Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis firm reports that for the first nine months of 2024, Germany generated more electricity from wind […]
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Saudi Woman executed for Witchcraft: A Struggle over Gender Power?
Saudi Arabia’s news service announced that the kingdom has executed a Saudi woman for the practice of sorcery, according to the BBC. Amina bint Abd […]
Climate Change Disaster looms despite Durban Agreement
The global summit on climate change and curbing carbon emissions at Durban in South Africa ended on a positive note diplomatically. The international community rededicated […]
Iran has US Surrounded, All Right
From Democratic Underground: Each star is a US base. But just to be clear, Iran is the one that is threatening us.
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The 1% Election
Sometimes words outlive their usefulness. Sometimes the gap between changing reality and the names we’ve given it grows so wide that they empty of all meaning or retain older meanings that only confuse us. “Election,&rdquo…
Washington Actions on Palestine don’t Differ from Gingrich’s Words
Newt Gingrich has been trying for the monetary backing and votes of Jewish Americans and Christian Zionists by taking up the positions of the Israeli […]
Is Syrian Regime Preparing a Massacre of Homs?
Reports that the Syrian military is bringing up armor and heavy weapons to Homs has sparked fears that the regime intends to invade the city, […]
Iran Displays Drone, Complains to UN
Iran said Thursday that it had hacked into the unmanned RQ-170 Sentinel US spy drone flying over eastern Iran and brought it down that way. […]
Which Bill is more Dangerous — ‘Internet “piracy”‘ —- or ‘Defense Authorization’?
Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks discusses two of the worst pieces of legislation before Congress with Glenn Greenwald. They are the so-called “Stop Online […]
Tomgram: William Astore, The Remoteness of 1% Wars
America’s wars are remote. They’re remote from us geographically, remote from us emotionally (unless you’re serving in the military or have a close relative or friend who serves), and remote from our major media outlets, w…