A Story Risen from the Mist

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We did not climb so much as ascend, with effort, the flank of Slieve Foy, a peak of the Cooley Mountains, County Louth, Ireland. The group being cousin Sean, my wife, Pam, and myself.

The ridge of Golyin Pass loomed in the mist where the path dissolved in low cloud. Sean pointed above, to the right to Barnavave, also know as Maeve’s Gap for the queen who came from the west of Ireland to take Donn Cúailnge, the Brown Bull of Cooley, by force of arms with an army behind her.

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When cousin Sean named Cú Chulainn, the champion of Maeve’s opponents, the Ulstermen, he recalled a story once lost, Táin Bó Cúailnge. A hospitable siege different from Maeve’s and mist are…

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Recipe : Cabbage and Beet Sabzi

Looks great and simple to do.

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By now you must know, I love flirting with flavours. I’m all for overlapping of flavours and cuisines. I had this huge cabbage in my fridge whose presence in there has begun to annoy me. So, I decided to do something with it. I didn’t want the usual cabbage sabzi or cabbage and carrots or cabbage and capsicum. And I really didn’t want to go all out with something like spring rolls. Somehow, I felt the sweetness of a beet would marry well with the mild sharpness of a cabbage. I decided to extend that thought to reality and went out to buy some beet. Yeah, I put in some effort! I Now, I’ll be honest with you. I am very pleased with the result. But, it’s not something I would plan for a dinner party with guests. It’s a simple homestyle dish that is extremely healthy. And if you…

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They Walk Among Us …

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Some days I wake up and wonder if I dreamed all the lunacy that is part of the United States today.  And then I pick up my phone, check the news, and … nope, not a dream, just a horrible reality.  And then I wish I could just stay in bed, not ever get up again.  I have a feeling that the founders of this nation would be deeply ashamed of some of the people who inhabit it today.  More than a few times I’ve thought perhaps we would have been better off to remain under British rule, for obviously we are not capable of self-governance today.  Just a few examples …


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Marge Green, aka Marjorie Taylor Greene, ought to be sent back home to Georgia until she can learn to act as an adult.  She seems to believe that the way to get her point across is to…

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Mujeres de siempre: Anna Waldherr, dama y escritora, abogada y defensora de los pobres

Women of old: Anna Waldherr, lady and writer, lawyer and advocate for the poor – Our society is in love with wealth and fame. We idolize billionaires. Meanwhile, the gap between rich and poor is growing. We will pay a high price for this inequity. Talent is wasted as unease increases. Demagogues, willing to exploit the division for their own ends, incite violence…

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Nuestra sociedad está enamorada de la riqueza y la fama. Idolatramos a los multimillonarios. Mientras tanto, la brecha entre ricos y pobres está creciendo. Pagaremos un alto precio por esta inequidad. El talento se desperdicia a medida que aumenta la inquietud. Los demagogos, dispuestos a explotar la división para sus propios fines, incitan a la violencia. A menudo descartamos las vidas de las llamadas personas comunes. Pero la gente común es la columna vertebral de la sociedad. Ellos pelean las guerras, apagan los incendios, dan personal a los hospitales, construyen las casas, cultivan los campos, manejan las fábricas, transportan las mercancías y mantienen todo. desde las alcantarillas hasta las torres de telefonía celular de las que depende la sociedad …” Anna Waldherr

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Escalation in the Middle East: “It’s the First Time I Have Been Afraid of my Neighbors” – DER SPIEGEL

In the building where the Jewish Gabay family lives, some doorframes have a mezuzah posted on them, a capsule containing Torah verses to protect the family. Just a few doors down, Arab words are written on the wall. The four-story building is home to 16 families – nine Jewish and seven Arab.

All the neighbors used to meet in the staircase when the rocket sirens would go off. They would wait together, say several residents, for the siren to fall silent, meaning it was safe to return to their apartments. This time, though, it was different, they say. Everyone decided they would rather stay in their own apartments than run into each other in the staircase.

“I ran into one of my Arab neighbors,” says Gil Gabay. “He had a wound on his head from an Israeli police projectile.” She thought she could see recrimination on his face. “He looked at me furiously, as if I had something to do with his injury.”

Jews are now suddenly seen as representatives of the Israeli police, while Arab Israelis are looked at as an extension of Hamas.

