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 |
I can't say that I blame them.
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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Comments
by artappraiser on Thu, 02/05/2015 - 10:13pm
by barefooted on Fri, 02/06/2015 - 1:09am
The reaction interests me a great deal for many reasons. This, from your link, is getting at one of them:
I have always been against the death penalty in the U.S. not so much on moral grounds, but because I don't think it works as a deterrent to the criminal minds of the extreme kind that it is most often applied to. To them, it's a reinforcement of their belief system, that those with power have the right to kill and they have a will to or desire for power over other humans.
But with terrorism, this gets so much more knotty and complex.. Because the end goal is to terrorize populations or governments into acquiescing to their will. Which is the reason for the whole don't negotiate with terrorists thing, where you've got to draw a line somewhere where it's "no deal, we won't continue to play." So hanging those already convicted, that the terrorists wanted, doesn't strike me as oneupmanship nor any confirmation of their ethos.
First, simplistically, it's not the same as burning someone in a cage, it wasn't meant to terrorize. Instead it's to say: no deal, never like that,our answer is: we are following through with the law. And in comparison, it is civilized.
Second. The alternate I usually support, life in prison, to show that the government doesn't use killing as a power metaphor, that just doesn't seem to work in this terrorism situation. It seems so wimpy, as if saying "we will continue to just put up with what you are trying to do to our civilization until you tire of it." No line in the sand, no point where you won't take it anymore.It's an opening to escalation rather than the retreat from escalation it might usually be.
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/06/2015 - 2:56am
This, from an earlier NYT article, gives background on the legal situation of the executions:
And this, from yet another NYT pieces, suggests another way already having been tried in the neighborhood:
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/06/2015 - 3:23am
NPR - UAE To Resume Anti-ISIS Airstrikes In Solidarity With Jordan
It's also safe to assume that the US moving search and rescue units to northern Iraq (WSJ) also figured in to their decision.
by barefooted on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 6:54pm
If ISIS is making the cause of death here up:
ISIS Declares Airstrike Killed a U.S. Hostage
Those in charge of the agitprop are cleverer than I thought.
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 12:38am
It's too obviously convenient to be anything but questionable at this point. It also seems rushed - no flashy video, no body, no proof of anything. They have thus far made claims on a site frequented by ISIS and their supporters with a few photos of a bombed out building. They say it's in Raqqa, yet the US and Jordan officials have denied any airstrikes in that location over the timeperiod ISIS noted. Additionally, they claim no militants were injured, so we are left to assume their American hostage was all alone. There are many reasons to suspect their assertions. They're proven liars.
She may very well be dead, and could have been murdered at any time since her capture. They've never put her on camera to this point - what better way to use her death for propaganda purposes than to say Jordan killed her?
by barefooted on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 2:15am