Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Open Thread

Doodad

The End The Conflation post comments have ranged far afield so it's probably time for an open thread.


29 comments:

  1. I found the link at EoZ of course:

    https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Anti-Zionism-is-antisemitism-593635

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  2. Good article Jeff and just one more example proving Anti-Zionism is antisemitism; something probably everyone here knows. IMO, anyone who refutes this simple truth is someone trying to normalize Jew hate and thus someone to be refuted and shunned.

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  3. ===================================
    ************ WARNING !!! ************
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    The mainstream-news-media DOES NOT
    WANT YOU
    to read these two articles:

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    [1] article about Muslims
    raping Jews and other non-Muslims:

    We can’t afford to shut our eyes to the
    realities of this conflict
    by Yehuda Shalem

    www.jns.org/opinion/we-cant-afford-to-shut-our-eyes-to-the-realities-of-this-conflict/

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    [2] Testimonies of Palestinians
    tortured by the Palestinian Authority
    to be shown at The Hague
    :

    www.jns.org/opinion/the-arrogance-of-the-old-elite/

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  4. ===================================
    ************ WARNING !!! ************
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    The mainstream-news-media DOES NOT
    WANT YOU
    to read these articles:

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    Mark R. Levin (a lawyer and author
    of the best-selling book
    Unfreedom of the Press) said:


    “The press is eroding from within, not
    from government oppression or suppression…

    not by President Trump’s hand, but by
    their own self-censorship, group-think,
    bias by omission, and passing off opinion,
    propaganda, pseudo-events
    and outright lies as news.

    … A self-perpetuating and reinforcing mindset
    has replaced independent and impartial thinking.”

    SOURCE:
    Deconstructing where American media has
    gone wrong
    by Deborah Fineblum, 2019/6/14
    www.jns.org/deconstructing-where-american-media-has-gone-wrong/

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    Mark R. Levin (a lawyer and author
    of the best-selling book
    Unfreedom of the Press) said:


    “[Journalists and news outlets] serve as filters
    attempting to enforce uniformity of thought …
    centered on the Progressive ideology and agenda.

    Issues, events, groups and individuals that do not
    fit the narrative are dismissed or diminished.”

    SOURCE:
    Deconstructing where American media has
    gone wrong
    by Deborah Fineblum, 2019/6/14
    www.jns.org/deconstructing-where-american-media-has-gone-wrong/

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    Mark R. Levin (a lawyer and author
    of the best-selling book
    Unfreedom of the Press) said:


    “The media’s Progressive ideology and Democratic
    Party bias are in full bloom as evidenced by their
    frenzied obsession with ‘getting’ President Trump…”

    “…the constant media refrain is trying to convince
    the American people of a demonstrably false narrative…”

    SOURCE:
    Deconstructing where American media has
    gone wrong
    by Deborah Fineblum, 2019/6/14
    www.jns.org/deconstructing-where-american-media-has-gone-wrong/

    PS: You have little chance of getting
    unbiased news from the mainstream news media!

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    David Friedman (USA Ambassador to Israel) said:

    “The next day [after the move of the USA embassy
    to Jerusalem] the Liberal media vilified everyone
    associated with the embassy move and glorified
    the poor Hamas terrorists.”

    SOURCE: Deconstructing where
    American media has gone wrong

    by Deborah Fineblum, 2019 June 14
    www.jns.org/deconstructing-where-american-media-has-gone-wrong/

    PS: You can forget about getting unbiased
    information from the mainstream news media!

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    If you want the truth about Israel
    and the Middle East, then do not waste
    your time with the FAKE NEWS
    of The New York Times and the
    Israel-bashing mainstream-news-media.

    Instead, visit these web sites:

    www.jns.org

    www.algemeiner.com

    www.memri.org

    www.aish.com

    www.DanielPipes.org

    www.camera.org

    www.UKMediaWatch.org

    www.HonestReporting.com

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  5. Putting the press on a pedestal for so long has led to this. Skeptics like me always knew they were in it for the money and prestige and fame and thus couldn't be trusted with something as precious as "truth."

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  6. Eric Starkman (a Los Angeles-based
    writer and journalist) said:


    “The mainstream media has abandoned
    all pretense of objectivity.

    Whereas in the past journalists
    viewed themselves as unbiased
    chroniclers of the news, their
    focus today is on manufacturing it
    and dominating the ensuing conversations.

    A journalist’s influence today
    isn’t determined by the quality
    or accuracy of their reporting,
    but rather the size of their
    Twitter following and the frequency
    of their television appearances.”

    SOURCE:
    Why Crown Heights Hate Crimes Aren’t Newsworthy
    by Eric Starkman, 2019 February 17, in The Algemeiner
    www.algemeiner.com/2019/02/17/why-crown-heights-hate-crimes-arent-newsworthy/

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    Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:

    “I refuse to bend over backward
    to single out Israel – or other
    things Jewish – for super-scrutiny.

