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New Research Shows How to Help HIV-Infected Newborns
*Roger L. Shapiro* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Treating HIV in the tiniest babies could have huge positive implications for their future. Princess had a rough start in life. She was born HIV-infected. Her mother was often sick, and there was little family support for her own struggles with HIV. But Princess’ mother had recently started HIV treatment and planned to stay on it. She wanted to do everything possible for her daughter, so she made a decision that ultimately helped save Princess’ life: she enrolled her in a study to treat HIV infection just a few days after b... more »
The Wrong Response to Gun Violence: Are Lockdown Drills a Bad Idea?
*Jaclyn Schildkraut* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Are we teaching our kids to fear school? School lockdown drills and exercises are controversial today, due in large part to some troubling examples making headlines. Teachers in Monticello, Indiana, for example, were hurt when they got shot in the back with plastic pellets. Students in Franklin, Ohio, were exposed to sounds of simulated gunfire. Sometimes, role-playing kids and teens, covered in fake blood, are scattered throughout their schools – screaming. Parents who fear that these experiences could be traumatizing ... more »
While the grounds for suspicion are not spelled out
a Xinjiang police notice published in 2014 listed 75 indicators of "religious extremist". These included: • Owning a compass • Abstaining from alcohol • Wailing, publicly grieving or otherwise acting sad when your parents die • Not letting officials scan your irises • Telling others not to swear • Not allowing officials to sleep in your bed, eat your food and live in your house • Being related to anyone who has done any of the above Holding a foreign passport is also grounds for suspicion, said Hong Kong-based academic and specialist in Uyghur nationalism studies Shih Chien Yu. "Beijin... more »
Principal Causes Of Depression
Depression, a word that is so commonly heard of nowadays. Depression one of the most common mental disorder in the world, according to (SAMHSA) Substance Abuse And Mental Services Administration. Roughly 10-15% of the world’s population is likely to experience it in their lifetime. Depression is a word we use to describe having a bad day to the inability to live, which slowly can take over a person’s life. Depression is when everything feels hard, and you lost the joy as you feeling low. You drag yourself out of bed every day, and then you don’t want to go to bed later in the eve... more »
The "culture war" underlying civil war
*== A Growing Gap ==* The gap between the richest and the poorest U.S. households is now the largest it's been in the past 50 years. The income gap grew wider in nine states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Kansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Texas and Virginia. “When asked why the rising economic tide has raised some boats more than others, Rodgers lists several factors, including the decline of organized labor and competition for jobs from abroad. He also cites tax policies that favor businesses and higher-income families.” But there are types of inequality. The middle cl... more »
Mexico Stomps Feet Over Trump Pledge to Designate Cartels as Terrorists
[image: mexico-stomps-feet-over-trump-pledge-to-designate-cartels-as-terrorists] Mexican leaders voiced skepticism of President Trump's declared intent to heighten the war against drug cartels by designating them terrorist organizations.
South Carolina Bill Would Make Gold and Silver Legal Tender
[image: south-carolina-bill-would-make-gold-and-silver-legal-tender] State Representative Stewart O. Jones has pre-filed a bill in South Carolina that would make gold and silver legal tender.
