DL Open Thread: Weds., Jan. 29, 2020
Trump Campaigns For Bibi. The ‘Giveaway of the Century’. Two self-appointed ‘strongmen’ flexing their muscles with the Palestinians as the inevitable losers. An excerpt:
Three years after he said that peace in the Middle East was “not as difficult as people have thought,” President Donald Trump unveiled a lopsided plan that gives Israel much of what it has long sought and imposes daunting requirements on the Palestinians before negotiations can even begin. The President described his plan, orchestrated by his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as “the last opportunity” for a Palestinian state. Yet it fails to address many of the problems that led to the collapse of earlier peace initiatives. The plan calls for a two-state solution, but largely in name only. It grants Israel’s long-standing demands on settlements and borders, security, Jerusalem, and refugees. Israel will have the right to annex parts of the West Bank that it now occupies, significantly reducing and further dividing Palestinian territory. It gets control of Jerusalem as its “undivided” capital. And it will assume security control over the entire West Bank, the Jordan River Valley, and Jerusalem. The Palestinians will be left with a proto-state that is physically divided, economically challenged, and possibly not viable as a modern country. Trump’s plan also lacks diplomatic energy—with no formal mechanism to get the two sides together—or any sense of urgency, since it offers a vague four-year window for the Palestinians to complete a long list of preconditions just to talk with Israel.
Looking For A Coronavirus Quick Fix? Looks like it could be at least a year away. This could be more than a little serious.
Falwell Wants West Virginia To Annex Liberty University And Some Trump-Red Counties. There are, to put it mildly, impediments. If I had any power in Virginia, I would be looking at every fucking tax break that that phony institution of higher learning gets. If Junior still wants to leave Virginia, let him pay to move everything, including the water slide.
Trump And Facebook: The Perfect Reelection Team. You’ve all seen those ads. ‘Take This Poll’. The D’s had better up their game. And, if elected, a D President has to move to break up this disinformation juggernaut.
Trump & Dershowitz Have Jeffrey Epstein In Common. Meaning, they both have plenty of dirt on each other. A legal arrangement engineered in Hell.
What do you want to talk about?
3 years ago today, Trump murdered Nawar Al-Awlaki, a US citizen and girl of 8 years of age.
https://pics.me.me/pro-choice-liberals-this-is-8-year-old-nawar-anwar-al-awlaki-she-was-15556939.png
But there are no articles of impeachment or Senate trial for this heinous crime or for the assassination of Hossein Sulamani, a government official traveling on a diplomatic passport from a nation with whom we are formally at peace.
But Trump just looks for dirt on somebody dirty, like Hunter Biden, now poor Hunter he’s a worthy victim. Worthy of 24/7 breathless commentary on CNN.
We are awash in some really screwed up moral priorities in this land of ours, folks.
“Trump just looks for dirt on somebody dirty like Hunter Biden”
Really? That’s all he did? Curious take.
Just by the by, why don’t you give us a list of all the lands around the globe that don’t demonstrate screwed up moral priorities? Good luck in advance.
So your heart bleeds for Hunter, who’s still very much alive , but not for Nawar Al-Awlaki who’s 3 years dead. How come ?
Wrong again. My heart doesn’t at all bleed for Hunter. But your heart apparently bleeds for Trump and his courageous call-out of corruption.
Then again, I don’t feel a need to go bleeding all over the place the way you always do. You’re so fucking compassionate I don’t know how you get through your day.
You’re a poseur, fella, always have been.
I’m seeing a lot of “careful what you wish for” stories about Bernie this morning. His rise to the top of the Iowa and NH polls seems to have all the “yes, but” pundits in a lather.
Wonder if it’s related to this polling news out of California yesterday:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/28/bernie-sanders-widens-california-primary-lead-in-new-poll/
Alby, I remember George McGovern. I think I’m not the only one who is worried that a repeat could happen this year. Please talk me down. It’s my only concern about Bernie.
That old chestnut. Oh boy
Get used to it. It’s all you’re gonna hear for the next two weeks.
And people call me a concern troll.
Here’s an example:
https://www.salon.com/2020/01/29/press-watch-corporate-democrats-neocon-nevertrumpers-lead-media-charge-against-sanders/
Sorry if you don’t think that’s something to make people aware of. You’re welcome to start your own blog and link bank to us if you don’t like it.
No Post-Game/Pre-Game show today. I wrote the bleeping thing, but it has vanished into the e-ether.
I admit it wasn’t my best work…I’m taking cold medication.
Still, I WROTE the bleeping thing.
Yes, but.
No worries about withholding aid to root out corruption in this country
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-indictments-against-netanyahu-officially-filed-in-court-1.8464667
Israel enjoys “Most-Sacred-Cow” status in Congress(aka The Other Occupied Territory).
My comment was for Alby (re: Bernie), not El Som, who is completely exonerated.
checking in to see who was mad online today. usual suspects. absolutely hate to see it. be better.