I appreciate your effort to collate news articles on the Gaza tragedy. Please continue.
I continue to weep.
Aghast at what my own govt. is doing.
Disappointed in the UN. It has proven itself as useless as the League of Nations.
Do the Israelis actually support Netanyahu, the monster?
What a time to learn your own nation has lost its ethics and values.
I had the great misfortune to listen to Amy Goodman interviewing a pediatrician who had been in Gaza. I could not stop crying - and I went into a restaurant for breakfast with tears on my face. ENOUGH!
WTF is wrong with Israel?
I’m still cheering the Houtthis.
Regarding Tucker Carlsen’s interview of Putin, F off JB.
If you'd like to put what is currently happening in perspective, read Killing Hope by William Blum. We have been murdering people by the millions for quite some time though Blum focuses on post-WWII.
I've been living a deeply spiritual life for decades and I do not pray for killers. I DO PRAY for those who stand up to killers. Why would I spend one second of my time praying for those who engage in mass murder with impunity?
You must have more time and energy than I do! I never pray for people to repent because I think that is something they must arrive at on their own. And what if I'm wrong about repentance?
I am not a pacifist or a peaceful person though I find peace in my spiritual life (the only place I find it except for my dogs and cat and dear Mother Nature). The thing about me that would probably shock most people is that I have realized I could kill a mass murderer with utter dispassion. And the last pacifist I heard lecture told us that pacifism also consists in not allowing violent people to harm others.
Two comments: I am getting very turned off by writers -- can't remember which one was touting Biden's border policies as "socialist" -- misusing the words socialist and communist. When they do this they are doing the government's work for them because those who rule us certainly don't want us thinking about the principles of socialism and communism and their possible application.
Second, the Houthis are amazing. When I'm praying I repeat the words of their spokesman that Houthiism means burning the fear out of your spirit. My god, what a different world we would live in if people applied this to themselves.
I just let terms like "socialism", "capitalism" and "communism" roll off my back these days. They don't have widely agreed meaning.
"Fascism", "Naziism", "Zionism", "corporatism" and "totalitarianism" might be better words to use. "Neoliberalism" and "financial capitalism" might be specific enough, particularly when used with "global".
We don't have a clearly formed enemy to name, but people might show thoughtfulness through word choices. Terms like "socialism" might be exactly what everybody in one place uses to describe a certain phenomenon, and might have completely different consensual meanings in another country or region.
The Houthis are taking a principled stand on their home soil, for their neighbors.
They are displaying honor, as is Imran Khan in Pakistan.
You're anti-civilization?!?!? Wow, a fellow spirit! Have you read anything Richard Sorensen has written? He refers to pre- and post-civilization as pre- and post-conquest, and having lived in the bush with tribal people knows how different we humans were pre-conquest. No sense of time, no lying, group happiness of paramount importance, etc. I think Deep Green Resistance does a good job of exploring civilization and what it has done to all of life, i.e., destroy much of it. Bright Green Lies is a superb book but I still can't get some of the images out of my head such as the primates screaming in the trees as their land was flooded for a DAM (which DGR refers to as a methane bomb).
I have been keeping up with Bobby Jr. I supported him for president in 2020, putting up a "Kennedy For President" blog post, but he has some longstanding treaty with the Mossad or something, and I can't vote for him until he takes the right stand on Palestine. I suspect it is a deal for his life, made long ago. Israel had an interest in RFK's death. He wanted to wrest the bomb from their grasp, which JFK denied them, and LBJ handed them, in the form of a ton or so of lost plutonium that they found.
Saying that Palestinian patsy, Sirhan Sirhan "killed RFK, because he was so pro-Israel", turned the knife in that wound.
When he came out taking pro-zionist positions after Israel began slaughtering Palestinians in Gaza I wrote about that as being a deal breaker for me to support him. I still hold that position.
As for the machinations that have him taking that position, your explanations is as good as any. But it makes me wonder whats going on behind the scenes...
Having said that, given his considerate positions on so many other issues, I hold hope he will change his position on that issue.
But he's been to the AZ border twice in recent months. That's twice as many times as Biden or Trump.
I think JFK Jr. was assassinated for breaking such a "treaty". He was politically attacking the Clinton corruption in his new George Magazine, and was supposedly going to run for office.
The deals/treaties for life do sound right--handed down when They're unable to get good enough blackmail material into the control file. He sure exhibits a lot of strain when pressed on the Palestine genocide:
I'm not sure Tucker "is" CIA. He applied for a job long ago.
He wore a Kabala red string bracelet, they say. Others that it's a rubber band to help him not smoke.
I don't know, but I think taking this at face-value with an option to consider deeper implications is about right. Both Putin and Carlson held back and played roles, though I think they both performed credibly.
