cjcarpenter
@cjcarpenter.bsky.social
Humanist. Misanthrope. Conflicted.
A real window to understanding the war (and perhaps the future) from an Israeli perspective. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...
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The most important conversation you'll hear this month, Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...
Opinion | Trump’s War of Choice Will Become a War of Regret
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The American people should know that if Donald Trump uses our military to carry out his threats against Iran tomorrow, every one of us is going to own a piece of the war crime.
Supreme Court Agrees with Trump: “OK to ignore Congress”
Do people really not understand how dramatically the Trump-Netanyahu war dynamic has changed today?
So interesting that a second U.S. aircraft has been shot down using passive infrared while Israeli planes seem to be immune...
The best, most comprehensive and insightful discussion of the current crisis in Iran that I have encountered -- a truly important conversation.
The best, most comprehensive and insightful discussion of the current crisis in Iran that I have encountered -- a truly important conversation.
Why do I have the feeling that this is a head fake? In any event, Iran is rich in uranium ore so at best stealing its stockpile of the processed stuff buys some time.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/o...
Opinion | It’s Not Trump. It’s America.
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The Trump Administration attempted to make an example of Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. Instead, Minnesotans set an example for the rest of the country that decency and compassion will always triumph over fear and division. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
People of Twin Cities awarded JFK Profile in Courage Award over resistance to ICE surge
The people of Minneapolis-St. Paul are being honored with a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their response to the federal immigration enforcement operation this winter, the JFK Library Fo...
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Somehow, I see the role of the Vice President of the United States as being something more than the president's most senior ass kisser.
Nor can we solve our problems with the same people that created them. Just say no to the GOP.
Spare a few moments of thought for the young marines that are about to be launched into these idiot's pointless war.
And the Chinese, who buy over 80% of Iran's oil, remain inscrutable and uninvolved.
I watched several celebrations of Ashura in central Iran in the late 50s. I don't think our devout evangelical Christian are even close to being as devout as Iran's Shia Muslims it comes to expressions of their religious faith. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA6Q...
Muslim Shiites mark Ashura in Iran, Iraq
YouTube video by AFP News Agency
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TV Talk Show Chatterbox Pete Hegseth's Pentagon:
I lived in Iran for several years, and witnessed Muslim holy days play out in the streets of some of the country's smaller towns. For what it's worth: a devout evangelical Christian here in the U.S. is a half-committed piker and a far left woke liberal compared to a devout shia Muslim in Iran.
Mr. Stephens here opines that the U.S. has "rid the world of an odious tyrant, and of several layers of his equally odious deputies." But I have a newsflash for him: we have our own tyrant and equally odious deputies right here at home.
