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Trump Beware: Kissinger a Threat to Russia's Strategic Alliance with China – Paul Craig Roberts
Posted by KAR ⋅ December 28, 2016 ⋅ Leave a comment
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What is Henry Kissinger Up To?
By Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig Roberts website
With Conclusion by Karl Pomeroy
Edited December 29, 2016
Putin, Kissinger (–Whatdoesitmean.com)
The English language Russian news agency, Sputnik, reports that former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is advising US president-elect Donald Trump how to "bring the United States and Russia closer together to offset China's military buildup."
If we take this report at face value, it tells us that Kissinger, an old cold warrior, is working to use Trump's commitment to better relations with Russia in order to separate Russia from its strategic alliance with China.
China's military buildup is a response to US provocations against China and US claims to the South China Sea as an area of US national interests. China does not intend to attack the US and certainly not Russia.
Kissinger, who was my colleague at the Center for Strategic and International studies for a dozen years, is aware of the pro-American elites inside Russia, and he is at work creating for them a "China threat" that they can use in their effort to lead Russia into the arms of the West. If this effort is successful, Russia's sovereignty will be eroded exactly as has the sovereignty of every other country allied with the US.
At President Putin's last press conference, journalist Marat Sagadatov asked if Russia wasn't already subject to forms of foreign semi-domination: "Our economy, industry, ministries and agencies often follow the rules laid down by international organizations and are managed by consulting companies. Even our defense enterprises have foreign consulting firms auditing them." The journalist asked, "if it is not time to do some import substitution in this area too?"
Every Russian needs to understand that being part of the West means living by Washington's rules. The only country in the Western Alliance that has an independent foreign and economic policy is the US.
All of us need to understand that although Trump has been elected president, the neoconservatives remain dominant in US foreign policy, and their commitment to the hegemony of the US as the uni-power remains as strong as ever. The neoconservative ideology has been institutionalized in parts of the CIA, State Department and Pentagon. The neoconservatives retain their influence in media, think tanks, university faculties, foundations, and in the Council on Foreign Relations.
We also need to understand that Trump revels in the role of tough guy and will say things that can be misinterpreted as my friend, Finian Cunningham, whose columns I read, usually with appreciation, might have done.
I do not know that Trump will prevail over the vast neoconservative conspiracy. However, it seems clear enough that he is serious about reducing the tensions with Russia that have been building since President Clinton violated the George H. W. Bush administration's promise that NATO would not expand one inch to the East. Unless Trump were serious, there is no reason for him to announce Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as his choice for Secretary of State. In 2013 Mr. Tillerson was awarded Russia's Order of Friendship.
As Professor Michel Chossudovsky has pointed out, a global corporation such as Exxon has interests different from those of the US military/security complex. The military/security complex needs a powerful threat, such as the former "Soviet threat" which has been transformed into the "Russian threat," in order to justify its hold on an annual budget of approximately one trillion dollars. In contrast, Exxon wants to be part of the Russian energy business. Therefore, as Secretary of State, Tillerson is motivated to achieve good relations between the US and Russia, whereas for the military/security complex good relations undermine the orchestrated fear on which the military/security budget rests.
Clearly, the military/security complex and the neoconservatives see Trump and Tillerson as threats, which is why the neoconservatives and the armaments tycoons so strongly opposed Trump and why CIA Director John Brennan made wild and unsupported accusations of Russian interference in the US presidential election.
The lines are drawn. The next test will be whether Trump can obtain Senate confirmation of his choice of Tillerson as Secretary of State.
The myth is widespread that President Reagan won the cold war by breaking the Soviet Union financially with an arms race. As one who was involved in Reagan's effort to end the cold war, I find myself yet again correcting the record.
Reagan never spoke of winning the cold war. He spoke of ending it. Other officials in his government have said the same thing, and Pat Buchanan can verify it.
Reagan wanted to end the Cold War, not win it. He spoke of those "godawful" nuclear weapons. He thought the Soviet economy was in too much difficulty to compete in an arms race. He thought that if he could first cure the stagflation that afflicted the US economy, he could force the Soviets to the negotiating table by going through the motion of launching an arms race. "Star wars" was mainly hype. (Whether or nor the Soviets believed the arms race threat, the American leftwing clearly did and has never got over it.)
Reagan had no intention of dominating the Soviet Union or collapsing it. Unlike Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama, he was not controlled by neoconservatives. Reagan fired and prosecuted the neoconservatives in his administration when they operated behind his back and broke the law.
The Soviet Union did not collapse because of Reagan's determination to end the Cold War. The Soviet collapse was the work of hardline communists, who believed that Gorbachev was loosening the Communist Party's hold so quickly that Gorbachev was a threat to the existence of the Soviet Union and placed him under house arrest. It was the hardline communist coup against Gorbachev that led to the rise of Yeltsin. No one expected the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The US military/security complex did not want Reagan to end the Cold War, as the Cold War was the foundation of profit and power for the complex. The CIA told Reagan that if he renewed the arms race, the Soviets would win, because the Soviets controlled investment and could allocate a larger share of the economy to the military than Reagan could.
Reagan did not believe the CIA's claim that the Soviet Union could prevail in an arms race. He formed a secret committee and gave the committee the power to investigate the CIA's claim that the US would lose an arms race with the Soviet Union. The committee concluded that the CIA was protecting its prerogatives. I know this because I was a member of the committee.
Test firing of 'Sarmat,' Russia's new intercontinental ballistic missile. Sarmat will have 15 MIRV individual warheads, each of capacity 150-300 kilotons, and will fly at hypersonic speed (over 5 Mach), changing trajectory so it can't be intercepted. (–Russia Insider)
American capitalism and the social safety net would function much better without the drain on the budget of the military/security complex. It is more correct to say that the military/security complex wants a major threat, not an actual arms race. Stateless Muslim terrorists are not a sufficient threat for such a massive US military, and the trouble with an actual arms race as opposed to a threat is that the US armaments corporations would have to produce weapons that work instead of cost overruns that boost profits.
The latest US missile ship has twice broken down and had to be towed into port. The F-35 has cost endless money, has a variety of problems ( http://www.stopthef35.com/pentagon-f-35-wont-have-a-chance-in-real-combat/ ) and is already outclassed.
The Russian missiles are hypersonic. The Russian tanks are superior. The explosive power of the Russian Satan II ICBM is terrifying. The morale of the Russian forces is high. They have not been exhausted from 15 years of fighting without much success pointless wars against women and children.