Your reading is darker than mine. I think Tucker is channeling a sector of his audience as he looks perplexed and asks simple questions with wrong assumptions.
I think he and Putin both provided services to the political discourse.
It is a long year ahead of us. This is just beginning.
I agree with you and I've probably been watching Tucker Carlson for a lot longer than most people here. He was having people on his show on Fox that could not get one second of airtime in any other mainstream format. Too many people have assumed that the attitude towards him from the likes of PBS is accurate without actually watching and listening. And nothing is crappier than the NewsHour which I call Fox News for liberals (or shitlibs, which is the popular term now).
What I found is someone with whom I disagree on many subjects but who speaks well (and can be very funny with a perfectly straight face) and seems rational, something that is in extremely short supply these days. He is not stupid and I loved his statement that he must have been sprinkled with fairy dust or some such thing when he was born because he has never been a JOINER. Jeezums, did I identify with that comment.
I'm with Jimmy Dore on this one. It's a good thing to listen to people with whom you don't agree, to exchange views, to share information. This lockstep crap that is currently popular -- don't even speak to those with whom you disagree! -- is stupid, limiting, and shrinks your brain.
Susan - listening to people you disagree with who speak respectfully and non-violently is very worthwhile. It's much more challenging to have to listen to people who hold views you disagree with, are totalitarian in their viewpoints and treat you and others like you with contempt for disagreeing with them.
Sometimes some of us have to say: 'it is damaging to my current psyche to make myself engage with such people'. There may be many, many others who can do it easily, but your own sanguinity should always come first....unless of course you have to do something like that to save your children's lives.....
The strategy was war-gamed,
and everything is going beautifully, just as planned....
(1) Attack northern Gaza and herd the Palestinians south,
(2) Attack southern Gaza and herd the Palestinians to Rafa,
(3) Launch a steady 'ground offensive' against the Palestinians in Rafah,
- all the while the stated goal being to "destroy Hamas".
"Destroying Hamas" was never the actual goal...
Question is "When did we start believing claims by politicians" ?
Meanwhile, while implementing the actual goal keep everyone thinking,
especially Hezbollah, that you're readying forces to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon..
That will stay Hezbollah from intervening...
Question is: "When did we start believing claims by politicians whose motto is
"War By Deception !" ?
I appreciate your effort to collate news articles on the Gaza tragedy. Please continue.
I continue to weep.
Aghast at what my own govt. is doing.
Disappointed in the UN. It has proven itself as useless as the League of Nations.
Do the Israelis actually support Netanyahu, the monster?
What a time to learn your own nation has lost its ethics and values.
I had the great misfortune to listen to Amy Goodman interviewing a pediatrician who had been in Gaza. I could not stop crying - and I went into a restaurant for breakfast with tears on my face. ENOUGH!
WTF is wrong with Israel?
I’m still cheering the Houtthis.
Regarding Tucker Carlsen’s interview of Putin, F off JB.
I say thank you Tucker for your service.
If you'd like to put what is currently happening in perspective, read Killing Hope by William Blum. We have been murdering people by the millions for quite some time though Blum focuses on post-WWII.
Thank You, Susan.
Pray for peace, also in the souls of the killers...
;-(
I never pray for the souls of killers, unless they are people caught up in unforeseen circumstances. I rather doubt psychopaths have souls.
It is the harder thing to do, but it stands to reason if you meditate upon it.
I've been living a deeply spiritual life for decades and I do not pray for killers. I DO PRAY for those who stand up to killers. Why would I spend one second of my time praying for those who engage in mass murder with impunity?
One can pray for them to repent. That is a prayer for the good of all.
You must have more time and energy than I do! I never pray for people to repent because I think that is something they must arrive at on their own. And what if I'm wrong about repentance?
I am not a pacifist or a peaceful person though I find peace in my spiritual life (the only place I find it except for my dogs and cat and dear Mother Nature). The thing about me that would probably shock most people is that I have realized I could kill a mass murderer with utter dispassion. And the last pacifist I heard lecture told us that pacifism also consists in not allowing violent people to harm others.
re : Harvard Renews COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Joining 69 Other Schools
We could consider this a bonus :-)
Two comments: I am getting very turned off by writers -- can't remember which one was touting Biden's border policies as "socialist" -- misusing the words socialist and communist. When they do this they are doing the government's work for them because those who rule us certainly don't want us thinking about the principles of socialism and communism and their possible application.
Second, the Houthis are amazing. When I'm praying I repeat the words of their spokesman that Houthiism means burning the fear out of your spirit. My god, what a different world we would live in if people applied this to themselves.
I just let terms like "socialism", "capitalism" and "communism" roll off my back these days. They don't have widely agreed meaning.
"Fascism", "Naziism", "Zionism", "corporatism" and "totalitarianism" might be better words to use. "Neoliberalism" and "financial capitalism" might be specific enough, particularly when used with "global".
