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ABEL ASHES – NEW CALAMITY (Official Music Video with Lyrics) premieres on Saturday August 22nd, 2020 at 12 Midnight PST (Pacific Standard Time).
New Album: NEW CALAMITY
NEW SONG DEMO/PREVIEW VIDEO: New Calamity (song about the CoVid-19/coronavirus pandemic)
NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Abel Ashes – And Photograph Stars
What people are saying about my new music
Submission to The Needle Drop: Abel Ashes – Between the Droughts and the Floods
My Advice to Tunisia’s Next President:
Mutually Assured Destruction
Magical Markets and Magical Mules
And Photograph Stars
By the Smartphone Light
Islamists in Bornu
Blood in the Wake (Reprise)
R2P (Human Refugees)
Leaves of Kosutnjak
Between the Droughts and the Floods
Atheists in Mecca
Blood in the Wake
Between the Droughts and the Floods: Track by track
Submission of Between the Droughts and the Floods to THE ONGOING HISTORY OF PROTEST MUSIC
The story of my new album: Between the Droughts and the Floods.
Some Things Aren’t Meant To Be, Some things Don’t Come For Free Midnight Oil Great Circle World Tour 2017 May 23rd 2017, Paramount Theater, Denver, Colorado, USA
Mass shootings: guns, mental health, and American culture itself
Gun control is not necessarily anti-gun
I’ve been blocked on Facebook for 3 days.
If It Wasn’t Necessary To Drop The A-Bomb on Hiroshima Then Why Was It Done?
The simple truth that many defenders and detractors of Islam alike seem to not understand
20 facts to consider about the Israel/Palestine conflict
The biggest terrorism threat to whom?
Nuclear Weapons, the Responsibility to Protect, and the Trump’s creepy “America First” ideology
Afghan activist Nemat Sadat tells his “coming out as gay story” on MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and Channel 5 United Kingdom in June during Pride Month
Why “Christianity, capitalism, and democracy” cannot save us from Islamic extremist terrorism
My early music influences in the 80s
New music
Thoughts on the possible elimination of ACA mandates by Trump’s Executive Order
The Dakota Access Pipeline protests are being oversimplified
Why ISIS attacks Turkey without claiming responsibility
There are many versions of Islam
ISIS attacks in MENA and against “The West” related to lose of ground within their evil “Caliphate”
ISIS attacks on Turkey related to idiotic End Times prophecies
Paul Begala was just wiping the floor with a Trump campaigner
Some less well known facts about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
Thoughts on the anti-gay jihadist attack against Pulse nightclub in Orlando
♫ Eat Plastic (Remastered) – Abel Ashes & the Runs. Listen @cdbaby
Some people think the USA and Iran are allies?
We must not let ISIS divide humanity. We must unite against them.
The media reports, you fail to read about it, you want an excuse not care about Paris, ISIS laughs at you
There are many kinds of Muslims because Islam is a big mess of contradictions
Send an email – Make a phone call – speak up: Yousef Muhammad Ali faces trial tomorrow for criticising Islam
Election Disrupting Pro-Russian Ukrainian Group “Hacks” Alleged ISIS Mock Execution Video From McCain Staffer and Russian State Run Media Uses It To Spin Yet Another Web of Lies: Russian Government’s False Accusations Against McCain And Rita Katz’s SITE Intelligence Group Also Promoted by Noted Conspiracy Theorist Website of James Fetzer
Announcement: Abel Ashes merging political and music websites over the coming months
The Legendary A&M Sessions/The 1966 Demos & (The Complete) It Comes To You In A Plain Brown Wrapper sessions as a 2 CD set (proposal)
Dylann Roof is obviously a racist and a terrorist and therefore probably also a fucking lunatic
Fake “Leftist” terrorism supporters like the Guardian’s Seumas Milne “helped fuel the rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria”
It is not hateful to show Muslims and Christians that there is hate literature in the Bible and the Koran
ISIS’s enemies would never support ISIS except for the enemies of ISIS you don’t like right?
If you tell the truth about Dr. Burzynski’s scam “cancer cure”, his propagandist Eric Merola will block you from his page promoting Burzynski: The Movie
Debunking Syrian Girl, AKA Mimi Al Laham on her Facebook page
A few of my ideas for reforming the American political system
As I said would happen: “ISIS” has once again attacked Israel and is threatening to attack Israel and Palestine, including Hamas as Hamas attacks “ISIS”
No Syria, Turkey, the USA, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, etc are not supporting “ISIS”
Anarchism is fucking stupid
On the issue of ISIS and Al Nusra terrorists sneaking into Europe among Syrian refugees
A Brief history of “Islamic” suicide bombing
“Do atheist men secretly admire Muslim women?”
How the Israel/Palestine conflict is relevant to the issues of al Qaeda, the 9/11 attacks, and jihadist movements in general
If there were any “secondary explosive devices” in the Twin Towers on 9/11/01 al Qaeda probably put them there.
Why it was not “stupid” or “paranoid” for Washington DC cops to be concerned about a pressure cooker near the Washington Mall
Israel/Palestine: The land belongs to (fill in the blank)…which land?
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong
Once again…”ISIS” is not state sponsored
A Brief History of “ISIS”
Thoughts on the Baltimore riots
Interesting arguments with right-leaning Zappa fans
Universal human rights are your property
In response to the absurd notion that there is “no such thing as political Islam”
Defining “Terrorism”: Media critics still refuse to read the goddamn dictionary
Looking back on “The Great Recession” of 2007/2008
Statement on the Charlie Hebdo massacre
Just another post on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
But is Afghanistan safer?
