Norman Finkelstein is not one for mincing words. That doesn’t make him a motor-mouthed rabble rouser. Far from it, and it’s a point I’ll return to in a moment, the research on which his conclusions are based is never less … Read More »
Extrapolating conservatively from the 186,000 estimate months ago by The Lancet, one of the world’s most highly regarded medical journals, 200,000 Palestinians have died as a result of Israel’s response to October 7, 2023. Bombed and machine gunned. Struck by … Read More »
Released by Fantagraphics, these images by Joe Sacco – author of “Palestine” and “Footnotes in Gaza,” – form part of a wider set, “The War on Gaza“. See also, stupid arguments for genocide * * *
August 20 2024 – “Hotties for Harris” pose at the DNC in Chicago An Orwellian disconnect haunts the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In the isolation of the convention hall, shielded from the outside world behind thousands of armed police, few of … Read More »
I’ve made pretty damn clear, and since it can’t be said too often will continue to do so, that the likelihood of nuclear war has never been higher. Never. For reasons I’ve gone into many times this would be the … Read More »
Two days ago, on August 14, Simplicius the Thinker, clearly a fellow addict of the BBC’s Line of Duty drama series, posted one of his frequent “SitReps” under the header, Zelensky Doubles Down as Front Collapses. In the main it’s … Read More »
Rescue workers remove bagged body parts after Israel’s August 10 mass murder at Al-Taba’een school I don’t as a rule do censorship but one image that came my way yesterday had me reaching for the steel city blue pencil. It showed … Read More »
The man who saved the world: Soviet Lieutenant-Colonel Stanislav Petrov That we have not yet destroyed the world with nuclear weapons is a miracle of good luck that cannot last forever. On at least twenty occasions we have nearly had … Read More »
I visit Facebook maybe thrice a decade but yesterday a link took me to this, posted two months ago. Disregarding the fact no source is given for its figures, does anything strike you as weirdly awry here? Gob-smackingly specious, even? … Read More »
I daren’t read the article of course. I know its author of old and his secondary arguments will be awash with false premises and weak opinions strongly held. I doubt my ability to resist the urge to do as … Read More »