Here’s how Shakira might put Putin – our present-day world pariah – in his place. And here, too, is how that very same Putin might feel, shamed, hearing himself belittled in one song with billions more than the billions that have watched Shakira’s Waka Waka see him as a wuss.
Category: Terrorism
Why A “Civil War” Would Be So Hard for Progressives to “Win”
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Rapid fire weapons – every man’s birthright?
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With Afghanistan, Trump cannot run away from his mental health problems
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The battle within between dispassion and empathy
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Amman, Yemen, Istanbul, Dhaka, Baghdad, Medina: Where is the outrage?
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Brave Muslim journalists assassinated for reporting on ISIS
The next time you hear Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, or any of the phony journalists and sneering pundits of Fox News claim that Muslims
How “NCIS” helped me understand religious extremism
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Anti-Muslim myths and misinformation in post-Paris America
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