Washington, given the corrupt nature of the US military/security complex, can arms race all it wants without being a danger to Russia or China, much less to the strategic alliance between the two powers.
The neoconservatives are discredited, but they are still a powerful influence on US foreign policy. Until Trump relegates them to the ideological backwaters, Russia and China had best hold on to their strategic alliance. Anyone attempting to break this alliance is a threat to both Russia and China, and to America and to life on earth.
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has had many university appointments. His internet columns have attracted a worldwide following. Roberts' latest books are The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West, How America Was Lost, and The Neoconservative Threat to World Order.
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On the Balance of Russia and China
By Karl Pomeroy
Paul Craig Roberts has given us yet another compelling commentary. As usual, he makes many excellent points, and is an obvious expert on the topic of Henry Kissinger. In defense of a free Tibet, and to emphasize a positive outlook on Donald Trump's transition, I will examine in detail Roberts' analysis and its implications for U.S. relations with Russia and China.
First, the Sputnik article says only the following: The analysis of information, obtained by western European intelligence from Trump's transition team and cited by the Bild newspaper, revealed Monday the White House would go for a "constructive cooperation" with the Kremlin. Kissinger has reportedly met with Trump several times in the past couple of months and is rumored to be his informal foreign policy adviser. The veteran diplomat, who served as secretary of state under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, has spelled out how to bring the United States and Russia closer together to offset China's military buildup. Some of the steps include recognizing Russia's dominance in former Soviet republics, such as Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as closing the eyes on Crimea and lifting sanctions from Russia in exchange for its pullout from eastern Ukraine, where it allegedly has troops.
There are several reasons to doubt the contents of this article. Any information obtained by "Western European intelligence" and cited by Bild is likely to be inaccurate. Paul Craig Roberts is no doubt aware of this, and admits his analysis is based on taking the report at face value.
The "rumor" that Kissinger is Trump's "informal foreign policy advisor" is likely exaggerated. Trump often meets with people he has differences with. He has said he does not like yes men, and prefers to work with people he feels comfortable with but who disagree with him. This is a quality of strength and open-mindedness. Trump's meetings with Kissinger signify nothing subversive.
Hollande, Putin, Merkel in Minsk, Belarus (–joinfo.com)
Sputnik also claims: "Some of the steps [spelled out by Kissinger] include … lifting sanctions from Russia in exchange for its pullout from eastern Ukraine, where it allegedly has troops." Kissinger can't really believe Russia has troops in Donbass. One of many items of proof that Russia has no forces there lies in the Minsk agreements themselves. Russia is a guarantor of the Minsk Agreements on the same footing as France and Germany. But Russia is not a party to the agreement. The parties are Poroshenko, President of Ukraine, Igor Plotnitsky, representative of the region of Lugansk, and Alexander Zakharchenko, representative of the region of Donetsk. There are Russian volunteers fighting in Donbass, as there are even a few American volunteers. But there are no official Russian forces. These so-called steps proposed by Kissinger do not ring true, and cast still more doubt on the Sputnik report.
The implication that Trump's Russia-friendly policy will be used to drive a wedge between Russia and China bothers me because it places emphasis on the wrong thing. Roberts says, "If we take this report at face value, it tells us that Kissinger, an old cold warrior, is working to use Trump's commitment to better relations with Russia in order to separate Russia from its strategic alliance with China." Actually, nothing in the Sputnik article says this. Apparently Roberts speculates this because he knows Henry Kissinger personally, and therefore has a good idea what Kissinger would be up to. In any case, there is no reason to believe Trump would be influenced by Kissinger's devious motives.
Several other analysts have recently issued dark speculations that Trump's friendly attitude toward Russia is intended to separate Russia from China. This puts the cart before the horse. Vladimir Putin, before the coup in Ukraine, said over and over again he wanted a partnership with West. He only began turning to China when the West imposed sanctions during the years 2014 to 2016. The Russia-China alliance was an unintended consequence of the sanctions. It was not Putin's first choice. To pretend Putin preferred a Chinese alliance over a Western alliance prior to 2014 is unrealistic.
Friendly U.S. relations with Russia will not "separate Russia from its strategic alliance with China". Friendhip with Russia will simply stop driving Russia toward further dependence on China. In other words, Russia will have more options. In any case, it is Putin's choice.
Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet – former home of the Dalai Lama, now controlled by China. (–Unesco)
Quemado Institute advocates a trilateral balance of world powers, with the U.S., Russia and China playing equal roles. We believe this is the most reasonable path to stability. Nevertheless, because of its invasion and seizure of Tibet (and also Xinjiang), we consider China an enemy to global freedom. Russia, unlike China, has relinquished the territories it seized and controlled in the twentieth century. And of course, Russia did not invade Ukraine. Nor did the illegal post-coup government in Kiev have a right to rule Donbass or Crimea, territories not allowed to participate in the May 25, 2014 election that brought Poroshenko to power. Therefore nothing should prevent Russia from being a strategic ally of the United States.
Roberts concludes by saying, "Anyone attempting to break this alliance [between Russia and China] is a threat to both Russia and China, and to America and to life on earth." This paints an overly cynical picture. A US-Russian alliance and a Russian-Chinese alliance are not mutually exclusive. And although I oppose the neocon view, it is arguable that too strong a Russian-Chinese alliance could be even more of a threat to America and to life on earth.
Roberts, along with many alternate media analysts—even the most brilliant—assumes, falsely, that China is not a threat, except in reaction to U.S. provocation. Roberts says, "China's military buildup is a response to US provocations against China and US claims to the South China Sea as an area of US national interests. China does not intend to attack the US and certainly not Russia." No, China does not intend to attack the US or Russia. China intends to expand into the South China Sea, the same way it "expanded" into Tibet and Xinjiang.
Chinese philosophers have maintained for centuries that the whole world belongs to China, and that China is lending it to the rest of us as a temporary altruistic gesture. China works on long long timescales. Its invasion and conquest of Tibet and Xinjiang, comprising an area larger than Argentina and almost the size of India, happened within living memory. Its creeping expansion into the South China Sea is eerily reminiscent, to say the least. China absolutely must be contained. It must withdraw from contested islands, and grant recognition of full independence to Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang.
Only then can we assume there is no threat from China.
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Voter suppression panel draws U.S. Representative
By JAMES SCHARF | October 3, 2019
Students, faculty and speakers gathered to listen to U.S. Representative John Peter Spyros Sarbanes (MD-3), watch the film Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook and interact with panelists afterwards at Hodson Hall on Oct. 2. The event revolved around allegations of voter suppression in the United States that have accelerated since the 2008 election.
