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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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White Terrorist Plot to Assassinate the ‘Commander in Chief’

White Terrorist Plot to Assassinate the ‘Commander in Chief’

A white terrorist cell on a military base in Georgia plotted to assassinate President Barack Obama and stage a military coup. It murdered two former […]

Juan Cole

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The Age of Mass Killing Comes to Syria & France Pushes Gov’t in Exile

The Age of Mass Killing Comes to Syria & France Pushes Gov’t in Exile

In recent months, the uprising in Syria has become bloodier and bloodier. In the beginning, in spring and summer of 2011, the crowds were largely […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Pieces of Bad News for Romney on Eve of Convention

Top Ten Pieces of Bad News for Romney on Eve of Convention

1. Ron Paul declined the opportunity to speak at the Republican Convention because he does not “fully support” Mr. Romney. Paul as the leader of […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Plot to Provoke war with Iran thwarted by Navy analyst

Plot to Provoke war with Iran thwarted by Navy analyst

Shorter WaPo: In spring of 2007, someone in the Bush administration (unindicted co-conspirator Richard Bruce Cheney? Neocons?) Sends uber hawk Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff […]

Juan Cole

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Tampa Area Republicans terrified of Tea Party, Ryan (Guzzo)

Tampa Area Republicans terrified of Tea Party, Ryan (Guzzo)

Paul Guzzo writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: As Republicans from all over the nation converge upon the City of Tampa to celebrate […]

Juan Cole

Africa
South Africa: Label West Bank Squatter Products; Israel: You Apartheid State!

South Africa: Label West Bank Squatter Products; Israel: You Apartheid State!

Having Avigdor Lieberman as a foreign minister is one of the worst things that could happen to Israel. I was in Brazil last year this […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Just Deserts: Iraqis get Iraq’s Oil, not Bush/Cheney (Muttitt)

Just Deserts: Iraqis get Iraq’s Oil, not Bush/Cheney (Muttitt)

Gregg Muttitt writes at Tomdispatch: Mission Accomplished for Big Oil? How an American Disaster Paved the Way for Big Oil’s Rise — and Possible Fall […]

Juan Cole

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Top Five Worst Planks in GOP Platform

Top Five Worst Planks in GOP Platform

These are the promises that the Republican Party is making to us if it wins: 1. Outlawing abortion altogether, with no exceptions for the life […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian Official: Resignation of al-Assad on the Table

Syrian Official: Resignation of al-Assad on the Table

Admittedly, the Baathist government of Bashar al-Assad could go on faltering for a long time. And it is very hard to know what is going […]

Juan Cole

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