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Noam Chomsky |
Ceasefires in Which Violations Never Cease
Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch
Chomsky writes: "Throughout this period, the terms of these agreements remain essentially the same. The regular pattern is for Israel, then, to disregard whatever agreement is in place, while Hamas observes it - as Israel has officially recognized - until a sharp increase in Israeli violence elicits a Hamas response, followed by even fiercer brutality."
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Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch
Chomsky writes: "Throughout this period, the terms of these agreements remain essentially the same. The regular pattern is for Israel, then, to disregard whatever agreement is in place, while Hamas observes it - as Israel has officially recognized - until a sharp increase in Israeli violence elicits a Hamas response, followed by even fiercer brutality."
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Ruth Rosen |
"We Will Not Be Beaten"
Ruth Rosen, Reader Supported News
Rosen writes: "Until the women's movement organized in the late 1960s and early 1970s, most Americans considered wife beating a custom. The police ignored what went on behind closed doors and women hid their bruises beneath layers of make-up. Like rape or abortion, wife beating was viewed as a private and shameful act that few women discussed."
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Ruth Rosen, Reader Supported News
Rosen writes: "Until the women's movement organized in the late 1960s and early 1970s, most Americans considered wife beating a custom. The police ignored what went on behind closed doors and women hid their bruises beneath layers of make-up. Like rape or abortion, wife beating was viewed as a private and shameful act that few women discussed."
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'Redactions'
Hold Up Release of CIA Torture Report
Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Zengerle writes: "The public release of a long-awaited U.S. Senate report detailing the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques could be held up for weeks as the Senate Intelligence Committee and Obama administration negotiate what material can be included in the document, the committee's chairwoman said on Monday."
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Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Zengerle writes: "The public release of a long-awaited U.S. Senate report detailing the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques could be held up for weeks as the Senate Intelligence Committee and Obama administration negotiate what material can be included in the document, the committee's chairwoman said on Monday."
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Pat Roberts
Says He's Been Home "About 7 Times"
Andrew Kaczynski, BuzzFeedNews
Kaczynski writes: "Incumbent Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts says he's 'damn proud' to live in Dodge City - noting he's only been home 'about seven times' this year - at a state fair debate with lurking independent challenger Greg Orman."
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Andrew Kaczynski, BuzzFeedNews
Kaczynski writes: "Incumbent Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts says he's 'damn proud' to live in Dodge City - noting he's only been home 'about seven times' this year - at a state fair debate with lurking independent challenger Greg Orman."
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Behind
Israel's Epic Land Grab
Dimi Reider, Reuters
Reider writes: "Last week, Israel announced that it was appropriating nearly 1,000 acres of private Palestinian land near Bethlehem. The seizure, which one anti-settlement group called the largest in 30 years, was condemned by Palestinians, the United Nations, and criticized by the United States."
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Dimi Reider, Reuters
Reider writes: "Last week, Israel announced that it was appropriating nearly 1,000 acres of private Palestinian land near Bethlehem. The seizure, which one anti-settlement group called the largest in 30 years, was condemned by Palestinians, the United Nations, and criticized by the United States."
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Jack Hunter |
George W. Bush Is the Reason We Have ISIS Today
Jack Hunter, Rare
Hunter writes: "If we're going to start praising those who thought the Iraq War was a good idea for their foresight ... Let's remember just how 'prophetic' they were."
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Jack Hunter, Rare
Hunter writes: "If we're going to start praising those who thought the Iraq War was a good idea for their foresight ... Let's remember just how 'prophetic' they were."
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Millions of Dead Fish Mysteriously Surface in Lake in Mexico
Jan-Albert Hootsen and Duncan Tucker, Vocativ
Excerpt: "Gaze across Lake Cajititlan here in western Mexico and normally you'll see fisherman cutting their nets and tourist boats gliding over the blue-green water. But that picturesque scene turned grim last week when more than 4 million dead fish suddenly surfaced, turning the water a sinister shade of gray."
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Jan-Albert Hootsen and Duncan Tucker, Vocativ
Excerpt: "Gaze across Lake Cajititlan here in western Mexico and normally you'll see fisherman cutting their nets and tourist boats gliding over the blue-green water. But that picturesque scene turned grim last week when more than 4 million dead fish suddenly surfaced, turning the water a sinister shade of gray."
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