Before the screening, moderator Meredith Ward provided a broad overview of the film's goal to describe both voter suppression and some of its effects.
"The documentary that you're going to see tonight will take a hard look at the tactics employed to suppress the right to vote in the United States," Ward said. "The documentary details what happened during the 2016 elections, as well as backgrounding viewers on the successful efforts since 2008 to deprive certain citizens of the right to vote for legislative, judicial and systemic actions in over 30 states."
The film alleges that since the election of Barack Obama, Republican strategists and lawmakers have worked to suppress the ability of specific subgroups of Americans to vote. Tactics of voter suppression have included voter intimidation, vote roll purging and restrictive voter identification laws. Sarbanes, who spoke to the audience after the screening, noted that these policies can disproportionately suppress black and Hispanic voters.
The film follows several individuals who were pivotal either in creating or protecting against these tactics of suppression. Several of those individuals, such as Reverend Barber, who sought to protect their voting rights, explained that they are motivated by family legacies of fighting Jim Crow laws and strong beliefs about their right to vote.
The film also follows individuals who say that America faces a systematic campaign to commit voter fraud. Voter fraud includes casting votes illegally, multiple times, under aliases and without proper registration. However, the movie reveals that there have been very few convictions of fraud out of the millions of voters. So, the director suggests that possible motivations of states' recently passed anti-fraud bills includes an understanding that they target groups, such as African American and Hispanic voters, that typically vote for Democrats. Republicans typically push for anti-fraud bills.
After the showing, Sarbanes spoke about his current initiative on voting law reform, H.R. 1 - For the People Act of 2019. According to Sarbanes, the primary goal of the bill is to allow for independent redistricting commissions, protect the right to vote and improve the ethics of public servants. The bill was recently passed by the House of Representatives.
In explaining his desire for election reform, he noted that Rigged described several of his complaints about the United States.
"This is a very sobering film," Sarbanes said. "It leaves you wondering whether we have any shot of getting back to the kind of voting bedrock that really undergirds our democracy as Elijah Cummings was saying."
Following Sarbanes' speech, a panel which included Nathan Connolly, Stuart Schrader and Tim Smith convened.
Connolly, a professor of history and the director of the Program in Racism, Immigration and Citizenship, emphasized that there is a long history of voter suppression in the United States.
"It's worth reminding folks that voting rights is really a gray line," Connolly said. "The reforms of participation in the electoral process that really expanded with reconstruction, that were targeted and then rolled back… It's really important that a film like this highlights that interlocking quality of local and national matters because it's so much of the procedural stuff that happened at the local level."
Panelist Stuart Schrader, sociology lecturer and associate director of the Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship, explained that the United States has a long history of democratic disenfranchisement. However, there are even deeper problems with America's institutional democratic mechanisms.
"The continuity is that this country has a real problem with democracy," Schrader said. "There are many institutions in the country that are good restraints on democracy, rather than designed to expand it. The Electoral College is the most obvious one that we can't get out of our heads because of the 2016 election."
Lucas Miller, a sophomore studying Film and Media Studies, stated that he appreciated the techniques that Rigged used to convey its message.
"I liked the way it was structured around the playbook format," Miller said. "It did a good job of picking specific stories to focus on to humanize the issue."
Miller highlighted a particular scene where a man was falsely accused of voting and placed in jail in Texas as one that resonated with him emotionally.
"The image of him in a cell with this tiny little window for supposedly fraudulent voting," Miller said. "It's messed up. It gets at the emotional core of the issue."
Cas Gustafsson, a sophomore, explained a reinvigorated desire to learn more about the subject and work against voter suppression.
"I am really angry, but that's what I expect with going into something like this," Gustafsson said. "I feel motivated to try and find ways to enact change. That's something that I care a lot about. Modern voter suppression is something that I was aware of, but not to the extent to which it was happening. I am interested in figuring out more that I can do."
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Beijing Should Seize Taiwan And TMSC If US Levies 'Destructive' Sanctions; Senior Chinese Economist
Authored by Frank Yue via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A senior Chinese economist at a U.S.-China forum proposed that Beijing take over Taiwan and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) if Washington sanctions Beijing as it has Moscow.
"If the United States and the West impose destructive sanctions on China as they treat Russia, we must recover Taiwan," said China's economist Chen Wenling on May 30 at a forum hosted by the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, according to state outlets. "Especially in the reconstruction of industry and supply chains, we must seize TSMC, a firm that inherently belongs to China."
A Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in a file photo. (Taiwan Ministry of Defense via AP)
Chen is the chief economist at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a state think tank overseen by China's top economic planning agency National Development and Reform Commission. Her comments came as TSMC, a global leader in semiconductor production, becomes increasingly important amid the global chip crunch.
"They are speeding up the transfer to the United States to build six factories there," she added. "We must not let all the goals of the transfer be achieved."
The Chinese regime sees Taiwan as part of its territory and has threatened war to bring the island into its fold. The self-ruled island is a de-facto independent country, with its own democratically-elected government, military, constitution, diplomacy, and currency.
Meanwhile, Chen urged Beijing to openly support Moscow to the best of its ability, citing a recent joint air force drill between the two allies as an example.
"China and Russia may be united by matching the Belt and Road Initiative and the broad Eurasia alliance raised by Putin," said the expert. "That will form a strategic depth belt for our country, an economic belt along the Silk Road, and an energy security belt, which will serve [China] as a major buffer for security concerns in the future."
On Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which the Kremlin calls "a special military operation." As of June 8, 4,266 civilians have been killed, including 67 children, and 5,178 injured in Ukraine, with over 6.5 million people fleeing to neighboring countries, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Additionally, Chen said that China could hit its rival hard in a way most unfavorable to the opponent when the reform achievements it has made over the past 40 years are at risk.
Taiwan legislator Wang Ting-Yu dismissed her speech as "irresponsible and provocative" in an interview with Radio Free Asia.
"The idea of taking over Taiwan and TSMC by force highlights China's ignorance, arrogance, and aggressiveness," Wang said. "Further, it signals they [Chinese authorities] would risk being perceived to be an enemy to the world for [its] economic interests."
Internet user Zhao Ming tweeted that Chen can hardly be called an economist, as he said she shows no common sense in her field. "Economics promotes the free movement of talent, capital, and technology while Chen Wenling's mindset is heavily preoccupied with looting."
