tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post3898492274159573184..comments2024-01-08T21:00:24.932-08:00Comments on The Straight Goods: 200 to 1Grant Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-41228634606483814352014-08-07T04:24:00.581-07:002014-08-07T04:24:00.581-07:00How can you pick sides when both of them want to p...How can you pick sides when both of them want to passionately kill each other?<br />The numbers game is just a distraction. Negotiated peace will not happen any time soon with all this hate and anger flying around. <br /><br />I'm really disappointed with the Liberals travelling with the Harper Cons on the MidEast junket. These two parties seem to be on the same page.<br /><br />I don't think Canada is in a position to really make any sort of influence on this crisis, as we have lost our standing in the world. Not that we had much to begin with. The fact is that Harper is our PM and what he says is what gets reported and attached to Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-14596355278743121572014-08-05T21:28:29.794-07:002014-08-05T21:28:29.794-07:00Lady Warsi resigns over UK’s ‘morally reprehensibl...Lady Warsi resigns over UK’s ‘morally reprehensible’ stance on Gaza<br /><br />Sayeeda Warsi, the senior Foreign Office minister, has resigned from the government in protest at its policy on Gaza, describing it as “morally indefensible”.<br /><br />Lady Warsi announced her departure on Twitter on Tuesday, saying: “With deep regret I have this morning written to the Prime Minister & tendered my resignation. I can no longer support Govt policy on #Gaza.”<br /><br />In her resignation letter, Warsi said the government’s “approach and language during the current crisis in Gaza is morally indefensible, is not in Britain’s national interest and will have a long term detrimental impact on our reputation internationally and domestically”.<br /><br />She said the UK’s stance was “not consistent with the rule of law and our long support for international justice”, adding: “The British government can only play a constructive role in solving the Middle East crisis if it is an honest broker and at the moment I do not think it.<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/05/lady-warsi-resigns-government-gaza-stance Morally Indefensiblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-70552863534614173502014-08-05T21:24:03.186-07:002014-08-05T21:24:03.186-07:00International criminal court urged to investigate ...International criminal court urged to investigate Gaza 'crimes'<br /><br />Senior British lawyers have written to the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague, urging it to investigate "crimes" committed in Gaza, including the destruction of homes, hospitals and schools.<br /><br />The letter was sent by Kirsty Brimelow QC, the chair of the Bar Council's human rights committee, and was signed by a host of senior British barristers and law professors.<br /><br />"It would bring about an end to the impunity which has prevailed in the region to date, fuelling ever increasingly brutal cycles of violence. The international community cannot continue to act simply as witness to such bloodshed and extreme civilian suffering."<br /><br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/05/international-criminal-court-urged-investigate-gaza-crimesIsrael Committed Actionable War Crimesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-56535034552043260452014-08-05T19:48:08.880-07:002014-08-05T19:48:08.880-07:00Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip has k...Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip has killed 408 children, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.<br /><br />The death toll exceeded that of the sad 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead that killed 350 children.<br /><br />According to UNICEF, over the last month the operation injured no less than 2,500 Palestinian children. A one-month infant is among the victims of the Israeli fire at the Gaza Strip, which is one of the world’s most densely populated areas. The conflict has already claimed lives of 1,800 Palestinians. Six children had been injured, the fund said.<br /><br />According to the UN, civilians account for more than 70% of those killed; children make up a third of the total civilian death count.<br /><br />The 29-day military operation has damaged 142 schools, including 89 schools controlled by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). A total of 373,000 children needed psychological aid, UNICEF said.<br /><br />The Israeli army started Operation Protective Edge (Solid Rock in Hebrew) on July 8 to destroy Hamas underground tunnels leading to Israel. The 72-hour truce in the Gaza Strip came into force on Tuesday morning.<br /><br />http://www.blacklistednews.com/Israeli_operation_kills_more_than_400_Gaza_children/37077/0/38/38/Y/M.htmlJust for the Recordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-38777921338714177442014-08-04T20:47:46.773-07:002014-08-04T20:47:46.773-07:00Not only this.
Myths being promoted by government...Not only this.<br /><br />Myths being promoted by governments and their media include the demonizing of Putin and the support for their Ukrainian puppet regime, the idea that there is an economic "recovery" going on (has been for the past six years?!?) and I keep reading from neocon sites the myth that the Obama administration is some kind of "friend of Palestinians"??<br /><br />The disinformation and propaganda are getting more and more obvious and desperate.Cocoabeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-26056853526392174492014-08-04T20:46:40.687-07:002014-08-04T20:46:40.687-07:00Not only this.
