A track from my album South Tower, released today, 2023-08-03. "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting…"
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How Start? - by John Ganz - Unpopular Front
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MAN FINDS MEANING
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” —Henry David Thoreau, USA philosopher/poet (1817–1862)
Not many of my likers and lurkers will read this (A long one, even for me) as the text part is not on Facebook or Instagram. The cut and paste link is, but I know that only a few—sometimes fewer—folks make the effort. That’s OK, not that I wouldn’t mind some positive reinforcement…
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Donald Rumsfeld: War and death
“Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war. ”
—Donald Rumsfeld.
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Since World War II, there has been a trend towards fewer wars, the Russian invasion of the Ukraine standing as a major 'aberration'. With decades of experience as an international lawyer, diplomat and head of UN Iraq inspections, Hans Blix examines conflicts and other developments after World War II. He finds that new restraints on uses of force have emerged from fears about nuclear war, economic interdependence and UN Charter rules. With less interest in the conquest of land, states increasingly use economic or cyber means to battle their adversaries. Such a turn is not free from perils but should perhaps be welcomed as an alternative to previous methods of war. By analysing these new restraints, Blix rejects the fatalistic assumption that there will always be war. He submits that today leading powers are saying farewell to previous patterns of war, instead choosing to continue their competition for power and influence on the battlefields of economy and information.
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Let's talk about the good man who always assumed that crises could be solved with diplomacy.
The competition between states without war is the counter-model to the eternal repetition of escalation which has always led to war and conflict.
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I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear and rightly so are regional things, like in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the Korean Peninsula, borders in Africa, etc.
Hans Blix
Nobody wants to be humiliated. Humiliation leads to bad things.
Hans Blix
The consequences of the Iraq war have changed the whole course of history. Based on a lie by the US to take revenge for 9/11, the entire world's history was changed and we are still feeling the effects.
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Iraq never had weapons of mass destruction but the hawks in the white house wanted war and ultimately did not change the entire world's history for the better and that's putting it nicely.
In an in-depth interview with director Greta Stocklassa, retired politician and diplomat Hans Blix reflects on his career as head of the UN Arms Control Commission and the legacy he will leave behind for future generations. The 94-year-old Swede held the post during the war on terror between 2000 and 2003, becoming a key player in a global crisis.
While one war fades from history, another has begun.
Humanity is doomed to repeat its patterns and mistakes.
The greatest threat to humanity is the use of weapons of mass destruction, overpopulation with not enough resources, climate change.
Hans Blix
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Serious question: what would Jesus order at Culver's?
Even if I can figure out what flavour of malt or shake he'd prefer, that would give me peace of mind. This falls in the category of what Donald Rumsfeld would call 'known unknowns'. I know that it's unknown to me, but would very much like to know. I have 35 minutes before I set foot in Culver's, as it'll take at least that long to walk there. I sleep under Jesus every night because I'm staying at a Jesusnb.
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A Little Thing Called "Integrity"
I quit my job once after working at the company for just over a year. Why? It was a small company owned by one woman who could at times be sweet as syrup, and at other times unreasonable as a two-year-old child. At the end of the year, in preparing the financial statements that would be used as a basis for filing that year’s taxes, she told me to record a large number of her personal…
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