Thursday Political Calabash: Our Collective Conscience On Display
May 9, 2013
by Frank Flotsam
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Is Stephen Hawking right to join the academic boycott of Israel? | Poll | Comment is free
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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
Outrage over disgusting ‘cripple Stephen Hawking’ jokes after he joins boycott of Israel | World | News
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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…
Senior Shas figure urges Netanyahu to adopt Arab League peace initiative – National Israel News
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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…
Robert Fisk on Syria’s Civil War, Chemical Weapons “Theater” & Obama’s Backing of Israeli Strikes
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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…
War Has Begun | Veterans Today
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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…
I just want to confirm: you disagree with what Max Blumenthal said about Weddady?
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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…
GOP, Paul Ryan cut half a billion dollars from embassy security
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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 …
Massacre in Algeria – Le Monde diplomatique – English edition
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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…
Eric Cantor Vows To Waste More Taxpayer Money Trying to Repeal Obamacare
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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…
Gilad Atzmon – Writings – The Road To Teheran
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gilad.co.uk - Copyright © 2011, Gilad Atzmon. All rights reserved.
Gilad Atzmon – Writings – Happy Birthday To Jew…
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gilad.co.uk - Copyright © 2011, Gilad Atzmon. All rights reserved.
Iran Weekly News
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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…
Rafsanjani Will Run With Support of Reformists, Says Zibakalam
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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…
Hawking snubs Israeli conference to back Palestinians
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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…
Heritage: Marco Rubio can’t ‘pretend’ on immigration – Anna Palmer – POLITICO.com
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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 …
Libya’s New Charter Can Shoot Down Contentious Law – ABC News
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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…
Ahmed Kathrada: Israel must be isolated now
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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 …
Bradley Manning’s secret hearing and the US government’s fear of losing power
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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…
Opera Mundi – Stephen Hawking adere ao boicote acadêmico a Israel
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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…
U.S., Russia seek new Syria peace talks; rebels skeptical
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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…
Sonia Gandhi not keen on Ashwani Kumar, Pawan Kumar Bansal continuing in government: sources
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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…
Official Offers Account From Libya of Benghazi Attack – NYTimes.com
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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…
Press statement: Professor Stephen Hawking respect for Palestinian call for boycott
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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…
British PM Cameron to visit Obama – POLITICO.com
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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…
Decades of distrust restrain cooperation between FBI and Russia’s FSB – The Washington Post
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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…
17 Air Force Officers Have Nuke Launch Keys Revoked – ABC News
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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…
Thousands rally against Malaysia vote result | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking news | Pakistan News | World news | Business
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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…
Famed physicist Stephen Hawking joins Israel boycott — RT News
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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…
GOP Star Witnesses Debunk Right-Wing Benghazi Conspiracy Theories
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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…
Managing Contagion: The Battle to Keep Lebanon out of the War in Syria – Tom Fletcher
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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 » House Oversight Committee: #Benghazi Hearing Live-Blog
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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 …
Stephen Hawking is now the academic boycott movement’s unlikely poster boy – West of Eden Israel News
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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…
Venezuela: Respect Free Speech! – The Petition Site
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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…
She Went There: Elizabeth Warren Proposes Offering College Students The Same Interest Rates As Banks
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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…
Let’s not forget that Mitt Romney saw the assassination of an ambassador as an “opportunity” – AMERICAblog
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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…
Jason Chaffetz Admits House GOP Cut Funding For Embassy Security: ‘You Have To Prioritize Things’
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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…
Japan, China, S. Korea to cooperate on air pollution
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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…
Comedian rips Mark Sanford: South Carolina has bottomless supply of duplicitous teabags
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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…
China detains activist Liu Ping on subversion charges
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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 …
» Police Confirm Bilderberg 2013 to Take Place in Watford, UK Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!
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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…
STEPHEN HAWKING ‘STANDS UP’ AGAINST APARTHEID
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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…
Fars News Agency :: Russia Not to Tolerate Further Israeli Attacks on Damascus
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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…
Daily Kos: House GOP, Paul Ryan Cut $400M from Embassy Safety Funding
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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…
10 Political Prisoners In Solitary Confinement Have Launched A Hunger Strike
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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…
Stephen Hawking Joins Boycott Against Israel – NYTimes.com
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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…
Collapse of an Empire: Why America Fell So Far … So Fast
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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…
McCain Falsely Says No Obama Picture Exists From Night Of Benghazi
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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…
Pakistanis fly home for democracy
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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. “…
Daily Kos :: BREAKING: Ronald Reagan refuses to call embassy attack an “act of terror”
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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…
Statement in support of Professor Richard Falk
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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…


































































