As Trump Reminds Us, We’ve Had WMSVD Disease For Ages
This White Male Supremacy Violence Disease (WMSVD) insinuated itself deeply into the brains of successive generations of white humans in religious, government, educational, economic, media, and military institutions.
Trump’s Conversation With God
“Please, Lord — can I call you Lord? — I really need that Christian vote.”
Do Republicans Really Have Happier Marriages? Probably Not
A study by two sociologists supposedly proved that Republicans have happier marriages — but a much larger study showed that the country’s reddest counties have the highest divorce rates.
In Iraq, Displaced Christians Gather For A Somber Christmas
The holiday provides no break in the danger to Iraqi Christians.
U.S. Aircraft Strike Islamic State Artillery In Iraq: Pentagon
Washington (AFP) — Two U.S. aircraft on Friday bombed Islamic State extremist positions in northern Iraq after artillery fire near U.S. personnel, the Pentagon said. The raid — the most significant since the United States withdrew from Iraq — came a day after President Barack Obama authorized force as he voiced fears of genocide against […]
With Islamic State Advancing, Kurds Prepare For Last Stand Outside Capital
By Mitchell Prothero, McClatchy Foreign Staff KALAK, Iraq — Kurdish fighters scrambled to set up a defensive line Thursday after militants from the Islamic State seized four strategic towns on a key highway and advanced to positions just minutes from Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. Hundreds of Kurdish peshmerga militiamen built earthen […]
Islamic State Said To Claim Christian Town, Largest Dam In Iraq
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times BEIRUT — A breakaway al-Qaida group that already holds sway in large swaths of Iraq and Syria made new territorial gains Thursday in northern Iraq, reportedly overrunning a major Christian town and seizing the nation’s largest dam. The fresh advances by the Islamic State and its allies have […]
U.N. Warns Of ‘Tragedy’ As Militants Seize Iraqi Towns
By Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times The U.N. is warning of a humanitarian “tragedy” in Iraq as thousands flee advances by Islamist militants. The United Nations is warning of a humanitarian “tragedy,” saying hundreds of thousands of civilians are fleeing the latest advances by Islamist militants in northern Iraq. In recent days, fighters of […]