Tag Archives: Suha Arafat

empathy notwithstanding: doomed, but to what?

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Dave

… after the UN had sanctioned, seemingly miraculously, the state of Israel with its original two-state solution, Hannah Arendt , with some justification, foresaw that if Jews were to survive its War of Independence, they would realize the achievements of … Continue reading →

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buying the peace: plans of action and inaction

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Dave

The endless mystery of the unidentified infection. This story has always enjoyed a recurrent and chronic reprise, which, plausibly, could indicate that some form of blackmail could be at stake, a negotiation for more money so that embarrassing beans would … Continue reading →

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you ain’t goin’ nowhere

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Dave

To exhume or not exhume? This could go on for years. At some point there has to be money changing hands and legal issues of who is the trustee of the Arafat estate and who doles out the lucre to … Continue reading →

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steampunk yasser: his gabriel’s horns

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Dave

Thrift shops. Goodwill stores. It’s amazing what you can find there if you dig hard enough and reach into the bottom of the bargain bin or the pay by weight baskets. Of course sensationalism. The news report does not explain … Continue reading →

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who moved the cheese?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Dave

Part of the Conspiracy Industry? Better to shoot first and ask questions later. Is there such a phenomenon as a cosmic consciousness, supreme, which sometimes articulates itself within the mind of the individual; the flash of inspiration seemingly out of … Continue reading →

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dry bones: toothbrush testers

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Dave

And presto! There’s polonium. Like magic. Like a bad propaganda flick, the blood libel appears in a new form. Arthur Rimbaud would laugh at this disordering of the senses; this artificial, contrived non-event that can be ascribed to an inauthentic … Continue reading →

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this hour has 9 minutes and 11 seconds

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Dave

Part of the long and victorious march of image over substance? Arafat. still a celebrity. Still a locus for the communal lives of many. It is one of those incomprehensible and unexplainable side effects whereby a manufactured pop culture icon … Continue reading →