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The local parliament of Crimea says it will hold a referendum in 10 days on annexation by Russia.

It's legitimate to have a referendum on the question, but holding it under these circumstances is as ridiculous as the elections run by US puppets in Honduras, Haiti and Afghanistan.

Uri Avnery comments on Ukraine, and (by the way) how opportune it was for Netanyahu to have another crisis take the heat off his colonization policy.

Paul Ryan: stop giving poor schoolchildren lunch; make their parents scrounge a paper bag to be their "lunch".

Louisiana hopes to silence MoveOn with a bogus trademark lawsuit over the state's slogan, "Pick your passion".

Is Governor Jindal anti-gay? Anti-abortion? Anti-contraception? The slogan "Pick your passion" offers great possibilities.