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The Psychology of The Trickster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38hwk0BgGNU
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What happens when a government betrays its voters
This applies not just to the UK which is the target here, but to all Conservative politicians and parties anywhere in the Western world.
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Latest Polling
New polling released suggest the Tories may fall to less than 100 seats in the next general election with Sunak himself losing his own seat!
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GOP congressman appears to suggest dropping bombs on Gaza
to end conflict quickly, referring to ‘Nagasaki and Hiroshima’
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The video to the above comment.
Learn more about the Congressman.
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Bill Maher
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It starts with the Netanyahu / Clinton meeting you mentioned earlier and asks the perennial question, does Washington control Tel Aviv or does Tel Aviv control Washington?
That earlier meeting between Clinton and Netanyahu probably prompted Obama’s response when Netanyahu called on Obama during his presidency; Netanyahu had to enter via a side door and was told he had to wait as the President was having his lunch.
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The “professional protestors” will use any opportunity to cause a disruption. I doubt they understand or care about the real world problems. Whether it is climate, wokeism or, in this case, war. They are just attention-seekers.
Here is a godless bunch from Extinction Rebellion faking their concern for Palestine.
Pro-Palestine protesters interrupt Easter mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York
It was in the same St Patrick’s Cathedral where
an Anti-Catholic group of trans “activists” staged a mockery of the Christian faith in February.
If the rabble had been thrown out the first time, they wouldn’t attempt a second one.
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There’s been some remarkable engineering work on the Faroe Islands, the separate islands have been linked by a series of undersea tunnels so that the Faroese can travel between islands without depending on ferries which don’t put to sea when the weather is bad.
They even have a round-about under the Atlantic which connects three separate islands via three tunnels.
This is The World’s Most Remote Infrastructure Project – The B1M – 32 mins.
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Everyone’s favourite young Communist, Jackson Hinkle
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London Real
Starts around 3min mark
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Same channel
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The audio is a bit crap, and there are too many ads
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The Age
Israel’s top diplomat in Australia has been called in to explain how an Australian aid worker was killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza, as an irate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese demands full accountability for the tragic incident.
The death of Melbourne-born aid worker Zomi Frankcom has further strained the relationship between Australia and Israel, which has grown increasingly tense since the beginning of Israel’s war against Hamas last October.
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When will full accountability begin? So far:
– Destruction of Refugee camps, civilian areas, hospitals, churches.
– The killing of innocent civilians, women, children.
– Killing of international humanitarian aid workers (Non Palestinians).
The scenes of these aid workers – photos before and after are hard to watch. Not posting here.
This is WCK (World Central Kitchen) manager Zomi Frankcom around a week ago.
In the kitchen in Deir al-Balah
Today, she is dead. She is one of the four workers + driver killed by the Israeli military.
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Above comment – Gaza link.
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Munther Isaac
My response to US Congressman Tim Walbery saying: “It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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Hate Crime Laws in Scotland came into force yesterday, 1 April.
This is how the citizens of Scotland responded.
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Humza Yousaf
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Anas Sarwar
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JK Rowling dares cops to arrest her for misgendering trans people after new woke hate crime law
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Is he counting Jews as white?
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“I’m actually pale blue: it takes me a week of sunbathing to turn white.”
— Billy Connolly
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I came across the following on another site.
Reading that notice reminded me of the No D..khead Policy of this blog. Going by observation here, only those who have limited time and want to read and share information, facts and respectful discussions rather than insults and trolling have stayed around with this blog.
Will there be a drop in the commenters on that site (mentioned above) because personal attacks are to be avoided? Would it be considered a restriction of “free speech” if you are not allowed to ridicule and mock other commenters? Drab and boring?
It seems that many sites, even big ones, have this feature of belittling and name-calling of other commenters on the same site. Some sites have thousands of comments for each article, but most of them are sneering of anyone who has different opinions. Could it be that personal attacks and abuse of commenters adds spice to blogs/sites and make them more appealing to readers?
Serious questions to readers:
– What are you looking for when you choose which sites/blogs/platforms you visit and read?
– How do you select the sites where you take part in the comments? Is it based on the “freedom” to say whatever you want to?
