I want to add something about other Republicans following Trump's warrior example: During the Kavanaugh hearings Senator Grassley called Senator Feinstein, Senator Einstein. In other words, Senator Grassley stated, "Little Miss Know It All," under his breath and demeaned Senator Feinstein. That is a slight of a wonderful Senator that has brought morals and expertise to the Senate. I want it to stop.
October 26, 2018
By Chauncey Devega
Donald Trump and his right-wing allies (click here) have repeatedly threatened and celebrated violence against journalists and reporters. He obsessively threatens his political enemies -- especially women, including Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein -- with prison. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump even implied that if Clinton were elected president and tried to enforce gun control laws, she might be assassinated. Assaults by Donald Trump's supporters against protesters who exercised their constitutionally protected rights of free speech were a feature of his rallies.
Donald Trump, Republican leaders, Fox News and other parts of the right-wing echo chamber have endlessly slurred Bill and Hillary Clintons as monsters who hate America. Likewise, President Barack Obama has been depicted as a secret enemy, likely born overseas and possibly a Muslim, who hates America and was planning the country's downfall from within. Billionaire Democratic funder George Soros is portrayed as leading a left-wing plot against America and bankrolling all sorts of sinister activities. Given that Soros is Jewish and an immigrant from Hungary, his vilification by the far right and its media is consistent with anti-Semitic stereotypes straight out of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion."
Between Monday and Thursday this week, at least 10 prominent Democrats or liberals who have criticized President Trump were targeted with mail bombs. So far the list includes Obama, Soros, the Clintons, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, former Vice President Joe Biden, former Attorney General Eric Holder, former CIA director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, along with actor and producer Robert De Niro....
I attended a Trump Rally ONLINE. I do that from time to time if I have spare moments, but, I usually only listen. This time I left comments and it turned out to be more than interesting. Below is one of the exchanges, I am MGB. I once owned one of those cars in my younger days, too. The names will only appear as initials.
Opening salvo on October 26, 2018, Charlotte, NC:
MGB: If the people in the gym picked up a newspaper they might know what is real in the world.
Comments to my comments:
SBL: ALC (folks call others out by their names in these comment sections) I was about to say, if they can read.
CD: LSA you bet I am. I am the right side of history you will see time will tell.
CD: SBL do you like making people feel bad seems what the democratic party (capital letters only where entry is capitalized) spews all the time. If I couldn't read I wouldn't be able to answer your post.
LRT: CD go back to your van. (The van referred to here is the MAGA Bomber's van)
DLV: MGB--You think they can read?
JO: CD kinda like when the right says the left gets nothing but hand outs...
RM: MGB they can't read. Did you see all the incorrect spelled words by the MAGA Bomber.
JH: MGB you are assuming they can read.
MAG: DGT yup! The station is classified as "entertainment", not NEWS at all!!
SL: YES!
It touched me that I was received as well in this well honed online crowd. I received many supports. The "They can't read" stuff is definitely support for my position. I made seven comments and then could not deal with the hate coming from Trump's oral pharynx.
But, the return to my seven comments resulted in 55 responses of which 10 are above. Most comments were supportive, but, where they weren't their was anger and insults primarily.
Of all the responses I received I was most impressed at their ability to convey a clear understanding in only a few words. They were quick. These responses resulted from immediately to hours later. Most were immediate. These are smart folks. They know the situation and from what I wrote, comments to what I wrote and the other comments made other than any of mine, they are focused on a point of view they hold dear.
I will probably continue to comment now that I have a real feel for the dignity the online community holds between each other. There were no vulgarities. I would like that noted as well.
September 27, 2018
By Sabrina Siddiqui
...“President Trump (click here) has departed from the way most presidents behave when there’s an act of domestic terrorism,” said Michael Cornfield, associate professor at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management. “Anger is the fire of politics, and fire can be productive and useful or it can get out of control.”...
Saturday, October 27, 2018
The White Supremacists are on the move.
