{"id":20155,"date":"2017-11-11T23:21:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T07:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=20155"},"modified":"2017-11-12T01:19:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T09:19:20","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-thank-you-for-your-mutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-thank-you-for-your-mutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: Thank You for Your Mutiny!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>We Say Fight Back!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sir! No Sir! Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jULC3SCX9wE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>November 9th and 10, 1938:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KRISTALLNACHT-The Night OF Broken Glass\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ynypuxgCbH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mussolini-hanging-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20163\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mussolini-hanging-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mussolini-hanging-2.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mussolini-hanging-2-150x145.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><em>above, the fate of millions of fascists, in this case, Mussolini<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>On November 11, 1887, Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, and Adolph Fischer, framed for the Haymarket bombing in Chicago, are executed. Spies\u2019 last words \u2014 \u201cThe day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today\u201d \u2014 are engraved on the Haymarket Martyrs\u2019 Monument in Chicago\u2019s Forest Home Cemetery.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Haymarket-x-spies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20169\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Haymarket-x-spies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Haymarket-x-spies.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Haymarket-x-spies-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Haymarket-x-spies-500x419.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Haymarket-x-spies-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"trb_ar_hl_t\">SDSU University Senate approves non-binding resolution to remove Aztec Warrior mascot&#8211;A 17 Year fight<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-Montezuma-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-Montezuma-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-Montezuma-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-Montezuma-2-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-Montezuma-2-500x222.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-Montezuma-2-768x341.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>S\u00a0 an Diego State University\u2019s Senate voted overwhelmingly to retire the Aztec mascot Tuesday night, just seven months after student leaders voted to keep it.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution, which is non-binding and is an advisory to the university president, calls to retire the human representation of an Aztec and the use of spears or \u201cweapons that connote barbaric representations of the Aztec culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also calls for creating a task force to investigate and make recommendations about the appropriateness of the continued usage of the Aztec moniker.<\/p>\n<p>The university Senate \u2014 composed of professors, lecturers, a coach, four staff members and administrators \u2014voted 52-15 in favor of the resolution.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/sports\/aztecs\/sd-sp-aztec-warrior-mascot-resolution-1008-story.html#nws=true\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/sports\/aztecs\/sd-sp-aztec-warrior-mascot-resolution-1008-story.html#nws=true<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"trb_ar_sponsoredmod\" data-v-ntidd=\"1069643\" data-adloader-networktype=\"nativo\" data-withinviewport-options=\"bottomOffset=100\" data-load-method=\"trb.vendor.nativo.init\" data-load-type=\"method\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_nt\">\u00a0The Daily Aztec, SDSU\u2019s student news organization, quoted Senate Chair Marcie Bober-Michel, a professor in the School of Journalism and Media Studies, as saying she was confident the resolution would not be approved by interim university President Sally Roush, but still would send a message and begin a discussion.<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>So why did SDSU adopt as a mascot a people who lived 1,000 miles away and centuries ago?<\/strong> <\/span>As Monge explains, it\u2019s a story tied to Mexican nationalism, inaccurate history, masculine pride and even a conspiracy involving the media and a coach.<\/p>\n<p>This is a public university,\u201d Monge said. \u201cWe\u2019re not supposed to perpetuate ignorance. We\u2019re suppose to be seekers of truth and knowledge, and the fact is that we continue to foist this ridiculous idea on students, on the faculty and the public. It\u2019s counter to our mission statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"trb_ar_sponsoredmod\" data-adloader-networktype=\"yieldmo\" data-v-ymid=\"ym_1606468342064200017\" data-role=\"delayload_item\" data-withinviewport-options=\"bottomOffset=100\" data-load-method=\"trb.vendor.yieldmo.init\" data-load-type=\"method\">\n<div id=\"ym_1606468342064200017\" class=\"ym ym_scroll\" data-id=\"ym_1\">\u00a0Monge laid out his case for changing the mascot in \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/sdsu-dspace.calstate.edu\/handle\/10211.3\/163428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fail Montezuma<\/a>,\u201d a thesis he presented last year to earn a master of arts in liberal arts and sciences.<\/div>\n<div data-id=\"ym_1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-racist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-racist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-racist.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-racist-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Monty-racist-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div data-id=\"ym_1\">\n<h1>Fail Montezuma! : the last vestiges of an obscured yet stubbornly persistent culture of racism at San Diego State University<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sdsu-dspace.calstate.edu\/handle\/10211.3\/163428\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">sdsu-dspace.calstate.edu\/handle\/10211.3\/163428<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Russian Revolution: Triumph or Tragedy  - Alan Woods vs. Orlando Figes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1UyhO1hMhrU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>The Little Red Schoolhouse<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/capitalist-school.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20167\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/capitalist-school.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/capitalist-school.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/capitalist-school-150x80.