One thing I derived from reading your latest is how congruent the Trump regime is with Israel/Zionism. It's all nihilism, there is no reality beyond themselves and their fictions.
I speculate when - if - Trump dies, how the media will depict him as he presumably lies - in all senses of that word - in state in the Capitol Rotunda. (Of course this assumes the country somehow survives him.) Will his despicable example finally be enough for the media to describe him as he actually was, tied with Dumbya for the absolute worst president this country has ever had, or will they resort to the usual evasions, spin, and gloss, the most recent glaring example of which being the benign, perfumed, airbrushed treatment of Cheney, responsible along with Dumbya for the deaths and ruining of lives of how many millions?
Power. In this context, it's synonymous with "Triumph of the (Ill-) Will."
The origin of this channel was when he had a year-long Fulbright Fellowship to Israel in 1992-1993. His project, as a visual ethnographer, was to document recent Ethiopian and Russian immigration to the Jewish state. Part of the project was also to document the indigenous Arab Muslim Bedouin. He lived in a desert kibbutz and it wasn't long before he began hearing disturbing stories about widespread state mistreatment of the Bedouin, legitimate citizens of the Jewish state. He then decided to tell their story by videotape, completely independently, as well as my other Fulbright tasks.
Returning to America with 100 hours of videotape material, he discovered only censorship, uninterest/avoidance of my documentary -- it had no platform and I gave up.
In 2010, in the U.S., He hoped to do a documentary about Jewish identity, the Holocaust, and Israel. He interviewed a few dozen scholars and others -- mostly Jewish --
Just getting into this, many thanks for referencing, very engaging, very necessary. To think that this could so easily have been ignored, lost to history.
Very trenchant, Judith, particularly about the Zionists despising everyone who isn't one of them. They sucked up to the British during the mandate until they didn't need them anymore and they stood in their way - King David Hotel, anyone? - and then threw them aside, and they'd do the same with us, 'cept they know they can't survive without our financial, military, and political largesse. Thus when we go, they go, which makes things all the more dangerous given the respective nuclear arsenals, about which they'll have little hesitation to use when the financial and political powers - particularly the former, as we begin defaulting on the national debt - start knocking at the door.
Stuffed - well, in a way he already shows it - and donning a gold robe, now that'll be a sight in the evening's last gleaming...
Nope, you don’t need any of that legal, moral crap.
You just need a small army of obedient, selfish minions,
drunk on power and their belief in their supremacy.
And of course, a willfully blind populace,
too selfish and comfortable,
too distracted and too cowardly,
to intervene in the face of injustice,
to stand up to the bullies,
to act in accordance with the morality of their faiths.
Forgive me for the unsolicited verse , as you know all Poetry is open to interpretation, and its always at risk of overly opinionated readers such as myself, who insist to interject; Like I said on another post;
"Trump is perhaps the ultimate ‘useful idiot.’ He does the bidding of those unseen, the truly evil psychopath oligarchs who profit from division, chaos, and war.
But the real question, in my opinion, is this: How and why do so many become mindless, obedient enforcers for the idiot evil king? How is it that our neighbors, brothers, fathers, sons, and daughters are willing to betray their fellow citizens and deny their own people basic human rights and dignity? Why are they so eager to inflict pain and suffering on citizens and non-citizens alike simply because it is their job? Are they no longer human? Does the act of putting on a uniform render one inhumane, separate from one’s fellow man? Is this an innate behavior, or a learned one?"
America was never great, it was never free, it was never brave, it was never democratic, it was never the champion of rights, it was never the world`s police. It has always been the champion of belligerent supremacy, ruled by heartless psychopaths, artful in wielding the power of the masses with fear and distracting them with cheap oil and bananas.
Lets never forget, that this king rule with the fists of others. He himself is too weak and cowardly to wield a sword.
"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy." - The richest man in the world, in a nation obviously culling its population, via neglect of existential needs and threatening the rest of the world.
Very well done Diane. Being the eternal optimist that I am, or perhaps naively blind, I do believe that more people are finally starting to ‘get it’. Although it’s a millimetre step forward, I always feel heartened by the protesters, even though their impact has been limited, and now the republican politicians who have chosen to disagree with Trump’s actions in Venezuela. I guess only the future knows if it will make a difference but I always find hope in the smallest of defiant gestures.
One thing I derived from reading your latest is how congruent the Trump regime is with Israel/Zionism. It's all nihilism, there is no reality beyond themselves and their fictions.
I speculate when - if - Trump dies, how the media will depict him as he presumably lies - in all senses of that word - in state in the Capitol Rotunda. (Of course this assumes the country somehow survives him.) Will his despicable example finally be enough for the media to describe him as he actually was, tied with Dumbya for the absolute worst president this country has ever had, or will they resort to the usual evasions, spin, and gloss, the most recent glaring example of which being the benign, perfumed, airbrushed treatment of Cheney, responsible along with Dumbya for the deaths and ruining of lives of how many millions?
Power. In this context, it's synonymous with "Triumph of the (Ill-) Will."
