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The Scourge of the Swastika - Lord Russell of Liverpool

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  Prologue Before 1939 there had been regrettable incidents in modern wars between civilized nations amounting to war crimes. In Belgium and France in the early stages of the First World War many excesses were committed by German troops during their rapid advance towards Paris. Towns and villages were looted and set on fire, women were raped, and innocent people murdered. Although these crimes were more than mere sporadic outbursts of 'frightfulness' on the part of isolated units or single divisions, they were not part of an organized campaign of terrorism planned before the outbreak of hostilities and faithfully carried out in obedience to orders. During the Second World War, however, war crimes were committed by the Germans on an unprecedented scale. They were part and parcel of the Nazi conception of total war and were carried out in pursuance of a preconceived and preconcerted plan to terrorize and exploit the inhabitants of invaded and occupied territories and to extermina...

A Picture Says A Thousand Truths - Nobel Worthy Photograph

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  Congratulations go out to the Trump Administration for staging a snapshot of how the current commander in chief handles a crisis as it unfolds in the historic Capitol's oval office, an office of power and leadership. Now look closely and let the dynamics of this snapshot sink in. The background appears to show men and women concerned while attempting to respond to a medical emergency event occurring next to the President's oval office desk. Those first responders do not appear to be trained medical personnel but colleagues of the man experiencing a medical crisis.  One colleague is holding the man's ankles with his expensively shoed feet pointing heels to ceiling, while another is verbally addressing him to determine his coherency and what ails him. All responding body languages are drawn downward toward their colleague lying on his back on the floor of the oval office, legs raised, knees bent, ankles being held. Only his pants legs and shoes are visible to the camera. It...

United States "PLEDGED" to Defend Qatar : WHY???

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  Presidential Actions ASSURING THE SECURITY OF THE STATE OF QATAR Executive Orders September 29, 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in recognition of the enduring alliance between the United States and the State of Qatar, it is hereby ordered: Section   1 .   Policy .  Over the years, the United States and the State of Qatar have been bound together by close cooperation, shared interests, and the close relationship between our armed forces.  The State of Qatar has hosted United States forces, enabled critical security operations, and stood as a steadfast ally in pursuit of peace, stability, and prosperity, both in the Middle East and abroad, including as a mediator that has assisted the United States’ attempts to resolve significant regional and global conflicts.  In recognition of this history, and in light of the continuing threats to the State of Qatar...

Der Fuehrer: Hitler's Rise to Power (1944) by Konrad Heiden

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  https://www.amazon.com/ Fuehrer-Hitlers-Rise-Power/dp/ 0897603966   I once owned this book and found it interesting but not so relative. Now, with an American president exhibiting strong signs of mental and personality traits attributable to Hitler, I want to find it again.  narcissistic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and even psychosis Below is a review from Amazon which I found very interesting and relative to today's authoritarian politics. A warning to all! David Drury 5.0 out of 5 stars Fertile Soil for Nazi Seed Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2016 It has become an internet truism that as an online discussion proceeds forward the probability of someone comparing their opponents to Nazi's or Hitler approaches 1 (Godwin's Rule). This adage of course gives birth to another (I'll call it Viam Dimittere Godwin's Rule)... that after the mention of Godwin's Rule in an online discussion, the likelihood of all participants di...

Capitol On Lockdown

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  January 06, 2021 I don't know which was worse to witness today, the assault on our nation's Capitol by Trump supporters or the Trumpublican legislators who were willing to obstruct and delay the electoral college vote count. Both believe the absurd, and both were willing to commit atrocities to please a sick man. The elephant in the room is why the security detail for the Capitol was unprepared to handle the protesters and why it took so long for backup. I wouldn't be surprised to find out the siege on the Capitol was planned and coordinated by supporters and legislators following the orders of a lame-duck resident. Call it an  Inside Job or a Fix! What people of color rightfully take away from this day of national reckoning is how white privilege gives persons with white skin entitlement to assemble with violent intent and unlawfully attack our nation's governing bodies without repercussions.  Picture the same attack you saw today, substitute Black Lives Matter or La...

Fear vs Faith (from The Meaning of Faith)

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  December 24, 2020 Fear does not reveal its disastrous consequences to the full until it colors one’s thoughts about the source and destiny of life. Folk work joyfully at a picture-puzzle so long as they believe that the puzzle can be put together, that it was meant, completed, to compose a picture, and that their labor is an effort made in reasonable hope. Fear hides its damaging consequences until it negatively convinces one’s thoughts about life’s power and purpose. As long as I believe all parts to a puzzle are in the box, I will work with all reasonable hope and joy to completely assemble the puzzle’s picture. But if they begin to fear that they are being fooled, that the puzzle is a hoax and never can be pieced together anywhere by anyone, how swiftly that suspicion will benumb their work! So joyful living depends on man’s conviction that this life is not a hapless accident, that a good purpose binds it all together, and that our labor for righteousness is not expended on a ...

Georgia Senate Runoff Election

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  December 14, 2020 VOTE To Change Senate Majority  Tuesday, January 5, 2021 Eyes On Georgia " It's Time To Move On " This Blog Supports  Raphael Warnock  and  Jon Ossoff Early In-Person Voting Begins Today