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As 2014 declared Warmest Year, Watch where World’s CO2 Comes From
Vox | — “A new high-resolution computer model created by NASA shows carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas driving global warming, as you’ve never seen it […]
How the US Nat’l Security State goes on Failing Upward
By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) As 2015 begins, let’s take a trip down memory lane. Imagine that it’s January 1963. For the last three years, […]
Tee tomesing, tay tomesing? UK Kindergarten Teachers must report Terrorist Toddlers
AJ+ | — “The British government wants kindergarten teachers to report their toddlers…for potential extremism. Seriously.” AJ+ “Terrorist Toddlers In The UK? ”
Whatever Happened to besieged Kurdish City of Kobane, Syria?
By Juan Cole | — Kurdish forces (including both the local YPG and Peshmerga units from Iraqi Kurdistan), and supported by Free Syrian Army troops […]
What Black & White thinking misses about ISIS/Daesh & why it Matters to us All
By Neslihan Çevik | (Daily Sabah) — To combat radicalism, EU countries should avoid considering an increased interest in the origins and nature of Islam […]
Fearing NSA, Writers in USA and Worldwide Avoiding controversy, keyword Searches
PEN America | “Global Chilling” PEN America writes: “Global Chilling: The Impact of Mass Surveillance on International Writers is a new report demonstrating the damaging […]
Saudi General, Border Guards Killed by Daesh/ISIL for not being Fanatical Enough
France24 | — “At 4,30 am 4 men coming from Iraqi territory attacked a border post on the northern frontier of Saudi Arabia. Two of […]
National Shame: 50,000 Homeless Veterans Nationwide
ABC News | — “ABC News’ Bob Woodruff travels the country examining new efforts end homelessness among US veterans.” ABC News: “50,000 Homeless Veterans Nationwide” […]
Iran’s Rouhani & Direct Democracy: Wants Referendum to Sidestep Hardliners
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Iran’s system of government is a hybrid. One wing of it consists of a dictatorial theocracy, centered on […]











