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The 9/11 attack Wasn't An Act of War: It Was a Crime
 Language matters, because it's how we understand what's real and what's a scam or a lie. When statecraft language is misused people can die, as happened for decades in Afghanistan. The 9/11 attack was a crime by a small group of criminals, not an act of war by a sovereign state. But we responded to that crime with two war-based assaults, and we won both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars in a matter of weeks, not years or decades. Language matters, because it's how we understand what's real and what's a scam or a lie. It's how we share the metaphors, understandings, visions and values of our society. When it comes to crime, war, and occupations of other countries, language can mean life or death. Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
Tuesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: The 9/11 attack Wasn't An Act of War: It Was a Crime
Oh the Irony! - this highlights the insanity of the right-wing. Laura Ingraham Did a Sickening Screed About America not Homing Any Fleeing Afghan (Brown People) Refugees
Tweet: " New: Republican Party has removed a page from their website bragging about Trump's deal with the Taliban that committed Biden to withdraw 5,000 US troops from Afghanistan — and led to the fall of Kabul today." by Hugo Lowell. Quote: " You know, when I see a woman walking around with a burqa, I see a Nazi. That's what I see -- how do you like that? -- a hateful Nazi who would like to cut your throat and kill your children." - Michael Savage. Quote: "It's a bloodthirsty religion that's practiced over there by a bunch of throwbacks, and we're to kill 'em." - Michael Savage.
Hour Two: Has the Delta variant made herd immunity impossible?- Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Epidemiologist & Health Economist / Adjunct Senior Fellow - Federation of American Scientists 
Trump & his Death Cult are Planning a Super Spreader Event for Saturday & He's bringing the Delta Variant Kool-aid
Article: " Jim Jones" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Tweet: " @Thom_Hartmann Thom, MSNBC is literally talking about Alabama now." by Urtoo. Quote: " That photo of the 800 people on the plane -- only 150 Americans," Bannon noted. "And the question is where are they taking these, the people that helped us in Afghanistan, the commandos, the interpreters, all that -- you've got to stay in region." - Steve Bannon. Quote: " And we don't have to hear about refugees being brought into our country leading to the likeness of Ilhan Omar becoming members of Congress one day" - Marjorie Taylor Greene. Quote: " Any Republican that doesn't help fight against the plan to bring 100k Afghans into the country must be primaried," he wrote. "Every @GOP official must go on record NOW." - Rep. Anthony Sabatini. Quote: " We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan — we didn't know what we were doing" - Douglas Lute.
Hour Three: Death-Santis TV is Here & It's Fox-So-Called-News. Is Death-Santis the New Trump?
Crazy Alert! 'Tainted blood': Covid skeptics are refusing transfusions from vaccinated donors
Speech: " Farewell Address", by Dwight David Eisenhower, January 17, 1961 ( transcript). " In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex." Article: " Italy" by Wikipedia. Quote: " If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." - Abraham Maslow. |
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Is the Delta Variant a Brand New Pandemic? (w/ Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding)
Death-Santis TV is Here
How Trump Sold Out Afghanistan To Terrorists
Afghanistan: From Bush To Trump
Trump Claiming Biden Surrendered to COVID & Taliban - Really?!
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