The micro-suicide drone, just in time for Christmas Gwynne Dyer — Dec 20 2022 Some lucky boys and girls are going to find micro-suicide drones in their stockings this Christmas! Get your orders in now! I was idly scanning the website of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, as one does, and I came across a story … Continue reading New for Christmas: Pocket-Sized Killer Drones
The Guardian — Mon 19 Dec 2022 Dutch Prime Minister apologises for Netherlands’ role in slave trade PM Mark Rutte says Dutch state ‘enabled, encouraged and profited from slavery’ for centuries Jon Henley Europe correspondent Mark Rutte has offered a formal apology on behalf of the Dutch state for the Netherlands’ historical role in the … Continue reading Follow-up: Apology for Slavery in Suriname Delivered by Dutch PM
Enough babble about the World Cup. Spare me the hype surrounding the Super Bowl. I’m not even thinking of MLB Spring Training. There’s a spot in the Big American History Record Book waiting to be filled, and I’m fed up & full to the eyebrows with waiting.
[NOTE: While this interview is with a Catholic theologian/sociologist, and his new book about “nonverts” has a chapter devoted to Catholic church dropouts, that’s not what the book is mainly about, or why it interests me. Quakers interest me, especially U. S. Quakers. I don’t know if the author mention Quakers, but it’s clear enough … Continue reading New Book Marks the Coming of Ex-Christian America
AP News: Caribbean divided as Netherlands mulls slavery apology BY GEROLD ROZENBLAD AND DÁNICA COTO December 17, 2022 PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Dutch colonizers kidnapped men, women and children and enslaved them on plantations growing sugar, coffee and other goods that built wealth at the price of misery. On Monday, the Netherlands is … Continue reading Dutch To Apologize for Caribbean Slavery. Reparations?