news headlines- bastille day edition
This was too good not to post just because I was gone for the weekend:
Stripper arrested for subway pole dances
“Chile is still a pretty timid country,” said her manager Gustavo Pradenas. “People aren’t very extroverted and we want to take aim at that and make Chile a happier country.”
Your Bastille day assignment is to decide what you want to break open, and what you want to set free….
Interpreting the Largest ICE Raid in U.S. History: A Personal Account
A Spanish-language interpreter in Postville, Iowa battled with his own ethical decisions about how to stay neutral during the largest single-site raid in U.S. history. He says nothing could have prepared him for the prospect of helping our government put hundreds of innocent people in jail.
U.S. terrorism watch list tops 1 million
“America’s new million-record watch list is a perfect symbol for what’s wrong with this administration’s approach to security: it’s unfair, out-of-control, a waste of resources (and) treats the rights of the innocent as an afterthought,” ACLU technology director Barry Steinhardt said in a release.
Moving on, it’s the usual escalations in Georgia:
Georgia says will down Russian jets
Georgia to Expand Military to Counter Russian Threat in Regions
Kosovo Serbs feel heat from all sides
Pirate king revealed (sort of):
‘Royal father’ behind kidnapping in N-Delta uncovered!
Finally, here are some stories about Afghanistan. The real danger of empire is becoming quite apparent. Just as holding Iraq means increasing conflict with Iran, holding Afghanistan (which we barely do anyway) is drawing us into conflict with Pakistan. They talk about the Pax Romana, but there was only peace if you lived in the center of the empire. There was constant warfare along the periphery, and a constant drive to expand in order to protect what they already had. The British had a similar problem, which is how they famously “acquired an empire in a fit of absent-mindedness.” Let’s pay a little more attention than they did.
Deadly U.S. Army outpost assault in Afghanistan underscores growing threat
Pakistan fears over US air raids
NATO: Insurgents try to pit Afghanistan against Pakistan
