Among all of the obsessions of the Red States, the fixation on the danger of Muslim law (sharia) taking over the United States is the most bizarre. How would that happen, exactly? But the Oklahoma State Legislature actually passed a law forbidding resort to Muslim law. How many Muslims can there even be in Oklahoma. […]
Archives for March 2013
Palestinians Protest illegal Israeli Theft of Water Rights
Palestinians staged a protest march on Wednesday to protest Israeli denial to their villages of their water rights. Israelis now take 80% of the water from the Palestinian West Bank and each Israeli gets far more water per day than each Palestinian. The Israelis coerce the Palestine authorities into arrangements whereby Israeli squatters get the […]
Republicans not liked, even by 25% of . . . Republicans
It turns out that 25% of Republicans don’t like their own party. The Republican Party has a structural problem, in that it has only two main constituencies: the very wealthy and the white Religious Right. Both are tiny but powerful minorities. Neither is at all representative of the US population. Both want to impose policies […]
Donald Trump versus the Aberdeen Wind Farm: Fiddling while Rome Burns
Scotland has approved 11 wind turbines in Aberdeen, which will supply have the town’s electricity. They are being touted as job-creators and engines of economic growth, and are locally popular. (Green energy has already created 11,000 jobs in Scotland and the country is rapidly increasing the amount of electricity it generates from renewables). But Donald […]
‘Cowboy Windfarm’ Powers Oklahoma State U
The ‘Cowboy Windfarm’ is now providing 70% of the electricity used by Oklahoma State University!
Instead of offering to Buy East Jerusalem, the Arab League should invite Israel to Join It
Shaikh Hamad al-Thani, the leader of Qatar, proposed in his speech to the Arab League the creation of a $1 billion fund to preserve the Arab character of East Jerusalem, which is gradually being taken over by Israelis and its Arab inhabitants gradually expelled. Shaikh Hamad offered to put in $250 million to start off […]
Iraq: A country whose Future was Stolen (Jamail)
Dahr Jamail writes at Tomdispatch.com Back then, everybody was writing about Iraq, but it’s surprising how few Americans, including reporters, paid much attention to the suffering of Iraqis. Today, Iraq is in the news again. The words, the memorials, the retrospectives are pouring out, and again the suffering of Iraqis isn’t what’s on anyone’s mind. […]
Qaddafi’s Arms Flooding Middle East from Libya
The UN is concerned that unsecured weapons stockpiles from the depots of the late dictator Muammar Qaddafi are flooding into Africa and the Middle East from southern Libya, where the new, elected government exerts little control. Aljazeera English reports Obviously, the Libyan government with the help of neighbors and Europe, ought to be buying back […]
How Climate Change Disrupts Industry: Michael E. Mann Video Interview
Michael E. Mann on the impact of climate change on industry:
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