Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It was no coincidence that Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu chose the US Election Day to fire […]
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Gaza’s Palestinians, Besieged by Israel, turn to Solar Power
Here’s an excellent AFP film clip and article from a couple weeks ago that I think deserves a wider audience. Gazans turn to solar power […]
Why Romney is Wrong that Obama’s Syria Policy Emboldened Putin
(By Juan Cole) On Face the Nation on Sunday, Mitt Romney slammed President Obama’s policies toward Russia as “naive” and called the country a “geopolitical […]
Saudi Arabia Again Fails Human Rights 101 (UNHRC)
The [United Nations’] Human Rights Council’s review of Saudi Arabia comes at a time of serious concern about the rights situation in the country. Authorities […]
Coal, Gas & Oil are Huge Water Hogs; Solar is a Water Saver
Solar Power Is A Huge Water Saver (World Water Day Infographic) (via Clean Technica) Every year on this day since 1993, the community of nations […]
Pakistani Sufi Anthem: Jhule Lal Dam Mast Qalandar by Nusrat Fateh Ali
Qawwali is the South Asian Muslim equivalent of African-American Gospel music. This particular song celebrates the thirteenth-century Sindhi mystic, Sayyid `Uthman Marwandi, known as Lal […]
ABC: Bush’s Neocon Spokesman for Illegal US Occupation of Iraq Slams Russia for Crimea
It just baffles me that failed Neocons like Dan Senor are still given a hearing inside the Beltway. ABC News actually interviewed Senor, the spokesman […]
TYT: MSNBC’s Chuck Todd Rips CNN for “Breaking News” Malaysia Plane Fraud, Discovers MSNBC Doing it Too
Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks says when she was a guest on another cable news channel, the producer told her, “remember: our viewers are […]
Are Some Iraqi Politicians being Disqualified because they Criticized PM Nouri al-Maliki?
(From a Niqash Special Correspondent in Baghdad) A number of high profile MPs have been banned from running in Iraq’s upcoming general elections – allegedly […]
Big Oil and Gas Wants your Drinking Water, Too: UN
(By Jacob Chamberlain) An unrelenting increase in energy production, including unconventional methods such as tar sands extraction and fracking, will severely damage the world's already […]
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