Archive for May 11, 2005
Etude: Paysage a Auvers, c. 1873. Cézanne.
Posted on May 11, 2005 by As'ad
Orwellian: Actual headlines from the Washington Post. “Congress Approves $82 Billion for WarsIraq Cost to Pass $200 Billion; Army to Ask for More.”
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“1,200 detainees in Morocco go on hunger strike”
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“Terror Suspects Sent to Egypt by the Dozens, Panel Reports”
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“Halliburton Is Awarded $72 Million in Bonuses” (and Ahmad Chalabi given the highest award by Transparency International)
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“Locked Out: The 65,000 Indians on the wrong side of the fence”
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Full text. “At least 12.3 million people are trapped in forced labour around the world.”
Posted on May 11, 2005 by As'ad
“Americans seek bodily salvation through Jesus diet” (not to be confused with Moses diet or Muhammad diet)
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While Bush continues to “make progress in Iraq”: “One month’s toll in Iraq: 67 suicide bombers; US losing battle to stem flow of foreign fighters prepared to die for cause.”
Posted on May 11, 2005 by As'ad
The dissident Syrian Communist Party-Politburo (the Riyad At-Turk branch) has changed its name to Syrian Democratic People’s Party. Would the mere name change reverse the fortunes of the party? And every word of the new name is demagogically speaking in vogue. And I say this in the name of the people and the nation and [...]
Posted on May 11, 2005 by As'ad
Flash. Thomas Friedman is a deep thinker. Thomas Friedman is a deep thinker. Read all about it. Evidence? Look: he used the word “geopolitics”: “This is not a joke. If North Korea and Iran both go nuclear, that step may trigger a major realignment of geopolitics – the likes of which has not been seen [...]
Posted on May 11, 2005 by As'ad
It is official: fanatical Saudi clerics have officially labeled the two TV stations, LBC-TV and Rotana as “channels for fornication.”
Posted on May 11, 2005 by As'ad
The Lebanonization of Iraq, and the Iraqization of Lebanon. Welcome to the New Lebanon: From worse to worse. The Salafite groups in Lebanon have just formed an Islamic Politbureau to coordinate the work of all Salafi groups in Lebanon. On the other side, the Council of Maronite Bishop released one of the most sectarian statements [...]
Posted on May 11, 2005 by As'ad
“L’auteur de «Heidegger, l’introduction du nazisme dans la philosophie» expose les révélations contenues dans son livre.” (thanks Dan and Yenayar)
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“Humanitarianism Is Not Enough”
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News from “liberated” Afghanistan: Afghan demonstrators killed in anti-US protest
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From IfAmericansknew website: (thanks Julie)
Posted on May 11, 2005 by As'ad