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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Syrian Regime flies 60 bombing Raids against Rebel City Quarters

Syrian Regime flies 60 bombing Raids against Rebel City Quarters

The Baath regime of Bashar al-Assad spent the final day of a supposed 4-day cease-fire on Monday intensively bombing its own cities, with fighter jets […]

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Romney Ridiculed 'Rising of Seas,' Pledged Deep cuts to FEMA (Videos)

Romney Ridiculed ‘Rising of Seas,’ Pledged Deep cuts to FEMA (Videos)

Mitt Romney makes fun of President Obama’s pledge to slow the rising of the world’s oceans, caused by climate change, and his Republican audience tittered. […]

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Top Green Energy Good News Stories in Honor of Frankenstorm

Top Green Energy Good News Stories in Honor of Frankenstorm

While storms and hurricanes are normal, Frankenstorms are not. Global climate change caused by human dumping of carbon dioxide into the air causes severe weather. […]

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US politics
A vote for Romney is a vote for Zombies: Joss Whedon of the Avengers (Video)

A vote for Romney is a vote for Zombies: Joss Whedon of the Avengers (Video)

Director and screenwriter Joss Whedon (The Avengers, The Cabin in the Woods (2012), suggests that a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for the […]

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You, Robot:  Darpa's Robot learns to Avoid Obstacles

You, Robot: Darpa’s Robot learns to Avoid Obstacles

Darpa’s Atlas Robot learns to avoid obstacles:

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Energy
Severe Weather, Climate Change and Corporate Greed (Solnit)

Severe Weather, Climate Change and Corporate Greed (Solnit)

Rebecca Solnit writes at Tomdispatch.com: Our Words Are Our Weapons Against the Destruction of the World by Greed In ancient China, the arrival of a […]

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Iran
Syria crisis Shakes Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia as Cease-Fire Crumbles

Syria crisis Shakes Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia as Cease-Fire Crumbles

The inability of the Syrian government to crush an 18-month-old revolutionary movement is putting increasing pressure on its neighbors. Not only have hundreds of thousands […]

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Medley of Grey-Faced Republican Men on Duty of Raped Women to Bear the Child (Video)

Medley of Grey-Faced Republican Men on Duty of Raped Women to Bear the Child (Video)

A medley of grey-faced Republican men with two-dollar haircuts fulminating on rape and the duty of raped women to bear their rapist’s baby:

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Romney & Ryan Self-Help Book on Rape (Jamiol Cartoon)

Romney & Ryan Self-Help Book on Rape (Jamiol Cartoon)

Courtesy Paul Jamiol

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