Maybe the forces in control in Falluja are not al Qa'ida.

This would be entirely plausible, except for the report that local Sunnis said they are allied with the Iraqi government against al Qa'ida.

I'm not sure what to make of this.

Peak oil has not gone away: the supply of oil per unit time may contract, and cause economic problems.

The crucial question, not apparently addressed here, is: would it be possible to burn oil faster than it's going to be available, while avoiding the worse disaster that global heating is taking us towards?

A limit at a place that, for other reasons, we must not even approach is no real limit.

For a politician to be a "strong leader" overlaps with being a bully.

Everyone: call on Morocco to change the law that allows rapists to escape punishment by forcing their victims to marry them.

US citizens: tell the FDA you oppose the plan to stop states from requiring GMO labeling.