The NYT, if nothing else, reflects the fading criminal empire it is used by to manufacture consent.
The news feed failed to mention several key points. The first is that Netanyahu recently admitted the hostages were not as important as 'victory'. Second, Israel is bringing up more reservists who will be sent to Syria, Lebanon, etc versus Gaza - because many reservists are not showing up for duty in Gaza.
And finally, the NYT fails as always to acknowledge this genocide could not be conducted without the full throated bi-partisan support and materiel provided by the U.S. Parenthetically - and dredging up yesterday's thread - I can not and will not support any party or candidate who supports genocide - or quietly takes money from its backers.
I read Gershon Baskin … he has put out numerous cease fire and de-escalation options, talks to all involved, some accepted, some ignored …
Be careful, Bill… Talking about the people of Gaza as though they matter … Talking about Israel as though it were doing wrong. They’ll accuse you of being anti-semitic. Never mind that Palestinians are Semites, too, and probably many have descended from those ancient Israelites — Jews and Arabs and Egyptians and Canaanite's and more, all of whom have been on the land for millennia … Never mind that our own President has fantasized about taking over this small bit of territory and turning into his own little Seaside Resort …
People don’t know the history … They don’t know ANY history. Smoke and mirrors — and bombs.
Damn!!! {The media are massively remiss in reporting on all of this. And the Palestinian people, who no more want Hamas to speak for them these days than you or I do, have NO voice being heard … DAMN!}
As the fictional detective Harry Bosch says: "Everybody counts or nobody counts."
The Palestinians count too. And if anyone accuses me of anti-Semitism, I'll point to my years of teaching on the Holocaust and the time I spent at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC.
"Never again!" doesn't just refer to Jews. It refers to everyone, including, obviously, Palestinians.
Mmmmph, I’ve seen actual survivors accused of being Self-Hating Jews, Bill. Using the anti-Semitic charge as a cudgel is so unfair to everyone, and the reality of anti-semitism {because it is still real and extant} gets sidelined, people’s ideas about it watered down, which only enables it MORE…
But even with the risks attendant, Netanyahu MUST be called out. He has presided over disgusting policies with disgusting allies in his government, and Israelis deserve so much better … as OF COURSE do Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem … and anywhere they live in Israel. This does not excuse Hamas … Gazan’s have wanted out from under the thumb of Hamas for a long time. Hamas is NOT the voice of Palestinians. As those who have stayed informed on the situation there know, Netanyahu’s policies have helped to MAINtAIN Hamas’s power in Gaza over the years, with the people there unable to mount their opposition …
How horrid to keep the antagonism roiling, and no one can finally breathe easy and have a life there ….
I can only guess as how the NYT would have covered the actions of the "special action squads" of Nazi Germany as they savaged the peoples of the Soviet Union following the June 1941 invasion of Russia. Just the surface facts, m'am, only the surface facts.
While it might not be all we want to happen, it's people like Bill Astore who keep us aware of the crimes of our government....and people like you and others who respond and do what they can. I don't know if we can make the changes needed, but we must make the attempt, no matter what.
Pat, in addition to what Duncan said, I think we also need to be a witness to what is happening and remember all the lies we're being told.
We must never allow ourselves to become like the "Good Germans" who said, after WWII, they never knew about the holocaust. Because with all certainty, when this evil is done the owners will do everything to ensure everyone forgets or is led to believe it never happened.
The Corporate Owned News in the US has been monopolized by the wealthy for well over a century. You will never get the opinions of millions of regular, working Americans, only the opinions of the same people who foment the wars. Expecting the NYT to report honestly on war is like expecting the Mafia to tell all about their crime syndicate activities. As long as you read it with the knowledge that you are hearing from the perpetrators, rather than the victims, you won't be misled.
