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 think some reporter on here said recently that the biggest divide is between those who follow politics closely and those who don't. In America, those who don't are the majority, and not very well represented in institutions. https://t.co/dHwq8baDCF
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) September 5, 2020
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
excellent excerpt
by artappraiser on Sat, 09/05/2020 - 4:30pm
Beto currently pushing the same meme:
by artappraiser on Sat, 09/05/2020 - 4:37pm
The quality I have most often encountered when talking with the "none of the above" contingent is an odd confidence in a system that requires nothing from them. The Arnade article focuses on the nothing gained side of the equation. I think the deeper side of the problem is a weird kind of sense of entitlement where the minimum experienced by many is a thing that cannot be further reduced.
It can.
by moat on Sat, 09/05/2020 - 4:57pm
As far as the "nothing gained" or transactional attitude about it, I was just thinking about how many non voters might actually be the case of it being a negative to vote. As far as "living off the grid" for some reason or another--i.e., non filing of taxes, not paying alimony or child support, trying to run from bill collectors, judgments against you for one thing or another, immigration legalities, unpaid parking tickets or other fines, or even just not capable of more time for traditional responsibilities of being "on the grid".
Once you vote, "they" are all after you, they know you are there, you are on the rolls. They might have thought you dead because your mail is returned to sender. But now you are there.
You will get a jury summons pronto within months, as if you have time for that....
For some reason renewing a Driver's License or I.D. does not have the same effect as voting in this regard.
by artappraiser on Sat, 09/05/2020 - 5:21pm
p.s. I KNOW this is one reason many do not avail themselves of Obamacare: it requires coming up with prior year income tax filings and they don't have one. Even if they don't owe anything, the fines for non-filing are stiff and ignoring those can have very nasty consequences. And they don't want any communication with the IRS about them. So they can't get a subsidy, so the prices quoted them on Obamacare are high.
Working for cash and living off the grid means not voting and not having health insurance, either.
Edit to add: is one strong argument for V.A.T. type taxes rather than income taxes. Low income and low info. people who have myriad problems can't handle "the paperwork" as it were, of having so much individual responsibility.
by artappraiser on Sat, 09/05/2020 - 5:28pm
Fatigue with bureaucracy must play a part. I think the fear of Big Brother is more about our relationship to the Bank than the State. The State just seems like an extension of the Bank in a lot of situations.
The "whatever" expectation of nonvoters is a perception of the world more than a withdrawal from it.
by moat on Sat, 09/05/2020 - 7:50pm
A deeper problem than partisan analysts see:
by artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 3:04am
and there is significant anti-Federal sentiment to add into the problematic mix:
by artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 3:06am
As Ali McGraw nearly said:
Being Libertarian means never having to say you are sorry.
by moat on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 1:55pm
Here's the irony for me myself and I.
I used to think: how loony, how can people think that a federal system of taxation and funding and insuring fairness need be so onerous and wasteful in this day and age when you can have friends on Facebook across the globe and buy stuff on Ebay from China and have it arrive in a couple days and everybody allover the world is shopping on Amazon and likes it?
And then came the virus. And we are back to local local local...you can forget the U.S., nobody from Spain can go to Italy right now...and those from Wuhan are going to have to live with a scarlet letter for quite some time...
by artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 2:14pm