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MOST READ [4-9 MAY]

1. Fake Lesbian Phenomenon [Explicit Photos & Video] [4,738]

2. Sex Addiction [4,182]

3. More Casual About Sex [Hook-Up Culture] [4,180]

4. 2: Top Five Viral Videos [3,733]

5. 5: Fantasy Five [Explicit Videos] [3,649]

6. 27: Last Week's Front Page Photo Stories [3,626]

7. Cybersex Games [3,135]

8. Miley Cyrus, "Incest" & America's Culture War [2,952]

9. From Lolita to Miley Cyrus: Delicious Nymphets [2,463]

10. Almost Dead Bush: You Say Asshole; I Say Arsehole [2,099]

11. New Art: "Actress Slash Model" [Martin Maloney] [2,015]

12. Sex & Society: Prostitutes Condemned with Extreme Prejudice [1,914]

13. Sex Lives of Politicians [Don't You Long to Know More?] [1,873]

14. Maureen Dowd Gets Class-Conscious! [1,770]

15. 3: Top Five Viral Videos [1,742]


FRIDAY 9 MAY

Sex & Society: Prostitutes Condemned with Extreme Prejudice [1,304]

3: Top Five Viral Videos [1,096]

Meet the BoObs [Bourgeois Obamians] [713]

Myanmar [Burma] Disaster: Imperial Powers Itching to Intervene [651]

8: Most Popular Articles [Last 28 Days] [588]


THURSDAY 8 MAY

5: Fantasy Five [Explicit Videos] [1,804]

Myanmar [Burma]: Cyclone Disaster Exploited by the West [787]

Hillary Clinton Plans to Push Campaign Beyond Primaries [760]

Consumer Capitalism 101 [683]

Superhero Costumes: Kitsch Clashes with Fashion [661]


WEDNESDAY 7 MAY

Fake Lesbian Phenomenon [Explicit Photos & Video] [2,155]

Sex Lives of Politicians [Don't You Long to Know More?] [963]

Hillary Clinton Chases the Prole Vote [864]

"Iron Man" - Capitalist Propaganda Movie [829]

American Idol: Dumbed Down & Out [572]


TUESDAY 6 MAY

More Casual About Sex [Hook-Up Culture] [2,162]

Hillary Clinton: "Yes, We Can!" [958]

Barack Obama aka Slim Shady [869]

Creationists: Dumb Design Freaks [664]

The Brilliant "Mad Men" & America's Culture War [534]


MONDAY 5 MAY

27: Last Week's Front Page Photo Stories [1,682]

Cybersex Games [1,385]

Maureen Dowd Gets Class-Conscious! [924]

Reverend Jeremiah Wright Faces Racist Abuse [903]

Oprah & Obama: "Ordinary" Blacks? [879]


SUNDAY 4 MAY

Sex Addiction [2,040]

2: Top Five Viral Videos [1,719]

Miley Cyrus, "Incest" & America's Culture War [1,318]

Almost Dead Bush: You Say Asshole; I Say Arsehole [1,216]

New Art: "Actress Slash Model" [Martin Maloney] [1,163]

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Islam Challenges The West



White Man's Racism & Colonial Conquest [Iraq Is the Latest]

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 8:57 A GMT+01
Western propaganda talks about about fighting for ?democracy? in Iraq while they whip up hysteria over the alleged threat posed by ?Muslim extremists? to ?our values?. The racism is clear. But it is part of a much deeper tradition in Western culture.

Sex & Culture: Islamic Erotica

Friday, 11 April 2008 9:09 A GMT+01
What do you get when you combine symbols of misogyny in the East and the West? As Iranian artist Makan Emadi imagines it, a Muslim woman clutching at her black chador as it blows above her knees, à la Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch."

"Terrorism" Is Justified [Must Watch Video]

Tuesday, 25 March 2008 10:24 A GMT+01
Taking what he says is the betrayal of the Palestinian people as his starting point, Ted Honderich, Britain's leading moral philosopher, reveals who shares moral responsibility for recent acts of terrorism, and points a finger at the politicians.

Suicide Bombers: War Heroes

Monday, 17 March 2008 9:42 A GMT+01
What is not mentioned by the Americans or the Iraqi “government” or the British authorities or indeed by many journalists is the sheer scale of the suicide campaign, the vast numbers of young men (only occasionally women), who sacrifice themselves.

Pakistan: The Battle Between Radical Islam & Neoliberalism

Friday, 29 February 2008 9:02 A GMT+01
Neoliberalism is the Orthodoxy...In Islamabad one of only two seven-star hotels in the world is nearing completion. Here the Pakistani elite will meet to do business with the global rich, while the poor will be expected to look on in wonder.

Imposing Western "Values" on the World [Rape & Pillage]

Friday, 22 February 2008 9:44 A GMT+01
The West armed with its secular doctrine and materialistic world-view proceeded to exploit, plunder and colonize vast populations in order to control resources and maximize wealth. In the process the West succeeded in destroying civilizations.

Lebanon: Hezbollah Will Retaliate Against Zionist Assassination

Sunday, 17 February 2008 10:29 A GMT+01
“Today Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance are ready to confront any possible Israeli aggression on Lebanon. You killed Imad outside the battleground. You crossed the borders. Zionists, if you wanted open war, let it be an open war anywhere.”

"War on Terror" - The Comic Book Super Villain Version

Sunday, 10 February 2008 7:45 P GMT+01
Bin Laden, al-Zawahiri, al-Zarqawi...each has been "public enemy number one". Now, al-Libi and Mehsud are accorded the ultimate tag. It's all part of the personalization trick to cover up foreign policy fiascoes of Washington and London.