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\" data-role=\"content\">\n<div class=\"main wrapper clearfix\">\n<h1>Ex-San Ysidro School Superintendent\u2019s Compensation Makes Him Highest Paid In County, Second Highest In\u00a0State: 1\/3 of the students are homeless<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Taxpayers in the San Ysidro School District paid Superintendent Julio Fonseca, who resigned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/4108465-09-02-17-SYSD-Letter-From-Mr-Macias.html\">last month<\/a>, at least $1 million in total compensation for 26 months of work in one of San Diego County\u2019s poorest school districts.<\/p>\n<p><em>inewsource<\/em> is the first to detail Fonseca\u2019s compensation from his time in San Ysidro, including two little-known perks for life insurance and health care. His salary, benefits and severance package average out to make him the highest paid school district superintendent in San Diego County and the <a href=\"http:\/\/transparentcalifornia.com\/salaries\/search\/?q=Superintendent&amp;y=2016\">second highest<\/a> paid in California based on data from <a href=\"http:\/\/transparentcalifornia.com\/\">Transparent California<\/a>. The nonprofit think tank compiles public employee pay and pension information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he (Fonseca) abused his power. He took the board as fools,\u201d said school board member Rodolfo Linares, who believes he and his fellow trustees were misled last year when they approved certain benefits for the superintendent.<\/p>\n<p>Linares said he wants the board to investigate how that happened and wants the district to rescind Fonseca\u2019s nearly $376,000 separation agreement.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbs.org\/news\/2017\/oct\/19\/ex-san-ysidro-school-superintendents-compensation-\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.kpbs.org\/news\/2017\/oct\/19\/ex-san-ysidro-school-superintendents-compensation-\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>San Ysidro School District Has Spent $480K Trying to Recover $291K From Ex-Superintendent (again)<\/h1>\n<p>San Ysidro School District is still trying to recover more than $291,000 from disgraced former superintendent Manuel Paul, and has racked up far more than that in legal bills trying to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>The district has paid Long Beach law firm Leal-Trejo $480,000 as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/sdut-san-ysidro-sues-ex-superintendent-manuel-paul-2015feb06-story.html\">lawsuit against Paul<\/a>, filed in February 2015, according to figures provided to Voice of San Diego in response to a Public Records Act request.<\/p>\n<p>Paul received $211,000 in severance pay when he resigned in 2013, after being indicted in a South County schools <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/topics\/education\/untold-story-behind-sweetwater-schools-scandal\/\">corruption case<\/a> for failing to report contractor gifts. The district is going after Paul to get the payout back, as well as $80,000 in leave pay, other damages and attorney fees. If all goes well for the district, Paul will be the one paying the fees incurred.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/topics\/education\/san-ysidro-school-district-has-spent-480k-trying-to-recover-291k-from-ex-superintendent\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.voiceofsandiego.org\/topics\/education\/san-ysidro-school-district-has-spent-480k-trying-to-recover-291k-from-ex-superintendent\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Kelly-Tim-Mich.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Kelly-Tim-Mich.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Kelly-Tim-Mich.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Kelly-Tim-Mich-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Kelly-Tim-Mich-500x357.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Kelly-Tim-Mich-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CANNED EDUCATION NOMINEE BLAMES THE \u2018HATERS\u2019:<\/b> A Michigan Republican nominated for a top career and technical education position at the Education Department blamed the &#8220;deep state,&#8221; &#8220;haters&#8221; and federal employees who don&#8217;t like President Donald Trump for sinking his nomination, in an interview with Pro Education\u2019s Caitlin Emma. The Trump administration yanked the nomination of Michigan state Rep. Tim Kelly after blog posts Kelly wrote surfaced in which he called for banning all Muslims from air travel, said that women aren&#8217;t interested in science careers and labeled low-income preschool parents as &#8220;academically and socially needy.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/morningeducation\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.politico.com\/morningeducation\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>The International Hot War of the Rich on the Poor<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Perpetual-War-Snake-Mask.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Perpetual-War-Snake-Mask.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Perpetual-War-Snake-Mask.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Perpetual-War-Snake-Mask-141x150.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"buzz-title xs-mb1 \">US Wars Have Cost The Average American Taxpayer $23,386 Since 9\/11<\/h1>\n<p class=\"buzz-dek xs-mb1 md-mb2 \">\u201cWhen wars end, the costs don\u2019t stop, they grow.&#8221; And with the Trump administration&#8217;s buildup in Afghanistan, they&#8217;re not ending any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>The US wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan have cost the average American taxpayer $23,386 since 2001, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/watson.brown.edu\/costsofwar\/files\/cow\/imce\/papers\/2017\/Costs%20of%20U.S.%20Post-9_11%20NC%20Crawford%20FINAL%20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new analysis<\/a>. The figure is triple the estimate put forth by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon\u2019s most <a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/man\/eprint\/cow\/201706.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent estimate<\/a>, released in June this year, said the costs have amounted to $1.43 trillion over the last 16 years.<em><strong> T<\/strong><strong>hat figure is closer to $5.6 trillion i<\/strong><\/em>f you take into account the ongoing medical care for veterans of those conflicts, the war-related costs of the State and Homeland Security departments, as well as other costs that don\u2019t fall under the Defense Department, a report released this week by the <a href=\"http:\/\/watson.brown.edu\/costsofwar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Costs of War Project<\/a> at Brown University\u2019s Watson Center shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen wars end, the costs don\u2019t stop, they grow,\u201d Neta Crawford, the study\u2019s author and co-director of the Costs of War project, told BuzzFeed News. \u201cAnd these wars are being paid for on a credit card. That means that the next generation will have to pay for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the wars are not ending.<\/p>\n<p>The staggering costs are going to continue to multiply after the Trump administration\u2019s decision to increase the number of US troops in Afghanistan by 3,900. They will be joining the 11,000 already there to train and assist Afghan forces as they try to reverse the setbacks against the Taliban in recent years.