Clearing Up What Has Happened to Bin Laden’s Wives (Concubines?) and Children in the Aftermath of His Death
• May 3, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Class, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Amal al-Sadeh, Arabs, Barack Obama, Bin Laden, Central Intelligence Agency, Children, CIA, Concubines, Counterintelligence, Daily Telegraph, Fake, Family, Fighting Back, Hamza bin Laden, Islam, John Brennan, Khalid bin Laden, Last Will and Testament, Marriage, Motherhood, Muslims, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Resistance, Sa'ad bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, Saudis, Syria, Tora Bora, Ultra-Orthodox Islam, United States, United States Department of Defense, United States Navy SEALs, Usama bin Laden, Wahhabism, White House, Wife, Will, Wives, Women, Yemen
Osama Bin Laden Has Been Killed; His Body Is In U.S. Custody (w/Updates)
• May 1, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, Crime, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Obama Administration, Pakistan, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: 2001, 911, ABC News, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahiri, Barack Obama, Capture, CBS News, CNN, Death, Escape, International Terrorism, Islam, Killed, Location of Osama bin Laden, Military Intelligence, Muslims, National Security, NBC News, Obama Administration, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President, President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, President Obama, President of the United States, Republicans, Secessionist Movements, September 11, Taliban, Terrorism, The CIA, The Twin Towers, Tora Bora, Troops, U.S. Military, United States, War on Terror, World Trade Center
The President’s Speech on Libya
• March 29, 2011 • Comments Off on The President’s Speech on LibyaPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, Arabs, Class, Democrats, Egypt, France, Hate Crimes, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Libya, Murder/Manslaughter, Obama Administration, Rape/Sex Crimes, Revolutions, Television, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Tunisia, United Kingdom, War Crimes, Women
Tags: African Americans, Africans, al Qaeda, Arab League, Benghazi, Blacks, British Petroleum, Europe, European Interests, Libya, Mideast, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Murder, No-Fly Zone, North Africa, Oil, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rape, Rebels, The Bill Press Show, The Mic, Torture, United Arab Emirates, United Nations Security Council, United States
Those TSA Security Measures: Why Not Submit to The Body Scanners Instead?
• November 22, 2010 • Comments Off on Those TSA Security Measures: Why Not Submit to The Body Scanners Instead?Posted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Arabs, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Domestic Terrorism, Holidays, Memoir, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, Whoopi Goldberg
Tags: 9-11, Airline Security, Airlines, al Qaeda, Americans, Americans of Color, Bladder Cancer Survivor, Body Pat-Downs, Body Scanner, Bustiers, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Christmas, Civil Rights, Complaining, Complaints, CSIS, Domestic Terrorism, Draconian Measures, El Al, FBI, Genital Area, Genitals, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Holidays, Hysteria, International Terrorism, Interpol, Intrusiveness, Invasion of Privacy, Israel, Israelis, Jews, Lane Bryant, Monitoring, NBC Nightly News, Necessary Evil, New York City, Normality, One-Way Ticket, Outrage, Planes, Racial Profiling, Safety, Scotland Yard, Screening Process, Security, Shin Bet, Terrorist Sympathizers, Thanksgiving, The Holy Land, The View, Tom Sawyer, Transportation Security Administration, TSAs, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Unconstitutional, Underwear Bomber, United States, Wands
Yesterday, Nine Years Ago
• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off on Yesterday, Nine Years AgoPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Bailouts, Black People, Cancer, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Immigration, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Iran, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Joblessness, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Teabagging Party, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: 2001, 2050, 30 Mosques 30 States, Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American, American Exceptionalism, American Extremism, American Racism, Americans, Ayman al Zawahiri, B-17, B-29, BBC, Bin Laden, Black Muslims, Brown-Skinned People, Bush, California, Collateral Damage, Faculty Meeting, Fear, Fiction Writing, Human Beings, Iraq, Israel, Jingoism, Lebanon, Lives, Memoir, Mike Wallace, Mosques, Multiracial, Muslim Americans, Muslim Extremism, Muslims, Nationalism, Nativism, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Novel, NPR, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Racism, Reactionaries, Reactionary, Ross, Saudi Arabia, September 11, Sheboygan WI, Shi'a, Sunni, Television, Terrorists, The Bay Area, The Empire State Building, The FBI, The Justice Department, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Travel Scholarship, Under Armour Caps, W, War on Terror, Writing, Writing Residency
Knifed Cabbie Sharif Meets Mayor Bloomberg; NYPD Finds Attacker Enright’s Journals
• August 27, 2010 • Comments Off on Knifed Cabbie Sharif Meets Mayor Bloomberg; NYPD Finds Attacker Enright’s JournalsPosted in Afghanistan, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Bangladesh, Cultural History, Documentary, Domestic Terrorism, Film, Hate Crimes, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: Ahmed Sharif, al Qaeda, Alcoholism, Attempted Murder, Bangladesh, Bellevue Hospital, Bhairavi Desai, Cab, Cabbie, Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Cordoba House/Park 51, Drunk, Drunkenness, Fear, Fearmongering, Governor David Paterson, Hatemonger, Hatemongering, Imam Shamsi Ali, India, Islamic Culture Center, Knifing, Michael Enright, Muslim, Muslims, Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Pakistan, Psychological Crisis, Psychological Wounds, PTSD, Ramadan, Religion, Rikers Island, Terrorists, The Indian Subcontinent, The Marines, Waliur-ur Rehman, World Trade Center