I just wish that more Americans, including friends of mine, understood just how perfidious the CON is. But it is a fool's errand to try and convince CON watchers they are being misled. CON watchers and readers have been armed with an arsenal of talking points about conspiracy theories and "fake news" that they can parrot any time the subject comes up. It doesn't help at all to point out to them how many times the CON got caught lying to them in the past, for some reason they think that the CON would never do that now. It is one of the most thorough brainwashing jobs I have ever witnessed.
The International Community KNEW after the 1967 six Day War, it was a violation of International Law for Israel to send it's Jewish Citizens into the Occupied West Bank gained through WAR to create illegal settlements.
There were no consequences for Israel then, and since then, Israel has become a serial VIOLATOR of International Law. The Law and Order International Community lets Israel get away with it without consequences until it leads The Middle East and this Material World to ARMAGEDDON, aka the Battle of the Great Day of God Almighty, shaping up between Jews, Christians and Muslims in The Middle East, where Biblical History began and where it might end?
I'm surprised they didn't delete my lengthy 2 part comment on the Holy Spirit because of character limitations. I had to reply to myself for the 2nd part.
"To my great wonder and surprise, I suddenly and unexpectedly came alive to God within me, the fundamental of the Christian Faith for all those who claim to believe.
That was February 1, 1975, the day after I quit my position of 'National Marketing Representative, Mining Division, Dominion Engineering Works Ltd.' in Montreal.
My Faith has grown and strengthened in those 50 years, but in all that Time, I have never heard God's voice audibly, like it says in this article, “God doesn’t answer audibly. When people say they actually hear God’s voice, we usually call Bellevue Hospital and ask if they’ve got room for another patient.”
Thinking about, and questioning The Invisible God, eventually the answers come to mind in a new realization. That doesn't come from just going to the Mosque Friday, the Synagogue Saturday, or the Church Sunday. It's a 24/7 Life Experience!
Paul of the Bible is the 1st example of anti-Christ. As a Pharisee of the Old Testament Jewish Religious Establishment, he was on a Search and Destroy mission, to eliminate the new Jewish Sect calling itself Christian. He never met Christ Jesus the Jew in person.
As anti-Christ as he was, Paul was unexpectedly awakened by the Christ Spirit on his way to Damascus to arrest Christians, and that Day of Awakening moved him to the exact opposite position, as the most passionate Advocate Messenger of Christ to the Gentiles.
Peter and the other Jewish Disciples of Jesus had the job of teaching Christ to the Jews during the Roman occupation of Palestine. Israel ceased to exist some 720 years before Christ Jesus walked throughout occupied Palestine.
Paul was chosen to be the teacher of those like him who never met Jesus in person, as it's written, "Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."
Writing to the Hebrews Paul says "God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
In those 50 years since being Born Again, I have experienced so many 'signs and wonders' I have to make sense of it all. Those "signs and wonders" from my personal past, sustain me in my Times of doubt and uncertainty in THIS Material World as it is these Days!
By the Grace of God, I have developed the patience to wait, in this impatient World, until the Way forward is evident.
Getting back to that February 1, 1975, it took 36 years before it came into focus, to understand why that Day happened to me, and not the 2 others, one of them being Jewish, who were with me as it happened that Day, posting this online, 'DAY OF AWAKENING – DAVID vs GOLIATH vs ARMAGEDDON December 25, 2011.
The World couldn't see the possibility of ARMAGEDDON then, as more and more People are beginning to feel this is the Generation when it could happen in our Lifetimes, especially with the US approved Israeli Genocide in Gaza and Israel-US possibly expanding that War to Iran and the Battle of that Great Day of God Almighty in the Middle East and THIS World.
The US is already bombing Yemen DAILY on Israel's behalf, but now that the Yemenis developed a hyper-sonic missile that got through the US-Israel defences with the Iron Dome and David's Sling, to hit and shut down Ben Gurion Airport, Israel struck Yemen in retaliation on top of the US Daily bombing.
