1.30.2015
STOP. WATCH: Dolphin Asks Diver for Help Removing a Fishing Hook Read more at http://blog.therainforestsite.com/dolphin-hook-rescue/#psRuigYJxtPyFMJm.99
WATCH: Dolphin Asks Diver for Help Removing a Fishing Hook
Read more at http://blog.therainforestsite.com/dolphin-hook-rescue/#psRuigYJxtPyFMJm.99
Read more at http://blog.therainforestsite.com/dolphin-hook-rescue/#psRuigYJxtPyFMJm.99
***** On Religion.... When Religion moves from 'as if' it were True, to 'IT IS THE TRUTH' it moves from Life Giving to Death Giving... Religion is NEVER the Truth, Reality. And... It is virtually impossible for a human to exist without a 'religion' - world view, understanding of how things work, belief system. "Fundamentalism" is the genocidal problem. (click for detail)
(the following is far from neatly written and thought out but it is an explosive advance, for me, this afternoon, in terms of my understanding of these issues)
When Religion moves from 'as if' it were True, to 'IT IS THE TRUTH' it moves from Life Giving to Death Giving
Religion is often on my mind because it is central to the single greatest evil on earth today - the slow torture genocide of my Muslim / Christian family in Palestine by Fundamentalist US christians and Israeli jews. This is forcing me into study of Islam, Judaism, fundamentalism (christian and jewish)... that otherwise I would not undertake:
Fundamentalism
is clinical delusion, insanity, mental illness. It is divorce from
reality, truth... that we can never know Reality, Truth.
Fundamentalism of the left, the liberals, academic elites... is destroying all life on earth materially and destroying much human goodness by ignoring the moral limits and boundaries the human needs for Health and Survival.
Fundamentalism on the right, the conservatives... is destroying life regionally - christian Fundamentalists exterminating a million in Iraq, torturing millions in Palestine, literally trying to bring about Armageddon. muslim fundamentalists are killing thousands in Nigeria, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria.... jewish fundamentalists are driving much of the US christian Fundamentalist insanity and mid-east Islamic Fundamentalist insanity. Fundamentalists on the right are thereby moving us to global annihilation by nuclear war.
When Religion moves from 'as if' it were True, to 'IT IS THE TRUTH' it moves from Life Giving to Death Giving
Religion is often on my mind because it is central to the single greatest evil on earth today - the slow torture genocide of my Muslim / Christian family in Palestine by Fundamentalist US christians and Israeli jews. This is forcing me into study of Islam, Judaism, fundamentalism (christian and jewish)... that otherwise I would not undertake:
Human Religion is NEVER the Truth, Reality because we Humans are in imperfect species.
And... It
is virtually impossible for a human to exist without a 'Religion' -
world view, understanding of how things work, belief system.
And it is Impossible to Thrive Spiritually and Physically without a comprehensive, healthy, Holistic, Truth-Approximating Religion that enables one to keep all aspects of their needs as humans optimally met, and those of the people they influence, most importantly young-ones. (Adamant 'Blindness' to this is maybe the most fatal flaw of the Left.)
And it is Impossible to Thrive Spiritually and Physically without a comprehensive, healthy, Holistic, Truth-Approximating Religion that enables one to keep all aspects of their needs as humans optimally met, and those of the people they influence, most importantly young-ones. (Adamant 'Blindness' to this is maybe the most fatal flaw of the Left.)
One
of the greatest scientific minds, EO Wilson, is in the news recent days
for his stance in an upcoming book that the world is dying from
religion. I often have this thought. But seeing this from him makes me
recall that no one does not have a 'religion,' a 'belief system,' a way
of 'seeing and understanding' the world.
What
may well destroy the world, and what DOES destroy any individual
'spiritually' (the only existence that matters) is not Religion, which is Indispensable and Unavoidable, but Fundamentalism, that
is, when one moves from understanding that their way of seeing the world
is NOT REALITY, NOT TRUE... that the world, the Creator, is REAL, TRUE,
and that our religion at best can only approximate that Truth,
Reality... to the error of 'believing' their Religion to be True, Realty, and therefore 1. The Only True religion (all others being inferior) and 2. Dead, Fixed, no longer moving closer to the Truth, Reality... and probably 'Killing' anyone and anything that IS moving toward them. Making this mistake is the False Idol that Jesus spoke of, and
the 'Tribal' religions that cause so many genocidal wars. Making this
mistake is when 'religion' becomes 'dry as dust,' or, 'a social club with a thin veneer of reality,' whether this fatal mistake is made by a
christian, jew, scientist or atheist, liberal or conservative.
