<div dir="ltr">Thank you Jeff, especially in regard to the PEP links. These inspire me to make a very firm response to BtA, and to Belden's criticism of me.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:33 PM J.B. Nicholson via Peace <<a href="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net">peace@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
News from Neptune #435<br>
A "Five Little PEPpers and How They Grew" edition<br>
Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLCa6gi0Gkw" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLCa6gi0Gkw</a><br>
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A list of links to items referenced on the show.<br>
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David Green on "Concerns voiced about Bend the Arc" letter to the News-Gazette<br>
<a href="https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-concerns-voiced-about-bend-the-arc/article_99b2ac36-4279-5cad-8b60-892ca30dde6e.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-concerns-voiced-about-bend-the-arc/article_99b2ac36-4279-5cad-8b60-892ca30dde6e.html</a><br>
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Belden Fields on "Bend the Arc is doing good work" replying to David Green<br>
<a href="https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-bend-the-arc-is-doing-good/article_3b4b1742-1232-5f64-b2da-7c4d5d88a1d6.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-bend-the-arc-is-doing-good/article_3b4b1742-1232-5f64-b2da-7c4d5d88a1d6.html</a><br>
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Sherry Steigmann on "I reject group’s image of America"<br>
<a href="https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-i-reject-group-s-image-of/article_a276c4c0-d26f-58db-99d3-68b0581ec4ea.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-i-reject-group-s-image-of/article_a276c4c0-d26f-58db-99d3-68b0581ec4ea.html</a><br>
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Steven Salaita on "Except for Palestine"<br>
<a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2019/02/except-for-palestine/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mondoweiss.net/2019/02/except-for-palestine/</a><br>
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Marjorie Cohn on "The ‘Progressive Except Palestine’ Problem"<br>
<a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2019/02/06/the-progressive-except-palestine-problem/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://consortiumnews.com/2019/02/06/the-progressive-except-palestine-problem/</a><br>
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Donna Nevel on "There is no such thing as ‘Progressive Except Palestine’"<br>
<a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2017/01/progressive-except-palestine/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mondoweiss.net/2017/01/progressive-except-palestine/</a><br>
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Jeffrey St. Clair on "Roaming Charges: Pompeo and Circumstance"<br>
<a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/roaming-charges-pompeo-and-circumstance/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/roaming-charges-pompeo-and-circumstance/</a><br>
which includes a quote from Eric Draitser<br>
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David Brooks on "A Brief History of the Warren Presidency"<br>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/opinion/elizabeth-warren.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/opinion/elizabeth-warren.html</a><br>
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Katie Halper on "Sydney Ember’s Secret Sources"<br>
<a href="https://fair.org/home/sidney-embers-secret-sources/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fair.org/home/sidney-embers-secret-sources/</a><br>
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Jimmy Dore interviews Katie Halper on Sydney Ember<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u26Ff_KTlD4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u26Ff_KTlD4</a><br>
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Katie Halper & Matt Taibbi's show: Useful Idiots<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL0ooGQ0asg4upSXzZA1Oinn3ALqVCndA" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL0ooGQ0asg4upSXzZA1Oinn3ALqVCndA</a><br>
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Katie Halper on "Unauthorized Disclosure"<br>
<a href="http://unauthorizeddisclosure.libsyn.com/s6-episode-27-katie-halper-returns" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://unauthorizeddisclosure.libsyn.com/s6-episode-27-katie-halper-returns</a><br>
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"Unauthorized Disclosure" RSS feed<br>
<a href="https://unauthorizeddisclosure.libsyn.com/rss" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unauthorizeddisclosure.libsyn.com/rss</a><br>
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Sydney Ember on "Young Voters Still ‘Feel the Bern,’ but Not Just for <br>
Bernie Sanders Anymore"<br>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/us/politics/bernie-sanders-young-voters.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/us/politics/bernie-sanders-young-voters.html</a><br>
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Megan Flowers on "Protesters rally at Drury Inn, call to shut down ICE"<br>
<a href="http://www.smilepolitely.com/culture/protesters_rally_at_drury_inn_call_to_shut_down_ice/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.smilepolitely.com/culture/protesters_rally_at_drury_inn_call_to_shut_down_ice/</a><br>
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Adalberto Toledo on "UPDATE: 200 protest at Champaign hotel where ICE <br>
agents said to stay"<br>
<a href="https://www.news-gazette.com/news/update-protest-at-champaign-hotel-where-ice-agents-said-to/article_bfbc3103-a0fa-5a5e-b69b-29bae4aae7fa.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.news-gazette.com/news/update-protest-at-champaign-hotel-where-ice-agents-said-to/article_bfbc3103-a0fa-5a5e-b69b-29bae4aae7fa.html</a><br>
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"A Brief History of Neoliberalism" by David Harvey<br>
ISBN-13: 978-0199283279<br>
ISBN-10: 0199283273<br>
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Mike Doyle and Craig Rost on "Building a Welcoming Economy"<br>
<a href="https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary-building-a-welcoming-economy/article_859ff35b-cbd6-546f-97c5-1862fc43ab4c.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary-building-a-welcoming-economy/article_859ff35b-cbd6-546f-97c5-1862fc43ab4c.html</a><br>
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Belt and Road Initiative<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative</a><br>
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Zaid Jilani on "As Democrats Shift Left on Palestine, 2020 Contender Kamala <br>
Harris Gives Off-the-Record Address to AIPAC"<br>
<a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/03/07/kamala-harris-israel-aipac/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2018/03/07/kamala-harris-israel-aipac/</a><br>
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Maxwell Strachan on "Kamala Harris Releases Off-The-Record AIPAC Comments"<br>
