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Muslims in France: A little context
You can’t generalize with much accuracy about Muslims in France, no more so than about Christians or secularists. By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | January 12, 2015 It is impossible to generalize about Muslims in France. Anyone … Continue reading
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‘Charlie Hebdo’ : Killing cartoonists
It’s an awesome outrage. Of course, some dinosaur Republicans might try to blame Obama. By Paul Krassner | The Rag Blog | January 7, 2015 This massacre is an awesome outrage, even to liberals and conservatives alike, although some dinosaur … Continue reading
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Still Not Much Concrete Evidence of Iranian Election Fraud
Tehran, August 19, 1953.Tehran, June 13, 2009. See also, In a micro-blogging world, caution needed on macro of #iranelection by Maha Zimmo, below. AJAX REDUX: US Heavy Meddle in IranBy Nima Shirazi / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2009 … Continue reading
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Robert Fisk : Iran’s Day of Destiny
A million opposition supporters swelled the streets of Tehran Monday, June 15, 2009. Photo from BBC. Not since the 1979 Iranian Revolution have massed protesters gathered in such numbers, or with such overwhelming popularity, through the boulevards of this torrid, … Continue reading
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Ahmadinejad : Iran Hands Israel a Gift
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during press conference at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo by Laurent Gillieronv / EPA. I hope in time to respond in detail to Nima Shirazi’s discussion of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s … Continue reading
George McGovern : Get Out of Iraq. Now.
Former Sen. George S. McGovern, Democratic candidate for President, 1972. Are we now going to ignore for another three years the public mandate of 2006 against this costly, preemptive war based on deceit? And how can we justify putting thousands … Continue reading
American Health Care : A Sucker Born Every Minute
Grand huckster P. T. Barnum: “A sucker born every minute.” ‘The insurance industry and PhARMA are well aware of the TV watcher’s predilection to accept, without question, their lies, distortions, and innuendoes about the nature of and need for single … Continue reading
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HEALTH CARE / Dr. Stephen R. Keister: The Gauntlet Has Been Tossed
A doctor makes a rare house call to visit patients in Florida. While such house calls are rare in the US, they are commonplace in France. Photo by Gregg Matthews / NYT.‘The insurance companies are money making businesses that have … Continue reading
Michael Rossman, Berkeley Activist from 60s, Dies at 68
Ron Anastasi and Michael Rossman carrying the Free Speech banner from Sproul Hall to demonstration outside the Regent’s Meeting. November 20, 1964. Photo by Ronald L. Enfield.Free Speech Movement leader dies at 68By Kristin Bender / May 17, 2008 BERKELEY … Continue reading
We Are All in Some Very Big Trouble
Nukes, Spooks, and the Specter of 9/11by Justin Raimondo We’re in big trouble if even half of what Sibel Edmonds says is true… “The next president may have to deal with a nuclear attack,” averred ABC’s Charles Gibson at Saturday … Continue reading
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