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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus

Juan Cole

An Israeli police statement blamed the demonstrators, saying that they had disturbed the peace, closed off streets, damaged buses

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

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Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

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John Oliver: What if TV Climate Debates were 97 to 3 as in Real Science?

John Oliver: What if TV Climate Debates were 97 to 3 as in Real Science?

“John Oliver hosts a mathematically representative climate change debate, with the help of special guest Bill Nye the Science Guy, of course.” John Oliver LastWeekTonight: […]

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Barack Obama
Reich on Obama Walmart Photo-Op: "What numbskull arranged this?"

Reich on Obama Walmart Photo-Op: “What numbskull arranged this?”

(By John Queally) A low-wage Walmart employee in California has a simple message for President Obama on behalf of the millions of workers who find […]

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Afghanistan
US Military Report:  War effort in Afghanistan was bedeviled by Corruption, made it Worse

US Military Report: War effort in Afghanistan was bedeviled by Corruption, made it Worse

Enlarge Air Force aerial porters load a shipping container onto a C-130 Hercules cargo plane at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. The 19th MCT, a small squadron of Air Force surface movement controllers and…

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Barack Obama
Dear GOP:  Here are Some Basic Real Questions to ask about Benghazi & CIA

Dear GOP: Here are Some Basic Real Questions to ask about Benghazi & CIA

(By Michael G. Roskin) With a Congressional committee about to seize on the Benghazi question (as part of the 2014 election campaign), some previously unasked […]

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Christianity
Israeli Squatter anti-Church Terror in Jerusalem "Poisons" Papal visit

Israeli Squatter anti-Church Terror in Jerusalem “Poisons” Papal visit

(By Juan Cole) The Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, has said that Israeli squatter attacks on and desecration of Christian churches has poisoned the […]

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Nisar lauds  PTI workers’ attitude

Nisar lauds PTI workers’ attitude

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan praised the workers and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for demonstrating a “sense of responsibility” […]

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 New Study Ties California Drought to Fossil Fuel-Driven Climate Change

New Study Ties California Drought to Fossil Fuel-Driven Climate Change

New Study Links California Drought to Climate Change and Burning of Fossil Fuels (via Desmogblog) Sat, 2014-05-10 09:07Chris Rose California, widely considered the U.S. state […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Kochs slammed by GOPer for plan to cripple wind power in Kansas

Kochs slammed by GOPer for plan to cripple wind power in Kansas

Kansas Republican slams Kochs for trying to cripple state’s growing wind power industry (via Raw Story ) Friday night’s edition of The Rachel Maddow Show […]

Juan Cole

CIA
Pakistan: CIA "Bin Laden" Unit's Fake Vaccination Ploy Sparked Polio Crisis

Pakistan: CIA “Bin Laden” Unit’s Fake Vaccination Ploy Sparked Polio Crisis

(By Sarah Lazare) A Pakistani official on Thursday slammed the CIA's fake vaccination drive in 2011 for fueling distrust of polio eradication campaigns and driving […]

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