The Epoch Times could not reach Chen Wenling for comment by press time.
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2 edition of Islamic rationalism found in the catalog.
Mohd. Shuhaimi Haji Ishak
a critical evaluation of Harun Nasution"s thought
by Mohd. Shuhaimi Haji Ishak
Published 2010 by IIUM Press in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia .
Statement Mohd. Shuhaimi Haji Ishak
Pagination 207 p. :
Islamic theology, which is one of the branches of Islamic religious sciences, is mostly referred to as ^ ilm al-kal a m (the science of kal a m), and in short kal a : Livnat Holtzman. Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Islamic rationalism by George Fadlo Hourani, , Clarendon Press edition, in English Islamic rationalism ( edition) | Open LibraryCited by:
Traditionalist theology (Arabic: الأثرية — al-Aṯarīya) is a Islamic scholarly movement, originating in the late 8th century CE, who reject rationalistic Islamic theology (kalam) in favor of strict textualism in interpreting the Quran and hadith. The name derives from "tradition" in its technical sense as. COVID Resources. Reliable information about the coronavirus (COVID) is available from the World Health Organization (current situation, international travel).Numerous and frequently-updated resource results are available from this 's WebJunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Genre/Form: Mughnī: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Hourani, George Fadlo. Islamic rationalism. Oxford, Clarendon Press, (OCoLC) Islamic extremists "proclaimed a holy war against Rationalism," writes Hoodbhoy, "against the upholders of reason and advocates of philosophy and science." Fast forward years and we hear America's Rush Limbaugh broadcast that science and scientists are Cited by:
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Book description In this book, Masooda Bano presents an in-depth analysis of a new movement that is transforming the way that young Muslims engage with their religion. Led by a network of Islamic scholars in the West, this movement seeks to revive the tradition of Islamic rationalism.
A well-written book on the relationship between 'rationalists' and 'traditionalists' in classical Islam. The author writes about the function of reason in both types of Muslim scholars, and the use of Cited by: Abd al-Jabbar Abd al-Jabbar's ethics Abu Hashim answer Arabic argument Ash'arite Ash'ariyya assertion attributes Baghdad Basra belief benefit Buwayhid C.
Broad Cairo class of acts command concept condition context defined definiens definition described deserve praise deserves blame divine doctrine ethical judgements ethical terms evil acts. In this book, Masooda Bano presents an in-depth analysis of a new movement that is transforming the way that young Muslims engage with their religion.
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This book examines the theology of Islamic rationalism, as promoted by Harun Nasution, as the only means to change the attitude of Muslims. Harun Nasution believes that the cause of the backwardness of Muslims is thelogical in nature and thus can be resolved by the introduction of a new theology called Islamic rationalism.
Islamic Theology. Traditionalism and Rationalism | Binyamin Abrahamov | download | B–OK. Download books for free. Find books. The first foundation of traditionalism in medieval Islam is the strict adherence to the teachings of the Qur'án, the Sunna of the Prophet and the Consensus (ijmā) mainly of the first generations of scholars.¹ This foundation is characteristic not only of the Hanbalites, who have been described in the scholarly literature as the main proponents of traditionalism.
Book description This book investigates the central role of reason in Islamic intellectual life. Despite widespread characterization of Islam as a system of belief based only on revelation, John Walbridge argues that rational methods, not fundamentalism, have characterized Islamic law, philosophy and education since the medieval by: A new book by Professor Masooda Bano presents an in-depth analysis of a new movement that is transforming the way that young Muslims engage with their religion – a revival of Islamic rationalism.
Bano explains how, during the period of colonial rule, the exit of Muslim elites from madrasas, the Islamic scholarly establishments, resulted in a.
This book refutes the widespread view of the contradiction between Islam and rationalism. This book includes ten chapters within three parts. Part I demonstrates the relation between Islam and rationalism, proves that Islam calls for the working of the human mind, explains the issue of the mind and the sacred texts, and finally shows in a full Released on: Octo Muʿtazila (Arabic: المعتزلة  al-muʿtazilah) is a rationalist school of Islamic theology that flourished in the cities of Basra and Baghdad, both now in Iraq, during the 8th to the 10th centuries.
Muslims (and people in general) nowadays don't have a clue on how to understand, evaluate, and respond to an argument. That's why the level of discourse is so low in our communities, at the masjid, at the MSA/ISOC, on social media, on TV in the Muslim world, and so on.
Instead of responding to the [ ]. This book utilizes a critical rationalist viewpoint to illuminate many of the hotly contended issues in modern Islam, and to offer a fresh analysis. A variety of issues within Islam are discussed in this book including, Muslims and modernity; Islam, Christianity and Judaism; approaches to the understanding of the Quran; Muslim identity and.
Abstract: This paper portrays a comparative view of Islamic economic rationalism and distribution of wealth in an economy to its counterpart's conventional economic systems. In the system envisaged by the Islamic economists the individual is guided by a set of File Size: KB.
Nasr, meanwhile, was the author of books titled Critique of Islamic Discourse and Rationalism in Exegesis: A Study of the Problem of Metaphor in the Writing of the Mu'tazilah. Two terms traditionally used in the Islamic world are sometimes translated as philosophy — falsafa (literally: "philosophy"), which refers to philosophy as well as logic, mathematics, and physics; and Kalam (literally "speech"), which refers to a rationalist form of Islamic theology.
George Fadlo Hourani (3 June – 19 September ) was a British philosopher, historian, and classicist. He is best known for his work in Islamic philosophy, which focused on classical Islamic rationalism and mater: Balliol College, Oxford (B.A.). Islamic rationalism in the light of Shi'ism: Author: Abū al-Faz̤l ʻIzzatī: Publisher: The Muslim Institute for Research and Planning, Original from: the University of Michigan: Digitized: Subjects.
The theological hairs these gentlemen sought to split were large and had far larger consequences. The modern Islamic world (make that the anti-modern Islamic world) is largely the product of a thousand years of bad ideas--mixed with oil. (Quick note: this book is about Sunni Islam.
Shi'a Islam explicitly excluded.)Cited by: 7. Islamic Rationalism. By Dr Imadaldin Al-Jubouri, 13 November The early period of rationalism in Islamic thought was led by a school of thinkers known as the Mutazilites ('isolationists'), in the second half of the first century of Islam (7th Century, CE).The principal theological struggle in Islam has taken place between traditionalist and rationalist theologians.
Assessing materials from the 3rd/9th century to the 10th/16th century, Professor Abrahamov focuses on the foundations of both traditionalism and rationalism, the arguments which the two tendencies used against each other and the compromises reached."In this book, Masooda Bano presents an in-depth analysis of a new movement that is transforming the way that young Muslims engage with their religion.
Lead by a network of Islamic scholars in the west, this movement seeks to revive the tradition of Islamic rationalism.
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Q: Nginx config invalid parameter even though it is in documentation I am tryin to run nginx latest version with the following configuration, but I get nginx: [emerg] invalid parameter "route=bloomberg" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:13
docker run --rm -ti -v root_to_local_nginx_directory:/etc/nginx:ro -p 3080:80  --name=mynginx --entrypoint nginx  nginx

