Category Archives: Fire This Time

CNN’s Top Experts Unpack the Secrets in Trump Boxes: “Stunning,””Egregious” & “Flagrant”

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” →

Update: Quotes of the Weekend: Two Glimpses of Afghanistan, A Year after Withdrawal

[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 →

Charlottesville: Anniversary of An Atrocity

I Was Injured by a White Supremacist in Charlottesville. Strangers Lifted Me Up. New York Times — Aug. 11, 2022 By Constance Paige Young Ms. Paige Young is a racial justice activist and an advocate for survivors of sexual violence. She was among the counterprotesters injured in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017. In July 2017 … Continue reading Charlottesville: Anniversary of An Atrocity →

War Notes: Russian Recruitment Woes

AP News: Russia struggles to replenish its troops in Ukraine BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — August 11, 2022 The prisoners at the penal colony in St. Petersburg were expecting a visit by officials, thinking it would be some sort of inspection. Instead, men in uniform arrived and offered them amnesty — if they agreed to … Continue reading War Notes: Russian Recruitment Woes →

The “Quaker Scout”: Highlighting A Very Relevant Piece of Quaker History

In 1848 Quaker farmer Jonathan Roberts moved his family south from New Jersey to a new farm in northern VA in 1848. He arrived with high hopes and even higher ideals. The new spread adjoined George Washington’s Mt. Vernon plantation, already a historic site for the still-young nation. Yet with its distinguished lineage, the property … Continue reading The “Quaker Scout”: Highlighting A Very Relevant Piece of Quaker History →