‘I allowed myself to feel guilty for a very long time’: the teenage cashier who took George Floyd’s $20 bill @ TheGuardian.com, May 23, two reporters there has horrifying stat of which I had no idea
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What most Americans don t understand: The Palestine-Israeli conflict is no longer the issue it once was in the Sunni Arab world. The Arab Street is not emotionally invested in it like it was even ten years ago. The most important issue for them (and us) is containing Iran. pic.twitter.com/iUmDMHHnrq A New Radical Centrism (@a centrism) May 15, 2021 by artappraiser on Sat, 05/15/2021 - 9:04pm
Anshel Pfeffer אנשיל פפר @AnshelPfeffer · 18h Replying to @AnshelPfeffer I’ve yet to see real evidence Netanyahu somehow engineered these dual crises in Gaza and between Jews and Arabs in Israel but it’s a direct result of his policies. He inherited in 2009 the previous government policy’s of blockading Gaza but in 12 years did nothing to change it.>
Response to "What is Progressive Realism" ["But the article was essentially about describing the differences between schools of thought while obviously giving evidence the author thought supported a different school than has predominated and was making a case for trying something different"] Robert Wright in the 2nd paragraph makes "realist" a synonym for Kissinger's cynical
There is a phrase in professional wrestling called "putting over." When you help sell another wrestler, that's putting them over. Jon Stewart helped put over Stephen Colbert over a very long period of time. Nevertheless, when Stewart came to conclusions Colbert didn't like about the origins of Covid-19, Colbert started deriding him immediately.
IVANKA Trump’s Deposition under SWORN TESTIMONY Q:”Who is Allen Weisselberg?A:”I don’t know what his exact title is.” CORRECT ANSWER: Allen Weisselberg has been the Trump Organizations CFO and the Trump Family’s BOOKKEEPER since the 1970s. @MichaelCohen212 pic.twitter.com/gXFM6eAE1P