Musical Interlude: Leonard Bernstein, “West Side Story - America”
Leonard Bernstein, “West Side Story - America”
Ludovico Einaudi, “Passagio”, Playlist (432Hz)
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Middle Finger Symphony Theater
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"A Look to the Heavens"
“This telescopic close-up shows off the otherwise faint emission nebula IC 410. It also features two remarkable inhabitants of the cosmic pond of gas and dust below and right of center, the tadpoles of IC 410. Partly obscured by foreground dust, the nebula itself surrounds NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, the intensely hot, bright cluster stars energize the glowing gas. *Click image for larger size.* Composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and are likely sites of ongoi... more »
Chet Raymo, “Sanctus”
*“Sanctus”* by Chet Raymo “Early in Claire Messud's novel, “The Woman Upstairs”, the narrator asks herself and others whether they would rather be able to fly or be invisible. I suspect most who visit this blog would prefer to fly. Me too. Until lately. More on that later. For now I want to ask a less frivolous question, one more likely to split down the middle: Do you prefer, as a matter of personal taste, Romanesque or Gothic? Gothic aspires, Romanesque inspires. Gothic soars. Romanesque hunkers. Gothic seeks to let go of the earth. Romanesque grips like a barnacle. Gothic favor... more »
“Optical Illusions Show How We See”
* “Optical Illusions Show How We See”* by Beau Lotto "*Editors note:* R. Beau Lotto is founder of Lottolab, a hybrid art studio and science lab based in London, England. Lotto gave a popular talk at the TED Global conference in Oxford, England, in July 2009. In the video, Lotto shares some surprising optical illusions - and explains the deep brain science behind them. Here, Lotto explains why our eyes try to fool our brains.""Seeing lightness and color are the simplest sensations the brain has. And yet even at this most basic level we never see the light that falls onto our eyes ... more »
Young people have been misinformed about apocalyptic climate changes
“I asked the Australian climate scientist Tom Wigley what he thought of the claim that climate change threatens civilization. “It really does bother me because it’s wrong,” he said. “All these young people have been misinformed. And partly it’s Greta … Continue reading →
It is the Mother-flame in the earth consecrated in all of your chakras
* dictation excerpts from Archangel **Raphael’s twinflame, via Messengers M and E C Prophet--* 12. * 5-11-1987:* I place then the sword of peace into the Earth in this place. So let it be known and designated forevermore…. Beloved ones, World Communism is a dread disease of the mind, but I tell you world materialism is even greater as one of the dread diseases of the time. It has been said that in the West the people are indulgent--blessed ones, it is so. And I am sorry to say that many of our Keepers of the Flame are demanding far too much of the material pleasures or what ... more »
Edward Abbey, "Benedicto"
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets' towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where d... more »
Clarence Thomas on liberals
Justice Thomas: "I felt as though in my life I had been looking at the wrong people as the people who would be problematic toward me," Justice Thomas said in the documentary. "We were told that, 'Oh, it's gonna be the bigot in the pickup truck; it's gonna be the Klansmen; it's gonna be the rural sheriff.' But it turned out that through all of that, ultimately the biggest impediment was the modern-day liberal. They were the ones who would discount all those things because they have one issue or because they have the power to caricature you." https://pjmedia.com/trending/justice-cl... more »
Justice Alito Finds Chinks in Mann’s Legal Armor
US Supreme Justice Alito dissented from the majority opinion leaving alone a lower court ruling to allow Mann’s free speech lawsuit to proceed (after seven years). Background on the case history is later on. This post provides Alito’s opinion and perspective why the Supreme Court should take up the case, if not now then later […]
"A Person Needs A Little Madness..."
"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free." - Nikos Kazantzakis
"The Mysterious Megaliths of New England"
*"The Mysterious Megaliths of New England"* by Paul Tudor Angel "Located in the heart of modern-day New England stand sites of such great antiquity; sites so enigmatic, so sophisticated and seemingly inexplicable, serious scientists and archaeologists have denied their study because of their monumental implications: it would force them to throw away their preconceived notions about the achievements of ancient man into the historical garbage can. Mystery Hill, the Upton Cave, Calendar I and Calendar II, Gungywamp and Druid’s Hill are just s... more »
The Poet: Mary Oliver, "The Poet Dreams of the Mountain"
*"The Poet Dreams of the Mountain"* "Sometimes I grow weary of the days with all their fits and starts. I want to climb some old grey mountain, slowly, taking the rest of my life to do it, resting often, sleeping under the pines or, above them, on the unclothed rocks. I want to see how many stars are still in the sky that we have smothered for years now, forgiving it all, and peaceful, knowing the last thing there is to know. All that urgency! Not what the earth is about! How silent the trees, their poetry being of themselves only. I want to take slow steps, and think appropriate thought... more »
Can Bloomberg Buy The Democratic Nomination?
