TV station apologizes for giving crash pilots 'offensive' names
(07/13/13...)
by Jay Knott
Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow.
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Twitter hands over users' private data to French police in response to anti-racist campaign
(07/13/13)
by Jay Knott
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/12/twitter-data-french-antisemitic-tweets
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Harper's magazine writer criticizes the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
(06/15/13)
by Jay Knott
http://harpers.org/blog/2010/03/hate-immigration-and-the-southern-poverty-law-center/
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Outrage as Bomber Command memorial is daubed with the word 'Islam'
(05/28/13)
by Jay Knott
It should have been the word 'Dresden'...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4944685/Islam-daubed-on-war-monu...
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Anti-fascists won't like this
(05/28/13)
by Jay Knott
Mosque in England invites right-wing protesters in for tea...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/27/york-mosque-protest-te...
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Hatchet job on Wagner's 200th birthday
(05/22/13)
by Jay Knott
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/21/wagner-anniversary-germany
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A highly informative article about how Islamic extremists are making gains in Syria
(05/14/13)
by Jay Knott
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10051207/Under-the-black-flag-of-al-Qaeda-the-Syrian-city-ruled-by-gangs-of-extremists.html
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Former dictator of Guatemala, trained by US evangelists, found guilty of genocide
(05/11/13)
by Jay Knott
Former dictator Montt has been found guilty of 'genocide' because the court decided he tried to wipe out the Ixil ethnic minority. He was guilty of numerous crimes against Guatemalans, particularly native ones. Despite the...
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Far-right Hungarian party opposes war drive against Iran
(05/05/13...)
by Jay Knott
`"The Persian people and their leaders are considered pariahs in the eyes of the West, which serves Israeli interests," said Marton Gyongyosi, a Jobbik MP and its leading foreign policy voice. "This is why we have ...
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At last - a real "false flag" operation
(05/04/13)
by Jay Knott
A former Bush administration official has said that Israel's claim of Syria using chemical weapons might be a "false flag" operation (an operation carried out by one side, claiming it was done by the other side).
http://...
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Thoughts on Margaret Thatcher's death
(04/14/13...)
by Jay Knott
I've gone back and forth about Thatcher. Should I join the mob and celebrate, or should I take the view that Maggie, though evil, did me some good?
http://www.pacificaforum.org/tramp-the-dirt-down
Hearing about all the ...
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Anti-fascism rears its ugly head again in football
(04/05/13...)
by Jay Knott
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22042291
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An interesting new book from the left criticizing mass immigration
(03/27/13)
by Jay Knott
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/mar/27/why-left-wrong-mass-immigration
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UK's professors' union cleared of racism for its support for boycotting Israel
(03/26/13)
by Jay Knott
http://www.ucu.org.uk/6562
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Chagnon's new book - "Noble Savages"
(03/23/13...)
by Jay Knott
"My career began with the uneasy feeling that cultural anthropology was one of the last bastions of opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection."
Napoleon Chagnon has just released his memoir. It describes two...
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Obama sucks...
(03/20/13)
by Jay Knott
...up to Israel. This is what he says:
- L.A. Times - http://tinyurl.com/cotsfyq
And he isn't even running for office again.
"Unparalleled in the history of man"? Hopefully, his missus will put him right.
This article...
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Another criticism of Steven 'Pangloss' Pinker's rosy view of modern warfare
(03/19/13)
by Jay Knott
David Swanson, on Counterpunch, criticizes Steven Pinker's optimistic view of the Iraq war, claiming it killed 5% of the population, a far greater percentage than the number of Americans killed in any war.
http://www.cou...
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From opposing freedom of speech for 'holocaust deniers' to supporting Israel against Iran
(03/12/13)
by Jay Knott
During 2009 and 2010, Jewish activists at the University of Oregon found it easy to manipulate naive p.c. students into opposing freedom of speech for Pacifica Forum, because it allowed speakers who questioned the scale of the...
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Camilla Power on the crisis in the SWP and women's liberation
(03/12/13)
by Jay Knott
Tony Greenstein again weighs in on the crisis in the SWP, which was initiated by an allegation of a sex crime by a leading member. This time he is remarkably coherent and fair, giving several examples of false allegations of...
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White guilt in Wisconsin
(03/11/13)
by Jay Knott
Wear a white wristband as a reminder about your privilege, and as a personal commitment to explain why you wear the wristband.
Set aside sections of the day to critically examine how privilege is working.
Put a note on your...
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Durham Wonderland blog writer thinks political correctness is bad for Israel
(03/08/13...)
by Jay Knott
The blog 'Durham Wonderland' is the best single analysis of a notorious fake hate crime - the Duke Lacrosse "rape" case. Its author is K.C. Johnson, co-author of the main book on the case.
My main disagreement with Johnson...
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