The thousands of ISIL fighters imprisoned by the Kurds in 14 detention centers had terrorized western and northern Iraq and eastern Syria
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Omar Khayyam (313) “wine loosens even cast-iron shackles”
Wine-bibbing makes people less full of themselves, and wine loosens even cast-iron shackles. If satan had only tippled […]
Lemurs are the Species most threatened with Extinction
A new study finds that the Madagascar lemur primate is the vertebrate species most threatened by extinction. One reason for the threat is not only […]
Ghoul’s Glossary: From Atrocity (Syria) to CEO (Romney)
Atrocity: What a mass murder is called when the world is too blind or timid or divided to prosecute it as a war crime. Synonym […]
John Adams on the War on Terror (Poster)
Omar Khayyam (152) “so many hearts have been left bleeding”
A shame that bankruptcy has left us without capital in hand, and that so many hearts have been left bleeding by the blade […]
Dream Ticket (Poster)
Syria: You know you’re in Trouble When…
Some observations for the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad: You know you’re in trouble when you can only rule over people if you massacre them: […]
Obamas Scramble for Africa (Turse)
Nick Turse writes at Tomdispatch.com Obama’s Scramble for Africa Secret Wars, Secret Bases, and the Pentagon’s “New Spice Route” in Africa By Nick Turse They […]
Omar Khayyam (412) “Don’t waste a minute of your life”
Don’t give your body over to lamenting cruel destiny; Don’t dedicate your soul to grief at recollections of the dead. Don’t throw away your heart […]
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