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Tomorrow on This is Hell! Peter van Buren tells us how he ‘Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People,’ John Lanchester explains ‘Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay,’ Ian Morris describes ‘The Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future,’ and Christopher Preble reveals ‘How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous and Less Free.’

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Our guests were sociologist Sarah Sobieraj on ‘The Perils of Media-Centered Activism,’ journalist Nicholas Shaxson ‘Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens,’ Historian Jo Guldi describes how ‘Britain Invents the Infrastructure State,’ and Christopher Strain will be ‘Rethinking Violence in American Life.’

Bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz posts his second weekly blog post. Today’s discusses the clash between order and freedom in a democracy.

Today’s Nine Circles! includes, Racists are Idiots, Ron Paul’s racist newsletter, Canadian govt. calls natives “adversaries,” Euro leader resigns over worse-than-SOPA act, Twitter set to censor, “No safety” in Libya, Syria’s “terrifying massacre,” Iran seeks nuke talks, and Iraq executes dozens in one day.

Today’s Nine Circles! are Campaign money from financial sector skyrockets, Worse than SOPA law already on books, Mercenaries find profits in Mexico, Austerity “could destroy” EU, More US drones, ‘New Libya’ still tortures, ‘New Egypt’ like Mubarak’s, Palestinian vote delay, and Iran wants nuke talks.

Today’s Nine Circles! includes … Mayor “will have tacos” after Latino racism claim, US press freedoms drop, Fed asked to break up BoA, Merkel ‘outlawing Keynesianism,’ Marine gets no time for massacre, Egyptians protest ‘New Egypt,’ ‘New Libya’ losing control, More Syrian killings reported, and MRSA in US pork.

Today’s Nine Circles! are NYPD anti-Muslim training, Wall Street’s weather profits, IMF predicts more instability, France’s “racist” Armenian genocide bill, Romania’s austerity protests, More Syrian violence, India sues Monsanto, and Japan’s fight over US military base.

Today’s Nine Circles! include Wall Street down while top execs profit, Fourth Amendment wins as Obama loses, Marine may get three months for massacre, US-Israeli exercise canceled over Iran, Yemen air force mutinies, US “factually not correct’ on Pakistan killings, Undercover cops impregnate activists, Rahm blocks corruption fighter, and Arctic freshwater’s threat to climate.

The Nine Circles of Hell! – all the news that gives you fits in print – is posted each weekday. While we post the nine most hellish news stories we can find Monday through Friday, our Sunday Edition! features writing from the past week – including opinion pieces – by nine of our past guests [...]

  http://www.lettersofnote.com Letters of Note is what it sounds like, a collection of various entertaining historical correspondences worth a moment of your time.  This one sealed the deal for me – Laura Huxley’s letter recounting the death of her husband – http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/03/most-beautiful-death.html

Today’s Nine Circles!, including a bonus story on Afghan forces attacks on coalition forces and an extra article on ongoing Fukushima disaster are … Justice officials represented alleged foreclosure fraudsters, ‘No’ to ‘Occupy the Courts,’ Violent sex crimes by US soldiers double, Killings by ‘friendly’ Afghan army increases, Soldiers arrested for abusing Afghan kids, Israeli arrest of threatens peace talks, Syrians protest against government detentions, Japan’s “rice industry has been virtually destroyed”, and Anonymous hacks after US takes down file-sharing site.

The Nine Circles of Hell! – all the news that gives you fits in print – today’s nine most hellish news stories, including two bonus stories on Newt Gingrich, an additional #Occupy link, another piece on the eurozone, and an extra article on Iran-Western tensions, are … President Gingrich overrules Supreme Court, Wisconsin plays politics with health, Shares owned for 22 seconds on average, Obama’s donors get government perks, US House investigates #OccupyDC, Hedge funds hold Greek bailout hostage, Iran says US support a “dangerous position,” Syrian monitors “in a big mess,” and Space junk a “serious risk.”