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/verabergengruen\/us-wars-have-cost-the-average-american-taxpayer-23386-since?utm_term=.pwWnmEvMX#.keag93qJK\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.buzzfeed.com\/verabergengruen\/us-wars-have-cost-the-average-american-taxpayer-23386-since?utm_term=.pwWnmEvMX#.keag93qJK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dpfgUJDtCmk\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dpfgUJDtCmk<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"headline\" class=\"headline\">Saudi Arabia Says 200 Detained in Anti-Corruption Crackdown: Coup preps war with Iran<\/h1>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"253\" data-total-count=\"253\">More than 200 people have been summoned for questioning, and most are still detained, in a wide-ranging crackdown that Saudi Arabia says is aimed at rooting out corruption and reclaiming embezzled funds, the government said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"225\" data-total-count=\"478\">The kingdom\u2019s attorney general, Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb, said in a statement that Saudi authorities believed that at least $100 billion \u201chad been misused though systematic corruption and embezzlement over several decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"189\" data-total-count=\"667\">The statement provided new details about the crackdown, which has singled out some of the kingdom\u2019s most prominent princes, investors and media moguls, but left many questions unanswered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"407\" data-total-count=\"1074\">The government has portrayed the arrests as a crackdown on corruption, but critics see the detentions as an effort by the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to neutralize any remaining power centers in the kingdom that could challenge his rule. They also note that in a monarchy like Saudi Arabia, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/07\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-royal-family-corruption.html\">blurry lines between public and private money<\/a> make it unclear what exactly qualifies as corruption.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story-continues-1\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"247\" data-total-count=\"1321\">In the statement, Sheikh Saud said that 208 people had been summoned for questioning and that seven had been released without being charged. The arrests, he said, were based on three years of investigations that produced \u201cvery large\u201d evidence.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/09\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-corruption-arrests.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/09\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-corruption-arrests.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"story-top\">\n<div class=\"story-header-left twoCol\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Saudi-Iran war would create this domino effect of global disaster<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"cols2\">\n<div class=\"unit col1\">\n<article>\n<div class=\"story\">\n<div id=\"article_body\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"group-container \">\n<div class=\"embed-container image\">\n<p><a class=\"enlargeThisImage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/11\/10\/saudi-iran-war-would-create-domino-effect-of-global-disaster-commentary.html#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fm.cnbc.com\/applications\/cnbc.com\/resources\/img\/editorial\/2016\/04\/25\/103576191-GettyImages-522700852r.530x298.jpg?v=1505487615\" alt=\"Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" data-enlarged-image=\"https:\/\/fm.cnbc.com\/applications\/cnbc.com\/resources\/img\/editorial\/2016\/04\/25\/103576191-GettyImages-522700852r.1910x1000.jpg?v=1505487615\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"attribution\">Bandar Algaloud | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Events appear to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/11\/08\/us-blames-iran-for-yemen-missile-attack.html\">spinning out of control in the Middle East<\/a>, and the threat a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/11\/07\/trump-may-have-pushed-saudi-arabia-and-iran-closer-to-war-commentary.html\">Saudi-Iranian war<\/a> is looking increasingly credible. Make no mistake, an out and out conflict between the two nations would be an unmitigated disaster for the region and the world.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest incident, Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a missile targeting a Saudi airport near Riyadh. The missile was intercepted, but a Saudi-led military coalition battling the Yemeni rebels called the attack a &#8220;blatant military aggression by the Iranian regime which may amount to an act of war.&#8221; The Saudis reserved the &#8220;right to respond&#8221;, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The major OPEC oil producers, all abutting the Persian Gulf, export almost 20 percent of the world&#8217;s oil supply through the Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf to global markets. The strait, a mere 34 miles wide at its narrowest, sits pinched between Iran to the north and Oman to the south. Were a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran to erupt, this chokepoint could easily be closed.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, shipping could stop even before a single ship is damaged. If insurers perceive an imminent risk of attack on a tanker in the region, they would either suspend insurance or charge exorbitant rates for coverage. Under the circumstances, vessel owners could opt to wait out the hostilities rather than risk their tankers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Of course, the strait could also be closed as a direct result of military hostilities, for example, by Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of such a closure on the global economy would be severe and immediate. For example, the Suez Crisis of 1957 saw 10 percent of the world&#8217;s oil production taken off the market. Within a month, the U.S. and Europe were facing a recession which would last the better part of a year.<\/p>\n<p>In 1973, the Arab-Israeli War and resulting Arab OPEC embargo would bring long lines to gas stations as the oil price quadrupled. On an annual basis, global oil production held steady, but Persian Gulf exports to the U.S. fell by 1.2 million barrels \/ day, or about 7 percent of total U.S. consumption. This oil shock would plunge the U.S. into a recession which lasted for two years.<\/p>\n<p>In the event of a Saudi-Iranian hostilities lead to a sustained outage of Persian Gulf exports, a severe and prompt global recession will follow similarly.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/11\/10\/saudi-iran-war-would-create-domino-effect-of-global-disaster-commentary.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.cnbc.com\/2017\/11\/10\/saudi-iran-war-would-create-domino-effect-of-global-disaster-commentary.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"trb_outfit_primaryItem_article_title trb_outfit_featuredArticleTitle\"><a class=\"trb_outfit_primaryItem_article_title_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/military\/sd-me-freedom-investigation-20171110-story.html#nt=oft12aH-2la1\">Cascade of errors triggered leak debacle on $670.4 million warship<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"trb_outfit_primaryItem_article_content_text\">Leadership failures, crew incompetence and bad advice about how to fix a simple leak doomed a key engine on the littoral combat ship Freedom during a high-profile 2016 mishap, a Navy probe found. Completed on Oct. 4 and released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the investigative&#8230;report portrays multiple, serious and systemic problems on the vessel and in the larger littoral combat ship program.