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What should have been Headlines in the Corporate Media: Today’s Best of the Blogosphere
Talking Points Memo: Michele Bachmann’s latest batsh*t crazy conspiracy theory has Lebanon’s Shiite Hizbullah hooking up with Castro’s Communist Cuba. Tomdispatch: A State Department official […]
Palestine UN Vote and American Decline (Cole at Truthdig)
My column, “Palestine Vote Showcases the Decline of American Power,”, is out at Truthdig. Excerpt: “The United States, castigated by its critics as recently as […]
Pakistani Newspapers Respond to US Threats, call for War Readiness
The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases Pakistani Urdu newspaper editorials responding to the US threats against Pakistan should it not curb the Haqqani […]
Lindsey “Dr. Strangelove” Graham & War with Pakistan
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a major proponent of the idea of a US perpetual war, now wants conflict with Pakistan. He told Fox News Sunday, “The […]
Saudi Women’s Vote: Does it Go Far Enough?
The surprise announcement on Sunday by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia that women will be allowed to vote in and run for office in the […]
Greater Middle East Turns More Dangerous for US
Here are some troubling reports suggesting trouble ahead for the United States in the Greater Middle East, and, indeed, trouble for the region internally: 1. […]
Palestine, Bahrain and US Hyprocrisy
Brazen hypocrisy most often deeply damages the reputation, whether of a person or of a country. President Barack Obama appears to have thought that he […]
Strange Satellite Craze
The NASA satellite re-entering earth orbit late Friday has caused a sensation for some strange reason. Maybe because people have heard that it is 6 […]
Mahmoud Abbas goes to the UN
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestine Authority will give a major speech on Friday at the United Nations in conjunction with his planned request to […]
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