    I refuse to gloat, as so many
    in academia and the media
    seem to, over Israel’s shortcomings.”

    SOURCE: Chutzpah
    by Alan M. Dershowitz (chapter 7, page 211)
    published in year 1991 by Little Brown & Co
    ISBN: 9780316181372 ISBN: 0316181374

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  7. Laureen Lipsky said:

    “New York City has seen a huge increase
    in anti-Semitic attacks, largely carried
    out against religious Jews in Brooklyn.

    Most of these incidents are ignored by the media.”

    SOURCE:

    Anti-Israel Hate Marches Continue
    in Europe and the West

    by Laureen Lipsky 2019/6/6
    (Laureen Lipsky is a pro-Israel advocate
    living in New York and the founder
    of Taking Back the Narrative.)
    www.algemeiner.com/2019/06/06/anti-israel-hate-marches-continue-in-europe-and-the-west/

    PERSONAL COMMENT:

    Given that the mainstream-news-media
    ignored the increase in anti-Semitic
    attacks in New York City, how can they
    be trusted to report about Israel fairly?

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    Why isn’t a surge of anti-Semitism
    in New York City a bigger story?


    www.jns.org/opinion/why-isnt-a-surge-of-anti-semitism-in-new-york-city-a-bigger-story/

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    When burning Jews is not news:
    by Stephen M. Flatow


    www.5tjt.com/when-burning-jews-isnt-news//

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  8. “But the Western press shows little
    proclivity for reporting on topics
    that might cast the PA [Palestinian
    Authority] in a bad light.”

    SOURCE:
    article by Sean Durns, 2019 March 6
    The Media Only Cares about
    Palestinians If Israel Can Be Blamed

    www.algemeiner.com/2019/03/06/the-media-only-cares-about-palestinians-if-israel-can-be-blamed/

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    “Indeed, Palestinians rarely make
    an appearance in The [Washington] Post,
    unless it’s to serve as the perennial
    victim — and this too is contingent
    on portraying Israel, and only Israel,
    as the oppressor.

    When Palestinians suffer at the hands
    of their leaders, the [Washington] Post
    is nowhere to be found.”

    SOURCE:
    article by Sean Durns, 2019 March 6
    The Media Only Cares about
    Palestinians If Israel Can Be Blamed

    www.algemeiner.com/2019/03/06/the-media-only-cares-about-palestinians-if-israel-can-be-blamed/

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    Why Do Media Outlets Ignore Palestinian Terror,
    But Condemn Israel’s Response
    ? by Simon Plosker


    www.algemeiner.com/2019/03/27/why-do-media-outlets-ignore-palestinian-terror-but-condemn-israels-response/

    www.algemeiner.com/2019/04/10/palestinian-police-arrest-hundreds-of-people-a-week-at-checkpoints/

    www.algemeiner.com/2019/03/19/the-new-york-post-erases-years-of-palestinian-rocket-fire/

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  9. If we don't care that migrant children are dying because they're not us and
    we don't care that Latinos are subject to discrimination because they're not us and
    we don't care that black Americans are shot in the street because they're not us and
    we don't care that Sikhs, Indians and Muslims are getting killed and beaten because they're not us
    How can we expect anyone else to care when it is us?

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    1. Please stop pretending that only you care. The results might show that you care no more than anyone else and even less in some regards. Sanctimony is unbecoming.

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    2. In addition, if you think those that don't care about us would change if we only care more about them, that's just foolish. When has that ever really worked? Why pretend that discrimination is one-sided, and only one side is above reproach?

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  10. Any thoughts on the Democratic debate? Winners, losers? Penetrating questions.

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    1. Not much oldschoool except to say that a man who actually is considered for President thinks that " “reproductive justice” requires that the federal government ensure biological males can obtain no-cost abortion procedures."

      https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/julian-castro-on-abortion-one-2020-democrat-hit-the-gas-pedal/

      I dunno, man. Julian Castro is probably a nice fellow but.....

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    2. Trump said it was boring and I gotta agree from what I saw. Maybe tonite, but I doubt it. No one hit a home run and I don't see one coming soon. So far, Trump would demolish them unless America in general loses its mind (which is entirely possible because orange man bad.)

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    3. I didn't watch it, but saw some clips. What did we learn, that Beto O'Rourke can pander in Spanish?
      I saw that Rachel Maddow and Chuck Todd were moderators. What kind of debate is that? Were there any that you we don't already know are Democrats?
      Who vets the vetters?

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  11. Henry Moskowitz, an American Jew and a
    civil rights activist who died in 1936,
    was one of the founders of the NAACP.

