My Floating Worlds

guardian.co.uk - A statement published with Stephen Hawking’s approval said his withdrawal was based on advice from academic contacts in Palestine. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA

express.co.uk - The tirade of criticism came after the highly-respected Cambridge professor joined an academic embargo on the Israeli regime by refusing to attend a conference hosted by the regime’s president Shim…

haaretz.com - The reprise of Aryeh Deri as the chairman of Shas has brought with it a signal that the ultra-Orthodox party has softened its stance on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, in the form of a lette…

democracynow.org - This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AARON MATÉ: We begin today’s show looking at Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian Presiden…

veteranstoday.com - This morning, the government of Israel contacted President Assad of Syria.  They did so as the leader of a coalition now openly at war against Syria and Iran, with plans to broaden the conflict.  A…

ask.fm - I just want to confirm: you disagree with what Max Blumenthal said about Weddady? He didn’t really say much about Nasser, just a lot about AIC. The piece is just ad hominem, character assassination…

americablog.com - Republicans don’t like the State Department. They never have. The find diplomats, and diplomacy, too soft, too squishy. Republicans like war. They like guns and weapons and shooting up things. The …

mondediplo.com - THE massacres in the Sétif and Guelma regions on 8 May 1945, described at the time as events or troubles in north Constantine, marked the beginning of the Algerian war of independence. This episode…

politicususa.com - Eric Cantor Vows To Waste More Taxpayer Money Trying to Repeal Obamacare By: Nancy FeldmanMay. 8th, 2013more from Nancy Feldman House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, R-VA, is at it again. Today Canto…

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lissnup.wordpress.com - Prisoners’ News A-Transfers Saeed Abedini, Abolfazl Abedini-Nasr, Kamran Ayazi, Amir-Khosro Dalirsani, Mohammad Ebrahimi, Pouria Ebrahimi, Siamak Ghaderi, Saeed Madani, Abdollah Momeni, Mehdi Youse…

iranpulse.al-monitor.com - Outspoken Tehran University professor and political analyst Sadegh Zibakalam spoke to the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) today about the elections. Zibakalam, who is believed to be close to Ayato…

uk.reuters.com - JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has pulled out of a prestigious Israeli conference as part of an academic boycott to protest against Israel’s occupation of Palestinian…

politico.com - The Heritage Foundation is taking on Sen. Marco Rubio over his reaction to their recent immigration reform study that put the price tag of the overhaul at $6.3 trillion. The group published a blog …

abcnews.go.com - A new law that excludes former officials of the Moammar Gadhafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil plaguing the country since the 2011 civil war that ousted the erra…

ciibroadcasting.com - In one of the highest profile endorsements of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against apartheid Israel yet, anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada has firmly extended …

deathandtaxesmag.com - Apparently our military brass haven’t heard of the saying, “The cat is out of the bag.” At least that is what military judge, Col. Denise Lind, suggested in ordering an unprecedented closed (secret…

operamundi.uol.com.br - Wikimedia Commons – 2006 O renomado físico e ex-professor britânico Stephen Hawking decidiu aderir ao boicote acadêmico contra Israel e desistiu de participar de uma conferência em Jerusalém que ho…

reuters.com - MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria’s civil war, but opposition leaders were skeptical on Wednesday of an initiative t…

ndtv.com - New Delhi: The Supreme Court is today examining a nine-page affidavit that details changes that the CBI alleges were made by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and others to a draft of its report on the co…

nytimes.com - The official, Gregory Hicks, described a frantic series of phone calls from the American Embassy in Tripoli to Washington and, ultimately, to J. Christopher Stevens, the American ambassador, who wa…

ymlp.com - We are extremely disappointed that some parts of the media are claiming that Professor Stephen Hawking withdrew from the Israeli Presidential Conference Facing Tomorrow 2013 for health reasons. Giv…

politico.com - British Prime Minister David Cameron will visit the White House on Monday ahead of President Obama’s June trip to Northern Ireland for the G-8 Summit. “The visit will highlight the fundamental impo…

washingtonpost.com - For much of the past decade, cooperation between the FSB and the FBI has been guarded and pragmatic at best. In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, and the identification of ethnic Chechen su…

abcnews.go.com - An Air Force commander has temporarily stripped 17 officers of their authority to control and launch nuclear-armed  Minuteman III missiles after he found their performance lacking during a recent i…

