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200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”
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200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”

Juan Cole

The star-studded list of signatories includes Margaret Atwood of “The Handmaid’s Tale” fame; Mark Ruffalo a.k.a. the Incredible Hulk

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Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

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A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger

A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger

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If a Jammed Assault Rifle saved Lives, wouldn’t no Assault Rifle?

If a Jammed Assault Rifle saved Lives, wouldn’t no Assault Rifle?

Police are concluding that the semi-automatic rifle with 100-round drum attached used by the Aurora shooter jammed. He was then forced to use his Glock […]

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Syrian Rebellion Enters new Stage with Aleppo, Border operations

Syrian Rebellion Enters new Stage with Aleppo, Border operations

On Saturday and Sunday, the Free Syrian Army launched attacks on government facilities and personnel in Aleppo, with fighting raging in several districts of the […]

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“On the Back of a Camel” (Renoir Painting)

“On the Back of a Camel” (Renoir Painting)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) A dos de chameau signed ‘Renoir.’ (lower right) oil on canvas 28 3/8 x 29½ in. (72 x 75 cm.) Painted in […]

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Omar Khayyam (312) “let’s not fret about tomorrow’s grief”

Omar Khayyam (312) “let’s not fret about tomorrow’s grief”

Old friend, come on and let’s not fret  about tomorrow’s grief today; let’s spend this instant’s cash in hand– because tomorrow when we pass away from this decrepit […]

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Al-Assad in Spandex(Political Cartoon)

Al-Assad in Spandex(Political Cartoon)

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On the superiority of organized masses over desperate men with guns (Martin Luther King Jr Poster)

On the superiority of organized masses over desperate men with guns (Martin Luther King Jr Poster)

Juan Cole

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58 Murders a year by Firearms in Britain, 8,775 in US

58 Murders a year by Firearms in Britain, 8,775 in US

Updated Number of Murders, United States, 2010: 12,996 Number of Murders by Firearms, US, 2010: 8,775 Number of Murders, Britain, 2011*: 638 (Since Britain’s population […]

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How Long will We let the National Rifle Association and Corrupt Politicians Kill our Children?

How Long will We let the National Rifle Association and Corrupt Politicians Kill our Children?

Police in Aurora, Colorado say that they do not think that James Holmes had an accomplice. Of course he had an accomplice. He had lots […]

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Free Syrian Army Controls Border Areas

Free Syrian Army Controls Border Areas

Free Syria exists along Syria’s borders with Turkey and Iraq. The Free Syrian Army, somewhat to my surprise, is beginning to take and hold territory, […]

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