“There’s a lot of Benjamins all over the world”
— Read on www.zerohedge.com/markets/steven-mnuchin-explains-why-15-trillion-100-bills-have-disappeared
Day: December 23, 2019
An Insightful New Translation of the Timeless ‘Art of War’
Michael Nylan’s translation of the classic book of strategy by Sun Tzu is the first in any modern language by a female scholar.
— Read on web.archive.org/web/20191223144354/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/books/review-art-of-war-sun-tzu-new-translation-michael-nylan.html
How Trump has betrayed the working class
Trump’s corporate giveaways and failure to improve the lives of ordinary working Americans are becoming clearer by the day
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/22/trump-wants-to-be-champion-of-the-working-class-but-with-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-it-doesnt-add-up
Bannon’s Work with Wanted Chinese Billionaire Began Shortly After He Left White House
Stephen K. Bannon, once President Trump’s top political adviser, struck up a business relationship with a mysterious and wanted Chinese billionaire just after his White House job ended.
— Read on web.archive.org/web/20191223173016/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/us/politics/steve-bannon-guo-wengui.html
But Mr. Bannon broadcast a radio show critical of the Chinese Communist Party from Mr. Guo’s apartment in Manhattan. The show does not air in the United States but has been broadcast into China, a person close to Mr. Bannon said.
He broadcasts on YouTube for all to see! 🙄
A politically handicapped Israel faces Iran
In Israel, military leaders have been forced temporarily to shelve a multi-year plan to counter Iran, as the former country remains without a government for the longest stretch in its history.
— Read on www.asiatimes.com/2019/12/article/can-israel-counter-iran-despite-political-and-budgetary-crisis/
Morally handicapped, too!
Alleged ringleaders go free in Khashoggi murder
According to the prosecutor’s statement, of the 11 unnamed individuals indicted in the case, five were sentenced to death, three face jail terms totaling 24 years, and the others were acquitted.
— Read on www.asiatimes.com/2019/12/article/alleged-ringleaders-go-free-in-khashoggi-murder/
[2017] You Want It Darker?
In brief: Over the past fifty years, the political New Right has taken on a number of different faces, often with the sole family resemblance being a conviction that man is a fallen creature, and…
— Read on web.archive.org/web/20191223194358/https://medium.com/@awhillpubs/you-want-it-darker-a6981fdb8b2c
China detaining millions of Uyghurs? Serious problems with claims by US-backed NGO and far-right researcher ‘led by God’ against Beijing
Far-right Christian fundamentalist Adrian Zenz helped popularize claim China detained millions of Uyghur Muslims. He says he’s “led by God” on a “mission”
— Read on thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-uyghurs-problems-claims-us-ngo-researcher/
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 