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  • Reply to blog post: Swat after the peace deal by khadimhussain
    Comment written 1 week ago

    Clear-eyed, concise reporting + observing.

     

    Thanks Khadim.

  • Reply to blog post: Summer Reading: Hope by robburton
    Comment written 1 week ago

    Khadim:   Siddiqua's book does, indeed, look like a mirror image of Turse's book. That's a powerful coincidence (or maybe not as much of a coincidence as at first appears).

  • Reply to blog post: Summer Reading: Hope by robburton
    Comment written 1 week ago

    Yes, Jessica. Great stuff.  I think you are one of those leaders with "strength + fortitude."

  • Reply to blog post: Summer Reading: Hope by robburton
    Comment written 2 weeks ago

    Khadim-- Portions of these books are accessible through the Internet.  I recommend starting with an engine search (Google, for example).  In particular, the book by Nick Turse is quite enlighening.

  • Reply to blog post: Movie Review - Love Actually by branzenbach
    Comment written 3 weeks ago

    Yep, I agree, the film has a good script, nice  music,  solid acting, and a healthy dosage of dry British humor.

     

    Also,  I think the ending is one of the most visually powerful  sequences  I've seen in a long time.

     

  • Reply to blog post: Citizenship by robburton
    Comment written 1 months ago

    Thanks to All (above):

    Jessica-- Hope the summer is tripping along merrily for you in Sac.  Keep on Blogging!!

    Khadim-- I'm not sure what the immigration numbers are for the past 7 years (although that would be interesting to find out).  It's widely recognized, however, that the past 7 years have seen an increasingly thirsty Pentagon (plus related contractors) soak up larger chunks of the  federal budget.

    Nuha-- I didn't get the numbers for Syria, but there were 6 from neighboring Jordan.

    Brenda-- Yes, I have already registered to vote.  Can you guess which way?

    Gered-- Glad to see you're still in the Blogging zone. Hope the Master's in English is still on the horizon.

     

    Again, thanks to you all for the positive energy.

     

  • Reply to blog post: Responsible Citizen of the Floating World by petecoffman
    Comment written 1 months ago

  • Reply to blog post: responsible citizen of the floating world by freedlee
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  • Reply to blog post: We all need some hope. by TBelair
    Comment written 1 months ago

  • Reply to blog post: Final Thoughts by jhamilton
    Comment written 1 months ago

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