An important point here: I don't think Israel would be escalating in this way if it didn't have the full support of Biden, Harris, and Trump. The radicals running the Israeli government know this is their best chance to do whatever the hell they want as Republicans and Democrats compete to see which party can be more obsequious toward Israeli imperatives.
Because of this dynamic, we are living in very dangerous times. Even Israeli war with Iran is possible, which would likely drag the U.S. military into a very costly conflict that would only serve the interests of Bibi Netanyahu.
In shamelessly and spinelessly competing for Jewish-American voters and money, Harris and Trump may well lead us into a disastrous and much wider war in the Middle East.
Bill, I deleted my earlier reply as I heard Colonel Larry Wilkerson (Chief of Staff to Colin Powell when he was Secretary of State) tell Judge Napolitano this morning about something he was told by trusted sources.
Basically, the Central Command told Netanyahu the U.S. would not support Israel if it went into Lebanon or support its war with Iran. DOD had also been the main pushback against long-range strikes into Russia. He said, at least for the present, the neocons Blinken and Sullivan have been sidelined.
i wouldn't bet the farm on the DoD being behind anything that does not entail fully supporting Israel [or Ukraine] in whatever it chooses ~ ie, is directed ~ to do.
After all, the DoD is but one subsidiary part of the Military Industrial Congressional Complex of the Deep State.
And my guess is that ~ whether it's about Gaza, Lebanon, or Iran ~ Netanyahu does not take his marching orders from the DoD, let alone Central Command.
That is not who put him in power and keeps him there.
i don't waste my time attempting to communicate with Delta Foxtrots like You who don't even know what Central Command actually is, let alone what it actually does, and who actually controls it.
Go peddle Your Bullshit elsewhere, DF. i hear that Briefbarf is looking for former Military Industrial Contractor Congressional Flunkies for expert opinions on just about everything cultural, social, political, and economic, but nothing that they actually know something ~ anything ~ about.
You'd fit right in as a Guest "Expert" from the Southern Hemisphere.
And i'm curious: Can You find the "Gotcha Question" in this comment? Heh.
Lumping him in with Biden and Harris here is just another example of your hatred of the man!
You know nothing about what he will do about the Apartheid Nation if he is elected.
The former president has not released a detailed plan on the war.
He says Biden is putting Israel in danger. Democrats argue, meanwhile, that Trump’s isolationist bent and animosity toward Benjamin Netanyahu would be bad for Israel.
Trump has given no indication whether he would be more or less sympathetic to Palestinian claims, or whether or not he will demand Israel to agree to a ceasefire.
He does not shamelessly and spinelessly compete for anything. Only in your mind!
He does what he thinks is good for the American people with diplomacy.
Let the wailing and gnashing of libtard teeth begin!
The reason Trump hasn't released "a detailed plan" on the American/Israeli Genocide in Palestine is that his owners, operators, commanders, controllers, and script writers haven't told him what to say just yet.
And in case You're wondering, Trump is owned, operated, commanded, and controlled by the same folks that Harris and Biden are, and that Obama, Cheney/Bush II, Clinton, Bozo and Bush I, and Carter were.
Trump wants to give Israel all the weapons it wants to "finish the job" in Gaza. Trump ignored International Law and moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Trump supported the Israeli illegal annexation of the Golan Heights.. Trump killed Iranian General Soleimani at the behest of Israel.
Of course, the U.S. denied any prior knowledge of the attack - and I await the official response from the smirking spokesman from the State Department that while the U.S. "decries" the violence - everyone, sing along - Israel has a right to defend itself.
The use of consumer technology for violence has been a constant for the last several decades- e.g., from the use of USB flash drives to inset a worm into computer systems (Stuxnet) to cell phones used to trigger IEDs in Iraq, and the use of cellular location data for air strikes. But this is the first apparent weaponization of the consumer product itself into an explosive device.
Whether this was a tampering with the pagers during their shipment or the use of the lithium batteries as the explosive, remains a subject of speculation. While it was pagers this time; next time it could be a mobile phone or tablet.
If nothing else, it serves notice to all of us that they can reach us in any location if they choose - we have been warned.
Yes it was terrorism. What does it take for UN to kick Israel out? What does it take for ICJ and the ICC to really do something about Israel and its crimes against humanity? How much more evidence do they need!?
