Abdal Fattah el-Sisi, the man at the head of the Egyptian Armed Forces responsible for ousting Morsi in July 2013, actually studied at the U.S. Army War College in 2006. While it may have been a good thing to get rid of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood regime, net violence in the country is not productive.

This is a definite dig at the powers that have sought to lock up Manning. He has effectively been detained since the 29th of July, 2010 and he has spent most of his time at the military base in Quantico, VA.

The conditions in which Manning was held prompted responses from Amnesty International and the UN – and State Department spokesman Philip Crowley resigned over the issue as well. His lawyer amounted his treatment to a violation of both the Fifth and Eight Amendments and described the situation as follows:

His cell is approximately six feet wide and twelve feet in length. The cell has a bed, a drinking fountain, and a toilet.

Manning also outlines his conditions, including harassment from guards, in one of a few officially filed complaints (see page 10).

At only 25, the now three entire years Bradley has spent detained constitute an eighth of his life (that amount, with the trial’s outcome, is unfortunately ensured to grow), plenty of time for “self-reflection”.

Eminem’s whole career is seemingly rooted in battle rapping: “Open Mic” on Infinite, his famous battle rap during 8 Mile, as well as numerous beefs with other artists – he’s also paired up with Red Bull to create an MC competition

To “jump in the saddle” is a figure of speech that means to get ready, based of course on horseriding (which you can also do in Call of Duty!)

Calling fracking a tempting¹ bonanza² is sly theologic rhetoric. It is not necessarily a “rush to benefit” as much as it is another way to access the Earth’s natural energy resources – which, given the still somewhat high (though dropping) prices of alternative energy sources, need to be used as efficiently as possible.

Some would say that God does not at all enter the discussion, but one question is certainly raised: Where were the Church’s objections to the Industrial Revolution?

¹ Grappling with temptation is something the Church has spoken on since the story of Adam and Eve, see Francis’s list of things tempting the Church and The Temptations of Christ
² “Bonanza”, however, is a perfect word – it means a situation or event that creates a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, or profits or an exceptionally large mineral deposit

Republican Gov. Pat McCrory said of the new requirement that

“Common practices like boarding an airplane and purchasing Sudafed require photo ID, and we should expect nothing less for the protection of our right to vote.”

The afternoon that this act was signed, Monday 12 August 2013, both the ACLU and the NAACP filed federal lawsuits in North Carolina. The ACLU’s NC legal director said that this law is “a blatant attempt to make it harder for and dissuade many North Carolinians from registering and casting a ballot.”

itinerary (noun) – a travel document recording a planned route or journey

itinearary (noun) – a travel document recording a planned route or journey to the otolaryngologist

Even the CIA makes typos…

A quick Google search brings up a Harvard faculty member by the name of Mark Ptashne – he’s a molecular biologist (currently at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering cancer center in New York) and plays a mean violin.

But what was he doing (maybe) going to North Vietnam? Well, during his time at Harvard he became a strident anti-war advocate and he put forth the following resolution, supported by 14 other faculty members

“With full recognition that this is not a precedent-setting action but one occasioned by the unique importance of the Vietnam conflict, we urge the following resolution:
It is the sense of this Faculty that the war in Vietnam must not continue. While our opinions differ in detail, we agree that the most reasonable plan for peace is the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces. We support a united and sustained national effort to bring our troops home.”

Like coke kingpin Pusha T said on the “I Don’t Like” remix:

Your shit make believe, rapping ‘bout my own life

GBE, Bricksquad, and some of the other grimier rappers nowadays constantly have to ward off complaints that they can’t enforce their threats. After all, Rozay was a correctional officer.

GOAT is an acronym frequently seen in hip-hop discussions that means “greatest of all time”. Capricorn is an astrological symbol that is the sign for people born from late December to late January – it’s based on [the constellation Capricornus]( which is a horned goat.

Gambino is actually a Libra..

Just after the Allies won the Second World War, one insane tyrant was traded for another, even more ruthless despot.

Though Joseph Stalin died in ‘53, he was responsible for the death and imprisonment of millions of his own people and, more pertinent to this letter, he established a brutal communist, totalitarian regime and set up a managed economy. Remember the Holocaust? Stalin’s version via forced famine, the Holodomor, resulted in the deaths of anywhere between 5 and 10 million Ukrainians.