By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Rep Steve King of Iowa (whose constituents should be ashamed to show their faces in public went full-on racist again, supporting hate-speech master Geert Wilders in his quixotic quest to reverse globalization and ban Muslims from Europe. King lauded Wilders’ supposed wisdom and added “we can’t […]
Archives for March 2017
Addicted to Racism: Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry
By Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | – – Only recently did I realise that people with racist prejudices have something to lose: their short-term delight, the balm for their soul. This is something they have in common with addicts. When they kick their habit, they lose this balm. In recent years, I have wondered […]
Hey Scott Pruitt: Tom Brokaw says you’re full of it on CO2 & Climate Change
Climate State | (Video News Clip) | – – Climate State: Global Warming ϟ ☼ ❅ What You Need To Know, with Tom Brokaw
Zombie America: Is it too late to Fight Trump’s Real-Life Dystopia?
By John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Dystopias have recently achieved full-spectrum dominance. Kids are drawn to such stories — The Giver, Hunger Games — like Goths to piercings. TV shows about zombie apocalypses, pandemics, and technology run amok inspire binge watching. We’ve seen the world-gone-truly-bad a thousand times over on the big screen. […]
Texas GOP tried Gerrymander away Latino, Austin Votes: Fed. Court
TeleSur | – – “Republicans in Texas have ensured that the dark days of discrimination in Texas continue to loom.” Texas lawmakers drew up three U.S. congressional districts to undermine the influence of Latino voters, a divided panel of three federal judges ruled, in the latest development in a years-long battle over gerrymandering. In the […]
How Much of Globe’s Humanitarian Crisis is Fault of US?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned Saturday that the globe is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II. 2016 set post-war records in misery. * More than 76 mn persons from 31 countries needed assistance. * […]
Making us Less Safe: Trump bloating Pentagon Budget, cutting Diplomacy, Science
By Miriam Pemberton | OtherWords | – – Throwing money at the Pentagon while gutting other programs that protect Americans shouldn’t make anyone feel safer. Millions of Americans are feeling uneasy, disgruntled, and insecure. That message sounded loud and clear throughout our turbulent election year. The Trump administration’s latest budget proposal isn’t likely to change […]
Under Trump, More Coalition Strikes on Yemen in a Week than in a Year under Obama
TeleSur | – – More drone and airstrikes have rained on Yemen in the past week than in any year of Barack Obama’s administration, with dozens of U.S. coalition airstrikes hitting schools, hospitals, markets and private homes. The strikes have reportedly targeted Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, AQAP, yet also killed civilians, including at […]
Israeli forces detain Palestinian writer over new novel
Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained Palestinian writer Khalida Ghusheh on Saturday morning after raiding her home in the neighborhood of Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem. Ghusheh’s manager, Amani Abd al-Karim, said that Israeli police had raided Ghusheh’s home, before detaining her and transporting her to a police […]
© 2024 All Rights Reserved