Monthly Archives: December 2010

America’s Fake Political Moralists I

The casual observer of the American Political Scene must come to the conclusion that all the Pundits that infect the media today, never, ever go away. No matter how muddleheaded their prognostications, their support for endless war and its domestic … Continue reading

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Iranian government stirs up antisemitism with invented massacre | Meir Javedanfar | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

On 10 December, 250 Basij students from Abu Ali Sina University in the Iranian city of Hamedan gathered in front of the mausoleum of two Jewish saints and threatened to tear it down, in revenge for what the students claimed … Continue reading

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Stop a Witch hunt against Gays in Uganda | Human Rights First

Home » blog » Stop a Witch hunt against Gays in Uganda Stop a Witch hunt against Gays in Uganda 12-27-2010 Julius Kaggwa LGBTI activist in Uganda Help protect gays in Uganda and around the world In Uganda, LGBTI (lesbian, … Continue reading

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The top 12 Civil War books ever written – War Room

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The Fading Dream of Europe by Orhan Pamuk | NYRBlog | The New York Review of Books

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A Universal History of the Destruction of Books by Fernando Báez – review | Books | The Guardian

A Universal History of the Destruction of Books by Fernando Baez Buy it from the Guardian bookshop “In general, biblioclasts are well-educated people . . . members of the middle or upper classes . . . with religious and social … Continue reading

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Paul Krugman stops The Humbug Express

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/24/opinion/24krugman.html?_r=1&hp#

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We’re All Conservatives Now

Stanley Fish on education, law and society.

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Maddow: ‘Newt Gingrich is a direct mail scam artist’ | Video Cafe

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Obsessive / Compulsive: “The Social Network” (David Fincher, USA)

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