Since Bloomberg's $35 million TV blitz started this week, one friend of mine told me that he's considering him and another told me she had made up her mind and that she's all in-- 100%-- on Bloomberg. Last week, journalist and activist Zaid Jilani penned a tweet storm about rich people buying elections that is very much worth reading. I'm putting the thread in narrative style while keeping it as close to his original as possible. (I think Jilani is supporting Elizabeth Warren, although I'm not 100% sure. I'm positive he isn't supporting Michael Bloomberg.) Jilani: In 2011 I was ... more »
Last Man Standing: Why Homo Sapiens Won the Civilization Lottery
*Nick Longrich* *History, Americas* [image: Reuters] Were other humans the first victims of a mass extinction? Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago. Now there is just one. The Neanderthals, *Homo neanderthalensis*, were stocky hunters adapted to Europe’s cold steppes. The related Denisovans inhabited Asia, while the more primitive *Homo erectus* lived in Indonesia, and *Homo rhodesiensis* in central Africa. Several short, small-brained species survived alongside them: *Homo naledi* in South Africa, *Homo luzonensis* in the Philippines, *Homo floresiensis* (“hobb... more »
Is Nature vs. Nurture an Outdated Concept?
*Kevin Mitchell, Uta Frith* *Science, World* [image: National Botanic Garden of Belgium / Donar Reiskoffer] Modern science has a lot to tell us. The question of whether it is genes or environment that largely shapes human behaviour has been debated for centuries. During the second half of the 20th century, there were two camps of scientists – each believing that nature or nurture, respectively, was exclusively at play. This view is becoming increasingly rare, as research is demonstrating that genes and environment are actually interconnected and can amplify one another. During a... more »
Southern Yemen Wants Independence—but at What Cost?
*Stratfor Worldview* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Yemen's bloody civil war continues. *Editor's Note*: A power-sharing agreement signed Nov. 5 between the government of Yemeni President Abd Rabboh Mansour Hadi and the Southern Transitional Council marks an end to their current split while advancing the separatist southern group's ambitions of national political legitimacy. However, as this assessment originally published Sept. 19 points out, while the deal may paper over the rifts between the forces cooperating in the fight against Houthi rebels, the country's underly... more »
MAGAnomics – U.S. Black Friday Online Consumer Spending $5.4 Billion (+22%)…
Jumpin’ ju-ju bones…. Keep in mind as you review these numbers – U.S. consumer spending accounts for two-thirds of total U.S. GDP. The sales numbers from Thanksgiving and Black Friday are exceptionally strong, showing confidence by consumers this holiday season. This … Continue reading →
The Daily "Near You?"
Frisco, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by! Above, Dallas Cowboys world headquarters.
"The Fed's Answer To The Ghastly Monster Of Its Own Creation"
*"The Fed's Answer To The Ghastly Monster Of Its Own Creation"* by MN Gordon "Make no mistake about it, just as Lehman Brothers was set up to take the fall for triggering the 2008 collapse, China is being groomed as the new scapegoat for the coming crisis. But China's economic slump is only a symptom, not the disease. The reality is that the repeal of Glass-Steagall ushered in the greatest wealth transfer scheme in the history of America, allowing six mega-banks in America to control the vast majority of insured deposits, use those taxpayer-backed deposits to gamble for the house, ... more »
'I don't carry the extreme view I might have carried before': London Bridge attacker's letter from prison
Usman Khan killed two people in a knife rampage in London, but the lawyer for the convicted terrorist says he thought his client was reformed and would not offend again.
At the dawn of Australian computing, 72 women had a crucial job you've never heard of
Women have a rich and deep history working in computing in Australia, but their stories have often been overlooked.
Forgot to apply sunscreen? There's a vending machine for that
The first council in Australia is rolling out a trial of sunscreen vending machines on beaches and in parks, in the hope of addressing melanoma rates 58 per cent above the national average.
Award-winning aged care program looks set to close over $1.5m
The manager of a highly specialised service that has proved life-changing to dozens of clients says $1.5m over three years would keep his doors open indefinitely, but the Government looks set to deny that funding.