An updated version of the 1975 ''DAY OF AWAKENING – DAVID vs GOLIATH vs ARMAGEDDON' article posted on Christmas Day 2011, was re-posted on March 1st this year. It has a more immediate relevant, and applicable title:
Thank You Bill for such a Good Post... These Horrendous Numbers have been reported in Bits & Pieces to the MSM, but Downplayed, and Submerged in the Daily Felon-In-Chief's Bad Reality Show... This Works To The Advantage Of The Israel 1st Lobby...
What I truly believe in other than what I did during my career it gave my life a purpose as a public servant Firefighting and saving lives that I was honored to do for my community what I do to stay happy it won't solve any of my bills, demands, deadlines, this world's political problems, shit will always happen-- so I never forget to really look at the stars. Its awesome and all that's good. It won't fix the economy, it won't stop all the wars ever, it won't give me back my washboard stomach of my youth, it won't save my marriage, or other friendships, but its important. It reminds how small we all are and struggling on this little ball floating in the void that even tho. we are infinitesimally small we are all made of stars and are a piece of an amazing exquisite, and eternal Universe... Life is fleeting, and yet we can contemplate it all for a little while . Our awareness of all this is a miracle in itself!!!
The NYT, if nothing else, reflects the fading criminal empire it is used by to manufacture consent.
The news feed failed to mention several key points. The first is that Netanyahu recently admitted the hostages were not as important as 'victory'. Second, Israel is bringing up more reservists who will be sent to Syria, Lebanon, etc versus Gaza - because many reservists are not showing up for duty in Gaza.
And finally, the NYT fails as always to acknowledge this genocide could not be conducted without the full throated bi-partisan support and materiel provided by the U.S. Parenthetically - and dredging up yesterday's thread - I can not and will not support any party or candidate who supports genocide - or quietly takes money from its backers.
It was never about the hostages. https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-return-of-hostages-important-but-wars-supreme-goal-is-victory-over-enemies/
It was always a plan of ethnic cleansing. The NYT should be ashamed, but they are making money, and that's all that seems to matter to them.
I read Gershon Baskin … he has put out numerous cease fire and de-escalation options, talks to all involved, some accepted, some ignored …
Be careful, Bill… Talking about the people of Gaza as though they matter … Talking about Israel as though it were doing wrong. They’ll accuse you of being anti-semitic. Never mind that Palestinians are Semites, too, and probably many have descended from those ancient Israelites — Jews and Arabs and Egyptians and Canaanite's and more, all of whom have been on the land for millennia … Never mind that our own President has fantasized about taking over this small bit of territory and turning into his own little Seaside Resort …
People don’t know the history … They don’t know ANY history. Smoke and mirrors — and bombs.
Damn!!! {The media are massively remiss in reporting on all of this. And the Palestinian people, who no more want Hamas to speak for them these days than you or I do, have NO voice being heard … DAMN!}
As the fictional detective Harry Bosch says: "Everybody counts or nobody counts."
The Palestinians count too. And if anyone accuses me of anti-Semitism, I'll point to my years of teaching on the Holocaust and the time I spent at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC.
"Never again!" doesn't just refer to Jews. It refers to everyone, including, obviously, Palestinians.
Mmmmph, I’ve seen actual survivors accused of being Self-Hating Jews, Bill. Using the anti-Semitic charge as a cudgel is so unfair to everyone, and the reality of anti-semitism {because it is still real and extant} gets sidelined, people’s ideas about it watered down, which only enables it MORE…
But even with the risks attendant, Netanyahu MUST be called out. He has presided over disgusting policies with disgusting allies in his government, and Israelis deserve so much better … as OF COURSE do Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem … and anywhere they live in Israel. This does not excuse Hamas … Gazan’s have wanted out from under the thumb of Hamas for a long time. Hamas is NOT the voice of Palestinians. As those who have stayed informed on the situation there know, Netanyahu’s policies have helped to MAINtAIN Hamas’s power in Gaza over the years, with the people there unable to mount their opposition …
How horrid to keep the antagonism roiling, and no one can finally breathe easy and have a life there ….
