I keep thinking how we didn't obliterate an entire country to get Osama bin Laden. How come Netanyahu gets to obliterate an entire people to get at Hamas? Why not send in special ops instead? Work out a way for locals to turn in the Hamas leaders. But you don't kill and maim hundreds of innocent people to get at a few bad guys.
"And kill the people to set them free? Who put this price on their liberty?"* (Hamas and Israeli leadership)
*quote from the song El Salvador by Peter, Paul and Mary
An American Robin made a nest on our porch in early May. She made it on the top of a wreath, which was somewhat precarious, so Wil shored it up. Early on Mother's Day the nest got raided...we didn't see by whom. A couple weeks went by. She laid more eggs in the same nest. We hung evergreen branches such that it couldn't easily be seen by predatory birds. Mid-morning on Memorial Day, the nest got raided again. We didn't see the culprits this time either. Bluejays? Crows? Maybe a chipmunk? So we are going to hang a basket on the porch, away from the other location, and set her nest in it, camouflaged by foliage and greens. She trusts us enough to come back. She is still wild and flies off if we come onto the porch: so we use the back door. We hope the third time's the charm.
Cat (from previous thread), I have heretofore stopped short of accusing the Israelis of genocide, although I agree they are engaged in collective punishment of a civilian population, which is a war crime. It may be a distinction without a difference. Israel's long history of war crimes includes the imposition of settlers on the West Bank, which is a violation of international law. Now the same settlers are blocking aid to the Palestinians. US complicity in these crimes is obvious to everyone except the US. I wish I knew how to stop it. I don't know what to do except keep speaking truth to power. One of the worst problems is the tendency of Israelis and their US supporters to claim any criticism of Israel is antisemitism. Netanyahu did this again in response to the World Court. --nordy
Yes. I remember a couple of points Bernard Lewis made. In my opinion he got a bad rap because he was favored by a Republican US President (I don't recall which one), but he was a true expert in the Middle East. He was one of the very, very few foreign researchers who was granted access to the Ottoman archives in no small part because he was one of the few people who could actually read and comprehend them. One of the points he made was that the founders of modern Israel were members of Judeo-Christian culture---therefore imbued with the concepts of cooperation [consider the symphony orchestra] and democracy. As time went by, more and more Israelis (emigrants from Moslem countries and Russia) came to be from Judeo-Islamic culture, and therefore more acculturated to seeking victory rather than cooperation. Nowadays majorities of neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians (and their respective supporters), despite their protestations, actually want peace; both want victory. I am sure this is an inaccurate and grossly over-simplified exposition of Dr. Lewis's understanding, but it is what stuck with me from reading one or two of his books. ----Alan [Who also thinks it is insane that Israel (evidently) has such a large nuclear arsenal, in no small part due to the US and France.] P.S.: It is probably unrealistic, but I also think the US has been pulling France's and Britain's old chestnuts out of the fire for a very long time.
Thank you, Alan. Bernard Lewis' assessment, just as you paraphrased it, is something I ran by a friend of mine who is Jewish. She completely agrees, and pointed out that it's been going on a very long time and very good people have tried to make it better to no avail (such as Jimmy Carter, not to mention Rabin and Arafat).
Figured it out; If that's the worst thing that happens to me today, I'm going to be in great shape! Certainly much better than The Former Guy: MeidasTouch Video: Prosecutor Delivers Fatal Blow to Trump at Closing Argument [Click] I swan, it sounds like he had the jurors eating out of his hand! ——Alan
Judge Cannon denies Jack Smith's request for a gag order for Trump, admonishes Smith. Trump free to go on about FBI agents threatening to kill him. See CNN. --nordy
From the Independent: A judge blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to place a gag order on Donald Trump during his classified documents trial.
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon wrote that Mr Smith’s request was “wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy,” CNN reports. Mr Smith placed the request on Friday, asking the judge to limit the comments Mr Trump could make about the law enforcement officers who searched his Mar-a-Lago resort.
The former president’s defense team said Mr Smith’s now-denied motion was an “extraordinary, unprecedented, and unconstitutional censorship application.”
On Monday, defense attorney Chris Kise asked Judge Cannon to hold “all government attorneys who participated in the decision to file the motion” in civil contempt and impose sanctions after an evidentiary hearing.
The former president faces allegations that he illegally retained national defense information, that he took part in a conspiracy to obstruct justice, and that he made false statements. nordy
One of the Meidas Touch guys said he expects that, when Cannon rejects the gag order request, then at last Smith will be able to go to the Eleventh Circuit. And, don't forget, it's reported that Trump's counter motion pretty much sites chapter and verse of every time Cannon has made a ruling or done anything else to help Trump. So, maybe, if we continue to be patient, eventually Cannon will be kicked off the case.
