Such recalibration does not necessarily signal concession. It may reflect caution.
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hurricane Isaac may Threaten RNC convention of Climate-Change Deniers in Tampa
Hurricane season comes every year in the Mexican Gulf, so it is no real surprise that a tropical depression in the Atlantic may well turn […]
Dear Rep. King: Meet a Pregnant Rape Victim
Following in Rep. Todd Akin’s footsteps, evangelical extremist Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said today of pregnancy from rape, “Well I just haven’t heard of that […]
Islamic Shariah & Todd Akin/ Paul Ryan on Abortion & Legitimate Rape
The troubles of Rep. Todd Akin, Republican candidate for the senate in Missouri, derive from his absolute opposition to abortion, even in cases where a […]
On Real Gender and Racial Equality (Gloria Steinem Poster)
Anonymous Billionaires are Stealing Your Election with Attack Ads
It would be bad enough, as I reported last week, that 47 billionaires were responsible for the lion’s share of individual Super PAC contributions. It […]
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