tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post3461383795693177152..comments2024-03-29T09:32:34.853-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Robert Fisk: When Peace is a Commodity: Trump in the Middle Eastmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-60567384913991404932017-05-25T10:48:44.523-04:002017-05-25T10:48:44.523-04:00Thanks for posting, Kaivey. I had the pleasure of ...Thanks for posting, Kaivey. I had the pleasure of meeting Robert Fisk when he came to Montreal to give a public lecture on his book "Lebanon: Pity the Nation" in the late 90s.<br /><br />Over at Taleb's twitter account, and specifically regarding Trump mistakenly assuming that Israel is not in the Middle East ... it's funny how Taleb excuses this latest Trump stupidity as Trump "being right from intuition." And it's not just this once. Every gaffe or screw-up by Trump according Taleb is nothing more than a brilliant, clever ploy. <br /><br />Btw, if you follow Taleb on twitter, you'll notice that he's obsessed with his genes. The thought that he may have some Arabic blood running thru his veins must keep him up late at night ...lol<br /><br /><b>NassimNicholasTaleb @nntaleb May 24</b><br /><i>Zalloua has 12K DNA samples, largest DB for Phoenicia.<br />He just hired me as his data scientist for the Levant Project (unaware of my temper).</i><br /><br /><b>NassimNicholasTaleb @nntaleb</b><br /> <br /><i>Replying to @nntaleb @PZalloua <br />4 Arabs did not settle in the coastal Levant<br />5 Data shows distinction between Canaanites & Hebrews, doesn't contradict Biblical claims</i><br /><br />I duuno, he kinda looks like an Arab to me. What? Me tell him? No siree bob, I'm not going to tell him -- Matt can tell him; of course,after he's done explaining to him how a modern economy works ;)lastgreekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00354740659933239445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-30528195021111840732017-05-25T05:59:02.439-04:002017-05-25T05:59:02.439-04:00Technically, this piece is a guest editorial, not ...Technically, this piece is a guest editorial, not news.<br /><br />Here's another:<br />http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/25/the-rise-of-the-alt-center/<br /><br /><i>“My yacht is only 500 meters longer than an aircraft carrier because some fucking kid in Detroit still has the luxury of eating lead and ketchup for breakfast”</i>Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.com