Never liked politics as always saw it as lies. However, had to change course on 7/10. I have done my research. My life basically has had to be on hold with what is happening in Palestine. I have resented it at times as i fought my battles when young. Retirement should not have been about this. 10 months in and a never ending onslaught of the worst evil ever. This is US. They laugh at us and tell us straight to our face: if Israhell had not been we would have had to invent it. They DID. US has to be the worst evil that has ever existed. This is reality. No more gimmicks, no more BS.
Agreed! As one who has always been attentive to politics, the thing that is just head-spinning to me is the extent of the lies we have been told and taught; how intentionally ignorant and misinformed we have been on the issue of Israel and how we have come to the place of full participation in an obscene genocide. The lack of general outrage to what is going on is beyond frustrating. Thank God for our courageous young people speaking out against our nation's crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.
Hear, hear. As I said in a comment not so long ago... If our (US) govt can watch this genocide going on in Palestine, they will watch just as callously as it happens TO US.
We are hopeless and lost. There is no lie this nation will not tell; no treaty we will not break; no pain we will not inflict; no child we will not kill. Recently, I stared at a post by a semi-retired Methodist minister who has a fairly large following on Facebook. He has not posted anything of importance on the genocide or proxy war in Gaza, but when the fire at First Baptist Church Dallas occurred he asked for everyone's prayers for the people of the church. Many of his followers included the praying hands emoji in response. Too many of my "progressive" friends are piling on now defending the ludicrous drag act at the Olympics opening ceremony. Hopeless and lost.
I'll just say it ... If the Olympics are supposed to be a gathering of international camaraderie and solidarity (overlooking its all too politicized nature these days) whatever morons thought a depiction of an ‘uncontrollably promiscuous, extravagant, and loud party’ fit in the paradigm of such a gather of diverse countries and the inherent religious sensitivities of its participants, all they have actually accomplished is the understandable incomprehension from much of the world. Myself included. If the world is supposed to see this and not find it a mockery of da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” they think the world fools. If they think this somehow helps build bridges between the LGBT community and others, they failed miserably. If they think it clever—well, I’ve already stated my thoughts on that. It was moronic. All the explanations after the fact seem to me to be an effort to put the poop back in the horse. Good luck with that.
I refuse to watch the Olympics for the first time since I was a teenager due to the Ziopath presence. It was gratifying however to see them booed as they cruised down the Seine (someone nice gave me a YouTube link.)
The Olympics have become nothing but a brag fest anyways. Ooooh, the US two two more golds today! Nothing against the athletes themselves: they worked hard to get where they are. It’s more the spirit, or non-spirit of the whole thing.
There IS actually a concentrated effort to destroy all the Good in the world, enacted by these Globalist Psychopathic Zombies that hate all good and are torturers and killers of children... Shit is going ON right now. We must kindle our hearts, as you are doing. We must keep Love alive. And all the other Good Things.
Humanity has become so debased, and its showing itself on our social media feeds. Formerly it was less visible. Now that so many of us are aware of what the leaders of the western world are willing to do to those who are inconvenient, what do we do?
The first step is to push the truth out to others; to call out the lies and provide others the information the oligarchy wants to shut down. The first step of solving a problem is to identify the problem accurately. The second step is to align with, support and join those who are actively resisting.
We are at a time where we have to move beyond the completely corrupted and odious political system. Reading from and learning from history how that has been done in the past can provide guidance and models to draw from now. One of the big lessons from the past is the importance of labor organizing and action. We need to recognize both parties are the enemies of working people and a livable planet.
And i agree with you. We all feel hopeless. WTF can we do? How to organise to show we all are against this? Protest for sure but they are ignoring this. I am at a loss myself. I know we need serious action. Not these niceties they can ignore. Our biggest problem is that we cannot rely on one another and they know if and abuse it. But one thing is for sure. US is the instigator of all evil. They are the true terrorists.
We are still stuck in this mentality i will be the only one doing something and will lose it all. I totally get that as this is what they are counting on and they have succeeded so far. At the end of the day tho how much of humanity are we willing to sacrifice? This is what it all comes down to.
