The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would be a digit of history. Her diary is relatable, and the thoughts that collected inside her being during a horrible time in history gives the reader an idea of who she was. She is immortalized because of the little things that she wrote, not because of any great deeds recorded by others. As a victim of tyranny she is remembered as an innocent murdered. She is a story found inside the numbers. Thanks to her diary, we have a human figure to know and mourn, despite the mechanized bureaucratic...
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Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called Jabhat al-Nusra, or the Nusra Front. Additionally, al-Qaeda allegedly did not carry out any military operations until December 2011 and did not announce its establishment until January 2012. However, there is evidence that al-Qaeda affiliated militants were involved in the Syrian conflict much earlier. Saudi intelligence...
Respiratory Therapy In The Age Of Covid W/Jonathan Munnier
Tommy asked Jonathan Munnier, a respiratory therapist, to join him and discuss his experiences in the last year as Covid took hold of the world. JonathanMunnier.com Donate
Tracking Covid-19 Excess Deaths Across Countries
The Economist takes a crack at it here. The subtitle reads: Official covid-19 death tolls still under-count the true number of fatalities
Iran: Deaths in custody. Sexual violence. Hunger strikes.
Nah. U.S.A. Today: What we uncovered inside ICE facilities across the US
Fact Check
Via Charles Burris, CNN guest says, “Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were in the last century. He may be responsible for many more million deaths than they were.” https://youtu.be/WhleTmCpZHA Of course the man is guilty of genocide, but get real.
Special Report: Inmate Deaths Reveal ‘Torturous’ Use of Tasers
Reuters does some journalism.
Special Report: Inmate Deaths Reveal 'Torturous' Use of Tasers
Reuters does some journalism.