The
US left, Liberals, are mostly Fundamentalists. They believe they know
the Truth - education, science, equality, rationality... whatever.
The
US right conservatives are mostly Fundamentalists - 'christian' (they
couldn't be more anti-Christlike), terrified of change, 'religiously'
selfish in principal... whatever.
The one in a million Great Humans are so exactly because they never make the Deadly Error of becoming Fundamentalist in their Belief.
The one in a million Great Humans are so exactly because they never make the Deadly Error of becoming Fundamentalist in their Belief.
All
Fundamentalist make themselves less than human, sub-human, truly
'Dead,' Dead to moving closer to Reality, Truth... they surrender their
'Image' as children of the Creator by taking on their Fundamentalists
beliefs as Truth, Reality, rather than Facing, Embracing that their
Religion is at best a means of best living even though we can never know
Truth, Reality being the imperfect beings that we are... and that their Religion can, and needs to, constantly improve, move more toward the Truth, Reality.
Fundamentalism of the left, the liberals, academic elites... is destroying all life on earth materially and destroying much human goodness by ignoring the moral limits and boundaries the human needs for Health and Survival.
Fundamentalism on the right, the conservatives... is destroying life regionally - christian Fundamentalists exterminating a million in Iraq, torturing millions in Palestine, literally trying to bring about Armageddon. muslim fundamentalists are killing thousands in Nigeria, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria.... jewish fundamentalists are driving much of the US christian Fundamentalist insanity and mid-east Islamic Fundamentalist insanity. Fundamentalists on the right are thereby moving us to global annihilation by nuclear war.
1.29.2015
vid. John McCain to Code Pink: "Get out of here you low-life scum." ..... Is "Code Pink" low-life scum? I mean, have they paid some price to morally justify their regular public assaults on world figures? Or do they just take cheap, 'low life' shots paying little or no personal price to do so? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/01/29/mccain-get-out-of-here-you-low-life-scum/
Is "Code Pink" low-life scum? I mean, have they paid some price to morally justify their regular public assaults on world figures? Or do they just take cheap, 'low life' shots paying little or no personal price to do so? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/01/29/mccain-get-out-of-here-you-low-life-scum/
1.28.2015
1.27.2015
Nd. Rabbi Kook, the Elder, the revered father of the messianic tendency of Jewish fundamentalism (who is featured in our book), said “The difference between a Jewish soul and souls of non-Jews – all of them in all different levels – is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle. ...... Rabbi Kook’s entire teaching was based upon the Lurianic Cabbala, the school of Jewish mysticism that dominated Judaism from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. One of the basic tenants of the Lurianic Cabbala is the absolute superiority of the Jewish soul and body over the non-Jewish soul and body. According to the Lurianic Cabbala, the world was created solely for the sake of Jews; the existence of non-Jews was subsidiary. If an influential Christian bishop or Islamic scholar argued that the difference between the superior souls of non-Jews and the inferior souls of Jews was greater than the difference between the human soul and the souls of cattle, he would incur the wrath of and be viewed as an anti-Semite by most Jewish scholars regardless of whatever less meaningful, positive statements he included ” , Israel Shahak, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel.
Rabbi Kook, the Elder, the revered father of the messianic tendency of Jewish fundamentalism (who is featured in our book), said “The difference between a Jewish soul and souls of non-Jews – all of them in all different levels – is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle. ...... Rabbi Kook’s entire teaching was based upon the Lurianic Cabbala, the school of Jewish mysticism that dominated Judaism from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. One of the basic tenants of the Lurianic Cabbala is the absolute superiority of the Jewish soul and body over the non-Jewish soul and body. According to the Lurianic Cabbala, the world was created solely for the sake of Jews; the existence of non-Jews was subsidiary. If an influential Christian bishop or Islamic scholar argued that the difference between the superior souls of non-Jews and the inferior souls of Jews was greater than the difference between the human soul and the souls of cattle, he would incur the wrath of and be viewed as an anti-Semite by most Jewish scholars regardless of whatever less meaningful, positive statements he included ” , Israel Shahak, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel.
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the Archbishop of Wales has criticized "atheistic fundamentalism" broadly[26][27][28] and said "Any kind of fundamentalism, be it Biblical, atheistic or Islamic, is dangerous".[29] He also said, "the new fundamentalism of our age ... leads to the language of expulsion and exclusivity, of extremism and polarisation, and the claim that, because God is on our side, he is not on yours."
Nd. , Israel Shahak, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel.
, Israel Shahak, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel.