Myths being promoted by government...Not only this.<br /><br />Myths being promoted by governments and their media include the demonizing of Putin and the support for their Ukrainian puppet regime, the idea that there is an economic "recovery" going on (has been for the past six years?!?) and I keep reading from neocon sites the myth that the Obama administration is some kind of "friend of Palestinians"??<br /><br />The disinformation and propaganda are getting more and more obvious and desperate.Cocoabeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-63880186230723135462014-08-04T19:11:52.009-07:002014-08-04T19:11:52.009-07:00Cash, Weapons and Surveillance: the U.S. is a Key ...Cash, Weapons and Surveillance: the U.S. is a Key Party to Every Israeli Attack<br />Tags: ISRAEL PALESTINE POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION WHITE HOUSE<br />The U.S. government has long lavished overwhelming aid on Israel, providing cash, weapons and surveillance technology that play a crucial role in Israel’s attacks on its neighbors. But top secret documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden shed substantial new light on how the U.S. and its partners directly enable Israel’s military assaults – such as the one on Gaza.<br /><br />Over the last decade, the NSA has significantly increased the surveillance assistance it provides to its Israeli counterpart, the Israeli SIGINT National Unit (ISNU; also known as Unit 8200), including data used to monitor and target Palestinians. In many cases, the NSA and ISNU work cooperatively with the British and Canadian spy agencies, the GCHQ and CSEC.<br /><br />https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/08/04/cash-weapons-surveillance/Time to Face it: Zionism IS the Hidden Handnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-74468691573951902242014-08-03T18:36:12.737-07:002014-08-03T18:36:12.737-07:00New York or Jerusalem Times? Newspaper admits to c...New York or Jerusalem Times? Newspaper admits to censoring stories on Israel<br /><br />The New York Times Criticized for Submitting to Israeli Censors<br />Whoever thought The New York Times was fair and balanced did not consider their coverage of Israel. Recently, they admitted to 'submitting to Israeli state gag orders'.<br /><br />http://www.juancole.com/2014/04/criticized-submitting-israeli.htmlWe're All Going To Be Palestinians Before Longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-7748208545694956572014-08-03T18:08:03.285-07:002014-08-03T18:08:03.285-07:00Ken Loach slams BBC coverage of Israel's war o...Ken Loach slams BBC coverage of Israel's war on Palestine at broadcaster's Bristol HQ<br /><br />Film-maker Ken Loach yesterday tore into the BBC for its biased coverage of Israel’s assault on Gaza as he joined an ongoing occupation outside the broadcaster’s headquarters in Bristol.<br /><br />Speaking to the Morning Star from the front lawn of the BBC Bristol offices, Mr Loach said: “The protesters are doing a terrific job even as the BBC is threatening to get them evicted from the site.<br /><br />“We should note that many at the BBC, including senior staff, are embarrassed by the broadcaster’s coverage that has an obvious pro-Israel bias.<br /><br />“They don’t put the views of Palestinians to the Israelis during interviews, while the use of language about Gazans is pejorative and the war crimes being committed against them ignored.<br /><br />“They’re not ‘militants’ or ‘terrorists,’ they’re ‘resistance fighters.’ On the one side innocent people are being massacred, while the other are setting off a few fireworks.<br /><br />“It’s the BBC, we own it, so it should be answerable.”<br /><br />http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-9292-Ken-Loach-slams-BBC-coverage-of-Israels-war-on-Palestine-at-broadcasters-Bristol-HQ#.U97ccuBNE20Zionist Control Media Corps(e) and It Showsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-47616525269490896272014-08-03T17:14:51.115-07:002014-08-03T17:14:51.115-07:00Latest Gallup poll shows young Americans overwhelm...Latest Gallup poll shows young Americans overwhelmingly support Palestine.<br /><br />Large demonstrations against Israel's assault on Palestinians in Gaza were staged across the US on Saturday. The public outpouring of support for Palestinians in US streets suggests that Washington's pro-Israel policies are becoming increasingly unpopular, a trend supported by a recent poll on Israel's latest aggression, which finds that young Americans are twice as likely to support Palestinian rights than Israeli occupation.<br /><br />Tens of thousands of Americans held a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington, DC. Protestors travelled in buses from around the country to join the national rally, waving Palestinian flags and chanting "free Palestine" in the US capital.<br /><br />https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/13203-latest-gallup-poll-shows-young-americans-overwhelmingly-support-palestineRabbinate Fears Assimilation More Than Anythingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-77530798058488559792014-08-03T16:44:17.194-07:002014-08-03T16:44:17.194-07:00Israel Eavesdropped On John Kerry
