By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – Have you and your friends gotten into a spirited board game of Bizingo recently? Have you ordered a slew of dome-style skirts from your favorite seamstress? Are you searching for the salt and pepper to flavor the water before you boil your mutton for dinner? Are […]
Archives for July 2017
Is Scott Pruitt Helping a Corporation Poison Your Kids? (TYT)
Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Does Scott Pruitt know how evil he is? Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Ben Mankiewicz, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. “Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt reportedly met Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris in March before his office announced […]
Dutch Furious as Israel seizes Solar Panels donated to Palestinians
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Netherlands has reacted with outrage after Israeli authorities seized dozens of solar panels in a remote occupied West Bank village that were donated by the Dutch government. Israeli forces confiscated the solar panels in the isolated village of Jubbet al-Dhib east of Bethlehem on Wednesday […]
Iraq united to defeat ISIL, but can it avoid Break-up Afterwards?
By Dylan O’Driscoll | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Multiple segments of the population, including at elite level, have come together in the fight against IS and now the time has come for this effort to extend beyond the battle. The Iraqi army recaptured Mosul’s historical al-Nuri mosque and its leaning minaret on June […]
Trump has it Backwards: Green Energy will Make America Great
By Joseph E. Stiglitz | (Project Syndicate) | – – BRUSSELS – Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States took another major step toward establishing itself as a rogue state on June 1, when it withdrew from the Paris climate agreement. For years, Trump has indulged the strange conspiracy theory that, as he put […]
With CNN Reporter Attack Video, Trump apes Seedy Dictators
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump has taken another big step toward becoming an African dictator. On Sunday he tweeted a video someone made for him that was posted at a white supremacist site at Reddit.com. It showed him attacking a CNN reporter, WWF style, and wrestling him to the ground. […]
Gunmen Shoot at Mosque-goers in France, Injure 8, including Child
TeleSur | – – Avignon police are now searching for the suspects who fled the scene. In the southeastern city of Avignon in France’s Provence region, two hooded men pulled up to the Arrahma mosque and opened fire on the crowd. The incident left eight people injured, including a 7-year-old girl, La Provence newspaper reported. […]
Did Trump commit a crime in trying to Blackmail Mika and Joe? (TYT)
Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz | TYT Video Report | – – “The President of the United States is tight with the owner of “The National Enquirer,” because of course he is. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Ben Mankiewicz, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. “Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough published a Washington Post […]
Another “Unbalanced” White Terrorist targets Muslims at Mosque Near Paris
TeleSur | – – Although the official investigation clearly said the attack was “deliberate,” the mainstream French media failed to report it. A man in a 4×4 car intentionally tried to run over worshippers coming out of a mosque in a southeastern suburb of Paris earlier this week according to police in the French capital, […]