In 2020, I wrote about the toppling of the monument to George Washington on the campus of George Washington University, where I teach. The university was silent on the vandalism by far left groups. Now, after George was restored, protesters have again vandalized the monument by spray painting pro-Palestinian slogans on its base. It is a continuation of property damage seen recently on Capitol Hill, including the defacing of the Columbus statue in front of Union Station as police watched. A pro-Palestinian group heralded the property damage on GW campus this week and pledged more such action until the university cuts ties with Israel.
The beheading of George in 2020 was quickly brushed aside and the university avoided direct criticism of the BLM protests, which resulted in property damage throughout the city. That included efforts to topple historic monuments.
Last May, pro-Palestinian students not only occupied our University yard, but a street was cut off for weeks and the law school effectively locked down due to the encampment. (I could not drive to my office or go into the building without special permission). The protesters at one point called for the beheading of university officials, including the university president, in a mock trial.
After the most recent vandalism with the message “disclose divest now” in red spray paint, the Student Coalition for Palestine at GWU posted on Instagram a statement supporting the action:
Last night, autonomous protestors sent a message to Provost Christopher Alan Bracey at his home, spray painting the message amplified and repeated by students, faculty, and the people of this city onto Bracey’s very own driveway: “DISCLOSE DIVEST NOW!” During the encampment earlier this spring, Provost Bracey himself violently assaulted two students. A statue of George Washington on campus was also branded with the same demand.
Let this be a message to Bracey and every administrator at this University. We will never falter from our demands. This administration has the blood of 186,000 Palestinians on their hands. The burn of pepper spray, the bruises of police brutality, and the mark of handcuffs and zipties on our comrades are forever seared into our memory and consciousness. Your crimes will follow you wherever you go. You will be confronted in your events, in your offices, at your homes. Every step you take we will be there to hold you accountable.
The students allege that Provost Chris Bracey committed assault last April when he slapped a phone out of the hands of a protester who was filming him.
The continued vandalism on our campus is often defended as free speech. It is not. As I discuss in my book “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage,” there is a difference between conduct and speech. I have defended the right of pro-Palestinian groups to protest on campus. However, occupying buildings or trashing property is criminal conduct that should be sanctioned or prosecuted. The problem is that the few charges brought against such actors were largely dropped.
As students return, protests are again ramping up around our campus and other schools.
As for George, the monument will have to be, again, restored. It is all being heralded as “a message to Bracey and every administrator at this University.” The question is whether officials will be equally clear and consistent in their own message that threats, property damage, and other offenses will not be tolerated on our campuses.
I am sympathetic to those instructors who merely want to work in a civil environment. But if college administrators want to sit back and watch their fellow leftists burn down the campus, so be it.
SteveJ
See my replies to your comment below on posting issues with links
You know, Netanyahu has had a decades-long alliance with Hamas that can only be described as perverse.
And by all accounts, he still wants one of some sort. A “weakened” Hamas sill in Gaza.
But generally, you have to go to the Israeli newspapers to find out anything about it.
Here is Haaretz (left of center)
“A Brief History of the Netanyahu-Hamas Alliance”
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-20/ty-article-opinion/.premium/a-brief-history-of-the-netanyahu-hamas-alliance/0000018b-47d9-d242-abef-57ff1be90000
https://www.msn.com/he-il/news/other/a-brief-history-of-the-netanyahu-hamas-alliance/ar-AA1iAkgC
Times of Israel (center of center)
“For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces”
timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/
The Jerusalem Post (right of center)
“Hamas to remain in power: Netanyahu’s hidden motive unveiled – opinion”
jpost.com/opinion/article-799143#google_vignette
Don’t really know why the Times of Israel and Jerusalem Post links didn’t work: Let’s try again:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-799143#google_vignette
Two issues cropped up. The above one somehow got snagged by the spam filter so I retrieved it. The original post contained more than two links and the spam filter grabbed it. I edited the orginal article (I believe it had orginally 4 links) by chopping off the protocol header to the third and fourth links so that it would display. When you posted with the two links somehow it grabbbed it again. Don’t know why.
Anyway to avoid this, hopefully so, in the future only post comments having two or fewer links each. If you want the readership to review more than two links this can be accomplished by posting multiple comments of two links each.
Much appreciated Darren.
Ohhhh, I see. So if Netanyahu tries to make peace with Hamas, he’s propping them up. If he retaliates against them, he’s criminal. Ya won’t let Netanyahu off the hook either way, will ya? You must be a Muslim.
