NOVANEWS
- Israelis who reject their government’s plans
- Same sex marriage may not bring down the roof
- Why should Iran bow to America when it’s treated like a dog?
- Reporters forget that an election is about issues
- Iraqis hate us because we abuse and kill them
- Giant Tony Judt passes
- Jews love to accuse people of anti-Semitism (makes them feel good)
- Hastings on journalism his own way
- Americans can’t get regular buses or schools
Israelis who reject their government’s plans Posted: 07 Aug 2010
Sometimes, an event happens that provides a wonderful counter-point to the grinding Zionist project. Individuals or groups who refuse to be co-opted to support occupation and colonisation.
Israeli blog Promised Blog reports on an advertisement that appeared in Friday’s Haaretz:
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Same sex marriage may not bring down the roof Posted: 07 Aug 2010
Don’t tell our political leaders but gay people have real feelings:
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Why should Iran bow to America when it’s treated like a dog? Posted: 07 Aug 2010
Nobody reads the New York Times without their irony gene being firmly removed.
Here’s today’s editorial on Iran and the Obama administration. It wonders what Washington is really offering Tehran to somehow induce the Islamic Republic back into polite company but the tone is one of hectoring; “we” have the right to bully Iran. Australia is praised for introducing tough sanctions. And the West wonders why Iran continues to thumb its nose at us. |
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Reporters forget that an election is about issues Posted: 07 Aug 2010
Just how obsessed is the Australian corporate media with irrelevance and gossip?
Crikey’s Bernard Keane makes a pretty convincing case. |
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Iraqis hate us because we abuse and kill them Posted: 07 Aug 2010
Before the Afghan war logs, Wikileaks released the “Collateral Murder” video. The Nation provides an exclusive that details the casual brutality dished out by the US to average Iraqis. No wonder the insurgency continues to rage:
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Giant Tony Judt passes Posted: 06 Aug 2010
Leading intellectual Tony Judt just died. A monumental loss for the world, for provokers everywhere, for anybody who believes that challenging accepted “truths” is both necessary and invaluable to improve our democracy.
Mondoweiss:
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Jews love to accuse people of anti-Semitism (makes them feel good) Posted: 06 Aug 2010
Too many Jews are too quick to accuse people of anti-Semitism for simply discussing Israel, occupation or Jewish power.
Oliver Stone was recently accused by the Zionist lobby of anti-Semitism for talking about the lobby and Israel’s awful effect on US foreign policy. It wasn’t anti-Semitism but the usual suspects started bleating. Crying wolf is their thing. The Forward JJ Goldberg’s tackles the issues:
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Hastings on journalism his own way Posted: 06 Aug 2010
Journalist Michael Hastings – the kind of journalist who doesn’t use military embeds simply to support the US military – speaks to Salon’s Glenn Greenwald on why he’s been refused another embed in Afghanistan.
Interesting insights into the tricky role of an independent reporter who wants to understand the workings of the US war machine. |
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Americans can’t get regular buses or schools Posted: 06 Aug 2010
A nation the world is supposed to admire:
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