"Iran Threatens..." - Bush Still Waving His Pecker

Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:36 A GMT+01
Bush has a proven track record of stirring up chaos and instability in the region. Fears that another Iraq-style catastrophe will occur on their doorstep has prompted several Gulf Arab leaders to reach out to Iran in a bid to ease regional tensions.

Post-Bhutto: Pakistan Replaces Iran As Greatest Threat to US Hegemony

Tuesday, 8 January 2008 9:51 A GMT+01
In one fell swoop, almost overnight, Pakistan replaces Iran on the Bush Regime's radar screen. Israel may not like what is happening, but Cheney and company won't have even a fighting chance of reviving the Iran bogey in the remaining year of BushCo.

Pakistan Ripe for Islamic 'Socialist' Revolution

Sunday, 6 January 2008 11:01 A GMT+01
The fundamental battle taking place in Pakistan is between the secular and western-based educated pro-American elites and the Islam-championing radical religious types. It's Asian class war - the bourgeoisie against the proletariat.

Al Qaeda Confronts Western Imperialism in Pakistan

Thursday, 3 January 2008 12:29 P GMT+01
Benazir Bhutto is just the first major casualty in the broader plan of al-Qaeda leaders to stamp their vision on Pakistan and its neighbor Afghanistan. The first task is to destroy the country's political system by undermining US-backed elections.

Being a "Terrorist" Sympathizer Is Now a Thought Crime in the UK

Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:14 A GMT+01
Malik, who dubbed herself the "Lyrical Terrorist," had written "extremist poems" praising Osama Bin Laden, in support of martyrdom and beheading. One of her poems, "How to Behead," was extensively quoted in the media for propaganda purposes.

Led Zeppelin: Fusion Music [The Soul of the West & Islam]

Tuesday, 11 December 2007 9:35 A GMT+01
Led Zeppelin broadcast a powerful message to fans who tuned in to the right frequency. They brought the soul of the West and Islam together, producing a musical force powerful enough to break through the barricade dividing the two civilizations.

Sex & Islam: "Pleasure" Marriages

Monday, 10 December 2007 9:59 A GMT+01
Firaz, a 24-year-old Shiite Muslim, felt suspended between lust and too little money to afford matrimony. "I had sexual desires and was looking for a girl." Enter the "pleasure" marriage, a way station in tough times on the path to the real thing.

No Nukes in Iran: WWIII Postponed

Wednesday, 5 December 2007 10:14 A GMT+01
The admission by the Bush Regime that Iran stopped pursuing its nuclear weapons program in 2003 may be their way of signaling that they are giving up on their grand scheme to invade Iran. The Hawks have been shot down, leaving a lame-duck president.

Afghanistan-Pakistan Border: A Resurgent Taliban

Wednesday, 14 November 2007 9:54 A GMT+01
A revitalized Taliban stage daily operations in the Kunar Valley in Afghanistan, using suicide bombers, guerrilla attacks and Russian-made rockets. Deep in their mountain hideaway, they talk about the struggle they increasingly believe can be won.

America's Aggression Against Iran: A Raging [Dying] Bull

Tuesday, 30 October 2007 9:19 A GMT+01
A lot of people, outside Europe and America anyway, admire Iranian defiance of US hegemony. Iran aspires to become a regional superpower. The US commands much less support than it needs to check Iranian ambitions by diplomacy, or indeed sanctions.

Maureen Dowd Demolishes the Bush Regime's "War on Iran" Words

Tuesday, 30 October 2007 9:15 A GMT+01
Norman Podhoretz, one of the founding fathers of neo-conservatism [now one of Giuliani's advisors], has urged Bush to bomb Iran, saying: "You have the awesome responsibility to prevent another holocaust. You are the only one with the guts to do it."

The West's "Humanitarian Intervention" Hypocrisy [War Is Peace]

Thursday, 25 October 2007 8:46 A GMT+01
The problem with militaristic humanism resides not in "militaristic" but in "humanism". Under this doctrine, military intervention is dressed up as humanitarian salvation, justified according to depoliticised, universal human rights.

Putin Warns Bush over Iran: "Don't Even Think about War"

Thursday, 18 October 2007 8:27 A GMT+01
Vladimir Putin, today warned the US not to use force against Iran in the current nuclear dispute. Any military intervention in the Caspian Sea area would be unacceptable, Mr Putin declared as he attended a five-country regional summit in Tehran.

Young American Muslims Spread Radical Islam

Tuesday, 16 October 2007 8:30 A GMT+01
A 21-year-old American named Samir Khan produces his blog from his parents’ home in North Carolina. “America needs to listen to Shaykh Usaamah very carefully and take his message with great seriousness. America is known to be a people of arrogance.”

bin-Laden's Analysis of "Democracy" Is Superb

Sunday, 14 October 2007 8:59 A GMT+01
Bin-Laden points out the strong ethical objections to the savage wealth/class inequality, economic exploitation and narcissistic commercialism that lie at the dark heart of the deadly bourgeois mode of production, exchange, governance, and ?life.?

Iran Needs Nuclear Weapons to Protect Itself From American Extremism

Sunday, 7 October 2007 8:54 A GMT+01
Since 1979, an image of evil has been created in the US. Iran is not a threat. The words are violent but words, as Spaniards say, are feathers. If Iran seeks nuclear weapons it is from a fear of what might be done by US Marines and Israeli warplanes.

Ahmadinejad & the Mad Dogs of Zionism

Sunday, 30 September 2007 9:43 A GMT+01
Ahmadinejad posed many legitimate questions which the Zionists have kept from the world. The fact that these questions were posed and highlighted at the UN where the eyes of the world were focused made the mad dogs of Zionism foam at the mouth.