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A resistance fighter wears the kuffiyeh to hide his identity while fighting. An Arab elite wears the kuffiyeh on his hat and tie as a fashion statement before doing business with the West. (April 1984)

Political and social Arab elites are quick to capitalize on the gains made by the Palestinian resistance and equally equipped to abandon it when the time is right for them. (July 1983)

Typhus is very VERY sorry.

Sound tactics and a grasp of the rules carry the day. (Jennell Jaquays, Dungeoneer 10, Judges Guild, March/April 1979) AD&D was still a jumble of rules in different books, and many of the combat rules were only in the DMG, not in the Players Handbook, but facing mattered and by the rules available in 1979 the thief might attack the owlbear with surprise gaining +4 to hit and multipliers to his damage rolls:

Keir Starmer’s seventh pledge when running for the Labour leadership was:

“Strengthen workers’ rights and trade unions

Work shoulder to shoulder with trade unions to stand up for working people, tackle insecure work and low pay. Repeal the Trade Union Act. Oppose Tory attacks on the right to take industrial action and the weakening of workplace rights.”

This promise has been broken again and again.

“Keir Starmer refuses to back striking NHS nurses.”  (Independent: 06/10/22

Siding with the Tory government, Starmer turned against striking teachers and recommended they accept a pay cut.

“Strikes: Keir Starmer 'disappointed' teachers have rejected government's latest pay offer."  (Sky news: 03/04/23)

But Starmer has gone further than merely supporting the Tory government’s expectation that workers should take yet more pay cuts. He has forbidden members of the Labour Party from joining striking workers picket lines.

“Keir Starmer tells Labour frontbench they should not join rail strike pickets."  (Guardian: 20/06/22)

Worse still, Starmer has actually sacked a Labour Party member who refused to follow his dictate.

“Keir Starmer sacks shadow transport minister who backed rail strikes." (BBC News: 27/07/23)

This comment from The Tribune magazine sums up Starmer’s true feelings towards workers and trade unions when it cited Sharon Graham of Unite:

“ …the Labour Party was rendering itself ‘irrelevant’ and that its refusal to back trade unionists engaged in industrial action, along with its abandonment of key policies on public ownership, effectively meant that it was ‘sticking two fingers up’ at struggling workers.”

This one put up a struggle. But here we are! I hope you like it, Spell!

Sith raised Leia has had enough of Palpatine. Who’s she saving from the Emperor’s lightning? Her father? Her brother? Someone else? Free prompt!