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Wed, 11/10/2023 - 01:11

The next stage of this struggle will be a massive campaign of industrial slaughter in Gaza by Israel, which has already begun. Israel is convinced greater levels of violence will finally crush Palestinian aspirations. Israel is mistaken. The terror Israel inflicts is the terror it will get.

The post Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them appeared first on MintPress News.

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Wed, 11/10/2023 - 00:48

It is unclear what direction Netanyahu will choose. But either way, no matter what will happen in the coming days and weeks, Israel has, in many ways, already lost the war.

The post Netanyahu’s Humiliating Reality Check: Israel’s ‘Invincible’ Army Falls Short appeared first on MintPress News.

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Wed, 11/10/2023 - 00:29

The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism can plunge mortal souls is incalculable. It should come as no surprise then that oil company executives and the officials of petrostates like Saudi Arabia have so assiduously lied to us about the catastrophic effects of climate change. After all, the executives of tobacco firms have been perfectly content to sell consumers a product long known and virtually guaranteed to cut their lives short, while lying about its harmful effects for decades. Likewise, the courts have now made the pharmaceutical industry’s responsibility for and grasp of the opioid crisis that killed half a million people all too clear. In both instances, state attorneys-general played an important role in seeking redress. Now, Rob... Read more

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Wed, 11/10/2023 - 00:00
Americans can imagine themselves there Accounts of the killings and kidnappings from the Israeli border with Gaza are horrific. Especially from the attack on unarmed civilians at a music festival. Americans can easily imagine themselves in a similar situation. Americans were in a similar situation in October six years ago in Las Vegas when a lone gunman murdered 60 concertgoers and wounded over 400. The New York Times has video shot as the attacks began. One striking image from TV accounts shows a destroyed car shot full of holes like Swiss cheese. Israeli retaliatory airstrikes on the Gaza side of the border are killing and wounding unarmed civilians there, don’t forget. With the district locked down and out of power, Palestinian victims’ stories are trickling out more slowly. Their stories will likely never be told. I’m not qualified to do more than react. But this clip of retired United States Navy rear admiral John Kirby of the National Security Council choking up on live television is arresting. It’s a sobering image. Why, given daily events in this country, is hard to express.
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Tue, 10/10/2023 - 23:53

In 1978, the civil rights veteran James Yates reflected on what led him to travel thousands of miles from the United States to fight for the Spanish Republic. Writing of the atmosphere of the thirties – of “mass unemployment, great demonstrations, strikes, intense organisation” – he wrote of how his generation of African Americans were […]

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Tue, 10/10/2023 - 23:00

“As many as 30 percent to 40 percent of online reviews are fabricated or otherwise not genuine…” — The Washington Post

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The Trojan Horse

Best brought inside impregnable outer walls
Thought it was a scam, but once we brought it inside our impregnable outer walls we really began to receive favor from Poseidon.

Great Horse
Shipped fully assembled with zero guys in it.

Sturdy!
Sturdy design withstands all the bumps and jolts on the path from outside the city’s impregnable walls to the vulnerable city center. City had big party, and afterward my husband and I made love for the first time in a while.

works grat
love my big horsey

Sword of Damocles

Sharp!
Note: Don’t throw away the package after you take the sword out. There is a single horse’s hair in there so you can suspend the sword over your head all day long.

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Tue, 10/10/2023 - 18:31
This Tuesday report will provide some insights into life for a westerner (me) who is working for several months at Kyoto University in Japan. When you live in a foreign country for an extended period you start to observe the seasonal patterns not just in the weather but in the social practices and customs. But…