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Saturday, May 25, 2024
Olaf Scholz on why Putin will fail--This applies equally to why Myanmar crisis shld not be ignored.
The most fundamental promise any government owes its citizens is to provide for their safety and security, in all of its dimensions.
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/05/23/olaf-scholz-on-why-vladimir-putins-brutal-imperialism-will-fail
Excellent water color portrait.
Also read Timothy Snyder On Tyranny--it's a very slim but very impt book.
kmk
5-25-2025
Much to read from the Atlantic--incld--Friday Night Massacre.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/cq-brown-and-friday-night-massacre/681803/
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https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Famous+Chinese+tenors#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12005ab7,vid:_d4ap5I_tmk,st:0
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https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/us-sanctions-myanmar-and-russia-firms-arming-junta.html