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Ute Bear Dance........a real purty mental health break

By we are stardust on Mon, 06/07/2010 - 1:08pm |

One spring long, long ago, a man dreamt of A Bear. It told him that if he would go to a certain place in the mountains, The Bear would teach him something that would make him and his...

Are CIA Operatives Who Oppose Drone Attacks Objectively Pro-Taliban?

By we are stardust on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 6:20pm |

Some of you may have already guessed that I am haunted by drone attacks. They have taken up residence in my brain, though to a lesser degree than the millions of pounds of explosives of all kinds that we rained...

Problems at TPM Café (plus an update)

By we are stardust on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:54pm |

Please understand I love the Café for so many reasons, and appreciate that Josh keeps it up, even though he says it's not a money-maker. I don't love the software problems. I posted a blog at 7:15 EDT this evening;...

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Supreme Court Narrows Miranda, Obama Gives Legal Cover to Drone Operators

By we are stardust on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 7:19pm |

(In case you missed these tidbits) In a split decision, the SCOTUS ruled that suspects must speak up in order to ensure the legality of their rights not to speak. Anthony Kennedy wrote that a suspect who speaks...

Cooperation for Kandahar: Ever More Orwellian.

By we are stardust on Mon, 05/31/2010 - 10:50am |

The 'summer offensive' (Hamkari Baraye Kandahar) in Kandahar will be the test case for US involvement in Afghanistan, according to Karen De Young at the Washington Post. She reports that administration officials say that the results will be the...

Anthro-psyops Occupation Programs: the Wave of the Future

By we are stardust on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 5:06pm |

I wandered onto as Army website page last week in search of info about bunker-buster bombs, and read briefly about the Human Terrain Systems project (started in 2006), an 'initiative of the Army Training and Doctrine Command; career...

Dear Diary........May 30, 2032

By we are stardust on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 5:46pm |

Dear Diary, This will be my last entry, and I don't know if anyone will ever read it; but I feel the need to chronicle what passes for life these days. My last entry was over three years ago, I...

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Alan Grayson's 'The War is Making You Poor Act' or: How great is this?

By we are stardust on Sat, 05/22/2010 - 7:52am |

Grayson is giving us a chance to have a little fun while we oppose funding of the wars In Iraq and Afghanistan; this was a real shot in the arm for me this morning. Another war-funding bill will...

Mental Health Break......a bird slideshow

By we are stardust on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 12:56pm |

I just put up two bird slideshows at my Posterous site for y'all; Flickr won't let me download them to Movable Type lately, so I can't blog them here. If the photos don't boot, just click on the first or...

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More Blackwater/Xe Darkness ...including a secret recording of EriK* Prince

By we are stardust on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 10:48am |

There's been so much happening lately that it's been hard to know where to focus, and I missed all this; maybe you did too. Pardon the cut and paste; I'm not feeling well, probably from reading all that's discussed in...

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Russia plays weak hand in Palestine
Russia plays weak hand in Palestine

submitted by PeraclesPlease 9 months ago

The intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow has precedent

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
— Hanna Notte (@HannaNotte) February 29, 2024

Read the article at https://twitter.com/HannaNotte/status/1763116222256701787

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Mother Jones is Reaching out to Alternative Party Voters
Mother Jones is Reaching out to Alternative Party Voters

submitted by HSG 10 months ago

Here's what I told them: https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/

Read the article at https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/

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Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes...
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force

submitted by artappraiser 12 months ago

Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force https://t.co/pCoDg05irX
— Gareth Harris (@garethharr) December 28, 2023

Read the article at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/28/brazil-law-indigenous-land-rights-claim-time-marker?CMP=share_btn_tw

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Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti (...
Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti (December 25, 2023)

submitted by artappraiser 12 months ago

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.

Read the article at https://ht.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-port-au-prince-haiti-december-25-2023/

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Pakistan Is Creating the World’s Next Refugee Crisis
Pakistan Is Creating the World’s Next Refugee Crisis

submitted by artappraiser 1 year ago

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.

Read the article at https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-08/pakistan-s-expulsion-of-afghan-refugees-risks-another-crisis

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Internet shut down in Chad
Internet shut down in Chad

submitted by artappraiser 1 year ago

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

Read the article at https://x.com/_hudsonc/status/1732891968709992511?s=20

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[Economy] where Joe's success falls short
[Economy] where Joe's success falls short

submitted by PeraclesPlease 1 year ago

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[CRIME News] 3 loss-prevention employees in Macy’s across...
[CRIME News] 3 loss-prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed

submitted by artappraiser 1 year ago

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

Read the article at https://x.com/KeeleyFox29/status/1731713272942940365?s=20

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Former U.S. Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As...
Former U.S. Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba

submitted by artappraiser 1 year ago

Former US Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba https://t.co/LDwo4ZJI1K
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 4, 2023

Read the article at https://www.huffpost.com/entry/manuel-rocha-ambassador-arrested-cuba_n_656d1e2ae4b028b0f3d07478

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[War in Israel, Chapter II] UNRWA under scrutiny
[War in Israel, Chapter II] UNRWA under scrutiny

submitted by artappraiser 1 year ago

[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]

You don’t get it.
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
— George Deek (@GeorgeDeek) December 2, 2023

Note 'Community Notes' attached to UNWRA's statement.

Read the article at https://x.com/GeorgeDeek/status/1731020551328579863?s=20

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Maduro, Under Pressure, Holds Vote to Annex Territory From...
Maduro, Under Pressure, Holds Vote to Annex Territory From a Neighbor

submitted by artappraiser 1 year ago

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

Read the article at https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/world/americas/maduro-vote-essequibo-guyana.html

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[Where is the GOP headed?] Divisions leave Florida’s House...
[Where is the GOP headed?] Divisions leave Florida’s House Republicans powerless

submitted by artappraiser 1 year ago

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

Read the article at https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/29/divisions-leave-floridas-house-republicans-powerless-00129200

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‘She got so mad at me’: book on the ‘Squad’ details AOC-...
‘She got so mad at me’: book on the ‘Squad’ details AOC-Pelosi clashes

submitted by artappraiser 1 year ago

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

Read the article at https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/30/squad-book-aoc-nancy-pelosi?CMP=share_btn_tw

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US health insurers Humana, Cigna in talks to merge -source
US health insurers Humana, Cigna in talks to merge -source

submitted by artappraiser 1 year ago

@ Reuters, Nov. 29

Read the article at https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/us-health-insurers-humana-cigna-talks-merge-wsj-2023-11-29/

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Central Africa’s dinosaur regimes and the art of coup-...
Central Africa’s dinosaur regimes and the art of coup-proofing

submitted by artappraiser 1 year ago

"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

Read the article at https://africanarguments.org/2023/11/central-africas-dinosaur-regimes-and-the-art-of-coup-proofing/

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Ute Bear Dance........a real purty mental health break

Are CIA Operatives Who Oppose Drone Attacks Objectively Pro-Taliban?

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Supreme Court Narrows Miranda, Obama Gives Legal Cover to Drone Operators

Cooperation for Kandahar: Ever More Orwellian.

Anthro-psyops Occupation Programs: the Wave of the Future

Dear Diary........May 30, 2032

Alan Grayson's 'The War is Making You Poor Act' or: How great is this?

Mental Health Break......a bird slideshow

More Blackwater/Xe Darkness ...including a secret recording of EriK* Prince

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