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What began as a simple leak detected on July 11, 2016, triggered a weeklong series of problems, all of them exacerbated by lax shipboard standards, poor leadership and the faulty input of outside experts who should have known better, the report determined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of this involved a crew making some bad mistakes. It started small but it never had to become a major engineering casualty,\u201d said U.S. Pacific Fleet spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Nicole Schwegman by telephone.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/military\/sd-me-freedom-\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/military\/sd-me-freedom-<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"contentContainer\">\n<div id=\"bodySidebar\">\n<div id=\"right-panel\">\n<div class=\"sectionSpecialized dartTag ui-ad ad300x250 ad\">\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aircraft-carrier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aircraft-carrier.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aircraft-carrier.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aircraft-carrier-150x68.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aircraft-carrier-500x226.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aircraft-carrier-768x347.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/a>Experience being aboard a modern carrier at sea in the\u00a0new giant-screen film <em>Aircraft Carrier: Guardian of the Seas<\/em>, premiering at the Fleet Science Center\u00a0on Friday, November 10, 2017. This film is screening in California only at the Fleet Science Center, in the incredible\u00a0Eugene Heikoff and Marilyn\u00a0Jacobs\u00a0Heikoff Giant IMAX<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Dome Theater.<\/p>\n<p><em>Aircraft Carrier<\/em> is an immersive film packed with adrenaline-laced visuals and human stories. It pays stirring tribute to the crucial role modern aircraft carriers play in maintaining the freedom of the seas and keeping the sea lanes open for commerce.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Come aboard and experience a city at sea!<\/li>\n<li><em>Aircraft Carrier<\/em> takes audiences to RIMPAC\u2014the Rim of the Pacific maritime exercises.<\/li>\n<li>More than 22 nations and 55 ships participate in RIMPAC, along with 92 aircraft and helicopters on the carrier itself.<\/li>\n<li>Featured in<em> Aircraft Carrier<\/em> are USS Ronald Reagan, a carrier based in San Diego from 2006 to 2015, now based in Japan, and USS Theodore Roosevelt, which moved to San Diego in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Take a fascinating look back at the role of ships and aircraft carriers throughout history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhfleet.org\/shows\/aircraft-carrier\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.rhfleet.org\/shows\/aircraft-carrier<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"page-title\">Heap Love on your Aircraft Carrier<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-title\">Guardian of the Seas&#8211;In IMax! Well, ask and E4 about carrier life<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sectionSpecialized dartTag ui-ad ad300x250 ad\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PsULYSptaj4\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PsULYSptaj4<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div class=\"column1\">\n<div id=\"detailview-panel\">\n<div class=\"pageTitle\">\n<h1>MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY #242!<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Lively video inside slightly marred by the below <a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/marine-corps-birthday\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.military.com\/marine-corps-birthday<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Notorious Parris Island drill instructor convicted of abusing recruits<\/h1>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Felix has been found guilty of physically abusing Marine recruits at Parris Island, including Raheel Siddiqui, who jumped to his death after Felix slapped him, Marine Corps Times has learned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Felix has been at the center of the Parris Island hazing scandal that came to light after Siddiqui\u2019s death in March 2016. Felix was accused of targeting Muslim recruits for special hazing, often calling them \u201cterrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Felix\u2019 trial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, will now enter the sentencing phase. Training and Education Command was expected to issue a statement about the jury\u2019s verdict later on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Initially a 7257 air traffic controlman, Felix has serve in the Marine Corps for 15 years and is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran. He has four daughters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<div class=\"element element-interstitial-link\">\n<article class=\"story-item story-teaser story-teaser-normal\">\n<header class=\" header-spacer\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-3\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"lazy-wrapper promo-img-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/2017\/11\/06\/the-more-you-hate-them-the-better-you-train-them-parris-islands-most-notorious-drill-instructor-on-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/4ZOH7DNLIVBIHI4EZ6ICEWUEAY.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018The more you hate them, the better you train them\u2019: Parris Island\u2019s most notorious drill instructor on trial\" data-original=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/4ZOH7DNLIVBIHI4EZ6ICEWUEAY.jpg\" \/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-9 text-wrap-stack\">\n<h5 class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/2017\/11\/06\/the-more-you-hate-them-the-better-you-train-them-parris-islands-most-notorious-drill-instructor-on-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u2018The more you hate them, the better you train them\u2019: Parris Island\u2019s most notorious drill instructor on trial<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Felix is on trial for allegedly hazing recruits from three different platoon, and singling out Muslim recruits for abuse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"byline\"><span class=\"by\">By: <\/span> <span class=\"author-name by\">Jeff Schogol<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Prosecutors had argued that Felix targeted Siddiqui as part of a wider pattern of abuse that included slapping, hitting and choking recruits. After Siddiqui died, Felix told an investigator that he intentionally treated Marines badly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">\u201cYou have to hate recruits to train them,\u201d Felix told the investigator, according to Marine prosecutor Capt. Corey Wielert. \u201cThey get three meals a day, sleep eight hours. The