It is in large part our fault that these sick-minded people (of any type, group or persuasion) continue to loot, vandalize, destroy, harm people and worse. Why is that? Because we are teaching them how to treat us. When we allow one person or an entire group to threaten others, destroy what doesn’t belong to them, and in many cases assault others…they learn quickly that we have no self-respect, we stand for nothing, and we are okay with being abused. As I think of it, the do-nothing approach has characteristics of those of a battered spouse. Only a fool or complete idiot believes that the best approach towards people that seek to harm us is to do nothing. Get a backbone, GWU! I’ll be happy to start back tithing just as soon as I know my financial support is being spent to rebuild things that you allowed someone to destroy while you looked on. Get a clue. Get a backbone. Don’t let sick people to push you around like the village idiot.
One man’s Pol Pot is another man’s neighborliness.
One man’s indigenous people is another man’s occupier.
Rasmussen – Election 2024: Trump 49%, Harris 46% – Thursday, August 22, 2024
Trump wins in a landslide with the category of citizens enabled to vote by the American Founders.
You know, “original intent.”
Trump wins in a landslide if voters vote THEIR Issues.
I keep following polling crosstabs and The gains Trump has made should result in a landslide.
Trump is winning almost every age cohort – even 18-29 is actually quite close – which you would not beleive from the media.
I beleive Trump is losing in the 40-49 age cohort and it is closer than it ought to be over 60.
Trump is near parity with hispanics – I beleive he is down by 2 – that is a MASSIVE gain.
Trump is still at 39pts with black men – remember Obama took them by 95pts.
Trump is way ahead of any other past republican with black women, but has lost alot of ground with Harris in the race.
Harris has LOST blue collar votes compared to Biden.
The only education level that Trump is losing is people with gradiuate degrees – where he is losing badly.
He is way ahead with everyone without a college degree.
He is ahead with white. He is ahead with married women. he appears to have a significant problem with single women in their 40s. I beleive he is behind with women overall – but NOT by alot. He is significantly ahead with men overall.
Regardless the cross tab results DO NOT conform to the overall results.
SCOTUS told the AZ AG FU you can not ignore AZ law that requires proof of citizenship to vote.
Rasmussen has been polling voter integrity for a long time. I beleive that constitently almost 1/3 of polled respondents admitted to voting in some way that was illegal in the past couple of election cycles.
They are also asking about citizenship in their polling. About 3% of those polled say they are not citizens, and half of those say they have voted.
My “guess” is that Biden dropping out resulted in a large portion of RFK voters that were NOT going to vote for Biden moving back to Harris. There was a precipitous drop in RFK support when Biden dropped out. Most of that Drop went to Harris.
With RFK dropping out of Swing states and endorsing Trump – of those RFK voters NOT in swing states, some will stick to RFK, and the majority of the rest will move to Trump – as the ones that were likely to move to democrats already did when Biden dropped out.
In swing states we will see a larger swing to Trump as those voters will not be able to remain with RFK.
The RFK thing is complex.
First – RFK was going to slowly lose voters to the democrats and Trump as the election neared. That is typical. Undecided and third party protest votes “come home” as the election nears.
So some aspects of the RFK decision would have happened regardless.
At the same time RFK has endorsed Trump. He is appearing at Trump Rallies. Both RFK and his VP Shanahan have mader it clear they are REALLY pissed at the lawfare by democrats that has made their lives H311. Even Jill Stein has chimed in and pissed on Democrat lawfare trying to keep her off the ballot.
RFK adds another major voice to the Democratic party is a party of lawless thugs that will do anything to win – and that is especially important with him – as he is Democrat Royalty.
The next big issue is it is clear that RFK Jr and Trump are seeking common ground.
It only matters a little what that common ground is. The BIG deal from the perspective of Voters is that
RFK and Trump are agreeing to disagree on some thing AND working together.
There also appears to be some kind of agreement between Trump and RFK jr with respect to a role in the Trump administration.
Even the perception of that is a big deal.
Many of RFK jr.’s top issues are NOT Trump’s top issues. But they are also NOT issues were Trump is at odds with RFK jr.
As an example RFK jr. is a conservationist and an environmentalist. But he is NOT among the marxists that have taken over the green movement as a means to backdoor socialism.
RFK Jr. and Trump are both a thorn in the side of elitists. They are both a thorn in the side of NeoCons. They are both Free Speech advocates. They are both targets of democratic lawfare.
And they are making an effort to work together and get along.
It will be interesting to see if this Unity approach sticks. If they can keep from taking swings at each other over their differences.
If they can do that that completely discredits one of the many idiotic democratic party claims.
