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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 |
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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Discussion of Iran and the JCPOA
by A Guy Called LULU on Mon, 12/13/2021 - 6:02pm
Days are getting shorter, nights are getting colder, snow is getting deeper, I just watched this. A short documentary of the national security state by Gore Vidal.
https://theanalysis.news/gore-vidals-history-of-the-national-security-st...
by A Guy Called LULU on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 3:41am
Gore Vidal was a douche. Getting rid of McCarthy was worse than having the Russian army and communist bureaucrats up your ass for 40 years? Worse than Mao's Great Leap Forward that killed 20 million or Stalin's Holodomor that starved 7 million? I mean you can't get halfway through that jerkoff's interview without tripping over irrational shit like this. And so Assange who's giving Putin blowjobs and encouraging naive idiots to hack the US (e.g. Joshua Schulte with Vault 7/8 hacking the CIA of all things) while helping Snowden steal and split gets his dumbass non-journalist ass extradited, but he's going to carry a Gore Vidal book on him to prove exactly what? That he lost all sense post-2014?
Gore Vidal doesn't give you an excuse for pro-Communist espionage and exhorting criminal acts. Enjoy your prison time, Julian. Hope your kids remember you when you're out.
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 4:58am
I think of Gore Vidal as the epitome of a catty and witty elitist snob, and I found him enormously entertaining for that reason! His serious commentary and analysis should not be taken seriously for that reason, though he had a lot of Oscar Wilde-type wisdom as regards daily life. It's also how I feel about Oliver Stone (who doesn't have the snob thing, it should be noted -he's pop culture all the way) - enormously entertaining conspiracizing and the like, not to be taken seriously.
by artappraiser on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 1:10pm
Thanks for the lucid description of your viewpoint. Regarding Assange and the proper resolution of his case I disagree. So do a hell of a lot of other people who can couch their arguments in idealistic terms of what the proper role of journalism is and why the freedom to fill that role should be protected. Others add legalistic arguments and show how Assange's prosecution violates norms and standards that have long seemed foundational to our democracy. Anyone who hasn't heard those arguments and so hasn't considered them could probably get a good primer watching below. I am not pre-endorsing any and all things any of them might say but I totally expect some of them to give a very solid defense of the opinion I have come to.
by A Guy Called LULU on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 2:52pm
You know i helped a little old lady across the street in 2008. Last year i killed 3 people, 4 if the one I nudged with my Prius survived. But i prefer you think of me as that grandma-friendly guy from 13 years ago. You can handle that, I'm sure.
I'm on the masthead of a blog - I'm like a journalist, no? And if I start asking you all to hack into government files and send me controversial stuff to publish, that's just me doing my Dagblog duty, amirite? And if in the process you happen to send me the locations of all US troops in Eurasia and i just happen to pass that on to Russia, that's just journalism at its finest - truth just wants to be free. I did release some personal stuff on a few candidates, but to do news a few eggs gotta get broken. Pretty sure the one who killed herself over the affair was overreacting - politicians should be tougher.
So video away. I think the US didn't charge Assange until Russia tried to extricate him from the Embassy and send him to Moscow. What a crazy bunch of kids.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/julian-assange-russia-ecua...
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 4:02pm
your link is a very interesting find! not the least of which I am surprised to see the name Robert Mueller play such a dominant role...then there's innocent little Ecuador...etc...lots of interesting stuff...
and this endnote is interesting too!
edit to add: this journalism is not American, it comes from the land of Smiley and his people who, as le Carre knew, have a lot more experience at the craft of, er, "diplomacy" than Americans do
by artappraiser on Thu, 12/16/2021 - 5:49pm
Culture Wars Co-opting the Narrative?
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 3:17pm