We don’t yet know if Hassan Nasrallah – subject of my post two days ago, What is Hezbollah? – was killed by Israel’s terrorist attack on Beirut on Friday evening. Given that Israeli leaders lie the moment their lips move, … Read More »
The Economist today, September 27 2024, highlighting added In this week’s contents round up, Economist Editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes writes: This month I spent a week in Ukraine. Together with my expert colleagues, Oliver Carroll and Arkady Ostrovsky, and our … Read More »
In a seventeen minute dialogue yesterday with ex Guardian correspondent Glenn Greenwald, Holocaust Industry author Norman Finkelstein made several claims in respect of Israel having taken its war into Lebanon. Most important are these: The escalation into a new front … Read More »
“I got principles and if you don’t like ’em, well, I got others” – Keir Starmer Groucho Marx “Israel continues to pummel Lebanon, proving itself the only country in the world that can bomb and invade all its neighbors at … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone today: 15 Rules for discussing Israeli warmongering It’s been a few minutes since Israel last began a new project of mass military violence, so perhaps it’s time for a refresher on the official rules on how we’re meant … Read More »
Jonathan Cook today: The more definitive the proof of Israeli atrocities, the less they get reported Videos show Israeli soldiers push three Palestinian men off a roof in a West Bank town under illegal Israeli occupation. The western media can … Read More »
When we pay attention to what John Mearsheimer says in that stellar debate with Jeffrey Sachs, featured in yesterday’s post, two things are clear. One is his insistence that the US-led proxy war – fighting Russia down to the last … Read More »
I ended the previous post, on the Children who rule the West, with this promise: Coming soon: the zero sum addiction of the West’s rulers, versus China’s we win-you win. Before I move on to fulfilling it, I want to show a video … Read More »
Commenting yesterday, September 16, on the second attempt in under two months on the life of Donald Trump, Caitlin Johnstone opined: Trump supporters are again touting it as evidence the Deep State is after their man, but I’m not buying … Read More »
Mario Draghi, banker and author of the Ursula von der Leyen commissioned report, The future of European competitiveness – A competitiveness strategy for Europe My previous post, The West’s poltroons and Quislings, should have read: Europe’s poltroons and quislings. Other … Read More »