Syrian regime hypocrisy
Syrian regime media has just unleashed its propaganda powers against the Saudi regime. Too little, too late, I say. And today, Syrian regime TV described Saudi troops in Bahrain as “terrorist”. I...
View ArticleEgyptian presidential candidate, Hazim Abu Isma`il
An Egyptian jurist sent me this: “Here’s more from Egyptian presidential candidate Hazem AbuIsmail opining on nutmeg in his days as a televangelist. It is a very weird phenomenon that the Salafi...
View ArticleObama: Easter ‘a time to reflect and rejoice’– USA TODAY
USA TODAY Obama: Easter 'a time to reflect and rejoice'USA TODAYBy David Jackson, USA TODAY President Obama passed on politics for his weekly radio address Saturday, speaking instead of Easter and how...
View ArticleFor Whom the Death Toll tolls
“John Donne and 1664 Dutch map of the world “No man is an iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the...
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There will be no blogging today. I have an early doctor’s appointment. Go play in the garden. Go to Source
View ArticleRT
“The most insidious aspect of Assange’s show is not what is in it, but what isn’t. Russia Today – now styled RT – is state-owned and Kremlin-controlled. It is remarkable for how little reporting it...
View ArticleUS officials: Core al-Qaeda ‘essentially gone’– USA TODAY
USA TODAY US officials: Core al-Qaeda 'essentially gone'USA TODAYWASHINGTON (AP) – A year after the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda that carried out the Sept. 11 attacks is...
View ArticleDoes Andrew Bynum want to stay in LA? ‘I’ll play anywhere’– USA TODAY
USA TODAY Does Andrew Bynum want to stay in LA? 'I'll play anywhere'USA TODAYBy Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY He finished with just 10 points and four rebounds in 35 minutes of play in Game 5 Monday. The...
View ArticleElection Day, Day One: A Roundup
Egypt Independent I’m still encountering some Internet access problems at home so I’m not sure if I’ll be blogging this evening, so I’m trying to get stuff up during the day. Today was day one of what...
View ArticleTel Aviv 2012–Berlin 1938
“Today, Israel moved one step closer to Nazi Germany circa 1938. In Berlin, Nazis walked the streets terrorizing Jews, smashing windows, burning books and synagogues. Today, in Tel Aviv’s poor Hatikva...
View ArticleSyrian regime censorship
Just to show you the standards of the Syrian regime. Today, I learned that Ghassan Sa`ud, a writer in Al-Akhbar, has been banned from entering Syria although he is one of the few writers who supports...
View ArticlePop royalty reigns at Jubilee concert – USA TODAY
USA TODAY Pop royalty reigns at Jubilee concertUSA TODAYBy Maria Puente, USA TODAY LONDON – A slew of Sirs and a bevy of boldfaced pop royals serenaded Queen Elizabeth II at her Diamond Jubilee concert...
View ArticleThe Fifrh of June: The "Naksa" Plus 45 Years
Forty-five years ago today, on June 5, 1967, in the midst of a continuing Middle East crisis, Israel struckl pre=emptively against Arab Air Forces and, in six days, won one of the most decisive short...
View ArticleDon’t Panik! Islam and Europe’s ‘Hip Hop Wars’
Hishaam Aidi, aljazeera, Don’t Panik! Islam and Europe’s ‘Hip Hop Wars’ "Surveying European hip hop today, one notices two things: first, as in America, some of the biggest stars are Muslim, the...
View ArticleAn Oddity Worth Noting: Rebels Claimed the Same Figures Killed Today Were...
Here’s an oddity worth pondering. Back in May, some Syrian rebel sources claimed to have killed six senior security officials, and the list is almost identical to those actually killed and wounded...
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