Thank you for mentioning the atrocities in DRCongo. A colleague of a Congolese friend of mine, a community worker, who was feeding people in refugee camps in Uganda and trying to convince young boys not to become child soldiers, was recently abducted, tortured and murdered in eastern Congo by Rwandan-backed M23 death squads. Left his 4 children orphans after their mother was killed in an M23 ambush 2 years ago. I met them once some time ago, and what kind and beautiful people they were. May their souls rest in peace and may the violence and abuses cease once and for all!
Scott just summarized 2024 in a nutshell. There were times when I heard news that was discouraging and I wanted to “kill the messenger. “ I learned to be more balanced and take the good with the bad. I may have made some mean comments that I think were warranted at the time although they were very harsh, but it has been a rough year to say the least. Although I fear what 2025 has to bring, I have a gut feeling that things will get better over time our world will change positively. At least I hope it will. Thank you Scott for your hard work and your expert analysis throughout these trying times. You are greatly appreciated.
I realized last year that to any honest journalist, "may you live in interesting times," is a blessing instead of a curse. Uninteresting times mean there's just not much to report. ;)
2024 was the year of Alternative facts and all the dangers of state based narratives that were supposed to be believed and never questioned. The interesting thing is people did question the narratives.
Thank you for mentioning the atrocities in DRCongo. A colleague of a Congolese friend of mine, a community worker, who was feeding people in refugee camps in Uganda and trying to convince young boys not to become child soldiers, was recently abducted, tortured and murdered in eastern Congo by Rwandan-backed M23 death squads. Left his 4 children orphans after their mother was killed in an M23 ambush 2 years ago. I met them once some time ago, and what kind and beautiful people they were. May their souls rest in peace and may the violence and abuses cease once and for all!
I think that maybe we should wish to live in boring, uninteresting times, for as interesting times go, I'm very much with the baby on this!
😀 Houthis are the "Fremen" of 'Dune' 😃
Scott just summarized 2024 in a nutshell. There were times when I heard news that was discouraging and I wanted to “kill the messenger. “ I learned to be more balanced and take the good with the bad. I may have made some mean comments that I think were warranted at the time although they were very harsh, but it has been a rough year to say the least. Although I fear what 2025 has to bring, I have a gut feeling that things will get better over time our world will change positively. At least I hope it will. Thank you Scott for your hard work and your expert analysis throughout these trying times. You are greatly appreciated.
I realized last year that to any honest journalist, "may you live in interesting times," is a blessing instead of a curse. Uninteresting times mean there's just not much to report. ;)
2024 was the year of Alternative facts and all the dangers of state based narratives that were supposed to be believed and never questioned. The interesting thing is people did question the narratives.
Then you also have the idiots that have all this "alien" technology. It is really scary what they are doing with that.
Yes indeed ‼️🌎
Yes indeed ‼️🌎