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The Coming Conflict between the US and Israel (Chernus)
Ira Chernus writes at Tomdispatch.com Are the U.S. and Israel Heading for a Showdown? No One Thinks So, But It Just Might Happen Here’s the […]
UN Security Council Condemns Further Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land, with Rogue State US Vetoing
The US acted again as the rogue state at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, with the other 14 members issuing statements condemning Israeli […]
Human Rights Abuses in Pakistan’s Tribal Belt: Amnesty Int’l Report (Ross)
Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Last week Amnesty International highlighted just how troubled this tribal region is, charting human rights […]
Why our Hair is not on Fire about Cutting Emissions, and what to do about it (Giesen)
Tom Giesen writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Multiple reasons why global warming mitigation will fail Greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing. The […]
Benghazi’s Deep Throat fingers Islamist Leaders for Attacks as State Dept Criticized on Consular Security
The report saying that security was inadequate at the compound that the US had adopted as its ad hoc consulate in Benghazi, Libya, dominates today’s […]
ALEC, NRA Lobby the American Deep State on Behalf of Semi-Automatic Weapons Sales (Democracy Now)
Democracy Now! reports on how the gun lobby, the NRA, is outspending the gun control advocates by 10 to 1 on Capitol Hill. And Lisa […]
TSA Commission will Look at Health Effects of Backscatter X-Ray Scanners (Grabell)
Michael Grabell writes at ProPublica Following months of congressional pressure, the Transportation Security Administration has agreed to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to […]
Deaths by Firearms across the World – America among the Worst
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American Torture, America’s Soul (van Buren)
Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com An All-American Nightmare Why Zero Dark Thirty Won’t Settle the Torture Question or Purge Torture From the American System […]
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