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Albo gets a go in this episode from London talkback
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Surprised by what Peled said about Netanyahu. From what I’ve picked up, I thought the voters there want to get rid of him.
His point about the Zionist education and how it influences the actions of some people plus the baggage that many carry makes sense.
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Australian aid worker ‘Zomi’ Frankcom killed by apparent Israeli air strike | ABC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8JWm1AYzdI
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Albo says the Israel Ambassador is “not well” today.
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I will act for the Israeli Ambassador to Australia:
Ambassador: Stupid goyim! How the hell are we going to starve them to death if you are feeding them!
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Albo, why can’t you just say this?
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Max Blumenthal
@MaxBlumenthal
A clearly targeted Israeli strike on an aid group led by a State Dept “culinary ambassador” which coordinated its movements with the Israeli army. All designed to end its aid operations and perpetuate mass starvation in Gaza. Now watch the Biden admin minimize this.
https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1775059204580970817?s=20
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More details being uncovered
Ryan Grim
@ryangrim
The horrifying details emerging about the World Central Kitchen massacre: The convoy was struck 3 times in succession, with the drone chasing the wounded aid workers from vehicle to vehicle to make sure they were all killed. No legit pretext and precise coordination with the IDF.
https://x.com/ryangrim/status/1775149921986838794?s=20
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Dan Cohen
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The World Central Kitchen operation in Gaza was designed to undermine Hamas’ governance and UNRWA. That wasn’t enough to satisfy the genocidal cravings of the Israeli government, so they sent a drone to murder the aid workers. Psycho state.
https://x.com/dancohen3000/status/1775154992682267068?s=20
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BREAKING: ISRAEL BOMBS CELEBRITY CHEF AID WORKERS, IRANIAN EMBASSY
Secular Talk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1GP2sv-wsY
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I get amused when reading all the anti Israel whinge-ing that occurs here .. it seems that the reality that Hamas (& 98% of Gaza “innocents”) are actual ‘terrorists’ who launched an unprovoked massacre on innocent Israeli civilians on October 7 and not the victims of Israeli aggression .
Israel is not fighting a “war” Israel is in the process of decimating a terrorist organization who, quite happily, are prepared to hide behind civilians and use hospitals, schools ect as military bases ……
These attempts to portray Gaza “folk” as “victims” are a joke..!
You reap what you sow .. no amount of media BS can alter that regardless of the fanciful figures & pix the “Ministry of Health” release, regularly ……..
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Hi shatterzzz,
Your comment here is welcome.
However I will highlight one of your prior comments
I guess HAMAS have levelled everything in Gaza with their rockets going ‘off course’.
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Bibi has just said they are fighting a war:
Bibi was smiling while saying it.
Yes, really.
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I don’t think that will help Jared Kushner’s Gaza waterfront real estate plans.
btw the two stand-ins for Jimmy are both Jews.
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The Scottish Hate Crime Bill
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28eApJT8hDE
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The Israelis want Netanyahu out, but not for the genocide of the Gazans but for other reasons, i.e., his corruption, his failure to release the hostages, etc.
The Israelis are firmly in favour of the genocide which will continue even if Netanyahu is booted out of office.
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The Israeli attack on the Iranian Embassy in Damascus is a bridge too far. It’s an attempt to draw the US into a war with Iran which the US isn’t in any shape to fight.
Matt Hoh: IDF Attacks Iran. – Judge Napolitano – 31 mins.
The US and Israel have become rogue nations.
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Accountability
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Covid
Remember the scamdemic where, since 2020, media, celebrities, politicians, governments, influencers, “medical professionals”, organisations and Big Pharma supported the narrative that there was this once-in-a-century pandemic and masks, lockdowns and vaxxes were good, safe and effective?
They warned those who were awake, alert, sceptical and questioned that same narrative. They threatened and used tactics at their disposal to penalise and shut out these truth-seekers from society.
In the past 1 -2 years as the facts have been revealed and more people are speaking up on the negative impacts of the Covid treatments, some of the same media, scientific journals, medical professionals, celebrities and influencers are now presenting themselves as public service advocates and demanding accountability from the government agencies and Big Pharma.