This is the deadliest attack on a Jewish Community in USA history. Today is Shabbat. The weekly Saturday service of the Hebrew faith. Shabbat is the seventh day of the week. The day of rest.
The skinhead knew what he was doing. He was prepared. He had his guns lined up in anticipation of using them someday. Bombings, assassinations of innocent people, the skinheads have been turned loose with the hatred being advocated by Trump. I don't want to hear that Trump is not deliberately aggravating this violence, he definitely has a role in this.
October 27, 2018
...The gunman (click here) is said to have yelled “All Jews must die” as he entered the Tree of Life Synagogue, a Conservative congregation in the city and began firing during a baby naming ceremony, local media reported. He engaged in a shootout with responding police officers and barricaded himself inside the building before surrendering. He is said to have been injured, and reportedly crawled toward police....
Trump thinks he has control of his hate speech. He doesn't. He is simply providing impetus to the White Supremacists. His leadership is inert to any idea that he can walk back the aggregation he provides to the White Supremacists in this country. Trump is providing a stage of PERMISSION to act. That goes for any "Dog Whistle Republican" as well. They don't have to give AN ORDER, it happens autonomously to the understanding of the White Supremacist community. They are always primed for the attack.
October 27, 2018
...A post by Bowers (click here) about an hour before the shooting on the alt-right platform Gab seems to spell out his violent intentions.
“HIAS (click here) likes to bring invaders in that kill our people,” Bowers wrote, referring to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. “I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered.”
Bowers’s last line in the post: “Screw your optics, I’m going in.”
His since-deleted Gab account had in the bio: “jews are the children of satan. (john 8:44),” and, “the lord jesus Christ is come in the flesh.”...
The idea this White Supremacist is acting alone is wrong. He was on an internet website that supports this level of hate. Everyone on that same site are his friends. Right now, the White Supremacists in prison are counting their numbers and expecting a higher escalation of violence in the country. They are no different than the anti-abortion crowd. They are violent and they won't ever step down from THEIR LOYALTY to their beliefs.
The synagogues and African American churches are going to have to step up their security. It is a horrible idea because places of worship are supposed to be protected by God, but, God also expects the brains he gave human beings to work to their benefit when hatred is at all-time highs.
Places of worship need to lock their doors and provide ID cards with magnetic codes to allow MEMBERS into the building. I mean it. Get over it. There are memberships to places of worship for a reason and it isn't just for tithing. Worship is the center of spiritual life and is a community with common understanding. Sanctuary from everyday life.
October 27, 2018
At least 11 people (click here) were killed after a man opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday.
The perpetrator entered the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue and yelled 'All Jews must die,' according to KDKA, a local radio station.
An Israeli official confirmed it knows of eight casualties....
The White Supremacists are the ones the Kochs, the petroleum industry, coal industry empowers to vote with the RYAN FUND. This is a responsibility of the Supreme Court and the Citizens United decision. These are the folks they spend all their money on to propagate a vote to allow exploitation of the USA democracy. Take a good look America.
Eight people were already known dead when Trump defended the Gun Lobby by putting the blame on the synagogue. Eight dead and Trump is stating the lack fo ARMED GUARDS would have averted the tragedy. When are people going to see the indecency of this man and his party?
October 27, 2018
By Crystal Hayes
Washington – President Donald Trump (click here) responded to the shooting in Pittsburgh, which left at least eight dead inside a synagogue, by telling reporters that an armed guard could have prevented the tragedy before then announcing he would still hold his planned MAGA rally tonight in Illinois.
As Trump boarded Air Force 1 heading to Indianapolis, he told reporters he was monitoring the events unfolding near the Tree of Life Synagogue and said "something has to be done."
But, Trump rebuffed questions about whether now was the time to examine gun laws.
"This has little to do with it if you take a look," Trump said on gun laws. He continued, explaining armed guard could have prevented the tragedy....
Read the facts! This is the Associated Press!
October 26, 2018
Far-right extremists (click here) have ramped up an intimidating wave of anti-Semitic harassment against Jewish journalists, political candidates and others ahead of next month's U.S. midterm elections, according to a report released Friday by a Jewish civil rights group.