Not HUMANITY... There are PLENTY of us who are seeking the Good... Let's don't let them convince us that we're in a MINORITY... I don't think that's the case.
But we need to SPEAK UP about kindness, decency, love, goodness... It's not a SISSY thing, after all, because it's about COURAGE, really, while the evil is about cowardice and ugliness.
What we really need is an independent newspaper. Old fashioned way as MSM controlled in its entirety by zionists. One where we can get the truth out on a wkly basis. Real facts: UN, ICJ rulings. Even tho they are enablers and there can be no doubt about that anymore, to sway the general public in facing the truth
Having worked in newspapers I can tell you that model is dead. Every week you have local papers dropping over. Everyone walking down the street has their stupid phone in their face.
This is all on a course, that was PLANNED during and mostly after WWII. That war was the testing ground for this Global Tyranny they're trying to bring down on us... and Covid was the softening up. We might not be so soft.
Read the column on 'necropolitics' and 'deathworlds' in today's post. The video is also good at expanding on the issue.
Your description of the social isolation in your community is the same thing I find here in the Upper Midwest. In many ways, the pandemic did what it was supposed to do: break our sense of social cohesion.
Mark, I still maintain that revolution is the only answer and I don’t mean a peaceful one. Peaceful demonstrations, though extremely well-intentioned, have not changed the ways of the Amerikkkan Regime.
We need to do it up right, like the French. I’m all in and I don’t care who knows it.
Never liked politics as always saw it as lies. However, had to change course on 7/10. I have done my research. My life basically has had to be on hold with what is happening in Palestine. I have resented it at times as i fought my battles when young. Retirement should not have been about this. 10 months in and a never ending onslaught of the worst evil ever. This is US. They laugh at us and tell us straight to our face: if Israhell had not been we would have had to invent it. They DID. US has to be the worst evil that has ever existed. This is reality. No more gimmicks, no more BS.
Agreed! As one who has always been attentive to politics, the thing that is just head-spinning to me is the extent of the lies we have been told and taught; how intentionally ignorant and misinformed we have been on the issue of Israel and how we have come to the place of full participation in an obscene genocide. The lack of general outrage to what is going on is beyond frustrating. Thank God for our courageous young people speaking out against our nation's crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.
Hear, hear. As I said in a comment not so long ago... If our (US) govt can watch this genocide going on in Palestine, they will watch just as callously as it happens TO US.
We are hopeless and lost. There is no lie this nation will not tell; no treaty we will not break; no pain we will not inflict; no child we will not kill. Recently, I stared at a post by a semi-retired Methodist minister who has a fairly large following on Facebook. He has not posted anything of importance on the genocide or proxy war in Gaza, but when the fire at First Baptist Church Dallas occurred he asked for everyone's prayers for the people of the church. Many of his followers included the praying hands emoji in response. Too many of my "progressive" friends are piling on now defending the ludicrous drag act at the Olympics opening ceremony. Hopeless and lost.
I'll just say it ... If the Olympics are supposed to be a gathering of international camaraderie and solidarity (overlooking its all too politicized nature these days) whatever morons thought a depiction of an ‘uncontrollably promiscuous, extravagant, and loud party’ fit in the paradigm of such a gather of diverse countries and the inherent religious sensitivities of its participants, all they have actually accomplished is the understandable incomprehension from much of the world. Myself included. If the world is supposed to see this and not find it a mockery of da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” they think the world fools. If they think this somehow helps build bridges between the LGBT community and others, they failed miserably. If they think it clever—well, I’ve already stated my thoughts on that. It was moronic. All the explanations after the fact seem to me to be an effort to put the poop back in the horse. Good luck with that.
As with all else, the Olympics has long ago been made about money and only about money. And national narcissism -- as opposed to national pride.
I refuse to watch the Olympics for the first time since I was a teenager due to the Ziopath presence. It was gratifying however to see them booed as they cruised down the Seine (someone nice gave me a YouTube link.)
The Olympics have become nothing but a brag fest anyways. Ooooh, the US two two more golds today! Nothing against the athletes themselves: they worked hard to get where they are. It’s more the spirit, or non-spirit of the whole thing.
