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Dierk Groeneman's avatar

Fooled again, I guess. Saw your backhanded compliment to Ken today and took it at face value. (I had just read that an article implying that Cellebrite withdrew their iPhone app because Signal closed the hole Cellebrite was exploiting.)

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Boris Petrov's avatar

FYI - a beautiful article:

https://historicly.substack.com/p/the-shoemaker-of-stalingrad

While I was researching another topic, I stumbled upon this article written in 1945 by Jewish journalist, actor, screenwriter, fiction writer and war correspondent Yevgeny Krieger. He died in 1983 at the age of 77.

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Yasha Levine's avatar

Mark’s not writing much these days but he runs an amazing podcast with John Dolan, Radio War Nerd. I highly recommend it.

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Boris Petrov's avatar

It is actually called War Nerd radio -- but it is not listed in "normal" audio podcasts. If you Google-it -- one can find it but in some strange site which I can't figure out how to use... ;-((

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Boris Petrov's avatar

Million thanks -- just subscribed

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Boris Petrov's avatar

Wow -- many would be interested just why you have "finally canceled your subscription to GG" -- something must have offended your delicate feelings by writings of one of the greatest progressive and free speech advocate journalist of our time. Could you enlighten us all? Many thanks

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Boris Petrov's avatar

Thank you for your explanation. I respect your opinion -- although I might not agree with it. Best, Boris

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I was familiar with them and have re-read them. Faults might be real or imagined/misread/misunderstood. I view GG or MT or AM or MB work in total -- they are rare, extremely courageous, invaluable activists/journalist of our time since we live in a fascist country be it under DNC or GOP oligarchs -- ruthlessly dangerous.

PS: See my response to Jason above.... BR, Boris

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Boris Petrov's avatar

Medhi Hassan is extremely repulsive, we agree, but he has NOTHING to do with GG.

As for Yasha -- he is somewhat bitter and critical of also another truly great and courageous journalist, Matt Taibbi. I follow both GG and MT for decades and greatly value their work for high integrity and facts and thoughtfulness.

One can always find real or imagined faults with anybody, including "saints" ;-)) -- one should have a balance and a measure to judge someone in total. With extreme "purity" one ends up in a group of one, alone and embittered.

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