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I sure hope the zios pressure Bourdain, then we will get a really good report - he does not like to be bossed-around or manhandled or be told lies
"But the push to include Israel in the fledgling nuclear nonproliferation regime died with Kennedy's November assassination in Dallas. A simultaneous and largely secret Department of Justice drive to regulate the Israel lobby as agents of the Israeli government also subsequently perished."
Kinda says it all
and black-skinned people with a syringe sticker (for forced sterilization)
surely this parasite has broken some kind of hate crime law somewhere for which she can be arrested and prosecuted
"today's Einstein" reached the same conclusion as the real Einstein - israel is not worthy of support
ha-ha israel, Google put a big monkey-wrench in your campaign to control the narrative ... and now Google (which is supra-national) reflects how most of the world already sees things ... and Google is run by two jews! ... rich indeed
corrupt deals mostly over money, ah, israeli leadership ... meet the new boss, same as the old boss
progress ... here's Wilkinson saying the Syria chemical weapons may be an israeli false-flag operation
link to rawstory.com
the contortions Obama is doing to wiggle out of israel's attempts to manipulate us into a war against Syria on their behalf is a thing to behold ... Obama got israel to apologize to Turkey for the flotilla massacre (but not to the American's family), got them to state they will stop using white phosphorus, and got them to say the will seek a two-state solution ... but the israel game-plan of using the U.S. to fight their wars for them to make them the regional superpower continues apace anyway
they should get completely out of the contract now - let the criminal state staff its torture and political prisons with its own people so they can be held accountable later
it's Bush I all over again israel ... Kerry is your new James Baker
within an hour of the Boston Marathon bombings I fully expected to see the neocon usual suspects on tv pushing for a U.S. war on Iran to clog our media endlessly ... did they miss an opportunity?
you go mom!
my money's on yet another angry citizen white guy right-winger
... also our media focuses on the dramatic - yes, it was terrorism and limbs were gruesomely blown off, and 3 people (so far) died yet every 17 minutes someone in America dies from a gun and every 12 minutes in a car accident - where is their breathless wall-to-wall "breaking news" media coverage?
let us remember that the "founders" of israel were primarily mafias and zealous militant terrorists and these elements were folded into the "legitimate" government of israel later on ... so the corrupt criminal element has always been there and is deeply enmeshed in the power structure (the 13 "families" and seemingly endless stream of leaders who get nailed for corruption)
one caustic substance to neutralize another?
AIPAC was defeated on Hagel but in a procedural - the real win comes when it's a straight-up fight over policy
If Obama wants paypack, he should say this during his sit-down with Bibi:
"Mutual security for both Israelis and Palestinians can only be achieved through a negotiated two-state solution based upon the long-agreed-to '67 borders, an end to all settlement activities and home seizures, the establishment of mutual respect, and the eventual dismantling of the concrete separation wall."
the only "release" Pollard deserves is to be let out of his cell to be marched down to the gallows or firing squad
Aww pshaw, Alex and Phil, you don't actually need to go to the thing ... go ahead and write up something - here I'll draft it for you:
AIPAC calls on U.S. to attack Iran.
it is so satisfying to watch the slow destruction of zionism at the hands (and out of the mouths) of the very people who seek to impose it through vulgar might
names, names, names
In Japan there are two ways of speaking - to foreigners or in social settings everything is always wonderful and it is only in private conversation that you can get real interaction ... much of the world is this way with regard to homosexuality ... in much of Latin and Muslim culture (and Hindus too) homosexuality is practiced quite commonly but it is not acknowledged nor spoken of and if it is it is condemned officially and everyone denies they do it or that it goes on - really, it is ridiculous when so much of it is going on ... as long as the societal norms are conformed to in public and everyone lies about what goes on in private the facade can maintain
how do you figure? ... to save a zionist from himself or herself you must rescue him or her from zionism
concise and to the point ... this is how the subject needs to be discussed
further, if someone cares about jews then they realize that the zionists have taken israel into racism and fascism and that it cannot sustain ... the zionists, through their policies and actions, are putting all jews everywhere at risk and the good people of Mondoweiss and those like-minded are trying to save the zionists from themselves and their extremists
the sketch is drawn out, crude, vulgar and accurately caricatures the current relationship between the U.S. and israel
if he doesn't go to East Jerusalem to stand in front of a home with the Palestinian family forced out by the zionists then it is a wasted trip
exactly how israel wants it - to rub your nose in their power
this whole "survival of the jewish people" propaganda campaign is so damn tiresome ... can't any journalist, anywhere, anytime point out that jews have only been outlasted as a culture by the Chinese (5800+ years to 6000+) and that today they enjoy more peace and security and wealth and power and less persecution (collectively) than they have ever known in all their history ???