It is good that more people are becoming aware of the truth about Covid. But for them to pretend that they were victims when in reality they were part of the problem because they supported the masking and vaxxing as good for society. They supported the injustice meted out to those who did not take the poison jabs and lost their jobs and careers.
Although it is helpful that they now know the truth, what they did should not be excused and forgotten because many who have suffered ill health or died due to the vaxx could have been saved if these people in influential positions. There are also those who suffered in other ways with mental health, financial or other problems.
There needs to be an accountability for the crimes committed during Covid. Everyone responsible needs to face a fair trial and the consequences. So that it doesn’t happen again.
Nuremberg 2.0
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Palestine-Israel conflict/Gaza War
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In the past six months, we’ve seen a big chunk of the media, politicians, governments, influencers, experts, “conservatives” pro-Israel lobby, supporting the narrative that Israel is the victim and that Hamas started it on 7 October 2023.(It was all peace and love before that.) That the Palestinians are the bad guys – use the H-word (Hamas) it helps. The media have done a great job in the gaslighting – the crimes of Hamas and silence on the actions of Israel.
But now, some of these pro-Zionist supporters are beginning to realise that all may not be as they thought so far. That they may have been backing the wrong side as the facts can longer be hidden. The same pro-Zionists who, over the past 180 days called the truth-seekers and truth-speakers Anti-Semites, Jew-haters, Israel-haters and so on ….are slowly beginning to understand that they have been deceived and are seeing the genocide taking place. Some in high profile positions are starting to delete some of their older twitter posts lest it be used against them at a later stage.
But it may not be so easy to erase the past. In October 2023, a twitter account was set up called Accountability Archive as well as a webpage.
It is crowdsourced and collects posts from those sent by others – a record of journalists, politicians, and public figures endorsing or encouraging ethnic cleansing of Gaza and defaming pro-Palestinian Activists.
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Some comments from those wanting accountability.
In the case of Covid, in the early stage (pre-March 2020), I was not sure what was happening. By the end of March 2020, I knew it was not the pandemic it was made out to be. I kept reading a lot from the alternative media sources and kept learning the truth about the masks, lockdowns, treatments and vaxxes.
In the case of this Gaza war, I knew by mid-October 2023 that the truth was not what the media was telling us. In the past 5+ months, I’ve done tons of research and learnt enough to know that, just like Covid, I am on the side of truth along with the very small team on this blog.
There needs to be an accountability for the crimes committed by Israel/Zionists. Everyone responsible needs to face a fair trial and the consequences. So that it doesn’t happen again.
Nuremberg 3.0
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Magaism
Why does this need accountability? Because the impact it has in world politics and related matters.
Coming up soon ……
(There needs to be accountability in other areas like Climate Change, Wokeism, UN, WHO, WEF and so on but they are a lower magnitude.)
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And Oct 07 happened during his watch.
Israelis are furious that the prisoners escaped the Gaza camp, Sobibor style.
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I was listening to talkback radio this afternoon and one caller commenting on the Aid worker killed in Gaza was criticising Albanese calling for accountability. Caller’s comment was along the lines of:
When Aid workers go to war areas they know the risk. It is sad etc etc but these things happen. This war is not our problem….terrorists … Hamas ….
What has happened to the so-called Conservatives? And Christians?
What has happened? I was shocked when I heard that.
These humanitarian aid workers are going there as volunteers to help those in need. I came across the career record of Zomi, the Australian lady, and she has worked in a number of companies here in Australia.
What has happened to our humanity for innocent civilians, especially women and children?
What has happened to our humanity for those who go to help others – not to take part in the war in any way – but just to provide food for starving human beings. And then get killed in the process?
What has happened?
Are some conservatives getting their news from a certain media network and quote their talking points straight from there?
Chef José Andrés
the only crime they committed was feeding people….😢😔🫶🏻
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World Central Kitchen
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Was it an accident?
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No, it wasn’t
Seven innocent lives don’t matter.
Here’s from a Sky News article (even they can’t airbrush this incident). My emphasis in bold.
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I’m watching this now…
Ghost kitchen
– The Grayzone live
For anyone who doesn’t know:
– Max Blumenthal is a Jew.
– Aaron Maté is a Jew. His father, Gabor Maté, is a Holocaust survivor.