more you hate them, the better you train them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">On March 18, 2016, Siddiqui handed his drill instructors a note saying he could not talk, but Felix made him run to one end of the squad bay and back because he could not give the greeting of the day. When Siddiqui collapsed to the floor while clutching his neck, Felix slapped him. Siddiqui then ran to a nearby stairwell and leapt over the railing, falling nearly 40 feet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container signup newsletter\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-subscribe\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-subscribe-signup subtitle col-xs-12 col-sm-8\"><span class=\"title\">Get the Marine Corps Times Daily News Roundup<\/span><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t miss the top Marine Corps stories, delivered each afternoon<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsletter-subscribe-signup col-xs-12 col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fcK4Zp1vjDyyzq\" class=\"wrapper clearfix col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-mco-body\">\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"article-body article-body-elements\">\n<article>\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"container signup newsletter\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-subscribe\">\n<form id=\"newsletterForm\" action=\"https:\/\/link.militarytimes.com\/s\/Editorial+-+Marine+Corps+-+Daily+News+Roundup\" method=\"POST\" name=\"emailsignup\" target=\"subscribeFrame\"><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Navy Lt. Cmdr. Clay Bridges, Felix\u2019s lead defense attorney, had argued in court that Felix slapped Siddiqui after other attempts to revive him did not work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">\u201cAt that point, fear and instinct kick in,\u201d Bridges said. \u201cAre you OK? Slap. Are you OK? Slap. It\u2019s not maltreatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">However, one witness testified that Felix had told recruits prior to the incident that Siddiqui \u201csmelled like a terrorist,\u201d the Detroit Free Press <a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/wayne\/2017\/11\/06\/drill-sergeant-siddiqui-smelled-like-terrorist\/836334001\/\" data-original-title=\"\">reported<\/a>. Bryce Herman said that Felix made the comment \u201cwith a straight face.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Although several witnesses testified Felix called Siddiqi a \u201cterrorist\u201d and slapped him after he collapsed, former drill instructor Christopher Minie <a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2017\/11\/07\/recruit-testimony-sergeant-targeted-siddiqui\/840217001\/\" data-original-title=\"\">told jurors<\/a> he never saw Felix physically abuse Siddiqui or single him out for punishment, according to the Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Lt. Col. John Norman argued for the prosecution that Minie was just trying to help Felix, who is his friend, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<div class=\"element element-interstitial-link\">\n<article class=\"story-item story-teaser story-teaser-normal\">\n<header class=\" header-spacer\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-3\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"lazy-wrapper promo-img-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/11\/01\/parris-island-drill-instructor-accused-of-preying-on-three-muslim-recruits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/U5WXCMYCKVGYBE45ZW6OTYWILM.jpg\" alt=\"Parris Island drill instructor accused of preying on three Muslim recruits\" data-original=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/U5WXCMYCKVGYBE45ZW6OTYWILM.jpg\" \/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-9 text-wrap-stack\">\n<h5 class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/11\/01\/parris-island-drill-instructor-accused-of-preying-on-three-muslim-recruits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Parris Island drill instructor accused of preying on three Muslim recruits<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">Two of the recruits were told to sit in a commercial dryer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"byline\"><span class=\"by\">By: <\/span> <span class=\"author-name by\">Jeff Schogol<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">At the beginning of Felix\u2019 trial, the military judge presiding over the court-martial told jurors that they could not draw any conclusions about what caused Siddiqui\u2019s death. They could only recognize that Siddiqui cannot testify because he is dead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Siddiqui\u2019s family has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the Marine Corps, claiming that the government is responsible for the wrongful death of the 20-year-old Pakistani-American from Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Felix was accused of abusing two other Muslims: One recruit and one Marine. He allegedly ordered both to sit in a commercial dryer. Lance Cpl. Ameer Bourmeche testified that after he got in the dryer, it was turned on three times and he was only let out after he said he was no longer a Muslim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Bourmeche also testified that Felix made him conduct a mock execution of a fellow Marine by simulating chopping his head off while yelling \u201cAllahu akbar.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Lance Cpl. Austin Trausi, who was in Siddiqui\u2019s platoon, testified that Felix said Muslims should not be allowed to join the Marine Corps, media outlets reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">\u201cHe would say: \u2018Why do we let Muslim terrorists join the Marine Corps?\u2019\u201d Trausi testified, according to the <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2017\/11\/07\/marine-drill-instructor-targeted-weaker-recruits\/107434092\/\" data-original-title=\"\">Detroit News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fxwMfS1vjDyyzq\" class=\"wrapper clearfix pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-global-mco-recommend\">\n<div id=\"recommendations\">\n<div class=\"recommendation col-xs-6 col-md-3 last\">\n<h5>Marine commander fired after recruit&#8217;s death at boot camp\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/11\/10\/court-martial-convicts-notorious-parris-island-drill-instructor-of-abusing-rec\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/11\/10\/court-martial-convicts-notorious-parris-island-drill-instructor-of-abusing-rec<\/a><\/h5>\n<h1 class=\"pg-headline\">Old Fatso Trump sarcastically responds to Kim Jong Un insults<\/h1>\n<p>The US president, <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a>, said in a tweet on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had insulted him by calling him \u201cold\u201d and said he would never call Kim \u201cshort and fat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In one of a series of tweets after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/vietnam\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Vietnam<\/a>, Trump said: \u201cWhy would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me \u2018old,\u2019 when I would NEVER call him \u2018short and fat?\u2019 Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend \u2013 and maybe someday that will happen!