Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – What in the world is wrong with self-identified Republicans in the United States. I mean, look, I’m a historian and a world traveler. I get that different people have different ways of looking at the world, different norms and customs. It is to be expected. But the blatant amorality of […]
Archives for September 2018
SNL: Matt Damon Rakes Kavanaugh over Coals as Angry, Hysterical, Privileged Drunk
Saturday Night Live (NBC) | (Video Clip) Chuck Grassley: “We heard from the alleged victim, now let’s hear from the hero, who I’m told has been shadow-boxing in the bathroom for the last hour.” Matt Damon as Kavanaugh: “I’M GOING TO START AT AN 11 AND TAKE IT TO A 15– REAL QUICK! . . […]
Gaza: Israeli Snipers Murder 7 unarmed Protesters, send 210 to Hospital, including 35 Children
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Palestinians of the Gaza Strip marched, on Saturday afternoon, in the funerals of seven Palestinians killed by Israeli forces a day earlier during protests at the eastern borders of the besieged strip. The funerals of Iyad al-Shaer, 18, Muhammad Haniyeh, 23, Muhammad Shakhsa, 25, Muhammad Anshahi, 18, Muhammad al-Awawdeh, […]
Palestine Sues in Int’l Court of Justice to stop Trump move of Embassy to Contested Jerusalem
Jerusalem (AFP) – Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki said Saturday the Palestinians have petitioned the UN’s top court, alleging that the US inauguration of an embassy in Jerusalem was illegal. The Palestinians have filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) “for violating international law by moving its embassy in Israel to the […]
Israeli Authorities call Real Madrid Team Indirect Terrorists for giving Ahed Tamimi a Shirt
Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid were criticised by Israeli officials on Saturday after Ahed Tamimi, a teenager associated with Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation, was pictured being presented with a club shirt. The 17-year-old is visiting Spain this week with her family to participate in various social and political events. According to top Spanish […]
15 Years after US Occupied Iraq, it is too Unsafe for Trump Admin to keep a Consulate There
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A little over 15 years after the United States invaded and occupied Iraq on false pretences, the Department of State has been forced to close the US consulate in Basra because the US cannot guarantee its security. Basra has been roiled this summer by huge protests against lack of services […]
Blasey Ford Cued Survivors to Speak out, from Jeff Flake’s Elevator to Alyssa Milano
By Charlotte PLANTIVE | – Washington (AFP) – The dramatic Senate testimony of university professor Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her, has sparked a surge in calls to abuse hotlines — and a moment of reckoning for women confronting their own painful memories. CBS News: “Sen. Jeff […]
Israel Turned Down 2,173 Gaza Requests for Treatment Outside in Aug., 20% Cancer Sufferers
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A fifth or 20% of medical applications submitted in August by patients in the besieged Gaza Strip were denied, by Israel, a permit to leave for medical treatment in East Jerusalem or Israeli hospitals were for cancer patients, according to a monthly report by the World Health Organization (WHO). On Thursday, WHO […]
In Midst of Saudi-US war on Yemen, Doctors Despair as Babies die in ‘Orphaned Province’
Daleh (Yemen) (AFP) – At Nasr Hospital’s emergency room in the Yemeni city of Daleh, a little boy struggles to breathe. He is too tired, or too hungry, to cry. Born with a degenerative neurological disease, his muscles have atrophied to nothing, his tiny joints visible through his pale skin, his stomach distended. The child’s […]
