While leading American blog Daily Kos appears to be silencing pro-Palestinian voices and the IDF continues its humanitarian mission in the occupied territories, the Palestinian reality in Lebanon is mired in tragedy once more. Robert Fisk reports: What, I kept asking myself yesterday, have we unleashed now? Well, you can ask Suheila Mustafa who stood…
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Imprisoning a whole nation
A superb article by John Pilger. Israel is destroying any notion of a state of Palestine and is being allowed to imprison an entire nation. That is clear from the latest attacks on Gaza, whose suffering has become a metaphor for the tragedy imposed on the peoples of the Middle East and beyond. These attacks,…
The Islamic enemy within
Glenn Greenwald explain how the perpetuation of fear is what maintains the cohesion and strength of the right wing blogosphere. Pew released a new poll today regarding the political beliefs and attitudes of American Muslims and — needless to say — our right-wing warriors, within hours of its release, have exploded in shrieking alarm. These…
Dollar continues to fall from grace
The day is fast approaching when the US dollar will no longer carry any significance internationally. Argentina and Brazil, South America’s two largest economies, will drop the U.S. dollar in favor of a regional currency in their bilateral trade starting in October 2007, Argentine Economics Minister Felisa Miceli said. The countries’ transition to a new…
Sickness has a name
Michael Moore and his new movie “Sicko” was a triumph at the Cannes film festival. Here’s why.
The death knell beckons
The Americans ought to be congratulated. So many victories in the Middle East, and so little to show for it. Opium is now being grown in Iraq. Lebanon is being torn apart thanks to a Faustian deal between Sunni extremists and the US-backed Lebanese government. Furthermore, the reality of the al-Qaeda style group in Tripoli…
IAEA Chief upsets the US
In the run up to the Iraq war, we saw how the Bush administration treated anyone who disagreed with their war preparations. Well, now it’s Mohamed ElBaradei’s turn. The United States wants its allies to join in a formal protest against the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency for suggesting that Iran be allowed…
BREAKING: Terrorist bomber arrested in Virginia.
From Instaputz. A 19-year old terrorist was arrested in Virignia!!!111!!!1! Why isn’t this all over the wingnut blogs? No mention on terror-watchers Malkin or Putz. Nothing. Oh, it’s because the terrorist is a Christian. And Campbell County authorities arrested a Liberty University student for having several homemade bombs in his car. The student, 19-year-old Mark…
Double or Nothing
With the surge failing, what would any sane mind do?… Double the size of the surge right? The Bush administration is quietly on track to nearly double the number of combat troops in Iraq this year, an analysis of Pentagon deployment orders showed Monday. At least this time around, they have someone else to roll…
The ultimate irony
While the Siniora government is experiencing a huge dose of unintended consequences, an unlikely ally is rallying to their cause. The Shiite Hizbullah has so far backed Lebanon’s army in its confrontation with a Fatah Islam, a Sunni militant group inside a refugee camp – despite the fact that Hizbullah has been pushing to topple…