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"share share--lightweight show ghost-column\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dotard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dotard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dotard.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dotard-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The International Economic War of the Rich on the Poor<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Trump-china-wall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Trump-china-wall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Trump-china-wall.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Trump-china-wall-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Trump-china-wall-500x379.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Trump-china-wall-768x582.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>The Economic War of the Rich on the Poor <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"hed\" data-reactid=\"174\">\u201cHow to Play Trump\u201d: The Donald Gets Rolled in China<\/h1>\n<div class=\"dek\" data-reactid=\"175\"><span data-reactid=\"176\">So much for Beijing \u201craping\u201d and \u201ckilling\u201d the United States.<\/span><\/div>\n<p data-reactid=\"227\">While China may be the key to resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/people\/donald-trump#intcid=dt-hot-link\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong> arrived in Beijing Wednesday with shockingly little leverage. On the campaign trail, Trump accused China of economic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/05\/01\/politics\/donald-trump-china-rape\/index.html\">\u201crape\u201d<\/a> and \u201ckilling us\u201d on trade, and vowed to label the nation currency manipulators on \u201cday one.\u201d Ten months into the Trump experiment, however, most of the ex-reality star\u2019s threats to reverse America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-11-08\/china-exports-hold-up-as-international-demand-remains-resilient\">$327 billion trade deficit<\/a> with China seem to have been for show. And, 6 days into his 12-day tour of Asia, it is increasingly clear how the president keeps getting rolled.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"228\">Asia is \u201cnot ignorant that this is a president who is particularly responsive to flattery,\u201d <strong>Lindsey Ford<\/strong> of the Asia Society Policy Institute <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/pomp-flattery-asia-rolls-red-carpets-trump-51033579\">told<\/a> the Associated Press, predicting that the Chinese specifically would \u201cabsolutely go over the top\u201d to stroke Trump\u2019s ego. The pageantry began early: in Japan, Prime Minister <strong>Shinzo Abe,<\/strong> who was the first world leader to kiss the ring at Trump Tower last November, served Trump a burger made with American beef for lunch, treated him to a round of golf, and presented matching MAGA\u2013esque hats that read \u201cDonald and Shinzo, Make alliance even greater.\u201d In South Korea, where Trump was greeted at Seoul\u2019s Blue House by soldiers in brightly colored costumes and children shouting excitedly upon his arrival, President <strong>Moon Jae-in,<\/strong> doing his best impression of 45, said, \u201cI believe it has not been one year yet, your time in office, but you are already making great progress on making America great again, as you have promised on the campaign trail.\u201d That was followed by an unintentionally hilarious banquet that had all the trappings of a wedding between two people who had just met, including a logo that read \u201cWe Go Together\u201d and a slideshow featuring pictures of Trump and Moon together, in which, as the AP amazingly pointed out, \u201cmany of the photos featured the same scenes, shot from different angles.\u201d And then it was off to China, where the world\u2019s most easily manipulated leader was <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/pomp-flattery-asia-rolls-red-carpets-trump-51033579\">treated to this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gates-bezos-buffett.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gates-bezos-buffett.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gates-bezos-buffett.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gates-bezos-buffett-150x74.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content__header tonal__header\">\n<div class=\"gs-container\">\n<div class=\"content__main-column u-cf\">\n<h1 class=\"content__headline\">Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett are wealthier than poorest half of US<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tonal__standfirst u-cf\">\n<div class=\"gs-container\">\n<div class=\"content__main-column\">\n<div class=\"content__standfirst\" data-link-name=\"standfirst\" data-component=\"standfirst\">\n<p>Institute for Policy Studies warns of a \u2018moral crisis\u2019 and says Trump tax change proposals will exacerbate disparities<\/p>\n<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\" data-test-id=\"article-review-body\">\n<p>The three richest people in the US \u2013 Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/warrenbuffett\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Warren Buffett<\/a> \u2013 own as much wealth as the bottom half of the US population, or 160 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis of the wealth of America\u2019s richest people found that Gates, Bezos and Buffett were sitting on a combined $248.5bn (\u00a3190bn) fortune. The Institute for Policy Studies said the growing gap between rich and poor had created a \u201cmoral crisis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a report, the <a class=\"u-underline\" draggable=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/inequality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BILLIONAIRE-BONANZA-2017-Embargoed.pdf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Billionaire Bonanza<\/a>, the thinktank said Donald Trump\u2019s tax change proposals would \u201cexacerbate existing wealth disparities\u201d as 80% of tax benefits would end up going to the wealthiest 1% of households.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWealth inequality is on the rise,\u201d said Chuck Collins, an economist and co-author of the report. \u201cNow is the time for actions that reduce inequality, not tax cuts for the very wealthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The study found that the billionaires included in Forbes magazine\u2019s <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes-400\/#4d9f20267e2f\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">list of the 400 richest people in the US<\/a> were worth a combined $2.68tn \u2013 more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur wealthiest 400 now have more wealth combined than the bottom 64% of the US population, an estimated 80m households or 204 million people,\u201d the report says. \u201cThat\u2019s more people than the population of Canada and Mexico combined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report says the \u201cbillionaire class\u201d continues to \u201cpull apart from the rest of us\u201d at the fastest rate ever recorded. \u201cWe have not witnessed such extreme levels of concentrated wealth and power since the <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2017\/oct\/26\/worlds-witnessing-a-new-gilded-age-as-billionaires-wealth-swells-to-6tn\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">first gilded age<\/a> a century ago.