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To close this off, here are some more Anti-Semites (like Max and Aaron). They want a solution – a peaceful one.
This is an international movement of Jews calling for an end to the violence and oppression in Israel/Palestine and a thriving future for all, we have come together to host Freedom for All Seders around the world.
Freedom for All Seder
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LBC broadcaster pivots
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Jared Kushner’s plans to force the Palestinians out of Gaza to the Negev Desert and sell the beach front real estate in Gaza is wrong on so many levels.
Apart from the moral issues of genocide and taking someone else’s land, the Jews (Tribe of Judah) have no historic claim on Gaza. Paradoxically, the land in the Negev Desert was allocated to the Tribe of Judah though they tended to drift northward towards Jerusalem and surrounds, which is the land allocated to the Tribe of Benjamin.
Gaza and the surrounding coastline was allocated to the Tribe of Dan (Samson in Gaza, one of the early heroes of the Israelites, was from Dan). They had ongoing problems and conflicts with the Philistines who lived in Gaza so a large part of that tribe moved north and took up new territory in the region of present day Lebanon, which they called Dan.
The southern part of Dan were to go and create the Israelite colonies in the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula ruled from Qart Hadasht (Hebrew for “New City”), which we know by its Greek name, Carthage. The northern part of Dan were relocated to the northern coast of the Black Sea as a result of the Assyrian conquest of northern Israel around 800 BC.
The southern part of Dan were later to move to Hibernia (Ireland) and northern Wales where they settled as the Tuatha De’ Danann, the northern part later migrated north-west to new land which they called Dan’s Mark, nowadays Denmark.
There was another part of the Tribe of Dan who left Egypt prior to the Exodus, they were an influential minority in Athenian history. Dan loves messing about in boats, they renamed all the major rivers which flow into the Black Sea after their father Dan, i.e., the Dnieper, the Dniester, the Don and the Danube.
Jacob’s (Israel’s) blessings to his son Dan included that he would be “a snake which crosses a path” which means that as a snake’s movement along a dusty surface can be easily traced, so too would Dan’s movements by naming everything he passed as Dan.
Another part of his blessing said that Dan would judge the Tribes. This means that the standards established by Dan would be the bench-mark by which the other tribes would be judged. All people face eventual judgement on both a personal and national level, the Israelites will also face tribal judgement based on how their tribe kept the covenant relative to the Tribe of Dan.
One of the terms of the covenant was that the Israelites were to bring God’s light to the world. Christians know who God’s light to the world is, how have they spread the message of Yeshua Hamashiach around the world?
On a per-capita basis, Denmark has sent more missionaries into the world than all other nations (New Zealand comes in second). Combine that number with the Catholic Priests from Ireland who used to be found all over the world, and Methodist ministers and missionaries from northern Wales, some of whose number would also include descendants of Dan, then you have a sizeable number of Dan spreading God’s light in their diverse doctrinal ways according to the covenant.
Getting back to Kushner, the land he is trying to give away to the Palestinians is the land given to him by God. He really needs to consider what he’s attempting to do.
p.s. If you were speeding in your car in Ireland and you saw the flashing red and blue lights in your rear-vision mirror, the Garda would give you a ticket to appear in court. When you were in court, that stern faced man sitting on the high bench, who we would call the Judge, is called the Dan in Ireland.
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With that Scottish Hate Crime law JK Rowling used her celebrity status to defy the law. The public used their power to make Hate Crime complaints against the leaders – Humza Yousaf and Anas Sarwar.
Governments have no power unless we stay dumb and passive.
Bluff Called: Police Scotland Won’t Charge J.K. Rowling over Trans Comments
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Before the Scottish Hate Crime Laws ……
2021
BBC Scotland Comedy
The Chief Apologises
Scot Squad
The Chief does his best to apologise without offending anyone. And fails. Massively.
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Just a breather from the serious topics posted here.
I spotted this while watching mh’s Nick Ferrari video.
This is time-stamped to begin at the April 1st section.
– The nation’s newscasters ….
– Cousin Micki and Billy Crystal
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“I can’t allow you to do the propaganda bit afterwards”.
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Did you check out the comments?
Here is a sample:
– Nick is like a big emotional windbag. Now its too much? But before it was kind of ok.
