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Etch-a-Sketch Romney (Cartoon)
“Can Romney shake off his aide’s gaffe?”
Omar Khayyam (66)
I don’t drink wine for sheer enjoyment nor to corrupt my morals nor for irreligion or bad character. I want to tame my carnal soul […]
SBC’s Land: Romney’s Mormonism “Like Islam” (Here we go Again)
It turns out that from a hard-right American evangelical point of view, the US public may have a choice between two Muslims, or two ‘may […]
The “Real Mitt Romney” (to the Tune of Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady”)
Hugh Atkin’s cute amalgamation of Mitt Romney flip-flops and gaffes a la Marshall Bruce Mathers III.
Tomgram: William Hartung, Republican Math and the Pentagon Budget
If you’ve been fretting about faltering math education and falling test scores here in the United States, you should be worried based on this campaign season of Republican math…
Obama’s Hypocritical Message to Iran
President Barack Obama addresses the Iranian public on the occasion of the Iranian New Year (Now-Ruz). Shorter version: The US and Iran are on the […]
Is Anti-Immigrant, Islamophobic Campaign Rhetoric fomenting Antisemitism in France?
As French police launch a massive manhunt for the person who shot down a rabbi, his two children, and another child outside a Jewish school […]
2010 Hottest Year Yet, 70 ft. Sea Rise Virtually Assured
The hottest year on record is 2010, not 1998, according to new calculations of the major British climate study unit. The findings have just been […]
Damascus sees first signs of Guerrilla War
Syrian opposition forces fought the fiercest battle with government loyalist troops yet on Monday, in the tony El Mezze district of Damascus. Damascus, the capital, […]
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