Obama’s Nobel Speech and the Price of War
• December 11, 2009 • Comments Off on Obama’s Nobel Speech and the Price of WarPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Education, History, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Torture, War Crimes
Tags: "Rolling Stone", Afghanistan, al Qaeda, American Apartheid, Buddhism, Buddhist, Civil Disobedience, Civilians, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Iraq, Lebanon, Mass Shooter, Matt Taibbi, MSM, Nonviolence, Norway, Osama bin Laden, Peace, President Barack Obama, President Obama, President Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, The Media, The Nobel Peace Prize, The Obama Doctrine, The Wailing Wall, Theodore Roosevelt, Unarmed, Vice President Joe Biden, Vietnam, War
Coming: Lockhart and Grace, and On Obama’s War
• December 2, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, China, Class, Crime, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, History, Mexico, Murder/Manslaughter, Nancy Grace, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Public Intellectualism, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Antoinette Davis, Bradley Lockhart, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Generals, Goldman Sachs, Hamid Karzai, HLN, Iraq, Karl Rove, Nancy Grace, Ngo Dinh Diem, Pakistan, President George W. Bush, Rahm Emmanuel, Shaniya Davis, The Taliban, Vice President Dick Cheney, Vice President Joe Biden
Major Hasan’s Three-Minute Rampage at Fort Hood: Thoughts and Implications
• November 7, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Obama Administration, People of Color, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, War Crimes
Tags: "Allahu Akbar", Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Bush Era, CAIR, Denzer WI, Domestic Terrorism, Dorrie Carskadon, Fort Hood, George W. Bush, Growing Up, Hate, Islam, Islamic, Japan, Jason Rodriguez, Jingoism, Kiel WI, Larry King, Lodi WI, Lt. General Robert Cone, Madison Vet Center, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, Media Whore, Mount Pleasant WI, Muslims, Nationalism, Pfc. Amber Bahr, Phil McGraw, President Barack Obama, President Bush, President George W. Bush, President Obama, Random Lake WI, Russell Seager, Sgt. John Pagel, Sgt. Kimberly Munday, Shoshanna Johnson, Spc. Grant Moxon, Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger, Suicide Bombers, Terrorist Attack, The Armed Forces, The Council on American-Islamic Relations, The Taliban, The War on Terror, Wingnuts, Wingnuttery
Tiller Killer Getting His Fifteen Minutes
• June 2, 2009 • Comments Off on Tiller Killer Getting His Fifteen MinutesPosted in Abortion, American Politics, Black People, Crime, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Abortion, al Qaeda, Army of God, Bill O'Reilly, Birth Control, Cheryl Sullenger, Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism, Civil Rights, Crooks and Liars, George Tiller, Keith Olbermann, Late-Term Abortions, Leftblogosphere, Murder, Operation Rescue, Randall Terry, Scott Roeder
Choose Your Poison: North Korea or Pakistan?
• May 26, 2009 • Comments Off on Choose Your Poison: North Korea or Pakistan?Posted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, China, Japan, Pakistan, Religion, Russia, South Korea, The Rest of the World
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Benjamin Netanyahu, China, Dear Leader, General Stanley McChrystal, George W. Bush, Hamid Karzai, Iran, Islamic Bomb, Israel, Japan, Kim Jong Il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mujaheddin, North Korea, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Russia, Russia's Vietnam, South Korea, Swat Valley, Taliban, Yusuf Raza Gilani
Condi’s Gonna Need an Extremely Good Lawyer
• May 3, 2009 • 5 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Condoleezza Rice, History, Obama Administration, The Iraq War II, Torture, Women
Tags: Abu Ghraib, al Qaeda, Bush Administration, Detainees, Geneva Convention, Guantánamo Bay, Harper's, John Dean, Judge Garzón, Keith Olbermann, National Security Council, Red Cross, Roble Hall, Scott Horton, Senate Intelligence Committee, Stanford University, Supreme Court, Torture, War on Terror, Waterboarding
Rice at Stanford Pulls a Nixon: When The President Tortures, It’s Not Illegal
• April 30, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Black People, History, Obama Administration, The Iraq War II, Torture
Tags: "Four Little Girls", 16th Street Baptist Church, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Cenk Uygur, Circular Logic, Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, Grandiosity, Henry Kissinger, President Obama, Robert Mugabe, Saudi Arabia, Spike Lee, Stanford University, The Convention Against Torture
Condi Loves Torture
• April 24, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, History, Hurricanes, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Abu Zubaydah, al Qaeda, Alberto Gonzales, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Elizabeth Cheney, Emptywheel, Eric Holder, Filipinos, George W. Bush, Jay Bybee, John Ashcroft, John Boehner, John Yoo, Keith Olbermann, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Marcy Wheeler, Philip Zelikow, Rachel Maddow, Saddam Hussein, Second World War, Spain, Spanish American War, Special Comment April 16, Steven Bradbury, The CIA, The Justice Department, Torture, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Waterboarding