The Anti-Defamation League's report says its researchers analyzed more than 7.5 million Twitter messages from Aug. 31 to Sept. 17 and found nearly 30 percent of the accounts repeatedly tweeting derogatory terms about Jews appeared to be automated "bots."
But accounts controlled by real-life humans often mount the most "worrisome and harmful" anti-Semitic attacks, sometimes orchestrated by leaders of neo-Nazi or white nationalist groups, the researchers said....
The skinhead knew what he was doing. He was prepared. He had his guns lined up in anticipation of using them someday. Bombings, assassinations of innocent people, the skinheads have been turned loose with the hatred being advocated by Trump. I don't want to hear that Trump is not deliberately aggravating this violence, he definitely has a role in this.
October 27, 2018
...The gunman (click here) is said to have yelled “All Jews must die” as he entered the Tree of Life Synagogue, a Conservative congregation in the city and began firing during a baby naming ceremony, local media reported. He engaged in a shootout with responding police officers and barricaded himself inside the building before surrendering. He is said to have been injured, and reportedly crawled toward police....
Trump thinks he has control of his hate speech. He doesn't. He is simply providing impetus to the White Supremacists. His leadership is inert to any idea that he can walk back the aggregation he provides to the White Supremacists in this country. Trump is providing a stage of PERMISSION to act. That goes for any "Dog Whistle Republican" as well. They don't have to give AN ORDER, it happens autonomously to the understanding of the White Supremacist community. They are always primed for the attack.
October 27, 2018
...A post by Bowers (click here) about an hour before the shooting on the alt-right platform Gab seems to spell out his violent intentions.
“HIAS (click here) likes to bring invaders in that kill our people,” Bowers wrote, referring to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. “I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered.”
Bowers’s last line in the post: “Screw your optics, I’m going in.”
His since-deleted Gab account had in the bio: “jews are the children of satan. (john 8:44),” and, “the lord jesus Christ is come in the flesh.”...
The idea this White Supremacist is acting alone is wrong. He was on an internet website that supports this level of hate. Everyone on that same site are his friends. Right now, the White Supremacists in prison are counting their numbers and expecting a higher escalation of violence in the country. They are no different than the anti-abortion crowd. They are violent and they won't ever step down from THEIR LOYALTY to their beliefs.
The synagogues and African American churches are going to have to step up their security. It is a horrible idea because places of worship are supposed to be protected by God, but, God also expects the brains he gave human beings to work to their benefit when hatred is at all-time highs.
Places of worship need to lock their doors and provide ID cards with magnetic codes to allow MEMBERS into the building. I mean it. Get over it. There are memberships to places of worship for a reason and it isn't just for tithing. Worship is the center of spiritual life and is a community with common understanding. Sanctuary from everyday life.
October 27, 2018
At least 11 people (click here) were killed after a man opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday.
The perpetrator entered the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue and yelled 'All Jews must die,' according to KDKA, a local radio station.
An Israeli official confirmed it knows of eight casualties....
The White Supremacists are the ones the Kochs, the petroleum industry, coal industry empowers to vote with the RYAN FUND. This is a responsibility of the Supreme Court and the Citizens United decision. These are the folks they spend all their money on to propagate a vote to allow exploitation of the USA democracy. Take a good look America.
Eight people were already known dead when Trump defended the Gun Lobby by putting the blame on the synagogue. Eight dead and Trump is stating the lack fo ARMED GUARDS would have averted the tragedy. When are people going to see the indecency of this man and his party?
October 27, 2018
By Crystal Hayes
Washington – President Donald Trump (click here) responded to the shooting in Pittsburgh, which left at least eight dead inside a synagogue, by telling reporters that an armed guard could have prevented the tragedy before then announcing he would still hold his planned MAGA rally tonight in Illinois.
As Trump boarded Air Force 1 heading to Indianapolis, he told reporters he was monitoring the events unfolding near the Tree of Life Synagogue and said "something has to be done."
