Platforming for Illegal Border Surge Crossings Imagination counts. And logic without imagination and an intuitive component provide for a handcuffed product in journalism. Narratives create a pseudo nobility with can betray reality on the ground and cushion readership within comfy pillows of thought. I will never insult your intelligence in such a manner. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16052551/Morocco-deploys-hundreds-troops-border-fears-huge-migrant-invasion-Ceuta-imminent.html For decades, we have been carried along with narratives of immigrants who came to the Western hemisphere with bold frames placed around the most famous of the success stories. We also have the smaller frames of what I call "the wretched of the earth" - the destitute indigents who merely want a decent shot at filling their bellies, raising their children without the sounds of gunfire on the streets (Sudan), and willingness to endure great hardship to better the lives of their gene...
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Institutional Abuse of our U.S. Sailors They took an oath to serve and to endure hardship. They did not sign up for institutional abuse. Unless it has changed, deployment rotations are generally six months aboard ship and six months home with family. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvl2d5j52lo I went to Ghana, W. Africa with the USNR one month after 9/11. We entered under a science and technology treaty. I was part of the main body and spent seventeen days in Africa. The debriefing among officers at Fleet Hospital Dallas HQ was quite pithy. There was one issue which was addressed which had to do with troop welfare on the ground. And I have never forgotten one statement by a senior officer: A morale problem is a leadership problem. The Pentagon has a leadership problem which must be addressed. And when the ship returns to port, it will be interesting to see how many sailors will enlist again when their enlistment is up. Tammy Swofford
"Some Girls..." I found this bit of news interesting, because of what was read years ago in the second link, a recounting of time spent in the harem of the Sultan's brother. https://www.dailymail.com/news/royals/article-16049417/Controversial-leader-Sultan-Brunei-advocated-death-penalty-stoning-homosexuality-adultery-strips-daughter-law-royal-titles-showing-lack-respect-him.html https://literarylotus.com/2010/06/09/book-review-some-girls-former-harem-girl-tells-all/ The selection above is not my usual reading, but allowing a small peek into my library today comes with a recommendation that you consider the following selections: The Yacoubian Building" is an excellent selection and richly textured. The film is equally lovely. Recommended. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425321/ If you are not acquainted with Noble prize winner, Naguib Mahfouz, and his three novels which are collapsed into a more simple title, "The Cairo Trilogy" - it is excellent. The first ...
A Political Malignancy which Wars Against the West Islam is a government which uses religion as a means of coercive control against the local population. It may appear benign enough in Muslim-majority regions. The control is already there. But in the West, it is a politically aggressive malignancy against the hosting State. And it is the enemy of liberty. Scholars know about prayer in time of fear... abbreviated prayers in time of travel... distances covered in a day in which prayers can be suspended for travel needs. There is zero need for ritualized prayers in time of travel. This is a false flag operation. DFW International Airport is the one which I use for all of my travels. I pay a fee to enter the airport. Off-site parking requires a fee. I board a flight based on the fee charged by the airline. I am paying for a service. And I am not paying to be indoctrinated. Nor am I paying to be subjected to a noise nuisance. ...
What I am Reading Today From one of the Iranian analysts who consistently places a good product on the page. Transliteration can be a bit clunky at times from Persian, so I cleaned up around the edges of the grammar in 2-3 spots, but didn't change context of the thoughts of the analyst. I do not engage intellectual dishonesty in copy-edit. " Today, news reports indicate that gasoline is being offered in Kerman province at a price of 78,000 tomans per liter. The excuse for this is fuel shortage and preventing smuggling schemes, although the highly suspicious plan to delegate broad powers to governors by Masoud Pezeshkian also. It has not been ineffective in this process. Decisions such as offering gasoline at the refinery cost price, even if they have economic justification on paper, are no longer merely economic decisions in wartime conditions; they are directly tied to national security. A society that is simultaneously dealing with war, inflation, livelihood pressures, an...