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   Take the war in Syria.  President Assad and his ally, Vladimir Putin, portray   
   their cause as the “nobleâ€� war against the depraved savagery of ISIS and   
   â€œradical Islamic terrorists.â€�  Part of their strategy has been to barrel   
   bomb schools and    
   hospitals.  Most of the children in these schools and hospitals have parents   
   who fight or do not support ISIS.  Many of these kids come from groups backed   
   or formerly backed by the United States.   
      
   A barrel bomb is cheap.  You can make it with nuts and bolt, fertilizer and   
   diesel fuel.  You can drop it from a cargo plane onto a schoolyard.   
      
   Barrel bombs will kill some of the targeted children.  Yet they are often made   
   to maim.  You have to pick the ball bearings out of the children’s eyes and   
   hands. You need to amputate mutilated limbs.  You must open the multiple   
   wounds, clean them, bind    
   them.  And then you have to treat and protect the injured children.   
      
   Parents will do anything for their children.  Maimed kids require endless   
   care. They need food.  They need shelter.  They need doctors and hospitals   
   that don’t exist anymore.  It’s hard to be a rebel when your children are   
   crippled.  Assad and Putin†  
   ™s strategy has worked.   
      
   On January 27th, the president signed an order banning all these maimed   
   children from the U.S.   
      
      
   The Madoff Prize   
      
   Sociopaths are now such an important part of our society that they deserve   
   greater recognition (see “The World Sociopath Olympics.â€�)   So I invite   
   you to write in your nominees for this year’s Madoff Prize, which will   
   recognize the Sociopath of the    
   Year.  The winner will receive a truly Madoffian prize—a complete packet of   
   Chocolate Swiss Miss.   
      
   Bernie Madoff has previously cornered his prison’s market in the popular   
   Swiss Miss, buying all the prison commissary’s supply and selling it out at   
   a profit.  Some of his clients revere his pluck.  One of his fellow inmates   
   declared, “he’s the    
   biggest thief in history.â€�   
      
   It’s not just sociopaths who admire sociopaths.   
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   https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-rest/201702/wh   
   -do-americans-sociopaths   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)