#Westchester bridge dedicated to fallen cop on Memorial Day

#Westchester bridge dedicated to fallen cop on Memorial Day

“#Westchester bridge dedicated to fallen cop on Memorial Day” An NYPD detective who was killed while serving with the US military in Afghanistan had a Westchester County bridge dedicated to him Monday. NYPD Commissioner Dermott Shea called fallen Detective Joseph Lemm “a man who by any definition is a true American hero” at the White…

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#Grant asylum to Afghans who helped United States

#Grant asylum to Afghans who helped United States

“#Grant asylum to Afghans who helped United States” With US forces set to exit Afghanistan by Sept. 11, President Joe Biden has a clear duty to offer refuge to all translators and other Afghans who went out on a limb to help the Americans during the war. Roughly 18,000 of them have applied for special…

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#Reporters as arms of the spy state and other commentary

#Reporters as arms of the spy state and other commentary

“#Reporters as arms of the spy state and other commentary” From the left: Reporters Now Arms of the Spy State A decade after the huge WikiLeaks dump of Afghan War secrets launched “a historic stretch of true oppositional journalism” investigating massive national-security-agency abuse, Matt Taibbi seethes at his TK News site, suddenly “the FBI-CIA-media partnership” has…

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# From cypherpunk to state contracts: the changing face of blockchain

# From cypherpunk to state contracts: the changing face of blockchain

“# From cypherpunk to state contracts: the changing face of blockchain ” Blockchain continues to occupy an unusual space in the contemporary tech sphere, with concepts such as “decentralization,” “transparency” and “immutability” continuing to slide between a purely technical meaning and a more overtly politicized one.  Certain blockchain advocates — at least, those still steeped…

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#Afghanistan bombing kills 30 people

#Afghanistan bombing kills 30 people

“#Afghanistan bombing kills 30 people” A bombing near an Afghanistan school killed at least 30 people, many of them students. Fifty-two other people were also injured in the Kabul attack, NPR reports. Many of the victims were girls, who are taught at the Sayed Ul-Shuhada high school separately from boys in the afternoon, when the…

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#Clinton warns of consequences from Afghanistan withdrawal

#Clinton warns of consequences from Afghanistan withdrawal

“#Clinton warns of consequences from Afghanistan withdrawal” Hillary Clinton on Sunday warned that the US could face “huge consequences” from President Biden’s decision to pull all US troops out of Afghanistan. The former secretary of state was asked on CNN what she thought of Biden’s move to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the…

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#How to end the endless war in Afghanistan

#How to end the endless war in Afghanistan

“#How to end the endless war in Afghanistan” Afghan human rights leader Dr. Sima Samar talks to Sally Armstrong about the Taliban, the peace process and the fight to save 20 years of progress in her country There is a storm brewing in central Asia and the centre of the disturbance is Afghanistan. While the…

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#The Afghan women Canada failed

#The Afghan women Canada failed

“#The Afghan women Canada failed” Adnan R. Khan: With the U.S. withdrawal looming, the Afghan government is attempting to curb women’s rights. Meanwhile, Canada is more interested in playing whack-a-mole with terrorism than doing the hard work of helping a country devastated by it Rada Akbar’s personal nightmare began late last year with what seemed,…

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