When it comes t...Israel Eavesdropped On John Kerry<br /><br />When it comes to diplomacy, John Kerry may have rapidly become the biggest laughing joke in US State Department history, but that doesn't mean his exchanges weren't valuable to others. Others such as Israel, whose relations with the US have gone from worse to atrocious in recent months, and which as Spiegel just revealed, had eavesdropped on John Kerry on at least one occasion, during Mid-East peace negotiations. Israel would then use the information obtained from the calls during its own negotiations in the Mideast conflict. Further, Spiegel reports that at least one other intelligence service also listened in as Kerry mediated last year between Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab states. The German publications adds wryly that "revelations of the eavesdropping could further damage already tense relations between the US government and Israel" although with Netanyahu openly refusing Obama's demands about a Gaza ceasefire, one wonders just how much worse things between the two "allies" could get.<br /><br />http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/israel-intelligence-eavesdropped-on-phone-calls-by-john-kerry-a-984246.htmlWith Friends Like Thisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-9404895829295134512014-08-03T16:17:16.538-07:002014-08-03T16:17:16.538-07:00Jackie Mason finds nothing funny about celebrities...Jackie Mason finds nothing funny about celebrities tearing into Israel.<br /><br />The "legendary" comic blasted stars like Rihanna, Selena Gomez and Penelope Cruz for their views on the current Israeli/Hamas fighting, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<br /><br />The comments, set to air Sunday on Aaron Klein Investigative Radio on Salem Radio's AM 970 in New York, put him in company with fellow Israel defenders Joan Rivers and Howard Stern.<br /><br />[Celebrities] come from these kinds of anti-Semitic, low-class backgrounds where a Jew is the most disgusting thing in the world to them," <br /><br />Mason answers, according to audio obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. "The ironic thing is that it's Jewish people who own these Hollywood studios … And they all hire these people and they depend on them for a living. Every penny they made is made from Jews and they hate every Jew just by nature.<br /><br />Mason went on to attack celebrities in general for their oversized egos.<br /><br />They don't have a conversation unless it's about their next picture," Mason says. "If you say to them, 'There is a war going on,' they probably never heard about it … They don't even know missiles have been raining on Israel every day for no reason anyone can think of … what's happening to Jews, they deserve it. That's all they know.<br /><br />In recent days Rihanna tweeted out #FreePalestine but quickly deleted the tweet, and the real-life couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz signed a statement calling Israeli's military actions akin to genocide.<br /><br />http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/08/01/jackie-mason-celebrities-israel<br /><br />>>>>>><br /><br />Comedian Joan Rivers isn’t backing down from her outspoken support for Israel in its conflict against the terrorist group Hamas.<br />“Here we go again: If New Jersey was lobbing rockets over into New York, there would be no Newark,” Rivers said during an interview on Howard Stern’s radio show Monday, before quipping about the destruction of Newark: “Which is not such a terrible thing.”<br />Rivers says the media are handing Hamas a victory that the terrorist group isn’t earning on the battlefield.<br />“You know whose won this war? Hamas, because of the PR,” she said.<br />Asked by Stern why more celebrities are not speaking out in favor of Israel’s cause, Rivers lamented: “Because there is anti-Semitism all over the world and it breaks my heart.”<br />Stern himself spoke out about the current conflict in Gaza last week, declaring on his radio show: “If you’re anti-Israel then you are anti-America.”<br /><br />http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/29/joan-rivers-slams-media-on-israel-gaza-coverage-hamas-winning-war-because-of-the-pr/Send in the Clownsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-88034966452397419692014-08-03T09:53:56.452-07:002014-08-03T09:53:56.452-07:00Well after all. Hitler had his Goebbels and Harper...Well after all. Hitler had his Goebbels and Harper has his propaganda machines too. Hitler had his henchmen, Harper has his. Christy Clark is merely, Harper's useful idiot.<br /><br />Don't forget Harper's planeload of people, he took with him to visit Israel.<br /><br />Harper encourages Israel to make war on Palestine. He even had an Israel support rally. However, Israel should be told? Harper does not speak for all Canadians. I would wager, most Canadians despise Harper.<br /><br />The dead Palestinian children are, merely collateral damage.<br /><br />Were the little Jewish children with tattoos on their arms, merely collateral damage too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-66663172265865622892014-08-03T05:42:01.688-07:002014-08-03T05:42:01.688-07:00At least 10 killed in strike on UN school in Gaza:...At least 10 killed in strike on UN school in Gaza: medics (August 3, 2014)<br /><br />Another one! The third time in 10 days that Israeli fire has hit a UN school<br /><br />http://news.yahoo.com/least-7-killed-strike-un-school-gaza-medics-083948407.htmlSo This Is Zionism!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-69389667567828460332014-08-03T01:44:28.502-07:002014-08-03T01:44:28.502-07:00Good on you for saying what you have.
'Tis ex...Good on you for saying what you have.<br /><br />'Tis exactly as I feel.<br /><br />Takes a lot of courage to call this horrible injustice for what it is.<br /><br />Thanks for putting it down in words.Jon Ghunnoreply@blogger.com