“I was shocked when I saw the video. It’s not just that they targeted this water facility; it’s the fact that they planted explosives, celebrated the act on Instagram.... It's deeply cruel."
Oh, by all means, we should all wait and hold our breath for the IDF to respond with their usual and every-day, rat f**king lies and distortions to this story.
The horror that is Israel continues unabated. My dear Jewish friends here in the states have nothing to say about the destruction of gaza. It is very very hard to continue holding them as friends when they are witnessing the horror of Destruction of a whole people and have nothing to say. I do not now, nor have I ever, understood how Israel can commit atrocities that any other country would be condemned for doing by the United states.
I think it is due to, what I call the three Ps, Power, Profits, and Prophets. Many analyses address the first two, but the last one is also very important, and is based on irrational forces. In order to understand it, we need to develop a new approach, strategy and tactics to address it. I'm not seeing much of that.
It's vital to understand that the religious roots of Zionism go back centuries prior to the more recent development of political Zionism, all the way back to 16 Century English Protestantism, including, of all people, the Puritans!
Christian Zionism, whether from the start, or more recently, has become obsessed with bringing on the Armageddon, i.e., total annihilation. That is an important element of what we are dealing with. If they are trying to bring on total destruction, then what's a few thousand or million along the way?
We need a paradigm shift in how we understand the nature of the problem, and how to deal with it.
Agree here. The Christian Zionism lobby uses New Testament Book of Revelations to preach the return of god Jesus in an apocalyptic war scenario centred on the "reclaiming" of Israel. They call this agenda prophesy but it's actually a supremacist political agenda which shows no mercy to "others", ie Palestine and supporters. John Hagee who founded Christians United for Israel in America has preached and written extensively in this genre IMO spreading hate, narrow minded intolerance, sexism, racism etc since the 1970's. There are many other writers pushing the agenda. The political manipulations and focus of end times messaging depends on the war being fought, ie it was obvious against Iraq. They often openly discuss who should control resources, gas and oil and maintain cold war mindset to China and Russia.
I'm older and grew up in an atheist household with antiwar parents. What's happening in Palestine with its long history has gone on far too long.
Some excerpts below from a Quillette review of a book about the irrational side of human nature. The last one says: “One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.” That sure is the truth. Are we in a “Dark Age” where reason is in retreat? Certainly does seem so.
“Mackay makes the case, often in gory detail, that episodes of collective mania seem to be an inevitable consequence of human nature. Humans in every time and place have cast aside their better judgment and allowed themselves to be caught up in all manner of irrational hoopla.“
“His chapters on the Swabian Peasants’ War and Anabaptist uprisings are terrifying depictions of the end-times frenzy that wreaked havoc on northern Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The distance between these events in the German-speaking world and, say, the Reign of Terror in France or the Chinese Cultural Revolution is not that great. And the speed with which apparently reasonable people moved from the embrace of a new theological idea to a willingness to torture those whose own theological ideas diverged even slightly is startling.“
“There is plenty to recommend about The Delusions of Crowds. It is laden with great anecdotes and the writing is always engaging. One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.”
Now, how do we counter this? My hope is that, If enough of us have a clearer understanding of this aspect of what we’re facing, we may find some better answers. Thanks for the reference.
“Our exposure of the video on Friday immediately sparked outrage, with some describing it as evidence of war crimes. The soldier quickly made his account private and deleted the stories.”
For more than nine months this horrendous destruction and slaughter has gone on while this empty shell of a man called President does nothing to stop it and everything to allow it to continue. His Vice President says the US will always support the right of Israel to defend itself. This is a defense of what?
Calling genocide self-defense is insane but I’ve seen and argued with many people who tell me the destruction of Gaza is justified due to Hamas hiding among the civilians. Truly bizarre and even demonic.
The prosecutor running for Presient of the US must end the US complicity which brought us to this moment. If starvation is not acknowledged as a violation of international law, and assistance is not provided to round up the war criminals, You are not safe. Where ever you reside on the planet, including in both Israel and the US.
