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Jolly Monday — Late & Short

Filosofa's Word

Good Monday morning afternoon, my friends!  My humble apologies for the lateness of Jolly Monday and its brevity today.  Joyful, Jolly and I haven’t felt well since last Thursday, and I just haven’t been up to the task of using my brain … in fact, I think it’s stored away in mothballs at the moment.  But, when I awoke to a text from a friend who was very worried when there wasn’t a Jolly Monday post to be seen, I figured I should at least round up some ‘toons ‘n other fun stuff to help start your week with a smile.  Sorry, slim pickings on the treat table today, but we’ll make it up to you next week!

JOLLY!!!!!!  Did you take a bite out of that apple?????  You put that back RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And let’s head on over to the ‘toons, shall we?


And perhaps a few cute pictures…

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Who lost Afghanistan? George Bush, not Joe Biden | TheArticle

…What we are witnessing now is no more than the final, largely pre-destined act of an attenuated tragedy.

To better understand this, we need to rewind to the events that immediately followed 9/11. On the day of the attacks America possessed an established military/political doctrine jointly authored by the former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, and the former Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger. The doctrine made clear that US forces would only be deployed in overwhelming strength, in pursuit of clear objectives and with a clear route to exit. In this it showed the legacy of messy engagements in Lebanon and Somalia and the long shadow of Vietnam. It was a sound, intellectually coherent approach — and completely inadequate to meet the unprecedented requirements of 9/11.

That natural iconoclast, the late Donald Rumsfeld, immediately abandoned its every precept in favour of a campaign with the speed and agility to match the operational conditions. The solution comprised huge volumes of indirect fire from invulnerable American aircraft, ships and submarines; CIA agents playing a 21st-century version of The Great Game; a ready-made infantry in the shape of the Northern Alliance; and an urbane and – at least then – compliant political leader in waiting in Hamid Karzai. In a seminal example of asymmetric engagement, this improvised force completely shattered the Taliban and drove its remnants into Pakistan or back to their villages.

At this point, America completely dominated the strategic situation in and around Afghanistan. The Taliban had ceased to exist as a coherent entity. Pakistan, having been bluntly asked if it was “with or against America”, was proving an amenable partner, as the capture of Khalid Sheik Mohammed and the purging of the ISI — the state intelligence agency — showed. Within Afghanistan, the sense of a better future was palpable. In the words of Jason Burke, Guardian correspondent and close observer of Afghan affairs: “everywhere one travelled…one found the expectation of a new era of security, stability and prosperity was dawning”. The scene was set for America to maintain the momentum of its success, install and bankroll a Karzai-led government, hand over aid, development and security responsibility to the United Nations et al, walk away and accept the laurels of victory…

Had America declared victory against terrorism and quit Afghanistan in 2002 the West might never have spent its power on unwinnable wars, it might have kept a far more wary eye on the rise of China and the strategic terms of engagement of the early 21st century might have been different. Indeed, America itself might be a less rancorous place. The eternally fissiparous Afghans might have made a mess of their new-found freedoms, but it would have been their mess and with much less scope for the bitter recriminations now raining down on the US President. In context, this might be seen as America’s Suez moment where the limitations of its power are revealed to both the watching world and to history.

Source: Who lost Afghanistan? George Bush, not Joe Biden | TheArticle

Alice

Vivaldi translation: “Dear Alice”, the secret of love is to love yourself first. This is the awareness of our value.

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Querida Alice”, o segredo do amor é se amar primeiro. Essa é a consciência do nosso valor.

Marii Freire Pereira

https://pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

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Santarém, Pá 16 de Agosto de de 2021

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Storie di Design: Polaroid SX-70

Lattughino

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La Polaroid SX-70 è un vero e proprio pezzo d’arte, viene considerata ancora oggi una delle macchine fotografiche più belle mai create, nonché uno dei simboli di maggior successo della Polaroid. È stata la prima reflex istantanea della storia e la prima fotocamera ad utilizzare la nuova pellicola a stampa integrale di Polaroid, che si sviluppa automaticamente senza il necessario intervento del fotografo.

Il nome SX-70 era in realtà la parola in codice usata da Land, a dir la verità usata un quarto di secolo prima della SX-70 Land Camera, per il suo primo progetto di fotocamera a pellicola istantanea, e sta a significare 70th Special Experiment.


Polaroid produceva già delle fotocamere istantanee dal 1947, anche se…

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UMMC to open second field hospital, with ICU beds, in parking garage | Mississippi Today

The University of Mississippi Medical Center will open a second field hospital in one of its parking garages, another attempt at propping up a hospital system on the verge of collapse due to a surge of COVID-19 patients.  Source: UMMC to open second field hospital, with ICU beds, in parking garage | Mississippi Today

Doctors may lose licenses over COVID misinformation – Los Angeles Times

On the list of things that doctors shouldn’t need to be told, one would expect that promoting bogus COVID-19 remedies would rank pretty high. The top of the list, in fact. But no. The problem has become so acute that the Federation of State Medical Boards recently felt compelled to issue a stark warning to medical professionals: “Physicians who generate and spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation or disinformation are risking disciplinary action by state medical boards, including the suspension or revocation of their medical license.”

Source: Doctors may lose licenses over COVID misinformation – Los Angeles Times

O amanhã não está à venda -Ailton Krenak — Bananas e Coisas

Barbara Crane Navarro

Autor: Ailton Krenak Lançamento: 2020 Páginas: 22 Editora: Companhia das Letras Gênero- Categoria: Não Ficção/Entrevista Sinopse: Há vários séculos que os povos indígenas do Brasil enfrentam bravamente ameaças que podem levá-los à aniquilação total e, diante de condições extremamente adversas, reinventam seu cotidiano e suas comunidades. Quando a pandemia da Covid-19 obriga o mundo a[…]

O amanhã não está à venda -Ailton Krenak — Bananas e Coisas

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