Category Archives: Saudi Arabia

Good News

Posted on July 27, 2017 by M. Meo

The day after the long-overdue termination of the U.S. program supporting Syrian rebels, a hawkish high-ranking Defense Department official (in the words of the headline “Trump’s top Middle East aide”) got the boot: Harvey was viewed as one of Trump’s more … Continue reading →

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The Bombing of Syria, on general principles

Posted on April 7, 2017 by M. Meo

I don’t have a lot to say about the most recent American war crime. It does go to show, however, how little it mattered in the 2016 election (you recall, I hope, how in that election, as in every single … Continue reading →

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Why We Were Attacked

Posted on February 13, 2017 by M. Meo

  Despite Donald Trump’s questioning of our condition of endless, eternal warfare during the course of the recent campaign season, we are still fighting a worldwide (the word used to be “global”) War on Terror.  Our plans to co-operate with the … Continue reading →

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A Progressive Step Forward

Posted on February 6, 2017 by M. Meo

Mussolini made the trains run on time.  From the 15 November 2016 The Atlantic — “Stop Saying Mussolini Made the Trains Run on Time“: Like other Italian Fascist-era coinages (turns out “drain the swamp” was a Mussolini thing, too), Il … Continue reading →

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What If A Coup Takes Place

Posted on February 1, 2017 by M. Meo

Your Intrepid Reporter, dear reader, will preface this commentary, as he has done in the past, with the notice that it constitutes the opinion of one who has pled guilty to violating a Restraining Order, taken out by his wife. … Continue reading →

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Reality Rejection, Incorporated

Posted on December 16, 2016 by M. Meo

  In the last several days the Siege of Aleppo has ended. The rebels holding the city have been defeated by the Syrian government forces, aided by Russian air force bombing. There is some talk of this being a turning … Continue reading →

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The Era of Good Feeling

Posted on October 18, 2016 by M. Meo

(The title is ironic) Just as Donald Trump, now that he is going down to a well-earned resounding defeat, talks about being “unshackled,” so now that Your Intrepid Reporter is convicted of violating a restraining order taken out against him … Continue reading →

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Who to Believe

Posted on October 4, 2016 by M. Meo

Not long ago, the veteran Portland-based progressive peace activist Brian Willson posted a report on a purportedly impartial non-governmental organization which in effect spreads lies about the UN and the Assad government in Syria. On this basis, one would doubt … Continue reading →

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Rose Marie Woods, Where are You Now; or, the Missing 28 Pages Unravel the Cover-Up

Posted on July 18, 2016 by M. Meo

from the usual reliable sources: It would not be stretching the evidence to bluntly state that the suppressed 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry report on the 9/11 terrorist attacks places agents of the Saudi government at the epicenter of … Continue reading →

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This is how the System Rejects Real Change

Posted on June 10, 2016 by M. Meo

Michael hi this is Emma I am just writing to let you know that a motion has been made to be voted on by the SCC to expel you from the Pacific Green Party. What this would mean is that … Continue reading →

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