Prison rehabilitation expert identified as victim of London Bridge attack
Just In - 8 hours ago
One of the two people killed by a knifeman during an attack at London Bridge is named as 25-year-old Jack Merritt, a Cambridge University graduate remembered as a "champion for underdogs everywhere".
The ASX is breaking records but that doesn't mean the economy is good shape
This week's GDP numbers are likely to show a flat-lining economy once the effect of population growth is removed, yet investors keep piling in to the stock market as the risks rise.
Sister Jesme had never seen a man naked. Then a priest trapped her in his room
In the Catholic heartland of Kerala, Indian nuns are risking isolation and even expulsion from their convents as they speak out about the sexual abuse they say they suffered at the hands of senior clergy members.
When someone breathes into these glass bubbles, 'something happens — you can tell that they feel it'
An artwork at the Royal Hobart Hospital that is literally catching people's breath is designed to give people encouragement and hope.
'Dancing on the edge of the law': Chinese students paid to rort Australian universities
Just In - 8 hours ago
Chinese student Joyce Fung spent six months delving into the dark recesses of the lucrative essay cheating industry that she says is symptomatic of a deeper malaise in the lucrative education industry.
Theo Hayez's family reject police theory that backpacker fell into ocean
Six months after Theo Hayez disappeared in Byron Bay, family members say they don't believe the police theory that the Belgian backpacker fell from cliffs while trying to reach his hostel.
How chip packets, curtains and doonas are helping reduce a theatre's carbon footprint
Just In - 8 hours ago
Wearing a doona or sheet as a costume is usually reserved for Halloween, but a Melbourne theatre company is dressing up in old bedwear to reduce the toll fashion and theatre has on the environment.
In one of Australia's sunniest states, the huge rise of solar is jeopardising the entire power grid
In Western Australia, one of the sunniest landscapes in the world, rooftop solar power has been a runaway success — but it now threatens to jeopardise the stability of the grid itself.
Plenty of reasons to be angry at the Murray-Darling plan, but canning it solves none of them
The Murray-Darling Basin Plan has caused enormous economic and social upheaval across southern Australia, but scrapping it risks a worse outcome for farmers. Clint Jasper explains
The ultimate lesson at the heart of The Rolling Stones' disastrous concert
Altamont was the logical conclusion to a year that saw the band overwhelmed by its own arrogance, obsessed with money, while devouring anyone who came within its orbit.
Why millennials are embracing an old German tradition — with a modern twist
Just In - 8 hours ago
As a seven-year-old I got a pre-Christmas gift from my grandmother that stuck in my memory. This year I'm trying something different, writes Mikki Cusack.
"Most Of Us..."
"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. Most of us are about as eager to change as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock."– James Baldwin
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Puts Blame for Some Amazon Fires on Hollywood’s Leonardo DiCaprio
[image: brazil-s-bolsonaro-puts-blame-for-some-amazon-fires-on-hollywood-s-leonardo-dicaprio] Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is blaming actor Leonardo DiCaprio for making donations to non-profit groups who may have been guilty for starting some of those fires.
Former Polish President: Burisma Hired Hunter Biden for His Last Name
[image: former-president-of-poland-burisma-hired-hunter-biden-for-his-last-name] Former president of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski has confessed that Burisma Holdings hired Hunter Biden for one reason: He is former Vice President Joe Biden’s son.
DNC official wants Tucker Carlson fired
DNC vice chair Michael Blake, invited on America’s Newsroom on Tuesday, attacked Fox News over Tucker Carlon’s opinion that Michelle Obama is the only figure who can unite the Democrats. “She’s not running. The core question is why the hell does Tucker Carlson still have a job here in the first place? […] The reality […] More The post DNC official wants Tucker Carlson fired appeared first on The Duran .
