May 19, 2013

Islamic Terrorists (Boko Haram) Kill 150 in Nigeria in Weekend Violence

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*(Via LA Times) – A militant Islamic group whose almost daily attacks have put Nigerians on edge left the country stunned Saturday after a well-coordinated strike with disturbing echoes of Al Qaeda’s brand of mayhem. More than 150 people were killed in the Friday evening carnage in the northern city of Kano. The group Boko [...]




President Obama Confirms Terror Explosives on Planes Bound for US

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*Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States Friday, seizing two explosive packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and packed aboard cargo jets from Yemen. Parts of the plot might remain undetected, President Barack Obama’s counterterror chief warned. Obama called the coordinated attacks a “credible terrorist threat” amid worldwide fears that [...]




Between the Lines: Playing With God: Terry Jones, Christian Radicalism and 15 Minutes of Fame

Anthony Asadullah Samad

*As our nation seeks to grapple with the vestiges of terrorism over the last decade, a new xenophobia has spread over the country tied to belief in God and believing in right. We assume God is love and love is right, but religious demagoguery has twisted what both God and right stand for. People who [...]




The Socialists’ Journal: If All Muslims…

Trevor Brookins

*If all Muslims are terrorists then all black people are lazy and on welfare and trying to get society to support them or they are athletes, rappers or singers. If all Muslims are terrorists then all women are helpless beings who need men to support them because they are not as capable. If all Muslims [...]




The Film Strip: John Travolta & Jonathan Rhys-Meyers on ‘From Paris With Love’

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*Interviews are so much more fun and interesting when the films are extremely entertaining. This was the case when the cast and filmmakers came to town last week to promote “From Paris With Love.” John Travolta is not only off the hook in this movie, but sings a refrain from “Me and Mrs. Jones,” made [...]