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With Jazz and conversation. @tabletmag
From the foot of Mt. Belzoni
Joined August 2009
Syria's fallen dictator may be in exile — but some in his old guard aren’t ready to give up. A Reuters investigation has uncovered a campaign by former Assad loyalists to fund tens of thousands of fighters to oppose Syria's new government https://t.co/wN5MxIx13K
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Amazing that "people who have enough money to protect themselves from the consequences of just about any government policy aren't outwardly concerned about Mamdani" has become a pro-Mamdani talker
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Oh *thank God* the billionaire's are gonna be OK
*taps the sign* “Billionaires will leave if you tax them,” is a myth created by billionaires so you won’t tax them.
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lol clown words
Washington can work on two tracks to salvage the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement: the immediate track of disarmament, and a longer-term track to establish the conditions for peace between the two countries, write @haningdr and Assaf Orion. This approach should include the
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There's a great documentary on West Coast jazz in the works—and I'm actively involved. But we're still raising funds. So please spread the word. Check out the trailer (which has more details). https://t.co/hGwXBtfWtd
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Absolute clown show
Pentalateral Members Convene for 14th Meeting; Civilian Participants Added to Enhance Stability and Success https://t.co/MMXxX5YbWH
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Lol, no. They held talks in 2021 and 2022. Ortagus is just running Hochstein's playbook.
Lebanon’s gov is undertaking big risks in holding talks with Israel. Last time serious efforts as such happened, assassinations and violence followed. In some ways, Beirut is more immune now (not in state of civil war, Assad gone, Hezbollah recalibrating, LAF stronger). Still,
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“In speaking to people who have left, often some form of abuse forms part of their reasoning.” Important piece by @Maggiemphillips in @tabletmag on the legacy of mass child abuse in the U.S. Catholic Church, which now loses 8.4 cradle Catholics for every convert it brings in.
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U.S. Catholics continue to disaffiliate from the Church at record rates, thanks in part to the nationwide legacy of mass child abuse by pedophile clerics, writes @maggiemphillips. https://t.co/CkmFNu24PW
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U.S. Catholics continue to disaffiliate from the Church at record rates, thanks in part to the nationwide legacy of mass child abuse by pedophile clerics
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"We were not born for comfort. We were born for meaning." https://t.co/Lq1uBSnm87
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You are here, now, for a reason
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The United States of America is the biggest foot on a map that, because of technology, is now tied together in ways it never has been before; when this country shakes, it affects the whole globe.
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“I have no idea what kind of fight is in store for us—Jews, New York, America,” writes @alananewhouse. “But the whole world will be paler, dimmer, weaker if we don’t embrace it.” Our December issue arrives at a time when many people feel shaken, tired, or tempted to look for the
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🧵 Happy birthday to the sparkling pianist Wynton Kelly, who would have turned 94 today. -- Miles Davis to Jimmy Cobb: “l sure wish I could swing like Wynton.” Cobb: “I sure wish you could, too, Miles.” --
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And the fact remains that the rightwing podsphere is at least as bad — they saw that the GOP electorate was demoralized and disoriented and then preyed on it.
It is the year 2025, almost 2026. Our major American media is indistinguishable in terms of accuracy and impartiality from the Soviet Union's Pravda, circa 1970. Fact.
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The wild thing about the Somali fraud story is that while there are still a lot of intriguing unknowns out there, almost every major detail has been been public for months or even years. Part of the scandal is that it's all been systematically tolerated *at best*
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We live in the age of “meme-think,” an extreme simplification of ideology that flattens reality and destroys dialogue. Byung-Chul Han shows how hyperactivity, overstimulation, and the digital swarm have reshaped our minds. https://t.co/rYTc8M7Utm
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Byung-Chul Han provides us with a guide to the systematic derangement of our times by meme-think
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My point re AI is that if estimates are right, and AI eliminates tens of millions of US jobs, we are importing permanent dependents. Deporting them is crucial to our peace and prosperity, but still not as urgent as deporting terrorists, who pose a present threat.
@LeeSmithDC I agree prioritizing the targets you list but foreign labor provides the cover for those targets , no cover, no place to hide. Let AI help take care of the problem , it was used to create the problem. Clear the forest , no place for the terrorists and criminals to hide.
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Foreign labor has to be de-priortized, even if AI is destined to cause national catastrophe. Not enough time to root out 30 million — focus has to be on the millions who pose national security, and criminal, threat — foreign terrorists.
@LeeSmithDC Tend to agree with you Lee, there are several initiatives , data sources which competent Intelligence/Counterintelligence agencies should be utilizing to quickly and efficiently deport millions of illegals who are stealing US resources from American citizens. Not to mention
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