Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that Hezbollah escalated its rocket attacks on northern Israel and Syria’s Golan Heights occupied by Israel. Some […]
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The Lotto Symbolizes the False Promises of Barracuda Capitalism, and it Won’t make you Happy to Win
Late capitalism in the United States is a process whereby more and more of the national income is going every month to a smaller number […]
“I will Survive” the Muslim Brotherhood: Leftist Egyptian Youth Music Video
Not an endorsement, but this cover by secular leftists of Gloria Gaynor’s 1978 “I will Survive,” with satirical Arabic lyrics (translated in subtitles) about the […]
The Great Benghazi Conspiracy and Republican Forgeries
John Aravosis at AmericaBlog has been all over the Republican congressmen who forged versions of alleged White House emails on Benghazi and falsified them to […]
Moapa Band of Paiutes Celebrates switch from Coal to Solar Energy in Nevada
The Moapa Paiutes are celebrating the advent of solar power and the beginning of the end of coal power in southern Nevada. They are having […]
The Great American Descent into Plutocracy (Kroll)
Andy Kroll writes at Tomdispatch.com Billionaires with an axe to grind, now is your time. Not since the days before a bumbling crew of would-be […]
Really Star-Trekking: Skylab Astronauts Reflect on Life in Outer Space (Video)
Three astronauts from the International Space Station did a Google hangout with the stars of “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” Meanwhile, VOA profiles an earlier generation […]
Bombing Kills 15 in Kabul, 6 Americans: Is this What Winning Looks Like? (+ VICE video)
Gulbuddin Hikmatyar’s Hizb-i Islami [the Islamic Party] guerrilla group bombed a military convoy in Kabul this morning, killing 15, including 6 Americans. The Reagan administration […]
Kenya gets Funding for Africa’s Largest Wind Farm
The African Development Bank has approved $150 million in funding for the Turkana wind farm in Kenya, which will be Africa’s largest, generating 300 megawatts […]
Obama must Make Fighting Climate Change National Project, or Die the death of a thousand Scandals
President Obama, like George H. W. Bush, has a problem with the ‘vision thing.’ And that is the reason for which he is being dogged […]