Democrats are the party of division – they are incapable of bringing the country together.
Their idea of “unity” is you do what I want.
RFK appears to personally want to burn FDA, NIH, CDC to the ground – while Trump has other targets – they BOTH have a shared desire to disempower particular parts of government.
I personally have significant problems with RFK jr – and with Trump – but those problems pale in comparison to my problems with Democrats.
Federation v. Confederation? Move to an appropriate State. Be an asset.
Martha Argerich, born in 1941, greatest pianist of all time, is still playing concerts globally at the young age of 83. In the following link she is playing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto #3 C Major, 3rd movement, one of the most difficult piano compositions in all concertos at age 82
Age is a number as Martha Argerich demonstrates on the piano.
¡Brava!
¡Brava!
Why cant you post like a normal human being?
Cuz he’s WEIRD!
(That doesn’t make him a bad person).
Jonathan: When I was a young sophomore in high school another student stole a jacket from my school locker. It was not just ANY jacket. My father had it made special for me when I joined a school social club. That loss was PERSONAL to me. So when DJT steals the music of others for his own private gain I can emphasize.
Yesterday, DJT had a rally in Glendale, AZ and used the opportunity to steal Foo Fighters song “My Hero” and played it while RFK, Jr. was called up on stage. For those who haven’t followed rock music the last twenty years the 1997 song was written and composed by Dave Grohl, the drummer for Nirvana. Many think the song was a tribute to Kurt Cobain who committed suicide. Not so. When Grohl performed “My Hero” on Howard Stern’s show he explained his composition was dedicated as a celebration of the “common man”–to “working class Democrats”. So for DJT to steal the song to introduce RFK, Jr., the least likely candidate to be a working class hero, is a slap in the face of Dave Grohl and the heroes he dedicated the song to.
DJT has a long history of sealing other people’s music dating back to 2015. He has stolen the music of Isaac Hayes, Beyonce, Neil Young and other artists. When he gets the inevitable cease and desist order he simply moves on and steals the music of other artists.
DJT is a thief and a con artist. He will take the last dollar from common ordinary citizens and put it into his own pocket. He has no shame. And he will steal the music of hard working artists to avoid paying royalties. It’s DJT’s MO–always has been and always will be!
Karen!
LOLOLOL
Dennis – you repeated this lie before. Nearly all musicians – like 99.9% are members of the RIAA or the other entertainment cartel.
They sell the publishing rights to their music under cvontracts government by those cartel rules.
Those rules allow ANYONE to play ANY musicians music in return for payment of royalties to the publisher and then the Musician.
First – with extremely rare exceptions musicians do not own the publishing and use rights to their music – PUBLISHERS do.
If you sell your car to your neighbor – you do not get to tell them who can drive the car in the future.
You have been told this before.
You KNOW it.
And you are ONCE AGAIN lying.
If Trump was actually using music that he did not have the right to use – he would be sued for copyright violations.
But that is not how this works. Trump like radio stations and TV shows and plays, and pretty much anyone is free to use whatever music they wish. Groups like the RIAA track their use, as well as the likely number of people that the performance was broadcast to, and the party who used the music gets billed for the use and their audience. They pay the bill and we move on.
We have seen this nonsense outside of the context or Trump. Many artists sought to have their catalogs removed from streaming services like Spotify. Must learned they could not. A few like Neil young did have sufficient rights to restrict the use of their music, pulled the music and very shortly (and quietly) returned it – because their royalties tanked, because not only weren’t they getting played on Spotify – but their publishers were pissed and other broadcasters were pissed.
Musicians – but even more important their publishers – the people whop FUND musicians, who pay the costs to produce and distribute their music make money when music is PLAYED. They very much DO NOT LIKE musicians trying to restrict the frequency with which their music is played.
If you want your album produced and distributed. If you want the royalties that come from those albums and from songs being played on Radio or TV or in commercials – then you do not F#$K with the publishers.
The distribution rights to Music are almost always THEIRS not the artists.
Dennis – Trump wrote a Book – “The Art of the deal”
Do you think Trump can go to Costco or Barnes and Nobel and say – “I do not want Democrats to be able to buy my book” ?
Your an idiot and a liar.
You have been corrected on this idiotic nonsense before.
Yet you continue to repeat BS.
I heard an excellent description of the left recently.
Letfists are people who beleive that if you take someone to the top of a 40 story building and drop them over the edge, that they might float.
That gravity is just an opinion and that we are each entitled to our own opinion.
Trump can play pretty much any music he wants at his events. The recording industry will make sure that he pays the correct fee for the music that he uses and the size of the audience. If he fails to do that he will be sued – and you will certainly here about it.
