Month: August 2015

  • News and Analysis (8/10/15)

    Kurds complain that even after technical problems causing “initial transfers to the state oil company [to be] lower than required” were resolved, the central governments persisted in sending reduced payments: A New Fight over Oil Shows Why It’s So Hard to Keep Iraq from Splintering (Washington Post) “An all India survey … reveals that 92.1 per…

  • News and Analysis (8/8/15)

    To Paul’s “I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans,”  Christie demanded how can you tell the difference? It’s called a warrant, counselor, and shame on you for having to ask: Rand Paul, Chris Christie … and a 2016 Campaign About National Security? (Christian Science Monitor) “If Pastor McConnell…

  • News and Analysis (8/5/15)

    Some residents expressed concern that the cemetery is a stalking horse for a mosque or a school if not a nefarious plot to poison the local water supply … Residents at Farmersville Meeting Greet Muslim Cemetery Plan with Distrust (Dallas Morning News) … but “the first Baptist in America, Roger Williams, founded Rhode Island as a haven…

  • News and Analysis (8/3/15)

    “Egypt’s imprisonment of journalists is at an all-time high,” and “authorities [are] using the argument of ‘national security’ to crack down on press freedoms … and the threat of jail is used to censor critical voices” … How Egyptian Media Has Become a Mouthpiece for the Military State (Guardian) … but Egypt denies the accusations while…

  • News and Analysis (8/1/15)

    The settlers’ murder of a Palestinian infant has even Netanyahu using the T-word … Palestinian Toddler Burned to Death in ‘Settler’ Arson Attack (AFP /Yahoo) Palestinian Toddler Scorched To Death While Sleeping (abc News) Netanyahu Condemns Killing of Palestinian Child as ‘Terrorism’ (US News) … and Israeli forces add to the death toll during the…

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