When you are playing with a baby, you can use the n-word, the f-word, the P-word, the Z-word, and as long as you smile and use a soothing voice the baby will continue to smile and laugh. If an adult is driven to tears by a mere word, it's because somewhere along the way, someone taught them to react with shock and anger at that word. That gives the word power over the person so trained and conditioned, and power to those who use such words to control you. Our society gives too much power to mere words, and this undermines our society. -- Michael Rivero
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Focus has been on the resulting rise in oil prices, but it is potential food shortages the world should be paying attention to, said ICC secretary-general John Denton.
About one-third of global fertilizer shipments pass through the narrow waterway, creating potentially catastrophic knock-on effects for agricultural producers.
Andrew Korybko, via newsletter, globalresearch.ca
Ethiopia’s continued existence is indispensable to Israeli security since Egypt’s exploitation of a “Balkanized” Ethiopia’s natural resource wealth, which could follow the Hybrid War that Egypt is masterminding against Ethiopia, could eventually empower Egypt to become an existential threat to Israel (once again).
Andrew Korybko, via newsletter, globalresearch.ca
Ethiopia’s continued existence is indispensable to Israeli security since Egypt’s exploitation of a “Balkanized” Ethiopia’s natural resource wealth, which could follow the Hybrid War that Egypt is masterminding against Ethiopia, could eventually empower Egypt to become an existential threat to Israel (once again).
By Dave Vine, counterpunch.org
Long before Trump took office, U.S. taxpayers have spent far more on the Pentagon — and its wars — than most know. For decades, Congress, the White House, and the Pentagon have hidden the military’s true cost through little-known bureaucratic practices and budgeting tricks. Journalists, academics, and think tank experts have, with rare exceptions, perpetuated the problem by repeating “official” numbers that don’t come close to telling the full story.
🇾🇪⚠️🇸🇦 Yemeni sources allege plot to stage drone attack on Mecca Yemeni media citing unnamed regional sources claim approximately 19 American-made LUCAS attack drones have been transferred into Saudi-controlled areas of Yemen, including Al-Jawf. The sources allege the drones are intended to be launched toward Mecca and the area surrounding the Grand Mosque, in an attack that would subsequently be blamed on Ansarallah. The allegation has not been independently verified.
American tax payers. Here is the American tomahawk missile, made in Tucson, Arizona and paid for by American people , right before it obliterated Christians at a church in Holy land. https://t.co/es4ggfnucm
— Irlandarra (@irlandarra2019) October 5, 2026
Miller’s central insight is simple. A ceasefire can reopen a shipping lane overnight. It cannot manufacture a compressor, mobilize commissioning engineers, or pay a contractor. The next phase of this crisis, he writes, is a competition for cash, equipment, qualified contractors and finished fuel.
Task and Purpose reported that since April 2024, the Air Force has announced 76 Distinguished Flying Cross awards linked to combat flights that countered Iranian missiles and drones, but released little about what happened on those missions. This is not a debate about whether aircrews fought bravely. It is about what the public is allowed to know after the fact. Clear, factual citations help Americans understand the risks, actions, and skill that earned the medal.