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Soapbox Sunday: June 12
Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE walk into a bar.
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Soapbox Sunday: June 5
Joe Biden and the gang go to Riyadh.
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May 2022
Preaching Fridays: May 27, 2022
Turkey signals its lust for Rojava.
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My First Normal Day Back
I am in remission.
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April 2021
Old Man Yells at Cloud: April 2nd
Bahrain and Israel are sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
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March 2021
Old Man Yells at Cloud: March 26th
We have to talk about Iran.
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Friday's Sermon: Mar 19/21
On the ten year anniversary of the NATO-led intervention in Libya, we reflect on the collapse of a country into open air slave markets.
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February 2021
Friday's Sermon: Feb 26/21
Joe Biden joins the illustrious list of US Presidents that authorize military action in the Middle East.
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On the 76th Anniversary of the US-Saudi Romance
Valentine's day of 1945 marked the first ever meeting between a US President and a king of Saudi Arabia. On the USS Quincy, romance blossomed, and the…
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Friday's Sermon: Feb 5/21
Biden says he will end Saudi's campaign against Yemen, but Saudi intervention has a long and bloody history.
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January 2021
Friday's Sermon: Jan 29/21
In today's weekly newsletter, I try to make sense of the great Battle of GameStop.
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December 2020
Bahrain's National Day: A Celebration of an Absolutist Monarchy
Why does Bahrain celebrate National Day on Dec 16, and not its actual Independence Day on Aug 14? We have a narcisstic feudal royal family to thank for…
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