Ovi magazine; Saturday January 7th, 2023

The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday January 7th, 2023

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George Santos: The Perfect Resume by Dr. Binoy Kampmark

The true résumé israrely honest.  The entire document is based on a stream of twisting embellishments, fanciful achievements, and, in some cases, pure fiction.  Read it, as you would, an autobiography, which could only interest audiences by what it omits, what it underlines, and what it pretends to celebrate.The wrinkles vanish, the wounding sores patched; the skin moisturised, the face lifted by delicate textual surgery.  Its writing, and its acceptance by any relevant audience, is a mutual conceit, a pact against veracity.

The number of individuals who make use of this mechanism is embarrassing.   Academics speak of projects they never undertook nor finished, and degrees doctored rather than earned.In a good number of cases, diplomas and awards mentioned are not all they seem – the global market for purchasable PhDs is healthy and thriving.  Some claim to have legal qualifications they lack, and others fantasise about unattained military honours and tours of duty they never completed.

Any résumé that also purports to be true is bound to be irrelevant.  Many job appointments are already filled before the paperwork is sent in.  The favoured candidate, however inferior, must be boosted by the quality of the alternatives.  That the alternatives are better is not a chance they will succeed, but cast glorious sunlight on the nepotistic pick, the favoured winner.  The mediocre are long in such affairs.

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Barely a Portrait, Images, Transitions #poem by Michael Lee Johnson

“You will find her here blowing soap bubbles,
chewing gum cigars, old time candy and toy ass radio player.
Sara is still a cheerleader in mind,
chest player beast bare in pink station wagon,
front seats laded back.”

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Ant-Biotics #06 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas

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Ovi magazine; Saturday December 4th, 2021

 

The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday December 4th, 2021

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Arming Against #China: The US Global Posture Review by Dr. Binoy Kampmark

Get the Marines ready. Store the supplies. Marshal the allies. The United States is getting ready for war (the preferable term in Washington is policing) in the Indo-Pacific region, and is hoping to do so with a range of expanded bases across client states, or what it prefers to call friends.

On November 29, the Pentagon announced that US President Joe Biden had accepted the recommendations made by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III in the Global Posture Review commissioned in February. The news might have been delivered by Austin himself, but this solemn duty fell to Mara Karlin, discharging her duties as deputy undersecretary of defense for policy. As the GPR remains classified, we are left with a sketchy performance that should make many across the Indo-Pacific seek cover and a bunker.

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“Salutary Effects” #poem #haiku by Saloni Kaul

“Hibernation long
Bolsters inner resources.
We breeze through new day!”

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The Israeli far-left by Joseph Gatt

I must admit it took me several years to fully understand the Israeli equivalent of the far-left (or Israeli Communists if you want to call them that).

The Israeli far-left has some distinguished scholars (Shlomo Sand, Gilad Atzmon) along with quite a few prominent political figures, and they are in the government at the time of the writing of this article (November 14, 2021).

So what does the Israeli far-left say?

-First, they say that only Israelis should discuss Israeli politics. Diaspora Jews are not Israeli, should never automatically become Israeli, and diaspora Jews should not make public or official statements on Israeli politics.

-Second, the far-left says arrangements should be made for Israeli Arabs and other minorities (Druze, Armenians, Circassians, Samaritans) to have full equality, so Jews in Israel should receive no preferential treatment (Kosher kitchens in schools and public buildings should be banned, and if you want to eat Kosher food, you should pay for it out of your own pocket).

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A fistful of cactus 21#12 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas

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US to include Afghans in review

Afghanistan will send a team to the US to take part in a major policy review of the region, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has announced. In a joint news conference with the new US envoy in the region, Richard Holbrooke, Mr. Karzai said he was "very thankful" to be involved in the talks.

In recent weeks US officials have been critical of Mr. Karzai's leadership. US President Barack Obama, who regards Afghanistan as a priority, accused his government of being "very detached".

Is always amazing when you read something like that. So they were going to talk about the future of Afghanistan without including the people of Afghanistan in this talk? That says something on how American foreign policy worked all these years and why Americans are so popular all around the world!

Discussing terrorism settlement with Libya

Negotiations between the United States and Libya that could result in compensation for past acts of state-sponsored terrorism by Libya are under way, a senior State Department official said Friday.

U.S. and Libyan officials met Wednesday and Thursday, the official said. The nations hope to hammer out a deal in which Libya would "resolve all outstanding claims in good faith" and offer "fair compensation" to victims and their families, he said.

"We are just at the beginning of this process. The goal is to get something that is fair and comprehensive," the official said.

Amazing who would expect that from Muammar Gaddafi back in eighties? Life has some strange turns!

Ex-aide criticizes Bush over Iraq

Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan has said US President George W Bush was not "open and forthright" on Iraq and rushed to an unnecessary war. In simple language, he ...lied!!!

In a new book, Mr. McClellan says Mr. Bush relied on a "political propaganda campaign" to sell the war. His handling of Hurricane Katrina is also attacked. From July 2003 to his resignation in April 2006, Mr. McClellan was a loyal defender of the Bush administration. In response, a White House spokeswoman said Mr. McClellan was "disgruntled".

Dana Perino added: "For those of us who fully supported him, before, during and after he was press secretary, we are puzzled. It is sad - this is not the Scott we knew." Mr. McClellan was a long-standing member of Mr. Bush's inner circle, having worked for him when he was Texas governor before following him to the White House.

Not much good for history to remember George W. Bush, even the …mice are leaving the boat before sinking to the bottom of …forgetness!

George, put off tough decisions

Democratic opponents of US President George W Bush have accused him of putting off tough decisions on Iraq until after the presidential elections.

The criticism follows Mr. Bush's announcement of a "major strategic shift" that includes suspending troop withdrawals after July. He says this would allow senior commander General David Petraeus to assess the next step in Iraq.

But his opponents say the people want answers from this president, now. The decision to halt withdrawals means the US presence in Iraq is likely to last well beyond January 2009, when Mr. Bush will leave office and whoever wins the November elections will take over.

Well they are right, aren’t they? He cannot take a decision the next president will be forced to honor against her/his policy!

Lewinsky question

There is one subject Chelsea Clinton will not discuss. At least three times in the past two weeks, the former and possible future first daughter has been asked about the Monica Lewinsky scandal's influence on the presidential campaign of her mother, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.

The answer has evolved each time. When a student at Butler University in Indianapolis first asked the question on March 25, she drew applause and gave a short response that ended with: "I do not think that is any of your business."

Definitely was nobody’s business and should not be but your parents unfortunately for you made it …your business and in extent anybody’s business. The tragic of this, is that Bill and Hillary are the only ones to come clean out of it!

Democrats to wrap up fight

US Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean has said he would like the party's presidential nominating contest decided by 1 July to avoid bitter in-fighting.

Mr. Dean told US network ABC he did not want rivalry between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to "degenerate into a big fight at the convention" in August. Mr. Obama has begun a six-day tour of Pennsylvania, which votes on 22 April.

Meanwhile the Republican contender John McCain has aired his first advert aimed at November's general election. The Arizona senator is effectively guaranteed to pick up his party's nomination to run for president at the Republican National Convention in September.

In the Democratic contest, Senator Obama is ahead of Senator Clinton in terms of the number of delegates won in the party's primary elections. But the battle for the presidential nomination seems set to continue all the way to the party's national convention in late August.

And he’s not the only one; I think everybody had enough of all the dirt thrown around. Is about time Hillary and Obama to wrap out and decide who of the them will be the next …Vice-President of the US.