– Blood on your hands Nick, not ours.
– “It takes a friend to tell a friend when they’re going wrong” Well Nick, if your friends are killing tens of thousands of children, that says a lot about the company you keep.
– Nah fella it wasn’t ok a long time ago before now, you won’t be forgiven for how compliant you’ve been.
– Kicking off now over aid worker’s but not thousands of innocent women and children, shame on you
– Judge a man on his friends….yours are murderers Nick.
– SO NOW IS THAT MOMENT IS IT??? ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC
– You supported these actions nick…on the wrong side of history yet again eh ol’ boy
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Old bloke,
Can you do a summary of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion please.
Google will only give me countless results rubbishing the whole thing.
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shatterzzz says:
October 18, 2023 at 7:40 am
An Israeli air strike killed hundreds of Palestinians at a Gaza City hospital crammed with patients and displaced people, health authorities in the besieged enclave said.
A HAMAS rocket went off course .. plenty of visual & eyewitness accounts available …
What is your point .. the dragged from the archives ( I’m impressed anyone would bother, thanx) post above .. the !st para was a cut & paste from a media report not my words & 2ndly .. the use “not a “war” was my opinion .. I don’t consider decimating terrorism an all-out “war” but if others, including “Benny” do .. fair enuf ..
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THE POINT IS you were gullible enough to believe HAMAS demolished the Gaza hospital. HAMAS doesn’t have the technology to demolish a hospital killing hundreds of people.
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Read it & weep .. unless, of course, Israel bad, Gaza “innocents” good ..
https://www.frontpagemag.com/terrorist-murderer-of-5-year-old-girl-caught-hiding-in-maternity-ward/
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THE POINT IS you were gullible enough to believe HAMAS demolished the Gaza hospital. HAMAS doesn’t have the technology to demolish a hospital killing hundreds of people.
Your not, actually, serious are you .. spend $millions on weaponry & miltary tunnel facilities but haven’t the “technology” to destroy a hospital .. not too mention the “100s” killed on Oct 7 …..
Next you’ll be quoting the “Ministry of Health” as a genuine source of casualty figures .. 32 000 dead but not one pix of mass graves ever in the media ..
Oops, I forgot, “innocents” burial sites are secret Hamas business …..!
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Shaterzzz,
In response to your original post I linked to Brian Berletic demolishing the narrative that it was a Hamas rocket that went off course. Brian is a former US marine engineer that runs the New Atlas website.
Soon after that attack, everyone stopped running cover for the Israelis as they were out and proud that they were demolishing all the hospitals. I will give the Israelis credit for that.
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Max Blumenthal
@MaxBlumenthal
Joe Biden declared in January that “if you harm an American, we will respond”
Israel has now murdered Jacob Flickinger, a US military veteran and aid worker, in a targeted triple tap drone strike
Biden responded by calling for Flickenger’s killers to investigate themselves
https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1775765935917351079?s=20
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I can’t help you MH, I’ve never read it nor have any intentions to do so.
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WHO: Pandemic Agreement and Amendments
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WHO negotiations
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Malcolm Roberts
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It’s not just one hospital, there were 36 hospitals in Gaza, all are now demolished.
No more Mr Nice Guy – G.G. MP – 19 mins.
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Solar farms are taking us back to the dark ages
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There would be a word for that.
A new word learnt during this genocide is scholasticide.
What is scholasticide?
The war in Gaza is wiping out Palestine’s education and knowledge systems
https://theconversation.com/the-war-in-gaza-is-wiping-out-palestines-education-and-knowledge-systems-222055
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What GG is saying is the big discussion taking place. There was no mistake – it seems that it was deliberate.
This may well be the line in the sand with this war.
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Poland
Launching an investigation
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The discussion earlier about the hospitals, Hamas, what is happening in Gaza and who is responsible. It wouldn’t be controversial if foreign journalists were allowed in to do their job. Professional war correspondents won’t be scared off by danger zones – they have done it before.
Watch to the end. James takes on caller Trevor.
