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RE: "He [Mark Kirk] lied about being shot at while in the
military." ~ Citizen
MY COMMENT: Being a chronic liar certainly makes Mark Rich superbly qualified to be a lackey for AIPAC! "Sticks and stones may break our bones, but facts will never sway us!" ~ Neocon Creed
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6/03/13:
SOURCE - link to articles.chicagotribune.com
ALSO SEE: Congressman Mark Kirk Lies About Everything, By Dan Amira, New York, 6/18/10
SOURCE - link to nymag.com
RE: "Israel lobby’s favorite senator tries to erase Palestinian refugee status for millions"
FROM Robert Naiman, Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy, 11/23/12: "Would It Make a Difference to Progressives if Norman Solomon Goes to Congress?"
SOURCE - link to commondreams.org
* I made a modest contribution via ActBlue and Paypal. - link to secure.actblue.com
RE: "so 'iran is insecure but believes it is profoundly entitled' and its 'mix of vulnerability and grandiosity is a bad combination.' but hasn’t the author made a typing error, since far more than iran his description fits the apartheid entity israel?" ~ yourstruly
MY COMMENT: Israel's "Samson Option" certainly seems to be the product of a "mix of vulnerability and grandiosity" that is a very bad combination!
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Samson Option, as of 5/25/12]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
ALSO SEE - "The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy"
LINK - link to en.wikipedia.org
P.S. ALSO SEE: Three congressional challengers very worth supporting, by Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com, 3/29/12
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to salon.com
RE: "Iranian talks fail after neocon ‘blitz’ — as Obama dispatches aide to reassure Tel Aviv" ~ Weiss
FROM Robert Naiman, Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy, 11/23/12:
"Would It Make a Difference to Progressives if Norman Solomon Goes to Congress?"
SOURCE - link to commondreams.org
* I made a modest contribution via ActBlue and Paypal. - link to secure.actblue.com
P.S. ALSO SEE: Three congressional challengers very worth supporting, by Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com, 3/29/12
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to salon.com
RE: "Saving Illinois from Senator Kirk"
FROM Robert Naiman, Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy, 11/23/12:
"Would It Make a Difference to Progressives if Norman Solomon Goes to Congress?"
SOURCE - link to commondreams.org
* I made a modest contribution via ActBlue and Paypal. - link to secure.actblue.com
RE: "Greenwald has picked three good candidates, Solomon and also one runing in my state ~ American
SEE: Three congressional challengers very worth supporting, by Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com, 3/29/12
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to salon.com
RE: "Honest broker? Israeli consulate sponsors Obama’s former Middle East peace adviser at Stanford talk!" ~ Weiss
FROM Robert Naiman, Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy, 11/23/12:
"Would It Make a Difference to Progressives if Norman Solomon Goes to Congress?"
SOURCE - link to commondreams.org
* I made a modest contribution via ActBlue and Paypal. - link to secure.actblue.com
RE: "Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday to a Jewish audience in London that he expects Jewish communities around the world to support whatever Israeli government is in power, regardless of its views." ~ Haaretz
MY COMMENT: In other words, all Jews everywhere must march in lockstep as if they were prisoners at Sing Sing under the "Auburn system"* of the early 1800s! Now mush! Mush!
"I've been workin' on the chain gang, all the live long day!
Hooh! Aah! Hooh! Aah! That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang."
Chain Gang, Sam Cooke (VIDEO, 02:38) - link to youtube.com
* FROM WIKIPEDIA [ Auburn system]:
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Lockstep]:
RE: "It is hard to know what Shalom Eisner -- an Israeli army officer -- was thinking when he brutalized a Danish bike protester several weeks ago. Probably his thoughts tracked what he was doing -- which is to say they weren't anything out of the ordinary. The Israeli officer was acting normally, on a normal day, in the normalized context of Israeli occupation." ~ Ahmed Moor
FROM PAUL WOODWARD, War in Context, 4/17/12
* ENTIRE COMMENTARY AND VIDEO (01:09) - link to warincontext.org
RE: "Philip Roth on the Israel lobby" ~ Weiss
FROM Robert Naiman, Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy, 11/23/12:
"Would It Make a Difference to Progressives if Norman Solomon Goes to Congress?"
SOURCE - link to commondreams.org
* I made a modest contribution via ActBlue and Paypal. - link to secure.actblue.com
RE: "If Obama really has things under control, then why the loose talk from CentCom’s Mattis?" ~ Weiss
FROM ROBERT NAIMAN, Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy, 11/23/12:
"Would It Make a Difference to Progressives if Norman Solomon Goes to Congress?"
SOURCE - link to commondreams.org
* I made a modest contribution via ActBlue and Paypal. - link to secure.actblue.com
RE: "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. . . " ~ James Mattis, the “warrior monk”
FROM YNET NEWS – Rabbi Aviner: Women must not wear pants even when alone, by Neta Sela, 05/02/08
One of Religious Zionism’s most prominent leaders defines trousers as a ‘self-prohibition,’ says women ‘must dress modestly also when alone and in the dark’
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to ynet.co.il
P.S. I wonder what Barbara Streisand will have to say about this. That is, if Babs can tear herself away from raising money for the IDF long enough to read about what is actually going on in Israel.
RE: "Vice President Joseph Biden told a gathering of the powerful Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations that the U.S. will soon be sending a group of senior policy and security officials to Israel. The Americans will be coordinating positions for the Iran negotiations with the Israelis." ~ Ira Glunts
MY COMMENT: I'm shocked. I'm truly shocked. NOT!
FROM THE TRANSCRIPT OF A TELEPHONE CALL IN 1992 INVOLVING DAVID STEINER, AIPAC'S PRESIDENT AT THE TIME (POSTED ON M.J. ROSENBERG'S BLOG):
SOURCE - link to mjayrosenberg.com
P.S. ALSO SEE: Women noticeably absent from Jerusalem ads, By Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 10/21/11
Municipality officials deny change in policy, refer to several campaigns that featured images of women. Yet figures in city's public relations industry say women have been entirely removed from public billboards and advertisements.
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to haaretz.com
P.S. I wonder what Barbara Streisand will have to say about this. That is, if Babs can tear herself away from raising money for the IDF long enough to read about what is actually going on in Israel.
RE: "Israel Land Administration charged with race and gender discrimination... At the time of filing the suit, all of the council's 22 members were Jewish men" ~ Allison Deger
MY COMMENT: Accusing Israel of gender discrimination is a blood libel!
A blood libel!
A blood libel!
A blood libel!
FROM YNET NEWS – Rabbi Aviner: Women must not wear pants even when alone, by Neta Sela, 05/02/08
One of Religious Zionism’s most prominent leaders defines trousers as a ‘self-prohibition,’ says women ‘must dress
modestly also when alone and in the dark’
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to ynet.co.il
RE: "Ziad’s wife Moira is helping to lead a campaign calling
for justice for Ziad and the prosecution of the Israeli police officers who shot him." ~ Alex Kane
Take Action
Together, we can change history.
But we need your help to spread this story.
This is what you can do:
• Sign the petition to demand that the Israeli State Prosecutor charges Maxim for murder in the death of Ziad Jilani. - link to change.org
• Share the petition on facebook. - link to change.org
• Tweet about the campaign. - link to twitter.com
SOURCE - link to killingwithoutconsequence.com
RE: "And frankly, they pretty much poohpooh the power of countless other lobbies that have Washington virtually hogtied, resulting in what political philosopher Sheldon Wolin calls 'inverted totalitarianism'." - me (above)
SEE: Snarling Banks, by Jim Hightower, Common Dreams, 5/23/12
ENTIRE COMMENTARY - link to commondreams.org
RE: "my mother will tell you I have never had a very good sense of proportion" ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: If that is true (and I would probably dispute it), then it is her fault for making you as a young tyke look at your own poo before flushing it, and then later on allowing you to read the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky whilst listening to the music of Bob Marley!
In fact, I have half of half (a quarter) of a mind to report her to "the authorities"!