Desperately sad right now …
I can only guess as how the NYT would have covered the actions of the "special action squads" of Nazi Germany as they savaged the peoples of the Soviet Union following the June 1941 invasion of Russia. Just the surface facts, m'am, only the surface facts.
😡🤢😡
What are we becoming?
How do we NOT become this …
While it might not be all we want to happen, it's people like Bill Astore who keep us aware of the crimes of our government....and people like you and others who respond and do what they can. I don't know if we can make the changes needed, but we must make the attempt, no matter what.
Let people know where Bill is featured often, as well… TomDispatch .. Tom Engelhardt. Good reading there … good people.
Pat, in addition to what Duncan said, I think we also need to be a witness to what is happening and remember all the lies we're being told.
We must never allow ourselves to become like the "Good Germans" who said, after WWII, they never knew about the holocaust. Because with all certainty, when this evil is done the owners will do everything to ensure everyone forgets or is led to believe it never happened.
Another excellent source I follow: https://substack.com/@mjrosenberg1?
It doesn't take that many: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
We should defer to our Creator and His son Jesus Christ. Humility is the key, and deferance to His Will - https://paulcudenec.substack.com/p/the-big-plan-and-the-great-gaslighting
The Corporate Owned News in the US has been monopolized by the wealthy for well over a century. You will never get the opinions of millions of regular, working Americans, only the opinions of the same people who foment the wars. Expecting the NYT to report honestly on war is like expecting the Mafia to tell all about their crime syndicate activities. As long as you read it with the knowledge that you are hearing from the perpetrators, rather than the victims, you won't be misled.
Thanks for the reminder about the CON
I just wish that more Americans, including friends of mine, understood just how perfidious the CON is. But it is a fool's errand to try and convince CON watchers they are being misled. CON watchers and readers have been armed with an arsenal of talking points about conspiracy theories and "fake news" that they can parrot any time the subject comes up. It doesn't help at all to point out to them how many times the CON got caught lying to them in the past, for some reason they think that the CON would never do that now. It is one of the most thorough brainwashing jobs I have ever witnessed.
Who are you going to believe: the CON or your lying eyes? You must believe the CON!
Is there a single good reason to buy The New York Times? To wrap your cat litter or pick up dog poop with?
US-Canadian-British-German and the so called US led International Community MSM covers the Israeli Genocide with a blind eye like this:
https://rayjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/gpoalsvw0aafpy2.jpg
The International Community KNEW after the 1967 six Day War, it was a violation of International Law for Israel to send it's Jewish Citizens into the Occupied West Bank gained through WAR to create illegal settlements.
There were no consequences for Israel then, and since then, Israel has become a serial VIOLATOR of International Law. The Law and Order International Community lets Israel get away with it without consequences until it leads The Middle East and this Material World to ARMAGEDDON, aka the Battle of the Great Day of God Almighty, shaping up between Jews, Christians and Muslims in The Middle East, where Biblical History began and where it might end?
This article is in The Washington Post Today, 'In choosing a pope, cardinals will call on a partner: The Holy Spirit'
A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the Holy Spirit fits in.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/06/holy-spirit-role-papal-conclave/
Anyone wanting to read it can read it for free following this link: https://wapo.st/42LwftA
I'm surprised they didn't delete my lengthy 2 part comment on the Holy Spirit because of character limitations. I had to reply to myself for the 2nd part.
"To my great wonder and surprise, I suddenly and unexpectedly came alive to God within me, the fundamental of the Christian Faith for all those who claim to believe.
That was February 1, 1975, the day after I quit my position of 'National Marketing Representative, Mining Division, Dominion Engineering Works Ltd.' in Montreal.
My Faith has grown and strengthened in those 50 years, but in all that Time, I have never heard God's voice audibly, like it says in this article, “God doesn’t answer audibly. When people say they actually hear God’s voice, we usually call Bellevue Hospital and ask if they’ve got room for another patient.”