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Nd. " Virtually identified with Arab terrorism, Islamic fundamentalism is anathema throughout the non-Muslim world. Virtually identified with ignorance, superstition, intolerance and racism, Christian fundamentalism is anathema to the cultural and intellectual elite in the United States. The recent significant increase in its number of adherents, combined with its widening political influence, nevertheless, make Christian fundamentalism a real threat to democracy in the United States. Although possessing nearly all the important social scientific properties of Islamic and Christian fundamentalism, Jewish fundamentalism is practically unknown outside of Israel and certain sections of a few other places. When its existence is acknowledged, its significance is minimized or limited to arcane religious practices and quaint middle European dress, most often by those same non-Israeli elite commentators who see so uncompromisingly the evils inherent in Jewish fundamentalism’s Islamic and/or Christian cousins" , Israel Shahak, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel.
" Virtually identified with Arab terrorism, Islamic fundamentalism is anathema throughout the non-Muslim world. Virtually identified with ignorance, superstition, intolerance and racism, Christian fundamentalism is anathema to the cultural and intellectual elite in the United States. The recent significant increase in its number of adherents, combined with its widening political influence, nevertheless, make Christian fundamentalism a real threat to democracy in the United States. Although possessing nearly all the important social scientific properties of Islamic and Christian fundamentalism, Jewish fundamentalism is practically unknown outside of Israel and certain sections of a few other places. When its existence is acknowledged, its significance is minimized or limited to arcane religious practices and quaint middle European dress, most often by those same non-Israeli elite commentators who see so uncompromisingly the evils inherent in Jewish fundamentalism’s Islamic and/or Christian cousins" , Israel Shahak, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel.
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'American Sniper' - Evidence of the Swamp of Moral Depravity in Which America Is Sinking.... "The peddling of such myths is the very currency of Hollywood. Over many decades the US movie industry has proved itself one of the most potent weapons in the armoury of US imperialism, helping to project a myth of an America defined by lofty attributes of courage, freedom, and democracy"
'American Sniper' - Evidence of the Swamp of Moral Depravity in Which America Is Sinking.... "The peddling of such myths is the very currency of Hollywood. Over many decades the US movie industry has proved itself one of the most potent weapons in the armoury of US imperialism, helping to project a myth of an America defined by lofty attributes of courage, freedom, and democracy"
Nd. Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid was probably correct when in a December 19, 2003 statement he described the Jewish settlers in the West Bank and Gaza as “barbaric” and accused them of having de facto control in Israel and of wanting to drive Palestinians out of the West Bank and Jordan, Israel Shahak, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel.
Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid was probably correct when in a December 19, 2003 statement he described the Jewish settlers in the West Bank and Gaza as “barbaric” and accused them of having de facto control in Israel and of wanting to drive Palestinians out of the West Bank and Jordan, Israel Shahak, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel.
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Israel Shahak, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel: Fundamentalist members of the Knesset, for example, concerned about the increase of homosexuality compared homosexuals and lesbians to animals and vowed that “when in power” they would order compulsory psychiatric treatment for homosexuals and lesbians
Fundamentalist members of the Knesset, for example, concerned about the increase of homosexuality compared homosexuals and lesbians to animals and vowed that “when in power” they would order compulsory psychiatric treatment for homosexuals and lesbians
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Nd. "many Israeli Jews are chauvinists who feel pride in the display of Jewish power and considered it to be compensation for centuries of Jewish humiliation." from Jewish fundamentalism by Israel Shahak
"many Israeli Jews are chauvinists who feel pride in the display of Jewish power and considered it to be compensation for centuries of Jewish humiliation." from Jewish fundamentalism by Israel Shahak
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1.26.2015
Having read the first 1/5 of the Qur'an I find it no more primitive, quaint, ignorant, dangerous, ignorant, harmful, 'terrorizing'... (detail)
Having read the first 1/5 of the Qur'an I find it no more primitive, quaint, ignorant, dangerous, ignorant, harmful, 'terrorizing'... than the Old Testament and New Testament... except for the Humane, Advanced, Sane Moral Teachings of Jesus in Mark, Luke and Matthew (not the nonsense in John) which is somewhat carried forward in the Qur'an as well. Both are books by fairly good, well-intended people trying, within the limits of the knowledge and science of their time, to increase the peace and well-being of humankind. Jesus, the man, alone, according to the best scholars I can find, focused on morality, Universal Family, and effectively rejected all the mythology, mysticism, magic of the sort found in the OT and repeated in the Qur'an. I find the Qur'an less deadly in word and historical consequence than the christian bibloe because although like the NT bible Jesus is revered, in the NT it is largely for what was made up about him, 'son of god,' which was NOT carried forward in the Qur'an.