pakistantoday.com.pk - KUALA LAMPUR - Thousands of Malaysians, dressed in mourning black, have gathered to denounce elections which they claim were stolen through fraud by the coalition that has ruled for 56 years. Malay…

rt.com - World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has found himself in the midst of a media-fueled misunderstanding over his recent decision to boycott an international conference hosted by Israel in protes…

thinkprogress.org - The “whistleblowers” at today’s House Oversight Committee hearing on what really happened in Benghazi, Libya last September were supposed to break the dam that would lead to President Obama’s event…

blogs.fco.gov.uk - I was asked to speak at the Issam Fares Centre tonight on how Lebanon can best manage contagion from the growing crisis next door in Syria. Thanks as ever for the input via Twitter. Lebanon faces n…

viralread.com - The powerful House Oversight Committee will hear testimony today from three so-called ‘whistle-blowers’– Gregory Hicks, Mark Thompson, and Eric Nordstrom – who all claim to have intimate knowledge …

haaretz.com - 1. The regrettable decision of world-renowned astro-physicist Stephen Hawking to cancel his participation in the upcoming President Conference could be a breakthrough moment for the anti-Israel boy…

thepetitionsite.com - Since the slight victory of Nicolas Maduro in the recent Venezuelan elections, the country has erupted in horrifically violent protests. Maduro’s opponent challenged the results, but the request fo…

freakoutnation.com - There is no buyer’s remorse over supporting Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Awesome), who has shown herself to be a champion for the middle class.  Republicans and Democrats feared/fear her, but she scare…

americablog.com - The Romney campaign is doing another of its now-infamous Hail Mary foreign policy throws today. This time in an attempt to undercut the United States on the day before the President speaks at a hug…

huffingtonpost.com - Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) acknowledged on Wednesday that House Republicans had consciously voted to reduce the funds allocated to the State Department for embassy security since winning the majo…

terradaily.com - Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to cooperate in the fight against cross-border air pollution, despite strained relations between the neighbours because of territorial disputes. The annua…

rawstory.com - Comedian and political commentator John Fugelsang viciously mocked Mark Sanford on Tuesday after the former Republican governor was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In a faux South Car…

guardian.co.uk - Chinese police have detained an activist agitating for officials to disclose their assets on subversion charges, her lawyer said on Wednesday, underscoring the limits of an anti-corruption push by …

infowars.com - Hertfordshire Police have confirmed that the 2013 Bilderberg Group meeting will take place at the Grove luxury hotel in Watford, United Kingdom early next month as over 100 of the world’s most infl…

desertpeace.wordpress.com - May 8, 2013 at 08:17 (Academic Freedom, Apartheid, Boycott Israel, Britain, International Solidarity, Israel, Occupation, Palestine) Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Isr…

english.farsnews.com - Putin did not say how, but he did announce he had ordered the acceleration of highly advanced Russian weapons supplies to Syria. Israeli Debkafile’s military sources disclosed that the Russian lead…

dailykos.com - I’m sure everyone saw the debate where Obama schooled Romney so hard on the Libya attacks and his exploitation of them to the point that it almost looked like Romney was going to cry… almost. Wel…

persianbanoo.wordpress.com - 10 political prisoners incarcerated in solitary confinement in Evin Ward 240 have launched a hunger strike following the prison officials’ failure to fulfill their promise to return them to the Gen…

nytimes.com - The academic and cultural boycott, organized by international activists to protest Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians, is a heated and contentious issue; having Dr. Hawking join it is likely…

globalresearch.ca - Thomas Edison said, “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”   And because I love my country, I frequently criticize America’s shortcomings in the hopes of making her better. But the truth is t…

thinkprogress.org - McCain was on Fox News this afternoon when he made the claim, railing once more against the administration’s handling of the attack’s aftermath. “What we don’t know is what he did in the intervenin…

khaleejtimes.com - For Abeer Asif, this will be the first time to cast a vote. Disappointed that overseas Pakistanis were not given the right to vote, Abeer is travelling to Karachi just a day before the elections. “…

m.dailykos.com - First of all, he never even put out an official statement condemning the act.  His first public response to the act was a MEDIA interview with the New York Daily News when asked about it.  No where…

mondoweiss.net - Statement in support of Professor Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) We join the National Lawyers Guild in expressing support for the UN S…