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RE: "everyone in the mainstream poohpoohs the power of the [pro-Israel] lobby" ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: And frankly, they pretty much poohpooh the power of countless other lobbies that have Washington virtually hogtied, resulting in what political philosopher Sheldon Wolin calls "inverted totalitarianism".
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RE: "And remember my post last week saying AIPAC president raised $1 million for Clinton candidacy in 92, and lo, Clinton supported the settlements." ~ Weiss
FROM THE TRANSCRIPT OF A TELEPHONE CALL IN 1992 INVOLVING DAVID STEINER, AIPAC'S PRESIDENT AT THE TIME (POSTED ON M.J.
ROSENBERG'S BLOG):
SOURCE - link to mjayrosenberg.com
RE: "Here's Bush's sole reference to neocon Elliott Abrams, during the runup to the Iraq war in 2003: 'Two of our biggest concerns were starvation and refugees.... An estimated two million Iraqis could be displaced from their homes during war. On January 15, Elliott Abrams, a senior NSC staffer, delivered a detailed briefing on our preparations. We planned to prestation food, blankets, medicine, tents, etc.'
Translation: Abrams told me everything was under control."~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: And Why, Oh Why (VIDEO, 03:35) did Bush have a senior NSC staffer who had been convicted of lying to Congress during Iran-Contra?
FROM THE TRANSCRIPT OF A TELEPHONE CALL IN 1992 INVOLVING DAVID STEINER, AIPAC'S PRESIDENT AT THE TIME (POSTED ON M.J. ROSENBERG'S BLOG):
SOURCE - link to mjayrosenberg.com
RE: "Yagil Levy...writes...that Israel will only take the Palestinian issue seriously if it has a war with Iran. Note the crazy desperate logic of the second paragraph. Though Levy isn't for it, he is in tune with the 'national psychosis'." ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: "The Dissociative State of Israel™" is a mortal danger to both itself and to others. Consequently, it should be involuntarily committed for intensive psychiatric care!
Dissociation (psychology) - link to en.wikipedia.org
RE: "Marc Tracy at Tablet wonders whether Google also will become a BDS target because it's gone in with Israel's Technion for the new Cornell campus in New York." ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: Generally I like Google, but I can get by without it just like I get by without Intel "blood processors" (by buying computers with AMD processors).
SEE: Intel chip plant located on disputed Israeli land, by Henry Norr, San Francisco Chronicle, 7/08/02
ENTIRE ARTICLE – link to sfgate.com
P.P.S. "AND NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY!"
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Artur Davis]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
P.P.P.S. Did Artur Davis get his "just deserts" ? ? ?
P.S. ALSO SEE: A Congressional Election to Watch: The Middle East Conflict in Alabama's Seventh, by James Zogby, Arab American Institute, 5/27/02
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to aaiusa.org
RE: "[Alabama Rep. Artur] Davis... received 76 percent of his 2002 contributions from outside Alabama and largely from New York City..." ~ M.J. Rosenberg
SEE: "AIPAC's bid to defeat Hilliard is neo-McCarthyism", by Hassan A. El-Najjar, Al Jazeera Editorial, 6/01/02
SOURCE - link to aljazeerah.info
RE: "Watch as the settlers first approach the village. Why can't they just stay home on the sabbath?" ~ Annie Robbins
SEE: Fighting Settlers’ Impunity and Immunity, by Pierre Klochendler, Inter Press Service, 12/16/11
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to original.antiwar.com
*P.S. RE: "...the report found the Israeli government guilty of 'institutional lawbreaking' ..."
BRANDEIS ON 'BLOWBACK': Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis elaborated in Olmstead v. United States (1928):
P.P.P.S. Since Woody Allen made a career partly out of making fun of New Jersey, it's only fair that I should be allowed to make fun of Long Island! My living in Georgia is no reason that I should be limited to making fun of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and possibly Arkansas.
P.P.S. A HILARIOUS FILM: Love and Death on Long Island trailer (VIDEO, 02:19) - link to youtube.com
MORE DICKEY: "What's the Matter with
KansasLong Island?"P.S. Living in Georgia, I am very thankful for having places like Kansas and Long Island to make fun of!
P.P.S. LONG ISLAND IN BETTER DAYS:
Grey Gardens, 1975, PG, 94 minutes
Documentary pioneers the Maysles brothers (Gimme Shelter) capture poignant moments in the lives of Jackie O's quirky relatives -- Edith Bouvier Beale, aka Big Edie, and her middle-aged daughter, Little Edie -- at their decaying estate, Grey Gardens. The ladies shut out their bleak present by recalling richer times and lost loves, and while Little Edie confides that she'd like to leave, the camera captures an enduring co-dependency.
Netflix availability: DVD
Netflix listing - link to movies.netflix.com
IMdB - link to imdb.com
Wikipedia - link to en.wikipedia.org
• ON You Tube: Grey Gardens (VIDEO, 1:35:03) - link to youtube.com
P.S. I don't mean to pick a favorite, but Big Edie was definitely "the cat's meow"! Quite the bawdy senior citizen.
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Peter T. King]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
P.S. Did I mention that Long Island is shaped like a phallus?
"The hater in the sky", by Eli Valley, +972 Blog, May 14, 2012
LINK - link to 972mag.com
P.S. RE: "In 'The Hill', Rebecca Vilkomerson says the me-too-ism of the two candidates on Israel shows the poverty of our political discourse: At least Turner’s positions on Israel are consistent with his Tea Party politics. David Weprin, the Democratic hopeful, is generally liberal – except that his positions on Israel are virtually indistinguishable from Turner’s. . ."
MY COMMENT: So at least in regards to positions on Israel, George Wallace was incredibly prescient when he said in 1968: "There's not a dime's worth of difference between the Democrat and Republican parties."
RE: "Apparently American Jews might choose the US president because of his stance on issues of foreign policy." ~ OlegR
REPLY: Yes, the more rabid Likudniks in the U.S. are going to vote overwhelmingly for Romney, and then many of them will continue voting for the GOP in future elections. Right-wing Jews and Christian fundamentalists will make up the core of the Republican party for quite some time to come.
"Some people" might say 'good riddance'!
SEE: Brooklyn cong’l slugfest is no-holds-barred (except for one issue of course), by Philip Weiss, 9/12/11
SOURCE - link to mondoweiss.net
RE: "Feeling the hate in Long Island" ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: Forget it
JakePhil. It'sChinatownLong Island.FROM WIKIPEDIA [Pamela Geller]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
I have always thought Netanyahu looks and acts a lot like Mussolini.
• MUSSOLINI SPEECH TARANTO (VIDEO, 03:28) - link to youtube.com
ALSO SEE: "Bibi and the Yo-Yos", by Uri Avnery, Antiwar.com, 05/26/11:
ENTIRE COMMENTARY – link to original.antiwar.com
RE: "‘King Bibi’ is ready for his close up"
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"Mr. DeMille, I'm Ready for My Close-Up"- Sunset Blvd. Movie CLIP (1950) HD [VIDEO, 02:43] - link to youtube.com
P.S. SPECIAL MUSICAL BONUS: We Insist, by Zoe Keating on One Cello x 16: Natoma (2005) [VIDEO, 03:47] - link to youtube.com
RE: “Netanyahu, a man who keeps a picture of Winston Churchill on a shelf behind his desk, is now eyeing his role as ‘a defining figure in Israeli history and a significant player on the world stage’.” ~ Higgins
DID CHURCHILL OFFER MUSSOLINI PART OF FRANCE AND THE FRENCH COLONIES? *
A DOCUMENTARY - Mussolini: The Churchill Conspiracies, 2007, NR, 96 minutes
Examining a much-contested conspiracy theory, this intriguing documentary investigates accusations that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was assassinated by British secret agents on orders from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Though proof has never been found, theorists believe Churchill wanted to cover up the existence of secret and damaging letters from the prime minister to the dictator regarding Italy's position in World War II.
