By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Voice of America reports that on Thursday, Trump met with US military leaders to discuss Iran and North Korea, then staged a photo opportunity with them. He asked the journalists, “You guys know what this represents? . . . Maybe it’s the calm before the […]
Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about Washington? Trump Reneges
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump appears likely to attempt to derail the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA]), next week. The deal curbs Iran’s nuclear enrichment program and prevents it from using the program to do more than create fuel for power plants. Trump will argue […]
Top 5 signs Donald Trump might be an effing moron
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Carol E. Lee at NBC reported Wednesday that last summer Rex Tillerson, the secretary of state, called Trump a “f*cking moron.” The remark came after a number of incidents in which Trump had contradicted Tillerson on policy, and directly after Trump made salacious remarks to a […]
Germany and the Rise of a ‘Fascist International’
John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Germany funds foundations for its political parties. If the far right gets one, we’re one step closer to globalizing the alt-right. Germany got its very own electoral shock this week when the far right won 13 percent of the vote in country’s parliamentary elections. […]
How dangerous people get their weapons in America
By Philip Cook | (The Conversation) | – – The recent mass shooting in Las Vegas that left dozens of people dead and hundreds injured raises two important questions: How do dangerous people get their guns? And what should the police and courts be doing to make those transactions more difficult? The fact is that, […]
Israel to uproot 100k Palestinians by Annexing their Land
TeleSur | – – The move would hurt Palestine’s aspirations of statehood. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed legislation that would lead to the annexation of nearly 19 Palestinian settlements and uproot some 125,000 to 150,000 Palestinian people. Israel’s prime minister expressed his support during the Likud meeting at Ma’aleh Adumim, the largest Israeli […]
The Gasoline Car will be History before you Know it
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The world transportation sector is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions, heat trapping gas that warmed up the Caribbean and contributed to the ferocity of the 2017 hurricane season. Puerto Rico, St. Martin and other islands have been wrecked and Houston suffered a major flood. […]
26 Gun murders (equiv. 130) in England vs. *11,004* in US Annually
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised There have been 1,516 mass shootings in 1,735 days in the United States. You’ll note you don’t hear about mass shootings in Australia, Japan or for the most part the United Kingdom, or other civilized countries whose politicians have not been bought by 10 major […]
Too Little, Too Late: Trump dedicates Golf Trophy to Puerto Rico as he readies to Fly there
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump dedicated a golf trophy to Puerto Rico Sunday, as he prepared to fly to the island on a propaganda tour. Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré maintains that the Trump administration lacks a sense of scale when it comes to hurricane relief. The effort, he says, […]
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