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The War on Terror Jumps the Shark as Everyone in the Mideast Accuses Everyone Else of Terrorism

Mar 11, 2014
In early December, Lebanese Shiite leader Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbullah accused Saudi Arabia of being behind the bombing of the Iranian embassy in Beirut -- ie, charged Riyadh with terrorismIn early December, Lebanese Shiite leader Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbullah accused Saudi Arabia of being behind the bombing of the Iranian embassy in Beirut—i.

Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profits

May 23, 2013
We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group, and one for the conscious destruction of aspects of the environment. But we don’t have one for the conscious act of destroying the planet we live on. “Terracide,” from the Latin word for earth, has the right ring, given its similarity to the commonplace danger word of our era: terrorist.