Tribal Rivalries Complicate Libyan War By Mathieu von Rohr in Qawalish, Libya MARCEL METTELSIEFEN/ DER SPIEGEL The rebels in western Libya have captured the Nafusa Mountains and are only 80 kilometers from Tripoli, but have been unable to advance further. Meanwhile long-simmering tribal hostilities [...]
Archive for July 31st, 2011
July 31st, 2011 - 11:03 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Democracy in Israel
Organizers of the tent city protest in Tel Aviv that started a nationwide movement called on Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to strike down the national housing committees law, as a precondition for dialogue with protest leaders. During a press conference held in Tel Aviv on Sunday, protest organi[...]
July 31st, 2011 - 9:06 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Live Blog on Repub Effort to Bankrupt the US
Latest read is that the Repricans can mount no more than 1/2 of the votes in the house. This suggests that whatever (if anything) passes will be by Democratic votes. The Repricans will have voted to bankrupt the US! follow this story at the live blog on Huffington[...]
July 31st, 2011 - 6:37 am § in America
Sunday Revelations: Christians Deny Anders Behring Breivik his Christianity
Alex Newman writes from Sweden: ” But the picture that emerges is far more complex than the simple-minded caricature of a “conservative Christian” being painted by much of the media. In fact, Breivik essentially admitted in his writing (not to mention his deeds) that he was not actually [...]
July 31st, 2011 - 5:57 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Beck Spews hate toward the children of Norway
Glenn Beck spoke out about the mass killings in Norway on his Monday radio show. Beck described the camp where Brevik massacred doxens of innocent youths “sounds a little like the Hitler Youth. I mean, who does a camp for kids that’s all about politics?” Of course, he reminded his [...]