    # nginx.conf file inside root_to_local_nginx_directory
    http {
        map $cookie_route $route_from_cookie {
            ~.(?P<version>w+)$ $route;
        }

        split_clients "${remote_addr}" $random_route {
            50%     server bloomberg.com route=bloomberg;
            *       server yahoo.com route=yahoo;
        }

        upstream backend {
            zone backend 64k;
            server bloomberg.com route=bloomberg;
            server yahoo.com route=yahoo;

            sticky route $route_from_cookie $randomroute;
        }

        server {
            # ...
            listen 80;
            location / {
                proxy_set_header Host $host;
                proxy_pass http://backend;
            }
        }
    }

Why is this? According to the documentation this should be correct http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#upstream.

A: The route=string parameter of the server directive within the upstream context is considered to be an enterprise-grade feature, and is thus only available through the commercial subscription, in NGINX Plus, not in OSS NGINX.  (If you look closer into the documentation, you'll notice it's grouped together with the other parameters under a separate "available as part of our commercial subscription" subsection.)
Additionally, you're also trying to use some similar "server" parameters within the split_clients context as if they were actual directives interpreted by nginx, even though everything is supposed to be string literals in that context; it's unclear whether or not that part is responsible for any errors, but even if not, it's a bad style to introduce such confusion into your configuration.
References:

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*http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#server

*http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_split_clients_module.html#split_clients