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2017\/nov\/08\/bill-gates-jeff-bezos-warren-buffett-wealthier-than-poorest-half-of-us\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.theguardian.com\/business\/2017\/nov\/08\/bill-gates-jeff-bezos-warren-buffett-wealthier-than-poorest-half-of-us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/moneybags-shoot-not-people.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/moneybags-shoot-not-people.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/moneybags-shoot-not-people.jpg 944w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/moneybags-shoot-not-people-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/moneybags-shoot-not-people-500x324.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/moneybags-shoot-not-people-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>The Emergence of Fascism as a Popular Mass Movement and <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>The War on Reason<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Polish-fascist-Nov-11-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Polish-fascist-Nov-11-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Polish-fascist-Nov-11-2017.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Polish-fascist-Nov-11-2017-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Polish-fascist-Nov-11-2017-500x312.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title\">Thousands of nationalists, fascists march in Warsaw<\/h1>\n<p>Thousands of nationalists and fascists gathered in Warsaw on Saturday to attend an annual &#8220;Independence March&#8221; under the banner: &#8220;We Want God&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The rally, which began at 3pm (14:00 GMT) local time, coincides with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/poland.html\">Poland&#8217;s<\/a> independence day on November 11.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organisers, the event is the biggest &#8220;patriotic&#8221; gathering of its kind in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect something like 100,000 people to attend this year,&#8221; said Al Jazeera&#8217;s David Chater, reporting from Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers later claimed the number had exceeded that estimate.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the chants early on in the day included: &#8220;Great national Poland, religion is the basis of the Polish nation, Great Catholic Poland and one nation across the borders&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Later chants directed expletives at refugees, leftists, liberal media outlers, and the US.<\/p>\n<p>A countermarch organised by Antifa Warsaw drew around 5,000 participants, according to lidia Domanska, one of those involved.<\/p>\n<p>She said it was the biggest anti-fascist demonstration on the Independence Day in recent years and had passed without incident\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/11\/thousands-fascists-march-warsaw-171111052813155.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/11\/thousands-fascists-march-warsaw-171111052813155.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Solidarity for Never<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>This:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In the Year of the Pig - 1968 - Full Movie\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sz8H_oi1ck0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"headline\" class=\"headline\">For this?In Danang, Vietnam, Trump Makes a Friendlier American Landing<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Hint: socialism failed&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"290\" data-total-count=\"290\">Visiting Vietnam for the first time, President Trump arrived for an economic summit meeting on Friday in a country still grappling with the legacy of its war with the United States two generations ago \u2014 land mines and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/09\/15\/opinion\/agent-orange-vietnam-effects.html\">Agent Orange<\/a>, and some three million people killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"110\" data-total-count=\"400\">Yet here in Vietnam, bitter memories of the war have dissipated \u2014 even if its poisonous inheritance has not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"280\" data-total-count=\"680\">\u201cBoth Vietnam and America lost so many men and shared such terrible pain,\u201d said Do Tuan, who won a medal for his bravery in fighting American soldiers during the war and is now a businessman in Hanoi. \u201cThe America of the past and the America of the present are different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"200\" data-total-count=\"880\">Mr. Trump, in fact, is more popular in Vietnam than he is back at home, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2017\/11\/03\/opinions-in-asian-countries-on-trump-trip\/\">Pew survey<\/a> that found that 58 percent of Vietnamese were confident in his ability to guide international affairs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"danangmap\" class=\"interactive interactive-embedded limit-small layout-small\"><figcaption class=\"interactive-caption\"><\/figcaption><div class=\"interactive-graphic\">\n<div id=\"g-web-DANANGmap-box\" class=\"ai2html\">\n<div id=\"g-web-DANANGmap-Artboard_2\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3\" data-min-width=\"300\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai0-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/11\/10\/danangmap\/16b515e8103cda947976fd502148fa75e6d0d3bf\/web-DANANGmap-Artboard_2.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/11\/10\/danangmap\/16b515e8103cda947976fd502148fa75e6d0d3bf\/web-DANANGmap-Artboard_2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"footer\">\u00a0The legacy of the Vietnam War \u2014 or the American War, as it is known here \u2014 is particularly resonant in Danang, the first stop on Mr. Trump\u2019s two-day tour of Vietnam. The central Vietnamese city is hosting the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting, where Mr. Trump is expected to give a speech on the American vision for growth in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"story-continues-1\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"220\" data-total-count=\"1478\">In 1965, the Ninth Marine Expeditionary Brigade, the first conventional American combat unit deployed in Vietnam, landed on a beach in Danang. Hundreds of thousands more troops would follow over the next few years alone.