Netflix Availability: Streaming and DVD
NETFLIX LISTING - link to movies.netflix.com
* SEE: Churchill 'Ordered Killing Of Mussolini', By Peter Popham in Rome, The Independent (UK), 8/29/04
LINK - link to rense.com
RE: “Netanyahu, a man who keeps a picture of Winston Churchill on a shelf behind his desk, is now eyeing his role as ‘a defining figure in Israeli history and a significant player on the world stage’.” ~ Higgins
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Iran]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
P.S. FROM "What Really Caused World War 1?":
SOURCE - link to threeworldwars.com
RE: "Netanyahu, a man who keeps a picture of Winston Churchill on a shelf behind his desk, is now eyeing his role as 'a defining figure in Israeli history and a significant player on the world stage'." ~ Higgins
FROM "Inaction as Action: How Churchill Sank the Lusitania" -
SOURCE - link to english.emory.edu
RE: "WaPo’s Walter Pincus says US is ‘going above and beyond for Israel’"
ALSO SEE: US Charity Secretly Funds Israeli Nukes, by Grant Smith, Antiwar.com, 5/18/12
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to original.antiwar.com
RE: "The following are some of the Professor’s [Steven Plaut's] startlingly racist recommendations for Nabka greeting cards: -One, two, three, MANY Nabkbas! -A little Nakba never hurt anyone! " ~ Ira Glunts
MY COMMENT: This is an excellent example of how über-nationalism can make even an economics professor with a doctorate from Princeton act like a juvenile delinquent.
FROM GEORGE ORWELL, "Notes on Nationalism" (1945):
• SOURCE: "Notes on Nationalism", by George Orwell - link to literaturecollection.com
RE: "Peter King (R-NY), who led the Congressional hearings on 'Muslim radicalization' last year, took to the House floor to say, 'We should be here tonight giving the NYPD a medal...If you’re looking for an Islamic terrorist, you don’t go to Ben’s Kosher Deli. When they were looking for the Italian mob, they didn’t go to an Irish bar.' " ~ Alex Kane
MY COMMENT: Speaking of "an Irish bar" and "the Italian mob", Peter King reminds me so very much of Alfonse Marcello "Al" D'Amato!
FROM THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE 1992 AIPAC TELEPHONE CALL POSTED ON M.J. ROSENBERG'S SITE:
SOURCE - link to mjayrosenberg.com
RE: "As Michael Walzer said (see my post above) Judaism is both a religion and a nationalism..." ~ Klaus Bloemker
MY COMMENT: Personally, I call that Revisionist Judaism - Judaism that has been co-opted by Zionism. I also call the Christian nationalism in this country Revisionist Christianity.
But who cares?
RE: "There is clearly an altruistic tradition in Judaism, eloquently stated by Rabbi Hillel, If I am not for others, who am I?" ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: Yes, but Judaism is a religion (at least it once was), whereas Zionism is nationalism! "Therein lies the rub."
FROM GEORGE ORWELL, "Notes on Nationalism" (1945):
• SOURCE: "Notes on Nationalism", by George Orwell - link to literaturecollection.com
RE: "he was looking for a fight and had already started to shake with rage." ~ Eleanor Kilroy
MY COMMENT: Oh, the cognitive dissonance! It reminds me of an article several years ago dealing with a debate or speech at a university in the U.K. (Oxford, I believe) in which Alan Dershowitz was described as "jumping up and down" (which I interpreted as 'hopping mad').
Flying off the handle and I'm hopping mad - link to boards.straightdope.com
P.S. Video: Pro-Israel Activist Knocks Camera Out of Hands of Alison Weir (VIDEO, 02:37) - link to youtube.com
RE: "Should we say 'thank you'?" ~ sardelapasti
MY COMMENT: You will not need to, because I'm certain the polls leading up to the election will show that Obama does not have a realistic chance of winning Georgia. Hence, I will be voting for Jill Stein.
Oddly, this is one advantage I have by "virtue" of living in a Republican state like Georgia rather than a swing state like Florida!
I expect to vote for Jill Stein and the Green Party in November. The only thing that might change this is if on election day my state (Georgia) appears to be up for grabs and the election at the national level is close. My assumption at this point is that Obama will not have a realistic chance of garnering Georgia's electoral votes, thus leaving me free to vote for Stein.
P.S. ALSO RE: "Why is Israel's record on gay rights dismissed as camouflage for discrimination against others?" ~ Michael Oren
FROM RICHARD SILVERSTEIN, 5/15/12:
SOURCE - link to richardsilverstein.com
RE: "Why is Israel's record on gay rights dismissed as camouflage for discrimination against others?" ~ Michael Oren
SEE: Israel's Treatment of Gay Palestinian Asylum Seekers ~ by Caroline Esser, The Washington Note, 6/06/11
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to thewashingtonnote.com
RE: "Others held entire pamphlets calling Nakba a lie, toting copies of rightist group Im Tirzu's Nakba Harta, or 'Nakba Bullshit.' The booklet, published last year, is a 'land without a people, people without a land' polemical account of early Zionism." ~ Allison Deger
FROM GEORGE ORWELL:
SOURCE - link to literaturecollection.com
RE: "Americans don't want to be stuck in these [Middle Eastern] wars, Berman shows, citing polls. But why do the neocons have power? Berman draws a blank. It's because of a vacuum in the Republican establishment." ~ Weiss
ALSO SEE: Why is there so little accountability in foreign policymaking? ~ by Stephen M. Walt, foreignpolicy.com, 5/15/12
Entire commentary - link to walt.foreignpolicy.com
RE: "Shmuel what do you think of an American prison system? In comparison." ~ OlegR
QUESTION: When you ask "what do you think of an American prison system?", are you referring to the "American prison system" here in the US, or are you referring to the "American prison system" in countries we have occupied? Do you see them as being the same?
P.P.S. ALSO SEE: Why is there so little accountability in foreign policymaking? ~ by Stephen M. Walt, foreignpolicy.com, 5/15/12
Entire commentary - link to walt.foreignpolicy.com
RE: "The resolution, which almost surely will pass on Tuesday, is telling the president that he may not 'rely on containment” in response to “the Iranian nuclear threat.'...[T]he “no containment” idea is absurd and reckless." ~ M.J. Rosenberg
MY COMMENT: It smells an awful lot like "Team B". Quite malodorous!
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Team B]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
P.S. "Sticks and stones may break our bones, but facts will never sway us." ~ Neocon Creed (This creed also works for Team B, Republicans, Fox News, Fundies, etc.)
RE: "Rose Surnow has a funny piece up about Birthright, called 'I gave a handjob at Jew Camp'."
MY COMMENT: Very "stimulating" indeed, but what about some stories for the lesbian, bisexual, gay, transsexual, etc. members of the GMC (Greater Mondoweiss Community)?
DIRECTED BY HAROLD PINTER, "IN POINT OF FACT"!
Butley, 1974, R, 124 minutes
This witty adaptation of Simon Gray's play tracks a day in the life of Ben Butley, an embittered English professor who learns that his homosexual lover is leaving him for another man and that his ex-wife is about to marry someone he hates.
Cast: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan, Susan Engel, Michael Byrne, Georgina Hale, Simon Rouse, John Savident
Director: Harold Pinter
Netflix availability: Streaming and DVD
• Netfix listing - link to movies.netflix.com
• IMdB listing - link to imdb.com
• Butley [excerpt] (VIDEO, 02:24) - link to youtube.com
• Butley [Susan Engel excerpt] (VIDEO, 09:44) - link to youtube.com
P.S. FROM WIKIPEDIA [Butley (play)]: In his introduction to the play, Harold Pinter wrote:
Simon Gray asked me to direct Butley in 1970. I found its savage, lacerating wit hard to beat and accepted the invitation... The extraordinary thing about Butley, it still seems to me, is that the play gives us a character who hurls himself towards the destruction while living, in the fever of his intellectual hell, with a vitality and brilliance known to few of us. He courts death by remaining ruthlessly – even dementedly – alive. It's a remarkable creation and Alan Bates as Butley gave the performance of a lifetime.[1]
P.P.S. Quite the slugfest, "metaphorically speaking"!
