The true history of the Arab-Israeli conflict
The origins of this problem are found in the aftermath of WW1. This remarkable video from Mark Bruzonsky is over 15 years old, but you wouldn’t have known it if I didn’t tell you. It’s incredible how little has changed. There are actually experts in the world, sometimes. Amer-Israeli empire strikes back
I have stood silent for too long. Ask any Israeli supporter, “who started the 1967 war?” and they will answer, Egypt. The Nasser government imposed a blockade of Israel’s southern Red Sea port which they considered an act of war; Israel responded with a massive air and ground assault, capturing Gaza and the Sinai from Egypt, the Golan heights from Syria and the West Bank from Jordan. More than 40 years ago, the occupation of Palestine began. For many decades there was practically no violent resistance: no Hamas, no rockets, no suicide bombers. So much for Gandhi, the global community did nothing to restrain Israel as it tightened the noose and continued to expand settlements. Before this latest conflict, Israel imposed a near total blockade of the entire Gaza strip, yet none of those same people who declared Nasser’s actions an act of war in 1967 are honest enough to also call Israel’s actions more recently an act of war. They still maintain Hamas began this conflict, as if the occupation began last week, bull shit. Discovering Psychology: The power of the situation
Central authorities are dangerous, anarchy doesn’t work. Is it time to abandon the drug war?
A California Judge tells it like it is. Big Business or Big Government?
I read an article the other day, don’t remember where, that claimed conservatives are more susceptible to being startled and more fearful people in general, while liberals are more relaxed and easy-going. Supposedly, this explains the reason Republicans tend to take threats and terrorism more seriously — ignoring the obvious fact that many (if not most) wars are started by Democrats. It doesn’t make sense for many reasons, most obviously because liberals have a hundred other threats at the top of their agenda: environmental damage, rogue private enterprise, erosion of civil liberties, etc. John F. Kennedy and the speech that got him killed
“Man will be what he was born to be, free and independent”. In just a little over 5 minutes, JFK tells the world of a vaste conspiracy to infiltrate and abuse government powers for the personal profit of individuals and/or corporations. Ask yourself why you’ve never heard this before, then you will believe him. The Super Class
A little too pro-government for my taste, but interesting nonetheless. Milton Friedman – Free to Choose (PBS, 1980)
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