Politics
Stephen A. is on point
It's unconscionable to vote R. This is a disgrace. It is inhumane. On Texas’ new immigration bill. pic.twitter.com/baGhpEGLzD — Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) December 19, 2023
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Rest In Harmony, Jeffrey Foskett (February 17, 1956 – December 11, 2023)
Years ago someone I'm not friends with anymore (but happy trails, brother) turned me onto Jeffrey Foskett. I listened to I Live For The Sun, I was hooked. Brian Wilson said Jeffrey had "one of the 5 best voices I've heard". Man was Brian
Politics
October 7 will cost the Democrats The White House and more
Today in town a young, professional, hip and connected woman noticed my Kufiya. She said to me, "nice scarf". So we had a chat. October 7 woke her up. Like me, she started doing some research. She's figured it out and so have her friends. Because
Politics
Fifteen Things You Should Never Have To Say To A Country
Caitlin Johnstone's newsletter tells it like it is. Yesterday's "15 things you should never have to say to a country" piece is worth reposting in its entirety. Here it is. 1. Stop bombing children. 2. Don’t kill journalists. 3. Don’t bomb hospitals.
Politics
Is this another 60's?
gm, The post preview picture is from Yemen today. There's so much unrest in the world. Millions are calling out Israel's illegal war. UN Special Rapporteur: Israel can’t claim ‘right of self-defence’Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur, has said that Israel cannot claim the right
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Turns out "from the river to the sea" doesn't mean what Zionists say it does
Katie Halper, who's Jewish, has been doing great reporting on the Israel-Gaza conflict. Please subscribe to her YouTube channel or her Patreon. Watch this piece with Yousef Munayyer, a Palestinian American analyst and head of the Israel-Palestine program at Arab Center Washington DC. to learn what "river
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John Oliver's Israel-Hamas piece is must watch TV
From his piece: First from a Jewish man who's daughter was killed by a Hamas suicide bomber 26 years ago: "We are in a circle of blood the last 75 years. And this is just another round. Nobody expected the viciousness or cruelty of this round but
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Nyad is an incredible story of body and mind
gm! Watched Nyad last night on Netflix. At 63, after 4 failed attempts starting when she was 28, Diana Nyad achieved her life long goal of swimming from Cuba to Key West FL. 100 mile swim. Non stop. As a former hack swimmer, I followed Diana Nyad's story
Wars
There's Only So Much Propaganda Spin You Can Put On The Murder Of Thousands Of Children
Caitlin Johnstone's newsletter today connects with me in so many ways it deserves to be posted here in its entirety. Listen to an audio reading here. A friend and I were emailing yesterday about how millions of Americans have fallen to as Caitlin writes, "mass-scale psychological manipulation&
Wars
No Bill, it's genocide
Tonight I tuned into Bill Maher. I haven't watched in a couple months, I'd tuned him out. Bill called for an end to saying "genocide". The Law: The Genocide Convention of 1948, born of the Holocaust, defines the crime of genocide in Article 2
Wars
Norman Finkelstein Rebuts Zionist Student Playing The Holocaust Card On Him
No one knows more about Gaza than Norman Finkelstein, who's Jewish. From this clip in 2009: "It is completely and exactly because of the lessons my parents taught me and my two siblings, that I will not be silent when Israel commits its crimes against the Palestinians.
Field Notes
Being a great small business
Today I was in Glenwood Springs seeing my friends Tommy and Tina Divel at Grande Optics. Tommy and I were talking about what makes a great small business and why great small businesses are what the world needs. I was telling Tommy how I've never in all my