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Category Archives: Uncategorized
Variations On a Theme
A Gentleman’s agreement. A Handshake agreement. A Deal. A Memorandum of Understanding. A non-binding Political Commitment. A Treaty. An Arrangement. Consensual intercourse. Rape. “No means No.” “Yes means Yes.” Real Estate Development. Diplomacy. An honest Broker. A Mobster. A Gangster. … Continue reading
Panem et Circenses
People like to compare the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, with historical emperors. Not of the more thoughtful and just sort, but tyrants. The decline of the Roman Empire took actually hundreds of years. But in particular … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, USA
Tagged Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Donald Trump, Greenland, Iran, Juvenal, mixed martial art, Oman, Roman Empire, UFC World Championship, White House
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Did Trump Abandon Taiwan?
In his Fox News Interview after his return from China, President Trump said, “When you look at the odds, China is very, very powerful, big country. That’s a very small island. Think of it, it’s 59 miles away. We’re 9500 … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Russia, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged Abbas Araghchi, Benjamin Netanjahu, Donald Trump, Taiwan, Thucydides Trap, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping
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Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood
On Palm Sunday, Pope Leo XIV quoted Isaiah 1:15, When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you;even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood! and probably meant Pete Hegseth who had … Continue reading
Light Upon Light!
Under the direction of Professor Angelika Neuwirth and, later, Dr. Dirk Hartwig, Corpus Coranicum at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities has produced a highly enlightening introduction (Der Koran als Text der Spätantike – Ein europäischer Zugang, Verlag der … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelika Neuwirth, Dirk Hartwig, Light Verse, Medina, Mouhanad Khorchide, Nicean Creed, Q112, Q24, Qur'an
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