This is new to youtube. Very important study of Jewish ways and so on.... the story of this channel....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgVKT5ZZOFg
The channel with hours of interviews.
https://www.youtube.com/@Truthteller-k8f
The origin of this channel was when he had a year-long Fulbright Fellowship to Israel in 1992-1993. His project, as a visual ethnographer, was to document recent Ethiopian and Russian immigration to the Jewish state. Part of the project was also to document the indigenous Arab Muslim Bedouin. He lived in a desert kibbutz and it wasn't long before he began hearing disturbing stories about widespread state mistreatment of the Bedouin, legitimate citizens of the Jewish state. He then decided to tell their story by videotape, completely independently, as well as my other Fulbright tasks.
Returning to America with 100 hours of videotape material, he discovered only censorship, uninterest/avoidance of my documentary -- it had no platform and I gave up.
In 2010, in the U.S., He hoped to do a documentary about Jewish identity, the Holocaust, and Israel. He interviewed a few dozen scholars and others -- mostly Jewish --
Just getting into this, many thanks for referencing, very engaging, very necessary. To think that this could so easily have been ignored, lost to history.
Share it around. I am still working my way through the interviews...along with the horror shows of Barbarian Trump & co.
He's definitely inspired by what Israel is getting away with..(for 100 years)
BiBi whispers in his ear, "You're a King. You will be known as the greatest man ever ,ever"
Two Epic Liars. BiBI actually despises Trump the chump.
The Zionists despise everyone who isn't a Zionist. Think they love America? Think again.
BTW:
If he dies, his criminal buddies will have him stuffed and displayed in a gold robe.
He will win in 2028.
Very trenchant, Judith, particularly about the Zionists despising everyone who isn't one of them. They sucked up to the British during the mandate until they didn't need them anymore and they stood in their way - King David Hotel, anyone? - and then threw them aside, and they'd do the same with us, 'cept they know they can't survive without our financial, military, and political largesse. Thus when we go, they go, which makes things all the more dangerous given the respective nuclear arsenals, about which they'll have little hesitation to use when the financial and political powers - particularly the former, as we begin defaulting on the national debt - start knocking at the door.
Stuffed - well, in a way he already shows it - and donning a gold robe, now that'll be a sight in the evening's last gleaming...
So, you think they'll have his body preserved and displayed? Sort of like what they did with Lenin's body?
Nope, you don’t need any of that legal, moral crap.
You just need a small army of obedient, selfish minions,
drunk on power and their belief in their supremacy.
And of course, a willfully blind populace,
too selfish and comfortable,
too distracted and too cowardly,
to intervene in the face of injustice,
to stand up to the bullies,
to act in accordance with the morality of their faiths.
Forgive me for the unsolicited verse , as you know all Poetry is open to interpretation, and its always at risk of overly opinionated readers such as myself, who insist to interject; Like I said on another post;
"Trump is perhaps the ultimate ‘useful idiot.’ He does the bidding of those unseen, the truly evil psychopath oligarchs who profit from division, chaos, and war.
But the real question, in my opinion, is this: How and why do so many become mindless, obedient enforcers for the idiot evil king? How is it that our neighbors, brothers, fathers, sons, and daughters are willing to betray their fellow citizens and deny their own people basic human rights and dignity? Why are they so eager to inflict pain and suffering on citizens and non-citizens alike simply because it is their job? Are they no longer human? Does the act of putting on a uniform render one inhumane, separate from one’s fellow man? Is this an innate behavior, or a learned one?"
America was never great, it was never free, it was never brave, it was never democratic, it was never the champion of rights, it was never the world`s police. It has always been the champion of belligerent supremacy, ruled by heartless psychopaths, artful in wielding the power of the masses with fear and distracting them with cheap oil and bananas.
Lets never forget, that this king rule with the fists of others. He himself is too weak and cowardly to wield a sword.
No problem adding another verse!
Thanks for this crawl into someone's -- or many someones' -- ugly brains, Diane.
At least now it's out in the open, and we need to find ways to respond accordingly.
Yes, it's not a nice place to be. Too many maggots!
"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy." - The richest man in the world, in a nation obviously culling its population, via neglect of existential needs and threatening the rest of the world.
Excellent insights! I think this stanza really says it all for me... Without a conscience, are you even a human being or just an automaton?
What do you need a conscience for
when at night you sleep soundly and nice,
knowing that for every atrocity and crime
you’ll never pay an earthly price?
Without a conscience, they are psychopathic monsters!
Very well done Diane. Being the eternal optimist that I am, or perhaps naively blind, I do believe that more people are finally starting to ‘get it’. Although it’s a millimetre step forward, I always feel heartened by the protesters, even though their impact has been limited, and now the republican politicians who have chosen to disagree with Trump’s actions in Venezuela. I guess only the future knows if it will make a difference but I always find hope in the smallest of defiant gestures.
Hope is about all we have going for us!
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We don't need Congress.
Or, the U.N.
Both: impotent