January-February 2018 February 11, 2018
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The days are fleeting past. Dexter and Hannah get to go for their walk on most days.
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The Goddess is Glowing? June 8, 2017
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I will just repeat this for the record. What do you think?
Brian Friesen, via Facebook:
“ISIS attacks Iraq. ISIS attacks Afghanistan. ISIS attacks Yemen. ISIS attacks Syria. ISIS attacks Turkey. ISIS attacks Belgium. ISIS attacks France. ISIS supposedly attacks Britain at a time when a Progressive Labour leader is about to be elected. ISIS attacks Philippines as the President of the Philippines criticizes the US, and begins a closer relationship with Russia and China. And now ISIS attacks Iran, just as the Israeli and US governments are whining for war with Iran.
70th Anniversary of Hiroshima August 7, 2015
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Yesterday marked the seventieth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Not content, another atomic bomb, three days later, was dropped on Nagasaki.
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CRICKET, CULTURE AND WAR January 23, 2015
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Why would the Indians be playing cricket in the first place? Presumably, because they can be criticized by an Australian cricketer and told to speak English.
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ISIS AND EBOLA October 22, 2014
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The Abbott Government finds untrammelled enthusiasm, alacrity and “hang the cost” to join the coalition of the killing in the sky over Iraq in stark contrast with a stubborn disinclination and outright refusal to assist with the humanitarian crisis caused by the ebola epidemic in West Africa. What gives?
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“NEVER WAR” September 26, 2014
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Tony Abbott may like running up the cab charge making the rounds visiting the important places. As long as he does not visit any wineries he should be fine. Just perhaps it would pay if he were to have a head to head with Papa Francesco. That may be a bad look for a Liberal Prime Minister but nonetheless be productive.
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UN(FOR)SEEN IRAQ June 27, 2014
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So who is ISIS? Where do they get their money from? Why are they so well trained and effective? Are they part of a holy war that might loosely be interpreted as a jihad or struggle?
AFGHANISTAN: WITHOUT GUILT OR SHAME February 5, 2014
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. . . the Uberpower clings to denial of defeat, stumbles from crisis to crisis, with the injection of violence and hatred as the surefire antidote. Never mind the human or financial costs of the great strategic game. No lessons learned, let’s move on.
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NELSON MANDELA: PLAYER IN HISTORY December 9, 2013
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History in our age of global communications can often occur, like sport, as spectacle. Events take place and the personal experience is disconnected, or the direct autobiographical and personal context and location is very different.
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JFK ASSASSINATION : 50 YEARS AGO November 22, 2013
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The speculation, surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, now fifty years ago, is not surprising.
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TRAITORS ALL July 7, 2013
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Interesting to reflect in an age of supposed traitors and a fugitive (but not from justice) that on this day 478 years ago another alleged traitor, Thomas More, was beheaded. All martyrs, despite their differences have some similarities
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“POWER STUPEFIES”? April 1, 2013
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Veteran journalist, Uri Avnery at Counterpoint, attributes idiocy specifically to the behavior of the Israeli Government in the case of the Mavi Marmara and makes the wider case.
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ECONOMIC NEO-IMPERIALISM February 26, 2013
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John Perkins has written previously on his experience as an economic hit-man. The job is to negotiate with poor/developing countries loans from IMF and other sources that are designed to fail.
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REIGN OF TERROR February 8, 2013
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Endorsement of the “Counterterrorism Czar”, John Brennan, as the Director of the CIA is probably a foregone conclusion.
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SLAVERY IN FOCUS January 16, 2013
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The history of slavery is outside my immediate compass since I do not watch contemporary films.
UNKNOWN AFGHANISTAN January 4, 2013
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The framing of war, organized and systematic murder, creates a distorted prism to view human beings, their motivations and their actions.
7 DECEMBER 1941 . . . December 7, 2012
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The past is after all done and now dusted. So we should then sweep it aside from our consciousness, and focus on now, so we can be ready for tomorrow.
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BLAME HAITI? November 15, 2012
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Weather has taken an extraordinary toll over the last year in the United States. The cost is likely to be high in dollar terms and in other ways.
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OCCUPY AFGHANISTAN September 18, 2012
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The occupation of Afghanistan, much like the occupation of Iraq, cannot and will not last. The question then, other than to grease the palms of the weapons manufacturers, what was the point?
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DUCK POND 