We knew the Israelis were cruel, and their American partners in crime immoral, but this, like the development, manufacture, and deployment of nuclear weapons, is unfathomably stupid. A death wish? That doesn’t really explain anything. But a pathological belief in their own impunity and invincibility is evident. How could they be so stupid?
It should be clear to everyone now who the real terrorists are. Of course, anyone who gets their news from the CON will be lulled into a sense of superiority and victory. That may not last long as we can expect reprisals that further escalate the conflict. At least the NYT seems to have pointed the finger at Mossad, which is refreshing. Maybe this looked enough like terrorism to force the NYT to stop gaslighting for a minute.
I just made a call to both my senators asking them to co-sponsor Bernie Sanders joint resolution to stop the transfer of weapons to Israel. No chance of it going through but one has to try.
Interestingly, my call was part of an automated system set up by Jewish Voice for Peace. You give JVP your phone number, you then get an automated call telling you to stand by after which you are connected to first one senator's office and then the second. I was surprised that I got through to both of them and talked to a real person. The complete process takes less than 90 seconds.
What's going on before our eyes dear readers is so dystopia. Technologhy run a amuck. Technology controlled and used for nefarious purposes against the public at large. (That's you all). We know our privacy means sh*t to the elites in control; betwern facial recognition, the internet and our phones and s.art TVs nothing we do goes undetected even in our own sacred safe place...our homes/domicile. Now exploding phones from the deep states of USA America and some manufacturing company in Taiwan. Our individual rights embedded in our constitution eroded to nothingness thanks to our representatives in Congress, the SCOTUS, and our apathy. We are surfs to the elite running the show from above. No matter which of the duopoly is in the Whitehouse next year the deep state wins and you dear citizen are pawns to be programed to silence. WTF happened to pur democracy and the bill of rights. This is insane and exoding cellphones needs to be the straw that breaks the f*ing deep state back. Time to revolt or surcome.
Also yesterday probably 90% of the MSM called this an attack on terrorists. Who the terrorists are looks to me to be just as much Israel as Hezbollah. State-sponsored terrorism is 100% correct in this case.
They will be blowing up anyone who objects to this genocide ( all who are anti-semitic of course according to them ) next through their cellphones. Where does this stop for God's sake?
Given that there have been tens of thousands of Palestinian Kids, Woman, and Male Noncombatants murdered, maimed, or totally unaccounted for and missing since October 7, 2023, what's so surprising about no mention of them over the past few days?
And what's Trump had to say about ANY of those tens of thousands? Anything at all?
Beyond, of course, his empty, Totally Bullshit claim that ~ like America's Proxy War with Russia in Ukraine ~ the Genocide on Palestine would "have never happened" if ELECTION2020 hadn't been "stolen" from him.
Most people had to look up the word "pager" to try to understand what had happened since the usual meaning of pager is so innocuous. One wondered if there is another hidden meaning. But no, these were the usual pagers; only they had somehow been converted into hidden bombs. A better word than reckless is fiendish. You have to be a real fiend to think up such a horrible act of cruelty.
One of Caitlin Johnstone’s most informative and thus important postings ever is her take on Israel’s terrorist attacks in Lebanon using pagers and then walkie-talkies: “On War Crimes And Western Hypocrisy” at https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/on-war-crimes-and-western-hypocrisy .
Noting White House spokesman John Kirby’s refusal to answer any questions about the Israeli terrorism, she stated:
“It goes without saying that if a government like Russia, China or Iran WERE EVEN SUSPECTED of being responsible for similar attacks, Kirby and his fellow podium people would be not just naming the suspected aggressor but fervently denouncing the attack as an act of terrorism. [EMPHASIS in original.]
“And it is here worth reminding readers that in 2017, a leaked State Department memo explained in plain language that it is standing US policy to overlook the abuses of US allies while denouncing the abuses of US enemies in order to undermine enemies and show other countries the perks of being aligned with the United States. [Note: the POLITICO article on the leaked memo is at https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/19/tillerson-state-human-rights-304118 .]
“The memo showed neoconservative empire manager Brian Hook teaching a previously uninitiated Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that for the US government, ‘human rights’ are only a weapon to be used for keeping other nations in line. In a remarkable look into the cynical nature of imperial narrative management, Hook told Tillerson that it is US policy to overlook human rights abuses committed by nations aligned with US interests while exploiting and weaponizing them against nations who aren’t.” [Note: Hook’s memo to Tillerson is available in PDF at https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000160-6c37-da3c-a371-ec3f13380001 .]