RE: "[George] Jahn, unsurprisingly, has a long history of silly reporting on the Iran nuclear issue." ~ Nima Shirazi
ALSO SEE: How Mossad Justified Its Murder of an Innocent Iranian Electrical Engineer, by Gareth Porter, TruthOut.org, 3/17/12
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to truth-out.org
P.P.P.S. "Sticks and stones may break our bones, but facts will never sway us." ~ Neocon Creed (This creed also works for Team B, Republicans, Fox News, Fundies, etc.)
P.P.S. ALSO AS TO “The neocon propaganda organs are very much in place.”,
SEE: The Right’s False Prophet, By Kenneth B. McIntyre, The American Conservative, 5/10/12
ENTIRE BOOK REVIEW - link to theamericanconservative.com
P.S. ALSO AS TO “we know better what they’re thinking than they do”,
SEE THIS FROM WIKIPEDIA [Team B]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
RE: "Washington is setting up the same path all over again. As if nothing has been learned. The neocon propaganda organs are very much in place. The war talk is similar, especially the depiction of Iran’s leaders as irrational zealots, impervious to reason." ~ Scott McConnell reporting on Steve Walt's talk
AS TO "The neocon propaganda organs are very much in place.",
SEE: Rush From Reality, By Rick Perlstein, 02/26/09
SOURCE – link to ourfuture.org
RE: "What a wrenching memorial. Writes a friend visiting Hamburg, 'The house immediately next door to my hotel--now a kindergarten--had these brass 4" by 4" plaques embedded in the sidewalk--as a number of houses do in Hamburg.'" ~ Weiss
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Theresienstadt concentration camp]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
P.S. PARTS OF THE PROPAGANDA FILM
• Terezin Propaganda Film (VIDEO, 01:08) - link to youtube.com
• The Gift Of The Town - Terezin/Theresienstadt (VIDEO, 09:48) - link to youtube.com
• The Fuhrer gives the Jews a city (VIDEO, 15:37)
The infamous Nazi propaganda film showing the public how "well" the Jews were treated in Thereisenstadt.
LINK - link to video.google.com
RE: "Foxman says Google and Facebook are on his team to combat ‘internet hate’" ~ Weissw
SEE: Fire Foxman, by Joey Kurtzman, Jewcy, 07/08/07
ENTIRE POST - link to jewcy.com
RE: "Carve this in the stones of history: a wrenching letter from Thaer Halahleh, on day 75 of hunger strike against his detention without charge, to his two-year-old daughter Lamar, who he has never seen." ~ Weiss
FROM: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
SENT: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:27 PM
SUBJECT: Take Action Now to Help Save the Lives of 2,000 Hunger Strikers in Israeli Prisons!
As we approach the 64th anniversary of the Nakba -- the catastrophe in which more than more than 750,000 Palestinians lost their homes and lands, and thousands of others their lives during the ethnic cleansing that accompanied Israel's creation -- between 1,600 and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have joined one of the largest hunger strikes in history.
Two strikers -- Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab -- have refused food for 73 days. Ten have refused food for more than 50 days and are now hospitalized. The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that Halahleh, Diab, and four others are in "imminent danger of dying." As the prisoners' health deteriorates, the State Department has been silent.
Please ask the State Department to help save the lives of these nonviolent protestors! Help us get 10,000 signatures before Monday when, with the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, we'll deliver our concerns to the State Department!
• TO SIGN PETITION - link to salsa.democracyinaction.org
RE: "What if Kobe Bryant were an imprisoned Palestinian soccer player?" ~ Dave Zirin
FROM: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
SENT: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:27 PM
SUBJECT: Take Action Now to Help Save the Lives of 2,000 Hunger Strikers in Israeli Prisons!
As we approach the 64th anniversary of the Nakba -- the catastrophe in which more than more than 750,000 Palestinians lost their homes and lands, and thousands of others their lives during the ethnic cleansing that accompanied Israel's creation -- between 1,600 and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have joined one of the largest hunger strikes in history.
Two strikers -- Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab -- have refused food for 73 days. Ten have refused food for more than 50 days and are now hospitalized. The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that Halahleh, Diab, and four others are in "imminent danger of dying." As the prisoners' health deteriorates, the State Department has been silent.
Please ask the State Department to help save the lives of these nonviolent protestors! Help us get 10,000 signatures before Monday when, with the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, we'll deliver our concerns to the State Department!
• TO SIGN PETITION - link to salsa.democracyinaction.org
RE: "Josh Ruebner is the National Advocacy Director of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation"
FROM: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
SENT: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:27 PM
SUBJECT: Take Action Now to Help Save the Lives of 2,000 Hunger Strikers in Israeli Prisons!
As we approach the 64th anniversary of the Nakba -- the catastrophe in which more than more than 750,000 Palestinians lost their homes and lands, and thousands of others their lives during the ethnic cleansing that accompanied Israel's creation -- between 1,600 and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have joined one of the largest hunger strikes in history.
Two strikers -- Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab -- have refused food for 73 days. Ten have refused food for more than 50 days and are now hospitalized. The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that Halahleh, Diab, and four others are in "imminent danger of dying." As the prisoners' health deteriorates, the State Department has been silent.
Please ask the State Department to help save the lives of these nonviolent protestors! Help us get 10,000 signatures before Monday when, with the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, we'll deliver our concerns to the State Department!
• TO SIGN PETITION - link to salsa.democracyinaction.org
RE: "Protests on behalf of prisoners sweep the West Bank"
FROM: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
SENT: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:27 PM
SUBJECT: Take Action Now to Help Save the Lives of 2,000 Hunger Strikers in Israeli Prisons!
As we approach the 64th anniversary of the Nakba -- the catastrophe in which more than more than 750,000 Palestinians lost their homes and lands, and thousands of others their lives during the ethnic cleansing that accompanied Israel's creation -- between 1,600 and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have joined one of the largest hunger strikes in history.
Two strikers -- Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab -- have refused food for 73 days. Ten have refused food for more than 50 days and are now hospitalized. The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that Halahleh, Diab, and four others are in "imminent danger of dying." As the prisoners' health deteriorates, the State Department has been silent.
Please ask the State Department to help save the lives of these nonviolent protestors! Help us get 10,000 signatures before Monday when, with the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, we'll deliver our concerns to the State Department!
• TO SIGN PETITION - link to salsa.democracyinaction.org
RE: "After signing the petition of support for Israeli artists refusing to perform in the settlement of Ariel he [Patinkin] got slammed: '...I was attacked in my own homeland, by my own people' " ~ Robbins
MY COMMENT: Patinkin is yet another "crack" letting the light in!
A MID-SPRING AFTERNOON’S MUSICAL INTERLUDE, brought to you courtesy of the makers of new Ziocaine Über-Xtreme®: It’s guaran-damn-teed to blow your effing mind!™
• Anthem, Leonard Cohen (VIDEO, 09:33) - link to youtube.com
P.P.S. FROM SongMeanings.net:
SOURCE - link to songmeanings.net
RE: "JPEG IMAGE OF A PALE" - me, above
ELABORATION: This screen capture (of a medieval pale in Sweden) is from the following film.
Arn: The Knight Templar (Arn: Tempelriddaren), 2007, R, 133 minutes [a very good, but not great, film - J.L.D.]
Based on Jan Guillou's Crusades trilogy about Swedish Knight Templar Arn Magnusson (Joakim Nätterqvist), this adventure saga follows the son of nobility from his monastic education to his return to the family to help fight for the crown of Sweden.
That mission is interrupted, however, when Arn impregnates his lover and is sent to the Holy Land, where as penance he must become a warrior for Christ in the battles of the Crusades [with an interesting segment regarding Saladin* - JLD].
Language: Swedish (English subtitles) DVD/Blu-ray may have an English audio option.
Netflix Availability: Streaming, DVD and Blu-ray
• NETFLIX LISTING - link to movies.netflix.com
• Arn: The Knight Templar, Movie Trailer - link to youtube.com
* P.S. So much for the power of the "True Cross"!
RE: "Aharoni responded that J Street is a special case because they lobby on behalf of Israel's opposition parties, activity which he claimed disrespected Israeli democracy and was beyond the pale." ~ from Philip Harris' article above
MY COMMENT: Beyond the pale? Lol! How medieval! Open mouth and insert foot!