although it seems couter-intuitive we need to support the election/ascension of the most extreme elements to the leadership in israel and the U.S. Republican Party - sometimes for a virus to clear the body more quickly it needs to burn hot first
Hagel's number one job is to the brake on israel
yes, whether it was apartheid South Africa or various murderous militias in Africa (and many other places in the world) israel has been a death-merchant, profiting off of the suffering of people ... disgusting
Hagel is the Emergency Brake - he is not navigation
blowback's a bitch, isn't israel? ... it seems the Hagel nomination and the histrionics by the lobby in response is finally tripping the spring-loaded, pent-up energy the world has in terms of its disgust with israel ... this will be delicious to watch as it plays out
I think the American public has drawn the conclusion already that israel is a problem and the 70% Jewish support for Obama in the election and Obama's confidence in nominating Hagel are evidence. American Jews declared with that vote that they are Americans first. The American public overall wants israel put in their place ... israel and their lobby will not dictate to us what wars we fight and if American Fifth Columnists are for israel-first they will now be publicly called out for it.
In American football parlance what Obama did was a pump-fake* - it freezes the defense. By nominating Hagel at this time, when MSNBC feels they can air the Hagel "I'm not an israeli senator" clip, Obama has effectively frozen his opposition - and exposed them. They are all caught flat-footed for a moment and are now a step or two behind his offense. Now people like felon Elliot Abrams are caught like a deer-in-the-headlights awaiting the inevitable touchdown to follow since they can not block or intercept it.
*also used in LaCrosse to freeze a goalie
I think we gently creeped past a tipping point here in the U.S., and the public mood generally is that it is time to put israel, and especially their lobby, in their place - and the Hagel nomination and confirmation is a small step in that direction
If Hagel simply says this, "The national security interests of the United States come first." I will be thrilled. Something that innocuous would be a shot across the bow to the zio-crazies in charge over in israel that we are no longer their complaint Host to their parasitic machinations.
This one quote is what is turning the tide: "I am a United States Senator, not an israeli senator" ... it says everything
just a typical day in the zionist neighborhood
maybe ExiledOnline or their S.H.A.M.E. project can find out what stranglehold the lobby has on Rachel Maddow because they sure seem to have her
Obama would not purposely set himself up for another smack-down from israel unless it is part of a plan to expose to a broader American public the nefarious and seemingly total control the israeli lobby and its israeli-firster Americans have over our policy - if Hagel is run-off then the public gets another example served up to them of this reality ... For Obama to do so as a plan seems a bit oblique and too-cute-by-half ... more likely Obama is actually going to fight this out and Hagel is too ... it will be fun
if the israeli lobby is a myth, why don't all the dual-citizens of both the USA and israel in our gov't, lobbying firms and policy think-tanks renounce their israeli citizenship and turn over their israeli passports?
Obama has picked Hagel knowing there is going to be fury from the israeli lobby, so if he folds then the question is why did he do it in the first place?
... if he truly fights for Hagel, and wins, and gets him through the confirmation process, then is he signalling a get-tough approach with israel for his 2nd term? ... and if so, then why the capitulation the past few months when it was clear he had the jewish vote in the bag already?
the question should be are they too connected to prosecute?
wow, openly boasting now of their method of ruling through fear ... they have descended almost all the way down the proverbial slippery slope ... we all know how this turns out
I know it's no laughing matter, but a comedy source is what I think of every time I read of or hear of some new outrage committed by israel and the zionists - Mermaid Man pops into my mind going "Evil Evil Evil Evil Evil Evil Evil"
the israel-first zionist crowd just looks for every opportunity to be obnoxious and thump their chest with pronounced hubris ... what on earth happened behind-the-scenes so that now Obama, et al have allowed Bibi's 2nd Gaza attack, more land-grabs, more illegal settlements, more bellicosity from israeli leaders, and seemingly America's tail between its legs vis-a-vis israel again?