That has not happened.
With rare exceptions artists do not own the distribution rights to their music.
You have been told this before.
Gravity is real. There is no theft here.
You like to play the Crowd size game – in Pheonix AZ we had another example where Harris and Trump held rallies in the same arena.
Harris filled a little more than half the arena – Curtains were sued to block the portions of the arena that were not filled.
Trump not only filled the arean to capacity – but again had thousands outside watching on jumbo trons.
The DNC convention is over – it appears that the RFK announcement killed any Harris convention bounce.
In other news SCOTUS rejected the AZ AG’s claim that election officials did not have to enforce AZ law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. This is a US Supreme Court decision and it will apply in EVERY state where state law requires proof of citizenship to register.
Many states have laws that REQUIRE purging voter registration roles of non citizens (and dead people, and fake people and people who move elsewhere and ….) this ruling likely applies to election officials in those states.
Dennis, please name ANY instance in which Trump has taken money from anyone without their providing that money willingly ?
People pay to golf at Trump course – or not. They pay to play at Trump casinos – or not. They pay for Trump condos – or not.
The pay to rent Trump offices space – or not.
In each and every case where Trump received money from others the person providing the money does so freely. Trump does not send men with guns to take from anyone what they refuse to exchange freely. That is what Democrat run governments do.
Musicians receive royalties from publishers. They are payed whenever a record is produced. The pay whenever a song is played.
The publishers through organizations like the RIAA collect fees for use from radio stations and others who use those songs.
If you do not pay them – they sue your ass off.
As you note – Wikipedia has myriads of instances in which artists have ranted over Trump’s use of their music.
Many have sent cease and desist letters. Which is pretty much meaningless because the artists sold the broadcast rights to the music.
A few have threatened lawsuits.
Only one has been filed and that went NOWHERE.
With rare exceptions NO ONE needs the permission of an artist to use music that has been published.
From Wikipedia:
“Neil Young has indicated multiple times that he does not approve of the use of his song “Rockin’ in the Free World” at Trump rallies, which has been done since 2015. Young conceded he had no legal grounds to oppose the song’s use”
Various artists objecting to Trump using their songs is Virtue signaling and nothing more.
In the foo fighters instance that you cited – the foo fighters have stated publicly that any increase in their royalties as a result of Trump’s use of their music would be donated to Harris’s campaign.
I know that critical thinking is difficult for you – but the Foo Fighters are donating royalities from trump because:
Trump is paying the royalties he is legally required to in return for the use of the songs. And artists do NOT have the legal means to stop ANYONE from using their music.
If you are a musician and you want to be able to pick and choose who can play your music – either Do not publish your music, publish it yourself, or negotiate a deal with music publishers that allows you to pick and choose who can play your music.
See how many publishing companies will take you on if you decide that you want to be selective about who can play your music.
Finnally with respect to the artists who claim that Trump’s use of their music is somehow inappropriate.
Musicians control the words and music they write.
But ultimately it is listeners who decide what the music means.
The messages in alot of popular music resonates with Trump, Trump supporters, and fits well with Trump’s campaign.
If Musicians did not want their music to be used by Trump to communicate a message that appealed to Trump and his supporters – they could have picked another message.
Bruse Sporingsteen as an example has been saying in his music many of the things that Trump has adopted as policies.
Springsteen May not like Trump – but specifically in his case – the Message Springsteen chose to put in his music and the message Trump has put into his politics
ARE THE SAME.
It is actually Springsteen that is not true to his music – Not Trump.
Can you cite an actual example of an instance in which royalties were not payed for Trumps use of a song ?
Dennis – though it is worse with respect to Trump there are about a bazillion artists that over the past 50+ years have complained about the use of their music by a political campaign. There has been one lawsuit against Trump – that died.
I am not aware of any other lawsuits. Most campaigns stop using music that an artist objects to – including Trump.
They do not do so because they violating the law or copyright.
They do so because a high profile news fight with a popular artist is not good politics.
The people YOU should actually be complaining about – are the artists who engage in this nonsense.
THEY are stealing from their publishers.
When an artist takes actions that reduce the use of their music they are stealing royalties from their publishers.
Do you have a single instance in which the people who actually own the distribution rights to music have sued Trump or ANY politician ?
They are not going to – because Trump’s use is legal.
Wow. Get help
Such bad news for Trump supporters. First, Biden drops out and Harris takes a lead. Now, Putin is on his way down. The Trumptard world is crashing.
