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[ad_1] Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain Those who call themselves “pacifists” and have been fighting for more than four years to prevent Ukrainians from receiving weapons should now be rejoicing, for they have just gained a high-profile supporter: U.S. President Donald Trump has categorically refused both to give the Ukrainians Patriot missiles and to provide them with the technology to manufacture them themselves. And so, day after day, Russian ballistic missiles are currently raining down on Ukraine’s major and smaller cities and their defenseless civilians, missiles that have already claimed thousands of lives and left many maimed—which,…

[ad_1] Photo by Mads Eneqvist Before we catch up on the game, here are the latest numbers on market capitalization and P/E ratios: It’s the fourth quarter and the game is tied, but it’s not clear the odds are even. Silicon Valley jumped out to a quick 28-0 lead but then let Chinese AI rack up 28 straight points. They haven’t been able to get a first down since early in the second quarter. Making matters worse, Coach Trump keeps switching quarterbacks and benching his star running back. With the start of the football season, the analogy seems to be…

[ad_1] Photograph Source: FeaturingDallas – CC BY-SA 4.0 I recall my childhood growing up in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el Bared, in Lebanon. We were creative in devising seasonal games that didn’t require much money: one season playing soccer, another hide and seek, swimming and fishing in the Mediterranean and so on. My favorite was the summer kite-making. We made kites from plastic or paper collected from the dump; the frame was dry bamboo sticks tied or glued together from discarded electrical or metal wires. The only real cost was the line, if we weren’t lucky enough to…

[ad_1] Dems Selling Their Souls By Accepting Abdul El-Sayed [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair I was in a low-key New York bar on Seventh Avenue in the mid-80s when I became aware of the steely eyes of American playwright and actor Sam Shepard—who didn’t know me from Adam—watching me buy a drink. I was stuffing the change into my wallet when he slapped a hand on my arm. “Not like that,” he said. “Like this.” He took the cash back out and placed it on the bar. “That way your barman can dip in whenever you want another.” It was a small but memorable lesson in trust from…

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[ad_1] If Democrats sell voters an inordinately optimistic view of what they can accomplish, they will be setting themselves up to fail. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Photo by Dan Dennis Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s denunciations of the International Criminal Court (ICC) last July are only the latest U.S. threats against that judicial body. In June and July,1998 the United States participated in the drafting of the Rome Statute creating the ICC. But America refused to ratify the Statute when it became effective in 2002. The U.S. remains a non-member. ICC jurisdiction is limited to crimes that fall into one of four specified categories: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression (the use of armed force against the sovereignty or political independence of another…

[ad_1] It’s early in the 2028 race, but at this point, who knows? The party isn’t locked into anything, and candidates besides Vance or Rubio may gain traction. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Do not look away. The events in the small Palestinian town of Qusra, south of Nablus are the story of the future of the West Bank, writes Ramzy Baroud. Funeral procession of one of six Palestinian men killed in Qasra by Israeli settlers, Oct. 11, 2023. (ISM photo, Creative Commons) By Ramzy BaroudZ Network If you want to understand the bleak future awaiting the occupied West Bank, do not look away. Just pay attention to the events in the small Palestinian town of Qusra, south of Nablus. The story of the future of the West Bank begins here. While much…