But, Trump rebuffed questions about whether now was the time to examine gun laws.
"This has little to do with it if you take a look," Trump said on gun laws. He continued, explaining armed guard could have prevented the tragedy....
Read the facts! This is the Associated Press!
October 26, 2018
Far-right extremists (click here) have ramped up an intimidating wave of anti-Semitic harassment against Jewish journalists, political candidates and others ahead of next month's U.S. midterm elections, according to a report released Friday by a Jewish civil rights group.
The Anti-Defamation League's report says its researchers analyzed more than 7.5 million Twitter messages from Aug. 31 to Sept. 17 and found nearly 30 percent of the accounts repeatedly tweeting derogatory terms about Jews appeared to be automated "bots."
But accounts controlled by real-life humans often mount the most "worrisome and harmful" anti-Semitic attacks, sometimes orchestrated by leaders of neo-Nazi or white nationalist groups, the researchers said....
Donald Trump balloon (click here for article)
This is Wilmington, North Carolina where citizens are still living in hotels and motels because their homes are damaged and/or gone. I doubt anyone from this city was listening to the speech yesterday in Charlotte. Indeed.
October 26, 2018
By Tim Buckland
New Hanover County -- The Cape Fear Fair and Expo (click here) will open a day late because of Friday’s threat of thunderstorms and possibly tornadoes, said Skip Watkins, the fair’s manager.
October 26, 2018
By Tim Buckland
New Hanover County -- The Cape Fear Fair and Expo (click here) will open a day late because of Friday’s threat of thunderstorms and possibly tornadoes, said Skip Watkins, the fair’s manager.
The Wilmington region was expected to see heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Willa, but the next several days are expected to be sunny, according to the National Weather Service.
“We’re looking to open up (Saturday) at noon, bright-eyed and bushy tailed,” said Watkins, who is also a New Hanover County commissioner....
The entries in the Fair are a bit sparse. It is stated the empty shelves and scarce farm animals on display are due to a lack of participation. Entries for the fair are down by 70 percent. That is a bit of a surprise. Some of the display animals are actually shelter animals for adoption. That is even more of a surprise. That reality is very worrisome to the idea there are significant numbers of farm livestock lost or stranded. This is a tough one. I think there is simply too much hardship these days and that leads to mental health issues.
The entries in the Fair are a bit sparse. It is stated the empty shelves and scarce farm animals on display are due to a lack of participation. Entries for the fair are down by 70 percent. That is a bit of a surprise. Some of the display animals are actually shelter animals for adoption. That is even more of a surprise. That reality is very worrisome to the idea there are significant numbers of farm livestock lost or stranded. This is a tough one. I think there is simply too much hardship these days and that leads to mental health issues.
On their home turf, the Los Angeles Dodgers are beginning to warm up their approach.
October 27, 2018
By Ted Berg
After 18 innings, Max Muncy hits a walk-off home run to give the Dodgers their first win in the series
Los Angeles -- There will be no sweep. Not on Max Muncy’s watch. (click here)
Muncy’s walk-off homer in the bottom of the 18th inning gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 victory in what was, by time, the longest game in World Series history. The homer saved a terrific effort by rookie starter Walker Buehler and ruined an outstanding relief outing by the Boston Red Sox’s Nathan Eovaldi.
Buehler was spectacular in the early part Game 3. The right-hander looked sharp from the start -- if not necessarily efficient. He struck out Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts while opening the game with a perfect first, but required 26 pitches to get through the inning -- an ominous sign for a pitcher who eclipsed the 100-pitch mark in only six of his 23 regular-season starts. But Buehler, whose fastball registered as high as 100.1 mph in the outing, made quicker work of the Boston lineup thereafter....
There are reasons why these confrontations occur and they are based in aggression by Israel or Israelis in many instances.
October 27, 2018
Islamic Jihad (click here) on Saturday took responsibility for the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip overnight and threatened further launches, as the Israeli military accused the Palestinian terror group of carrying out the attacks on behalf of Iran and Syria....