BARACK HUSSEIN “BARRY SOETORO” OBAMA / “HORSE FACE HARRIS” 2024!
“NO MONEY – NO VOTES”
“SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY”
The students allege that Provost Chris Bracey committed assault last April when he slapped a phone out of the hands of a protester who was filming him.
Had Hamas committed the assault, a phone being dropped would have been welcome by the anarchist considering Hamas would have raped her by several mongrels, then genitals being removed, then dragged throughout Gaza, followed by being set on fire, and then decapitated would have been the POD. Had the anarchist with the phone been a gay male, any building at GW would have sufficed for Hamas to throw xim/dem to xis/deir death
America needs to get tough on meting punishment on left wing anarchists in order for “joy” and “freedom” to return to our nation. Since Christianity is too offensive for the Left, then unleash Sharia law. Lets give it a test drive. Gays for Gaza wouldnt object
Could say that the anti-American sentiment to fundamentally transform the United States of America is exposed when the opposition refers to themselves as ‘comrades’.
I have a strategy I employ that would work wonders for Americans on both of the two socially constructed “sides” , if they would give it a try.
Right before any and every newscast or news story you hear or read that comes from any Mainstream Media (and remember, FOX News IS also Mainstream media, not just CNN and MSNBC) just try this.
Try saying these 4 simple and familiar words before starting the news article.
Just say to yourself; “Once upon a time… ”
Then the “information” you are receiving will be placed in its right context.
Ya, it’ll be blown to smithereens. The stuff god didn’t want and oh, and no one else either.
Hope it doesn’t hurt.
what are you babbling about?
I think you responded to the wrong comment, your comment clearly has nothing to do with my comment.
Oh i see. You’re not real.
This “anonymous” comment was an AI generated “trolling comment”.
Obviously there are AI Bots in here making up most likely a great deal of the trolling “responses” and this is one of those AI Bot responses.
See sometimes, AI just doesn’t understand what it is responding to, so it comes up with meaningless gibberish like this, which is always a dead giveaway.
Just like with AI Generated photos we see now all over social media, it doesn’t always get it right, and there are numerous “Tells” (Poker players get the reference) with AI to discern when a picture is faked.
Same thing with AI Chatbots. They do ok mimicking human speech patterns but they don’t always do so well with context or interpretation. So if someone tells their AI Chatbot to “leave a hateful response” the AI Chatbot may not always understand the comment it is responding to, and will often kick out unrelated gibberish along with smug sounding one liners like “hope it doesn’t hurt” or “can’t fix stupid” or whatever.
Problem is like in this case, often its completely unrelated to the comment its responding to.
You have TELL AI what it is responding to, not just tell it “go say something mean”.
* once upon a time the world was blown to smithereens. There’s no record of it.
“To be is to do.” Socrates
“To do is to be” Plato
“Scooby Doobie Doo” Barney Rubble
For the past three decades, Khalil Shikaki, who was born in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, has provided vital insights into Palestinian public opinion through his surveys conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, located in Ramallah, in the West Bank. These polls taken entirely of Palestinians examine public opinion in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. His polling has found that it is not true that most Palestinians favor Hamas’ unchallenged, autocratic, and dictatorial rule. In fact, it is quite the opposite with 40% conditionally or reluctantly supportive and 60% not at all supportive.
Here is a revealing article that also reports on the regard Palestinians have for Hamas:
https://theconversation.com/gaza-war-how-representative-is-hamas-of-ordinary-palestinians-218080
That also brings me to offer anyone continuously searching for credible and independent journalism The Conversation as one that may have some appeal:
https://theconversation.com/us/who-we-are
So long as Democratic Party progressives continue trying to thread the needle both supporting Israel and giving America’s pro Hamas agitators appeasement and credibility by excusing their assaults on civil society, university campuses will continue to be besieged, their administrations intimidated, and their staffs and students harassed and even oppressed. The victimization of universities and their populations would begin to abate once the victimizers are marginalized in the press with the realization that America’s pro Hamas activists represent but a minority of all Palestinians. Let them wear themselves out peacefully protesting and demonstrating if they will but come down hard on them with the full effect of the law whenever they damage property and threaten people.
Then the Palestinians are on Israel’s side in getting rid of them. Good news. Thanks
Not to disagree with Khalil Shikaki’s work or your thoughtful comment, but your words and his polls only seem to underscore the dilemma for the Palestinian people. The polls cited in your referenced article seem to have been carried out mostly, if not totally, before the Hamas attack upon Israel. Can we just assume the sentiments expressed in those polls are unchanged?
