Sri Lanka Collapsed First, but It Won’t Be the Last New York Times By Indrajit Samarajiva — Aug. 15, 2022, Mr. Samarajiva is a Sri Lankan writer who publishes at his blog Indi.ca. As a Sri Lankan, watching international news coverage of my country’s economic and political implosion is like showing up at your own … Continue reading Sri Lanka: What Goes Around Is Coming Around?
Russia and Ukraine step up propaganda war Gwynne Dyer10:50, Aug 15 2022 “This obviously does not happen because of a thrown butt,” said British Defense Minister Ben Wallace. But the Russian Ministry of Defence insisted that the explosions that destroyed at least eight warplanes at Saki Air Base in Russian-occupied Crimea on August 9 were … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Who Blew Up the Russian Airplanes in Crimea?
Spaghetti Sauce Is Under Threat as Water Crisis Slams Tomatoes Kim Chipman — August 13, 2022 (Bloomberg) — Tomatoes are getting squeezed. California leads the world in production of processing tomatoes — the variety that gets canned and used in commercial kitchens to make some of the most popular foods. The problem is the worst … Continue reading Good Grief! Here Comes The Tomato Crisis!
CNN Rush Transcript [text may not be in its final corrected form] from August 12 on the content and the significance of the retrieved TOP SECRET documents (emphasis added): Erin Burnett (CNN-OutFront): In all, 11 sets of classified documents, four of them, according to this receipt, marked top secret. Four of them marked top secret, … Continue reading CNN’s Top Experts Unpack the Secrets in Trump Boxes: “Stunning,””Egregious” & “Flagrant”
[NOTE: Gwynne Dyer has been reporting on and analyzing wars for decades; he has a doctorate in military history & strategy. Adela Raz was the last Afghan ambassador to the U. S. Their perspectives a year later are distinct, succinct, valuable and illuminating.] Afghanistan: down the memory hole Gwynne Dyer Aug 10, 2022 It’s only … Continue reading Update: Quotes of the Weekend: Two Glimpses of Afghanistan, A Year after Withdrawal