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Could China’s EVs be the Real Winner of Trump’s Oil War in Iran and the Gulf?
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Could China’s EVs be the Real Winner of Trump’s Oil War in Iran and the Gulf?

Juan Cole

The IRGC announced that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, and there are reports of British and other vessels turning around

Iran Strike: Democrats call for immediate Vote on Trump War Powers

Iran Strike: Democrats call for immediate Vote on Trump War Powers

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (307) “clerics drink the people’s blood”

Omar Khayyam (307) “clerics drink the people’s blood”

I am busier than you are,  cleric of the faith! And, despite my drunkenness,  I’m soberer than you. I drink the blood of the vine, […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Dear Mitt: *You* Don’t Get to Say That

Dear Mitt: *You* Don’t Get to Say That

Dear Mitt Romney: Your so-called Medicare reform is just a way of shifting health expenses from millionaires (whose taxes you want to lower) to middle […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (233) “The sun has lassoed rooftops with its rays”

Omar Khayyam (233) “The sun has lassoed rooftops with its rays”

The sun has lassoed rooftops  with its rays, and  the king has splashed  the light of day into my glass. Have some wine, for passionate love  […]

Juan Cole

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NASA Explains how We Caused the Hottest Decade and are generally screwing ourselves over (Video)

NASA Explains how We Caused the Hottest Decade and are generally screwing ourselves over (Video)

NASA’s 5-minute video explains why the last decade has been the hottest ever (we did it) and what climate change means for our hot, thirsty […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libyans say CIA Tortured Them (Ross)

Libyans say CIA Tortured Them (Ross)

Alice Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism President Bush and his CIA director Michael Hayden have each claimed that the US has in […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (172) “A passion for heavenly goddesses”

Omar Khayyam (172) “A passion for heavenly goddesses”

I hope my mind will always be consumed  by a passion for heavenly goddesses, and that my hand will always  cradle the juice of the grape. They […]

Juan Cole

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Dear Democrats:  If you do That you have to do This

Dear Democrats: If you do That you have to do This

Dear Democratic Party: If you bring Gabby Giffords to say the Pledge of Allegiance, you have to bring up the issue of gun control somewhere […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Ways we are Better off than in January 2009

Top Ten Ways we are Better off than in January 2009

It is breathtaking impudence that Republicans should try to campaign on whether we are better off than were were in the last six months of […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan

US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia (Woods & Serle)

Chris Woods and Jack Serle write at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Pakistan: August sees the highest number of CIA strikes in Pakistan since October […]

Juan Cole

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