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BVers are invited to read the POLITICO article and Hook’s memo to Tillerson and attempt to digest them without regurgitating. And then link them to America’s foreign policy for the last half century up to the present.
Gary D Barnett’s 18 Sep 24 piece ~ ELECTIONS: IT ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT MATTER WHICH PIECE OF EXCREMENT 'WINS,' WE ALL LOSE! ~ offers these insights:
~ “Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-selected, self-perpetuating, and self-serving traditional ruling class.” ~ Giuseppe Prezzolini
The spectre of government and governance is the epitome of evil and rule, the very foundation of slavery, the father of totalitarianism, and the mother of hate and death. This is what most have always voluntarily chosen, this is what most vote for, this is what most strive to create, this is what most achieve by their moronic and certifiable lunacy when they choose controlling rule over freedom.
At this point, I am left with the task of wagering on how many more fake 'assassination' attempts are still forthcoming for Trump, and how many fake sympathy statements and claims that "violence has no place in America," the most murderous and violent country on earth, are coming from Harris.
I THINK THESE TWO CRIMINALS SHOULD JUST 'HOOK UP,' AND RUN AS ONE TEAM. AT LEAST THAT WOULD BE MORE HONEST AND BELIEVABLE THAN THIS ASININE CIRCUS OF IDIOCY AND HYPOCRISY THAT IS ON FULL DISPLAY FOR ALL TO SEE.
As H. L Mencken so eloquently noted, "AS 'DEMOCRACY IS PERFECTED, THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT REPRESENTS, MORE AND MORE CLOSELY, THE INNER SOUL OF THE PEOPLE. ON SOME GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY THE PLAIN FOLKS OF THE LAND WILL REACH THEIR HEART'S DESIRE AT LAST, AND THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE ADORNED BY A DOWNRIGHT MORON."
What the great Mencken could not fathom, was that they are mostly all morons or worse, each more so than the last, but today we have the most moronic of all batches to date; which definitely includes the current cluster of ruling idiots, and also those attempting to squat in the White House after this next moron-choosing 'selection.' [Continued... .]
Everything has become so convoluted, that it is nearly impossible to discern one thing from another, and to figure out what sides are being taken, and by whom. In addition, the so-called 'alternative media' has morphed into just an offshoot of the mainstream whores. Most of them, especially the big money contenders, those like Carlson, Rogan, Alex Jones, Russell Brand, and a cadre of others, including so many claimed (falsely) anti-state 'libertarians,' are now just political grandstanders picking red or blue and becoming shills for evil politicians.
This is true for supporters of both Trump and Harris, but Trump's gang has a slight lead in the bogus 'alternative' arena. IF ANY OF THESE SO-CALLED ALTERNATIVE VOICES WERE LEGITIMATE, THEY WOULD NEVER BECOME POLITICAL PARTY ADVOCATES, AND WOULD INSTEAD CALL OUT THE STATE AND THESE SLIMY POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AT EVERY TURN. INSTEAD, WE GET POLITICAL CHEERLEADERS STUMPING FOR ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, A PATHETIC DISPLAY OF DECEPTION.
I would ask you to please excuse my sarcasm, but how can one even discuss this garbage without relying on blatant in your face cynicism and sarcasm? Things are just too stupid, fake, and criminal to overlook at this stage of the game. Any attempt I make to look at the mainstream, just to see what lies and propaganda they are spewing, brings disgust, and the lies, rhetoric, and hypocrisy literally sicken the researcher. ONE NEVER KNOWS FROM DAY TO DAY WHAT NEW IDIOCY WILL BE REPORTED.
But I digress, as my point, at least initially, was to clarify that NO MATTER WHAT VOTE TAKES PLACE, NO MATTER WHO IS ATTEMPTING TO GET ELECTED, NO MATTER WHO IS CHOSEN BY THE DOLTISH MASSES, NO MATTER WHO CLAIMS TO WIN ANY ELECTION, WE ALL LOSE. It is impossible to fix anything in this country by political means. It is impossible to vote your way out of this tyrannical insanity.
The head of the serpent of government must be severed if freedom is ever to exist, and no creeping around the edges, no amount of begging your masters for redress, and no change of guards will bring anything but more cheating, lying, theft, murder, and pure evil. This is the big picture, and the crux of the matter.
