Wanderthread

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https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1029434144537948164?s=21

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ABL is herself dreadful on class/capitalism issues, bit that’s beside the point in this case.

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https://twitter.com/evosketches/status/1029552602449620992?s=21

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It’d probably be better if you replaced “fund” with “supply”, though.

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The “novel” differs stylistically from the other reports, and as the archive notes

It’s unknown if Gina Haspel was still the chief of base of detention site GREEN in Thailand on December 1, 2002.

Given that Haspel has been appointed to a public position, it should theoretically be possible to apply the techniques of what used to be known as “literary detection”-- and do it in an open, scientific manner.

I do wonder if writing in such a distinctive style is a security threat. At the same time, it’s more readable (and therefore more useful) than cop talk. The other reports are somewhat lucidly written, as well. Shame that they were putting their MFA degrees in the service of torture.

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https://twitter.com/michaelsalamone/status/1029470196677922817?s=21

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That is a common assumption, yes. I do not think it is true.

The US military does not keep the peace; it maintains the mayhem. The main role of the 7th Fleet appears to be cruising just off the coast of China, daring the Chinese to object.

What would your response be if the Chinese had spent the last seventy years doing that to California?

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https://twitter.com/caribeindigena/status/1029706028672270336?s=21

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