Watch how mercury kills your brain: don’t allow it in your teeth (VIDEO)
Don’t allow amalgam fillings in your mouth or your child’s. It is mercury they are putting in there. What parent would pack a hazardous substance into their child’s teeth? If you spill mercury by breaking a thermometer or one of those ‘green’ (not) lightbulbs, you phone the hazard people. And yet they deem it safe … Continue reading Watch how mercury kills your brain: don’t allow it in your teeth (VIDEO) →
FIND OUT IF YOUR COUNCIL IS INSURED FOR LED, RF, EMF, 3G, 4G and 5G BY SENDING OFF OIA/FOI REQUEST (TEMPLATE PROVIDED)
From smombiegate.org See the expanded versionof this post. This will uncover the facts of whether your Council has allowed uninsurable infrastructure to go up near your homes, on your streets and public places. If they are not insured, it means that your Council will be liable. In other words, they will end up bankrupt and … Continue reading FIND OUT IF YOUR COUNCIL IS INSURED FOR LED, RF, EMF, 3G, 4G and 5G BY SENDING OFF OIA/FOI REQUEST (TEMPLATE PROVIDED) →
Recycling creates more pollution than it is supposed to alleviate
Originally posted on Iowa Climate Science Education: Trouble is, people are being sidetracked by impossible monsters to slay (like ‘global climate change’). _______________ Recycling creates more pollution than it’s supposed to alleviate Baron Ash I lived in Germany in the early 90’s. A newspaper article at the time stated that the German govt had conducted…
South Carolina Lawmakers Propose Ban on Drugging and Mutilating ‘Transgender’ Kids
Originally posted on Nwo Report: This bill is considered controversial in clown world. Source: Shane Trejo South Carolina legislators have proposed a bill that would ban “transgender” children from being drugged or operated upon for the purposes of their gender transition. The legislation would prohibit drugs treating the “symptoms of clinically significant distress resulting from gender dysphoria.”…
Polish Chef Used 5 Foot Narwhal Tusk to Help Bring Down London Bridge Terrorist…
There is a lot of background information surfacing about the London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan and the attack he carried out yesterday in the U.K. However, one of the epic heroes who took down the terrorist is worth a highlight. … Continue reading →
Jihadist rebels score big advance in southeast Idlib after launching new offensive
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels launched a new offensive in the southeastern countryside of the Idlib Governorate on Saturday in a bid to capture several sites near the Abu Dhuhour Airport. According to a field report from southeastern Idlib, the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham and their allies captured four towns […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 30
1920 British said all of its colonial offices were under control of Iraq council of state 1973 Soviets said Bakr govt policies leading Iraq towards socialism 1980 Iranian air force attacked Iraq’s nuclear reactor at Tuwaitha and Fao Peninsula in Basra (Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper on Iran-Iraq War) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq book review *Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988*) (Musings On Iraq book review *The Iran-Iraq War*) ... more »
Highlights from “The Case for Free Trade”
Earlier this month, I gave a talk at Boise State University titled “The Case for Free Trade.” Here’s the video and what follows are the highlights, with the approximate time at which they occurred. 10:00: Every law is violent. 12:00: Gains from exchange. 14:00: My famous Rita’s Friendly Oasis. 19:10: Comparative advantage. 20:30: Babe […] The post Highlights from “The Case for Free Trade” appeared first on Econlib .
DiCaprio Rebuts Bolsonaro and Denies Support to NGOs “Although They Deserve it”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Actor Leonardo DiCaprio denied that he donated to the NGOs accused by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as the cause of the fire in the Amazon, he told Reuters and Associated Press in a statement. "Although they certainly deserve support," he said, he does not finance the organizations "that are currently […] The post DiCaprio Rebuts Bolsonaro and Denies Support to NGOs “Although They Deserve it” appeared first on The Rio Times.
Will Deval Patrick be president? Not if his past scandals have anything to say about it.
