Mike L.
I received an email yesterday from someone by the name of Iman Soleimani who apparently is a writer for something called the Namavaran Network Corporation.
I received an email yesterday from someone by the name of Iman Soleimani who apparently is a writer for something called the Namavaran Network Corporation.
The email looked like this:
Dear Mr.Dr. Mike LumishWell, isn't that flattering?
NNC ( NAMAVARAN NETWORK CORPORATION ): Our Institute is non-governmental and the research section of it, seeks to obtain a complete understanding of the U.S. and the most important issues. I would like to do an interview with you and ask some questions about "Israel, US and Zionism" via email.
By the way, if you have any questions about our website or the research, you can feel free to contact us. (http://www.nnc-research.com).
I look forward to talk to you about this topic.
Thanks for time and consideration.
Sincerely, Iman Soleimani NNC ( NAMAVARAN NETWORK CORPORATION )
But just who is Iman Soleimani and just what is the the Namavaran Network Corporation?
With just a little bit of research I discovered that Mr. Soleimani is precisely who he says that he is and that NNC is an Iranian media outlet.
If you go to the Namavaran Network Corporation website you will see that it is not exactly a friendly place for Jews who care about the well-being of their fellow Jews in Israel. Here are some of the front page headlines:
Wall Street is a major operation site of Zionism, but their main base is the City of LondonNo! Wall Street and Jews? I never heard of such a thing!
Zionism is both a political movement and a way of mis-interpreting current eventsThis piece was written by someone with the familiar sounding name of Eileen Fleming. That name just rang a bell for me and the Big Orange kept flashing before my eyes. Yup. I knew that name sounded familiar!
Most of Americans are unaware of Zionists powerYes, we're so powerful. Of course, we can't even get the US government to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but obviously we control everything in sight.
Zionism Is the Main Determinant of US PolicyAnyway, you get the idea.
So, what should I do with this? Should I agree to some internet interview by a viciously anti-Semitic anti-Zionist Iranian outlet? It seems pointless to me, but it also might be entertaining - and, y'know, that goes a long way.
I honestly do not know what to make of this, so I solicit your advice.
What do you ladies and gents think?
Write back, "Eat my sh!t" and be done with him.
ReplyDeleteYes, well, that's one option.
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Say, maybe you can help with this Internet problem I'm having. I keep getting banned from various sites. I just don't get why. ;)
DeleteYou are not the only one with that problem, Randall.
DeleteI would very much appreciate it if you guys would avoid outright vulgarity here.
Randall, I've been banned from CNN, HuffPo, Salon, DKos, The Atlantic, and others with nary a naughty word. I got banned from The Atlantic for using the word "Shibboleth". Salon banned me for quoting Glenn Greenwald to Glenn Greenwald in his own column when he mentioned in passing his warm support for Neo Nazis. Dkos, I forget why. Probably something about using their own words with some very minor tweaks to read like like the psychotic antisemitic Muslim press. HuffPo - well you could imagine. Basically if you have response at all to their personal attacks, that beacon of free speech kicks you out.
ReplyDeleteMy cousin the French communist is a good model - say whatever you like to him, heck, screw his wife in his bed in front of him. He doesn't care. But woe to he or she who fails to take him as seriously as he does.
Real quick, as I'm soon to be in transit back home from North Jersey - I vote go for it, Mike. But keep your own transcript! This could be good. I'll follow up more tonight once I'm home. I only ask you keep the option open until you hear me out then!
ReplyDeleteIt's CNN spelled backwards.
ReplyDeleteand Raw Story - banned from there too.
ReplyDeleteWell, you're definitely not banned from here.
DeleteMaybe you are some kind of magnet for these types, Mike. I say go for the entertainment value.
ReplyDeleteAnd if the Jews control the media why are you guys getting banned. Something is not right here. Haven't paid your Elder dues or what??????
ReplyDeleteOkay, back home.
ReplyDelete110 steps forward, and 2 steps back. Good news is I'm officially hired, and I can now begin looking for my second apartment up in Newark or Elizabeth.
Bad news is the job doesn't start until September (I wanted to start next week! oh well). Well, I guess that's at least the best bad news I've gotten in years...
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Okay well, so yeah. Go for this, Mike, is my call.
How many of us have the opportunity to witness the workings of the Antisemite Industry firsthand?
Just make sure you keep track of all correspondence, etc. Go for it
So in other words, I guess I'll still be around to bother youze, and generally "Be Jay," all summer... ;)
Delete(Even when I want to get rid of myself, I'm still not that easy to get rid of!)
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This is one problem with the new media and doing everything remotely. In the old days, if someone wanted to do an in depth interview they did it in person. You could wear an outrageously stereotypic rabbi's garb or an Elmo mask.
ReplyDeleteI vote Mike should submit a profile picture wearing an old-school hockey goalie's mask and carrying a machete, myself...
DeleteI've just now agreed to the interview, but we'll see what this is about.
DeleteI'll keep you guys posted.
Awesome, Mike. Thanks!
DeleteI just got banned from a website for my first time ever this evening.
ReplyDeleteThe apparent "reason" can be found here.
I wonder if perhaps our resident human rights activist Che Gorilla should try to see if maybe he can express such sentiments there?
LOL, you blue eyed devil lizard you. Old David will never respond to Crazy Alice's craziness; neither will most Progressives who ate up her dissing of Israel. Their first clue she was nuts should have been her camaraderie with Cynthia (I am a nutjob) McKinney. But as long as she is hating Israel she's all right with them.
ReplyDeleteFizziks article is right on; one can almost set their watch by the cycle:
"You can just set your watch by it. The sequence of events is always like this:
1) A semi-notable person comes out with some anti-Israel speech or act
2) Anti-Israel idiots jizz all over themselves and the rest of the internet with praise for the person
3) The person then demonstrates that they are insane and racist
4) Anti-Israel idiots are silent
The most recent example of this cycle completing is Alice Walker."
Actually, I'm a gray-eyed devil lizard, for the record, but a very good-looking one!
DeleteThat's how I fool them, after all. I draw them in with my irresistible handsomeness. Alice and David are just angry that they can't be me...
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I don't always comment at Tikkun, but when I do I tend to get banned.
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