I realize this essay is a bit short and scattered, but between staged assassination plots, hysterical 'election' insanity, Zionist Israeli genocide, daily threats of war, constant surveillance, censorship, mass exploding pagers, the Fed bullshit, transgender stupidity, rocketing price inflation, so-called pet-eating immigrants, political ads, and having to see or hear anything from the idiotic Taylor Swift, could drive me to drink excessively, and therefore impede any moment of sanity or brilliance I might experience. So, I am taking the rest of the afternoon off!
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.” ~ H.L. Mencken
From the Off-Topic and Totally On-Target Department... :
One can only ask: And these people are qualified to select their next President, House of Representatives, and batch of Senators?
According to the Annenberg Public Policy Center, “A Majority Of Americans Can’t Recall Most First Amendment Right”:
Less than half of Americans can name most of the rights protected under the First Amendment and under two-thirds can name the three branches of government, according to the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, released annually since 2014.
The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s nationally representative survey, conducted in May 2024 with about 1,600 U.S. adults, finds levels of public knowledge largely unchanged from 2023. As was true last year, most Americans could name only a single right guaranteed by the First Amendment: freedom of speech, provided by nearly 3 in 4 respondents.
The survey also found strong public support for several potential reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits, mandatory retirement ages, and prohibiting justices from participating in cases in which they have “personal or financial interests.”
The 2024 edition of the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, released annually to celebrate Constitution Day on September 17, finds that:
~ Only two-thirds of Americans (65%) can name all three branches of government.
~ Asked what specific rights are guaranteed by the First Amendment, nearly three-quarters of respondents (74%) name freedom of speech. The other four rights are recalled by far fewer people: the second most-often cited, freedom of religion, is named by just 39%.
~ A little over half of U.S. adults know which party controls the Senate and which controls the House of Representatives.
~ Over 80% of Americans support prohibiting Supreme Court justices from participating in cases in which they have “personal or financial interests.” Nearly as many people support creation of a formal ethics code for the court.
“Civics knowledge matters,” says Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. “THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION CAN NEITHER CHERISH NOR INVOKE THEM; THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE HOUSE AND SENATE MAY MISATTRIBUTE CREDIT OR BLAME FOR ACTION OR INACTION.”
The Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey is a nationally representative survey conducted in advance of Constitution Day by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania. This year’s survey of 1,590 U.S. adults was conducted May 1-23, 2024, for APPC by SSRS, an independent research company. The margin of error is ± 3.3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. See the topline for details.
What is happening in Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank [and Ukraine] will continue as long as the American Peoples do not demand of their Government that it stop all military aid and assistance to Israel [and Ukraine].
And then take action to ensure that that Government does exactly that.
If one does not waste ones vote by voting NOTC or Jill Stein ~ one has a small chance of the government stopping all military aid and assistance to Israel [and Ukraine].
If one does waste ones vote by voting NOTC or Jill Stein, and that helps Trump be defeated by the Democrats ~ one has ZERO chance of the government stopping any military aid and assistance to Israel [and Ukraine].
That's what could happen if too many libtards and anarchists like you Jeff vote "their conscience".
Exactly how "small" a chance does a vote for Trump have in stopping all MA&A to Israel and Ukraine as compared to a vote for Stein, NOTC, or Harris? Got any numbers on that to pull out of Your butt?
And You demonstrate once again Your total and complete ignorance when You call me an "anarchist." Again, You wouldn't know what an anarchist was if one came up and bit You on that same butt You pull all Your "facts" from.
An important point here: I don't think Israel would be escalating in this way if it didn't have the full support of Biden, Harris, and Trump. The radicals running the Israeli government know this is their best chance to do whatever the hell they want as Republicans and Democrats compete to see which party can be more obsequious toward Israeli imperatives.
Because of this dynamic, we are living in very dangerous times. Even Israeli war with Iran is possible, which would likely drag the U.S. military into a very costly conflict that would only serve the interests of Bibi Netanyahu.
In shamelessly and spinelessly competing for Jewish-American voters and money, Harris and Trump may well lead us into a disastrous and much wider war in the Middle East.
Bill, I deleted my earlier reply as I heard Colonel Larry Wilkerson (Chief of Staff to Colin Powell when he was Secretary of State) tell Judge Napolitano this morning about something he was told by trusted sources.
Basically, the Central Command told Netanyahu the U.S. would not support Israel if it went into Lebanon or support its war with Iran. DOD had also been the main pushback against long-range strikes into Russia. He said, at least for the present, the neocons Blinken and Sullivan have been sidelined.
