#the Fake Treaty of Alexandria

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The Rosetta Stone has been in the hands of the British since the early 1800s. But now Egyptians say they want it back. Repatriate Rashid, an online petition started by a group of Egyptian archeologists, is calling for the British Museum to return the ancient artifact to its rightful owners.

As the petition points out, Egypt was controlled by the Turkish Empire and was not in control of its cultural heritage at the time the four foot granite stone was taken from them. Therefore, the stone and other artifacts the Brits took back then are not rightfully theirs.

The petition states:

“The Rosetta stone was undeniably a spoil of war and an act of plunder that was outlawed in the 17th and 19th centuries. The presence of these artifacts in the British Museum to this day supports past colonial endeavors of cultural violence and deprives Egypt as the country of origin of not only the physical return of these objects but also of their important role as Egyptian cultural heritage that spans a millennia of rich history.”

The Rosetta stone is a piece of a larger stone slab with a message carved into it about King Ptolemy V. But because that message was inscribed in three different scripts, including Ancient Greek, the stone became an important tool to help scientists decode hieroglyphics.

The stone was “discovered” by Napoleon’s army in 1799. But when the French surrendered Egypt to Britain in 1801, the Treaty of Alexandria gave them the stone and other artifacts along with it.

As the petition points out, returning the stone and other artifacts to Egypt is a major step in righting the wrongs of the past. “History can’t be changed, but it can be corrected. And despite the withdrawal of political, military, and governmental rule of the British Empire from Egypt over a century ago, decolonisation is far from being over.”

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Links 2/25/19

All the winners at Oscars 2019 as Green Book is named Best Picture Metro.co.uk

Stanley Donen, director who filmed Gene Kelly singing in the rain, dies at 94  WaPo. Take heart, this year’s Oscar losers:

For all its later acclaim, “Singin’ in the Rain” drew favorable but not ecstatic reviews when it was released. …

“We were ignored,” Mr. Donen told his biographer. “Not that it’s such a big to-do. The year of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ the best picture went to ‘The Greatest Show on Earth,’ one of the worst movies ever made.”

Giant Tortoise Feared Extinct Reappears After 113 Years Motherboard

‘DUTCH OVEN LADY’ PROMOTES A NEW — OLD — COOKING STAPLE Daily Yonder

The White Earth Band of Ojibwe Legally Recognized the Rights of Wild Rice. Here’s Why Yes Magazine (martha r)

Is Drilling and Fracking Waste on Your Sidewalk or in Your Pool? ProPublica

Half glitzy, half dowdy Times Literary Supplement. On comedy double acts.

Are we on the road to civilisation collapse? BBC

Could we soon be able to detect cancer in 10 minutes? Guardian

‘Stop Funding Climate Change!’: Jamie Dimon Interrupted for Important Planetary Message Common Dreams

Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth Guardian

New Cold War

How Politics Trump Intel in the US-Russia Nuke Treaty Pullout American Conservative. Scott Ritter.

Women at State Dept. fear incentive program contributes to gender pay gap The Hill

Nessel reversing 16 years of GOP ideology in Attorney General’s Office Detroit Free Press (marla r)

AOC

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Depicted as Superhero in New Comic Book Breitbart

GND

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivers impassioned response to critics: ‘I’m the boss. How about that?’ Independent

2020

The Political Playbook of a Bankrupt California Utility NYT (Cal2) Hoisted from comments.

Will 2020 Democrats Help Trump By Destroying Each Other? New York magazine. Ahem. I’m posting this to allow members of the commentariat to exercise critical thinking skills.

Kamala Harris dismisses concerns about Green New Deal price tag: ‘It’s not about a cost’ Fox News. Yet another opportunity  to deploy  those critical thinking skills.

As Ex-Enron CEO Exits Prison, Some of Company’s Old Businesses Thrive WSJ. Seems like a different world, although it was only a dozen years ago when CEOs were  prosecuted and sent to jail for their crimes.

Health Care

After Vox story, California lawmakers introduce plan to end surprise ER bills Vox

US HEALTHCARE DISGRACE: GOFUNDME-CARE SYMPTOMATIC OF EXTREME INEQUALITY Who What Why

‘A dark and elaborate art’: How pharma executives are training to avoid disaster at Tuesday’s congressional grilling Stat

Big Brother IS Watching You Watch

Popular Apps Cease Sharing Data With Facebook WSJ

The snow patrol drones saving skiers from an icy death BBC

North Korea

Why North Korea won’t be the next Vietnam Asia Times

China

Donald Trump to delay extra tariffs on Chinese imports SCMP

India

Most People Trust ‘Neutral Media’, Says New Report on Fake News The Wire

Pulwama attack: Imran Khan urges Narendra Modi to ‘give peace a chance’, repeats promise of action Scroll.in

India toughens Kashmir crackdown; 5 dead in battle with militants, more detained Reuters

Brexit

Jerri-Lynn here: I’ve deliberately gone light on Brexit links today, so as to steer interested readers to Yves’s post today – and thus concentrate the discussion there rather than here on the Links thread.

Big banks divided on defaults strategy after Brexit FT

BlackRock CEO unhappy with UK’s handling of Brexit — report Financial News

BMW and Daimler put aside rivalry to take on Google and Uber Handelsblatt

Class Warfare

Our Twisted DNA New York Review of Books

After Superstorm Sandy’s Rain, Cooperatives Sprang Up Like Mushrooms TruthOut (martha r)

‘Austerity, That’s What I Know’: The Making of a U.K. Millennial Socialist NYT

Helicopter parents: the real reason British teenagers are so unhappy The Conversation

Syraqistan

As US withdraws troops from Syria, France and UK remain in the back seat France 24

Trump Transition

Lower refunds amplify calls to restore key tax deduction The Hill

Wary of Trump’s Approach, Governors Seek to Forge Own Trade Agreements Governing.com

Cuba sees high turnout at polls for constitutional referendum Reuters

Venezuela

Psychopathic US Senator Openly Calls For Maduro To Suffer Gaddafi’s Fate Caitlin Johnstone

Warning ‘Every Option Is On the Table,’ Pompeo Stokes Fears of Military Force in Venezuela Common Dreams

Venezuela in crisis: All the latest updates Al Jazeera

Thomas Friedman Is Right: Pie Doesn’t Grow on Trees Rolling Stone. Matt Taibbi– latest in a long series, the first of which ran in New York Press aeons ago IIRC, on Friedman’s crimes against the English language. No need to have read any of those to enjoy the latest.

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See yesterdays Links and Antidote du Jour here.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Links on February 25, 2019 by Jerri-Lynn Scofield.

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