Saturday, March 30, 2024

George Orwell--also read Shooting an Elephant

Wow--found it again--George Orwell--The Hanging--
A Hanging | The Orwell Foundation
https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/a-hanging/
A Hanging | The Orwell Foundation
"It is curious, but till that moment I had never realized what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man."
If you want to read of (botched) hangings--see Joseph E Persico--Nuremberg--also a movie.
A
new one is also being made.
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Hegseth brought his wife--formerly Fox News--to sensitive meetings with foreign military leaders.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-brought-his-wife-to-sensitive-meetings-with-foreign-military-officials-c16db0ea?mod=t...