Monthly Archives: November 2019

No tanks are getting through here.

I began to comprehend that eight or nine neoconservatives who were political outsiders in the Clinton years had essentially overthrown the government of the United States—with ease. It was stunning to realize how fragile our Constitution was. The intellectual leaders … Continue reading →

To be honest the eternal flame impresses me as a giant magic marker, lipstick, or vibrator. I don’t like it. I enjoyed talking with the barman about the war (I didn’t tell him my thoughts on the torch). He was … Continue reading →

Spiegel: Ein Politiker, der als Popstar wahrgenommen wird. Und ein Popstar, der seine Prominenz in den politischen Raum trägt: Yanis Varoufakis und Brian Eno treten jetzt gemeinsam auf. I received invitations to watch this, have since seen several notices on … Continue reading →

If you who read this can say, I am not under fire; I am not under torture; I am not on the run; if I hear a noise at six in the morning, I know it is a neighbour or … Continue reading →

BBC: The UK government and armed forces have been accused of covering up the killing of civilians by British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. An investigation by BBC Panorama and the Sunday Times has spoken to 11 British detectives who … Continue reading →

Remember those who departed from this place. All of the exhibits here are very static. Remember the dead, those who sat in this theater for an hour, for a day, a week, before being transported to a deportation camp and … Continue reading →

The man’s robust, a dock worker. I like his stance. This is a man saying “No!”.