LBC
James O’Brien vs Israel-defending caller over aid worker killings in Gaza
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Heartbroken Family Of Australian Killed By Israel Push For War Crimes Investigation | 10 News First
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-sb3KtVpXs
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World Outrage Grows Over Israel Weapon Supply In Wake Of Killed Australian | 10 News First
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZvUR1vjgo
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Netanyahu and his Completely Wrong Path | Scott Ritter
Dialogue Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM-Wyxz5sSQ
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Can you do a summary of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion please.
Why would you bother? It’s been recognised as fraudulent since the 1920’s.
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I was amusing myself after seeing Old bloke’s post last night about the Tribe of Dan and related matters. I was slightly curious about the Protocols however.
Anyway, time for a change of pace now
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Benny vs Benny
Via Al Jizz
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You be the judge
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“They’re losing the PR war. They’re losing it big.”
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We are seeing the fault lines on the right
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Australian Citizens Party petition to block government legislation which would free the RBA from government directions.
Australia urgently needs a public post office bank – a ‘people’s bank’
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Reminder
One Nation Digital ID Petition current signature total: 58,603
If you’ve already signed, spread the word and the link.
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Pandemics
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The Government politician
Covid in Italy
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The Government-sponsored scientists
Covid-2
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Neil Oliver:
Evil is now here in Scotland, but it’s coming your way SOON!
Scotland, my home country, is leading the way into a new darkness with it Hate Crime Bill that just became law
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World Central Kitchen aid workers
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Quite a feat. Being more Zionist than Netanyahu.
Even after Israel had accepted responsibility for the deaths of the WCK aid workers, it was still an “allegation” according to Angus Taylor.
4 April 2024
Angus Taylor ties himself in knots over an airstrike as the Coalition tethers itself to Israel
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If the World Central Kitchen workers had been killed by Hamas rockets or gunfire, the spin on the story, its coverage and comments from the loyal Zionist politicians and gaslit readers would be different.
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5 April 2024
Sky News
Israel Defence Force says investigation into Israeli airstrike that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza completed
Check the comments.
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Weekend Australian, Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor
West must realise it’s Hamas who is to blame for the deaths
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Same paper
Dave Sharma, Lib Senator
No Labor action to back angry words over Israel
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This is where the pro-Israel supporters get their talking points for talkback radio, letters to newspapers and online comments. It is not based on extensive research and analysis.
Hamas started it…. These things happen… It is tragic but….
Paywalled
Editorial, 5 April 2024
Contradiction at heart of government’s Gaza stance
Immediate ceasefire would enable Hamas to retain foothold.
If there is anyone who has online access to the above editorial and can post it here, it would make it possible for those who don’t have access to read that article.
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KC, you can use archive.md
The response of Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong to the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and her fellow workers is understandable. As World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres says, the “seven angels … were the best of humanity’’. Their deaths, an unmitigated tragedy, were caused by an Israeli airstrike. Reflecting community sadness and anger over the appalling incident is appropriate.
But it would be a mistake to change Australian policy, especially in relation to Iran’s terrorist proxy, Hamas. On Thursday, Senator Wong wisely declared that “Hamas has no place in the future governance of Gaza”. The statement came after the government had hardened its language against Israel, with Senator Wong warning the Jewish state to “change course” or face international isolation. While her statement that Hamas has no place in the future governance of Gaza was welcome, it contains a contradiction. She has also reiterated Australia’s call for an immediate ceasefire and “unlike Mr Netanyahu” urged a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. As Australia-Israel and Jewish Affairs Council executive director Colin Rubenstein has pointed out, an immediate ceasefire would leave Hamas in control of Gaza. That would be a recipe for further wars and death for civilians, in Israel and Gaza.
Nor is there any prospect of a ceasefire while Hamas refuses to release the remaining 130 hostages kidnapped along with 120 others in Israel on October 7. The slaughter that day of 1200 innocent people, including babies, was the worst mass killing of Jews since the Holocaust. After the massacre, Hamas’s callous misuse of Palestinians, including children and hospital patients, as human shields, and revelations of its vast tunnel network mean the terrorist group must be eliminated. It cannot be allowed to remain in control of Gaza under any circumstances. But a ceasefire would only enable the terrorists to rearm and regroup.
Mr Albanese and Senator Wong should also understand that the Palestinian Authority, despite Washington’s hopes, remains in disarray. It remains incapable of taking over administration of Gaza, much less serve as an effective partner in a two-state solution.