We can only hope it's true and it lasts.
Interesting. I still think Israel will push to the very edge if not beyond it.
Yup. I guess all we can do is hope - and pray, if so inclined.
As one of my Colonels once put it: "Hope is not a method."
i wouldn't bet the farm on the DoD being behind anything that does not entail fully supporting Israel [or Ukraine] in whatever it chooses ~ ie, is directed ~ to do.
After all, the DoD is but one subsidiary part of the Military Industrial Congressional Complex of the Deep State.
Jeff, I don't. But we're at the point where grasping at straws is about the only thing available to us.
And my guess is that ~ whether it's about Gaza, Lebanon, or Iran ~ Netanyahu does not take his marching orders from the DoD, let alone Central Command.
That is not who put him in power and keeps him there.
So, please tell us ignorant hoi polloi, oh wise one?
Who put Bibi in power and keeps him there?
Sorry, Old Boy.
i don't waste my time attempting to communicate with Delta Foxtrots like You who don't even know what Central Command actually is, let alone what it actually does, and who actually controls it.
Go peddle Your Bullshit elsewhere, DF. i hear that Briefbarf is looking for former Military Industrial Contractor Congressional Flunkies for expert opinions on just about everything cultural, social, political, and economic, but nothing that they actually know something ~ anything ~ about.
You'd fit right in as a Guest "Expert" from the Southern Hemisphere.
And i'm curious: Can You find the "Gotcha Question" in this comment? Heh.
Trump has not been President since 2020, Lt Col.
Lumping him in with Biden and Harris here is just another example of your hatred of the man!
You know nothing about what he will do about the Apartheid Nation if he is elected.
The former president has not released a detailed plan on the war.
He says Biden is putting Israel in danger. Democrats argue, meanwhile, that Trump’s isolationist bent and animosity toward Benjamin Netanyahu would be bad for Israel.
Trump has given no indication whether he would be more or less sympathetic to Palestinian claims, or whether or not he will demand Israel to agree to a ceasefire.
He does not shamelessly and spinelessly compete for anything. Only in your mind!
He does what he thinks is good for the American people with diplomacy.
Let the wailing and gnashing of libtard teeth begin!
Dennis, why do these Republicans (more than 100 of them) "hate" Trump?
https://rbmralumni4harris.substack.com/p/over-100-republican-national-security
BTW, I don't "hate" Trump. I often find him funny, and occasionally he blurts out important truths. But I am opposed to him being president again.
Put simply, if he didn't make America great again in his 1st term, why give him a second?
The reason Trump hasn't released "a detailed plan" on the American/Israeli Genocide in Palestine is that his owners, operators, commanders, controllers, and script writers haven't told him what to say just yet.
And in case You're wondering, Trump is owned, operated, commanded, and controlled by the same folks that Harris and Biden are, and that Obama, Cheney/Bush II, Clinton, Bozo and Bush I, and Carter were.
Trump wants to give Israel all the weapons it wants to "finish the job" in Gaza. Trump ignored International Law and moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Trump supported the Israeli illegal annexation of the Golan Heights.. Trump killed Iranian General Soleimani at the behest of Israel.
You're wasting Your time, Ray. Facts have little if any impact of Trumpatistas and MAGAts.
Or MAGA,Ats, now that it's devolved to "Make America Great Again, Again." Like it was when Corporal Bonespurs was the Commander In Chief.
Of course, the U.S. denied any prior knowledge of the attack - and I await the official response from the smirking spokesman from the State Department that while the U.S. "decries" the violence - everyone, sing along - Israel has a right to defend itself.
The use of consumer technology for violence has been a constant for the last several decades- e.g., from the use of USB flash drives to inset a worm into computer systems (Stuxnet) to cell phones used to trigger IEDs in Iraq, and the use of cellular location data for air strikes. But this is the first apparent weaponization of the consumer product itself into an explosive device.
Whether this was a tampering with the pagers during their shipment or the use of the lithium batteries as the explosive, remains a subject of speculation. While it was pagers this time; next time it could be a mobile phone or tablet.
If nothing else, it serves notice to all of us that they can reach us in any location if they choose - we have been warned.
We have been warned, indeed, TomR. Very Well said.
Yes it was terrorism. What does it take for UN to kick Israel out? What does it take for ICJ and the ICC to really do something about Israel and its crimes against humanity? How much more evidence do they need!?
Awful. Awful. Awful.
How could anyone be so stupid?