I'm genuinely shocked that Mondoweiss pays any attention at all to the utter hack that is this Dunham creature ... Gawker and other media observers have extensively detailed how shallow and worthless is her television show (specifically her writing and acting) ... please never mention her again
no ... as I've been urging Democratic activists here in the U.S. with regard to the dying Republican Party the approach is to take is to pour gasoline on the fire ... Democrats here need to register as Republicans and vote in Republican primaries to vote in the most extremist candidate so that the virus of extremism burns hot and burns itself out more quickly ... the same is true with Bibi - the time is long since passed to rein him in and impose severe penalties for his settler support, warmongering, seizures of Jerusalem homes, etc. - U.S. policy now should be to keep feeding Bibi more rope - the current leadership and hideous right-wing policies of israel cannot sustain
behind every great fortune lies a great crime
settlers are terrorists and should be described as such
as a non-jew let me tell you not to worry about all the "diversity" stuff - Mondoweiss is a point-of-view enterprise ... should a black dance troupe have white members? ... should a gay group have straight members? ... should an atheist group recruit believers? ... if you wind up with non-jews as you grow fine, but don't worry about it ... it is the content of your characters (letters) that matter here
This discussion is coming - for our side we present the proper frame as a great many Americans have no idea that there is a difference between Jews and Zionists.
The Frame:
Jews have been around as an identifiable culture for nearly 6000 years, nearly as long as the Chinese.
Zionism has been around for over 100 years - or roughly 1/60th that time.
Zionism is a political movement that says Jews are entitled to the land their ancestors once lived on thousands of years ago. Communism was a political movement. Socialism was a political movement. Nazism was a political movement. Afrikaner nationalism was a political movement. Anti-globalization is a political movement. Anti-nuclear is a political movement. The fight for labor rights isa political movement. Libertarianism is a political movement. Anti-apartheid activism is a political movement.
The Zionists want the world, and especially Americans - who's tax money and government support the Zionist government of Israel - to believe the two are one and the same. They are not.
nauseating, just nauseating
Bill Maher usually has some pithy quips when making his observations and often skewers with the truth - but he's got his head up his ass on this one
Z-Big has felt secure for a few years now to say what he really thinks about israel ... one wonders why more retired or older leaders in the foreign policy and defense establishment don't come out also?
the "jewish state" had better take the lesson from the 2012 election in the U.S. - demographics rule and Latinos finally arrived and the Republican Party is now looking for a quiet corner to go die in (or they have to radically change actual policies to survive) and israel is in the same boat - change or die ... this apartheid, racist, militarist cruel supremacism cannot sustain ... israel had better start planning for a pluralistic, secular state with equal treatment enforced and all the checkpoints gone, walls brought down, etc.
zionists always trying to control the narrative ... I wrote to the guy who put up the maps of Palestine shrinking on those posters in New York and urged him to just put up the iconic pictures next time (worth a 1000 words, right?) - the father trying to protect his son (later killed and area bulldozed to hide the evidence); Rachel Corrie's murder by tank; the young female artist shot in the head with a tear-gas cannister who lost an eye; the American citizen Turkish kid murdered on the Mavi Marmara flotilla boat ... and 100 others
Rudoren did not have her eyes opened by spending that much time in Gaza ... and she thinks she's being objective (or skillfully hiding her bias) ... instead she has had her bias hardened and she seems more shrill ... tribalism at its worst
I can't imagine any kind of deal that has anything for America in it ... israel never follows through, never delivers and we never push them for anything due to their lobby ... it is unfathomable why the entire U.S. gov't is in lock-step on this Gaza campaign in support of israel ... we know they won't stop settlements, they won't lessen the violence, they won't act in good faith ever ... were we extorted? ... what could they have over us? There is NO upside for the U.S.
when the full contours of the latest sleazy deal we entered into with israel are exposed I think we'll all be aghast - how does israel do this to us again and again and again?: make us their funder/protector/whipping boy/patsy/useful fool - what did we negotiate for in return for letting Bibi commit another round of genocide against Gaza?