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story-continues-3\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"162\" data-total-count=\"1640\">Danang\u2019s prettiest stretch of sand, known then as China Beach, gave American troops a sun and surf respite from the war, even as the Communist forces closed in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"386\" data-total-count=\"2026\">Today Danang\u2019s beaches once again lure visitors, and a building frenzy of resorts has brought five-star luxury to one of the world\u2019s five remaining Communist nations. Danang\u2019s city planners fought hard to win rights to host the APEC forum, which will see the leaders of 21 economies in attendance, including President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Xi Jinping of China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"266\" data-total-count=\"2292\">Signs of the warming relationship between the United States and Vietnam are in evidence down the coast from Danang, where an American aircraft carrier is scheduled to make a port call next year, most likely at Cam Ranh Bay, the naval base once used by the Americans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"326\" data-total-count=\"2618\">\u201cWhen we fight, we must use everything we have, the ancient jungle and the deep ocean, the rivers and the mountains and our bones and flesh,\u201d said Dao Kim Long, a veteran of the American War who also fought the French as a 14-year-old guerrilla. \u201cBut when we shake hands, we can begin a friendship with all our heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"258\" data-total-count=\"2876\">Vietnam\u2019s tilt toward the United States owes much to the looming shadow of a far more enduring and challenging antagonist: China. Like many countries in the region, Vietnam is keen for an American counterweight to balance against the growing heft of China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"315\" data-total-count=\"3191\">In May, the Vietnamese were given a United States Coast Guard cutter and six new patrol boats to defend the swath of the South China Sea that Hanoi considers its own. Beijing, which has more aggressively asserted that nearly the entire waterway is its own, has clashed repeatedly with Vietnam over competing claims.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/09\/world\/asia\/trump-apec-danang-vietnam-china.html?hp&#038;action=click&#038;pgtype=Homepage&#038;clickSource=story-heading&#038;module=first-column-region&#038;region=top-news&#038;WT.nav=top-news&#038;_r=0\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/09\/world\/asia\/trump-apec-danang-vietnam-china.html?hp&#038;action=click&#038;pgtype=Homepage&#038;clickSource=story-heading&#038;module=first-column-region&#038;region=top-news&#038;WT.nav=top-news&#038;_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Spy versus Spy<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SOA-Watch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20182\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SOA-Watch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1201\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SOA-Watch.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SOA-Watch-150x60.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SOA-Watch-500x201.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SOA-Watch-768x310.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SOA&#8211;Our Mission:<\/h3>\n<p>SOA Watch is a nonviolent grassroots movement working to close the SOA \/ WHINSEC and similar centers\u00a0that train state actors such as military, law enforcement and border patrol. We strive to\u00a0expose, denounce, and end US militarization, oppressive US policies and other forms of state violence in the Americas.\u00a0\u00a0We act in solidarity with organizations and movements working for justice and peace throughout the Americas.<\/p>\n<h3>Our demands:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>An end to US economic, military and political intervention in Latin America<\/li>\n<li>Demilitarization and divestment of the borders<\/li>\n<li>An end to the racist systems of oppression that criminalize and kill migrants, refugees and communities of color<\/li>\n<li>Respect, dignity, justice and the right to self-determination of communities<\/li>\n<li>An end to Plan M\u00e9rida and the Alliance for Prosperity\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soaw.org\/border\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.soaw.org\/border\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>The Magical Mystery Tour<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"headline\" class=\"headline\">God, Jesus and Vietnam<\/h1>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"121\" data-total-count=\"3180\">&#8230;\u201cWell, if you\u2019re just here to look after us sheep, how come you got that?\u201d I pointed to the M-16 Father Lyons held.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"231\" data-total-count=\"3411\">He looked down at the weapon and shook his head slowly. \u201cI\u2019d be happy not to have to carry one of these, and I hope I never have to use it,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I\u2019m afraid the VC don\u2019t make exceptions for Catholic priests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"358\" data-total-count=\"3769\">\u201cI understand that, sir, but that\u2019s the point. You\u2019ve got an excuse. Colonel Gravel\u2019s got an excuse. General Westmoreland\u2019s got an excuse. President Johnson\u2019s got an excuse. I\u2019m up to my earlobes in everybody\u2019s excuses. Either you\u2019re a Christian, or you\u2019re not a Christian. There\u2019s nothing ambiguous about \u2018Thou shalt not kill.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"244\" data-total-count=\"4013\">\u201cYou\u2019re right, of course,\u201d said Father Lyons. \u201cBut it\u2019s just not that simple. Nobody\u2019s perfect, son. We\u2019re all human beings. God made us in his image, and he knows we\u2019re going to fall. That\u2019s what Jesus Christ is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"433\" data-total-count=\"4446\">\u201cThat just don\u2019t get it, Father. These guys believe in you. They trust you. You tell \u2019em they\u2019re gonna be forgiven, and they just keep praying and shooting and praying and shooting, and thinking they\u2019re gonna go to heaven. You think God gives a big rat\u2019s ass about Communism and democracy and domino theories? I just hope to high heaven there ain\u2019t any God, because we\u2019re all in a whole lot of trouble if there is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"105\" data-total-count=\"4551\">\u201cCorporal Ehrhart, have you ever thought about applying for a discharge as a conscientious objector?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"184\" data-total-count=\"4735\">\u201cOh, no. No way. End up in Portsmouth Naval Prison for 20 years? I\u2019ve got enough trouble as it is. I\u2019ve got four more months to go in this cesspool, and then I\u2019m outta here.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/10\/opinion\/god-jesus-and-vietnam.html?smid=fb-share&#038;_r=0\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/10\/opinion\/god-jesus-and-vietnam.html?smid=fb-share&#038;_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>The Best and Worst Things in the History of the World<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hair-raising drive through Delhi smog - BBC News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RlFgFGSStbo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NTDLifeOfficial\/videos\/461310087713791\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/NTDLifeOfficial\/videos\/461310087713791<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ABCNews\/videos\/10156532293918812\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/ABCNews\/videos\/10156532293918812\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>So Long<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Say Fight Back! November 9th and 10, 1938: above, the fate of millions of fascists, in this case, Mussolini On November 11, 1887, Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, and Adolph Fischer, framed for the Haymarket bombing in Chicago, are executed. 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