Oh, Horrors! [Click] Workers spending 3% less on eating out for lunch! I could never understand why so many workers (and bosses) waste money on eating out. ——Alan
When I was a wild young bachelor typically I would of an evening cut up some carrot or celery sticks to put into my lunch sack together with a piece of fruit, and in the morning add some of whatever quickbread I had made for breakfast. When I became an old married guy, my sweetie would pack something fancier. Of course once in a while I would patronize an eatery, but purchasing lunch every day adds up quickly. -----Alan
From Wikipedia: "Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) is a hypothesis that proposes a modification of Newton's second law to account for observed properties of galaxies. It is supported by a minority of astrophysicists as an alternative to the more widely accepted hypothesis of dark matter in terms of explaining why galaxies do not appear to obey the currently understood laws of physics." -----Alan
From the bottom of the last thread...
ReplyDeleteI keep thinking how we didn't obliterate an entire country to get Osama bin Laden. How come Netanyahu gets to obliterate an entire people to get at Hamas? Why not send in special ops instead? Work out a way for locals to turn in the Hamas leaders. But you don't kill and maim hundreds of innocent people to get at a few bad guys.
"And kill the people to set them free?
Who put this price on their liberty?"*
(Hamas and Israeli leadership)
*quote from the song El Salvador by Peter, Paul and Mary
An American Robin made a nest on our porch in early May. She made it on the top of a wreath, which was somewhat precarious, so Wil shored it up. Early on Mother's Day the nest got raided...we didn't see by whom.
ReplyDeleteA couple weeks went by.
She laid more eggs in the same nest. We hung evergreen branches such that it couldn't easily be seen by predatory birds.
Mid-morning on Memorial Day, the nest got raided again. We didn't see the culprits this time either.
Bluejays? Crows? Maybe a chipmunk?
So we are going to hang a basket on the porch, away from the other location, and set her nest in it, camouflaged by foliage and greens. She trusts us enough to come back. She is still wild and flies off if we come onto the porch: so we use the back door.
We hope the third time's the charm.
As a cat lover I hate to say this, but it was probably a cat. --nordy
DeleteHad the eggs hatched? I can certainly see a cat, especially a feral cat, going after nestlings, but I don't think they go for eggs.
DeleteIt’s actually more likely Bluejays, or possibly a Crow or chipmunk. There was nothing left behind…no egg shells or refuse. Our cats are indoor only.
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DeleteCat (from previous thread), I have heretofore stopped short of accusing the Israelis of genocide, although I agree they are engaged in collective punishment of a civilian population, which is a war crime. It may be a distinction without a difference. Israel's long history of war crimes includes the imposition of settlers on the West Bank, which is a violation of international law. Now the same settlers are blocking aid to the Palestinians. US complicity in these crimes is obvious to everyone except the US. I wish I knew how to stop it. I don't know what to do except keep speaking truth to power. One of the worst problems is the tendency of Israelis and their US supporters to claim any criticism of Israel is antisemitism. Netanyahu did this again in response to the World Court. --nordy
ReplyDeleteYes. I remember a couple of points Bernard Lewis made. In my opinion he got a bad rap because he was favored by a Republican US President (I don't recall which one), but he was a true expert in the Middle East. He was one of the very, very few foreign researchers who was granted access to the Ottoman archives in no small part because he was one of the few people who could actually read and comprehend them. One of the points he made was that the founders of modern Israel were members of Judeo-Christian culture---therefore imbued with the concepts of cooperation [consider the symphony orchestra] and democracy. As time went by, more and more Israelis (emigrants from Moslem countries and Russia) came to be from Judeo-Islamic culture, and therefore more acculturated to seeking victory rather than cooperation. Nowadays majorities of neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians (and their respective supporters), despite their protestations, actually want peace; both want victory. I am sure this is an inaccurate and grossly over-simplified exposition of Dr. Lewis's understanding, but it is what stuck with me from reading one or two of his books.
Delete----Alan [Who also thinks it is insane that Israel (evidently) has such a large nuclear arsenal, in no small part due to the US and France.]
P.S.: It is probably unrealistic, but I also think the US has been pulling France's and Britain's old chestnuts out of the fire for a very long time.
I suppose it is now time for me to change channels to Trump's NY trial. Oh, joy.
Delete-----Alan
That's an angle I never considered. It makes a whole lot of sense. Thanks, Alan.
DeleteI think the book by Lewis that I read was "What Went Wrong"
Delete-----Alan
Thank you, Alan. Bernard Lewis' assessment, just as you paraphrased it, is something I ran by a friend of mine who is Jewish. She completely agrees, and pointed out that it's been going on a very long time and very good people have tried to make it better to no avail (such as Jimmy Carter, not to mention Rabin and Arafat).
