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US gains in the Middle East are unraveling at an unnerving pace as Trump provokes Iran: columnist Iran Liberalism

US gains in the Middle East are unraveling at an unnerving pace as Trump provokes Iran: columnist

In a piece for The New Yorker this Monday, Robin Wright contends that when it comes to the Trump administration’s claim that the targeted killing of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani will make US forces safer in the Middle East, “nothing seems further from the…
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January 6, 2020
Vinland Saga Feudalism

Vinland Saga

Ever since I watched the sun first dawn over the earth in the adaptation of his spellbinding Planetes, I have been entranced by the works of Makoto Yukimura. One of the great mangaka of the art form, Yukimura crafts works of great thematic ambition, telling s…
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January 6, 2020
Two Cold War-era nuclear missile silos that were abandoned for decades just went on the market in Arizona for $495,000 each Cold War

Two Cold War-era nuclear missile silos that were abandoned for decades just went on the market in Arizona for $495,000 each

Titan Missile base Amy Heiden Arizona is apparently the place to be if you're in the market for an underground lair. Last month, a Titan II Missile complex that was decommissioned in the 1980s lasted only ten days on the market before it was bought above a…
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January 6, 2020
Regifting is good, actually Refugees

Regifting is good, actually

You can, of course, donate some gifts to those in need, as I do, but many arent practical, useful items that charities will accept. The fancy set of salt and pepper shakers currently in the box, awaiting their new home, were declined by a group helping refuge…
bubmag
January 6, 2020
Prince Charles to Speak at Israel’s Holocaust Memorial: ‘Extremism and Intolerance Must Never Prevail’ Holocaust

Prince Charles to Speak at Israel’s Holocaust Memorial: ‘Extremism and Intolerance Must Never Prevail’

Prince Charles is set to make one of the key addresses at the Holocaust memorial in Israel as the world marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. In what aides at his office on Monday called the “highest level…
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January 6, 2020