Orientalism as a Tool of Colonialism 1/4---Edward said on Culture and imperialism

Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient Amazon Link

(Penguin Modern Classics)

 

 

  

Lab manipulates deceased spiders’ legs with a puff of air to serve as grabbers

2023 will be Year from Hell – Martin Armstrong SOURCE: Gregg Hunter's USAWatchdog.org

 

He makes a lot of sense, but keep in mind that according to Wikipedia he "spent 11 years in jail for cheating investors out of $700 million and hiding $15 million in assets from regulators." I'm not sure how much I would hold the Federal government wanting him in prison against him.

How Likely Is A New U.S. Civil War? | The Mehdi Hasan Show

Gravitas: Chinese citizens boycott mortgages in 86 cities

New Rule: Hollywood's Culture of Violence | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

More seek gun training in Taiwan as Ukraine invasion fuels China fears |...

New Rule: The Misinformation Age | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Gravitas Plus | Explained: The Russia-Ukraine crisis

Cryptocurrencies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

New Rule: Crypto Mania! | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Gravitas: Thousands protest in Pakistan's Gwadar | Backlash against CPEC growing FROM WION

 

 

"Install more teachers, not checkpoints." (Some of which are designed to protect Chinese nationals).

Remy: Raise the Debt Ceiling Rap (Again) FROM Reason TV

 

Green Fakers -- Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Afghanistan: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

 

Only one member of Congress, representative Barbara Lee (pictured) voted against the authorization of military force [against Afghanistan].

From Wikipedia.

 

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY): "I salute the Bush administration for balancing war with compassion."

 

Afghan war czar Douglas Luke:

According to the Washington Post: The US "... adopted a policy of paying off and co-opting local warlords and drug traffickers."

AND THE RESULT: 

"... more than 71,000 Afghans and Pakistani civilians are estimated to have died as a direct result of the war."

Fareed Zakaria GPS --podcast of show

 

 

At the very beginning, between 1:30 to 7:15, Fareed's Take explains how in "area after area, Biden's foreign policy is a continuation of Donald Trump's."

New Rule: America's Pipe Dream | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

 

Amy Winehouse - Rehab [OK, I only recently discovered Winehouse]

They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said, "No, no, no"

He's [her daddy] tried to make me go to rehab, but I won't go, go, go--from her song "Rehab"

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Winehouse was plagued by drug and alcohol addiction. She died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011, joining the 27 club (a list of musicians, artists, athletes, and actors who all died at 27).  -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse

Life Lessons From 100-Year-Olds FROM Life Hunters

I suspect growing old near where people grew up might contribute a lot longevity but I'm not aware of any studies backing this up.

The Inter Parliamentary Alliance on China - Launch Video