Bureaucratic and boring and routinely depriving the public of information about what their imperial government is up to.  As in, pending FOIA requests since 2005, unanswered. And DoD's "trust us, if you grant the exemption, we won't abuse it" attitude. ----- Forwarded Message -----*From:* Steven Aftergood <saftergood@PROTECTED>*To:* "tjlodge50@PROTECTED" <tjlodge50@PROTECTED>*Sent:* Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 5:11:38 PM EDT*Subject:* Secrecy News -- 06/08/21Secrecy News: June 8, 2 ...Continue Reading

  Central Ohioans, I hope you can gather at the Statehouse next Monday----- Forwarded Message -----*From:* Stansfield Smith <stansfieldsmith100@PROTECTED>*To:* "chicagoalbasolidarity@PROTECTED" <chicagoalbasolidarity@PROTECTED>*Sent:* Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 7:27:34 AM EDT*Subject:* [Chicagoalbasolidarity] US tour of Julian Assange's father and brother calling on the U.S. government to drop its prosecutionwww.assangedefense.org*https://assangedefense.org/supporters/*https://assangedefense.org/t ...Continue Reading

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And the US did not immediately capitulate and settle this after the inauguration because ??? Because a lot of times, there's a virulent authoritarian, Constitution-trampling strain of Murrican "democracy" that infects both wings of the Property Party.----- Forwarded Message -----*From:* The New York Times <nytdirect@PROTECTED>*To:* "tjlodge50@PROTECTED" <tjlodge50@PROTECTED>*Sent:* Friday, June 4, 2021, 11:04:35 PM EDT*Subject:* Breaking News: The Justice Department waged a secret battle ...Continue Reading

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Memorial Day 2021by Richard LevineFacebook Twitter Reddit Email Memorial Day 2021The brown splash and swirl in the glass. I set down the bottle beside it, the cork forced back in place. Any smoky, sweet aromatic notes that might escape would be wasted on me, with tree pollen clogging my sinuses.  And if my eyes are puffy and tearing, blame it on that, too.  But I snuck away from friends who only think of this as a long holiday weekend before summer. For you and me, it goes back to Quang Tri and a wet mort ...Continue Reading

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Monstrously insulting and imperialistic and a whole bunch more.Why Are Israeli Defense Forces Soldiers Posting Thirst Traps on TikTok?Israeli soldiers — and the military itself — are trying to influence the Middle East narrative with sexy social ... ...Continue Reading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYnDXSbrHa4Who'll be the last to die for a mistake The last to die for a mistake Darlin' your tyrants and kings form the same fate Strung up at your city gates And you're the last to die for a mistake      -  Springsteen----- Forwarded Message -----*From:* The New York Times <nytdirect@PROTECTED>*To:* "tjlodge50@PROTECTED" <tjlodge50@PROTECTED>*Sent:* Thursday, May 27, 2021, 10:56:20 AM EDT*Subject:* A wave of Afghan military surrenders ...Continue Reading

Maya Lin also designed the Vietnam War memorial in D.C.May 20, 2021Maya Lin’s Insufficiently Haunting Ghost Forestby Elliot SperberFacebook Twitter Reddit Email Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest. Photo: Elliot Sperber.Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest is a temporary public art installation in New York City’s Madison Square Park. On a stretch of green, ten blocks south of the Empire State Building, it consists of a group of 49 dead Atlantic white cedars (of the 50 intended to be displayed, one didn’t make it over in suitable condition).Cull ...Continue Reading