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US media double standard

"...for Octavia Nasr, CNN's former Senior Middle East Affairs Editor, Twitter was a career-ender. A tweet expressing her sorrow following Lebanese Shia cleric Ayatollah Fadlallah's death set off a storm amongst many conservative and pro-Israel groups in America." >>>

patriot dog

Natasha Leggero and Duncan Trussell have kind of a racist dog >>>

the trouble with capitalism

but when the wealth of a whole nation is put at risk for the benefit of individual managers of corporations, the system becomes subverted, and a political crisis ensues, as is the case in both usa and europe today>>>

How to start a movement

in less than 6 minutes!

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the myth of ‘western rationality’

nothing about iran’s regional policy is particularly ‘irrational’. iran could have been more strategic and effective, and could have taken a more conciliatory path>>>

slamming the holocaust card

Dr. Norman Finkelstein at the University of Waterloo takes the Holocaust card bull by the horn.

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Thinking the unthinkable

The Americans are running out of options with Iran. Sanctions don't work and harsher ones won't be approved. the military option is not viable for the US (too tied up and broke) or Israel (too weak). There is no sign of a regime overthrow from within Iran>>>

Eskimos and Iranians

People make strange decisions. Imagine the first people way back in history, not sure when, migrating across continents to find an ideal place to settle down>>>

God-awful choice-makers

Both Iran and her opposition – the Security Council, Israel and Germany - are acting as self-serving, manipulative, power-hungry parties that have no real interest in nuclear disarmament at all>>>

America's obsession with Iran

If someone was watching this from Mars, they’d collapse in ridicule. >>>

death to death calls

please forgive my rant. but i see a propensity to violence and vengeance. a friend at the rally caused it. when i asked her why she was chanting about death, she said: 'i want revenge. i want all these bastards dead'>>>

Losing hope in change

Obama is increasingly looking like a major advertising scam. The ruling elite proving that they 'can'. Torture, foreign crusades, illegal detentions, unlimited foreign occupation...>>>

It just takes time.

Yes, Ellie & Ardeshir sound ecstatic about being back home. But then I know I wouldn’t go back just yet. And I know exactly why. >>>

Boycotting Israel: Time for Action

Making a difference, peacefully and effectively. >>>

Boycott Israel to stop the carnage!

what is the solution to the incredible carnage in Gaza? >>>