Coming February 6, 2024 . . .
MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
Good exchange of letters in the NYRB in which Sean Wilentz briefly summarizes the most compelling reasons not to regard the United States as founded on white supremacy https://t.co/zz7PRGMgvX pic.twitter.com/HxRwRp1GJV
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) October 2, 2021
The intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow has precedent
— Hanna Notte (@HannaNotte) February 29, 2024
Russia's hosted such meetings in the past, most recently Feb 2019
Russia has long lamented the US' "monopolization" of the peace process & tried to carve out a niche for itself: mediating among the disunited Palestinians/2
Here's what I told them: https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force https://t.co/pCoDg05irX
— Gareth Harris (@garethharr) December 28, 2023
Location: U.S. Embassy and residential compounds
Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.
Actions to take:
- Avoid the area;
- Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;
- Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and
- If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.
By The Editorial Board @ Bloomberg.com, December 8, 2023
A mass expulsion of Afghan migrants could destabilize the region and fuel radicalization. The West should pressure Islamabad to change course.
All eyes on #Chad right now
Chad has two internet trunks coming into the country: One from the Red Sea via Sudan; the other from Cameroon. Not possible for the totality of the country's internet network to be shut unless done centrally. A lot of rumors swirling; few facts. https://t.co/N6bDJZ2ixO
BREAKING: Three loss prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed, one of them has died from stab wounds, @PhillyPolice sources tell me. Police converged on the store as the three workers were rushed to Jefferson Hospital. pic.twitter.com/4U1eKycL4W
Former US Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba https://t.co/LDwo4ZJI1K
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 4, 2023
[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]
You don’t get it.
— George Deek (@GeorgeDeek) December 2, 2023
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
It’s all about how for 75 years you have destroyed the future of generations of Palestinians, including my family.
My cousins in Arab countries are still not citizens - not even the… https://t.co/nv6anubGhc
Note 'Community Notes' attached to UNWRA's statement.
Imperialism for me but not for thee?
It's wild that Venezuela is now holding a vote on whether 2/3 of Guyana actually belongs to them! Analysts suggest that Modoru may want military action to pump up his sinking popularity.
Could we have a war in South America?!?
"The people who live in Essequibo are largely… pic.twitter.com/QvMEjkkgwy
The lack of a cohesive delegation has allowed attention-seeking lawmakers to act on their own.
McCarthy: “You have [Rep. Matt] Gaetz, who belongs in jail…”
Gaetz: “Tough words from a guy who sucker punches people in the back. The only assault I committed was against Kevin’s fragile ego.”https://t.co/LctPuz6Pcf
By Martinn Pengelly in Washington DC for TheGuardian.com, Nov. 30
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Ryan Grim life in Congress ‘completely transformed’ after Democratic leader stepped down
"Both the AU and the intl community place more weight on whether elections are held than whether they are free and fair. Sanctions/expulsions occur when there is a coup but not necessarily when elections are rigged or if an “institutional coup” occurs." https://t.co/m9dNimJP0D
— Cameron Hudson (@_hudsonc) November 28, 2023
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by artappraiser on Fri, 10/01/2021 - 10:10pm
U.S. broadcast network TV, 1967 (two years before "Woodstock"), livemusical guest performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour:
by artappraiser on Sun, 10/03/2021 - 5:27am
by artappraiser on Sun, 10/17/2021 - 3:13am
A yellow fever outbreak made Greenwich Village
@ Ephemeral New York, April 5\6, 2020
by artappraiser on Sun, 10/17/2021 - 3:44am
Was De Blasio mayor?
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 10/17/2021 - 11:31am
by artappraiser on Sun, 10/17/2021 - 4:08am
by artappraiser on Sun, 10/17/2021 - 4:19am
what those looking to become "free men" in London would find:
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/21/2021 - 10:45pm
55 years since the Aberfan disaster
espec. check out the Getty Images B&W photo with the caption Local men and the emergency services formed a line to pass freed children out of Pantglas Junior School. Looks more 1930 than 1966.
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/21/2021 - 1:56am
more, including good air photo:
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/21/2021 - 7:28pm
Vaccination Mandates Are an American Tradition. So Is the Backlash.
The roots of U.S. vaccine mandates predate both the U.S. and vaccines.
By Maggie Astor @ NYTimes.com, Sept. 9
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/21/2021 - 7:45pm
Levitate the Pentagon day:
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/21/2021 - 8:25pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 10/22/2021 - 12:34am
"settled" is a tough word (after woke Twitter arguments over Columbus and such) - maybe 1-3 years, got their asses handed to them by the natives, then a badass Viking wench named Freydis had one of the crews mass murdered. Newfoundland is an island, so they never touched mainland unless the found some butternuts down around the mouth of the St Lawrence (or further south) where they grow.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland
https://www.worldhistory.org/Vinland/
1000 nautical miles (1150 miles) from Vinland to Brattalid (and another 3000 miles from Greenland to Oslo)
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 10/22/2021 - 2:32am
by A Guy Called LULU on Fri, 10/22/2021 - 11:11am
WSJ article on it, gift link with no paywall (thanks to their art market reporter; Kelly's great, a down to earth person!) lots of good pictures:
by artappraiser on Sat, 10/23/2021 - 6:36pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 4:49am
Slavery in Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Includes many things I didn't know...
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 2:44am
I kept thinking "what would Andrew Cuomo do?" while reading, for some reason. Also curious why the Queen didn't have to fight a war that killed 1/5 the population and permanently sidelined large regions of the country.
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 2:24am
lol at your first sentence...
by artappraiser on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 2:54am
Out of Savannastan
A new book provides convincing evidence that our earliest direct ancestors evolved in Europe, and that they were walking upright as early as six million years ago. But it is overly confident in its challenge to the idea that the genus Homo arose in Africa.
By Tim Flannery @ NY Review of Books for the Nov. 4 issue (NO PAYWALL on this one)
by artappraiser on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 2:00am
War and Memory in France and Algeria
Sixty years after the end of the Algerian War of Independence, “painful passions” on both sides continue to impede the reconciliation of the French and Algerian people.
By Alice Kaplan @ NY Review of Books, for the Nov. 18 issue (NO PAYWALL on this one)
by artappraiser on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 2:10am
"Battle of Algiers" is a good movie, comes across nearly documentary.
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 2:25am
found retweeted by Dr. Atul Gawande, still my favorite truth investigator of medicine
by artappraiser on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 6:16pm
by artappraiser on Thu, 11/04/2021 - 1:44am
Didn't read it yet, but Carter & his Fed chief did the belt tightening that made Reagan's job easy. As usual GOP gives away Dem surpluses or balanced budget or at least brought under control (Carter to Reagan, Clinton to Bush, Obama to Trump) - a lovely doesie-doh.
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 11/04/2021 - 11:30am
by artappraiser on Sat, 11/06/2021 - 4:07am