Admittedly a minor point compared to everything else. But it’s weird.
This article is terrifying for lots of reasons but my attention was caught by this: one of these ultra-conservative donors is a pastor who doesn’t celebrate Christmas because it is a “pagan holiday?” I have never heard of this. Is that a right-wing church thing? www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/m...
They control Republican politics in the state. Now they’re poised to take their theocratic agenda nationwide.
Often I wish everything were run by Democrats but then I look at New York.
It turns out Israel didn’t intercept the pagers and add explosives before they were shipped to Lebanon. They created a company and invested millions of dollars to manufacture the pagers themselves.
The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse.
And I just looked her up and she cites Cherryh as an influence and considers the book a response to the Foreigner series. What’s funny is I didn’t know that. But you can tell.
Reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. It feels like CJ Cherryh to me. This is a compliment.
At least in an American paper.
I’m not sure if this article (gift link) tells the whole story, but it is interesting because it talks about Hamas in a negative light from the Palestinian perspective. You seldom see that. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/u...
The group has abused hostages and Palestinians as it wields rough justice in its efforts to maintain control of Gaza and wage an insurgent war.
I turn 50 today. People might consider that too old to accomplish anything, but Frodo was 50 when he left the Shire. There’s hope for me yet.
“They’re eating the dogs!”