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Armed Revolution Spreads in Myanmar’s Central Regions and on Chin Hills

‘We are resisting because we have faith,’ said a resident of Mindat, where local fighters are defying the regime’s artillery, mostly with rudimentary hunting rifles.

Source: Armed Revolution Spreads in Myanmar’s Central Regions and on Chin Hills

Coup Leader Brought Myanmar to Its Knees to Sustain a Failed Political Dream

Everyone wants a sustainable life, a sustainable economy, a sustainable environment and a sustainable country. For the people of Myanmar, however, those ambitions were dashed when the military staged a coup on Feb. 1. But the man who shattered an entire country seems satisfied with the purported “sustainability” he has created, presiding over the disaster in a place he has no right to be—the Presidential Residence.

One of the first actions coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing took a few days after he staged his coup was to forcibly move democratically elected President U Win Myint from the Presidential Residence to another location, also in Naypyitaw, where he was placed under house arrest. Right after that, the general and his wife held a traditional house warming party with five Buddhist monks in the residence’s Ngu Shwe Wah Hall. Since then, sources close to the military’s top circle have revealed, the coup leader and his family have occupied the residence.

Source: Coup Leader Brought Myanmar to Its Knees to Sustain a Failed Political Dream

Mixed reactions to CDC’s revised COVID mask mandate | CIDRAP

“I wouldn’t want to declare victory [over COVID-19] prematurely, but I’m saying this is clearly a step in the direction that we want to go,” Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN’s Jake Tapper.

At the same time, Fauci acknowledged that people such as store or restaurant owners will have to trust others to unmask responsibly. “They will not be able to know,” he said. “I mean, you’re going to be depending on people being honest enough to say whether they were vaccinated or not.”

Fauci reminded CNN that while there will be no federally mandated vaccine passports, organizations such as colleges and businesses can require COVID-19 vaccination.

Source: Mixed reactions to CDC’s revised COVID mask mandate | CIDRAP

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