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A Morning Thought @ 2427

Trump, Petro And Latin America

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ writing in Substack on 3-February-2025.Photo: Gearóid Ó Loingsigh, Catatumbo, ColombiaTrump began his second term with strong statements regarding Latin America. According to him, the USA does not need Latin America but rather Latin America needs the USA. “They need us more than we need them. We don’t need them; they need us. They all need us” and

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Twenty Nine

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousIsrael’s Netanyahu in US as more medical evacuees leave GazaThree Israeli captives released in GazaSanctioning Justice: The

Syria 🪶 Why Do Some Leftists Support The Brutality Of The Syrian Regime?

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières ✏ Sara Hanafi writes in  the Assad regime remains a litmus test for the global Left, with the Syrian right to liberation suppressed in favour of false stability.17-December-2024As a Palestinian-Syrian, I’m not exaggerating when I say that last Sunday was one of the happiest days of my life.It marked the fall of the Assad family regime — a system rooted in

The Valeries

Christopher Owens 🔖The handwritten letter.Once a vital tool in communicating, it has now become something twee. Something you could imagine being relegated to cardigan wearing twentysomethings who frame overpriced Glen Campbell records in their flat, have a broken typewriter as an ornament in their bedroom and tell the world that they’re bisexual despite exclusively dating members of the

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Twenty Eight

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousManager outlines the many pros - and the one con - of Drogheda United’s switch to full-time statusFormer Irish League star

A Morning Thought @ 2426

A Morning Thought @ 2425

Munich 67 Years On 🪶 Gone But Never Forgotten

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ Today, Thursday 6th February marks the 67th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster which cost the lives of eight Manchester United Footballers, the pride of their generation.It also cost the former Manchester City Goalkeeper Frank Swift, who was then working as a journalist for the News of the World his life. The Co. Pilot, Captain Kenneth Rayment also lost his life in

'Killed An American' 🪶 Expert Puts Trump On Notice Over President Causing 'Serious Damage'

Raw Story  ✏ Written by David McAfee. 25-January-2025 🪶Recommended by Christy Walsh.Donald Trump was warned by an expert on Saturday that the President is causing great harm to the world and the U.S.Atul Gawande, a former professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and former United States Agency for International Development official, took to social media over the