Assume those polls are true. That would imply that the Palestinian people have been nothing more than hostages to Hamas for nearly two decades. And the world stood by as this travesty of a Hamas government was maintained (not to even mention that the PA cancelled their last scheduled election in the West Bank because of fear of loss)? And now the same world that stood by and watched Palestinians be abused by Hamas rushes to support Hamas (the world is soliciting the approval of Hamas for a peace deal) via recognition and aid? Such a confusing picture suggests a near total misrepresentation of the situation…either through incompetence or intent. And clarification of such a situation is unlikely to be achieved through ‘polling’ of a people seemingly held hostage.
It would seem that initial step toward clarification would be for the Democratic Party to underscore that which has already been declared: Hamas is a terrorist organization. As such, any individual or organization providing aid or assistance to Hamas should be so identified treated accordingly as a terrorist sympathizer. Until the Democratic Party clearly, openly and repeatedly makes such a declaration, the lines of distinction between the terrorist group Hamas and the Palestinian people will remain burred and you can expect impotent university leaders to embrace the ineffective policies of the US government.
There is a crucial lesson Americans can learn from places like Gaza — don’t let militant zealots get anywhere near leadership positions. Better to place your trust in boring, non-charismatic professionals who are guided by common sense. Germany learned this the hard way in the ’30s. Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela….they all let leadership fall into the wrong hands. Gazans voted in Hamas in 2006.
Zealots are easy to detect…they don’t take any responsibility for things going wrong, they take credit for other’s accomplishments, they use deceptive, emotion-laden infowarfare, and live in a fantasy-bubble of like-minded fanatics. They are paranoid, and misclassify neutrals as enemies.
No one gets it. Almost no one.
The war is just another wag-the-dog & pony show war for profit, nothing more.
Just like war in the Ukraine, just like the war in Iraq. All money-ops, … nothing more.
We’re seeing both real and engineered attacks, AI enhanced CGI video and war propaganda from both sides designed to ratchet up the hate and compel the gullible to choose sides.
So on the one hand we have woke liberals trashing statutes and protesting on campus while we got bootlicking conservatives cheering on the slaughter of mostly women and children as “necessary to protect Israel, and NO ONE stepping back and realizing they’re being played.
Netinyahu is a murdering butcher, and the US is cheering on the war to keep the blood and body count high.
There is no desire for peace, their is a desire for PROFIT. And most of America now is just too damned stupid to see it.
So while the liberals are trashing anything pro Jewish, and the conservatives are cheering on the blood and slaughter of thousands of women and children, …. neither of them realize they’re both just too groups of knuckleheads waving their Pom Poms for the Military Industrial Complex.
I think Americans are now sadly but demonstrably among the stupidest people on the entire planet.
There isn’t a person out there interested in the truth. Its just all emotions prompted by everyone’s easily pressed buttons.
I feel like one of the only people awake in a world of drugged Zombies.
Chris Weber, those are not liberals.
Perhaps, but not if you ask them.
Regardless it doesn’t matter, the labels are irrelevant, they’re merely constructs set up to divide the population along lowest common denominator ideologies and mores’ and get everyone wearing either a red or blue jersey.
Doesn’t matter what the labels say, they change over the years. The point is to get you to pick one, then run with the herd. Even if the herds running right off a cliff.
Its how they control us.
And how they keep us looking at what each other is doing, and not what they’re doing.
Take the meds. You will feel better.
Those who troll using AI bots with inane 1 liners like “take the meds” and “come out of your moms basement” are irrelevant.
Truth always troubles their demons.
Well then, suck on this: Your statement is neither profound nor a basic truth particular to war.
ALL activities, war included, generate a “profit” at some level. If they did not, the activity would very likely not be carried out or at least not on a sustained basis. So, with that in mind and presuming your your statement is THE “truth”, all you have to do is figure out how to take the profit out of war (or any other activity) to get it to cease. Good luck! Of course, you would also have to deal with the inconvenient fact that some leaders in history have compelled their ‘profiteers’ to participate (much the disadvantage of all involved when the leader lost the conflict) in their wars.
Real and engineered attacks along with propaganda have been part of recorded warfare since forever. And guess what the goal of propaganda is under any circumstances? Clue: the definition of propaganda.
And “Netinyahu is a murdering butcher”? Perhaps you may want to read up a little on Hamas (the outfit that must be making a profit by your rationalization since they provoked the current conflict). If you want to get a flavor, note these comments from Ghazi Hamad, member of Hamas Political Office:
-“We must teach Israel a lesson, and we will do this again and again. The Al-Aqsa Flood is just the first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth. Because we have the determination…to fight.” (Surprisingly, he does not mention profit).
