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 |
This thread reflects how most of my South African friends are feeling & thinking. Of course, none are greedy politicians or their would-be oligarch friends. https://t.co/b7WwOFfHfw
— John Edwin Mason (@johnedwinmason) January 14, 2023
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 Sun, 01/15/2023 - 3:10am
by artappraiser on Sun, 01/15/2023 - 3:18am
by artappraiser on Sun, 01/15/2023 - 4:35am
by artappraiser on Sun, 01/15/2023 - 4:39am
..^ he is award winning International Journalist| Film Maker | 2 Time African Journalist of The Year | Africa Leadership FellowI Nieman Fellow| [email protected]
meanwhile now that most Gulf Sunni leaders have stopped using this topic to deflect their masses from their own problems, guess who has picked up on that practice:
by artappraiser on Sun, 01/15/2023 - 4:49am
dunno if this is true, just using it as an example how xenophobia about illegal immigrants doesn't just plague "western" nations nor is it exclusive to "whites" against "people of color" -
by artappraiser on Sun, 01/15/2023 - 4:58am
South Africans who can't take the ANC any more again:
by artappraiser on Sun, 01/15/2023 - 5:03am
oy Tucker Carlson is doing Africa! (I dunno nothing bout this story yet except that Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent @todaynewsafrica in Washington.
by artappraiser on Sun, 01/15/2023 - 5:16am
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 2:48am
I suspect it wasn't quite to the level of North Korea - maybe Iraq/Hussein, but that's just a guess. Also, it was 2 countries spliced into 1, which created its own internal animosities. Compare Somalia/Eritrea/Ethiopia, Súdán/South Sudan, Congo, Rwanda/Burundi, Morocco/Western Sahara, Nigeria north & south, etc.
It's a continent with hugely genocidal passions. I felt post-9/11 Qaddafi woke up quick & did a pivot, but no Mideast leader wanted the Arab Spring. And in the end few countries transformed (except Libya for the worse sadly - again combo of historical split, nomad insurgency, Russian & ISIS nfluence, some racism towards black guest workers...). Not sure about Egypt, but doubt it improved much over Mubarak.
Here's some African nuance on Qaddafi plus the full BBC article - again, flawed, sometimes brutal, sometimes more liberal (under Hussein women's volleyball played in shorts as an example of quixotic liberalism that countered hardcore Islamism, but a tiny anecdotal piece of the puzzle) - but still, not North Korean fanaticism by any stretch.
https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/how-bad-was-gaddafi/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12532929
This article posits Qaddafi wasn't even as bad as Hussein & Assad, and that part (not all) of his reputation was fabricated by the West - not entirely unbelievable.
https://www.iestork.org/just-how-tyrannical-was-muammar-gaddafi/
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 3:09am
by artappraiser on Wed, 01/18/2023 - 1:52am
by artappraiser on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 9:24pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 2:30pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 01/25/2023 - 12:59am
by artappraiser on Wed, 01/25/2023 - 1:24am
by artappraiser on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 2:43am
US military raid kills key Islamic State regional leader in Somalia, officials say
Bilal al-Sudani, ‘responsible for fostering the growing presence of IS in Africa’, was killed in strike approved by Joe Biden
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 10:32am
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 6:03pm
^
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/01/2023 - 6:28pm
by artappraiser on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 12:07am
by artappraiser on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 11:54pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/07/2023 - 3:36pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 2:13am
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 2:49pm
by artappraiser on Thu, 02/09/2023 - 1:33pm
Noted!
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/11/2023 - 3:12am
Abdi tweeted this
BUT THEN he also retweeted this reply he got:
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/11/2023 - 3:22am
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/11/2023 - 6:06am
'Obidient' is clearly an Obama's first-campaign-style "hope" frenzy
edit to add: also see #ObidientMovement and obidients in lagos
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/11/2023 - 2:05pm
Nigeria election polls retweeted by Dr. Remi Adekoya:
by artappraiser on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 2:23am
(found retweeted by Nigeria expert Remi Adekoya)
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/18/2023 - 6:34pm
But I thought democracies made up of Black people didn't need any police, which are a White colonialist creation?
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/19/2023 - 12:26am
Residual need due to colonialist leftover. In the days of milk and honey, no, it wouldn't have been needed, not that you need ballots to select a new chief - he Selecta himself.
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 02/19/2023 - 3:42am
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/14/2023 - 6:26am
^ how does Chicago compare?
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/14/2023 - 6:28am
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/17/2023 - 6:35pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/19/2023 - 11:41pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/19/2023 - 11:49pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/19/2023 - 11:43pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/19/2023 - 11:46pm
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/20/2023 - 2:32pm
ANC has lots of Russia sympathizers in its ranks -
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 4:25am
Analysis: In Russia's push into Africa, Sudan is the strategic prize
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 7:19pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 10:00pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 10:27pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 11:59pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/24/2023 - 12:06am
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/25/2023 - 12:09am
More clarity - trivial $10m US, already 20+ years, accelerates 10 year payout vs 20 years since affected white farmers already getting old.
