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Omar Khayyam (170) “For a hand … which always grips a wine glass”
For a hand like mine, which always grips a wine glass, it would be a shame to put scripture or a rosary in it. You’re […]
Dear ExxonMobil: This is What Global Warming Looks like
This summer is what global warming looks like: Increased average temperatures, forest fires, extreme weather episodes. Climate change is gradual and a matter of averages. […]
Syria Spirals down
The news out of Syria is bad and worse. The regime is being accused of widespread torture, and it is having to fight the rebels […]
On Dogmatism (Ambrose Bierce Poster)
Aphorisms: Outrage
When you see some politicians reacting with outrage to a new law, ask yourself which firms face a loss of profits from it.
Hajizadeh: If Israel attacks Iran, it will be Destroyed
On Sunday, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force gave a speech about Iran’s ballistic missile capability. […]
Flow Chart of Authority in Today’s Egypt (!!!)
Top Five Things Morsi has to Do if Egypt is to Succeed
For understandable reasons, analysis of the political changes in Egypt has focused on personalities (new president Muhammad Morsi is not charismatic); on ideology (how far […]
Cole’s Opposition to Iraq War in January, 2003
The Neocons, masters of disinformation, keep trying to put it about (and it is in the current Wikipedia article on me) that I somehow was […]
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