SIRATYST (Stuff I Read and Thought You Should Too) -- “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.” (Calgacus, as quoted by Tacitus, Agricola 30-31)"
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This is what happens when the War on Terror is turned inward, on America | Hamilton Nolan | Opinion | The Guardian
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This is what happens when the War on Terror is turned inward, on America | Hamilton Nolan | Opinion | The Guardian:
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A strange and necessary ingredient of America’s descent towards fascism is that it will have little impact on the majority of people. As militarized federal agents are deployed into major cities to snatch protesters and charge them with harsh federal crimes for daring to deface the ruling party’s monuments, most Americans will continue living their normal lives with no discernible changes, at least for the time being. People wake up and eat breakfast and spend their days doing mundane tasks in fascist countries, too.
If there was ever a tipping point, we are past it. Trying to stare hard at the daily news to determine the exact point at which we slip into fascism is like staring at a baby to see when it turns into an adult. By the time you perceive it, it’s already happened. It is important to understand that the crackdown phase that we are now in – the unaccountable government forces, the riot police, the teargas, the targeted political prosecutions that will come next – are not something new, but something old. This isn’t about Donald Trump. This is about America, baby. This is what we do.
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A strange and necessary ingredient of America’s descent towards fascism is that it will have little impact on the majority of people. As militarized federal agents are deployed into major cities to snatch protesters and charge them with harsh federal crimes for daring to deface the ruling party’s monuments, most Americans will continue living their normal lives with no discernible changes, at least for the time being. People wake up and eat breakfast and spend their days doing mundane tasks in fascist countries, too.
If there was ever a tipping point, we are past it. Trying to stare hard at the daily news to determine the exact point at which we slip into fascism is like staring at a baby to see when it turns into an adult. By the time you perceive it, it’s already happened. It is important to understand that the crackdown phase that we are now in – the unaccountable government forces, the riot police, the teargas, the targeted political prosecutions that will come next – are not something new, but something old. This isn’t about Donald Trump. This is about America, baby. This is what we do.
Fmr. Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper: Police Culture “Toxic” [But Change is Coming]
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Fmr. Seattle Police Chief: Police Culture “Toxic” | Video | Amanpour & Company | PBS:
Norm Stamper says positive change is coming to policing. 17 min video tells why.
Fmr. Seattle Police Chief: Police Culture “Toxic” | Video | Amanpour & Company | PBS:
Norm Stamper says positive change is coming to policing. 17 min video tells why.
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Episode 15: A Coronavirus Forest Fire | CIDRAP
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Episode 15: A Coronavirus Forest Fire | CIDRAP:
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and host Chris Dall discuss the continued increase in cases throughout much of the United States, how other countries have managed the pandemic, the latest on aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and the just released CIDRAP Viewpoint on COVID-19 surveillance. Email us your questions: OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu
In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and host Chris Dall discuss the continued increase in cases throughout much of the United States, how other countries have managed the pandemic, the latest on aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and the just released CIDRAP Viewpoint on COVID-19 surveillance. Email us your questions: OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu
Episode 15: A Coronavirus Forest Fire | CIDRAP
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Episode 15: A Coronavirus Forest Fire | CIDRAP:
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In this episode, Dr. Michael Osterholm and host Chris Dall discuss the continued increase in cases throughout much of the United States, how other countries have managed the pandemic, the latest on aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and the just released CIDRAP Viewpoint on COVID-19 surveillance. Email us your questions: OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu
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In this episode, Dr. Michael Osterholm and host Chris Dall discuss the continued increase in cases throughout much of the United States, how other countries have managed the pandemic, the latest on aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and the just released CIDRAP Viewpoint on COVID-19 surveillance. Email us your questions: OsterholmUpdate@umn.edu
AP: Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B
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AP: Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B:
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The church’s haul may have reached -- or even exceeded -- $3.5 billion, making a global religious institution with more than a billion followers among the biggest winners in the U.S. government’s pandemic relief efforts,
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The church’s haul may have reached -- or even exceeded -- $3.5 billion, making a global religious institution with more than a billion followers among the biggest winners in the U.S. government’s pandemic relief efforts,
15 Years Ago, Doug & I Were in Texas at Cindy Sheehan's Camp Casey--We made the "Bush, Talk to Cindy" Banner
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DOUG AND I AT CAMP CASEY -- 2005
Cindy pursued Bush to the Summer White House in Crawford, Texas
to ask him "What Noble Cause Did My Son (Casey) Die for?"
Hundreds of people from everywhere followed her there & stayed for weeks.
to ask him "What Noble Cause Did My Son (Casey) Die for?"
Hundreds of people from everywhere followed her there & stayed for weeks.
We drove all the way from Seattle & saw Steve Earle play there.
BUSH OF COURSE NEVER ANSWERED HER.
BUSH OF COURSE NEVER ANSWERED HER.
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