SEE "BEYOND THE PALE", phrases.org.uk:
SOURCE - link to phrases.org.uk
• JPEG IMAGE OF A PALE - link to facebook.com
RE: "Anyone here ever seen the movie 'Milk'? About Harvey Milk in San Francisco. Really, really, really powerful movie." ~ Ilyse Hogue
• Milk (2008) R - link to movies.netflix.com
• The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) UR - link to movies.netflix.com
RE: "US military officers taught to target civilians and wage ‘total war’ on Islam"
AN ANTI-WAR CLASSIC: Johnny Got His Gun, 1971, PG, 106 minutes
Based on the novel by Dalton Trumbo, this disturbing antiwar film chronicles the tragic fate of a World War I soldier (Timothy Bottoms) who survives a mortar shell only to have lost his arms, legs, ears, eyes, nose and mouth. Initially, he doesn't know whether he's dead, alive or dreaming. And though he can't hear, see or speak, he learns how to communicate his most fervent wish: to be taken on tour as evidence of the horrors of war.
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Diane Varsi, Mike Lee, Kerry MacLane
Director: Dalton Trumbo
Netflix Availability: Streaming and DVD (Streaming until 5/15/12)
• Netflix listing - link to movies.netflix.com
• IMdB - link to imdb.com
• ENTIRE FILM ON TouTube: Johnny Got His Gun/1971 (VIDEO, 1:51:53) - link to youtube.com
• Johnny Got His Gun - DVD Trailer (VIDEO, 01:26) - link to youtube.com
• Movie Trailer - 1971 - Johnny Got His Gun (VIDEO, 03:34) -link to youtube.com
RE: "‘Follow the money’ rule suddenly applies when the issue is gay marriage" ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: OMG, y'all! Phil's countin' again!
Countin' this,
and countin' that.
Countin' the gay donors,
and countin' the Jewish donors.
Will it ever end?
It's a shame he missed his "true calling", y'all.
He should have been a "bean counter"!
P.S. CHECK OUT: Pi, 1998, R, 84 minutes
Darren Aronofsky’s jarring black-and-white brain-bender is a haunting examination of one man’s numerical obsession. The story follows a fragile number theorist who’s on the trail of a 216-digit number that could unlock the secrets of the universe.
Netflix Availability: Streaming and DVD
NETFLIX LISTING – link to movies.netflix.com
Pi movie trailer (VIDEO, 01:41) – link to youtube.com
π, Trailer (VIDEO, 01:57) – link to youtube.com
P.P.P.S. AND THE HYPOCRISY GOES ON!
"The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da. . ." ~ Sonny & Cher, 1967
The Beat Goes On (VIDEO 03:27) - link to youtube.com
SEE: Netanyahu, Israeli cabinet to weigh approval of illegal West Bank outpost, By Barak Ravid and Ophir Bar-Zohar, Haaretz, 5/10/12
Likud ministers have called on the Prime Minister to sanction Ulpana Hill through legislation after the High Court rejected a state bid to postpone its demolition.
LINK - link to haaretz.com
P.S. RE: “Why now? Because now we want to enforce the law.” ~ Major Guy Inbar of Israel
AND RE: "Oh, the hypocrisy!" ~ me, above
ALSO SEE: Ulpana can't turn into a memorial for Israel's rule of law ~ Haaretz Editorial, 4/29/12
ENTIRE EDITORIAL - link to haaretz.com
P.P.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis elaborated in Olmstead v. United States (1928):
RE: "Why now? Because now we want to enforce the law." ~ Major Guy Inbar of Israel
MY COMMENT: Oh, the hypocrisy!
SEE: Ulpana, high drama in the wild wild West (Bank) ~ by Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss, 4/26/12
Israel flips 3 West Bank outposts from illegal to legal status this week. Where are the liberal Zionists who are saving the two-state solution?
SOURCE - link to mondoweiss.net
P.S. RE: "EQUALITY" AS IN THE 'EQUALITY FORUM'
FROM WIKIPEDIA [2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting]:
SOURCE – link to en.wikipedia.org
RE: "the 'Equality Forum' is lending itself to a seven-year multi-million dollar advertising campaign by the state, called 'Brand Israel', which seeks to portray Israel as 'modern and progressive', and to distract from Israel’s violent policies towards the indigenous Palestinian population of segregation and expulsion." ~ Matthew Graber
MY COMMENT: Israel's hypocrisy (and that of many of its supporters) knows no bounds!
SEE: Israel's Treatment of Gay Palestinian Asylum Seekers ~ by Caroline Esser, The Washington Note, 6/06/11
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to thewashingtonnote.com
RE: "Great reporting by Naomi Zeveloff and Nathan Guttman at the Forward on the extent to which the Jewish charter school movement, which establishes Hebrew-language schools using public funds, is serving a frankly Zionist agenda." ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: Do ya think (lol)? [See below for the privately funded version.]
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Sheldon Adelson]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
ALSO FROM WIKIPEDIA [The Adelson Educational Campus]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
Thanks for the info. Physicians for Human Rights-Israel does good work.
I easily made a donation using PayPal.
• TO DONATE - link to phr.org.il
• MORE INFO - link to phr.org.il
P.P.S. ALSO AS TO “we know better what they’re thinking than they do”, SEE: The Right’s False Prophet, By Kenneth B. McIntyre, The American Conservative, 5/10/12
ENTIRE BOOK REVIEW - link to theamericanconservative.com
P.S. ALSO AS TO “we know better what they’re thinking than they do”, SEE THIS FROM WIKIPEDIA [Team B]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
P.S. "Sticks and stones may break our bones, but facts will never sway us." ~ Neocon Creed (This creed also works for Team B, Republicans, Fox News, Fundies, etc.)
RE: "Our political leaders in both parties have consistently told Americans in essence, forget what our enemy is saying, we know better what they're thinking than they do." ~ Michael Scheuer
MY COMMENT: And yet they also say (particularly in reference to Ahmadenijad's supposedly saying "wipe Israel off the map"): "You have to take a man at his word." ~ George W. Bush, circa 2007
AND AS TO "we know better what they're thinking than they do",
SEE: "Rush From Reality", By Rick Perlstein, 02/26/09
SOURCE – link to ourfuture.org
RE: "thanks to this neocon site [American Thinker]" ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: Or "Americun Stinker", as the cads refer to it at Sadly No!
RE: "Israeli military raids office of human rights organization ‘Stop the Wall’; steals computers and hard drives"
MY COMMENT: Shades of Kristallnacht! If it looks like
a duckfascism, swims likea duckfascism, and quacks likea duckfascism, then it probably isa duckfascism.Duck test - link to en.wikipedia.org
RE: "Mofaz is a military man; he was the Israeli military’s Chief of Staff during the Second Intifada... you can forget about Mofaz saving peace negotiations." ~ Alex Kane
SPEAKING OF THE SECOND INTIFADA, SEE: The Dogs of War: The Next Intifada, By Uri Avnery, Counterpunch, 9/03/11
ENTIRE COMMENTARY - link to counterpunch.org
P.S. ALSO WORTHWHILE:
• Weimar Revisited, by Uri Avnery, Antiwar.com, 11/21/11
LINK - link to original.antiwar.com
• Avnery on McCarthyism Israeli-style: "Hi, Joe!", by Uri Avnery, mwcnews.net, 1/08/11
LINK - link to mwcnews.net
RE: "I am talking about the role Miller sought in American life: of artistically/spiritually mediating between Americans, seeking to resolve cultural problems." ~ Weiss
AN EXCELLENT BBC DOCUMENTARY: The Atheism Tapes (2004)
As part of the making of the documentary series A Brief History of Disbelief, Jonathan Miller filmed conversations with some very distinguished minds.
In this ground-breaking series, neurologist turned playwright and atheist Jonathan Miller interviewed six of today’s leading men of letters and science.
New York Times best-selling author Richard Dawkins, Philosophers Daniel Dennett and Colin McGinn, playwright Arthur Miller, theologian Denys Turner and physicist Steven Weinberg discuss their personal intellectual journeys and offer illuminating analyses of non-theism from a wide range of perspectives.
