Calling this a peace deal is like praising an arsonist for putting out the fire he threw gasoline on. Months of devastation, thousands of lives taken, families obliterated, starvation — and now we’re expected to applaud because the killing slows. This is not peace. It's damage control.

New York Times headlines are so sanitized of value judgments. This one says, basically: Is Ethnic Cleansing Practical?

It seems there's a lot of wealthy bigoted business people more than willing to contribute large sums of money, to fund the ongoing siege at Lissywollen IPAS site in Athlone.

Large amounts of donations by named individuals.

I hope some journalists pick up on this.

Just two days after the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, several European countries have seized the opportunity to publicly announce that they will suspend the processing of asylum applications from Syrians.

🧵⤵️

I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.

I’m at the gym. Done 3 circuits. It’s a decent sized car park to be fair. Still no spaces though. Fuck it, I’m going for a pizza.