We don't have a clearly formed enemy to name, but people might show thoughtfulness through word choices. Terms like "socialism" might be exactly what everybody in one place uses to describe a certain phenomenon, and might have completely different consensual meanings in another country or region.
The Houthis are taking a principled stand on their home soil, for their neighbors.
They are displaying honor, as is Imran Khan in Pakistan.
You're anti-civilization?!?!? Wow, a fellow spirit! Have you read anything Richard Sorensen has written? He refers to pre- and post-civilization as pre- and post-conquest, and having lived in the bush with tribal people knows how different we humans were pre-conquest. No sense of time, no lying, group happiness of paramount importance, etc. I think Deep Green Resistance does a good job of exploring civilization and what it has done to all of life, i.e., destroy much of it. Bright Green Lies is a superb book but I still can't get some of the images out of my head such as the primates screaming in the trees as their land was flooded for a DAM (which DGR refers to as a methane bomb).
Thanks again Doc.
Thank You, Kyle, for on-the-ground perspective, almost impossible to find.
:-)
Did you see this?
https://rumble.com/v4d1p0u-rfk-jr.-stop-the-crisis.html?mref=6zof&mc=dgip3&ep=2
I have been keeping up with Bobby Jr. I supported him for president in 2020, putting up a "Kennedy For President" blog post, but he has some longstanding treaty with the Mossad or something, and I can't vote for him until he takes the right stand on Palestine. I suspect it is a deal for his life, made long ago. Israel had an interest in RFK's death. He wanted to wrest the bomb from their grasp, which JFK denied them, and LBJ handed them, in the form of a ton or so of lost plutonium that they found.
Saying that Palestinian patsy, Sirhan Sirhan "killed RFK, because he was so pro-Israel", turned the knife in that wound.
When he came out taking pro-zionist positions after Israel began slaughtering Palestinians in Gaza I wrote about that as being a deal breaker for me to support him. I still hold that position.
As for the machinations that have him taking that position, your explanations is as good as any. But it makes me wonder whats going on behind the scenes...
Having said that, given his considerate positions on so many other issues, I hold hope he will change his position on that issue.
But he's been to the AZ border twice in recent months. That's twice as many times as Biden or Trump.
I think we see the same thing.
I think JFK Jr. was assassinated for breaking such a "treaty". He was politically attacking the Clinton corruption in his new George Magazine, and was supposedly going to run for office.
The deals/treaties for life do sound right--handed down when They're unable to get good enough blackmail material into the control file. He sure exhibits a lot of strain when pressed on the Palestine genocide:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a21TAA9Hak0
"Tucker Carlson is a ‘traitor’ – Boris Johnson "
Projection.
I'm not sure Tucker "is" CIA. He applied for a job long ago.
He wore a Kabala red string bracelet, they say. Others that it's a rubber band to help him not smoke.
I don't know, but I think taking this at face-value with an option to consider deeper implications is about right. Both Putin and Carlson held back and played roles, though I think they both performed credibly.
Your reading is darker than mine. I think Tucker is channeling a sector of his audience as he looks perplexed and asks simple questions with wrong assumptions.
I think he and Putin both provided services to the political discourse.
It is a long year ahead of us. This is just beginning.
Will we get financial collapse before November 5?
I agree with you and I've probably been watching Tucker Carlson for a lot longer than most people here. He was having people on his show on Fox that could not get one second of airtime in any other mainstream format. Too many people have assumed that the attitude towards him from the likes of PBS is accurate without actually watching and listening. And nothing is crappier than the NewsHour which I call Fox News for liberals (or shitlibs, which is the popular term now).
What I found is someone with whom I disagree on many subjects but who speaks well (and can be very funny with a perfectly straight face) and seems rational, something that is in extremely short supply these days. He is not stupid and I loved his statement that he must have been sprinkled with fairy dust or some such thing when he was born because he has never been a JOINER. Jeezums, did I identify with that comment.
I'm with Jimmy Dore on this one. It's a good thing to listen to people with whom you don't agree, to exchange views, to share information. This lockstep crap that is currently popular -- don't even speak to those with whom you disagree! -- is stupid, limiting, and shrinks your brain.
We need to work together to cooperatively climb out of this ditch.
We are still digging deeper and shouting at each other.
;-(
Susan - listening to people you disagree with who speak respectfully and non-violently is very worthwhile. It's much more challenging to have to listen to people who hold views you disagree with, are totalitarian in their viewpoints and treat you and others like you with contempt for disagreeing with them.
Sometimes some of us have to say: 'it is damaging to my current psyche to make myself engage with such people'. There may be many, many others who can do it easily, but your own sanguinity should always come first....unless of course you have to do something like that to save your children's lives.....
Praying works better than yearning, though it's hard not to yearn sometimes.
;-)