*https://www.nginx.com/products/nginx/

A: The reason why you are seeing the error is because the split_clients module does not support the route parameter. Alternatively, you can do something along the lines:
upstream bloomberg {
    server bloomberg.com route=bloomberg;
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Struggling UNIX vendor/patent owner SCO sues IBM, making nebulous claims of stolen trade secrets in Linux. Penguinheads hold protest outside SCO offices. And SCO staffers hold counter-protest. with identical-looking hand-drawn signs reading "I (heart) Software Piracy" and "Give Communism a try - use Linux". Are they sure it was SCO employees, though, and not some group of Ayn Rand zealots? (via Slashdot)
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Atheists have received a bit of a bad rap over the years. In the U.S., where the word is still tainted by McCarthy-era associations with Soviet Communism, the people who openly call themselves atheists tend to be those with massive chips on their shoulders about religion, whereas everybody else who doesn't believe in a deity is an "agnostic" or "unitarian universalist" or some other equally euphemistic term. Godlessness is widely seen as a moral failing, to the point where belief in the right brand of supernatural mumbo-jumbo is an essential qualification for any sort of public office.
Richard Dawkins, Atheist headkicker extraordinaire, wants to remedy this by taking a leaf from the gay pride movement's book, appropriating a more cheerful and positive word for the atheist/agnostic/skeptic community. Just as homosexuals became gays, atheists can now call themselves Brights. Which strikes me as a bit silly, though maybe it'll catch on. (Though wasn't the word "gay" used as a term of abuse for people deviating from sexual norms before the gay-pride movement reappropriated it? Perhaps a catchy meme would require setting up a puppet anti-atheist vilification movement to plant an easily invertible term of abuse in the ideosphere.) (via FmH)
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Thieves cut off a Sydney man's fingers to steal his rings on a CityRail train. Or so he says; mind you, he was unconscious at the time, and only woke up later to find his fingers, rings, wallet and mobile phone missing. He puts this down to the thieves somehow having drugged him beforehand. The plot thickens.
Meanwhile, an Austrian man was sniffing gas when he was seized by the munchies and faced with the dilemma of having nothing to eat; so he came up with an ingenious solution: he cut off his toes, fried them and made a toe sandwich. When the ambulance men arrived, he offered them a toe sandwich. Perhaps next time it'll be a knuckle sandwich? (via NWD)
A police spokesman added: He told the ambulance men that he had more toes than he needed and didnt think he would notice if he got rid of a few.
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Week 9 in review
As expected, the Idaho Legislature's Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee finished setting agency budgets today, which means it's likely that the 2012 session will end on or about March 23. As Betsy Russell wrote at Eye on Boise, "Conventional wisdom holds that once JFAC has finished setting agency budgets, the legislative session will wrap up in two weeks," and the March 23 Sine Die target has been on many lips for a few weeks now.
But there is still work to be done on a variety of legislation. Today, the House Education Committee passed three bills – S1327, S1328, and S1329 – to the full House. These bills make a variety of small changes to the three education reform laws passed last year. Idaho Education Association President Penni Cyr reiterated to the committee that just as the IEA opposed the original bills, we oppose the amending bills, too. The three original bills will be on the ballot as Propositions 1, 2, and 3 this November; voting NO on them will overturn the amendments as well.
The Senate calendar currently includes several bills that the IEA has been watching closely. H481 would lift the current caps on charter schools and H564 is the bill making changes to a law regarding employee records and Professional Standards Commission investigations. The Senate also has H526 (the "8-in-6" credit acceleration bill, with its unknown costs) and S1358 (the anti-bullying bill) on its amending order for further discussion. S1308, which would extend from one year to three years the amount of time an educator has to find a new job and transfer existing sick leave benefits, awaits action in the full House.
Also this week:
The House Education Committee agreed to print H646, a bill from Rep. Brian Cronin (D-Boise) that aims to increase transparency of for-profit education management organizations operating in Idaho. Read the bill here, and watch the Hotline for further developments on this.
Also looking ahead to next week, 2012 Idaho Teacher of the Year Erin Lenz of Winton Elementary School in Coeur d'Alene will speak to the Idaho Legislature's education committees on Monday. Erin is an IEA member; read more about her here.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved public schools budget for Fiscal Year 2013 representing a 4.6 percent increase in state general funds. The overall budget, however, increased just 0.4 percent above this year's level, due to a decrease in federal funds. And although the recession is easing, Idaho schools will still receive $139 million less from the general fund in Fiscal Year 2013 than in FY2009. Read more here.
Today was the last day for people to file to run for elected office in Idaho this year. See who's running.
Dangerous Bills Held in Committee, Legislature to Recess Due to COVID Cases
Stop HB 221 Next Week; Support Early Childhood Education


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Father of Imprisoned Blogger Pleads for His Ill Son's Release
Dozens Remain Behind Bars Since Disputed 2009 Election
The father of blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, who, prior to a six-month medical furlough granted for severe illness had been imprisoned since 2009 for his peaceful activities following the disputed 2009 presidential election in Iran, is appealing for an end to his son's incarceration after the blogger was returned to prison.
"My son has been found unfit to serve his sentence by the state Medical Examiner because he has multiple medical problems. Therefore he should not return to prison. But I don't know why the authorities have again summoned him to prison," Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
Dozens of prisoners remain held in Iranian prisons since the state crackdown that followed the peaceful protests over that election, six years after the events.
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, 29, was arrested in Malekan, East Azerbaijan Province, on December 13, 2009, for his activities in connection with the peaceful protests that followed the 2009 election and sentenced to 15 years in prison by Judge Pirabbasi for "acting against national security" and "supporting and receiving money from foreign organizations."
Imprisoned at Evin, Maleki suffered numerous kidney and stomach illnesses for which he was transferred to the hospital several times. He was given a six-month medical furlough on September 4, 2014, and then summoned earlier this month to return to prison.
The denial of medical care is a routine practice in the Iranian prison system, especially in the case of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.
Maleki's father told the Campaign his son was falsely accused of trying to escape the country while he was on furlough.
"I myself brought my son to show them he was not running away," he said. "When the Medical Examiner issues an order three times to end an incarceration, why are they still bothering and tormenting us?"
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, currently held at Ward 7 of Evin Prison, "is not allowed out for fresh air or to go to the library like other inmates in the section," his father told the Campaign. "They have threatened him that if his family makes noise about his case he will be transferred to Rajaee Shahr Prison [in Karaj]."
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Brushing Off Security Concerns, Telecoms Minister Touts Iranian-Made Mobile Phone


