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Jan 01 2026 
And Then There Was One
… the red bull cried out instead in dismay: “I know I was eaten the day the white bull was eaten.”
By Abdel Bari Atwan at Rai Al Youm.
With whom will the Israeli-American alliance align? And why have the Houthis emerged as the biggest winners? What did “rebel” Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz and President Ali Abdullah… Continue reading -
Nov 29 2025 
Slices of Life, #16
“People robbed of their past seem to make the most fervent picture takers, at home and abroad. “As humans, we’re born naked and will leave with nothing,” yet another monk speaks.”
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Bill Gates, Primo Levi and Max Beckmann in Vietnam — Nov 13, 2025.
Just before 5AM, I got a… Continue reading
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Nov 12 2025 
Slices of Life, #15
“No life is boring if properly recounted. His given name, Quyết Chiến, means Determined to Fight. Quyết Thắng means Determined to Win.”
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Nguyễn Quyết Chiến — Nov 05, 2025.
An extraordinary story imperfectly told is better than one simply ignored. I will now tell you about a Vietnamese-American in Oklahoma.… Continue reading
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Apr 06 2025 
The Brutal and Deliberately Forgotten Korean War
“Unrestricted submarine warfare, unrestricted air bombing . . . this is total war. Time and the ocean and some guiding star and High Cabal have made us what we are.”
By Professor Dr. Syed Mujahid Kamran at Daily Pakistan.
The Korean War fought between Communist forces of North Korea, the U.S. puppet regime of the South and… Continue reading
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Apr 24 2024 
Persian Patience, Flexibility & Encirclement Pushed to Direct Deterrence
Why does Iran behave the way it does? What geopolitical strategy drives her? What are the secret origins of how the Iranian leadership sees the world? Parables of mountain climbing, wrestling and highways in Persian history..
