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Trust someone? On the Intertubz?!

Thank goodness I only tune in sporadically, fortunately I've had Curling to distract me but there's only so many times you can watch the World Championships (5 so far, in the Men's Sweden over Canada 7 - 3 in 8 Ends, in the Women's Canada over Sweden 7 - 6 in an extra End, Mixed Doubles starts today in Östersund, Sweden so you're lucky I have some down time).

Still, I detect some discontent and ill feeling.

First “Vietnamization”. Then “Iraqization”. Now it's "Arabization"

There was a surprisingly good ABC News article about Syria recently, concerning the likely upcoming Syrian government offensive against the remaining rebel enclaves.
The article focuses on Iranian-backed militias coming closer to the Israeli border, and how dangerous that is.

Poor People's Campaign Update

Pointing out that this is news you won't see on CNN, Common Dreams summarizes an event at Duke University Sanders and Rev. Barber Call for Building Truly Moral Economy

"A moral economy is one that says, in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, all of our people should be able to live with dignity and security."

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