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Tom B

@TomLBarry

Irish exile, Christian nobody, married, 5 kids, 3 grandsons, CFO health, history lover, socialist, philosopher, critical theorist, optimistic & happy in Asia.

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How do Israelis and Palestinians 'get out of this eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth horror show before everyone is left blind and toothless'? nytimes.com/2023/11/22/opi…

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With 1000+ Rohingya refugees arrived by boat in Indonesia in the past week, a UN rapporteur calls for governments to address the root cause -- the brutal Myanmar junta. It should be deprived of the 'weapons, money, and legitimacy' it uses for oppression. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

With 1000+ Rohingya refugees arrived by boat in Indonesia in the past week, a UN rapporteur calls for governments to address the root cause -- the brutal Myanmar junta. It should be deprived of the 'weapons, money, and legitimacy' it uses for oppression. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
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'1.7M Gazans, 77% of the population, have been displaced. More than half are crammed into' overcrowded UN shelters where 'skin diseases and diarrhea are rife. A brief pause in the fighting will not offer Gazans much respite from this miserable existence.' economist.com/middle-east-an…

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'Fearing the influence of political Islam in its backyard, and wanting to protect trade flows,' the United Arab Emirates 'is arming the Rapid Support Forces, a Sudanese militia that is committing genocide in Darfur.' economist.com/leaders/2023/1…

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On Thanksgiving we give thanks for all the things we have. And the next day, we trample each other trying to get more.

Don't do it. Resist .
Happy Buy Nothing Day.

Save big. Buy Nothing.

On Thanksgiving we give thanks for all the things we have. And the next day, we trample each other trying to get more. Don't do it. Resist #BlackFriday. Happy Buy Nothing Day. Save big. Buy Nothing.
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A four-day pause 'is not enough to pull the dead bodies from under the rubble and bury them, to search for the missing people, to open the roads, to treat the injured.” nytimes.com/2023/11/22/wor…

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The Biden administration is using the pause to push the Israeli government to lessen 'the harm to Palestinian civilians, including setting up safe areas, allowing in much more aid and fuel, and restoring...water and electricity.' Netanyahu is resisting. nytimes.com/2023/11/22/us/…

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Iranian security forces used excessive force on protesters commemorating the anniversary of the brutal “Bloody Friday” crackdown on antigovernment protests in 2022, firing “birdshot” shotgun pellets, rubber bullets, and tear gas and beating protesters. hrw.org/news/2023/11/2…

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If you take the Bible extremely literally about human sexuality, but not about feeding the hungry, bringing good news to the poor, liberating the oppressed, forgiving debts, bringing health to the sick, or loving your neighbor, please don’t act like you take the Bible seriously.

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If you use “loving Jesus more” as your excuse not to love your transgender child, you know neither love, nor Jesus, nor your child.

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More than 75% of the foreign money that flowed into China’s stock market in the first seven months of the year has left, with global investors dumping more than $25bn worth of shares. Another fine piece by Hudson Lockett IV 康河信 ft.com/content/20c5d5…

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FIFA and Qatar have failed in the past year to remedy abuses of migrant workers who made the 2022 Qatar World Cup possible, including families of thousands of migrant workers who died of unexplained causes, hrw.org/news/2023/11/2…

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The Irish government is among those expressing support for the International Criminal Court's investigation of war crimes in Palestine. Now we just need chief prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC to move this urgently needed but long-stalled investigation forward. trib.al/mmgFex8

The Irish government is among those expressing support for the International Criminal Court's investigation of war crimes in Palestine. Now we just need chief prosecutor @KarimKhanQC to move this urgently needed but long-stalled investigation forward. trib.al/mmgFex8
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