• To watch the full documentary (for free) - link to topdocumentaryfilms.com
• Netflix DVDs - link to movies.netflix.com
SEGMENTS ON TouTube
• The Atheism Tapes - Arthur Miller (VIDEO, 29:00) - link to youtube.com
• The Atheism Tapes - Steven Weinberg (VIDEO, 29:12) - link to youtube.com
• OTHERS - link to youtube.com
RE: "It’s Good to be the King: Netanyahu scraps elections, buys off opposition and cements power with new unity gov’t"
ALL OF THIS INTRIGUE REMINDS ME OF AN EXCELLENT ITALIAN FILM:
Il divo: La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti, 2008, NR, 110 min.
Paolo Sorrentino directs this superbly entertaining docudrama about the colorful life and political career of Italy's Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and his party's decades-long throttlehold on Italian politics. Highlighting accusations of mafia ties, Sorrentino pulls no punches as he lays any number of corruption scandals and even political assassinations at the politician's feet, all with a sly sense of humor. Toni Servillo stars as Andreotti.
Language: Italian (English subtitles)
Netflix Availability: DVD and Blu-ray
• Netflix Listing - link to movies.netflix.com
• IMdB - link to imdb.com
• IL Divo Trailer (VIDEO, 02:07) - link to youtube.com
MY FAVORITE: "The law is an ass!" ~ from Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
AND - Memorable quotes for "...And Justice for All." (1979)
SOURCE - link to imdb.com
P.P.S. “Ramblers ’78″ hoodie (screen capture) - link to facebook.com
P.S. A MOST DELIGHTFUL (ALBEIT QUAINT) LITTLE "COMING OF AGE ROAD TRIP" FILM FROM BELGIUM!
Eldorado, 2008, NR, 81 minutes
When he walks in on Elie (Fabrice Adde) trying to rob him, car dealer Yvan (writer-director Bouli Lanners) spares the would-be thief's life and instead forces the young drug addict to accompany him on a cross-country road trip. Packed in Yvan's beat-up Chevy, the unlikely pair sets off on an unpredictable journey through the Belgium countryside and cross paths with a parade of characters, including a supposed psychic and a blue-haired nudist.
Language: French (English subtitles)
Netflix Availability: Streaming and DVD
Netflix Listing - link to movies.netflix.com
Eldorado Movie Trailer (VIDEO, 1:35) - link to youtube.com
P.S. This film is like the old 'Theater of the Absurd' that has now become the new 'Theater of the Real'. And Didier's lime green "Ramblers '78" hoodie is a real "collector's item". It has such beaucoup joie de vivre that it could have easily won the Lacoste Elysée Prize ! ! !
RE: “To my great dismay, the State Attorney’s Office is fighting here against the public interest; against the rule of law…this is a total breakdown of the legal system and the rule of law. What will the State Attorney’s Office say to a regular citizen who reneges on a plea bargain? What moral high ground will the State have then?" ~ Attorney Michael Sfard, Legal Advisor to Yesh Din
MY CONTRIBUTION - Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis elaborated in Olmstead v. United States (1928):
RE: "Hope someone in Washington is reading it (I won't hold my breath). " ~ A. Horowitz
AND RE: "The first step in breaking what has become an injurious addiction to a futile process is to recognise...that the emperor has no clothes." ~ ICG
FROM: Josh Ruebner, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
SENT: Monday, May 07, 2012 12:16 PM
Take Action: House Vote as Early as Tomorrow to Expand U.S.-Israeli Military Ties
Dear ****,
We need you to take action right now to make your voice heard in opposition to a resolution that the House will vote on as early as tomorrow to strengthen the U.S.-Israel military relationship.
Sign this petition to Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the sponsor of the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012, opposing this resolution. If we get 10,000 or more signatures on this petition by tomorrow, we’ll personally deliver it to Rep. Cantor before the vote. . .
TO SIGN THE PETITION - link to salsa.democracyinaction.org
RE: "This morning we learned that the proverbial smoke-filled room of political dealmaking in American politics has now been merged with the smoke-filled room of Israeli politics" ~ Weiss
FROM: Josh Ruebner, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
SENT: Monday, May 07, 2012 12:16 PM
Take Action: House Vote as Early as Tomorrow to Expand U.S.-Israeli Military Ties
Dear ****,
We need you to take action right now to make your voice heard in opposition to a resolution that the House will vote on as early as tomorrow to strengthen the U.S.-Israel military relationship.
Sign this petition to Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the sponsor of the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012, opposing this resolution. If we get 10,000 or more signatures on this petition by tomorrow, we’ll personally deliver it to Rep. Cantor before the vote. . .
TO SIGN THE PETITION - link to salsa.democracyinaction.org
RE: "John Hagee has a record of making racist, sexist, anti-Catholic, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic remarks" ~ Phan Nguyen
MY COMMENT: Nonetheless, the Houston Jewish Federation and the Jewish Agency apparently consider "Pastor" John Hagee (and his $3 million gift) to be 'oh so kosher' ! ! !
SEE: Houston Jewish Federation, Jewish Agency Fund Im Tirzu’s Assault on Israeli Universities ~ by Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam, 3/17/10
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to richardsilverstein.com
ALSO SEE: Pastor Hagee: The Antichrist Is Gay, "Partially Jewish, As Was Adolph Hitler", by Max Blumenthal, Huffington Post, 6/02/08
LINK - link to huffingtonpost.com
RE: "Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren gave the keynote address at the Equality Forum’s 'International Equality Dinner' in Philadelphia. The dinner was part of the Equality Forum’s annual Global LGBT Summit, which this year highlighted Israel as a 'featured nation'." ~ Phan Nguyen
SEE: Israel's Treatment of Gay Palestinian Asylum Seekers ~ by Caroline Esser, The Washington Note, 6/06/11
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to thewashingtonnote.com
RE: "These women have put their bodies on the line, and been great leaders. Salute them." ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: They never cease to amaze me. I wish I had as much as 1/10 of their commitment.
P.S. ALSO SEE: Unnecessary killing in West Bank, Haaretz Editorial, 5/06/12
ENTIRE EDITORIAL - link to haaretz.com
RE: "Undercover soldiers hurled stones in the 'general direction' of IDF soldiers as part of their activity to counter weekly demonstrations in the Palestinian village of Bil'in" ~ Haaretz
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Mista'arvim]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
RE: "Obama will be compelled to say over and over in the next few months that he stands by Israel and Netanyahu is a man of peace...And if Obama does anything to question that narrative and undermine Netanyahu, the Israel lobby will go after Obama" ~ Weiss
FOR INSTANCE, SEE: Barre Seid Plausibly Denies Funding ‘Obsession,’ All the While Doing Precisely That, by Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam, 01/26/12
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to richardsilverstein.com
P.S. For 2012 substitute "Iranium" for "Obsession" ! ! !
RE: "the 'don’t air dirty laundry in public' practical principle long cherished by many Jewish folk..." ~ Citizen
REPLY: Long cherished by many folk, period! And corporations! And all kinds of institutions! And governments*! And churches! Need I go on?
And "don’t air dirty laundry in public" as a practical matter often translates into "repress/suppress the living hell out of the truth" (sometimes to the point of self-delusion)!
* I.F. STONE (1967): “All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.” ~ In a Time of Torment, 1961-1967 (1967), p. 317
SOURCE – link to en.wikiquote.org
RE: "Who’s the anti-Semite?" ~ Weiss
ALSO SEE: Gunter the Terrible, By Uri Avnery, The Palestine Chronicle, 4/13/12
ENTIRE COMMENTARY - link to palestinechronicle.com
P.S.
