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Russian Sanctions-Busting?: Putin’s bruited 500k b/d oil deal with Iran draws US Threats
Russia has rejected US criticism of a plan that has been floated to import 500,000 barrels a day of petroleum from Iran on a barter […]
Colbert’s Send-up of O’Reilly on “Inequality” makes Bill Squawk
Colbert Report: Bill O’Reilly’s Defense of Inequality The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive Raw Story reports on O’Reilly’s hysterical response: […]
#Notabugsplat: Artists erect a giant portrait of drone victim for pilots (+ Vice Video)
(By Eric Stoner) A portrait of a drone victim in Pakistan as seen from a drone. (notabugsplat.com) In a brilliant creative action, an art collective […]
Made Homeless by Israel, defiant Bedouin vow to stay in Jordan Valley
Homeless but defiant, Bedouin to stay in Jordan Valley (via AFP) Two weeks after their fragile tin shacks were destroyed by Israeli bulldozers, Atiya Bani […]
The Supreme Court’s Animal Farm (Editorial Cartoon)
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Poof! John Kerry Blames Israeli Squatting in E. Jerusalem for breakdown in Peace Talks; Bennett: It’s Just Zionism
(By Juan Cole) You heard it first here. I had argued on Sunday that that the actions and statements of the far rightwing Israeli Likud […]
Tunisia has made strides in Democratic Transition: Can it get the Economy Right?
(By Francis Ghilès) Tunisians have reasons for optimism. For any regular visitor to Tunis, the change of atmosphere in the capital in the first months […]
Torture is from Mars? CIA’s Hayden Says Sen. Feinstein Too “Emotional” To Judge CIA Torture
Former CIA, NSA Boss Says Senator Feinstein Is Too Emotional To Judge CIA Torture Fairly (via Techdirt) We’ve written about former NSA and CIA boss […]
2 GOP Latino Strategies Clash: Sen. Ted Cruz disses Jeb Bush’s ‘Immigration for Love’ Meme
(By Juan Cole) Sen. Ted Cruz criticized Jeb Bush for appearing to downplay the rule of law in arguing that undocumented immigration to the US […]
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