It is with less than surprise that a nation living by 7th Century criminal laws also uses 7th Century military tactics.
In this particular case, Saudi Arabia is trying to win the war against Yemeni rebels by creating a famine.
From Bangladesh to Brooklyn
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/15/1377933/-International-Day-of-A...
This evening's music features blues and jazz guitarist Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are our longest and third longest duration wars for the United States and yet few Americans have been personally touched by them. While our second longest war, Viet Nam, was fought with draftees, these two current wars are being fought using a very scaled down, all volunteer military.
NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles that will lay out an action plan for uniting the populist movement.
The Political Landscape
To accurately gauge the efficacy of the Democratic Party base as a political entity, you need to understand how deeply compromised its members are by “magical” thinking.
This evening's music features blues, r&b, rock and soul saxophonist King Curtis.
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Those crazy kids. Hillary Clinton, her Secret Service agents and an aide are road tripping from New York to Iowa. And they're doing it in a van named for a dog and those meddling kids.
This evening's music features blues songwriter and guitarist from New Orleans, Earl King.
Here's a quick question: What was the progressive community outraged about last week? How about last month?
I'm not talking about real issues, like inequality or the Forever War we are engaged in.
I'm talking about the never-ending serious of petty outrages that the online community loves and can't do without. You know what I'm talking about.