    Today, American Blacks do not remember
    and do not care that American Jews
    helped their struggle for Civil Rights;
    they hate Jews even more than Whites.

    Does anyone alive today not-hate-Jews
    because polio, one of the most feared
    diseases of all time, was cured by a
    Jewish doctor of medicine?

    Does anyone alive today not-hate-Jews
    because two Jewish Rabbis who lived
    in the Middle Ages helped Europeans
    to stop using Roman Numerals [IVXCM]
    and instead used Indian/Arabic
    numerals [0123456789]?

    Does anyone alive today not-hate-Jews
    because the expenses of the American
    Revolution were paid by Mr. Haym Solomon,
    a Jew who lived in America in the 1770s?

    Does anyone alive today not-hate-Jews because
    Jews created: Superman, Spider Man and He-Man?

    Does anyone alive today not-hate-Jews because
    Jews created the first Hollywood movie studios?

    Does anyone alive today not-hate-Jews because
    a Jew, Sigmund Freud, invented psychotherapy?

    Does anyone alive today not-hate-Jews because
    a Jew helped to co-create the first commercially
    available spreadsheet software?

    Does anyone alive today not-hate-Jews because
    Jewish scientists and engineers helped NASA
    send men to the moon and bring them back alive?

    That Jews always get blamed for all problems
    is obvious. Another fact that is much-less-obvious
    is that Jews rarely get credit for their inventions
    and philanthropy; those things are quickly forgotten,
    most of the time.

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  12. "Bahrain FM to Times of Israel: Israel is here to stay, and we want peace with it"

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/bahrain-fm-to-times-of-israel-israel-is-here-to-stay-and-we-want-peace-with-it/

    So encouraging. Several times a year and increasingly lately, we see comments like this from Arab leaders/elites/intellectuals. There's a long way to go and Palestinians are the main obstacle but still......

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  13. This debate better than the other. Biden looks old. Will Israel come up?

    Hard left turns approaching.

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    1. The media is going to eat this up, but it's all a harangue.

      Mayor Pete is scary, and not in a good way.

      Harris loves that fake news story about 2nd grade. Does she help or hurt herself?

      The China discussion was 2 minutes. No foreign policy for the Democrats!

      More left turns approaching.

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    2. Free health care for illegal immigrants supported by ALL tonites candidates. That should trigger a massive surge in potential illegals. Thanks Dems.

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    3. At least 37 times the Torah tells us to take care of the stranger. There may be a God, there may be a judgment day. If there is, we certainly will be asked, "What did you do for the undocumented people I sent your way?" Some will say, "I did all I could to insure that they had food, clothing and shelter." Others will say, "Don't worry, I put them is cages and sent them back to the miserable conditions from whence they came." Which do you suppose is the better answer?

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    5. “I’ve been to that facility, where they talk about cages. That facility was built under President Obama under (Homeland Security) Secretary Jeh Johnson. I was there because I was there when it was built,” said Thomas Homan, who was Obama’s executive associate director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for nearly four years.

      https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/baracks-ice-chief-cages-were-obamas-idea

      From June 2014: Obama seeks more power to send unaccompanied children back across the border

      https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/obama-administration-seeks-power-send-kids-back-across-border

      Check out the picture attached to that story, if you want to see cages.

      Perhaps best to leave the moral lectures to Mayor Pete. The fact is that we do take care of the stranger, even if not perfectly. Put aside political bias, and stop using tragedy to promote a political agenda. That would be nice.

      Another inconvenient fact is that too many of today's critics, if the stranger was a deplorable, would not offer care, but hatred. Migrants are tools to exploit, despite that they pretend otherwise.

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    6. So your answer is, "Screw 'em, they hate us." Maybe that would work, but I just don't think so.

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    7. That's your utterly predictable interpretation. Progressives sure like to twist differing views in the worst light. Sad.

      The cages were an Obama creation. Get your facts straight! Stop practicing double standards before you play the virtue signal card.

      What's your solution besides unrequited benevolence? Do you believe in open borders? Do you dispute that the vast majority of asylum claims do not meet the legal criteria?

      Some people wait decades to obtain legal status. "Screw 'em" seems to be your answer.

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    8. Joseph,
      How come you get to decide the narrative, its parameters, its only answers, and to put words into people's mouths? Just wondering.

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    9. It's really not a bother, but sad to deal with closed minds of persons so certain, yet so ignorant about the diversity outside their bubble. It's sad they have no idea where the other side is coming from, only that the other side is bad. What else can they besides mischaracterize and, in this case, talk nonsense about strangers.

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  14. "“If fully investigated, it would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election and he was put in office because the Russians interfered …on his behalf.”

    Jew hating senile ex-prez Jimmy Carter

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/06/breaking-video-jimmy-carter-says-trump-is-an-illegitimate-president-put-in-office-by-russia/

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