,000 crimes a year in US (Poster)

Firearms used in 300,000 crimes a year in US (Poster)

reprint edn. Some 300,000 violent crimes are committed each year in the US with the aid of a firearm.. One of the arguments for not […]

Juan Cole

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Semi-Automatic firearms are Military Weapons: Lets at least Limit the Magazines

Semi-Automatic firearms are Military Weapons: Lets at least Limit the Magazines

One of the two guns the Connecticut shooter used to murder 20 children and 6 adults was a Glock semi-automatic. This datum is not surprising. […]

Juan Cole

Environment
NASA:  Portrait of a Polluted Atmosphere

NASA: Portrait of a Polluted Atmosphere

From NASA: portrait of global aerosols (particulate matter in the atmosphere, including pollution): Note that the image is a simulation created with high-powered software to […]

Juan Cole

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