-“Israel is a country that has no place on our land,” and “We must remove that country,”. (And that must be for a “profit”, right?)
-“Will we have to pay a price? Yes, and we are ready to pay it. We are called a nation of martyrs and we are proud to sacrifice martyrs.” (Now ‘ol Ghazi certainly knows about profit! He bugged out of Gaza to Lebanon before Oct. 7. and gave these statements since.
Like I said, take the meds.
Like I said, when I want the opinion of a bootlicking coward too afraid and too ashamed of his own words to put his own name on them, you’ll be the first, scumbag I call on. I promise.
In the meantime bootlicker, don’t even try to place me in your group of boneheads too stupid to know when they’re being played. This war’s been going on exactly the same for more than half a century and the news about it has been the same since I was a boy over half a century ago so don’t presume some weasel like you with your incessant googling is going to tell me about Israel and Palestine. They’ve been fighting like two idiotic children since before you were born. You know jack.
Besides, you aren’t even man enough to sign your own words, so your words mean nothing.
You’re a mindless shill waving your pom poms for the MIC and too damn stupid or too damn corrupt to know better.
Whichever it be, that’s your problem, not mine.
@ Chris Weber: You lack knowledge of the region’s history. The British mandate was divided by Britain into Jordan, with the rest left as a Jewish homeland, in part because the Jews were the indigenous people with a history of a nation-state. There was no such nation-state for Palestinians, who come from all over the Middle East and are the same as much of the population in Jordan. International law recognizes Israel as sovereign over the rest of the British Mandate that was not given to Jordan. Israel was willing to give up most of the land, but one speck of Jews among the vast lands and numbers of countries controlled by Arabs and Muslims was not sufficient. The enemies of Israel wanted Israel Judenfrei. (If you say Israel has no right to exist under international law, then you deprive most other states such as Syria ,Saudi Arabia, Iraq, etc. the right to exist as well.0
The Arab states started wars, and there have been continuous terrorist actions from Gaza, with missiles fired at Israeli citizens and terrorism continuously, even during times of peace.
The October 7th slaughter of 1,200 was planned in advance using data from the same Palestinians who worked in Israel and drew maps with details of Israeli numbers and weapons.
Hamas Charter:
“Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.
The Day of Judgement will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Moslems, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, (evidently a certain kind of tree) would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews.” (related by al-Bukhari and Moslem).
[Peace] initiatives, and so-called peaceful solutions and international conferences are in contradiction to the principles of the Islamic Resistance Movement… Those conferences are no more than a means to appoint the infidels as arbitrators in the lands of Islam… There is no solution for the Palestinian problem except by Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are but a waste of time, an exercise in futility.”
What big Pom Poms you have.
ra ra ra…
“What big Pom Poms you have.”
Chris, are you embarrassed by your little Pom Poms? I provided you with some verifiable history. Research that history, and maybe your Pom Poms will grow. Enjoy.
‘Chris Weber’ is not interested in history. ‘Chris Weber’ is only interested in vomiting back some contrived explanation of history that he/she picked up from a conspiracy theorist posing as an authority. Heck, why cloud up contrived explanations with facts when all one has to do is carry out personal attacks on anyone that would disagree?
For the win! Kindly yet brutal.
Thanks.
I’ve forgotten more history than you can google in your incessant and every present trolling in here behind your made up name and your made up nonsense.
I’m in my mid 60s , and I climb and cut trees for a living.
You couldn’t walk a mile in a working mans shoes, much less mine. You’re a troll, you spend your days in here as the hundreds of thousands of comments you make under this name and no doubt anonymous trolling as well, so don’t run your mouth about little Pom Poms , troll.
I’m a real person, you’re just a coward hiding behind a trolls handle too afraid to put your own name on your words.
“I’ve forgotten more history than you can google in your incessant and every present trolling”
@ Chris Weber: I do not need Google to reply to these issues. You demonstrate no knowledge of anything. You are a blowhard sincerely in need of a rectal specialist to get that tree branch out of your a$$.
I urge everyone to donate to ‘Pom Poms for Chris.’ His only brain is shrinking, and he is losing whatever brain he has.
Take the meds. It may even help with your insecurity.
I’m not the one so insecure that he’s scared to put his own name behind his own words.
That frightened little mouse, would be you.
The mark of a true coward with weak arguments: ad hominem.
Live with it and take the meds.
Says the coward still too afraid and ashamed of his own words to be man enough to put his name on them. You can spin it however you want “anonymous” troll, but its the ones afraid to put their name behind their words, that are the cowards.
