Philostratus: War versus love
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Greek and Roman writers on war and peace
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Philostratus
From Lives of the Sophists
Translated by Wilmer Cave Wright
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Greek and Roman writers on war and peace
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Philostratus
From Lives of the Sophists
Translated by Wilmer Cave Wright
Sputnik – 03.01.2016 Inconsistency is common in politicians, who one day decry ‘state terror’ against citizens and some two decades later send tanks against those same people to ‘impose curfews’. A report published in a Turkish daily newspaper demonstrates the dramatic change in the stated political policy of Recep Tayyip Erdogan since 1991. The Hurriet […]
Sputnik – 03.01.2016 Kurdish neighborhoods in Silopi and Diyarbakir are under attack from Turkish military forces. Heavy tank bombardment in civilian areas is being reported. On the 20th day of a curfew, several Silopi neighborhoods in southeastern Turkey have come under heavy gunfire from tanks and armored vehicles, according to local media. “Residents are trying […]
Jaysh al-Islam is a stalwart ally of US State Department-listed terrorist organization al-Nusra, though one would never suspect as much reading weepy Western eulogies over the terrorist organization leader's death. January 3, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The commander of terrorist organization and Al Qaeda affiliate Jaysh al-Islam (the Army of Islam), "Sheikh" Zahran Alloush, was killed in a Syrian airstrike this week in the suburbs of Damascus.
4.67/5 (9) Welcome to 2016! I thought I would start off this years blog's with an "I told you so" by way of yet another rant on Amairikuhn edgykayshun, and by way of an article shared…
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There is a very positive news coming out of Paris, a city with more than her share of bad news lately. It’s a major legal victory for the voices of science and reason against the GMO Monsanto-led cabal. Its implications will be felt worldwide. If our world ever gets the will to rid the 21st Century Black Death plague masquerading under the name of Genetic Manipulation of Organisms or GMO, it will owe a huge debt of gratitude to the courageous work of Prof.
What is School Sucks 4.0? Was there a 3.0? A 2.0, etc...? All your questions will be answered in this terrific episode.
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What is School Sucks 4.0? Was there a 3.0? A 2.0, etc...? All your questions will be answered in this terrific episode.
This month SSP has partnered with FEE, the Foundation For Economic Education. Are you between the ages of 14-26? Are you interested in Entrepreneurship? Learn More about FEE's seminars
here.
Today's Show is also brought to you by Raymond M. from Kingsbury, TX.
Thanks Raymond for your contribution to SSP!
What is School Sucks 4.0? Was there a 3.0? A 2.0, etc...? All your questions will be answered in this terrific episode.This month SSP has partnered with FEE, the Foundation For Economic Education. Are you between the ages of 14-26? Are you interested in Entrepreneurship? Learn More about FEE's seminars here.Today's Show is also brought to you by Raymond M.
I was a guest on Abirato’s Fakeologist radio program this evening. We discussed a variety of subjects, including the subscription feature of my website (subscribe today!), the alternative, independent media, media fakery and psychological warfare, and related subjects.
by Andre Vltchek
Day and night, for years, an overwhelming force has been battering this quiet nation, one of the cradles of human civilization.
Hundreds of thousands have died, and millions have been forced to flee abroad or have been internally displaced. In many cities and villages, not one house is left intact.
But Syria is, against all odds, still standing.
At least 88 people were killed in Iraq. Several bodies were found dumped near Kirkuk.
The post Unidentified Bodies Found; 88 Killed in Iraq appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
Jaysh al-Islam is a stalwart ally of US State Department-listed terrorist organization al-Nusra, though one would never suspect as much reading weepy Western eulogies over the terrorist organization leader’s death. The commander of terrorist organization and Al Qaeda affiliate Jaysh al-Islam (the Army of Islam), “Sheikh” Zahran Alloush, was killed in a Syrian airstrike this week in the suburbs of Damascus.
The complexity and intricacy of the situation in Northeast Asia (NEA) manifests itself, in particular, in the state of Japanese-South Korean relations. On the one hand, Japan and South Korea (Republic of Korea) are the closest regional allies of the United States. The largest group of US troops in Asia, performing the function of forward based forces under the strategy of China’s (the main US geopolitical opponent) deterrence, is located in the territories of both countries.
There will be 2,470 delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and the number ti win the magic Republican nomination is 1,236 (50% +1). The first 4 races, all next month, that everyone talks about-- Iowa (30 delegates), New Hampshire (30), South Carolina (50) and Nevada (30)-- will decide 140 delegates split up between several candidates.
Steve Israel and his new DCCC "chairman"Probably the two top recommendations of the Republican Party's official autopsy gf the Romney campaign were that the party had to make itself more attractive to Latinos and more attractive to young voters. The response from the Republican party base was not just hostile... it was the emergence of Herr Trumpf.
United Front Against Austerity | Tax Wall Street Party Morning Briefing | Saturday, January 2, 2016 “Caliph” Baghdadi’s Year-End Speech a Lament for Heavy Losses and a Desperate Call for Re-Enforcements; Don’t Believe Pentagon Leaks Portraying Gen. Michael T. Flynn and Other Members of Carly Fiorina’s “Warrior Class” as Rational on Syria World Crisis Radio [...]
What follows is a partial list of American politicians who have parroted the line about the US and Israel sharing the same “values”: Obama (“The bond between Israel and the United States is rooted in more than our shared national interests; it’s rooted in the shared values and shared stories of our people.”) Joe Biden […]
As has been stated here, for so dam long now...Turkey is being destabilized. Mostly by NATO’s Stay Behind Army, the NATO supported PKK.Undoubtedly with some help by those other NATO irregulars “Grey Wolves” *NATO Stay Behind Armies: Gladio and Grey Wolves. UpdatedContrary to the lying media- alt and main stream, it was the PKK that broke the truce between Turkey’s elected government and themselves. This is when the destabilization began in earnest.
