links for 2024-W32

2024-08-11 is 2024-W32-7*

*a link / see the about page for more on links

since at least 1694 (King William III), wars have generated debt, massive debt, … (!?)*


how Chris Hedges sees the world as we know it – his clearest statement yet

Kamala Harris: willing to afflict the powerless for the powerful (!? !?)*

ten humanist commitments*

narrative for the US – winning subtext: Kamala and Coach Walz (!?) as model parents*

Israel is in a death spiral. Who will it take down with it?* / Jonathan Cook, journalist (!?)

in dogmatic religions, questioners are often condemned … huge blind spots (!?)*


Aaron Maté on current events / interviewed by Judge Andrew Napolitano 2024-W32-3*


John J. Mearsheimer: Who caused the Ukraine war?* / Mearsheimer and Walt (!?)*

“the worst kind of stenography for liars” (!?)*

service in Iraq in 2006 as praiseworthy, as “bringing freedom” or “spreading democracy”*
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