<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-aipac-off-the-record_n_5c734f6ae4b06cf6bb27892d" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-aipac-off-the-record_n_5c734f6ae4b06cf6bb27892d</a><br>
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Philip Weiss on "Kamala Harris skips AIPAC conference — but AIPAC comes to <br>
her!"<br>
<a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2019/03/kamala-harris-conference/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mondoweiss.net/2019/03/kamala-harris-conference/</a><br>
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Jonathan Cook on "Israelis Have Shown Netanyahu the Door. Can He Inflict <br>
More Damage Before He Exits?"<br>
<a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/israelis-have-shown-netanyahu-the-door-can-he-inflict-more-damage-before-he-exits/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/israelis-have-shown-netanyahu-the-door-can-he-inflict-more-damage-before-he-exits/</a><br>
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Gideon Levy's Haaretz articles<br>
<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968119" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968119</a><br>
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Gideon Levy on "Israel's Election Results Prove the Center Has Won and <br>
Ideology Is Dead"<br>
<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-israel-s-election-results-prove-that-the-center-has-won-and-ideology-is-dead-1.7863169" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-israel-s-election-results-prove-that-the-center-has-won-and-ideology-is-dead-1.7863169</a><br>
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Democracy Now interview with Diana Buttu on "Israel’s Election Outcome <br>
Remains Unclear, But the “Ultimate Loser” Will Be Palestinians"<br>
<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/18/israeli_election_results_netanyahu_gantz" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/18/israeli_election_results_netanyahu_gantz</a><br>
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Caitlin Johnstone on "The Trump Administration Is Losing The Narrative <br>
Battle Over Iran"<br>
<a href="https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/the-trump-administration-is-losing-the-narrative-battle-over-iran-e903fdd179fb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/the-trump-administration-is-losing-the-narrative-battle-over-iran-e903fdd179fb</a><br>
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The Real News on "Documentary “Blowout” Follows Climate Cost of Oil Boom <br>
from Fracking to Exports"<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BSOgaODVWE" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BSOgaODVWE</a> -- video<br>
<a href="https://therealnews.com/stories/documentary-blowout-follows-climate-cost-of-oil-boom-from-fracking-to-exports" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://therealnews.com/stories/documentary-blowout-follows-climate-cost-of-oil-boom-from-fracking-to-exports</a> <br>
-- transcript<br>
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RT: "Saudis say oil refinery attacks ‘unquestionably sponsored by Iran’"<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ--l2oTCtY" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ--l2oTCtY</a><br>
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Related:<br>
<a href="https://on.rt.com/a23k" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://on.rt.com/a23k</a> -- "We stop, you stop! Houthis offer Saudi Arabia <br>
mutual halt to strikes in wake of devastating oil-plant attacks"<br>
<a href="https://on.rt.com/a21h" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://on.rt.com/a21h</a> -- "Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen’s Hodeidah in <br>
wake of refinery attacks claimed by Houthis"<br>
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Martin Chulov on "Middle East drones signal end to era of fast jet air <br>
supremacy"<br>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/16/middle-east-drones-signal-end-to-era-of-fast-jet-air-supremacy" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/16/middle-east-drones-signal-end-to-era-of-fast-jet-air-supremacy</a><br>
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Pepe Escobar on "Houthi rebels overturned the chessboard"<br>
<a href="https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/09/article/how-the-houthis-overturned-the-chessboard/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/09/article/how-the-houthis-overturned-the-chessboard/</a><br>
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Jonathan Cook on "Netanyahu Risks Triggering an Unwinnable War to Avoid <br>
Losing Election"<br>
<a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/12/netanyahu-risks-triggering-an-unwinnable-war-to-avoid-losing-election/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/12/netanyahu-risks-triggering-an-unwinnable-war-to-avoid-losing-election/</a><br>
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Julie Wurth on "UI trustees OK Killeen's bonus, urge quick action on <br>
sexual-misconduct reforms"<br>
<a href="https://www.news-gazette.com/news/ui-trustees-ok-killeen-s-bonus-urge-quick-action-on/article_9449a888-db07-11e9-99f4-ab89088eb260.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.news-gazette.com/news/ui-trustees-ok-killeen-s-bonus-urge-quick-action-on/article_9449a888-db07-11e9-99f4-ab89088eb260.html</a><br>
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Justine Coleman on "Trump administration says joint UNC, Duke program <br>
portrays Islam too positively"<br>
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/462202-trump-admin-say-unc-duke-programs-portray-islam-too-positively" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/462202-trump-admin-say-unc-duke-programs-portray-islam-too-positively</a><br>
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Collin Binkley on "Feds cite Islam focus in review of Duke-UNC language grant"<br>
<a href="https://www.apnews.com/430e62044dba43daa3f2332792cd97b2" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.apnews.com/430e62044dba43daa3f2332792cd97b2</a><br>
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<br>
Margaret Sidney's "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew"<br>
<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2770" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2770</a><br>
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Five Little Peppers series<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Little_Peppers" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Little_Peppers</a><br>
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The Peppers: Mrs. Pepper ("Mamsie"), Ben (Ebenezer), Polly (Mary), Joel, <br>
Davie (David), and Phronsie (Sophronia)<br>
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J.B. Nicholson's notes<br>
<a href="https://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace-discuss/2019-September/051263.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace-discuss/2019-September/051263.html</a><br>
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-J<br>
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