• "Threads" by This Will Destroy You on the album 'This Will Destroy You' (VIDEO, 05:42) - link to youtube.com
• Murcof: "Mir", from the album 'Martes' (VIDEO, 06:42) - link to youtube.com
P.S. ALSO SEE NBC News: Israeli Army in Haiti Created “The Best Field Medicine Available” (VIDEO, 02:43) – link to frgdr.com
SAME VIDEO (02:43) AT YouTube – link to youtube.com
RE: "...whereas american israel firsters have their zionist occupier entity’s brief propaganda mission to haiti to brag about." ~ yourstruly
SEE: The Zionization of Disaster Relief, by Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam, 01/19/10
ENTIRE COMMENTARY – link to richardsilverstein.com
RE: "Shore also founded the Clarion Fund, and under its auspices produced another documentary, Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West. Twenty-eight million copies of Obsession were distributed as free newspaper inserts in swing states before the 2008 election. . . " ~ George Smith
SEE: Barre Seid Plausibly Denies Funding ‘Obsession,’ All the While Doing Precisely That, by Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam, 01/26/12
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to richardsilverstein.com
P.S.
• Track 17, "Last Days", from Max Richter's amazing album, 'MemoryHouse' which was made in 2002 (VIDEO, 06:38) - link to youtube.com
• Fanshawe: "El Ten Eleven" from the albumn 'El Ten Eleven' (2004)
[VIDEO, 05:06] - link to youtube.com
RE: "He [Olmert] said he hoped his successor, Netanyahu, would adopt his peace proposal - which included the division of Jerusalem, which both Israelis and Palestinians claim as their capital - but that so far this had not happened." ~ CNN
MY COMMENT: Nor will it happen!
SEE - Netanyahu: I'm not bound by Olmert pledges, won't evacuate settlements, By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz, 1/30/09
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to haaretz.com
RE: "Now I'm waiting for Olmert to say what Americans don't want to hear, that the Israel lobby hurt Jimmy Carter in 1980 and George H.W. Bush in 1992." ~ Weiss
ALSO SEE: The CIA/Likud Sinking of Jimmy Carter, by Robert Parry, Consortium News, 06/24/11
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to consortiumnews.com
And especially if you don't get "No Sleep till Brooklyn" (VIDEO, 04:47), I might add!
RE: "the Weekly Standard has printed Thomas Joscelyn of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies three times in the past two months, all of them articles on the Al Qaeda-Iran connection." ~ Alex Kane
MY COMMENT: Thomas Joscelyn of the (proto-fascist) Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is also becoming a regular on the PBS Newshour.
It will not surprise me if in 10-20 years, the majority of PBS viewers are right-wing Jews and Christian fundamentalists (i.e. hardcore Zionists).
RE: "It took decades for South Africa boycott resolutions to gain traction" ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: I recall going in the mid-1980s to our Methodist church in the fairly affluent "Buckhead" area of Atlanta on a Sunday when the pastor allowed a guest speaker from an international Methodist group to speak briefly to the congregation about the duty of Christians to oppose apartheid in South Africa. On the way out of church, I thanked the speaker and our pastor for addressing the issue of apartheid.
I heard a few weeks later from my mother that some members of the church were trying to have the pastor fired for inviting the speaker from the int'l Methodist group (who had disapproved of apartheid).
I have not been back to church since that time.
RE: "Israel’s sassy gay best friend tells it to ‘look at your life and look at your choices’ before you start WW3" ~ Weiss
MY CONTRIBUTION: "Now that's sassy!" ~ Russell Clark, Senior Editor
of Sassy Magazine
• Sassy's Sassiest Boys (VIDEO, 04:33) - link to nbc.com
RE: "People are cowed at the thought of taking on the shrieking Israel absolutists, the ones who imagine themselves every day saving six million lives and their critics as hastening the slaughter." ~ Rick Perlstein (author of "Nixonland")
MY COMMENT: I knew Rick Perlstein was an I.F. Stoner! I just knew it! That's how the light gets in.
I.F. STONE (1967): “All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.” ~ from In a Time of Torment, 1961-1967 (1967), p. 317
SOURCE – link to en.wikiquote.org
P.S. Thank CBS for Telling the Story of Palestinian Christians!
CBS reporter Bob Simon highlighted the story of Palestinian Christians on the April 22nd episode of 60 Minutes. Express your appreciation to CBS for telling the often forgotten story of Palestinian Christians by sending them an email (pre-written and editable).
• TO SEND EMAIL - link to org2.democracyinaction.org
• ALSO: CLICK HERE to sign JVP’s petition which has already gathered over 38,000 signatures. (Jewish Voice for Peace is a national grassroots organization dedicated to promoting equality, democracy and self-determination for both Israelis and Palestinians.)
P.P.S. ANOTHER EXCERPT FROM RICK PERLSTEIN:
SOURCE - link to m.rollingstone.com
RE: "Habima’s critics in Britain do not claim that the theatre is unworthy of participation in the festival because it is Israeli, nor do the claim that is unworthy because it represents a country that violates human rights. They object to Habima because it appears in the Ariel Cultural Centre." ~ Vardit Shalfy
MY COMMENT: Apparently "Pastor" John Hagee and his Christian Zionist followers provided much of the funding for the Ariel Cultural Centre.
SEE: Recruiting Brecht to Whitewash Occupation, by Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam, 4/26/10
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to richardsilverstein.com
P.S. ALSO SEE: The late Benzion Netanyahu’s appalling views on Arabs, by Larry Derfner, +972 Magazine, 4/30/12
LINK - link to 972mag.com
RE: "President Obama called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel today from Air Force One to express his personal condolences on the death of his father, Benzion Netanyahu." ~ the White House
SEE - Bibi’s Father’s Answer to the ‘Arab Problem': Hang’ Em in the Town Square, By Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam, 4/04/09
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to richardsilverstein.com
RE: "Well, American critics have been telling us this about Netanyahu for years. . . " ~ Weiss
FOR EXAMPLE, SEE: Bush Had Gog and Magog, Bibi Has Amalek, by Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam, 5/25/09
ENTIRE COMMENTARY - link to richardsilverstein.com
RE: "In his March 12 piece, Remnick chooses to highlight a recent incident where an Orthodox rabbi reportedly spat upon a young schoolgirl because he considered her attire to be 'insufficiently demure'. . . why does Remnick devote valuable New Yorker real estate to such trivial matters. . . ?" ~ Steve Frank, a Washington attorney
PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THIS: Israel’s bizarre decision to give up on education – and its future, by Ami Kaufman, +972 Magazine, 12/03/11
ENTIRE ARTICLE – link to 972mag.com
RE: "Why Remnick chooses singularly to obsess about the Israel-Palestinian conflict. . ." ~ Steve Frank, a Washington attorney
MY COMMENT: Might it be for the same reason that Mr. Frank seems to "obsess about the Israel-Palestinian conflict"; namely, because Remnick is Jewish? Isn't concern for Israel (as opposed to gays in Saudi Arabia and Yemen) drilled into the consciousness of most American Jews beginning at a very young age?
RE: "The only conceivable purpose for this gross violation of my bodily integrity was to humiliate and terrify me. But it had just the opposite effect. . ." ~ Hedy Epstein
MY COMMENT: Fortunately, Israel's authoritarian tactics do not work on people like Hedy Epstein, Uri Avnery, Gideon Levy, etc. Unfortunately, over time, they do work on most people.
FROM WIKIPEDIA [Learned helplessness]:
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
RE: "I extend my sincere condolences to the family of Benzion Netanyahu... This is a loss for all of Israel and for all who care about Israel." ~ Mitt Romney
SEE - Bibi’s Father’s Answer to the ‘Arab Problem': Hang’ Em in the Town Square, By Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam, 4/04/09
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to richardsilverstein.com
RE: "...while quoting General 'Buck' Turgidson from Dr Strangelove to each other: 'I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.' " ~ Chemi Shalev
MY COMMENT: You've just got to love that über-turgid General 'Buck' Turgidson!
SOURCE - link to imdb.com
P.S. "Think of the closing scene of 'Dr. Strangelove'. That's Israel sitting astride the speeding nuclear missile waving the cowboy hat." ~ William Blum, Counterpunch, 8/6/10
SOURCE - link to counterpunch.org
RE: "Heimat and Heimatland are German, not Nazi terms. The Nazis spoke German." ~ Antidote
REPLY: It is my understanding that Hess and Hitler took the "homeland" (heimatland) idea* directly/specifically from the Zionists. I believe Thom Hartmann refers to this in the audio clip from his radio program (which no longer appears to be available).