Zimbabwe gov doing this cuz IMF won't release other money until they do, not out of kindness or justice.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 02/25/2023 - 7:50am
interesting to know!
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/25/2023 - 1:20pm
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 02/25/2023 - 7:55am
Tweets from Nigerian election showing a whole bunch of people bitching tribally about 'the other' - mostly Yoruba vs. Igbo. Tweets that say "no, I am Nigerian" are few and far between.
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/27/2023 - 2:13am
such a wonderful way with words, just sayin'
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/01/2023 - 2:39am
^ found retweeted by Dr. Remi Adekoya, who also tweeted these results, then retweeted T. Rankin's comment:
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/01/2023 - 2:42am
"What's the first thing she'll do as 1st lady?" "The dishes if she knows what's good for her."
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/01/2023 - 12:52pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/01/2023 - 11:55am
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/01/2023 - 1:12pm
I keep looking for Stacey Abram to say something, but all I see is Fox News razzing her
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/01/2023 - 4:51pm
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 4:38am
"Obi: we won the election and we'll prove it"
by artappraiser on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 12:12pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 03/05/2023 - 1:00pm
Dayum, that's pretty ballsy. Wonder how it'll affect other countries plus attitude towards Russians. More popcorn...
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 03/06/2023 - 1:31pm
yeah "more popcorn" is how I look at it, too.
by artappraiser on Mon, 03/06/2023 - 3:04pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 03/05/2023 - 5:31pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 03/05/2023 - 5:37pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/07/2023 - 3:33am
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/07/2023 - 3:34am
by artappraiser on Thu, 03/23/2023 - 6:16pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 03/24/2023 - 9:19pm
Harris heads to Africa amid Biden’s urgent courtship of the continent
The United States seeks to counter efforts by China, Russia and others to woo the continent after the turbulent Trump years
by artappraiser on Sun, 03/26/2023 - 2:17am
by artappraiser on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 5:12am
by artappraiser on Thu, 05/11/2023 - 5:26pm
Africa not homogenous? Who knew
https://www.reuters.com/science/genome-data-sheds-light-how-homo-sapiens...
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/21/2023 - 11:43pm
Terrorists take over Kainji National Park
by artappraiser on Sat, 05/27/2023 - 4:36pm
by artappraiser on Thu, 06/01/2023 - 10:55pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 08/01/2023 - 3:30am
by artappraiser on Sun, 08/06/2023 - 3:04am
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 4:11pm
by artappraiser on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 5:22pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 08/02/2023 - 11:28am
Nuland vs Wagner
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 08/07/2023 - 10:19pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 08/09/2023 - 6:50am
Thread, starting here
by artappraiser on Sun, 08/06/2023 - 2:19am
by artappraiser on Sun, 08/06/2023 - 2:26am
Focusing on the rights of criminals is not the path to larger reform - not on - not in Africa, but not in UK, not in US, but not in LatAm - it's a niche cottage industry with natural limits, a hygiene issue per Maslow that doesn't rise to higher society functioning - jobs, education, housing, higher freedoms like political choice and right to speak out. That Sub-Saharan is mired in corruption, violence (tho fewer actual wars these days) and overpopulation is a massive alarm for life and its effecta in 20-50 years. We've been lulled by China's ability, and and to a lesser extent India's, ability to train up its massive overpopulation for manufacturing and IT skills, to be a productive target for foreign investment (not handouts). This isn't happening in Africa. Tribalism is winning, while there's retro cheering for the exploitive self-serving quasi-ocialist colonialism of old. More poverty in the past 30 years has been alleviated through freeish market capitalism than through handouts. War remains destructive and unhelpful, as does "crony capitalism", aka corruption at all levels.
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/10/2023 - 3:50am
Race pimps like Cori Bush stay focused on glorifying and lamenting the scummy lowlifes like George Floyd and Mike Brown, and and ignore the more worthy cases of shock and disgust that actually bolster the needs for reform. The Central Park 5 was a travesty. A junkie passing counterfeit money is more an accident waiting to happen.
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/10/2023 - 4:00am
by artappraiser on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 2:59pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 3:04pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 3:07pm
Next after Gabon?
by artappraiser on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 3:20pm
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:07pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 9:55pm
Wagner threat in Africa - but what happens after Prigozhin?
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/05/2023 - 8:45am
...While the complaint does not state what country he was spying on behalf of, sources told The New York Times he was spying for Ethiopia....
by artappraiser on Thu, 09/21/2023 - 9:22pm