Amid its lethal bombarding campaign, Israel awarded licenses for gas exploration in offshore Gaza, which is not under its sovereignty. Hence, the ceasefire smokescreen to […]
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Omar Khayyam (8)
A lover all his life is frantic and intoxicated– crazy, distracted and disgraced. When we’re sober, everything annoys us; but when we’re drunk, whatever will […]
Syria: Crimes Against Humanity in Homs
The Telegraph (UK) has put the word “genocide” in its headline as a description of what has been going on in Syria. On Wednesday morning, […]
Chinese Envoy: Veto aimed at Protecting Syria from Civil War
The USG Open Source Center translates from the Chinese an article that includes an explanation of China’s veto of a new UN Security Council resolution […]
Tomgram: Bill McKibben, Why the Energy-Industrial Elite Has It In for the Planet
If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment would be a giant carbon bubble, whose bursting someday will make the housing bubble of 2007 look like a lark. As yet –…
Omar Khayyam 16
Before time ever was, You fashioned the divine handiwork of heaven and hell– out of compassion and rage. Your banquet is in heaven, and I […]
Hoekstra Blames Everyone but Himself for the Deficits He Voted for
It is hard to decide what is the most despicable thing about senatorial Republican hopeful Pete Hoekstra’s Superbowl ad attacking rival Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow. […]
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Kicking Down the World’s Door
Make no mistake: we’re entering a new world of military planning…
How an Israeli Strike on Iran could radically weaken Israel
Some colleagues on an email list got me thinking about the worst case scenario of an Israeli air strike on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, so […]
Cole Spanish interviews on Arab Spring in Costa Rica Press
My Spanish-speaking readers will enjoy these links to interviews about the Arab Spring I did last week in San Jose, Costa Rica, with the press […]
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