Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) – “”Fox News contributor Robert Jeffress believes that gay marriage and the film release of Fifty Shades of Grey are signs that the apocalypse is nearing. Jeffress said “the Bible prophesized that in the End Times, there will be a lack of moral restraint. And I think we’re seeing […]
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Archives for 2015
The More Coal & Oil we Burn, the worse the Southwest Megadrought
NASA Goddard | – “NASA scientists used tree rings to understand past droughts and climate models incorporating soil moisture data to estimate future drought risk in the 21st century.” NASA | Megadroughts Projected for American West
700 British artists pledge to boycott Israel until Pal Rights Granted
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — 700 British artists have signed a pledge to boycott Israel as long as it “continues to deny basic Palestinian rights,” the latest major success for the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions of Israel movement. “In response to the call from Palestinian artists and cultural workers for a cultural boycott of Israel, we […]
Iraq: ISIL advances to within 9 miles of 300 US troops at al-Ain Base
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The Jordanian newspaper al-Dustur [Constitution] reports that Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) has captured the al-Anbar city of al-Baghdadi in western al-Anbar Province. Twenty-five Daesh commandos, some of them with suicide bomb belts, then threw themselves at the outskirts of the al-Ain military base about 9 miles away, where […]
Bad News for US Biotech: GOP’s Scott Walker so anti-science he can’t affirm Evolution
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – “Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks gives his final judgment on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s recent comments on evolution. Cenk finds it hard to believe that a leading candidate for the 2016 Presidential nomination can’t go on the record on evolution.” The Young Turks: “Final Judgement: Scott […]
Israel Top Court denies justice to Family of Slain Activist Rachel Corrie
By Sarah Lazare | (Commondreams.org) The family of Rachel Corrie—the 23-year-old U.S. activist crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer while nonviolently protesting a home demolition in Palestine 12 years ago—was denied justice by Israel’s top court on Thursday. The rejection is the latest stage in the family’s decade-long legal battle to hold Israel […]
Israel bans Palestinian-Israeli Legislator Hanin Zoabi From Elections
By IMEMC News & Agencies | – The Israeli central election committee, on Thursday, passed a vote to exclude Palestinian MK Hanin Zoabi from the Arab list of candidates running for Knesset elections, next March. PNN reports that the petition was submitted by Avigdor Liberman, head of Yisrael Beytenu party, and Otzma Yehudit/Yachad, Ha’am Itanu […]
‘American Terrorist’: Middle East reacts to Murder of 3 Muslim-American Students in N Carolina
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – If American mass media seemed reluctant to cover the murder of three Muslims students at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill as a hate crime, the same was not true in the Middle East, where strong opinions were aroused. Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan criticized President Barack Obama […]
Can Republicans succeed by running on Polluting Planet & New Cold War?
By Michael T. Klare It’s a ritual long familiar to observers of American politics: presidential hopefuls with limited international experience travel to foreign lands and deliver speeches designed to showcase their grasp of foreign affairs. Typically, such escapades involve trips to major European capitals or active war zones like Iraq and Afghanistan. New Jersey Governor […]
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