A Lovely Promise

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Smithers: Are those tears, sir? The label specifically says 'No more tears'.
Mr. Burns: A lovely promise, but one beyond the powers of a mere shampoo...

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Covid isn't over.

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But the Biden administration and its Centers for Disease Control (CDC) would like to pretend it is. So they're floating a trial balloon ...

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Gaza massacres are the price of a Jewish state

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As the Israeli army pauses its shelling of neighborhoods, hospitals, and ambulances in Gaza, Ali Abunimah distills the situation to its ess...

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Msgr. Oscar Romero: ¡Presente!

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Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Pe...

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Friday, February 11, 2011

Egypt: huge milestone

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Congratulations, people of Egypt! I look forward to this banner being re-hung in Tahrir Square with the first demand checked off, because th...

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Friday, January 15, 2010

How to help Haitians

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Partners in Health has been working in Haiti in an exemplary way for years. The literal collapse of many medical facilities in Port au Prin...

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Monday, December 14, 2009

Honduras: death toll update

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For more than a month I haven't been able to bring myself to post; I haven't even done much commenting on other sites following the ...

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Friday, November 06, 2009

Honduras: elections a sick joke

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The coup regime has made a mockery of the agreement, the U.S. is playing along, and Bertha Oliva of COFADEH (Committee of the Families of t...

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