There were no Iranian and Syrian troops involved. The United Nations has a Small Arms Treaty. I suggest israel begin with that and move before the UN Security Council to record these incidents and begin investigations to violations by Iran and Syria in supplying small arms to militias in the region.
October 27, 2018
The Islamic Jihad (click here) announced Saturday that a cease-fire has been reached with Israel after a night of fighting. The Israel Defense Forces struck targets in Gaza overnight Friday, as a slew of rockets were fired in Israel's south. Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire earlier Friday in Gaza border protests, and another in the West Bank.
The cease-fire was brokered through Egypt, Islamic Jihad spokesman Daoud Shihab said. The Israel Air Force said it struck 95 targets Friday and Saturday, including 87 Hamas targets and eight Islamic Jihad. Thirty-six rockeEarts were launched at Israel's south.
According to an IDF spokesperson, dozens of fighter jets and other IDF aircrafts carried out the strikes in Gaza. Among the sites attacked were two major weapons manufacturing locations and five military compounds, as well as a building that serves Hamas' general security forces in Gaza City, according to the IDF....
Earlier this month a Palestinian woman was brutalized and she succumbed to that act. The stoning of the family in their car is stated to be a revenge attack. The problems arise because of the movement into Palestinian lands by Israeli settlers approved and sometimes not approved by Israel's government. The investigation of this incident will be conducted by Israeli police. They will completely ignore the fact these are SETTLERS VS PALESTINIANS. The investigators will concentrate on perpetrators and whether or not it was an aggravated incident.
This is what occurs and there needs to be an end to the aggression and hatred. At least Egypt is trying to end the killing. At least there is some movement to stop the loss of life. But, there needs to be a greater effort to end the conflicts altogether.
The USA is not seeking a peace, they are aggravating the situation by ending a Palestinian consulate and placing it in the basement of the new Israeli consulate in Jerusalem. The USA is being aggressive in it's own way and it is not helping the region whatsoever. At least Egypt is beginning to overcome these acts of violence to bring about stability and end the killing. No one should live like this; not Israelis, nor Palestinians. The USA needs to be helpful, not aggressive or dismissive to any act in this region which results in a movement toward peace and the protection of life.
13 October 2018
By Samuel Osborne
Initially (click here) this was reported as a car crash in some media. The honest reporting is a movement with honor all by itself.
A Palestinian woman (click here) has been killed after being struck in the head by a stone allegedly thrown by Israeli settlers.
Aisha Rabi, 48, was travelling with her husband and two daughters to their home in Bidya in the northern West Bank early on Saturday night when their vehicle was pelted with stones, a relative said.
Her cousin, Isam Rabi, said she was struck in the head and rushed to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
He said her husband saw a small group of settlers nearby.
Israeli police have said they are investigating.
The area is near several ultra-nationalist Jewish settlements.
It had recently seen several attacks on Israelis, raising the possibility Ms Rabi was killed in a revenge attack.
Last Sunday, a Palestinian assailant killed two Israelis in a nearby settlement and on Thursday, a Palestinian man stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier.
The Palestinians use the waters off Gaza to fish. There are Palestinian fishing boats. But, they are not allowed to move goods into or out of a harbor. The Isralis believe such movement of goods would result in movement of military armaments. That has been Israel's position for decades. This is 2018 and still today there is no hope for change to allow movement of goods in a Palestinian port. There must be answers to insure a greater peace, prosperity and a hope for both sides of this maintained hatred of each other.
The Trump White House through Jared Kushner is not doing anything productive except allowing old paradigms of aggression to march forward. It is refreshing to see Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife traveling to Middle Eastern neighbors to begin efforts of peace, cooperation and prosperity. The Prime Minister has started a new movement and that should continue until the region is peaceful, harmonious and propsperous again. Israel is losing land this week because there is little hope for peace and that is not a reasonable place for any government policy by Israel.
