I like this guy better and better. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no anti semite. I don’t think Isreal should be removed from the map. I think a peaceful solution to the entire middle east violence needs to be found….but I thouroughly enjoy the turnaround this guy is pulling. The whole…”Okay, you want to support…
Category: Politics
Political writing going back to the early 2000s, before political writing on personal blogs was a genre. The early posts are link-blogging and reaction. The later ones are essays. The consistent thread is a GenX perspective on American and global politics from someone who left the United States and found the view from outside clarifying rather than distancing. The collected essays on America are in Not My America: A Stranger in a Strange Land — available on Amazon and at indignified.com/books. The blog is where the thinking happened. The book is where it landed.
Knickers nicked at SA rape demo
OK, I thought this was going to be funny, but it is actually pretty sad. Good example of someone coming up with an interesting and creative concept to make a point (not all creative concepts are genius, but you have to give them points for trying), and failing to fully understand the context in which…
AK-47: the Sierra Leone child soldier
BBC’s The World Today has a great series in progress on the iconic AK-47, or Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947. They were the weapon of choice in Sierra Leone’s bloody 10-year conflict. Here’s the story of one of the many child soldiers in Sierra Leone and his AK-47. During the three months I spent in Sierra…
Darfur women fighters negotiate for first time
Although Darfur has fallen off the list of “newsworthy” items in the McMedia, the conflict is very much ongoing. A Red Crescent driver was just killed. This is a great article about the female commanders participating in the Abuja peace talks. Worth the time to click on the link and read the whole thing. ABUJA,…
Saddam and his seven co-defendants
Just heard on the radio that there are seven co-defendants – am now picturing Saddam as Snow White…… I know, it’s a stretch – work with me here…. The link below is Al Jazeera’s update on the trial. People are pissed that the judge is showing deference to Saddam, allowing him to make complaints and…
Torture Part of School's Curriculum?
If you don’t know about truthout.org, check it out. If you know about it and haven’t read it lately, please go read. The former “School of the Americas” is just one of the many horrors going on in the world. I don’t want to preach at y’all, but in all seriousness, open your eyes and…
Impeach…help…
Maybe Christians aren’t so dense after all….. CDCD Damitio writes at indignified.substack.com — essays on utopias, dystopias, and the spaces between. Free to read. No algorithm, no sponsored content. His books can be found on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/stores/CD-Damitio/author/B001JP7NWA www.indignified.com CD Damitio writes INDIGNIFIED — utopias and dystopias explored. Free to read. Read on Substack →…
NPR : 'Hungry Planet: What the World Eats'
Thanks to Matthew for sending me this…click on the link to hear the NPR story…. cd NPR : ‘Hungry Planet: What the World Eats’ All Things Considered, November 9, 2005 · Imagine inviting yourself to dinner with 30 different families… in 24 countries. Imagine shopping, farming, cooking and eating with those families… taking note of…
Bill Clinton Calls Iraq 'Big Mistake'
Yes, he actually came out and said it. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Former President Clinton told Arab students Wednesday the United States made a “big mistake” when it invaded Iraq, stoking the partisan debate back home over the war. Clinton cited the lack of planning for what would happen after Saddam Hussein was overthrown….
US defends use of white phosphorus
The U.S. military is defending its use of white phosphorus as a conventional weopon and claims to have not inflicted death upon any civilian or ‘innocent’ victims with it. White phosphorus is nasty stuff…look what it did to this Iraqi below….. “It’s part of our conventional-weapons inventory and we use it like we use any…