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The American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts was founded in 1980 by Robert Brustein, committed to new plays and musical theatre explorations.
In May 2008, Diane Paulus became the Artistic Director of the ART. Paulus was educated at Harvard, with previous work including The Donkey Show, which ran off-Broadway for six years and the Public Theater's 2008 production of Hair, which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.
Premiere of Waitress
In 2015, Diane Paulus brought Waitress to the stage for the first time, at the ART, as the musical's director. The show opened on 2 August 2015 in previews, with the opening night on 19 August 2015. It closed on 27 August 2015, and was reworked ahead of its premiere on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
ART Production Differences
There are many differences between the ART production of Waitress and the final version that premiered on Broadway, which became the final script. Sara Bareilles said: "There are a lot of things that are being re-examined. The set design, lots of moments in the music… once you get the opportunity to see the show in front of an audience, you realise so much about it. Things that I thought were very clear end up being confusing or the narrative isn't coming through as strong as it could. I'm staying really open-minded – we just want to tell the best story for the New York audience and give this show the heart and soul that it deserves."
Some of the differences include:
The use of 'Door Number Three' instead of 'What Baking Can Do'
A reversed stage layout, with the kitchen and board on the right of the stage, as opposed to the left
Different pies on the board for Joe's Pie Diner
The show's original branding used an alternative font
There were also countless storyline changes from ART to Broadway.
Many of the cast who starred in the ART production of Waitress transferred to the Broadway production.
Jenna – Jessie Mueller
Dr. Pomatter – Drew Gehling
Becky – Keala Settle
Dawn – Jeanna de Waal
Cal – Eric Anderson
Ogie – Jeremy Morse
Earl – Joe Tippett
Joe – Dakin Matthews
Lulu – Giana Ribeiro, Addison Oken
Nurse Norma – Charity Angél Dawson
Ensemble – David Jennings, Corey Mach, Ragan Pharris, Cullen R. Titmas, Stephanie Torns
Swings – Emily Afton, Ben Sidell
Jenna (Understudy) – Stephanie Torns
Dr. Pommater (Understudy) – Corey Mach, Cullen R. Titmas
Becky (Understudy) – Charity Angél Dawson
Dawn (Understudy) – Ragan Pharris
Cal (Understudy) – David Jennings
Ogie (Understudy) – Ben Sidell
Earl (Understudy) – Corey Mach, Cullen R. Titmas
The ART band were conducted by Nadia DiGiallonardo, with Adam Michael Kaufman as Associate Conductor.
Piano – Nadia DiGiallonardo
Drums – Rich Hinman
Bass – Lee Nadel
Cellow – Yair Evnine
Keyboard – Jamie Edwards
On-Sale Pies
Pies are usually available for sale to the audience wherever Waitress is shown, and this trend started with two pies at the ART – strawberry rhubarb and pecan pie. These pies both had a pastry crust, and were baked in Cambridge by Petsi Pies.
Theatre American Repertory Theater
Preview 2 August 2015
Opening 19 August 2015
Closing 27 September 2015
American Repertory Theatre with Waitress: A New Musical banner, 2015


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Life Lessons From the Media Day Quagmire
Media Day is eating itself. The guy dressed like a superhero isn't enough. The woman with the portable iPod speakers playing salsa music while her producer carries around a disco ball, trying to urge members of the Giants practice squad to dance? She isn't enough. No, Media Day has evolved into something wholly different. It's not just that there's a guy wearing a kimono with an ushanka and an enormous dragon chain asking Bill Belichick questions. It's that he's asking Bill Belichick whether he's able to focus on football with all the distractions of the media circus surrounding the Super Bowl.
Well, actually, Media Day has been eating itself for a long time now. The guy in the kimono was longtime Media Day regular Vic Jacobs, who was the subject of the sports-media-sky-is-falling stories in Sports Illustrated all the way back in 1987. The journalists in cocktail dresses? The morning-show bits painfully stretched from player to player in desperate search of laughs? These tropes are nothing new.
Once you get past Ines Sainz, Media Day becomes an exercise in sticking to the party line and exploring the wonderful world of leading questions and shaky narratives. Logan Mankins revealed the secret to winning football games: "You've got to have good football players who play good." A journalist noted that David Diehl and Rob Ninkovich both grew up in southern Chicago and asked what it was about that upbringing that helped them grow up into professional football players. Diehl, naturally, referred to the blue-collar nature of the town, as if kids in other parts of the country failed to make it to the Super Bowl because they were going to wine-and-cheese parties while Diehl and Ninkovich ran into blocking sleds for hours. Rob Gronkowski shockingly revealed that he's day-to-day, going to take it one day at a time, is getting better every day, and that today is Tuesday. He said all these things in one answer. I swear.
And once you get past Rob Gronkowski doing viral work for the new Real Estate album, Media Day really doesn't have much to offer. So I don't have much else to say. What I have done, though, is gone through the assembled transcripts and quotes from Media Day and found 10 comments (five from each team, of course) that actually did offer some entertainment, even ever so slight. If you need to explain to your parents why you're still single or find a way to explain what a good offense is like, this is going to be the quotes section for you!
Gerard Warren (on life off the field): "Not married, no children. I'm loving [life]. I devote a lot of time back to the kids in my hometown, Pop Warner football and doing things over the summer with the youth association, so that's my life."
Steve Weatherford (on donating his playoff gear): "I go through about three pairs of cleats a year but when I do finish with
a pair, I'll sign them and send them to United Way auctions or stuff like that. I try to be as generous as possible, but at the same time, I'm not going to give away a pair of cleats that I need."
Steve Weatherford (on if he realized what he said when he dropped an mf-bomb at the end of the NFC Championship Game): "I do apologize for my language because I know I have a lot of young fans and I'm a role model in the community. But at the same time, that's my energy. I forgot to control it at that particular time."
Linval Joseph (on what the emphasis will be this week on the defensive line): "We have to stop the run and put pressure on Tom Brady and play real good team defense and team offense and team special teams."
Kenny Phillips (on where he'll party if the Giants win): "I'm going to party in New York and then probably go to sleep."
Deion Branch (on remembering his weeklong visit to London for a previous game): "I really liked everything. What I remember most was the freshness of the air."
Robert Kraft (on what he'd like to tell the New England fans in London about returning to the U.K. for a second game): "We have a great Patriots fan club in the United Kingdom whose fans come over once a year and I get them tickets. One of my best friends in the world lives in England. His name happens to be Sir Elton John. He's excited that we're coming back. We hope to have a lot of fun there."
TWO-PARTER! Bill Belichick (on the Giants defense): "The Giants are very good defensively across the board. They have good pass rushers, pass linebackers, physical linebackers — big guys — and they are good in the secondary. They have a strong defense."
THEN … Bill Belichick (on the Giants offense): "The Giants are a great offensive team. They have a strong quarterback, good running backs, good receivers and tight ends, a good offensive line. They are well-coached, so they are a tough team to stop."
Julian Edelman (on how he responded to being told he was going to play defensive back): "I grabbed my Gatorade, and omelet, I said, 'Okay."
Chad Ochocinco (on whether he was frustrated at not having a Media Day podium): "Why do I need a podium for? I've got three million followers on Twitter. That's my podium."
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Partia Lewicowych Socjalistów-Rewolucjonistów (, ) – partia polityczna w Rosji, działająca w latach 1917–1918.

