FACEBOOK Denis Hayes “‘Hitler,’ an Ascent From ‘Dunderhead’ to Demagogue,” by Volker Ullrich, from a review in NYT by Michiko Kakutani: • Hitler was often described as an egomaniac who “only loved himself” — a narcissist with a taste for self-dramatization and what Mr. Ullrich [...]
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February 29th, 2016 - 1:56 am § in Misc.
What sort of Israel does Ted Cruz support?
God sent Hitler to hunt the Jews. Mike Bickle, a Cruz supporter and charismatic Christian believes he receives prophecies and visions directly from God, preaches that that God sent Hitler to hunt the Jews. Based on an essay by John A. Oswal in The Forward This holy Cruzader teaches that the b[...]
February 19th, 2016 - 8:35 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Ehud Barak, ‘Jewish terrorism must be ‘crushed with an iron fist,’
“Right-wing extremists ‘a direct threat to democracy, the state, Zionist enterprise,” Ehud Barak’ former Prime Minister of Israel Addressing Israel’s Channel 2, the former chief of staff of the Israeli army and leader of the Labor Party described the recently published v[...]
January 4th, 2016 - 10:27 am § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Jim McDermot steps down
Sunny Jim is expected to resign, after 14 terms. As someone with nearly 50 year old roots in this place and webs between my fingers, I am peased that this is finally happening. In my opinion Jim has been more of a figurehead for Seattle’s self image than an effective representative. While[...]
August 10th, 2015 - 9:06 pm § in Politics
On the Paradox of Jews in the Jewish State
I’ve seen this guy Ettinger referred to as a Zionist. But people who use the term Zionist in that way don’t really understand it. Zionism originated as a secular movement promoting a Palestinian homeland for Jews, to be run by a secular democratic government. And that’s essentially[...]
March 24th, 2015 - 8:22 am § in Israel/Palestine
IS PALESTINE A RELIGIOUS BELIEF?
The Religious Dogma of Palestinian Statehood Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn of the Religious Zionists of America, Philadelphia, argue in the Algemeiner, a German newspaper, that advocates for a Palestinian state are “religious.” Their argument is ironic because they ignore the idea[...]
July 29th, 2014 - 4:52 am § in Misc.
A VERY Objective View of the Gaza War
SPIEGEL: Ex-Israeli Security Chief Diskin: ‘All the Conditions Are There for an Explosion’ Truce disintegrates in Gaza, fighting persists Hama s seems determined to fight to the last child caught in its cross fire. Last night, Eid ul Fitr began, Hamas’ fighters slipped into [...]
February 2nd, 2011 - 1:52 pm § in America
Letter to Obama from PEACE NOW,
Tom Friedman got it right in today’s New York Times: The huge political changes going on in the Middle East make a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians more urgent than ever. ”I had given up on Netanyahu’s cabinet and urged the U.S. to walk away,” Friedman wrote. [...]
Trotsky’s prophesies of Hitler, seem all too relevant to Trump
“Field-Marshal Hindenburg, the relic and symbol of the Hohenzollern Empire, now the Republic’s President, dissolved Parliament and appointed Heinrich Brüning Reichskanzler. Brüning ruled by decree, enforced a rigidly ‘deflationary’ policy, cut expenditure on social insurance, dismissed[...]