Wednesday, August 05, 2020
Beirut Explosion Destruction Captured in Drone Footage
Spaniens Ex-König Juan Carlos: Flucht in die Karibik? | DW Nachrichten
Gustav Mahler - Adagietto | Gustavo Dudamel
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Tuesday, August 04, 2020
Poor and Desperate, Pakistani Hindus Accept Islam to Get By
The Hindus performed the prayer rituals awkwardly in supplication to their new, single god, as they prepared to leave their many deities behind them. Their lips stumbled over Arabic phrases that, once recited, would seal their conversion to Islam. The last words uttered, the men and boys were then circumcised.
Dozens of Hindu families converted in June in the Badin district of Sindh Province in southern Pakistan. Video clips of the ceremony went viral across the country, delighting hard-line Muslims and weighing on Pakistan’s dwindling Hindu minority.
The mass ceremony was the latest in what is a growing number of such conversions to Pakistan’s majority Muslim faith in recent years — although precise data is scarce. Some of these conversions are voluntary, some not. » | Maria Abi-Habib and Zia ur-Rehman | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
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Ivanka and Jared Pocket Millions from Massive Conflicts of Interest
Is everyone, absolutely everyone, at the top corrupt these days? – Mark
Former Spanish King Juan Carlos 'Leaves Spain' amid Corruption Investigations | DW News
Trump Lies to Save . . . Himself – with Dr. Justin A. Frank
Trump: Tinpot Dictator? With Noam Chomsky
Ex-King Juan Carlos Leaves Spain amid Corruption Allegations
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Juan Carlos, Spain’s Former King, Quits Country Amid Multiple Investigations »
Monday, August 03, 2020
Former Pope Benedict XVI Reported to Be Seriously Ill
The former pope Benedict XVI, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign instead of ruling for life, is seriously ill, a German newspaper has reported.
The newspaper, Passauer Neue Presse, cited Benedict’s biographer, the German author Peter Seewald, who met the 93-year-old emeritus pope at the Vatican on Saturday.
A Vatican spokesperson did not comment on the report and the former pope’s personal secretary, the archbishop Georg Gänswein, did not immediately return a call asking for comment.
Seewald said Benedict, who has been in poor health for some time, was now suffering from shingles, a viral infection that causes painful rashes and is common among older people. » | Reuters | Monday, August 3, 2020
Fareed: Trump Thinks the Essence of His Job Is Public Relations
Sunday, August 02, 2020
Don't Eat before Finding out What Trump's USDA Just Did! (w/ Tony Corbo)
Brexiteers, enjoy your American chicken going forward! Not only is it chlorinated; but can it can give you cancer, too? – Mark
Velshi: The Gap between America’s Richest and Poorest Has Only Grown During the Pandemic | MSNBC
Thousands Demonstrate against Netanyahu as Israel Protests Gain Strength
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets outside Benjamin Netanyahu’s house over the weekend in what appeared to be the largest protest to date calling for the embattled Israeli prime minister to resign.
Rallies on Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday morning were held in Jerusalem, home to the official residence of the 70-year-old leader, as well as his beach house in central Israel, near Tel Aviv, and at dozens of road intersections across the country.
Throughout the summer, Israelis have packed roads and squares calling for Netanyahu to resign, protesting against his government’s handling of the country’s coronavirus crisis and charges of alleged corruption.
At a cabinet meeting on Sunday, the visibly frustrated leader accused what he said was a “one-sided” news media of supporting the movement against him. » | Oliver Holmes | Sunday, August 2, 2020
Friday, July 31, 2020
Nancy Wake: Gestapo's Most Wanted (French Resistance Documentary) | Timeline
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