Historia
Latem 1917 wewnątrz Partii Socjalistów-Rewolucjonistów doszło do podziału między częścią działaczy, która poparła Rząd Tymczasowy, ustanowiony po rewolucji lutowej i obaleniu caratu i uczestniczyli od czerwca 1917 w jego pracach, a tymi którzy - wraz z bolszewikami - stali w opozycji do rządu. Większość działaczy pozostała w ramach głównego nurtu, a probolszewicka mniejszość określana była jako lewicowi eserowcy. Przywódczynią grupy została Maria Spiridonowa, innymi aktywistami byli Borys Kamkow i Jakow Blumkin. Podział nie został zakończony przed demokratycznymi wyborami do Konstytuanty w grudniu 1917. W wyniku rozłamu lewicowi eserowcy oddzielili się od reszty partii i jako odrębne ugrupowanie wzięli udział w wyborach do Konstytuanty.

Rewolucja październikowa

Lewicowi eserowcy po przewrocie bolszewickim (rewolucji październikowej) zostali w grudniu 1917 partnerami koalicyjnymi bolszewików, otrzymując teki w Radzie Komisarzy Ludowych. W marcu 1918 wystąpili jednak z  Rady Komisarzy Ludowych w proteście przeciwko podpisaniu traktatu brzeskiego, pozostając jednak we Wszechrosyjskim Centralnym Komitecie Wykonawczym (WCIK) i innych organach władzy sowieckiej, w tym w Czeka. Działacze eserowscy uczestniczyli w pracach komisji, która opracowała pierwszą konstytucję Rosji Sowieckiej, nadała państwu formalny charakter federacyjny i nazwę: Rosyjska Federacyjna Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka.

Rosyjska wojna domowa

W połowie lipca 1918 lewicowi eserowcy próbowali wywołać powstanie na obszarach które władze bolszewickie oddały Niemcom w ramach traktatu brzeskiego i doprowadzić do wznowienia wojny z Niemcami. Dokonali zabójstw niemieckiego ambasadora w Moskwie Wilhelma von Mirbacha i marszałka Hermanna von Eichhorna, dowódcy okupacyjnych wojsk armii niemieckiej na terytorium Hetmanatu. Zabójstwo von Mirbacha dało sygnał nieudanemu powstaniu w Moskwie 6 lipca 1918. Pucz doprowadził do wykluczenia przedstawicieli partii lewicowych eserowców z rad na terenie całego kraju. W późniejszym okresie niektórzy lewicowi eserowcy (np. Jakow Blumkin – zabójca Mirbacha) stali się członkami Rosyjskiej Komunistycznej Partii (bolszewików), a później WKP(b). W większości zostali straceni w latach 30. XX wieku – w okresie wielkiego terroru w ZSRR lub, jak Maria Spiridonowa, zgładzeni podczas masakr więziennych przeprowadzonych przez NKWD w 1941.

Bibliografia
 Richard Pipes, Rewolucja Rosyjska, Warszawa 1994; Wyd. PWN, .
 Richard Pipes, Rosja bolszewików, Warszawa 2005, .
 Orlando Figes, Tragedia narodu. Rewolucja rosyjska 1891-1924 Wrocław 2009, Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie,  fragmenty w wersji elektronicznej
 Häfner, Lutz (July 1991). "The Assassination of Count Mirbach and the "July Uprising" of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries in Moscow, 1918". Russian Review 50 (3): 324–344.

Rosyjskie partie socjalistyczne i socjaldemokratyczne
Wojna domowa w Rosji 1917–1921

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I must thank you for mentioning Isis in your 'best of 2006' post - after seeing a fair amount of common ground between your music taste and mine, I thought I'd give them a shot, and am pleased to report that I am a definite convert.
BTW, I don't know if you're a fan of old-school industrial, but I just got hold of the latest album from The Young Gods, and it's absolutely fantastic.
Excellent, glad to hear you're enjoying Isis. Along the lines of post-metal/sludge metal, be sure to check out bands like Jesu, Cult of Luna, Callisto, and Tephra.
I'm definitely going to check out The Young Gods -- sounds right up my alley. I've been listen to industrial since the late 80s but somehow never came across this band.


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Big Sam delivers on promise of more dance music
Big Sam's Funky Nation visits the Northwest this week so this show features two of his songs and a short interview with the band's charismatic frontman Sam Williams. Let's get started and I'll tell you more.
Big Sam's Funky Nation
Big Sam just got back from a tour of Spain when I talked with him today about his trip to the west coast. He leaves tomorrow (Friday, August 3rd) for San Francisco. He'll play Mississippi Studio in Portland on Monday, August 6 and the Nectar Lounge in Seattle on Tuesday, August 7.
We talked about how he lost his prized trombone when his touring van got broken into last time he came out to the west. We also talked about how Wendell Pierce copied some of his moves and his style when he played Antoine Batiste in the HBO TV show Treme. In fact the broad outline of the character was patterned after Mr. Williams.
Big Sam's Funky Nation's new release Songs in the Key of Funk delivers on his earlier promise to include more dance songs. In this show, I play "What's My Name (Big Sam" and "Buzzin." But to get those songs and the interview, you have to listen to few other sets including a set of Led Zeppelin cover songs featuring a sousaphone on "Dyer Maker" and a three trombone salute to "When the Levee Breaks."
Rolling with the HBO theme, Davis Rogan sings about the hassles of fake pot when acting in a song called "Prop Weed." Also, this show includes my favorite version of St. James Infirmary, a rocking version led by Clint Maedgen and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Author Tim SweeneyPosted on August 2, 2018 August 2, 2018 Categories Gumbo YaYa Show, New Orleans PerformersTags Big Sam's Funky Nation, Davis Rogan, Led Zeppelin, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Sam Williams, Wendell Pierce
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