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"Alongside this audio, I am also reading the 1910 publication which comprises of almost 1000 pages. Audio book is read by David Timson, but without the physical book in hand it's tough to grab the names of individuals, places, etc." — Feb 06, 2026 09:08AM
"Alongside this audio, I am also reading the 1910 publication which comprises of almost 1000 pages. Audio book is read by David Timson, but without the physical book in hand it's tough to grab the names of individuals, places, etc." — Feb 06, 2026 09:08AM
“U.S. occupying forces in Panama were quickly ordered to arrest most political activists and union leaders, because they are "bad guys of some sort," the U.S. Embassy told reporters. The "good guys" to be restored to power are the bankers who were happily laundering drug money in the early 1980s. Then Noriega was also a "good guy,"running drugs, killing and torturing and stealing elections -- and, crucially, following American
orders. He had not yet shown the dangerous streak of independence that transferred him to the category of demon. Apart from tactics, nothing changes over the years, including the ability of educated opinion to perceive that 2 and 2 is 4.”
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orders. He had not yet shown the dangerous streak of independence that transferred him to the category of demon. Apart from tactics, nothing changes over the years, including the ability of educated opinion to perceive that 2 and 2 is 4.”
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“For China, the economic corridor has two aims, to open up an alternative route for oil imports from the Middle East, and to persuade Pakistan to do more to combat violent extremism seeping over its border. The vision is driven by strategic factors, not commercial logic.”
― China's Asian Dream: Empire Building along the New Silk Road
― China's Asian Dream: Empire Building along the New Silk Road
“China, of course, gains access to commodities, but host countries get the loans to finance infrastructure developmental programs in their economies, they get to trade (creating incomes for their domestic citizenry), and they get investments that can support much-needed job creation.”
― Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World
― Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World
“No president in history has burned more public money to sustain his personal lifestyle than Donald Trump. Three-quarters of the way through his first year in office, President Trump was on track to spend more on travel in one year of his presidency than Barack Obama in eight -- even though Trump only rarely ventured west of the Mississippi or across any ocean.”
― Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
― Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
“Relations with the Palestinian village of Qaffin, however, have been more complicated. "Before 1967," explains Dov Avital, "it was a West Bank village annexed by Jordan. Since, 1967, it has been a Palestinian village of the West Bank occupied by Israel. We share the struggle of our neighbors in Meisar for their civil rights - in principle, our fellow citizens. But it is different with Qaffin. As Israelis on the Left, we are willing to fight against the occupation for peace and for the creation of a Palestinian State. But the people in Qaffin are also struggling for national rights. We support them, but because they are Palestinians and we are Israelis, we cannot really take part in that.”
― A Wall in Palestine
― A Wall in Palestine
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