It's more direct, and having effects more quickly, but really little different than the starvation / baby food sanctions used against Iraq in the 90s by William Jefferson Clinton. If anybody was wondering where Israel got an idea it's okay to starve millions of civilians. A clip most have seen:
The idea is to leave no life support, even water, so that Gazans will eventually be forced to evacuate - and thus leave the trillion $ Gaza Marine fossil fuel deposits to the new occupants. :(
Israel is becoming a global pariah state and America’s global leadership ability and moral credibility are gone due to our enabling this and also due to our global promotion of Woke race and gender ideology which most of the world simply does not want. AI though could be the wild card that enables us to separate to an ever greater extent without a civil war separation. I think just these digital human chatbots that will soon be available on our phones which can carry on a conversation indistinguishable from a human, and generally even better, will soon be a game changer.
Especially for education which will make things like home schooling vastly easier and better and also with health care. So many people, even young people, have such terrible health issues that it would be tremendously popular to have reliable and totally up to date health care advice available from your digital human friend at any time, day or night. Just imagine how amazing and helpful that would be. Our ruling class would try to block it but then someone like Elon could make it available. We will soon see how this turns out.
“A restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam refused to serve Israeli customers.” (2 min)
Kangana Ranaut is a Bollywood Indian actress and BJP MP. The Bharatiya Janta Party is the Hindu Nationalist Party of Prime Minister Modi which has traditional Hindu religious values. They’re not anti-gay or anti-trans but they do believe in the family consisting of one man, one woman and do not accept promoting LGBTQ in schools or culture. That’s actually the same attitude Putin has in Russia. This basic understanding of sex and gender is also the global norm and is greatly helping the Russia, China led BRICS become the better side to be on. This mockery of Christ’s Last Supper at the Paris Olympics opening ceremonies has gone global and appalled people globally. All things are now global in our always online global civilization.
"The Paris Olympics is under fire for including a *child* in their hyper-s*xualized, blasphemous rendition of The Last Supper. An apparent child could be seen joining the drag queens during the performance. They also showed a naked man painted blue as Jesus and mocked Christianity. Leftists totally hijacked the Olympics 2024. Shame." Kangana Ranaut
Kangana Ranaut’s Savage Attack After ‘Sexualized’ Paris Olympics Performance; ‘Confine Sex To…’ (3 min)
Please keep reporting on Honduras. The continuing effects of US policies have been incredibly difficult for Castro & the people of Honduras & mainstream media does not bother with Honduras.
Could you supply a link to key news in Honduras? I spent 2 months in Honduras in 1992. Traveled from Roatan (a $5 room over a dive shop)..the beaches on the mainland and all over by bus to Tegucigalpa. As a white lady solo. Nice safe diverse country. zero tourists. I considered moving there....glad I chose Mexico instead.
Thanks, I'll check it out. BTW: Roatan, an island with the best snorkeling...there were no restaurants...one had to find out who was cooking, then you went to their house and had rice, beans, fish. ..... probably a couple of bucks. Now, cruise ships unload tourists. ...sad for the fish and coral. I was lucky to spend time in places like that....now they are all easy, clean, safe and ...over.
Yes Roatan has been taken over by multinational corporations & equally tragic & unacceptable are the resort corporations that ciontinue to take long-held land from the Garifuna people.
OMG. For Honduras, I guess the island of Roatan is safe...compared. The population can be controlled to keep out the bad guys.
I studied the Garifuna people after being there. They were never enslaved. I think the slave ship they were being carried in wrecked so they ended up in St. Vincents and eventually they made it to Honduras. The Happy Land Social Club fire that killed 90 of them was in a building Jay Weiss, who was married to Kathleen Turner, managed. My daughter worked for Jay and her name was on the lease. as a witness. Later, she was being sought potentially to sue...but, she had left NYC so they didn't locate her. Crazy NYC. Ordinary people like me have extraordinary stories.
PS: a person I met here went on a cruise that ported in Roatan...I saw a picture of the ship: disgusting! In those waters?? You couldn't pay me to go on a cruise. The way I traveled was the exact opposite. No safety. Now, one has to go to very remote hard to get to places to avoid the tourists.
Oh, by all means, we should all wait and hold our breath for the IDF to respond with their usual and every-day, rat f**king lies and distortions to this story.
The horror that is Israel continues unabated. My dear Jewish friends here in the states have nothing to say about the destruction of gaza. It is very very hard to continue holding them as friends when they are witnessing the horror of Destruction of a whole people and have nothing to say. I do not now, nor have I ever, understood how Israel can commit atrocities that any other country would be condemned for doing by the United states.
