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A Morning Thought @ 2314

The ELN At The Crossroads @ Part Two

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ In the first part of this article, I looked at the reaction of the commentators to the ELN attack in Arauca and finished by saying that the ideas and proposals, the political programmes were more important.Photo: Gearóid Ó Loingsigh, Cesar, Colombia Everyone wants to talk about the violence but not the proposals of the violent ones, if it is the case that they

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Three 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 Curious‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief saysIsrael's Ferocious Bombing of Northern Gaza Halts Polio

Palestine

Frankie Quinn with a poem from his book Open Gates.PalestineYou can’t stop what’s steeped in pain,Or hammer down the head of thoseWho are willing to die in anOcean of blood,Below the surface is freedom.♞♜♝When you raise the clenched fist:To salute a victory?Or strike another?Bring another victim to the tableLet them eat the pigs, rulers of this farm.♞♜♝Absolutes fall from the

Possible Legal Bar From Challenging Any Refusal To Hold Inquest

News Letter ✎ Written by Alan Erwin. Recommended by Christy Walsh.Michael Stone: Widow Of One Of Loyalist Killer's Victims May Be Legally Barred From Challenging Any Refusal To Hold Inquest, Court Told.​​The widow of one of loyalist killer Michael Stone’s victims may be legally barred from challenging the refusal to hold an inquest into her husband’s death, the High Court heard today.Thomas

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Three Hundred And Twenty Seven

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 CuriousAtheists Applaud Supreme Court’s Rejection of Effort to Limit Medication AbortionGeorgia Judge Lifts Abortion Ban After Deaths of

A Morning Thought @ 2313

BBC Concerned About A Russian Spy In The Dáil

Michael O’Rourke 🪶 Russophobia is reaching hysterical levels, stoked up continuously by the UK militarists and secret services.And unsurprisingly they have also launched their Russophobic campaign in Ireland since they privately regard Ireland as theirs to do with as they please, despite any pretence of respecting Irish sovereignty. The campaign in Ireland was recently kicked off with

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Three Hundred And Twenty Six

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 CuriousGaza: War has set Palestine’s development back nearly 70 yearsACLU rejects staff petition to divest from Israel and condemn war in

Spook Street

Anthony McIntyre 🔖 The title is a giveaway. It is either about spirits or spies, entities that in unsolicited fashion haunt or hunt others, often without reciprocation. Add the name Mick Herron and instantly the reader familiar with Slough House knows this book belongs to the espionage genre.Slow Horses are by no means safe horses. The Spook Street course is a fence-strewn