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Oct 31 2025 Slices of Nepal, #4
“The whisper turns out to be a touch. We are all so bereft of friends and companions, especially those among us who have lots of ‘friends.’”
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Rather Not Be in New Youk! — Oct 26, 2025.
Going from Phonsavan to Luang Prabang, I sat next to an Italian lady on… Continue reading
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Oct 26 2025 Slices of Nepal, #3
“Suddenly, there were more cars, fewer shops, little foot traffic and no history. The car, television and, now, cellphone make being nowhere not just possible, but desirable.”
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Could Have Been, Can Be and Will Be Much Worse — Oct 22, 2025.
Should have rung one of those bells five or… Continue reading
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Oct 25 2025 Slices of Nepal, #2
“Those without reverence are wannabe demons. Faith plus heritage can accomplish wonders.”
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Gods, Demons and Wannabe Demons — Oct 20, 2025.
Yesterday was the start of Tihar, Nepal’s festival of lights. In India, it’s called Diwali. As a newly converted Hindu, there’s no way I was going to miss this,… Continue reading
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Nov 09 2024 A Ukraine peace trial balloon
This may be the WSJ putting facts together as they would like, but there is enough commenting from the Trump team to consider this as the floating of a trial Ukraine peace balloon from the new forming US administration. As such, it belongs to my series on the Peace Train much earlier this year.
Despite… Continue reading
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May 02 2024 Dignity of the Annihilated
Lauren Booth interviewed by Paul Salvatori around day 150 of the Gaza Genocide.
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Mar 18 2023 Rostislav Ishchenko: A view on China
Rostislav Ishchenko is a popular and respected columnist in Russia. This article has been machine translated from https://cont.ws/@ishchenko
It represents a Russian view of China, that departs from the professional and formal view of the Russian State. It also departs strongly from the information and views that we receive from the Valdai club. I find… Continue reading