We knew the Israelis were cruel, and their American partners in crime immoral, but this, like the development, manufacture, and deployment of nuclear weapons, is unfathomably stupid. A death wish? That doesn’t really explain anything. But a pathological belief in their own impunity and invincibility is evident. How could they be so stupid?
It should be clear to everyone now who the real terrorists are. Of course, anyone who gets their news from the CON will be lulled into a sense of superiority and victory. That may not last long as we can expect reprisals that further escalate the conflict. At least the NYT seems to have pointed the finger at Mossad, which is refreshing. Maybe this looked enough like terrorism to force the NYT to stop gaslighting for a minute.
The Israelis are creative in destruction.
I just made a call to both my senators asking them to co-sponsor Bernie Sanders joint resolution to stop the transfer of weapons to Israel. No chance of it going through but one has to try.
Interestingly, my call was part of an automated system set up by Jewish Voice for Peace. You give JVP your phone number, you then get an automated call telling you to stand by after which you are connected to first one senator's office and then the second. I was surprised that I got through to both of them and talked to a real person. The complete process takes less than 90 seconds.
What! No comments.
So.....
What's going on before our eyes dear readers is so dystopia. Technologhy run a amuck. Technology controlled and used for nefarious purposes against the public at large. (That's you all). We know our privacy means sh*t to the elites in control; betwern facial recognition, the internet and our phones and s.art TVs nothing we do goes undetected even in our own sacred safe place...our homes/domicile. Now exploding phones from the deep states of USA America and some manufacturing company in Taiwan. Our individual rights embedded in our constitution eroded to nothingness thanks to our representatives in Congress, the SCOTUS, and our apathy. We are surfs to the elite running the show from above. No matter which of the duopoly is in the Whitehouse next year the deep state wins and you dear citizen are pawns to be programed to silence. WTF happened to pur democracy and the bill of rights. This is insane and exoding cellphones needs to be the straw that breaks the f*ing deep state back. Time to revolt or surcome.
When is enough enough citizens
Opps please substitute Isreal for America in above statement.....sorry
If 1 word describes Israel's War Crime in Lebanon it's DIABOLICAL!
Also yesterday probably 90% of the MSM called this an attack on terrorists. Who the terrorists are looks to me to be just as much Israel as Hezbollah. State-sponsored terrorism is 100% correct in this case.
They will be blowing up anyone who objects to this genocide ( all who are anti-semitic of course according to them ) next through their cellphones. Where does this stop for God's sake?
Linking as usual @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
Don't doctors also use pagers? And firemen and policemen and anybody on call for emergency response?
Yes. Reports say that four medical personnel were killed. Leaders of Israel don't care.
Some humans are more "valued" than others.
Out Stalining Stalin. The dead are only a number.
Days and many hours of coverage and weeping about ONE American gal killed by the IDF.
Not one minutes coverage, and no weeping, about the 100's of Palestinian women and kids murdered by the IDF in the last few days
Given that there have been tens of thousands of Palestinian Kids, Woman, and Male Noncombatants murdered, maimed, or totally unaccounted for and missing since October 7, 2023, what's so surprising about no mention of them over the past few days?
And what's Trump had to say about ANY of those tens of thousands? Anything at all?
Beyond, of course, his empty, Totally Bullshit claim that ~ like America's Proxy War with Russia in Ukraine ~ the Genocide on Palestine would "have never happened" if ELECTION2020 hadn't been "stolen" from him.
Most people had to look up the word "pager" to try to understand what had happened since the usual meaning of pager is so innocuous. One wondered if there is another hidden meaning. But no, these were the usual pagers; only they had somehow been converted into hidden bombs. A better word than reckless is fiendish. You have to be a real fiend to think up such a horrible act of cruelty.
One of Caitlin Johnstone’s most informative and thus important postings ever is her take on Israel’s terrorist attacks in Lebanon using pagers and then walkie-talkies: “On War Crimes And Western Hypocrisy” at https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/on-war-crimes-and-western-hypocrisy .
Noting White House spokesman John Kirby’s refusal to answer any questions about the Israeli terrorism, she stated:
“It goes without saying that if a government like Russia, China or Iran WERE EVEN SUSPECTED of being responsible for similar attacks, Kirby and his fellow podium people would be not just naming the suspected aggressor but fervently denouncing the attack as an act of terrorism. [EMPHASIS in original.]
