Monday, April 16, 2018

10 to Read (Dona)

For me, the primary book will always be CHARLOTTE'S WEB.  I love many other books but that one will always be my favorite and I can -- and have -- read it over and over.


1) E.B. White - CHARLOTTE'S WEB


2) Susan Faludi - THE TERROR DREAM


3) Bebe Moore Campbell - WHAT YOU OWE ME


4) Jay McInerney - BRIGHTNESS FALLS


5) Alice Walker - THE CUSHION IN THE ROAD: MEDITATION AND WANDERING AS THE WHOLE WORLD AWAKENS TO BEING IN HARM'S WAY


6) Maxine Hong Kingston - THE FIFTH BOOK OF PEACE


7) bell hooks - COMMUNION: THE FEMALE SEARCH FOR LOVE


8) Anne Sexton - LIVE OR DIE


9) Anais Nin - UNDER A GLASS BELL


10) Deborah Amos - ECLIPSE OF THE SUNNIS: POWER, EXILE, AND UPHEAVAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST



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Others in this series?  "10 To Read (C.I.)" and "10 To Read (Jim)"

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THE INTERCEPT just gets worse

THE INTERCEPT was supposed to be so many things but it never really became anything but a mirror of the US press -- with the same hysteria about Russia.

It just gets worse each day.

Today?

Sarah Aziza has a new piece about an Iraqi translator.

Boo hoo, Aziza whines, this Iraqi who helped security contractors can't become an American citizen.  Oh, boo hoo. He was a Benedict Arnold to Iraq.  He worked for security contractors.

Who did Aziza work for?

We're told her 'work' with the Palestinians was actually intell.  She wasn't there to teach, she was there to spy and to identify 'troublemakers.'  If we were told that, we can't imagine Glenn Greenwald wasn't alerted to that as well.

However, if he'd just examined her parents -- or the parents of her husband -- he would have seen that Sarah is part of the whole push for empire.

She's not an honest broker.

Which is probably why she ended up at THE INTERCEPT which isn't an honest broker either.

Which is how she is allowed to 'report' that her subject worked with the US military.  Really?  Because the only thing the article proves is that he worked with the contractor L-3.  Not really the same thing, is it?

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Christopher Titus finally makes us laugh!

Alleged comedian Christopher Titus decided he had the brains to school someone.


It was not a wise decision.



 4h4 hours ago
Christopher Titus Retweeted Kevin W
God you’re dumb. The Iraq payment was THEIR. MONEY, we had frozen it for years. They also didn’t get the interest. Stormy Daniels, on the other hand was paid off because our President is like Jesus and loves hanging with hookers.
Christopher Titus added,
It is unbelievable! The media says must be hiding something if he paid Stormy Daniels $130k, but Obama paid Iran, a terrorist regime, nearly $2B in cash w/nearly zero coverage. So the Stormy story is more important than aiding & abetting terrorist? Insanity!
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Did you catch it?  "The Iraq payment was THEIR MONEY" -- huh?

That's right, 'educator' Titus confuses Iraq with Iran as he rushes to 'school' someone else.

Oh, Titus, you're still an idiot.











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Readers have e-mailed us asking for more book coverage at community sites.  We've passed this request on.

So far, the book coverage includes:
"IN SEARCH OF OUR MOTHERS' GARDENS" -- Elaine.
"Blackfish City" -- Marcia.
"THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES by Alice Walker" -- Ruth.
"Harry Belafonte" -- Mike.
"THE SAME RIVER TWICE (Alice Walker)" -- Isaiah.


"Dancing with Demons: The Authorized Biography of Dusty Springfield" -- Marcia.


"Good for Jimmy Stewart, bad for readers" -- Stan.

"Conversations with Toni Morrison" -- Marcia.

"Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream" -- Ann.

"He Ran All The Way" -- Trina.



And we'll also note Ann's "How a book store could stay alive in today's economy" about the book business.

We'll try to update this feature regularly.
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Some Tweets from Sarah Abdallah




  •   Retweeted
     7h7 hours ago
    Nina  ☦️Byzantina Retweeted Sarah Abdallah
    Also, Russia’s Patriarch expressed great concern regarding the FUKUS Syria strike in this weekend’s phonecall with the Pope. Both have been discussing the persecution of Christians by “rebels” in the region, as a result of (attempted) regime change, for years.
    Nina  ☦️Byzantina added,
     
    This won’t be a New York Times front page story today: Syria’s three major churches condemn the US-British-French airstrikes against the Syrian state, declaring that Assad protects Syria’s Christian minority and noting…
    9 replies127 retweets200 likes
     
     
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  •  7h7 hours ago
    This won’t be a New York Times front page story today: Syria’s three major churches condemn the US-British-French airstrikes against the Syrian state, declaring that Assad protects Syria’s Christian minority and noting that this aggression will only encourage jihadist groups.
     