[image: undefined] Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick entered the presidential race last week. Patrick is touted as a centrist Democrat and is reportedly former president Barack Obama’s favorite candidate. Patrick is also the only candidate in the race responsible for disastrous coverups at both the federal and state level. Patrick was assistant attorney general for Civil Rights in the Clinton administration. Shortly before Clinton won the 1992 election, US marshals killed 14-year-old Sammy Weaver and an FBI sniper shot Randy Weaver and killed his wife, Vicki Weaver, as sh... more »
Iran May Be the Only Winner in Iraq
[image: undefined] Intelligence documents reveal how Tehran took advantage of US blundering The American invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of that nation’s government in 2003 has rightly been described as the greatest foreign policy disaster in the history of the United States. Eight thousand one hundred and seventy five American soldiers, contractors and civilians have died in Iraq since 2003 as well as an estimated 300,000 Iraqis. By some more expansive estimates the so-called “global war on terror,” of which Iraq was the major component, may have directly killed 801,000, of whic... more »
Did Humans Survive an Extinction Level Event?
*Nick Longrich* *History, Europe* [image: Reuters] Warfare became a check on population growth, perhaps the most important one. Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago. Now there is just one. The Neanderthals, *Homo neanderthalensis*, were stocky hunters adapted to Europe’s cold steppes. The related Denisovans inhabited Asia, while the more primitive *Homo erectus* lived in Indonesia, and *Homo rhodesiensis* in central Africa. Several short, small-brained species survived alongside them: *Homo naledi* in South Africa, *Homo luzonensis* in the Philippines, *Homo flor... more »
Big Pharma Has Failed: The Antibiotic Pipeline Needs to Be Taken Under Public Ownership
*Claas Kirchhelle, Adam Roberts, Andrew Singer* *Health, Americas* [image: Reuters] But will it happen? Antibiotics are among the most important medicines known to humankind, but we are running out of this crucial resource. Decisive action is needed if we are to retain access to them. This includes rethinking our reliance on private companies and establishing public ownership of crucial parts of the antibiotic pipeline. Since the 1930s, antibiotics have transformed the way we treat diseases, ranging from syphilis to typhoid. They have enabled increasingly complex forms of surge... more »
Does Federal Funding Cover Abortions?
*Gretchen E. Ely* *Politics, Americas* [image: Reuters] This legal issue has a negative impact on young, minority women. In 1976, conservative Congressman Henry Hyde of Illinois introduced a bill that would ban the use of federal funding for abortion expenses except in instances of rape, incest or danger to the life of the mother. Today, the Hyde Amendment, which has been added as a rider to federal budget appropriation bills since 1977, prohibits abortion coverage for approximately 74 million Medicaid recipients. It also prohibits the federal government from covering abortion i... more »
Cow Aren't Killing the Planet: The Questionable Link Between Meat and Climate Change
*Frank M. Mitloehner* *Environment, Global Governance* [image: Reuters] Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate. As the scale and impacts of climate change become increasingly alarming, meat is a popular target for action. Advocates urge the public to eat less meat to save the environment. Some activists have called for taxing meat to reduce consumption of it. A key claim underlying these arguments holds that globally, meat production generates more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector. However, this claim is demonstrably ... more »
Bad News: Obama's Stimulus Lowered Unemployment Insurance
*Matt Weidinger* *Economics, Americas* [image: Reuters] How come? Recently the Wall Street Journal reported on the declining share of jobless people collecting unemployment insurance (UI) benefit checks. That is expected in a strong economy when voluntary job switching rises, as UI checks are reserved for those who are laid off. But the drop is greater than today’s low unemployment rates would predict, and some observers point to state changes curtailing UI benefits as a factor. They’re probably right. But the more interesting story is why states made those changes, especially r... more »
How to Survive the Islamic State and Start Over Again
*Tutku Ayhan, Gunes Murat Tezcur* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] Five years after Islamic State massacre, an Iraqi minority is transformed by trauma. It’s been five years since the Islamic State killed 3,100 Yazidi people in Iraq – mostly men and the elderly – forced 6,800 women and children into sexual slavery, marriage or religious conversion and sent hundreds of thousands fleeing. The Islamic State saw the Yazidis as infidels with no right to exist under the extremist group’s rule. The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking Mideast minority whose monotheistic religion diffe... more »
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