Israel admits its defence forces made a “grave mistake’’ when they destroyed vehicles carrying the aid workers. Israel has accepted responsibility and apologised. A full inquiry and transparent explanation are needed. That is little comfort to grieving families but, as Greg Sheridan writes, it is the “greatest possible contrast to Israel’s enemies, who rejoice and celebrate with abandon the sadistic torture and murder of civilians”. No single incident since the beginning of military action in Gaza has harmed Israel’s standing more. But it would be a mistake, as Sheridan has written, to ratchet up pressure on Israel to “change its ways or lose international support”.
However insensitive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to the deaths – “this happens in war” – it contains an unpalatable truth. The Albanese government should recall, as Sheridan adds, that “there is not a single war in which Australia has participated in which our soldiers, among the finest in the world, have not inadvertently killed some civilians”.
David Kilcullen, who has more hands-on experience than most military analysts, wrote recently in Inquirer: “The notion of a clean, surgical stand-off campaign to destroy Hamas without damaging Gaza or harming civilians – as attractive as it sounds in theory – is simply not practicable.’’
Allowing Hamas to regain or retain a foothold in Gaza, through a ceasefire, would only prolong the acute suffering and pain of Palestinians. It would also threaten the future of Israel, the Middle East’s only democracy and a staunch ally of Australia for 75 years. It is fighting for its survival. And it is in the interests of the free world that it prevails.
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Thanks, mh.
I’m surprised that it works. Most other paywalled articles work through that site but the Oz, in the past, seemed to block all the possible archive and 12ft options.
There is this very clever way of writing to appear objective and even-handed, yet the bias and brainwashing is obvious.
Re-posting with line breaks.
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Contradiction at heart of government’s Gaza stance
The response of Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong to the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and her fellow workers is understandable. As World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres says, the “seven angels … were the best of humanity’’. Their deaths, an unmitigated tragedy, were caused by an Israeli airstrike. Reflecting community sadness and anger over the appalling incident is appropriate.
But it would be a mistake to change Australian policy, especially in relation to Iran’s terrorist proxy, Hamas. On Thursday, Senator Wong wisely declared that “Hamas has no place in the future governance of Gaza”. The statement came after the government had hardened its language against Israel, with Senator Wong warning the Jewish state to “change course” or face international isolation. While her statement that Hamas has no place in the future governance of Gaza was welcome, it contains a contradiction. She has also reiterated Australia’s call for an immediate ceasefire and “unlike Mr Netanyahu” urged a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. As Australia-Israel and Jewish Affairs Council executive director Colin Rubenstein has pointed out, an immediate ceasefire would leave Hamas in control of Gaza. That would be a recipe for further wars and death for civilians, in Israel and Gaza.
Nor is there any prospect of a ceasefire while Hamas refuses to release the remaining 130 hostages kidnapped along with 120 others in Israel on October 7. The slaughter that day of 1200 innocent people, including babies, was the worst mass killing of Jews since the Holocaust. After the massacre, Hamas’s callous misuse of Palestinians, including children and hospital patients, as human shields, and revelations of its vast tunnel network mean the terrorist group must be eliminated. It cannot be allowed to remain in control of Gaza under any circumstances. But a ceasefire would only enable the terrorists to rearm and regroup.
Mr Albanese and Senator Wong should also understand that the Palestinian Authority, despite Washington’s hopes, remains in disarray. It remains incapable of taking over administration of Gaza, much less serve as an effective partner in a two-state solution.
Israel admits its defence forces made a “grave mistake’’ when they destroyed vehicles carrying the aid workers. Israel has accepted responsibility and apologised. A full inquiry and transparent explanation are needed. That is little comfort to grieving families but, as Greg Sheridan writes, it is the “greatest possible contrast to Israel’s enemies, who rejoice and celebrate with abandon the sadistic torture and murder of civilians”. No single incident since the beginning of military action in Gaza has harmed Israel’s standing more. But it would be a mistake, as Sheridan has written, to ratchet up pressure on Israel to “change its ways or lose international support”.