“And it is here worth reminding readers that in 2017, a leaked State Department memo explained in plain language that it is standing US policy to overlook the abuses of US allies while denouncing the abuses of US enemies in order to undermine enemies and show other countries the perks of being aligned with the United States. [Note: the POLITICO article on the leaked memo is at https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/19/tillerson-state-human-rights-304118 .]
“The memo showed neoconservative empire manager Brian Hook teaching a previously uninitiated Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that for the US government, ‘human rights’ are only a weapon to be used for keeping other nations in line. In a remarkable look into the cynical nature of imperial narrative management, Hook told Tillerson that it is US policy to overlook human rights abuses committed by nations aligned with US interests while exploiting and weaponizing them against nations who aren’t.” [Note: Hook’s memo to Tillerson is available in PDF at https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000160-6c37-da3c-a371-ec3f13380001 .]
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BVers are invited to read the POLITICO article and Hook’s memo to Tillerson and attempt to digest them without regurgitating. And then link them to America’s foreign policy for the last half century up to the present.
Gary D Barnett’s 18 Sep 24 piece ~ ELECTIONS: IT ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT MATTER WHICH PIECE OF EXCREMENT 'WINS,' WE ALL LOSE! ~ offers these insights:
~ “Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-selected, self-perpetuating, and self-serving traditional ruling class.” ~ Giuseppe Prezzolini
The spectre of government and governance is the epitome of evil and rule, the very foundation of slavery, the father of totalitarianism, and the mother of hate and death. This is what most have always voluntarily chosen, this is what most vote for, this is what most strive to create, this is what most achieve by their moronic and certifiable lunacy when they choose controlling rule over freedom.
At this point, I am left with the task of wagering on how many more fake 'assassination' attempts are still forthcoming for Trump, and how many fake sympathy statements and claims that "violence has no place in America," the most murderous and violent country on earth, are coming from Harris.
I THINK THESE TWO CRIMINALS SHOULD JUST 'HOOK UP,' AND RUN AS ONE TEAM. AT LEAST THAT WOULD BE MORE HONEST AND BELIEVABLE THAN THIS ASININE CIRCUS OF IDIOCY AND HYPOCRISY THAT IS ON FULL DISPLAY FOR ALL TO SEE.
As H. L Mencken so eloquently noted, "AS 'DEMOCRACY IS PERFECTED, THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT REPRESENTS, MORE AND MORE CLOSELY, THE INNER SOUL OF THE PEOPLE. ON SOME GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY THE PLAIN FOLKS OF THE LAND WILL REACH THEIR HEART'S DESIRE AT LAST, AND THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE ADORNED BY A DOWNRIGHT MORON."
What the great Mencken could not fathom, was that they are mostly all morons or worse, each more so than the last, but today we have the most moronic of all batches to date; which definitely includes the current cluster of ruling idiots, and also those attempting to squat in the White House after this next moron-choosing 'selection.' [Continued... .]
Everything has become so convoluted, that it is nearly impossible to discern one thing from another, and to figure out what sides are being taken, and by whom. In addition, the so-called 'alternative media' has morphed into just an offshoot of the mainstream whores. Most of them, especially the big money contenders, those like Carlson, Rogan, Alex Jones, Russell Brand, and a cadre of others, including so many claimed (falsely) anti-state 'libertarians,' are now just political grandstanders picking red or blue and becoming shills for evil politicians.
This is true for supporters of both Trump and Harris, but Trump's gang has a slight lead in the bogus 'alternative' arena. IF ANY OF THESE SO-CALLED ALTERNATIVE VOICES WERE LEGITIMATE, THEY WOULD NEVER BECOME POLITICAL PARTY ADVOCATES, AND WOULD INSTEAD CALL OUT THE STATE AND THESE SLIMY POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AT EVERY TURN. INSTEAD, WE GET POLITICAL CHEERLEADERS STUMPING FOR ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, A PATHETIC DISPLAY OF DECEPTION.
I would ask you to please excuse my sarcasm, but how can one even discuss this garbage without relying on blatant in your face cynicism and sarcasm? Things are just too stupid, fake, and criminal to overlook at this stage of the game. Any attempt I make to look at the mainstream, just to see what lies and propaganda they are spewing, brings disgust, and the lies, rhetoric, and hypocrisy literally sicken the researcher. ONE NEVER KNOWS FROM DAY TO DAY WHAT NEW IDIOCY WILL BE REPORTED.