President Obama gave the traditional mainstream media carte blanche for six years. They failed to report truthfully, accurately, and in an unbiased manner. The president decided to remove a level of indirection to get his message out. No longer will the traditional mainstream media get first dibs. These vloggers and bloggers will no longer be solely dependent on the traditional media's colored interpretation.
1.25.2015
nd. Hmmm. Every species, all healthy tissue, every healthy organ... devotes every second of its existence to the well-being of the species, and the larger body, group, all of creation... and humans think they can be happy devoting their lives to their individual self, and maybe a few others around them, as does cancer.
Hmmm. Every species, all healthy tissue, every healthy organ... devotes every second of its existence to the well-being of the species, and the larger body, group, all of creation... and humans think they can be happy devoting their lives to their individual self, and maybe a few others around them, as does cancer.
1.24.2015
1.23.2015
nd. To those of you blissfully passing around liberal memes from these savages: Bernie, Lizzie, Hillary... are up to their elbows in the blood, flesh, brains... body parts of 520 Palestinian children just this summer. That's not a red-line for you, huh? Never Again means... Never Again... IF it is CONVENIENT for me and mine? If you don't draw the line NOW, HERE, it is coming to a bedroom near you... and God Damn, YOU WILL SSSSSOOOOOOOOO DESERVE IT.
To those of you blissfully passing around liberal memes from these savages: Bernie, Lizzie, Hillary... are up to their elbows in the blood, flesh, brains... body parts of 520 Palestinian children just this summer. That's not a red-line for you, huh? Never Again means... Never Again... IF it is CONVENIENT for me and mine? If you don't draw the line NOW, HERE, it is coming to a bedroom near you... and God Damn, YOU WILL SSSSSOOOOOOOOO DESERVE IT.
Demolitions, displacements in West Bank 'must stop immediately,' urges UN envoy. UN News Centre http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49885
Demolitions, displacements in West Bank 'must stop immediately,' urges UN envoy.
UN News Centre http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49885
UN News Centre http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49885
Rabbi Abraham J. Heschel, now recognized as the most significant American Jewish theologian of the 20th century. On Israel, Palestine.... http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/what-would-a-j-heschel-be-doing-or-advocating-today
Rabbi Abraham J. Heschel, now recognized as the most significant American Jewish theologian of the 20th century. On Israel, Palestine.... http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/what-would-a-j-heschel-be-doing-or-advocating-today
***** From the Divine Jewish Rabbi Abraham Heschel: "To pray means to bring God back into the world, a world which has strayed so far from God’s will that God is in exile from the world S/He created." AMEN AMEN AMEN. His essay "The Meaning of This Hour," is the most Godly, Most Divine, Most Sane, Humane.... essay that ever in my life I have read.... HERE at a site I put up in 2007: http://peaceandnonviolence.blogspot.com/2007/03/meaning-of-this-hour-abraham-j-heschel.html
From the Divine Jewish Rabbi Abraham Heschel: "To pray means to bring God back into the world, a world which has strayed so far from God’s will that God is in exile from the world S/He created." AMEN AMEN AMEN. His essay "The Meaning of This Hour," is the most Godly, Most Divine, Most Sane, Humane.... essay that ever in my life I have read.... HERE at a site I put up in 2007: http://peaceandnonviolence.blogspot.com/2007/03/meaning-of-this-hour-abraham-j-heschel.html
Quran literally means "a reading or reciting." However, the term "Quran" has been historically used specifically to refer to the book which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The term "Quran" is mentioned in a number of places throughout the book in reference to itself.
Quran literally means "a reading or reciting."
However, the term "Quran" has been historically used specifically to
refer to the book which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon
him). The term "Quran" is mentioned in a number of places throughout the
book in reference to itself.
Qur'an: "All those who believe, and the Jews and the Sabians and the Christians, in fact any one who believes in God and the Last Day, and performs good deeds, will have nothing to fear or regret."
Qur'an: "All those who believe, and the Jews and the Sabians and the Christians, in fact any one who believes in God and the Last Day, and performs good deeds, will have nothing to fear or regret."
1.22.2015
nd. Nite nite. Off to the hospital early for more cancer tests.
Nite nite. Off to the hospital early for more cancer tests.
Living in Israel isn’t the solution to antisemitism Middle East Antony Loewenstein - See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/living-solution-antisemitism#sthash.cHFO8t98.dpuf
Living in Israel isn’t the solution to antisemitism
- See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/living-solution-antisemitism#sthash.cHFO8t98.dpuf
- See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/living-solution-antisemitism#sthash.cHFO8t98.dpuf
nd. No offense. Just a heads up. Probably won't be long before I will un-friend folks that encourage others to eat the flesh of our fellow creatures.
No offense. Just a heads up. Probably won't be long before I will un-friend folks that encourage others to eat the flesh of our fellow creatures.
On Islam: I'm 12% into my first reading of the Qur'an, and 6 months....
On Islam - The Bible in other words, less mystical... nothing more or less frightening than that. I'm 12% into my first reading of the Qur'an, and 6 months into some consideration of Islam, Muslims. I was 100% ignorant prior. In several more months I'll be many times more knowledgeable that I am now. My experience of the Qur'an thus far is that it is the old and new testaments - the same attempt to inspire and cajole and frighten... people to put their consciences in charge, less mystical (which is much to my approval), but very much in keeping with what I know of the Bible as a spiritual tool to be used to accentuate conscience, goodness, justice, righteousness. Tragically, like the Bible, it is as easy to turn into a deadly weapon of those without conscience, justice, goodness. I find these sentences consistent with what I've seen so far: "be good to your parents and relatives, the orphans and the needy and the neighbours who are your relatives, and the neighbours who are strangers, and the friend by your side, the traveller and your servants and subordinates. God does not surely love those who are arrogant and boastful,
Who are miserly and bid others to be so, and hide what God has given them in His largesse. We have prepared for unbelievers a shameful punishment.
Those who spend of their wealth to show off and do not believe in God and the Last Day, take Satan as companion, and how evil a companion (have they)!
Would something have befallen them if they had believed in God and the Last Day, and spent of what has been given them by God? God is fully aware of all they do."
Who are miserly and bid others to be so, and hide what God has given them in His largesse. We have prepared for unbelievers a shameful punishment.
Those who spend of their wealth to show off and do not believe in God and the Last Day, take Satan as companion, and how evil a companion (have they)!
Would something have befallen them if they had believed in God and the Last Day, and spent of what has been given them by God? God is fully aware of all they do."
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald: American Sniper is a 'Neocon Fantasy' in Which 'There's No Good Iraqi Except a Dead Iraqi' In a debate on the Ed Show, Greenwald criticized the film for its deadly take on patriotism.
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald: American Sniper is a 'Neocon Fantasy' in Which 'There's No Good Iraqi Except a Dead Iraqi'
Saint (Truly) Amira Hass: "Law enforcement officers who don't put settlers on trial for attacking Palestinians must also be considered suspects." http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.637747
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.637747
***** (by a Jew): The Muslim Today Is the Jew of 1939 First, though, a general statement: I am Jewish. My background and experience teaches me that when any group, social class, religion is singled out for persecution, discrimination, hostile treatment of any kind, this sets a precedent for doing the same to other groups, classes, religions—a precedent that creates a dynamic of hate not easily contained or stopped. With persecution of one group, the whole society suffers, its moral character compromised and diminished. Either there is respect for everyone, or a social cancer eats away at the people as a whole, sowing mistrust and cruelty..... http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/19/persecution-a-crusade-against-muslims/
***** (by a Jew): The Muslim Today Is the Jew of 1939
First, though, a general statement: I am Jewish. My background and experience teaches me that when any group, social class, religion is singled out for persecution, discrimination, hostile treatment of any kind, this sets a precedent for doing the same to other groups, classes, religions—a precedent that creates a dynamic of hate not easily contained or stopped. With persecution of one group, the whole society suffers, its moral character compromised and diminished. Either there is respect for everyone, or a social cancer eats away at the people as a whole, sowing mistrust and cruelty..... http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/19/persecution-a-crusade-against-muslims/
First, though, a general statement: I am Jewish. My background and experience teaches me that when any group, social class, religion is singled out for persecution, discrimination, hostile treatment of any kind, this sets a precedent for doing the same to other groups, classes, religions—a precedent that creates a dynamic of hate not easily contained or stopped. With persecution of one group, the whole society suffers, its moral character compromised and diminished. Either there is respect for everyone, or a social cancer eats away at the people as a whole, sowing mistrust and cruelty..... http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/19/persecution-a-crusade-against-muslims/
Saint (Truly) Norman Finkelstein: "There's a very big difference between satire and sadism. Charlie Hebdo is sadism. It's not satire." http://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2015/01/21/finkelstein-charlie-hebdo-is-not-satire
Saint (Truly) Norman Finkelstein: "There's a very big difference between satire and sadism. Charlie Hebdo is sadism. It's not satire." http://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2015/01/21/finkelstein-charlie-hebdo-is-not-satire
***** What, above all else, may drive me to an early grave... is the do nothing, risk nothing, pay no price, whine whine whine whine whine... liberals, that pay in a lifetime not 1% of what Pr. Obama pays risks contributes in a day. "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch and don't stop them," Einstein paraphrase. He was talking about today's criminally cowardly, depraved, disgusting US liberals. Had 1000 of them come courageously around Pr. Obama... America and the US might have been saved. God Damn them all to Hell.
What, above all else, may drive me to an early grave... is the do nothing, risk nothing, pay no price, whine whine whine whine whine... liberals, that pay in a lifetime not 1% of what Pr. Obama pays risks contributes in a day. "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch and don't stop them," Einstein paraphrase. He was talking about today's criminally cowardly, depraved, disgusting US liberals. Had 1000 of them come courageously around Pr. Obama... America and the US might have been saved. God Damn them all to Hell.
1.21.2015
***** STOP. READ THIS. "In the 1970s, a Professor of Psychology in Vancouver called Bruce Alexander noticed something odd about this experiment. The rat is put in the cage all alone. It has nothing to do but take the drugs. What would happen, he wondered, if we tried this differently? So Professor Alexander built Rat Park. It is a lush cage where the rats would have colored balls and the best rat-food and tunnels to scamper down and plenty of friends: everything a rat about town could want. What, Alexander wanted to know, will happen then? In Rat Park, all the rats obviously tried both water bottles, because they didn't know what was in them. But what happened next was startling. The rats with good lives didn't like the drugged water. They mostly shunned it, consuming less than a quarter of the drugs the isolated rats used. None of them died. While all the rats who were alone and unhappy became heavy users, none of the rats who had a happy environment did. ...... READ ARTICLE
"Throughout the Civil War, youngsters followed brothers, fathers and even teachers into battle. They often had support roles but quickly graduated into combat roles. They were sometimes recruited at school and, when necessary, used weapons that were cut down and adapted for use by smaller people. David Baily Freemen, “Little Dave,” enlisted in the Confederate army at age 11, first accompanying his older brother as an aide-de-camp and then as a “marker” for a survey team before finally fighting against Sherman’s army. Joseph John Clem (who changed his name to John Lincoln Clem) officially enlisted in the Union army at age 10 although he had been a camp follower since age 9. Gilbert “Little Gib” Van Zandt, age 10, followed his teacher into the Ohio Volunteer Infantry where he joined his father, uncles and friends. He joined up when recruiters arrived at his school despite his mother’s pleas that he was “too young to fight.” Clarence D. McKenzie, a drummer boy for Brooklyn’s 13th Regiment was killed at Annapolis, Md., when he was only 12. His funeral, held on July 14, 1861, was attended by 3,000 people. A statute of the boy and his drum was erected to commemorate his sacrifice and is still one of the most visited graves in Brooklyn’s Greenwood cemetery today. ....." http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/magazine/05sf/childsoldiers.html
"Throughout the Civil War, youngsters followed brothers, fathers and even teachers into battle. They often had support roles but quickly graduated into combat roles. They were sometimes recruited at school and, when necessary, used weapons that were cut down and adapted for use by smaller people. David Baily Freemen, “Little Dave,” enlisted in the Confederate army at age 11, first accompanying his older brother as an aide-de-camp and then as a “marker” for a survey team before finally fighting against Sherman’s army. Joseph John Clem (who changed his name to John Lincoln Clem) officially enlisted in the Union army at age 10 although he had been a camp follower since age 9. Gilbert “Little Gib” Van Zandt, age 10, followed his teacher into the Ohio Volunteer Infantry where he joined his father, uncles and friends. He joined up when recruiters arrived at his school despite his mother’s pleas that he was “too young to fight.” Clarence D. McKenzie, a drummer boy for Brooklyn’s 13th Regiment was killed at Annapolis, Md., when he was only 12. His funeral, held on July 14, 1861, was attended by 3,000 people. A statute of the boy and his drum was erected to commemorate his sacrifice and is still one of the most visited graves in Brooklyn’s Greenwood cemetery today. ....." http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/magazine/05sf/childsoldiers.html
pic. 2 Questions: 1.. If you were a Palestinian, no army, no airforce, no navy, under 24/7 Israeli attack / military occupation for 68 years... from the world’s 4th most powerful military... how would you, how could you, fight back, retaliate, resist? (Remember, by INTERNATIONAL LAW... you have a RIGHT, and Gandhi would say, DUTY to use any means at your disposal to resist.) 2. Were the armed Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto... Terrorists?
1.. If you were a
Palestinian, no army, no airforce, no navy, under 24/7 Israeli attack / military occupation for 68 years... from the world’s 4th most powerful
military... how would you, how could you, fight back, retaliate, resist? (Remember, by
INTERNATIONAL LAW... you have a RIGHT, and Gandhi would say, DUTY to use any means at your disposal to resist.)
2. Were the armed Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto...
Terrorists?
Hero or Killer? ‘American Sniper’ movie raises controversy over Iraq war............ The garbage is the Amerikan Empire Culture: Fundamentalist conservatives, lip-service risk pay contribute sacrifice NOTHING LIBERALS. This poor man is just a function of that. Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner. LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
nd. A FB exchange today: An acquaintance RF posted to all of the Friends to their page: "Describe me as best you can. Give me the privilege of seeing myself through your eyes." I commented: "1. I totally don't know you, as you are aware, we've had nearly zero contact; 2. Strong leanings toward the Good of humanity... that like 99.9999% of those like you... will be sidelined as impractical idealism, window dressing... for all of your years." RF's reply: "James, when I finally get back to D.C. one of these days, the first thing I'm going to do is come and sit with you awhile. Thank you for such a stirring compliment." My reply: " :-) I don 't give complements, or slams. I share the Truth as I see it with those that I think may want to hear, those very few."
A FB exchange today: An acquaintance RF posted to all of the Friends to their page: "Describe me as best you can. Give me the privilege of seeing myself through your eyes." I commented: "1. I totally don't know you, as you are aware, we've had nearly zero
contact; 2. Strong leanings toward the Good of humanity... that like
99.9999% of those like you... will be sidelined as impractical idealism,
window dressing... for all of your years." RF's reply: "James, when I finally get back to D.C. one of these days, the first thing I'm going to do is come and sit with you awhile. Thank you for such a stirring compliment." My reply: " :-) I don 't give complements, or slams. I share the Truth as I see it with those that I think may want to hear, those very few."
***** A recent experience: A Homeless cell-mate of mine, Peter, I'll call him, mid 50's clean off probation since 2008, has EVERY DAY placed numerious applicaitons for work (sh*t jobs mopping floors, anything) for 8 months now. Breaks my heart. I've watched him. Two churches come to the shelter every weekend. I told a man in each of Peter's need for work. One said, "Tell him about Jesus." The other one said, "Tell him to see me and I'll see what I can do." In effect, one said 'Tell him about Jesus,' the other said, in effect, 'Bring him to me, I'll SHOW him about Jesus.' Which one is the man of God? (Subsequently the 2nd man began producing 'real' opportunities for Peter, giving Peter his phone number (he is a mid level computer executive), staying in regular phone contact TO Peter. Peters begins his new job at a nursing home next week.)
A recent experience: A Homeless cell-mate of mine, Peter, I'll call him, mid 50's clean off probation since 2008, has EVERY DAY placed numerious applicaitons for work (sh*t jobs mopping floors, anything) for 8 months now. Breaks my heart. I've watched him. Two churches come to the shelter every weekend. I told a man in each of Peter's need for work. One said, "Tell him about Jesus." The other one said, "Tell him to see me and I'll see what I can do." In effect, one said 'Tell him about Jesus,' the other said, in effect, 'Bring him to me, I'll SHOW him about Jesus.' Which one is the man of God? (Subsequently the 2nd man began producing 'real' opportunities for Peter, giving Peter his phone number (he is a mid level computer executive), staying in regular phone contact TO Peter. Peters begins his new job at a nursing home next week.)
***** nd. It is sickening. The people of Evil are winning. They are near certainly going to win... and destroy all Good. But that's the Creator's business. Ours, is to find the discipline to use EVERY SINGLE BREATH WE ARE GIVEN... to the best possible use we can put it to reduce the suffering, and increase the joy... of the neediest victims on earth that we can reach. And therein lies the only personal Peace and Joy available to the Living Soul.
It is sickening. The people of Evil are winning. They are near certainly going to win... and destroy all Good. But that's the Creator's business. Ours, is to find the discipline to use EVERY SINGLE BREATH WE ARE GIVEN... to the best possible use we can put it to reduce the suffering, and increase the joy... of the neediest victims on earth that we can reach. And therein lies the only personal Peace and Joy available to the Living Soul.
***** Dear Rabbi Greyber,My name is Katya and I am a Jewish young professional and newcomer to Durham. I came to Beth El for the High Holidays... we can, should and must talk about Palestine as well. People of all genders and ages are being killed, starved, beaten, illegally detained, and institutionally oppressed in the name of our people; I just returned from witnessing this firsthand....
Dear Rabbi Greyber,My name is Katya and I am a Jewish young professional and newcomer to Durham. I came to Beth El for the High Holidays... we can, should and must talk about Palestine as well. People of all
genders and ages are being killed, starved, beaten, illegally detained,
and institutionally oppressed in the name of our people; I just returned
from witnessing this firsthand.... https://arielgoldblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/a-letter-to-my-rabbi-about-palestine/
***** National Lawyers Guild: "The submission sharply rejects Israeli claims of 'self-defense' related to the 2014 attack on Gaza, noting that 'both facts and law refute the Israeli and US self-defense claims,' and that 'self-defense is inapplicable to an occupying power', rejecting all attempts by Israeli government or military officials to enjoy impunity based on 'self-defense' claims."
White House says Netanyahu 'departing from protocol' with US visit ......... IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT IT IS SATAN-YAHU..., AND GET IN ITS WAY... YOU 100% DESERVE THE FUTURE YOUR CHILDREN WILL HAVE. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/White-House-says-Netanyahu-departing-from-protocol-with-US-visit-388482
IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT IT IS SATAN-YAHU..., AND GET IN ITS WAY... YOU 100% DESERVE THE FUTURE YOUR CHILDREN WILL HAVE. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/White-House-says-Netanyahu-departing-from-protocol-with-US-visit-388482
***** Comedy Central - Absolutely completely brilliant. "The Fox apology led to a piece about efforts here in the United States to ensure Sharia law is never imposed in places like Alabama, sometimes with surreal results."
Absolutely completely brilliant. "The Fox apology led to a piece about efforts here in the United States to ensure Sharia law is never imposed in places like Alabama, sometimes with surreal results."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/21/jon-stewart-fox-apology_n_6513324.html?cps=gravity_2440_-4603299588422098300
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/21/jon-stewart-fox-apology_n_6513324.html?cps=gravity_2440_-4603299588422098300
***** WOW. WOW. WOW. A RARE RAY OF HOPE....... Cartoonists And Comics Workers Tell Comics Industry: ‘No Business As Usual With Israel’ - See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/cartoonists-industry-business#sthash.H444nKFA.dpuf
Cartoonists And Comics Workers Tell Comics Industry: ‘No Business As
Usual With Israel’ - See more at:
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/cartoonists-industry-business#sthash.H444nKFA.dpuf
ISRAELI TERRORISM STRIKES IN US. FREEDOM OF SPEECH MY AXX...... Mandela Pro Palestine ad is pulled in L.A. following graffiti vandalism Activism
Mandela ad is pulled in L.A. following graffiti vandalism
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/mandela-following-graffiti?utm_source=Mondoweiss+List&utm_campaign=53c3333527-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b86bace129-53c3333527-398516957#sthash.bx5d78A6.dpuf
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/mandela-following-graffiti?utm_source=Mondoweiss+List&utm_campaign=53c3333527-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b86bace129-53c3333527-398516957#sthash.bx5d78A6.dpuf
***** Is American Sniper historically accurate? Clint Eastwood’s simplistic film about one of the deadliest snipers in US history piles on Bush-era propaganda and sharp-shoots the facts
Is American Sniper historically accurate?
Clint Eastwood’s simplistic film about one of the deadliest snipers in US history piles on Bush-era propaganda and sharp-shoots the factshttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/jan/20/why-american-snipers-historical-dishonesty-misleads?CMP=share_btn_tw
1.20.2015
I've just watched it, and my earlier comment affirming Moore's saying 'snipers are cowards' .... I fully retract about this movie. Liberals are cowards, Michael... including most of what I see from you.... This guy is not a coward. Horribly misdirected and mis-used by the the Amerikan culture, and the Zionist controlled US Gov... but a coward... the opposite. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-moore-clarifies-sniper-tweets-seth-rogen-chimes-in-on-american-sniper/
I've just watched it, and my earlier comment affirming Moore's saying 'snipers are cowards' .... I fully retract about this movie. Liberals are cowards, Michael... including most of what I see from you.... This guy is not a coward. Horribly misdirected and mis-used by the the Amerikan culture, and the Zionist controlled US Gov... but a coward... the opposite. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-moore-clarifies-sniper-tweets-seth-rogen-chimes-in-on-american-sniper/
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