DeleteBen Meiselas video: Trump SCREWS HIMSELF with HIS OWN Sanction REQUEST - Click
ReplyDeleteIn re Judge Cannon, I figure she will be booted off the documents case, but when is an imponderable. That really should be a simple case.
Delete-----Alan
Don't know why I can't post a response to nordy's post.
Delete-----Alan
Meidas Touch Video:Trump Lawyer YELLED AT by Judge at closing argument [Click] Boy howdy! Blanche's closing argument is disastrous.
Delete—Alan
Now I see the problem--- a number of blank lines.
Delete-----Alan
Oops Alan--I left the blank lines. Blank lines=blank brain. --nordy
DeleteFigured it out; If that's the worst thing that happens to me today, I'm going to be in great shape! Certainly much better than The Former Guy:
DeleteMeidasTouch Video: Prosecutor Delivers Fatal Blow to Trump at Closing Argument [Click] I swan, it sounds like he had the jurors eating out of his hand!
——Alan
Video: Rachel Maddow reenacts key debunking of Trump defense argument [Click]
DeleteJudge Cannon denies Jack Smith's request for a gag order for Trump, admonishes Smith. Trump free to go on about FBI agents threatening to kill him. See CNN. --nordy
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From the Independent: A judge blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to place a gag order on Donald Trump during his classified documents trial.
ReplyDeleteFederal Judge Aileen Cannon wrote that Mr Smith’s request was “wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy,” CNN reports. Mr Smith placed the request on Friday, asking the judge to limit the comments Mr Trump could make about the law enforcement officers who searched his Mar-a-Lago resort.
The former president’s defense team said Mr Smith’s now-denied motion was an “extraordinary, unprecedented, and unconstitutional censorship application.”
On Monday, defense attorney Chris Kise asked Judge Cannon to hold “all government attorneys who participated in the decision to file the motion” in civil contempt and impose sanctions after an evidentiary hearing.
The former president faces allegations that he illegally retained national defense information, that he took part in a conspiracy to obstruct justice, and that he made false statements. nordy
Great minds, eh? :)
DeleteMichael Popok video: Judge Cannon DENIES and ADMONISHES Jack in ORDER - Click
ReplyDeleteIs there no way to get out from under this judge? --nordy
ReplyDeleteOne of the Meidas Touch guys said he expects that, when Cannon rejects the gag order request, then at last Smith will be able to go to the Eleventh Circuit. And, don't forget, it's reported that Trump's counter motion pretty much sites chapter and verse of every time Cannon has made a ruling or done anything else to help Trump. So, maybe, if we continue to be patient, eventually Cannon will be kicked off the case.
DeleteGlenn Kirschner video: Closing Arguments in Trump's NY Case likely to be the Final Nail in Trump's Accountability Coffin - Click
ReplyDeleteVideo: Harry Littman: Trump lawyers make fatal errors during criminal trial [Click]
ReplyDelete—Alan
Reposted: Meidas Touch Video:Trump Lawyer YELLED AT by Judge at closing argument [Click]
ReplyDelete—Alan
Oh, Horrors! [Click] Workers spending 3% less on eating out for lunch! I could never understand why so many workers (and bosses) waste money on eating out.
ReplyDelete——Alan
Back in the day when I was working outside my home, I sometimes got tired of the sandwiches I brought and went out instead.
DeleteWhen I was a wild young bachelor typically I would of an evening cut up some carrot or celery sticks to put into my lunch sack together with a piece of fruit, and in the morning add some of whatever quickbread I had made for breakfast. When I became an old married guy, my sweetie would pack something fancier. Of course once in a while I would patronize an eatery, but purchasing lunch every day adds up quickly.
Delete-----Alan
That can depend. I most often went to the hot dog plsce near where I worked. A Chicago hot dog is something else, of course.
DeleteAs best I can remember, Prnny and I each made out own sandwiches.
And BTW, since Blogger had me sign into my Google account it has attributted my posts without problem.
Artur Rehi video: French Foreign Legion Enters Ukraine [Click] Ukraine War Update
ReplyDelete——Alan
Anton Petrov video: Several Studies Just Killed MOND Hypothesis of Gravity Once and For All [Click]
ReplyDelete—Alan
What is a Mond hypothesis?
ReplyDeleteFrom Wikipedia:
Delete"Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) is a hypothesis that proposes a modification of Newton's second law to account for observed properties of galaxies. It is supported by a minority of astrophysicists as an alternative to the more widely accepted hypothesis of dark matter in terms of explaining why galaxies do not appear to obey the currently understood laws of physics."
-----Alan