Two hundred and sixty names of babies whose age was 0; names of babies who didn’t get to celebrate their first birthday, nor will they ever celebrate anything else. Here are some of their names: Abdul Jawad Hussu, Abdul Khaleq Baba, Abdul Rahim Awad, Abdul Rauf al-Fara, Murad Abu Saifan, Nabil al-Eidi, Najwa Radwan, Nisreen al-Najar, Oday al-Sultan, Zayd al-Bahbani, Zeyn al-Jarusha, Zayne Shatat. What dreams did their parents have for them? Then there are hundreds of names of one- and two-year old children; toddlers three or four years of age; children who were five, six, seven or eight, up to the youths who were 17 when they died.
National Politics
Nick Turse: When Is a Coup Not a Coup? When the U.S. Says So.
The Pentagon refuses to call the overthrow of Niger’s president a coup — a move that could affect military assistance and a U.S. drone base. Read HERE
Economics
Bill Mitchell: With central banks chasing shadows, many nations are now plunging towards or into recession
We are now entering phase 2 of the New Keynesian policy folly. Phase 1 – was the rising interest rates to fight an inflation that was not interest-rate sensitive. Phase 2 – run policy so […]
Aviation
Routes: UK Increases Minimum Slot Usage Threshold For Summer 2022
Whatever happened to “the free market” and supply and demand? The UK nanny state is again supporting the corporate interests of airports at the expense of climate change. Read here
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