Thinking about, and questioning The Invisible God, eventually the answers come to mind in a new realization. That doesn't come from just going to the Mosque Friday, the Synagogue Saturday, or the Church Sunday. It's a 24/7 Life Experience!
Paul of the Bible is the 1st example of anti-Christ. As a Pharisee of the Old Testament Jewish Religious Establishment, he was on a Search and Destroy mission, to eliminate the new Jewish Sect calling itself Christian. He never met Christ Jesus the Jew in person.
As anti-Christ as he was, Paul was unexpectedly awakened by the Christ Spirit on his way to Damascus to arrest Christians, and that Day of Awakening moved him to the exact opposite position, as the most passionate Advocate Messenger of Christ to the Gentiles.
Peter and the other Jewish Disciples of Jesus had the job of teaching Christ to the Jews during the Roman occupation of Palestine. Israel ceased to exist some 720 years before Christ Jesus walked throughout occupied Palestine.
Paul was chosen to be the teacher of those like him who never met Jesus in person, as it's written, "Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."
Writing to the Hebrews Paul says "God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
In those 50 years since being Born Again, I have experienced so many 'signs and wonders' I have to make sense of it all. Those "signs and wonders" from my personal past, sustain me in my Times of doubt and uncertainty in THIS Material World as it is these Days!
By the Grace of God, I have developed the patience to wait, in this impatient World, until the Way forward is evident.
Getting back to that February 1, 1975, it took 36 years before it came into focus, to understand why that Day happened to me, and not the 2 others, one of them being Jewish, who were with me as it happened that Day, posting this online, 'DAY OF AWAKENING – DAVID vs GOLIATH vs ARMAGEDDON December 25, 2011.
The World couldn't see the possibility of ARMAGEDDON then, as more and more People are beginning to feel this is the Generation when it could happen in our Lifetimes, especially with the US approved Israeli Genocide in Gaza and Israel-US possibly expanding that War to Iran and the Battle of that Great Day of God Almighty in the Middle East and THIS World.
The US is already bombing Yemen DAILY on Israel's behalf, but now that the Yemenis developed a hyper-sonic missile that got through the US-Israel defences with the Iron Dome and David's Sling, to hit and shut down Ben Gurion Airport, Israel struck Yemen in retaliation on top of the US Daily bombing.
An updated version of the 1975 ''DAY OF AWAKENING – DAVID vs GOLIATH vs ARMAGEDDON' article posted on Christmas Day 2011, was re-posted on March 1st this year. It has a more immediate relevant, and applicable title:
https://rayjc.com/2025/03/01/the-day-the-veil-lifted-a-spiritual-awakening-in-a-time-of-crisis/"
Thank You Bill for such a Good Post... These Horrendous Numbers have been reported in Bits & Pieces to the MSM, but Downplayed, and Submerged in the Daily Felon-In-Chief's Bad Reality Show... This Works To The Advantage Of The Israel 1st Lobby...
The NYT exists in a parallel universe, pretty much unrecognizable to those of us who don't, and capable of supporting endless horrific cruelty...
What I truly believe in other than what I did during my career it gave my life a purpose as a public servant Firefighting and saving lives that I was honored to do for my community what I do to stay happy it won't solve any of my bills, demands, deadlines, this world's political problems, shit will always happen-- so I never forget to really look at the stars. Its awesome and all that's good. It won't fix the economy, it won't stop all the wars ever, it won't give me back my washboard stomach of my youth, it won't save my marriage, or other friendships, but its important. It reminds how small we all are and struggling on this little ball floating in the void that even tho. we are infinitesimally small we are all made of stars and are a piece of an amazing exquisite, and eternal Universe... Life is fleeting, and yet we can contemplate it all for a little while . Our awareness of all this is a miracle in itself!!!
It's always about the money: here's the history: https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/gaza-israel-war-special-report-end?sd=pf