If this divorce does indeed happen, then division of the assets is where it will count - US Jews have to push for a cutoff of all funding to the awful israeli government and for releasing our Congress from the stranglehold of the israeli lobby ... living as an old married couple that just doesn't talk to each other won't cut it
Obama could do it this time and the U.S. public would support him - there is public longing here to put israel in its place that was greatly stoked by Netanyahu's disrespectful and bullying in the run-up to the election ... Obama should demand a total settlement freeze and say he'll stop all flows of money first, and military cooperation second if israel does not comply
once there was "permission to speak freely"
yes, savvy people wait to see if they're dealing with a zionist enforcer or real person with honest opinions who isn't frightened by actual discussion on the issue
the zionist enterprise is built upon control - including controlling the narrative
Apple has more net worth than most countries on Earth so they can tell israeli lobby to jump in a lake
polls show Obama to retain at least 60% of jewish vote if not near 70% ... and ALL predictions markets (InTrade, sportsbooks, etc.) have Obama winning likelihood at between 70%-90%
I liked Mamet's House of Games with it's clever reveal of a con getting conned but I walked out of his Spanish Prisoner because it was so self-indulgent and phony I just couldn't stomach anymore of his pretentious dialogue (after 15 minutes) ... he is a self-important, pompous ass to begin with and now he seeks to use his literary and film fame to pronounce on politics and he chooses the Chicken Little route - funny considering he likes to convey himself as so macho
shutting down neocons and "greater israel" one move at a time
hopefully rothman reflects a trend among US-raised enlistees and more will follow his brave example ... doubtful many or any israeli-raised recruits will ... he's swimming against the tide but we can hope his message resonates
Capehart is pretty shamelessly shilling for Obama ... he has no idea why Obama went to israel, despite what the claim may be. It could be that as an ambitious and crafty politician Obama went to israel to appear to take in the israeli perspective and to network and to pander to very powerful zionists back home (who could cough up money for campaigns at a later date). As for presidents going to israel, did Capehart not do his journalistic research? Reagan never went to israel in 8 years and George W. Bush only went in his 8th year.
Wouldn't it just be easier to post all comments and delete the parts that don't meet your guidelines? Then everyone gets to see their contribution and how it was received by Mondoweiss. Plenty of major sites have strict and severe comment guidelines (ExiledOnline, Reddit) but you're crafting an unwieldy set of rules. It's as easy as highlight-and-delete once you receive the comment. Examples:
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of all people, the noxious Ari Fleischer had the funny line of the night over on CNN
[paraphrasing here] "During the debate, I got a text from someone over in Israel and they said they counted 34 mentions of Israel so far ... 33 of them by Obama"
Carter in his heart feels a strong kinship with Israel and Jews - he put his own presidency on the line to help them move toward peace with the Palestinians. To this day he weathers criticism, threats, and the open hostile contempt of today's Jewish zionists in Israel when all he's attempting to do is tell a friend, "You're on the wrong path"
Vicious Cruelty - Israel, It's What We Do
But do expect to hear this a lot:
"My Jewish friends ..." "Our Jewish friends ... " "Jewish Floridians ..." "centrifuges" "existential threat" "unwavering support" "on the same page"
"Jewish state" ... you know the rest
I have my barf bag ready ...
IF I hear any of these, I'll know someone is getting fired
"Palestinian human rights" "Israeli war crimes" "apartheid" "occupation" "Gaza" "colonial settlements" "African migrants in internment camps" "ethnic cleansing"
Michael Scheuer calling U.S. a "slave" to israel
link to informationclearinghouse.info
israel's control of the narrative went *poof* a while ago (last nail in the coffin was Mearsheimer and Walt) ... but they keep at it
one by one the major media outlets are getting back to facts on I/P
I expect israel to dominate the debate Monday night ... during this past Tuesday's debate I kept saying to myself here comes the israel question and was truly shocked when we got through the entire 90 minutes with ZERO mentions of that tiny, troublesome country !! Victory in our time. But the victory is short-lived ... the slavish and disgusting kowtowing to israel will return with a vengeance during the last debate - but fortunately it won't matter in terms of the election outcome
disappointing that American Jews there -and in that setting- are still content to live in the self-made bubble of unreality and wish to endlessly propagandize the situation ... it just delays the inevitable fact-check of what is actually going on intruding into their lives at some point and having to be dealt with judiciously ... living in a world of fantasy and bluster will make the deal so much worse for them when it comes time to make it
the only surprise is that they dropped the act so quickly
Einstein letter receiving a lot of press has this to say:
"For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them,"
... Einstein didn't live to see that cancer take hold of zionists and spread like wildfire within israeli culture and politics as power grew exponentially due to the parasite attaching itself so firmly to its host the USA