Joachim Martillo defends himself against my charge that a recent post was antisemitic:
You write:
So: Martillo finds "evidence" of a Zionist conspiracy behind the credit crunch. What evidence? He just insinuates. I know this is his theory about Zionists.
And yes I think Zionists are all over the Establishment and that
Jihadi-Jews have a foothold in the U.S., and this blog is concerned
with the unspoken role of ethnicity in our public life. But Martillo's
view smells like antisemitism to me.
And yes I think Zionists are all over the Establishment and that
Jihadi-Jews have a foothold in the U.S., and this blog is concerned
with the unspoken role of ethnicity in our public life. But Martillo's
view smells like antisemitism to me.
I wrote:
"While Atzmon partially blames apathy for the apparent ease with which the Neocons pursued their strategy and while he like me considers the credit crunch probably unintentional,
I find evidence of conscious efforts of the Zionist oligarchy and
intelligentsia to increase their power, status, and wealthy through a
pattern of increasing market manipulations that go back to the 50s and
yet have been for the most part unnoticed because 'intangibles' like
ethnicity and covert conspiracy tend to be left out of fundamental
economic theory as if their role in the economy is somehow minor or
anomalous."
I find evidence of conscious efforts of the Zionist oligarchy and
intelligentsia to increase their power, status, and wealthy through a
pattern of increasing market manipulations that go back to the 50s and
yet have been for the most part unnoticed because 'intangibles' like
ethnicity and covert conspiracy tend to be left out of fundamental
economic theory as if their role in the economy is somehow minor or
anomalous."
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I was trying specifically to exclude the subprime meltdown as an
example of conscious intent, but there is nothing so close to the
economic model of profitability of subprime real estate mortgage
speculation as mortgage speculation in West Bank development towns. The
economic boom from the privatization of Iraqi state assets never
materialized, of Neocons' promise.
example of conscious intent, but there is nothing so close to the
economic model of profitability of subprime real estate mortgage
speculation as mortgage speculation in West Bank development towns. The
economic boom from the privatization of Iraqi state assets never
materialized, of Neocons' promise.
I am not sure how to talk about this imbroglio except as some sort
of Zionist political economic conspiracy — there definitely was an
economic and finance aspect to Neocon warmongering.
of Zionist political economic conspiracy — there definitely was an
economic and finance aspect to Neocon warmongering.
I attended a few Aish
haTorah sponsored finance meetings where the speaker provided a road
map to make money (unethically in my opinion because of gross fiscal
irresponsibility) from subprime mortgages.
haTorah sponsored finance meetings where the speaker provided a road
map to make money (unethically in my opinion because of gross fiscal
irresponsibility) from subprime mortgages.
If you have any ideas about how to discuss this sort of thing, I am open to it.
I was always careful to talk about Zionist (not Jewish) market
manipulations* although in the situation where Aish haTorah rabbis
began to spread around finance ideas of which they did not have a shred
of understanding, there was an aspect of general corruption of the
Jewish community associated with Aish haTorah.
manipulations* although in the situation where Aish haTorah rabbis
began to spread around finance ideas of which they did not have a shred
of understanding, there was an aspect of general corruption of the
Jewish community associated with Aish haTorah.
I have been wondering whether the Aish haTorah rabbis might have
become agents of The Clarion Fund and its backers in order to cover
some bad financial bets. Of course, seeing all the money to which
baalei tshuvah in finance had access may simply have corrupted the
rabbis.
become agents of The Clarion Fund and its backers in order to cover
some bad financial bets. Of course, seeing all the money to which
baalei tshuvah in finance had access may simply have corrupted the
rabbis.
Weiss again: Didn't pass the smell test for me. That the credit crunch was "probably" unintentional? Where's any evidence of a conspiracy here, let alone by Zionists? I agree that Zionists have been less than straightforward on many an occasion, I agree that they wrung the Balfour Declaration from the Brits, and some of them were willing to work with the Nazis, and a lot of them have been untransparent in the U.S. from the jump, and that even some thinktanks are being manipulated by them. But that doesn't mean that critics should undifferentiate and make them a sinister bloc, and throw in crude caricature applied to Jews.
