We are at war with ISIL in Syria and Iraq. Homeland Security considers America jihadists that return from the middle east to be enemies and "major threats".
But what about when they aren't from the United States? What about if they go to Ukraine instead?
This evening's music features Chicago blues guitarist J.B. Hutto. Enjoy!
J.B. Hutto - Got My Mojo Workin'
We, now, are in the days of darkness.
All: of lost. No: anywhere: light. Stasis: uber alles. Limbo: all. Of consciousness: complete cessation. Stopped. Nothing: nothing. At all. Even time: ceased to be.
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For we are in the days between September 3rd and September 14th.
Computer-like devices are everywhere these days. We often don't even realize that they are computers, and that's why computer security isn't all that important to us. More importantly, security isn't important to the large corporations making those products either.
For instance, luxury cars:
This evening's music features r&b saxophone player and singer Big Jay McNeely. Enjoy!
Big Jay McNeely - Jay Walkin
My very first disillusionment came in 1973 when the U.S. backed the Pinochet coup in Chile. Reading the New York Times article the next day was irritating. It was so obvious that the U.S. was involved and that Allende was murdered yet the Times absolutely ignored those facts. They didn't even speculate that what had happened *might* have happened. I had grown up thinking that the Times printed the truth. Naive, eh?
Of all the belligerents in the current middle east conflict, the Kurds are the easiest to sympathize with and understand.
Their political parties are usually the most progressive of the region, sometimes dramatically more progressive.
So what's the harm in backing them? Simple put, all of the neighboring countries distrust the Kurds.
This evening's music features jazz composer Duke Ellington. Enjoy!
Duke Ellington - Blues In Orbit
