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Video of the Day: The Nile Crocodile v. Wildebeest
Part of a National Geographic segment on the Nile crocodile and its prey:
Could Syria-Turkey Conflict Pull NATO In?
The shooting down by Syrian anti-aircraft batteries of a Turkish F-4 Phantom jet flying over international waters a few days ago has the potential to […]
“Bully Worship has become a Universal Religion” (George Orwell Poster)
Omar Khayyam (168) “neither servants nor masters”
In this life, all those who have half a piece of bread and a resting place in which to nest; who are neither servants nor […]
Follow @jricole on Twitter, Facebook, Email
Follow @jricole on Twitter. Some of my readers like the idea of one or two short essays a day, here at the blog. Others would […]
Fox Smears Mursi with “Jerusalem Capital” Lie (Murphy)
Anyone who watches Jon Stewart regularly knows that Fox News deliberately lies and manipulates video to fearmonger on behalf of the American Right wing. But […]
Will Egypt’s Mursi challenge US-Israeli Mideast Policy?
Mohammad Mursi, the new president of Egypt, probably will not be allowed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) with which he must […]
Egypt’s Zombie Revolution: Dead and Alive (Chase)
Anthony Chase Writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Egypt’s Revolution: Is It Possible to Be Both Dead and Alive? Post-mortems are as rife […]
Mursi and the Brotherhood in a Pluralist Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Mursi has been officially declared the president of Egypt. But under the terms of the military constitutional guidelines issued last Sunday […]
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