The Globe and Mail (henceforth the Mop and Pail) has been censoring and barring all commments on anything Israel for some time now. The other day I saw a lone comment on one of the Gaza articles. It was from the editor stating that now NO comments will be allowed for any piece regarding the Mid-East.
What was happening was that since the Mop and Pail's editorial board was censoring all feedback on articles about Israel (nothing new there) people were going into other articles and posting there instead. Sometimes about the Gaza Massacres, othertimes simply pointing out the clear bias shown by the Mop's Controllers.
I am wondering however if it was criticism about Israel and her abbhorent actions regarding those in Gaza and the West Bank, or was it something else? Often, these comments would include calls for the annihalation of every Muslim on the planet - and always called for by fervent apologists for Israeli War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity.
Is that why the comments were shut down? Were the Apologists looking just a little too NAZI like?? I think I might be onto something here.
;)
UPDATE Globe: You Told Us What you Think
Well just to take this farce and really make the Ed. Staff at the Mop look like complete elitist assholes - go check this 'fully moderated' chance they gave us peons to 'voice' our opinions!! LMAO - how frikkin' kind of them!!
Pay close attention to the warped reasoning skills of Mr. Sheppard... no his name is no pun... apparantly.
Sheesh
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Addicted to Destruction
I think I have solved it, Israel is addicted - addicted to the monies given her by the US and others, addicted to the violence she provokes from others and the destruction she metes out to anyone in the vicinity. What would she do if she couldn't play the eternal victim? Really?
From time immemorial, she has been the downtrodden stateless group, kicked out of almost every land she found a home in. Not always at the beginning - but eventually mistrust and hatred grew in the native's soul and they had to leave. This is repeated over and over again. Why?
Here's a little story, a man goes into a bar and ends up getting in a fight. Never before has he had this happen despite going into thousands of bars throughout his life. From this, one may conclude that this particular bar had some seedy fellows and would be best to avoid in the future, and that this man is probably an alright bloke. Good conclusion. However, we have another man who gets into a fight in every bar that he goes into - all of them - he can't seem to help himself and provokes violent reaction whichever venue he chooses to patronize. In this case, it's clear that the bars aren't the problem - it's the man. And so it is with the 'Jews'. Now, I won't include all of them in this scenario - just those with enough coin to enter the bar in the first place, the ones with enough influence to be allowed in the door in the first place. The ones who are flush with the cash - hence the barkeeps let them in, hoping to win some of that lovely shiny metal off of them. Well, that lovely shiney metal comes with a price - often blood of the other customers. This can be tolerated for a while as the barkeep is making good coin, but sadly his customers soon dwindle and he is left with the nasty bugger and a few of his cronies being the only patrons left. They buy his bar, and end up kicking him out.
And so it goes... on and on.
History repeats, and those who pay no attention repeat it over and over again.
From time immemorial, she has been the downtrodden stateless group, kicked out of almost every land she found a home in. Not always at the beginning - but eventually mistrust and hatred grew in the native's soul and they had to leave. This is repeated over and over again. Why?
Here's a little story, a man goes into a bar and ends up getting in a fight. Never before has he had this happen despite going into thousands of bars throughout his life. From this, one may conclude that this particular bar had some seedy fellows and would be best to avoid in the future, and that this man is probably an alright bloke. Good conclusion. However, we have another man who gets into a fight in every bar that he goes into - all of them - he can't seem to help himself and provokes violent reaction whichever venue he chooses to patronize. In this case, it's clear that the bars aren't the problem - it's the man. And so it is with the 'Jews'. Now, I won't include all of them in this scenario - just those with enough coin to enter the bar in the first place, the ones with enough influence to be allowed in the door in the first place. The ones who are flush with the cash - hence the barkeeps let them in, hoping to win some of that lovely shiny metal off of them. Well, that lovely shiney metal comes with a price - often blood of the other customers. This can be tolerated for a while as the barkeep is making good coin, but sadly his customers soon dwindle and he is left with the nasty bugger and a few of his cronies being the only patrons left. They buy his bar, and end up kicking him out.
And so it goes... on and on.
History repeats, and those who pay no attention repeat it over and over again.
Monday, January 5, 2009
How much worse can it get?
I'll wager that it will continue to get alot worse.