However insensitive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to the deaths – “this happens in war” – it contains an unpalatable truth. The Albanese government should recall, as Sheridan adds, that “there is not a single war in which Australia has participated in which our soldiers, among the finest in the world, have not inadvertently killed some civilians”.
David Kilcullen, who has more hands-on experience than most military analysts, wrote recently in Inquirer: “The notion of a clean, surgical stand-off campaign to destroy Hamas without damaging Gaza or harming civilians – as attractive as it sounds in theory – is simply not practicable.’’
Allowing Hamas to regain or retain a foothold in Gaza, through a ceasefire, would only prolong the acute suffering and pain of Palestinians. It would also threaten the future of Israel, the Middle East’s only democracy and a staunch ally of Australia for 75 years. It is fighting for its survival. And it is in the interests of the free world that it prevails.
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Penrith Panthers have been put to the sword by Manly tonight.
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it’s a wonderful government we have here in WA.
WA Labor wants the army to round up citizens in next plandemic
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Jeremy Boreing
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It’s Sabbath, but I think Ben was clear. One-on-one, in person. Nashville. Monday. 5pm. Live-streamed on X and YouTube.
I’ll add: there will be no ads on the video and no charge to watch it. No one cashes in.
You debated Destiny on his show without a moderator less than a month ago and have debated plenty of people without a moderator on your own show.
You asked for a debate. If you want it, come have it.
https://x.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1776399144837410920
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Joe Biden has very bad polling.
But maybe it’s not the economy that is driving his unpopularity.
CNBC takes a look at the economic data:
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I have a sister in WA who, I am sure is on board with this. I’m not visiting the People’s Republic until there is regime change.
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As World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres says, the “seven angels … were the best of humanity’’.
Luv this sort of rubbish .. plays right into Hamas propoganda .. FFS!
3 of the dead were mercenaries …….!
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Here is the Editorial from Haaretz, Israel’s newspaper of record:
Israel Must End Its War in Gaza Now – Haaretz Editorial – Haaretz.com
Apr 3, 2024
The incident in which seven people working for the international aid organization World Central Kitchen – among them Australian, Polish, British and Palestinian nationals and/or dual citizens – were killed in an Israeli aerial attack in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, cannot end with just a “comprehensive and transparent investigation” by the Israel Defense Forces, as was promised by Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi. Nor is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lukewarm apology – that “it happens in war; we are fully examining this. We are in contact with the governments, and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again” – sufficient.
This is an especially troubling incident due to the fact that the organization had been coordinating its movements with the IDF and the attack was not a case of mistaken identity. Israeli security sources said the World Central Kitchen’s vehicles were clearly marked as belonging to the organization both on their roofs and on their side panels. They were traveling on a route that had been approved in advance with the army, as was that particular journey.
Nevertheless, the presence of an armed person on a truck and suspicions that he was a terrorist were enough to lead the IDF unit responsible for securing the route on which the convoy was traveling to decide to fire three missiles at it.
This can only be understood as a decision that was in equal parts devastating and pointless. Israel must enable aid organizations, including those belonging to the United Nations, to distribute aid safely and securely. If Israel cannot ensure that, then it should turn over the task to international bodies and designate certain routes as immune from air or ground attacks.
This week’s incident cannot be distanced from the ease with which the IDF kills Palestinians in Gaza, as Yaniv Kubovich’s March 31 report shows. His investigation casts doubt on the IDF’s estimate that 9,000 of the 32,000 Gazans who have been killed in the war are in fact terrorists. Many of the reserve and career officers Kubovich interviewed say that the definition of terrorist is often a matter of wide interpretation. “In practice, a terrorist is anyone the IDF has killed in the areas in which its forces operate,” said a reserve officer who has served in Gaza.
The report found that the terrorist designation is not based on what the individual was doing at the time he was targeted but on whether he entered the “kill zone” established by the local IDF commander. “As soon as people enter it, mainly adult males, orders are to shoot and kill, even if that person is unarmed,” the officer said.
Therefore, it is not enough to simply exercise more caution in authorizing fire. Kubovich’s disturbing report on the number of dead and wounded in Gaza, along with the hunger and vast destruction and now Monday night’s incident should tell us that the time has come to end the war.
The above article is Haaretz’s lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.
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Jew on Jew violence
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