As a nation, Israel is no more wacky than the US. The Gaza invasion was supported by only 49% of Israelis, which means they have the same level of ideological division we do here.
Netanyahu is leading the most right-wing government in Israel's history. In other words, he's Israel's version of Ron DeSantis.
Biden needs to stop behaving like DeSantis would on this matter if he wants to win this year, because voters who don't get their news from MSNBC and CNN will vote with their middle fingers.
Its looking like they might have found the HMS Endeavor, after all. In Newport Harbor, Rhode Island of all places.
#history #archeology #cartography
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/23/captain-cook-endeavour-ship-rhode-island-newport-harbour-discovery-evidence
Your reminder that the elites who own America are constantly astroturfing in order to keep workers divided and yelling at each other on social media over their favorite flavors of propaganda. It's the only thing that prevents citizens from revolting against the system through city-wide strikes, workplace occupations etc.
@AkomoCombine - There's a lot of fog surrounding the matter right now. Some of my vbnmw friends would agree with that assessment. ITM I put a lot of trust in Abby Martin. She's either the greatest actress in history or she's this century's Joan of Arc, in an independent media sense.
On Sunday, Al Jazeera reported that this past Tuesday's "Pro Israel Rally" in DC was part of a propaganda campaign sponsored by Starwood Property Trust billionaire Barry Sternlicht.
The goal of the campaign is obviously not to "defend Israel" (including the many thousands of Israelis who've condemned the genocide), it's an artificial showing of "support" for the genocide so guys like him can grab the land.
Naturally, Sternlicht paid people to attend the rally so as to "manufacture consensus."
No, what really bothers me about Republicans isn't their unwavering support for militarily enforced vulture capitalism and their refusal to see the US as a marauding empire the rest of the world detests, it's how their phobia of individualism makes them so bloody unfunny and tedious to be around. It's like everything you say to them carries the danger of upsetting their delicate sensibilities, and you just want to slip a hit of blotter acid in their meatball sub just to break the monotony.
Weeks ago I said that Turkey is a wild card in the coming worldwide conflicts.
On Saturday, Turkish president Erdogan called Hamas "freedom fighters" & expressed solidarity with Palestine.
Turkey and Palestine are both >90% Sunni Muslim.
It *will* matter.
Biden needs to be relentlessly pressured to stop the genocide, start managing the situation and begin the healing process.
Social media is a place where you picture your readers sitting there reading your nonsense, all dressed up like kings and queens, eating chicken legs and saying "Entertain me, knave," when in reality they're all in their undies, ignoring an important bill and thanking God they're too chicken to post what you just did.
NEW BOOK "My Year in the Online Left," a book on leftist solidarity out June 10th.
Wrote RUSSIAN NAZI TROLL BOTS, a book about right-wing trolling.