My comments to critics of Tommy Robinson’s lecture at the Oxford Union
Morality derived from religious doctrine can only be subjective unlike secular humanism which can be based on a more objective form of ethics
Then she asked me for the “sources” employed in my research
Improving Tunisia’s economy is a matter of political will
Which “occupation” and whose “Holy Land”?
Individuals produce corrupt institutions not the other way around
“White Muslims” and “white jihadists” are nothing unusual
Why All Americans Should Read “Triple Cross” by Peter Lance: Jihadists are still manipulating our naivete and ignorance
Zero tolerance for Muslim conspiracy theories blaming ISIS on non-Muslims
Dear Muslims, The Koran Endorses the Sex Slavery of Non-Muslim Women as Practiced by Islamic State (ISIS)
Russell Brand’s uninformed “open-mindedness” about 9/11
Some historical figures whose biographies you should know in order to understand the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
These controversial Muslim Obama Homeland Security appointees are Republicans tied to McCain and Ashcroft
Why I blame the religion first and the followers of the religion second
On the murder of Mohamed Abu Khdeir and the assault of Tariq Abu Khdeir
Israel/Palestine conflict is about religious bigotry and conspiracy on BOTH sides
Islamic State issues message to al Qaeda, July 4th, 2014
Death threat from a Pakistani “Syrian Rebel” jihadist who knows how to use CAPLOCKS
New anonymous online tip form for reporting Islamic State agents, supporters, and webpages
Terrorism experts in the fight against the Islamic State
Tunisian Ansar Sharia aligned with ISIS has sent more than 2,000 fighters to Syria
State of the Ummah – Anwar Al Awlaki: Caliphate for global Ummah by 2024
Islamic State’s propaganda video indicates global ambition of the “new caliphate”
Report: Gazan ISIS preparing to wage war on Israel and Palestine
ISIS changes name to simply “Islamic State” and declares new Caliphate with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as Caliph
My message to the pro-al Nusra and pro-ISIS jihadist elements in the Free Syrian Army and a childish response from from one of them.
The US did NOT fund or train ISIS.
Islamist “logic” says rape of 90 year old is due to “liberal values”.
ISIS Facebook page claims Zawahiri will announce his support for ISIS within the next few weeks
Report this password protected ISIS forum to INTERPOL, FBI, and Homeland Security
I got another couple of pro-ISIS Facebook pages removed (maybe I shouldn’t have)
If you support democracy and secularism and human rights you must support action against ISIS
My unpopular opinion about the Iraq War and some facts of about the post-Saddam Iraq oil industry
Maliki’s corruption is no excuse not to act against ISIS
Hitler was a theocrat and therefore opposed to secularism
Why Muslims should support burning the Quran
The Taliban, Saddam Hussein, R2P, and my goal of a world secular government
You reported بيعة أمير المؤمنين – The Pledge Of Allegiance To Amir al Muminin for containing credible threat of violence. This Page was removed
Syria : The Planet of the Daleks – A story of Death, Hate and God by Wael Alkel
National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces is not “al Qaeda”.
FSA, Syrian National Coalition, National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces versus Al Qaeda, Al Nusra, and Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham
Obama is not a Muslim
For those who think all Iraqis are crazy and the country is doomed to always live this way….#NO2ISIS
My opinion on the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in short:
The Taliban didn’t exist when Reagan was President and the US isn’t supporting al Qaeda in Syria
ISIS is a bigger threat to world peace and security than al Qaeda ever was: the free world must act
I support US airstrikes against ISIS
On the roots of jihadism and the Sunni/Shia divide in Islam as relates to the conflict between ISIS and the Iranian backed Maliki regime in Iraq
And now for some good news: Atheism is on the rise in the “Muslim world” and throughout the globe!
ISIS’s Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: The wannabe Caliph so violent Al Qaeda disavowed him
“Spreading rumors and writing statements that instigate people against the enemy” (confronting Nafeez Ahmed’s propaganda of distraction)
Missing Nigerian girls have not been stoned to death.
I suggest this short article for anyone short on time and/or attention who wants to understand who ISIS/ISIL/EIIL/Daech are and what they are doing in Iraq and Syria.
Confronting widespread ignorance and conspiracy theories regarding ISIS/ISIL/EIIL/Daech
Too upset to write about Iraq (but I did it anyway)
The adolescence and intellectual and moral cowardice of James B Russel, David Gerard, and Olivia Guest of the “RationalWiki” Facebook page…pseudo-“rationalist”, artificial “feminist”, and fake “liberal” apologists for oppression of the so-called “Muslim world” under Islam.
On the release of 5 Taliban associates for one American soldier
Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists
The Taliban in Their Own Words (via gemsofislamism.tripod.com)
Please sign this petition to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to put pressure on Saudi Arabia to free liberal blogger Raef Badawi. Free Raif Badawi!
Why doesn’t “the Mainstream Media” ever talk about____? They did and that’s how you know about it.
Jews and Christians and Zoroastrians were worshiping an evil monotheistic god long before Mohammed invented Islam (How did you think he came up with the idea?)
Music is art, entertainment, catharsis, and communication. It is not a sport or a competition.
Anarchism is adolescent intellectual masturbation…silly like libertarianism, conservatism, communism, nationalism, isolationism…
HAARP is being shutdown but the myths, misinformation, and unfounded conspiracy theories continue
We need a popular international movement for the liberation of apostates in the Islamic world and for the enslaved people of North Korea
Fred Phelps may not have died hating “gays”, but why did he feel the need to hate them in the first place?
If everyone else knows you are crazy but you don’t don’t think you’re crazy you can legally buy guns in California.

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