I think it is due to, what I call the three Ps, Power, Profits, and Prophets. Many analyses address the first two, but the last one is also very important, and is based on irrational forces. In order to understand it, we need to develop a new approach, strategy and tactics to address it. I'm not seeing much of that.
It's vital to understand that the religious roots of Zionism go back centuries prior to the more recent development of political Zionism, all the way back to 16 Century English Protestantism, including, of all people, the Puritans!
Christian Zionism, whether from the start, or more recently, has become obsessed with bringing on the Armageddon, i.e., total annihilation. That is an important element of what we are dealing with. If they are trying to bring on total destruction, then what's a few thousand or million along the way?
We need a paradigm shift in how we understand the nature of the problem, and how to deal with it.
Agree here. The Christian Zionism lobby uses New Testament Book of Revelations to preach the return of god Jesus in an apocalyptic war scenario centred on the "reclaiming" of Israel. They call this agenda prophesy but it's actually a supremacist political agenda which shows no mercy to "others", ie Palestine and supporters. John Hagee who founded Christians United for Israel in America has preached and written extensively in this genre IMO spreading hate, narrow minded intolerance, sexism, racism etc since the 1970's. There are many other writers pushing the agenda. The political manipulations and focus of end times messaging depends on the war being fought, ie it was obvious against Iraq. They often openly discuss who should control resources, gas and oil and maintain cold war mindset to China and Russia.
I'm older and grew up in an atheist household with antiwar parents. What's happening in Palestine with its long history has gone on far too long.
Some excerpts below from a Quillette review of a book about the irrational side of human nature. The last one says: “One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.” That sure is the truth. Are we in a “Dark Age” where reason is in retreat? Certainly does seem so.
“Mackay makes the case, often in gory detail, that episodes of collective mania seem to be an inevitable consequence of human nature. Humans in every time and place have cast aside their better judgment and allowed themselves to be caught up in all manner of irrational hoopla.“
“His chapters on the Swabian Peasants’ War and Anabaptist uprisings are terrifying depictions of the end-times frenzy that wreaked havoc on northern Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The distance between these events in the German-speaking world and, say, the Reign of Terror in France or the Chinese Cultural Revolution is not that great. And the speed with which apparently reasonable people moved from the embrace of a new theological idea to a willingness to torture those whose own theological ideas diverged even slightly is startling.“
“There is plenty to recommend about The Delusions of Crowds. It is laden with great anecdotes and the writing is always engaging. One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.”
“The Delusions of Crowds-A Review.”
Quillette. Feb 8, 2021
https://quillette.com/2021/02/08/the-delusions-of-crowds-a-review/
Now, how do we counter this? My hope is that, If enough of us have a clearer understanding of this aspect of what we’re facing, we may find some better answers. Thanks for the reference.
“Our exposure of the video on Friday immediately sparked outrage, with some describing it as evidence of war crimes. The soldier quickly made his account private and deleted the stories.”
Why do you give the soldier anonymity?
For more than nine months this horrendous destruction and slaughter has gone on while this empty shell of a man called President does nothing to stop it and everything to allow it to continue. His Vice President says the US will always support the right of Israel to defend itself. This is a defense of what?
Calling genocide self-defense is insane but I’ve seen and argued with many people who tell me the destruction of Gaza is justified due to Hamas hiding among the civilians. Truly bizarre and even demonic.
This is horrific.
The prosecutor running for Presient of the US must end the US complicity which brought us to this moment. If starvation is not acknowledged as a violation of international law, and assistance is not provided to round up the war criminals, You are not safe. Where ever you reside on the planet, including in both Israel and the US.
Can you let us see the video?
It's more direct, and having effects more quickly, but really little different than the starvation / baby food sanctions used against Iraq in the 90s by William Jefferson Clinton. If anybody was wondering where Israel got an idea it's okay to starve millions of civilians. A clip most have seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omnskeu-puE
The idea is to leave no life support, even water, so that Gazans will eventually be forced to evacuate - and thus leave the trillion $ Gaza Marine fossil fuel deposits to the new occupants. :(
NYT: (crickets)
Israel is becoming a global pariah state and America’s global leadership ability and moral credibility are gone due to our enabling this and also due to our global promotion of Woke race and gender ideology which most of the world simply does not want. AI though could be the wild card that enables us to separate to an ever greater extent without a civil war separation. I think just these digital human chatbots that will soon be available on our phones which can carry on a conversation indistinguishable from a human, and generally even better, will soon be a game changer.
