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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Could the Pakistani Government Fall over Karachi Violence? What would it Mean for Obama’s War on al-Qaeda?

Could the Pakistani Government Fall over Karachi Violence? What would it Mean for Obama’s War on al-Qaeda?

The ongoing political turmoil in a major Pakistani city to which few Americans pay much attention could nevertheless prove pivotal to the Obama administration’s AfPak […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmad: Shahid Alam on Israeli Exceptionalism

Ahmad: Shahid Alam on Israeli Exceptionalism

Ahrar Ahmad reviews M. Shahid Alam. Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), 274 pp., for IC Ahrar Ahmad writes: […]

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The Other Cartoon Death Threats

The Other Cartoon Death Threats

Drudge Retort says, “Political cartoonist Mark Fiore wrote on his blog that he’s receiving death threats over a 90-second animated film he created that teaches […]

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Why Republicans are Worried

Why Republicans are Worried

The corporate media are in the tank for a Republican comeback in 2010, and the GOP may in fact pick up some seats in the […]

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Allah Muslim-Christian Controversy in Malaysia

Allah Muslim-Christian Controversy in Malaysia

The riots by some Muslims in Malaysia and attacks on Christian churches over a recent court ruling allowing Christians to call God “Allah” are as […]

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Something Screwy about that Liveability Ranking

Something Screwy about that Liveability Ranking

International Living has issued its annual ranking of countries as the best places to live. I do not know anything about the site, International Living, […]

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Jumping from the World’s Tallest Building

Jumping from the World’s Tallest Building

Jumping from the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Via MSNBC Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy […]

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EXPLAINING THE CONCEPT OF “LEARNING CURVE” TO JEFFREY GOLDBERG

EXPLAINING THE CONCEPT OF “LEARNING CURVE” TO JEFFREY GOLDBERG

EXPLAINING THE CONCEPT OF “LEARNING CURVE” TO JEFFREY GOLDBERG � The Race for Iran Hillary Mann Leverett explains to American Likudnik Jeffrey Goldberg that an […]

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Iraq, Gaza, Drone Strikes in Pakistan-- the Radicalization of CIA Assassin Humam al-Balawi

Iraq, Gaza, Drone Strikes in Pakistan– the Radicalization of CIA Assassin Humam al-Balawi

I just saw a clip on Aljazeera Arabic of the “martyrdom tape” of Humam al-Balawi, the Jordanian-Palestinian double agent who carried out a suicide bombing […]

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