Monthly Archives: September 2019

BBC: Two Muslim men in the US have demanded an investigation after they say they were subjected to racial and religious profiling on a flight home to Dallas. Abderraoof Alkhawaldeh and Issam Abdallah allege their flight was cancelled because crew … Continue reading →

I find each of these sentences while seemingly trite a sort of koan, worthy of lengthy reflection. Each of the four is self-supporting, yet here they are assembled into a composition. I feel I have only the beginning glimmerings of … Continue reading →

To give an account of my life while protecting the privacy of my loved ones and not exposing legitimate government secrets is no simple task, but it is my task. Between those responsibilities—that is where to find me. —Edward Snowden, Permanent … Continue reading →

US Dept. of Justice: ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The United States today filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden, a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA), who published a book entitled Permanent Record in … Continue reading →

It’s at Dussmann‘s. I’ve been seeing all these people on Twitter showing their orders from Amazon, and that seems kind of paradoxical, which is fine, life is richer for the existence of paradoxes, but still…just sayin’… I am using my … Continue reading →

Wikipedia: The Soviet invasion of Poland was a military operation by the Soviet Union without a formal declaration of war. On 17 September 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, sixteen days after Germany invaded Poland from the west. Subsequent … Continue reading →

Smallest independent KZ in Germany. “Verein wider das Vergessen und für Demokratie”. This building had been the camp kitchen.