links for 2009-05-18

• The Bottom for Credit Thanks to Peak Oil
  on what is not sustainable about american living: revolving credit; suburban living; car-based transport; petro-agriculture food
  (tags: economy economics economic-crisis united-states energy food transport)
• Skeptic's Annotated Bible / Quran / Book of Mormon
  (tags: reference christianity atheism religion islam)
• Debt Drought Kills Consumerism
  on how the system needs to change
  (tags: economics economic-crisis united-states policy economy)
• Saudi Shias still 'discriminated against'
  (tags: saudi-arabia Shii Sunni religion politics)
• IkhwanWeb
  MB detentions:
  " The Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo ordered the detention of 13 MB leaders for 15 days on charges of money laundry "
  (tags: muslim-brotherhood egyptian)
• Oman Navigates Between Iran and Arab Nations – NYTimes.com
  (tags: iran oman politics gcc geopolitics)
• International Crisis Group – Robert Malley in The New York Review of Books
  (tags: palestine israel MiddleEast united-states politics)
• Obama's Drug Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs' | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet
  (tags: drugs policy united-states politics)
• FT.com / Markets / On Wall Street – On Wall Street: Beware of the sucker’s rally
  (tags: finance financial-crisis wallstreet)
• Daily News Egypt – Full Article
  rather negative review of carnivore
  (tags: food restaurants cairo)
• International Crisis Group – Joost Hiltermann in Foreign Policy
  (tags: kurd iraq oil politics)