Capsule (Full commentary found immediately below Lead Picture):
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
How much of the day do we spend in a mind-bent stupor?
Stupor perhaps being a strong word for it.
Buzzed?
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Lead Picture (Thumbnail Story below in Thumbnail section)
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Vectorized version of the Houthi Ansarullah "Al-Sarkha" banner. Arabic text: Line 1 "God is great" Line 2 "Death to America Line 3 "Death to Israel" Line 4 "A curse upon the Jews" Line 5 "Victory to Islam"
RuneAgerhus - Own work
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Commentary
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
How much of the day do we spend in a mind-bent stupor?
Stupor perhaps being a strong word for it.
Buzzed?
Wake in the morning: coffee. Bzzz.
Mid-morning: coffee. Bzzz.
Afternoon: cappuccino. Bzzz.
Night-time: Alcohol. Bzzzzzzzz.
An hour each?
Four hours?
We’re awake for sixteen.
Buzzed for 25% of our day.
What does that say about our culture?
Don’t really know.
Just finished stirring my bone-dry gin martini.
Don’t forget the olives!
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News re: existentialautotrip
Monday, September 16, 2019
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Commentary
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
How much of the day do we spend in a mind-bent stupor?
Stupor perhaps being a strong word for it.
Buzzed?
Wake in the morning: coffee. Bzzz.
Mid-morning: coffee. Bzzz.
Afternoon: cappuccino. Bzzz.
Night-time: Alcohol. Bzzzzzzzz.
An hour each?
Four hours?
We’re awake for sixteen.
Buzzed for 25% of our day.
What does that say about our culture?
Don’t really know.
Just finished stirring my bone-dry gin martini.
Don’t forget the olives!
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Sunday’s Dinner posted on
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Attended a poolside barbecue hosted by a dear friend.
Lovely company and the best hot dogs I’ve had in a long, long time.
Among other tempting offerings, steak, chicken, burgers, and the like, the lowly hot dog was my choice of the day.
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Chuckle of the day:
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
How many dogs does it take to change a light bulb?
Greyhound: It isn't moving. Who cares?
Australian Shepherd: First, I'll put all the light bulbs in a little circle...
Poodle: I'll just blow in the Border Collie's ear and he'll do it. By the time he finishes rewiring the house, my nails will be dry.
"Dogs do not change light bulbs. People change light bulbs. So, the real question is: How long will it be before I can expect some light, some dinner, and a massage?"
All of which proves, once again, that while dogs have masters, cats have staff.
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A “Hey, Dom!” video.
Monday, September 16, 2019
Name: Kat still asks my advice
Length: 2.34
Description: Bonding with your children
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Today’s Thumbnails
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
The Houthi movement, officially called Ansar Allah, "Supporters of God", is an Islamic religious-political-armed movement that emerged from Sa'dah in northern Yemen in the 1990s.
They are of the Zaidi sect, though the movement reportedly also includes Sunnis.
Under the leadership of Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, the group emerged as a Zaydi opposition to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, whom they charged with massive financial corruption and criticized for being backed by Saudi Arabia and the United States at the expense of the Yemeni people and Yemen's sovereignty.
Resisting Saleh's order for his arrest, Hussein was killed in Sa'dah in 2004 along with a number of his guards by the Yemeni army, sparking the Houthi insurgency in Yemen.
Since then, except for a short intervening period, the movement has been led by his brother Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.
The Houthi movement attracts its Zaidi-Shia followers in Yemen by promoting regional political-religious issues in its media, including the overarching US-Israeli conspiracy and Arab "collusion".
In 2003, the Houthis' slogan "God is great, death to the US, death to Israel, curse the Jews, and victory for Islam", became the group's trademark.
Houthi officials, however, have rejected the literal interpretation of the slogan.
Yemeni soldiers from the 1st Armoured Division in 60st. , sanaa 22may 2011
Ibrahem Qasim - Own work
The movement's expressed goals include combating economic underdevelopment and political marginalization in Yemen while seeking greater autonomy for Houthi-majority regions of the country.
They also claim to support a more democratic non-sectarian republic in Yemen.
The Houthis have made fighting corruption the centerpiece of their political program.
The Houthis took part in the 2011 Yemeni Revolution by participating in street protests and by coordinating with other opposition groups.
They joined the National Dialogue Conference in Yemen as part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) initiative to broker peace following the unrest.
However, the Houthis would later reject the November 2011 GCC deal's provisions stipulating formation of six federal regions in Yemen, claiming that the deal did not fundamentally reform governance and that the proposed federalization "divided Yemen into poor and wealthy regions".
Houthis also feared the deal was a blatant attempt to weaken them by dividing areas under their control between separate regions.
In late 2014, Houthis repaired their relationship with the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and with his help, they took control of the capital and much of the north.
In 2014–2015, Houthis took over the government in Sanaʽa with the help of the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and announced the fall of the current government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.
Houthis have gained control of most of the northern part of Yemen's territory and since 2015 have been resisting the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen that claims to seek to restore the internationally recognized Yemeni government to power.
Additionally, the Islamic State militant group has attacked all of the conflict's major parties including Houthis, Saleh forces, the Yemeni government, and the Saudi Arabian-led coalition forces.
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924
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Acknowledgements
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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Thanks to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
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Good Morning on this Tuesday, September 17, 2019
I’m a good joke teller, too.
Like, Why did the chicken cross the road?
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon