2024

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Describe Netanyahu

I can think of several better descriptions but this from The Jerusalem Post's  50 Most Influential Jews  is pretty good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, I notice a lot of the Top 50 are either war-makers, -supporters, or -enablers. 

So, are they good or bad influencers?

Socialism - Bad and Good

A good post from Hamilton Nolan. A piece below but read the whole thing.

Bad Climate Socialism

If we socialize the costs of the fire department and the police and the military and schools and health care and roads and the other necessities of life, we build a safety net that ensures that even poor people and poor places have access to the necessities that everyone in our rich nation deserves. However, there is a difference between socializing the costs of things we need more of, and socializing the costs of things we need less of. Universal public health care would be good. Universal public insurance for people to continue to build more beachfront homes that scientists tell us will be at ever-increasing risk of destruction from climate change—allowing us to delay our ultimate reckoning with the need to phase out fossil fuels? Not good. Socialism is a tool. It demands at least a minimal level of judgment. If you socialize the costs of a bad thing you make that bad thing cheaper and ensure that you will get more of it.

Another from Hamilton Nolan.

Insurance Politics at the End of the World

Fox News

Good article on Fox Propaganda from The Intellectualist.  

Since Trump threw his hat in the ring, I've argued that Trump didn't build MAGA Cult, Fox built it. Trump just took it over. When he's gone someone else will take the lead, the people have been programmed. 

Thanks a lot Fox.

Fox News: The Engine of Disinformation That Shaped and Shattered America

From the moment it launched, Fox News wasn’t interested in being a conservative counterweight to the so-called liberal media. It set out to create an alternate universe where facts were malleable, and the truth was whatever kept its audience hooked. Think of it as a political reality show, except instead of roses, viewers were handed fear, outrage, and lies. It wasn’t about keeping the public informed; it was about keeping them addicted.

 

Related: Having a literal Fox News grandpa as president would be really bad

 

Trump's Lies

Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response

Constant bullshit but MAGA will never know because Fox and other right wing media won't report them and often promote them.

Trump isn't making this shit up (mostly) but just repeating the viral BS that right-wing media is promoting. 

My Facebook feed and all the chatter I hear is filled with the same stories. People believe that shit. 

List of the lies from this article.

Trump falsely claims Biden hasn’t answered calls from Georgia’s governor

Trump cites baseless ‘reports’ about anti-Republican bias in the North Carolina response

Trump falsely claims the Biden-Harris response had received ‘universally’ negative reviews

Trump falsely claims Harris spent ‘all her FEMA money’ on housing illegal migrants

Trump falsely claims $1 billion was ‘stolen’ from FEMA for migrants and has gone ‘missing’

Trump falsely claims the federal government is only giving $750 to people who lost their homes

Trump falsely claims there are ‘no helicopters, no rescue’ in North Carolina 

More on the lies of the hurricane.

The Most Cynical Ploy In History

Micah Beckwith

Micah Beckwith, the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, is a hard-core Christian Nationalist.

Someone needs to ask him what he thinks of this Christian nationalist.

MAGA Christian school head convicted of torturing children 

also, USA Today: Former 'Survivor' player, Louisiana headmaster convicted of taping students' mouths shut

Vote !!

 ... for anyone except Braun / Beckwith.

Israel vs everyone but the US

 “it’s just not clear what that line is”

It seems pretty clear what the line is.

The line is Tuesday November 4th 2025.

The US might, might, clamp down on Israel after the election but there is no way in hell any US administration can clamp down on Israel in the last few months of an election cycle. 

It would be political suicide.

Netanyahu knows this. He'll wage all out war on everyone around him while he can.

Hopefully, it won't explode into something larger. 

Indiana Politics

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Braun is catching hell for using a doctored photo.

Braun campaign releases attack ad with doctored anti-gas stove photo of McCormick

Ok but damn, has anyone looked at his Christian Nationalist running mate Micah Beckwith's facebook page?

Beckwith is a wannabe cult leader pushing Jesus, guns, and other right-wing memes all wrapped in the flag.

The guy's a nut and would be a heartbeat away from being your governor.

Does Indiana really need that?

Vote for anyone other than the Republican ticket with this kook.

Just a few screen shots and a link to a crazy video

Guns

I hope all of the second amendment folk who want guns to protect their freedom from a tyrannical government are paying attention the Israeli killing of Nasrallah.  

Big bombs beat big guns.

Trump's Bullshit

Trying to keep up with Trump's bullshit.

There are not 13,099 Illegal Immigrant Murders Roaming Free on American Streets

The first untrue claim about the data is that the 13,099 non-detained migrants convicted of homicide are free to roam the United States. That is not true. Migrants incarcerated for homicide are considered “non-detained” by ICE when they are in state or federal prisons. When ICE uses the term “non-detained,” they mean not currently detained by ICE. In other words, the migrant murderers included in the letter are overwhelmingly in prison serving their sentences. After they serve their sentences, the government transfers them onto ICE’s docket for removal from the United States.