    75 replies1,360 retweets1,635 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Apr 15
    Funny how little we hear about Jaish-al-Islam, the Islamist fanatics who were in control of Douma at the time of claims of a gas attack. For instance, Jaish-al-Islam were *themselves* accused of using gas in Aleppo against Kurds in 2016:
    80 replies1,609 retweets1,995 likes
     
     
  •  17h17 hours ago
    Remember when mainstream media outlets called in unison for regime change in Saudi Arabia because of its barbaric bombing and starvation of Yemen? Oh, yeah. That's right. Never happened. Because they were too busy telling us how much of a “reformer” Mohammad Bin Salman is. 🙄
    59 replies1,076 retweets1,981 likes
     
     
  •  19h19 hours ago
    “The Syria attack reveals the hypocrisy of the West – which fuels the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen despite documented abuses – but relies on unverified claims to punish Syria.”
    47 replies730 retweets972 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     22h22 hours ago
    Leader of ’s Christians condemns
    54 replies688 retweets975 likes
     
     
  •  Apr 14
    Sarah Abdallah Retweeted Washington Examiner
    And what was the strategy under your boss Obama’s administration? Giving arms, money and training to the jihadist terrorists who sought to topple Syria’s secular government and replace it with a Saudi-Arabia-style regime?
    Sarah Abdallah added,
    Samantha Power "fearful" Trump administration 'has no strategy besides tweeting and bombing'
    66 replies715 retweets1,371 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Apr 14
    Jimmy Dore Retweeted Ali Velshi
    Why are we helping commit a genocide in Yemen while also bombing Syria cuz we care about people? And you know you'll NEVER ask that question cuz ur owned and have no actual integrity or courage.
    Jimmy Dore added,
    I’ll lead coverage of the attacks from noon-3pET. Let me know what questions you want answered
    80 replies936 retweets2,298 likes
     
     
  •  Apr 14
    “The al-Qaeda linked group which originated the claims of a government orchestrated chemical attack on civilians in Syria’s Douma, called the Army of Islam, is and has always been state sponsored by Saudi Arabia.”
    103 replies1,838 retweets2,046 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Apr 14
    Jimmy Dore Retweeted Ali Velshi
    This is why we have PERPETUAL WAR, cuz "News" anchors are stenographers to power. Can you imagine covering Iraq & Libya and then tweeting something like this? News media is as bad if not worse than when we went into Iraq, these are the willing tools of warmongers with zero shame.
    Jimmy Dore added,
    Replying to @cenkuygur
    Have you missed the seven years of the Assad regime killing half a million of its own people? How about how disastrous is been for the world NOT to have taken a role in Syria? The lesson here is not from Iraq; it’s from the Holocaust, from Rwanda, from Bosnia
    82 replies704 retweets1,575 likes
     
     
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  •   Retweeted
     Apr 14
    WikiLeaks Retweeted OPCW
    Timing of US, UK, French airstrikes on Syria: just hours before OPCW inspectors:
    WikiLeaks added,
    In case you missed it: In response to media queries, the Spokesperson for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirms that the Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) team is on its way to and…
    174 replies3,003 retweets3,491 likes
     
     
  •  Apr 14
    Sarah Abdallah Retweeted Donald J. Trump
    No congressional approval. No international consensus. No investigation of the alleged chemical attack and no evidence of the Syrian government being behind it either. Shameful.
    Sarah Abdallah added,
    A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!
    202 replies1,146 retweets2,017 likes
     
     
  •  Apr 14
    Sarah Abdallah Retweeted The Hill
    Leave it to John McCain to keep the drums of war beating. He won’t be satisfied until the secular Syrian government is overthrown and his jihadist buddies declare a new caliphate from Damascus. Lunacy.
    Sarah Abdallah added,
    McCain warns Trump: Airstrikes alone won't achieve goals in Syria
    175 replies864 retweets1,556 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Apr 14
    So now that we’re sending cruise missiles into countries to send a message to brutal dictators who massacre children, when do the air strikes on Saudi Arabia begin?
    756 replies3,981 retweets11,156 likes
     
     
  •  Apr 14
    Sarah Abdallah Retweeted Samantha Power
    Save it, Power. If you were so concerned about Syrian civilians being massacred, you and the rest of the Obama administration wouldn’t have backed jihadist death squads from the start.
    Sarah Abdallah added,
    I see the case for opposing US strikes In . Trump is anti-Muslim, deceitful, trigger-happy; he lacks a Syria plan & any seeming regard for international or domestic law. But pls share views on what US *should* do to deter CW massacres?
    105 replies1,341 retweets2,749 likes
     
     
  •  Apr 13
    Sarah Abdallah Retweeted John McCain
    John McCain, who has backed the jihadist gangs tearing Syria apart from day one, literally applauds the illegal military strikes on Syria and typically calls for even more war. Color me shocked.
    Sarah Abdallah added,
    I applaud the President for taking military action against the Assad regime, and I am grateful to our British and French allies for joining us in this action. To succeed in the long run, we need a comprehensive strategy for Syria and the entire region.
    124 replies809 retweets1,356 likes
     
     
  •  Apr 13
    “Damascus has come under attack by the US, France and the UK at a time when Syria is returning to peaceful life, after battling a terrorist aggression for years.”
    120 replies850 retweets1,036 likes
     
     







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