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Archives for 2014
“Some say the world will end in fire:” Climate Panel Paints Mad Max World of Famine, Fire, War
(By Juan Cole) The poet Robert Frost wrote, “Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction […]
Less Food, More War: CO2 Driving Certain Global Warming, Rising Insecurity
Climate change boosts conflict risk, floods, hunger: UN (via AFP) Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and mass migration this century, the UN’s expert panel said Monday in a landmark report on the impact of climate change. Left unchecked, greenhouse gas emissions may cost trillions… —— Related video: PBS […]
Musharraf indicted in treason case
ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted to try former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for high treason indicted him on Monday, DawnNews reported. The three judge court headed by Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court read out the indictment against the ex-army strongman. The indictment cited imposition of Nov 3, 2007 emergency as one of […]
Will the US side with Saudi or Qatar in the Great Gulf Civil War?
(By Omar Ali) The Saudi strategy of offering military support to the US while exporting Muslim militancy and portraying itself as the protector of the two holiest sites in the Islamic world has backfired for both Saudi Arabia and the US. Tensions are increasing in the Persian Gulf, with Qatar on one side, and Saudi […]
Despite Twitter ban, Corruption Charges, Turkey PM claims victory, warns Islamist rivals ‘will pay price’
Turkey PM claims victory, warns rivals ‘will pay price’ (via AFP) Turkey’s Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed victory for his Islamic-rooted party in Sunday’s key local elections and warned his foes they will “pay the price” for plotting his downfall. “Those who attacked Turkey got disappointed,” Erdogan told a… ——- Related video: Euronews: “Turkey: […]
Walmart Admits that its Business Model Requires Employees to Depend on Food Stamps
Critics cite irony of annual report filing: ‘This is a company that everywhere it goes it creates poverty’ (By Lauren McCauley) [ Walmart employees are known to be among biggest Medicaid and Food Stamp recipients in over half of the states. – JRIC] Although a notorious recipient of "corporate welfare," Walmart has now admitted that […]
Pace Sheldon Adelson: Top 5 Signs West Bank is Occupied Territory
(By Juan Cole) New Jersey governor and presidential hopeful Chris Christie used the term “Occupied Territories” to refer to Gaza and the West Bank in his talk this weekend to Sheldon Adelson’s “Republican Jewish Coalition” in Las Vegas. He was forced to apologize to the uber right wing Adelson. Now the far right billionaires want […]
Circumcision and its discontents
For a male Jew, ‘brit milah’ brings together past, present and future; family, Jewish people, and humanity