I concur!
There IS actually a concentrated effort to destroy all the Good in the world, enacted by these Globalist Psychopathic Zombies that hate all good and are torturers and killers of children... Shit is going ON right now. We must kindle our hearts, as you are doing. We must keep Love alive. And all the other Good Things.
Humanity has become so debased, and its showing itself on our social media feeds. Formerly it was less visible. Now that so many of us are aware of what the leaders of the western world are willing to do to those who are inconvenient, what do we do?
The first step is to push the truth out to others; to call out the lies and provide others the information the oligarchy wants to shut down. The first step of solving a problem is to identify the problem accurately. The second step is to align with, support and join those who are actively resisting.
We are at a time where we have to move beyond the completely corrupted and odious political system. Reading from and learning from history how that has been done in the past can provide guidance and models to draw from now. One of the big lessons from the past is the importance of labor organizing and action. We need to recognize both parties are the enemies of working people and a livable planet.
And that would have been feasible in my time but somehow now seems to be unreal
Hear, hear!
And i agree with you. We all feel hopeless. WTF can we do? How to organise to show we all are against this? Protest for sure but they are ignoring this. I am at a loss myself. I know we need serious action. Not these niceties they can ignore. Our biggest problem is that we cannot rely on one another and they know if and abuse it. But one thing is for sure. US is the instigator of all evil. They are the true terrorists.
I don't feel hopeless. Don't you go there, either, that's what the Evils WANT.
Even if we're quiet about it, the VIBE is still there. Let's grow it. SHOUT IT.
We are still stuck in this mentality i will be the only one doing something and will lose it all. I totally get that as this is what they are counting on and they have succeeded so far. At the end of the day tho how much of humanity are we willing to sacrifice? This is what it all comes down to.
Not HUMANITY... There are PLENTY of us who are seeking the Good... Let's don't let them convince us that we're in a MINORITY... I don't think that's the case.
But we need to SPEAK UP about kindness, decency, love, goodness... It's not a SISSY thing, after all, because it's about COURAGE, really, while the evil is about cowardice and ugliness.
I wish I could afford a Palestinian flag.
I am not dulled down, I STILL identify, and I cry for them almost daily.
It is physically painful to see these videos and photos...
If anybody needs some help in how to relate to victims, just ask.
As I wrote this, a magical glowing blue thingy floated by my window! I don't know what it was!
What we really need is an independent newspaper. Old fashioned way as MSM controlled in its entirety by zionists. One where we can get the truth out on a wkly basis. Real facts: UN, ICJ rulings. Even tho they are enablers and there can be no doubt about that anymore, to sway the general public in facing the truth
Having worked in newspapers I can tell you that model is dead. Every week you have local papers dropping over. Everyone walking down the street has their stupid phone in their face.
Ralph Nader has launched an old-fashioned newspaper that come out every two months at $5/copy. The Capitol Hill Citizen is very good. Not sure what i's current status is. More info: https://nader.org/2023/07/17/hot-off-the-press-capitol-hill-citizen-for-your-civic-empowerment/
This is all on a course, that was PLANNED during and mostly after WWII. That war was the testing ground for this Global Tyranny they're trying to bring down on us... and Covid was the softening up. We might not be so soft.
Read the column on 'necropolitics' and 'deathworlds' in today's post. The video is also good at expanding on the issue.
Your description of the social isolation in your community is the same thing I find here in the Upper Midwest. In many ways, the pandemic did what it was supposed to do: break our sense of social cohesion.
Appealing to morality with politicians is useless : they are immoral creatures of self-interest. We need to learn to leverage power. I will be featuring this tomorrow, but check out Chris Hedges comments at the 47-minute point in the interview: https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/chris-hedges-live-q-and-a-on-2024?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=778851&post_id=147141144&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2iji4s&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Mark, I still maintain that revolution is the only answer and I don’t mean a peaceful one. Peaceful demonstrations, though extremely well-intentioned, have not changed the ways of the Amerikkkan Regime.
We need to do it up right, like the French. I’m all in and I don’t care who knows it.
I agree, but there's more than just TWO options.
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And this is where we break down