And that is you. And all your sissified insults, won’t change a thing.
ROTFLMAO! You present a childish theory, you are unable to defend it and you resort to name calling in lieu of any defense. And then, as is true of any coward lacking substance, you attach significance to the insignificant (as in monikers for an online posting site).
And look at your posts; you are the biggest troll on the site! Yet, you accuse others of being so. Apparently and despite being on the planet for more than six decades, you failed to learn that ‘people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones’.
* no one is arguing its not for money but it doesn’t mean 1200 Israelis were brutally murdered. It doesn’t mean millions haven’t actually died. They have.
Once upon a time …there’ll be no record left. It’s a malspirit in AI.
get your popcorn…it’s your last.
Scat monkeys and crab people. That is all they are, and they are realizing that is all they ever will be, even if they are given a brief handout or windfall, they always settle to the bottom. Knowing this, cheating, lying, vandalism, and violence is all they have in response to their plight.
The real tragedy is that some would rise-up through hard work and merit, but they too are swept into the vortex of suck promulgated by the left.
The solution to the national disaster of woke academia could be in Texas, if more such schools are founded:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/built-to-battle-woke-academia-a-new-texas-school-takes-on-fresh-relevance-after-oct-7/
I don’t want to get in the habit of a daily OT post, but this is the second time in two days I have seen afternoon news of an extremely gratifying nature. Yesterday it was RFK Jr. endorsing Trump and eviscerating Harris, Walz, the DNC and the MSM. Today it is NASA eating crow and kicking Boeing to the curb for the rescue of the two US astronauts that Boeing has stranded on the International Space Station (and hopefully for all future NASA contracts). Boeing seems to be going down the tubes quickly, and Robby Starbuck didn’t even need to threaten them: the woke imbeciles inflicted all of this damage on themselves. Buh-buh Boeing, and good riddance.
Elon’s SpaceX To Rescue Stranded Astronauts After NASA Dumps Boeing
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/nasa-selects-elons-spacex-rescue-stranded-astronauts-after-latest-boeing-debacle
Dammit, I forgot to highlight the fact that Elon Musk’s SpaceX will be contracted for the rescue. That must stick in the Dems craw BIG TIME…
* they care not at all
Indifferent.
Speaking of protestors and how “certain” protestors are treated in Biden’s Banana Republic, Biden’s filthy corrupt AG Merrick Garland issued a statement of warning on the very same day RFK Jr and Trump joined forces as the Unity Party:
“BREAKING: Attorney General Merrick Garland warns that anyone contemplating interfering in the peaceful transfer of power following the 2024 election should be aware of the over 1,400 prosecutions of J6’ers, emphasizing that similar consequences will apply to those who disrupt the electoral process.”
8:09 PM · Aug 23, 2024
Does it sound like the fix is in?
Yes, it certainly does.
Warning shots fired.
Pray that both DJT and RFK make it alive to claim our victory over their EVIL.
Purpotyedly the SS is looking for someone in AZ that has credibly threatened to assassinate Trump
Mark Kelly?
*SENATOR KEELEY
The UK isn’t part of the EU? Is the UK part of the EU digital service? The laws in the UK regard censorship of the indigenous British and not immigrants?
Rowling said what she thought about women’s sports. It’s her natural freedom to do that.
When you say to anyone you can’t do that It’s the nature of people to say yes, I can.
“Attorney General Merrick Garland warns that anyone contemplating interfering in the peaceful transfer of power following the 2024 election should be aware of the over 1,400 prosecutions of J6’ers, emphasizing that similar consequences will apply to those who ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE IN THE PROCESS OF STEALING THE ELECTION FOR HARRIS.” FIFY
I thought President Magoo said they’d just send the F-15’s over and napalm everyone… Garland’s going soft toe now that VP Heiress is the leading Manchurian.
Or perhaps he meant anyone that dares to dispute that the National election system of networked Enigma machines were not in fact, the most secure election in history. I wonder if that would include all the voters in the cemeteries? Be kinda hard to prosecute them?
All that we need to have a peaceful transfer of power is an election that people trust.
I would “WARN Garland
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it”
Pretty sure the declaration of independence speaks with much more authority than Garland.
A patent admission that the communists are stealing the country from Americans in the final putsch of Karl Marx.
Not to worry.
The “Americans” will let them.
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“We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”
– Barack Hussein “Barry ‘I-Have-A-Statue-In-Jakarta’ Soetoro” Obama, Oh, And My Father Was A Foreign Citizen
Ah, you are warned you aren’t winning. Thanks adolph.