* As Hess explains it (at about 3:05 in the video clip), Hitler was creating a homeland for all the ethnic Germans of the world wherever they might have happened to live (not just those residing within the borders of Germany). They modeled this after the Zionist idea of Israel being the "homeland" of all the Jews of the world wherever they might happen to live (not just those residing within the borders of Israel).
RE: “The Nazi rallying call, 'Sieg Heil!' was inspired by American football cheerleading techniques" ~ Antidote
REPLY: And frankly, I would just as soon not hear any of it!
P.S. Many of Goebbels propaganda techniques were apparently based on Edward Louis Bernays' public relations techniques, but it is hardly fair to blame Bernays for the use to which the National Socialist's adapted some of his (and Freud's) ideas.
P.S. • NOTE: What Does "Homeland" Mean to You?, by Ronald Bailey on July 19, 2007
SOURCE - link to reason.com
• AND LISTEN TO: "HOMELAND" IS A NAZI TERM (AUDIO, 37:44)
The origins of this term are discussed at length in this Paul Craig Roberts interview on the Thom Hartmann show.
Program contains an audio clip [at about 13:30], taken from a Nazi rally, that is an example of how the term was used (in German).
LINK - link to a1135.g.akamai.net
• AND WATCH: Rudolf Hess opening speech (English Subtitles), [VIDEO, 04:00] - link to youtube.com
In this four minute clip from the film Triumph Of The Will, Hess is speaking at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally and introduces the Heimatland (Homeland) concept that he and Hitler had devised during the writing of Mein Kampf while they were in prison together at Landsberg as a consequence of their convictions for involvement in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923.
As Hess explains it (at about 3:05), Hitler is creating a homeland for all the ethnic Germans of the world wherever they might happen to live (not just those residing within the borders of Germany).
As translated by the subtitles, Hess says (as if speaking to Hitler): "Thanks to your leadership, Germany will be attainable as the homeland. Homeland for all Germans of the world."
And be certain not to miss Hess' "eroticized passion" for der Fuhrer at the conclusion of the clip.
RE: "Successful inception, therefore, is essentially a perfected form of brainwashing and propaganda. It forces someone to be fed an idea that they would not have otherwise generated..." ~ Nima Shirazi
MY COMMENT: I am reminded of "Homeland Security"!
SEE: "10 things you might not know about security measures", By Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer, Chicago Tribune, 4/08/12
* To elaborate, the neocons in Cheney's office and at the Pentagon succeeded in having it named "Homeland Security". Why were they so determined to introduce the concept of the "homeland" into the American vernacular? Where else in the world had the "homeland" concept been used (besides Nazi Germany)? What were the neocons trying to associate (perhaps via "transference" and/or similar techniques) the U.S. with in the minds (at least subconsciously) of Americans and perhaps other "Westerners"?
RE: "At the end of the day, when the military command looks up, it sees us — the minister of defense and the prime minister. When we look up, we see nothing but the sky above us." - Ehud Barak
BOB DYLAN (1984):
SOURCE - link to bobdylantalks.blogspot.com
RE: This paragraph [about Israeli racism] has since been removed from the Times story. Huh... What up? ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: Perhaps pressure was "brought to bear" upon the New York Times, and the "the Old Gray Lady" relented. We certainly can't have the NYT airing Israel's dirty laundry in public, now can we?!?!
P.S. SPEAKING OF "NATURE PRESERVES", I read somewhere several years ago that some Israelis wanted a very scenic area in northern Israel (somewhere in Galilee, I think) designated as a nature preserve. But they were told by the Olmert government that the area had already been promised to U.S. Christians (fundies like Pat Robertson and/or John Hagee, I presume). This area is apparently where the fundies plan to fight Zog and/or Magog and get Raptured up (after they breed the "perfect red heifer"*, of course). It's confusing, so you might want to consult your local fundies for more details. Suffice it to say that "Pastor" John Hagee has some very big plans!
* SEE: "Pastor Strangelove", by Sarah Posner, American Prospect, 05/21/06
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to prospect.org
ALSO SEE: Is the Red Heifer Here? - link to jesus-is-the-way.com
RE: “The justification this time is 'illegal presence in a nature reserve' ”
~ Shmuel
MY REPLY: Yes, the old "nature preserve" trick is one of Israel's many strategies for dispossessing the Palestinians.
• FROM WIKIPEDIA [Nahal Qana]: . . . As of 2006, the area around Nahal Qana is being considered as a nature reserve, as requested by the Israel nature and parks authority. . .
SOURCE - link to en.wikipedia.org
• National park land-grabs from two East Jerusalem neighborhoods
Jan 6, 2012 – There is only one case where the Israeli government reversed a decision to re-zone Palestinian land as a nature reserve. - link to mondoweiss.net
• “Israel declared it a Nature Reserve” Israeli Military Evacuation Orders for the Palestinian Lands in Wadi Qana area in Deir Istiya Village North of Salfit Governorate - link to poica.org
• Wadi Qelt - Parts of the wadi were declared a nature reserve by Israel and given the name Nahal Prat. - link to en.wikipedia.org
• Thousands of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley risk forced displacement, says UN body ~ by Adri Nieuwhof, Electronic Intifada, 2/11/12
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to electronicintifada.net
Palestinian herders fined for trespassing West Bank nature preserve ~ By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz, 2/22/12
ENTIRE ARTICLE - link to haaretz.com
RE: "One wonders, what justification, what authority other than the usual 'barrel of a gun', Israel can have for thus interfering with the economic and traditional lives of these people." ~ pabelmont
FROM ALISTAIR CROOKE, London Review of Books, 03/03/11:
SOURCE - link to lrb.co.uk
ALSO SEE: Learned helplessness - link to en.wikipedia.org
RE: "The Methodists will be voting on a controversial resolution to divest from 3 multinational companies profiting from the Israeli occupation" & "the recent CBS '60 minute' episode on the plight of Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land." ~AR
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RE: "Shades of Birmingham– Independence Day attacks on African refugees in South Tel Aviv" ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: You're not just whistling Dixie, Phil!
FOR INSTANCE - WATCH: Israeli teens brandish racism after Palestinian children die, by Ami Kaufman, +972 Magazine, 4/02/12
Israeli youth today has no fear of saying what it really thinks about Arabs. The youth featured in the video below are not only are they happy when children die, but one girl said she has no problem with taking a weapon and killing innocent Arabs
VIDEO (14:49) - link to 972mag.com
P.S. Rudolf Hess opening speech (English Subtitles) [VIDEO, 04:00] - link to youtube.com
RE: "Zionism does not see the Jewish state as 'a state of all its citizens'... Israel is not primarily the state of Israelis" ~ Eric Yoffie
AND RE: "this is a hard sell. what compels someone, say a person brought up in a civil national state (like america), to buy into these concepts?" ~ Annie Robbins
MY REPLY/COMMENT: There is a precedent.
• WATCH: Rudolf Hess opening speech (English Subtitles)
In this four minute clip from the film Triumph Of The Will, Hess is speaking at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally and introduces the Heimatland (Homeland) concept that he and Hitler had devised during the writing of Mein Kampf while they were in prison together at Landsberg as a consequence of their convictions for involvement in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923.
As Hess explains it (at about 3:05), Hitler is creating a homeland for all the ethnic Germans of the world wherever they might happen to live (not just those residing within the borders of Germany).
As translated by the subtitles, Hess says (speaking to Hitler): "Thanks to your leadership, Germany will be attainable as the homeland. Homeland for all Germans of the world."
And be certain not to miss Hess' "eroticized passion" for der Fuhrer at the conclusion of the clip.
• AND LISTEN TO: "HOMELAND" IS A NAZI TERM (AUDIO, 37:44)
The origins of this term are discussed at length in this Paul Craig Roberts interview on the Thom Hartmann show.
Program contains an audio clip [at about 13:30], taken from a Nazi rally, that is an example of how the term was used (in German).
LINK - link to a1135.g.akamai.net