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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024

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The Israeli attempt to wipe out Hamas has brought widespread condemnation, but since calls on conscience are doing nothing to dissuade Netanyahu from his murderous course. So the focus of criticism seems to have shifted toward worries about the war widening to the entire region, with the new Axis of Evil shaping up as Iran, […]

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DL Open Thread Monday, Jan. 1, 2024

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Benjamin Netanyahu must think the high road has been mined, because he steadfastly refuses to take it. As the slaughter in Gaza continues, he promised to continue what he calls a war for another year. I think history is more likely to call it a massacre. Frustration makes people say things they haven’t thought through. […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023

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Anyone who still thinks Jan. 6 wasn’t planned from the top down should take a look at the report from the Inspector General of the Department of Interior. That agency’s investigation turned up memos showing that his “spontaneous” call for a march to the Capitol was planned all along. This was from Kylie Kremer of […]

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DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 18, 2023

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Somebody should explain to Benjamin Netanyahu that when you’ve lost Chris Coons, you’ve lost the Democratic centrists. It seems even Coons has had enough of the senseless slaughter of Palestinians. He told CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday that Netanyahu “has been an exceptionally difficult partner.” This is the closest Coons has ever come to criticizing […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023

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Does what’s left of the Republican Party understand it’s a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia? On one hand, they’re stupid, so they might not realize where that dark money comes from now that the NRA’s Russian cover has been blown. On the other, even the stupidest among them, Kevin McCarthy, figured it out years ago, […]

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I Don’t Give a Fuck What You Think About Israel and the Palestinians

Filed in International by on December 12, 2023 12 Comments

Seriously, I don’t give a flying fuck what you think, and if you’re honest with yourself – a heavy lift for a lot of people – you don’t give a flying fuck what I or anyone else thinks, either. Simple acid test: Has a month-plus of nonstop discussion of this changed your mind about it? […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023

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Governments around the world like to pretend they’re doing something about global warming, but for all the talk about renewables, 80% of the world’s energy is still derived from fossil fuels. Lots of petroleum-producing countries, and oil industry in this one, want to keep it that way. Their latest victory came at the UN’s COP28 […]

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DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 11, 2023

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Cynics might consider a UN climate conference a study in hypocrisy – thousands of people burned fossil fuel flying to a desolate stretch of sand atop a petroleum patch so they can emit a lot of hot air pretending to do something about global warming. Oil-rich nations, though, see it as an existential threat. Reuters […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023

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Everyone knows that Donald Trump has never had an original thought and that most of his insults are simply projection. You’d think the mainstream media would have noticed this by now, and investigated him for any of the complaints he has about someone else. For example, his constant drumbeat of “Joe Biden is old and […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023

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Proof, as if more were needed, that politics is now professional wrestling: Disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos is monetizing his graft in various ways. One of them is selling cameo greetings – give him a few hundred dollars and he’ll record a short message for someone. Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, one of the few Democrats who […]

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DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 4, 2023

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This story came out a week ago and sank without a trace: The president of the United Nations’ annual climate summit planned to use the talks to lobby dozens of countries and business leaders to increase their use of oil and gas, a fact that’s a lot easier to understand when you know that Sultan […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023

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Good things happen when you get people to stop killing each other, even temporarily: The ceasefire in Gaza has been extend to Thursday, with the option open for further extensions. Biden, or more properly his people, helped make this happen, but I’m sure they did it wrong. Ask around. Here’s a story that violates Betteridge’s […]

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DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 27, 2023

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There’s a nasty civil war going in in Sudan, where the ethnic Arabs are slaughtering the ethnic Africans in what looks an awful lot like genocide.. Nobody elsewhere seems to be protest marching for or against either side. I’m not sure, but I think there might be a First World bias in our media. There’s […]

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