I feel it can't be said enough. STOP the War in Syria!
Damn man, what are we doing?
I grew up during and served in the Vietnam war. I remember the horrors and atrocities and the lies. Wars are always based on lies and the war in Syria is no different.
The reasons that people are the way they are are extremely important to some people. Nobody knows exactly why this is.
The Savvy Psychologist, Ellen Hendrikson, at Scientific American, has been asked to explain why some people are transgender.
Colin Kaepernick's decision to simply take a knee during the National Anthem to protest police violence caused much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth by people who lack the ability to determine what is important in life.
Well, now those people have a whole new reason to throw a fit.
Let's see, I've only got 4 weeks and I haven't settled how I'm going to vote for President of the United States of Amerika. The Empire. Rama lama ding dong.
Probably less than one in a thousand Americans are even aware that there is an ISIS affiliate in Egypt.
Even fewer know any of the details behind this insurgency because outside of one incident, the American news media has ignored it. Which is why it is interesting.
During my time on this Earth I've learned that the things the news media ignores are the most significant.
Trump is an odious sack of shit. How the hell the Republicans and their supporters elected this turd sandwich I will never be able to fully comprehend. Ignorant, petty and spoilt are his finest qualities, rightfully he should lose this election in a landslide. There is nothing positive in the whole of his character that you can even highlight to make a modicum of a case for him, zero charm, zero credibility and filled with a vileness beyond description.
OK... I have questions in chat of which charities have a good reputation in Haiti for actually doing something to help Haitians both short term and long term. In my experience big International aid agencies (Think Clinton Foundation, Red Cross etc.) are mostly "disaster capitalists" and can have serious problems with actually helping.
Fifteen years ago tonight U.S. Air Force B-1 and B-52 bombers attacked 31 targets in Afghanistan, described by then-President George W. Bush as “al-Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime.”
And so began America's Longest War - by far - with no end in sight.