“We neighbors have always had a good relationship,” says Muhamed Khalili, a 36-year-old Palestinian, who lives on the second floor of House 9 with his wife and four children. “But now, I told my family: Don’t go into the staircase when the rocket siren goes off. I don’t know what the Jews think of us.” Maybe, Khalili says, they think he is responsible for the burned-out cars outside. It’s safer, he says, to stay home.

Source: Escalation in the Middle East: “It’s the First Time I Have Been Afraid of my Neighbors” – DER SPIEGEL

Russia freezes bank accounts of US broadcaster RFE/RL | News | DW | 14.05.2021

Russia sent bailiffs to the Moscow bureau of US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on Friday over unpaid fines.

RFE/RL said the move was an escalation in the Russian government’s campaign to push them out of the country.

“RFE/RL will continue to fight these desperate attempts by the Kremlin to censor uncomfortable truths,” said RFE/RL President Jamie Fly in a statement.

US State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter told reporters Washington was “deeply troubled” at the move. It represented Russia’s “latest attempt to suppress independent media and deny the Russian people access to objective news,” she said.

Why did the US broadcaster face fines?

RFE/RL was designated as a “foreign agent” in Russia in 2017, a claim that the news outlet denies. Groups identified as foreign agents in Russia must disclose their sources of funding and media outlets under this tag must publish a disclaimer saying their publications are “fulfilling the function of a foreign agent.” If they refuse, they face fines.

Groups that are considered foreign agents face difficulties in funding and a stigma that can make it difficult to continue their work.

Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor filed 520 violation cases against RFE/RL, which could entail fines up to $2.4 million (€1.98 million).

Source: Russia freezes bank accounts of US broadcaster RFE/RL | News | DW | 14.05.2021

Indoor Mask Mandates Still in Place As New Yorkers Raise Concerns About New CDC Guidelines – Gothamist

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is currently deliberating over whether to change New York’s mask policy, which still indicates that everyone who can “medically tolerate” a face covering must wear one in public if they’re unable to distance themselves from others. The state adopted the CDC’s last change on April 27th, relaxing mask usage for fully vaccinated people for some social gatherings.

But Cuomo and his health team are mulling whether to add the new rules, which lift restrictions outdoors and almost anywhere indoors, except for public transit, medical settings like doctor’s offices, on planes, and in congregate living settings such as nursing homes and prisons. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has yet to issue any policy changes, given the governor’s decision must first be made.

Source: Indoor Mask Mandates Still in Place As New Yorkers Raise Concerns About New CDC Guidelines – Gothamist

Hospitals overwhelmed as Covid cases surge in Osaka | Japan | The Guardian (Me: Olympics?)

A surge in coronavirus cases in Japan is forcing exhausted medical workers to make “heartbreaking” decisions about treatment as healthcare services are close to being overwhelmed, medics have said.

In Osaka, at the centre of the country’s fourth wave of infections, hospital beds are almost at capacity and reports say an estimated 17,000 people with virus symptoms are being treated at home or waiting to be admitted to a medical facility. In recent weeks more than a dozen have died before they could be hospitalised.

There are fears the deepening crisis in the western prefecture could be repeated elsewhere in the country, including in Tokyo, which is due to host the summer Olympics in 10 weeks’ time. The last state of emergency was lifted in Osaka a week earlier than in the Tokyo region, where variants are accounting for a rising proportion of new infections.

 

Source: Hospitals overwhelmed as Covid cases surge in Osaka | Japan | The Guardian

Edwin Poots elected DUP leader to succeed Arlene Foster | Northern Irish politics | The Guardian

Edwin Poots has been elected leader of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) on the promise of remoulding Northern Ireland’s biggest party and ratcheting up opposition to the Irish Sea border…

Poots, 55, is a young Earth creationist from the party’s conservative Christian wing who believes the planet is 6,000 years old, a belief that could impede the party’s effort to court new voters.

Source: Edwin Poots elected DUP leader to succeed Arlene Foster | Northern Irish politics | The Guardian

Colorado man suspected in wife’s death allegedly voted for Trump in her name | Colorado | The Guardian

A Colorado man suspected in the death of his wife, who disappeared on Mother’s Day last year, is also accused of submitting a fraudulent vote on her behalf for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election, court documents show. Barry Morphew told investigators he mailed the ballot on behalf of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, to help Trump win, saying “all these other guys are cheating” and that he thought his wife would have voted for Trump anyway, according to an arrest warrant affidavit signed by a judge in Chaffee county.

Source: Colorado man suspected in wife’s death allegedly voted for Trump in her name | Colorado | The Guardian