But I digress, as my point, at least initially, was to clarify that NO MATTER WHAT VOTE TAKES PLACE, NO MATTER WHO IS ATTEMPTING TO GET ELECTED, NO MATTER WHO IS CHOSEN BY THE DOLTISH MASSES, NO MATTER WHO CLAIMS TO WIN ANY ELECTION, WE ALL LOSE. It is impossible to fix anything in this country by political means. It is impossible to vote your way out of this tyrannical insanity.
The head of the serpent of government must be severed if freedom is ever to exist, and no creeping around the edges, no amount of begging your masters for redress, and no change of guards will bring anything but more cheating, lying, theft, murder, and pure evil. This is the big picture, and the crux of the matter.
I realize this essay is a bit short and scattered, but between staged assassination plots, hysterical 'election' insanity, Zionist Israeli genocide, daily threats of war, constant surveillance, censorship, mass exploding pagers, the Fed bullshit, transgender stupidity, rocketing price inflation, so-called pet-eating immigrants, political ads, and having to see or hear anything from the idiotic Taylor Swift, could drive me to drink excessively, and therefore impede any moment of sanity or brilliance I might experience. So, I am taking the rest of the afternoon off!
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.” ~ H.L. Mencken
Source: https://garydbarnett.substack.com/p/elections-it-absolutely-does-not/comments ; EMPHASES added.
From the Off-Topic and Totally On-Target Department... :
One can only ask: And these people are qualified to select their next President, House of Representatives, and batch of Senators?
According to the Annenberg Public Policy Center, “A Majority Of Americans Can’t Recall Most First Amendment Right”:
Less than half of Americans can name most of the rights protected under the First Amendment and under two-thirds can name the three branches of government, according to the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, released annually since 2014.
The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s nationally representative survey, conducted in May 2024 with about 1,600 U.S. adults, finds levels of public knowledge largely unchanged from 2023. As was true last year, most Americans could name only a single right guaranteed by the First Amendment: freedom of speech, provided by nearly 3 in 4 respondents.
The survey also found strong public support for several potential reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits, mandatory retirement ages, and prohibiting justices from participating in cases in which they have “personal or financial interests.”
The 2024 edition of the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, released annually to celebrate Constitution Day on September 17, finds that:
~ Only two-thirds of Americans (65%) can name all three branches of government.
~ Asked what specific rights are guaranteed by the First Amendment, nearly three-quarters of respondents (74%) name freedom of speech. The other four rights are recalled by far fewer people: the second most-often cited, freedom of religion, is named by just 39%.
~ A little over half of U.S. adults know which party controls the Senate and which controls the House of Representatives.
~ Over 80% of Americans support prohibiting Supreme Court justices from participating in cases in which they have “personal or financial interests.” Nearly as many people support creation of a formal ethics code for the court.
“Civics knowledge matters,” says Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. “THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION CAN NEITHER CHERISH NOR INVOKE THEM; THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE HOUSE AND SENATE MAY MISATTRIBUTE CREDIT OR BLAME FOR ACTION OR INACTION.”
The Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey is a nationally representative survey conducted in advance of Constitution Day by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania. This year’s survey of 1,590 U.S. adults was conducted May 1-23, 2024, for APPC by SSRS, an independent research company. The margin of error is ± 3.3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. See the topline for details.
Continued at https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-americans-cant-recall-most-first-amendment-rights/ ; EMPHASIS added.
What is happening in Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank [and Ukraine] will continue as long as the American Peoples do not demand of their Government that it stop all military aid and assistance to Israel [and Ukraine].
And then take action to ensure that that Government does exactly that.
And that is not going to happen.
If one does not waste ones vote by voting NOTC or Jill Stein ~ one has a small chance of the government stopping all military aid and assistance to Israel [and Ukraine].
If one does waste ones vote by voting NOTC or Jill Stein, and that helps Trump be defeated by the Democrats ~ one has ZERO chance of the government stopping any military aid and assistance to Israel [and Ukraine].
That's what could happen if too many libtards and anarchists like you Jeff vote "their conscience".
Exactly how "small" a chance does a vote for Trump have in stopping all MA&A to Israel and Ukraine as compared to a vote for Stein, NOTC, or Harris? Got any numbers on that to pull out of Your butt?
And You demonstrate once again Your total and complete ignorance when You call me an "anarchist." Again, You wouldn't know what an anarchist was if one came up and bit You on that same butt You pull all Your "facts" from.