Islamic Jihad (click here) on Saturday took responsibility for the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip overnight and threatened further launches, as the Israeli military accused the Palestinian terror group of carrying out the attacks on behalf of Iran and Syria....
There were no Iranian and Syrian troops involved. The United Nations has a Small Arms Treaty. I suggest israel begin with that and move before the UN Security Council to record these incidents and begin investigations to violations by Iran and Syria in supplying small arms to militias in the region.
October 27, 2018
The Islamic Jihad (click here) announced Saturday that a cease-fire has been reached with Israel after a night of fighting. The Israel Defense Forces struck targets in Gaza overnight Friday, as a slew of rockets were fired in Israel's south. Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire earlier Friday in Gaza border protests, and another in the West Bank.
The cease-fire was brokered through Egypt, Islamic Jihad spokesman Daoud Shihab said. The Israel Air Force said it struck 95 targets Friday and Saturday, including 87 Hamas targets and eight Islamic Jihad. Thirty-six rockeEarts were launched at Israel's south.
According to an IDF spokesperson, dozens of fighter jets and other IDF aircrafts carried out the strikes in Gaza. Among the sites attacked were two major weapons manufacturing locations and five military compounds, as well as a building that serves Hamas' general security forces in Gaza City, according to the IDF....
Earlier this month a Palestinian woman was brutalized and she succumbed to that act. The stoning of the family in their car is stated to be a revenge attack. The problems arise because of the movement into Palestinian lands by Israeli settlers approved and sometimes not approved by Israel's government. The investigation of this incident will be conducted by Israeli police. They will completely ignore the fact these are SETTLERS VS PALESTINIANS. The investigators will concentrate on perpetrators and whether or not it was an aggravated incident.
This is what occurs and there needs to be an end to the aggression and hatred. At least Egypt is trying to end the killing. At least there is some movement to stop the loss of life. But, there needs to be a greater effort to end the conflicts altogether.
The USA is not seeking a peace, they are aggravating the situation by ending a Palestinian consulate and placing it in the basement of the new Israeli consulate in Jerusalem. The USA is being aggressive in it's own way and it is not helping the region whatsoever. At least Egypt is beginning to overcome these acts of violence to bring about stability and end the killing. No one should live like this; not Israelis, nor Palestinians. The USA needs to be helpful, not aggressive or dismissive to any act in this region which results in a movement toward peace and the protection of life.
By Samuel Osborne
Initially (click here) this was reported as a car crash in some media. The honest reporting is a movement with honor all by itself.
A Palestinian woman (click here) has been killed after being struck in the head by a stone allegedly thrown by Israeli settlers.
Aisha Rabi, 48, was travelling with her husband and two daughters to their home in Bidya in the northern West Bank early on Saturday night when their vehicle was pelted with stones, a relative said.
Her cousin, Isam Rabi, said she was struck in the head and rushed to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
He said her husband saw a small group of settlers nearby.
Israeli police have said they are investigating.
The area is near several ultra-nationalist Jewish settlements.
It had recently seen several attacks on Israelis, raising the possibility Ms Rabi was killed in a revenge attack.
Last Sunday, a Palestinian assailant killed two Israelis in a nearby settlement and on Thursday, a Palestinian man stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier.
The Palestinians use the waters off Gaza to fish. There are Palestinian fishing boats. But, they are not allowed to move goods into or out of a harbor. The Isralis believe such movement of goods would result in movement of military armaments. That has been Israel's position for decades. This is 2018 and still today there is no hope for change to allow movement of goods in a Palestinian port. There must be answers to insure a greater peace, prosperity and a hope for both sides of this maintained hatred of each other.
The Trump White House through Jared Kushner is not doing anything productive except allowing old paradigms of aggression to march forward. It is refreshing to see Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife traveling to Middle Eastern neighbors to begin efforts of peace, cooperation and prosperity. The Prime Minister has started a new movement and that should continue until the region is peaceful, harmonious and propsperous again. Israel is losing land this week because there is little hope for peace and that is not a reasonable place for any government policy by Israel.
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