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The majority in most nations don’t support Israel’s genocidal bombing in Gaza but politicians by huge majorities do, and those who support Palestinians find themselves under constant attack.

Explanations for this tend to concentrate on how much money politicians receive from Israel supporters.

But there’s another reason for their support. Many of them are being blackmailed. The Epstein operation is instructive:

“What people don’t know is that every room in every one of those homes had cameras.

Details buried in the Chancellor's statement show we are heading for years more of tax rises, low growth and public sector cuts thanks to his Government, reports Adam Bienkov

The bill would also mandate the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism in Israeli courts. The families of hostages call it political theater.

The post After Hamas Attack, Israeli Politicians Want to Empower Military Tribunals to Execute Palestinians appeared first on The Intercept.

Just ask this religious scholar who took 73 high-dose LSD trips.

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Hold fast We’ve reached “the end justifies the means” chapter of our American experiment. Peter Wehner runs down in The Atlantic a by-now familiar accounting of the fascistic things Donald Trump says and his MAGA audience applauds. Trump’s rise to the presidency began with, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best.” (The Republican Party took that as candidate recruiting advice.) He’s gone from declaring Mexicans drug dealers, rapists and criminals in 2015 to telling crowds today that immigrants from south of the border are terrorists and escapees from mental institutions who are “poisoning the blood of our country.” Wehner pointedly begins by sketching out the dehumanizing rhetoric that prededed the Rwandan genocide in 1994. I still remember just where I was when I heard that news on the radio.

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A look at Doctor Who & David Tennant's ties to 2005's live broadcast of Nigel Kneale's classic Sci-Fi thriller, The Quatermass Experiment.

“Unrelenting, top-to-bottom negativity” Philosopher Linus van Pelt famously lamented, “There’s no heavier burden than a great potential!” It’s a burden Democrats carry too. Supporters and leaners are easily upset. Not so with Republicans. They anger us, sure, but because we expect so lttle of them they cannot disappoint us the way our friends can. It is a dynamic David Roberts, a.k.a. Dr. Volts, wrote about in a thread on Sunday. A Washington Post profile of voters in Door County, Wisconsin (pop. 30k) finally pegged his P.K.E. meter. Roberts writes (bolding mine): This article is worth examining closely. It’s a classic “visit a swing county to hear about politics” piece, so it forces itself to be even-handed & “pox on both houses,” but if you read closely you can glimpse something else. washingtonpost.com/nation/interac… Why are they upset?

Originally published November 26, 2003.

Q: A caller just said she forgot to baste every 10 minutes. I advised her to serve the turkey anyway. Was I correct?

A: Not at all. The turkey is merely the vehicle for the basting. In a recent poll, nine out of ten people would rather sit down at the table and suck on the end of a baster full of buttery juices than gnaw at some dry old wing. Bad call.

Q: I just overheard my coworker advising a home cook to truss the bird. I arrived late at the “Talk Turkey” seminar last week and missed the trussing segment. Can you advise?

In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: Family Guy, Frasier, Stranger Things, Rick and Morty, Invincible, Doctor Who, Star Trek: Lower Decks & more!

Plus, do electric vehicles burn dangerous rubber?

The Government has made it even easier for dark money, foreign influence, and the proceeds of crime to bankroll British politics 

Israel’s war on Gaza unites Hezbollah, Hamas, the Syrian government, the Houthis in Yemen, and armed groups in Iraq and Syria.

The post America’s Unwavering Support for Israel Fuels Iran-Backed “Axis of Resistance” appeared first on The Intercept.

There are over 1,000 loopholes and exemptions in the tax system - often designed and secured by big firms and lobbyists.

Climb aboard the SSPO Esperanta to imagine the future of space travel on a luxury sightseeing tour of the solar system

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A look back at the wars on Palestine, from 1948 to today.

The post Historian Rashid Khalidi on Israel’s Long Reign of Violence appeared first on The Intercept.

Skip the advice about training yourself to rise early or burn the midnight oil. Your natural rhythms are your best guide

- by Shayla Love

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You may not have heard of the area of international law known as Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), through which private corporations are able to sue governments that implement legislation which constrains their profits. But this private parallel legal infrastructure is one of the greatest threats to progressive governments all over the world.  If, say, a […]

We need to forge alliances to continue our global health leadership, writes the director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations

Shockingly few complaints are being properly investigated by either police forces or the independent regulator