When an unstoppable underground fire collides with radioactive waste — nobody really knows what happens next.
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Resolution severely criticises the “Occupying Power” By Stuart Littlewood | Dissident Voice | January 1, 2016 Can this be true? Something important and, freedom lovers may think, rather wonderful seems to have happened at the United Nations, and it went largely unreported in mainstream media. The UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution ‘Permanent sovereignty […]
Part 1 of 3: Is Bilderberg More Important Than The G7? By Will Banyan, Copyright © 01 January 2016 [See Part 2 and 3] According to some observers, last year’s Bilderberg Meeting, held over 11-14 June,...
Tom O’Halleran, a 70 year old conservative Republican, served in the Arizona House from 2001 to 2006 and then served in the state Senate until 2009, when he lost his primary to fringe nut Steve Pierce.
Will robots and artificial intelligence entities of the future have more rights than flesh and blood humans?
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First it showed up in China, then Denmark and now it has reared its ugly head in the United Kingdom. Bacteria resistant to all forms of antibiotics are making their way around the globe.
The United Kingdom isn’t messin’ around when it comes to false advertising and food company claims. Earlier this month, the iconic Nesquik bunny took a kick to the cottontail when the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Agency forced Nestle, the product’s maker, to remove its claim that the beverage is “a great start to the day.”
The agency upheld a claim by the Children’s Food Campaign that claimed the tagline encouraged poor nutritional habits in children.
Drought-stricken Brazil will probably produce 10% fewer harvests of popular Robusta and Arabica coffee beans over the next year. That, along with a projected increase in global demand means the beans will become increasingly precious, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service’s coffee bean production report.
Coffee lovers, grab a cup of java, a box of tissues, and be prepared to find a support group.
It’s coming.
A global coffee shortage.
Historian Niall Ferguson discusses his book Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist which looks at the early life of Henry Kissinger. Mr. Ferguson is interviewed by Carla Anne Robbins, Council on Foreign Relations Adjunct Senior Fellow. —– See...
teleSUR – January 2, 2016 The United States government could potentially spend up to US$30 million on “democracy development” programs in Cuba in 2016, according to bills waiting for approval at U.S. Congress. Two draft bills related to U.S. State Department’s budget for foreign spending were approved by the Appropriation Committees of both the House […]
RT | January 2, 2016 US law enforcement officers killed up to 1,199 people last year, the majority of whom were ‘people of color’. Black men between the ages of 15 and 34 were 15 percent of those killed by police in 2015. Despite making up just 2 percent of the US population, that’s five […]
Red State diarist Dan McLaughlin poo-poos what he calls the "dark mood afoot among the party’s activists and online conservative commentators: a mood bordering on despair.
Over 65 violations of journalists’ rights Palestine Information Center – 2-1-2016 GAZA – Union of Islamic Radio Stations and Televisions-Palestine reported that Israeli forces committed 65 violations against the rights of journalists and pressmen in Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip in the month of December. The union underlined that Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists […]
By Ion Todescu December seems to be worst month of 2015 for the Kurdish minority in Turkey. In the early December additional units of Gendarmerie and Armed Forces, including tanks
In Kiev: In Odessa: Similar marches also took place in Lvov, Dnepropetrovsk and other Ukrainian cities. In the so-called “western world” nobody seems to notice, much less so care. These
John Friend and Jim Rizoli at the Jim Traficant Memorial Tribute in Washington, D.C.
By Robert Bridge | RT | January 1, 2016 Amid NATO’s non-stop campaign of overseas military misadventures, which are displacing millions of people and forcing them to EU shores, Europeans may be finally losing their patience with the military organization’s reckless ways. The year 2015 came to a screeching, white-knuckle end for the 28-member states […]
This column was written for the Unz Review: http://www.unz.com/tsaker/week-thirteen-of-the-russian-intervention-in-… Ever since the first rumors began to circulate about an impending Russian military intervention in Syria the Internet and the media
RT | January 1, 2016 As Washington sends mixed signals on whether or not it will introduce new sanctions against Iran, Tehran is considering other options should a new round of penalties come to pass, says Seyed Mohammad Marandi, professor at the University of Tehran. The United States delayed the announcement of new penalties, which […]
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
British writers on peace and war
William Hazlitt: Selections on war
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William Hazlitt
From On the Courier and Times Newspapers (1814)
RT | January 2, 2016 Shiite leaders are up in arms over Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimr on terror charges. A senior Iranian Ayatollah called it a “crime,” while Tehran’s Foreign Ministry accused Riyadh of supporting terrorists. “The Saudi government supports terrorists and takfiri [intolerant Sunni] extremists, while executing and suppressing critics […]
Have Men Gone Limp? and The America We Deserve author, Dave Shiflett-- who ghost-wrote the latter for Herr Trumpf-- announced on Fox's Alan Colmes Show Wednesday that he wouldn't vote for Herr, who he described as "very liberal" and as a person with "no class." He doesn't seem to have walked away from working with Trumpf with a good impression.
Al-Manar | January 2, 2016 The brother of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr who was executed by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, stressed that the move is a losing message to the region that Riyadh is still “powerful”. Commenting on the execution of the prominent religious figure, Mohammad al-Nimr stressed that the pro-democracy movement in the Kingdom’s east […]
Reprieve | January 2, 2016 At least four people convicted of offences related to political protest are among the 47 reportedly executed by Saudi Arabia earlier today. Sheikh Nimr, Ali al-Ribh, Mohammad Shioukh and Mohammad Suweimal were all arrested in 2012 following their involvement in anti-Government protests, and subsequently sentenced to death. Ali was 18 […]
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