Especially for education which will make things like home schooling vastly easier and better and also with health care. So many people, even young people, have such terrible health issues that it would be tremendously popular to have reliable and totally up to date health care advice available from your digital human friend at any time, day or night. Just imagine how amazing and helpful that would be. Our ruling class would try to block it but then someone like Elon could make it available. We will soon see how this turns out.
“A restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam refused to serve Israeli customers.” (2 min)
Stand Up. July 6, 2024
https://youtu.be/rynfwDSn1zQ?si=MZ4WDHxWyO56z0Kd
Many North African and Spanish distributors of illegal drugs have been refusing to sell to Israeli redistributors and dealers for nine months now.
Kangana Ranaut is a Bollywood Indian actress and BJP MP. The Bharatiya Janta Party is the Hindu Nationalist Party of Prime Minister Modi which has traditional Hindu religious values. They’re not anti-gay or anti-trans but they do believe in the family consisting of one man, one woman and do not accept promoting LGBTQ in schools or culture. That’s actually the same attitude Putin has in Russia. This basic understanding of sex and gender is also the global norm and is greatly helping the Russia, China led BRICS become the better side to be on. This mockery of Christ’s Last Supper at the Paris Olympics opening ceremonies has gone global and appalled people globally. All things are now global in our always online global civilization.
"The Paris Olympics is under fire for including a *child* in their hyper-s*xualized, blasphemous rendition of The Last Supper. An apparent child could be seen joining the drag queens during the performance. They also showed a naked man painted blue as Jesus and mocked Christianity. Leftists totally hijacked the Olympics 2024. Shame." Kangana Ranaut
Kangana Ranaut’s Savage Attack After ‘Sexualized’ Paris Olympics Performance; ‘Confine Sex To…’ (3 min)
Times of India. July 28, 2024
https://youtu.be/RgpXFIK_M5s?si=4eh842EJmjABGJOl
The organization Rachel Corrie worked with, ISM, is still active. They're actually looking for long term volunteers.
https://palsolidarity.org/2024/07/join-the-international-solidarity-movement-in-palestine-long-term-volunteers-needed/
Corrie's name was also evoked in this recent solidarity action:
https://rosecitycounterinfo.noblogs.org/2024/05/preemptive-may-day-attack-against-ppb/
Its really hard to believe the US can go along and support this
monster Israel. Seeing that creep Netanyahu and our applauding
congress you know a cause of anti semitism.
Please keep reporting on Honduras. The continuing effects of US policies have been incredibly difficult for Castro & the people of Honduras & mainstream media does not bother with Honduras.
We have such a responsibility there.
Could you supply a link to key news in Honduras? I spent 2 months in Honduras in 1992. Traveled from Roatan (a $5 room over a dive shop)..the beaches on the mainland and all over by bus to Tegucigalpa. As a white lady solo. Nice safe diverse country. zero tourists. I considered moving there....glad I chose Mexico instead.
HondurasSolidarityNetwork.org is a great source for what's going on in Honduras.
Thanks, I'll check it out. BTW: Roatan, an island with the best snorkeling...there were no restaurants...one had to find out who was cooking, then you went to their house and had rice, beans, fish. ..... probably a couple of bucks. Now, cruise ships unload tourists. ...sad for the fish and coral. I was lucky to spend time in places like that....now they are all easy, clean, safe and ...over.
Yes Roatan has been taken over by multinational corporations & equally tragic & unacceptable are the resort corporations that ciontinue to take long-held land from the Garifuna people.
OMG. For Honduras, I guess the island of Roatan is safe...compared. The population can be controlled to keep out the bad guys.
I studied the Garifuna people after being there. They were never enslaved. I think the slave ship they were being carried in wrecked so they ended up in St. Vincents and eventually they made it to Honduras. The Happy Land Social Club fire that killed 90 of them was in a building Jay Weiss, who was married to Kathleen Turner, managed. My daughter worked for Jay and her name was on the lease. as a witness. Later, she was being sought potentially to sue...but, she had left NYC so they didn't locate her. Crazy NYC. Ordinary people like me have extraordinary stories.
PS: a person I met here went on a cruise that ported in Roatan...I saw a picture of the ship: disgusting! In those waters?? You couldn't pay me to go on a cruise. The way I traveled was the exact opposite. No safety. Now, one has to go to very remote hard to get to places to avoid the tourists.