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At least seven Iraqis were killed and nine more were wounded in light violence. Meanwhile, two prominent Iraqis used the prayer day to speak out: At a sermon in Karbala, Sheikh Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalaei asked Iraqi officials to end the deadlock preventing the new government. Meanwhile, Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a statement asking Iraqis to support security forces who do not work alongside the American troops remaining in Iraq.

JERUSALEM – As President Obama on Wednesday initiates the ninth U.S. attempt in the last 30 years to bring about a final Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement, expectations are low and pessimism is high. It’s precisely why the talks may just succeed. That, however, may be overly optimistic.  Even if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is genuine [...]

Rescue the Bank of Kabul? No, says Justin Raimondo

The West, says Paul Craig Roberts

Chris Manion writes to federal employees about their mental health.

Gonzalo Lira on the US economy and Treasury bonds.

Indeed, they're a scheme to enslave private schools. Article by Jacob Huebert.

From Kerouac, Kennedy, Lincoln, and medicine. Article by Don Miller, MD.

Make that the eye of the hurricane, says Doug Casey.

Leviathan groans and gripes in response, says The Daily Bell.

Is it just a prelude to far worse trouble? Article by Robert Wenzel.

While the poor get poorer, and the middle class is destroyed.

It's cost us the remnants of the constitution, says Paul Craig Roberts.

And his fake media.

A step-by-step guide, by Brett McKay.

Drinkers outlive teetotalers.