@IAPonomarenko My current reading is Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith, and the collection New Worlds 1
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Richard Gregory Horton
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Richard Gregory Horton
@dickgregory2011
Syria and other commentary
London, England. Katılım Mart 2018
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Everybody in this world needs an escapist sci-fi book right now.
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Might be too left/Yugo brained of me but I thought Leila Khaled had become a broadly accepted (or at least tolerated) person to like, much like Arafat
Amelia Adams@neuroticjewgay
Just so we are clear, @hasanthehun is referring to a woman who hijacked two airplanes as “awesome”
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2 of the interesting things @rallaf said:
Al-Sharaa's still going to be President in 5 years, as people want peace, and he's the guy to bring it
Syria's economic normalisation is dependent on Trump & MBS' relationship; if Trump goes or changes his mind, there's trouble ahead
Lina Khatib@LinaKhatibUK
On the anniversary of the Syrian revolution, it was great to listen to an insightful blend of personal testimony & history by two important Syrian voices, @rallaf and @HalaGorani, at the launch of Rime’s book It Started in Damascus at @frontlineclub, moderated by @FaisalAlYafai.
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@RenaNetjes Maybe we'll see more of this
x.com/miffythegamer/…
Miffy@miffythegamer
All Hail Queen Maxina, Queen of the Netherlands!
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@I_amMukhtar It's going to take him ages to clean his room
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Officer Lisa broke down in court when they played the diss track about her. The camera cut to Afroman, and he's just vibing to his song.
America is not a real place.
Mukhtar@I_amMukhtar
Meanwhile, in America. Police raided rapper Afroman’s house. They didn’t charge him with anything, but they trashed his home and stole $400. He captured the raid on CCTV. He then dropped diss tracks roasting them. They sued him for defamation, and he won.
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'Ziad aroused massive anger among Gazans for consistently urging for continued "resistance," despite its futility in the face of Israel's merciless war machine.'
Elizabeth Tsurkov@LizHurra
Qatar arrested Saeed Ziad, a pro-Hamas commentator who is a regular on al-Jazeera, for his pro-Iran stance during the ongoing war. Ziad aroused massive anger among Gazans for consistently urging for continued "resistance," despite its futility in the face of Israel's merciless war machine. His statement that prompted the greatest outrage was "the Palestinian in Gaza has no choice but to keep steadfast and fight with his nails and even the flesh of his children." His rhetoric aligned with that of Hamas' external leadership, which described the immense losses suffered by Gazans as "tactical", while claiming that Hamas' achievements are "strategic" (a statement by Khalid Mashal). Or the statement by Osama Hamdan who said "we don't have white cloth to raise it in surrender, but we have fabric to bury our children and continue down the path [of resistance]." Recent Reuters report on public attitudes toward Hamas among Gazans reuters.com/world/middle-e… Palestinian reactions to Saeed Ziad's statements & calls for Gazans to resist as he's sitting in Qatar almwatin.com/%D9%85%D9%88%D… vt.tiktok.com/ZSuqn8UET/
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@rallaf Next time I'll try to be a little more forward
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@dickgregory2011 I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to talk Richard, was happy to see you in the audience, but by the time I had finished signing books, the room was nearly empty. Thank you for being there.
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Yeah instead of the handsome mayor of NYC, she could be dating a guy who never leaves his parents basement but makes based Hezbollah edits
john schlagenheim 🐊@cloudofposting
What’s actually so revealing about this is how it shows how embarrassing it is for Rama to be associated with Zogran. You used to be PFLP posting and now your husband is emphasizing Israel’s “right to exist”?? Humiliating
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@SaladinAlDronni The Duke of Edinburgh is reborn
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@dickgregory2011 Not presidential. Sharaa really seems to enjoy being president. Parliamentary is more likely.
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Only five years?
Richard Gregory Horton@dickgregory2011
2 of the interesting things @rallaf said: Al-Sharaa's still going to be President in 5 years, as people want peace, and he's the guy to bring it Syria's economic normalisation is dependent on Trump & MBS' relationship; if Trump goes or changes his mind, there's trouble ahead
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@chitowngirl1982 @rallaf Rime also said the lack of transparency is a problem,also the lack of transitional justice
She and Hala didn't go into the issues of the Coast and Suwayda, but she did say that the rpoblem in NE Syria was about a political organisation rather than "the Kurds"
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@dickgregory2011 @rallaf Yep. Typo there...
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@chitowngirl1982 Maybe there will be competitive national elections at some point, but I can't see the government holding them until they can be sure there is no threat of political divisions leading to coups, the way they did in the middle of the last century.
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@dickgregory2011 Yeah. I think that some Syrian intellectuals are still expecting some sort of competitive fair presidential elections, which is unlikely. The sooner they reconcile that, the easier it'll be to go onto what can be done - local elections, parliamentary, independent courts, etc.
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@dickgregory2011 @rallaf The Democrats are likely to impose new sanctions on Syria as long as things continue to professionalize with the army. But it behooves the STG to make allies among the Democrats. I believe that Slotkin is the one they are courting in the Senate.
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@chitowngirl1982 @rallaf There were other issues, related to the way many Democrats saw Turkey as the enemy, and anyone Turkey supported in Syria as ISIS. Replicated by some like Laura Loomer, but it's good that Bob Menendez is gone as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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@dickgregory2011 @rallaf It would be harder under a Democrat to lift the initial sanctions because the GOP would accuse them of supporting terrorism but now they are lifted, they are unlikely to return. It was also AIPAC who was lobbying against the Caesar repeal and the holdout was Mast.
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@zweilicht1985 @rallaf He changes his mind a lot
Another two points Rime made:
10-15 years' worth of investment requires a knowledge of Syria's future stabilty that isn't there yet
And the one you make above, Gulf countries might not have the same investment capital they had three weeks ago
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@dickgregory2011 @rallaf About what should Trump change his mind?
The least thing the US needs is another country sliding back to chaos in the Middle East.
The important thing will be to attract investment. Hard with war everywhere in the region. Decisive will also be how the GCC come out of the war.
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@chitowngirl1982 @rallaf The expectation that Democratic Presidents will be poor on Syria, because they want to be friendly to Iran, is still strong
But partly the point is that is has taken quite a positive push by Trump's administration to lift sanctions; a Democrat might be inert
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@dickgregory2011 @rallaf I don't see any problems really under a Democratic President. Even most normie Democrats are trending anti-Israel. They'll do it just to stick it to Bibi.
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JUST IN: A federal judge has tossed the Trump admin's lawsuit against California over egg-pricing laws.
Trump-appointed Mark Scarsi says the feds lack standing. He also has some chicken-egg jokes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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@nikicaga If it's Dominic, I believe the correct spelling is Raaaaaaab!
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