What is clear now, and should always have been, is that Israel has never intended to truly withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Yes, yes they did pull out all their illegal settlers, nicely paid for by the US taxpayer (and probably Canada's too), but why? Was it an act of altruism? Highly doubtful, as Israel is not known for her altruistic nature. So, why remove them? Oh, because Israel was trying to show her 'good faith'. Nah... I just don't believe it. They moved them out, in my opinion, to keep them out of harms' way when they finally got around to a real invasion.
According to this article, the Israelis have been training for 18 months in a mock up of Gaza City erected in the Israeli desert. Okay, so 18 months huh? That's when they began training. It must have taken some time to construct an entire mock up of the city - let's say another six months, add another six months for planning and for someone to hatch the idea in the first place and we've got, conservatively speaking, two and a half years ago, so sometime in 2006. Likely, the plan was on the drawing table long before that, but those pesky settlers had to be removed first, goodness forbid that these folks accidentally get bombed when the offensive against the 'terrorists' was launched.
In other words, this invasion has been a long time coming and was the plan all along.
The isolation of the Gaza Strip, forlorn and cut off from the remainder of Occupied Palestine, was the intention from day one. Random squatting and establishment of illegal settlements within the Gaza corridor wasn't working as well as the West Bank due to the fact that the coastal zone was already far too densely populated with refugees already tossed from their ancestral homes in what is now the Israeli State.
So, what to do? What option did Israel have to take the lands of Gaza and all her resources, including the natural gas fields off her coast?
An excuse was needed, one in which Israel could portray herself, once again as always, as the eternal victim.
Enter Hamas.
She had to radicalise those in Gaza, divide her from the West Bank in more than just a geographical nature. By controlling all flow of goods and people in and out of the Strip, she essentially turned the area into one large prison camp. The corruption of Palestinian political figures helped to do the rest, no doubt egged along by Israel herself. The election of Hamas was a dream come true for the landgrabbers in the Administration as it allowed for further reduction in economic aid, greater restrictions on borders, and increase in poverty and despair for those unfortunate enough to be stuck there. The tightening of the noose after the 2006 attacks guaranteed a further polarisation within the Palestinian political scene. Divide and Conquer played out crisply.
And finally, the time was ripe. After enduring a siege for over a year and a half, watching as her people were picked off in a slow bleed, a few here and a few there, the population weakened to a breaking point - Israel has moved in for the kill. Propped up globally by her massive public relations teams and her puppet agents in almost all governments of the West, she is free to massacre as she sees fit. In her mind she has done nothing wrong, she is still the victim in perpetuity.
What is clear now, and should always have been, is that Israel has never intended to truly withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Yes, yes they did pull out all their illegal settlers, nicely paid for by the US taxpayer (and probably Canada's too), but why? Was it an act of altruism? Highly doubtful, as Israel is not known for her altruistic nature. So, why remove them? Oh, because Israel was trying to show her 'good faith'. Nah... I just don't believe it. They moved them out, in my opinion, to keep them out of harms' way when they finally got around to a real invasion.
According to this article, the Israelis have been training for 18 months in a mock up of Gaza City erected in the Israeli desert. Okay, so 18 months huh? That's when they began training. It must have taken some time to construct an entire mock up of the city - let's say another six months, add another six months for planning and for someone to hatch the idea in the first place and we've got, conservatively speaking, two and a half years ago, so sometime in 2006. Likely, the plan was on the drawing table long before that, but those pesky settlers had to be removed first, goodness forbid that these folks accidentally get bombed when the offensive against the 'terrorists' was launched.
In other words, this invasion has been a long time coming and was the plan all along.
The isolation of the Gaza Strip, forlorn and cut off from the remainder of Occupied Palestine, was the intention from day one. Random squatting and establishment of illegal settlements within the Gaza corridor wasn't working as well as the West Bank due to the fact that the coastal zone was already far too densely populated with refugees already tossed from their ancestral homes in what is now the Israeli State.
So, what to do? What option did Israel have to take the lands of Gaza and all her resources, including the natural gas fields off her coast?
An excuse was needed, one in which Israel could portray herself, once again as always, as the eternal victim.
Enter Hamas.
She had to radicalise those in Gaza, divide her from the West Bank in more than just a geographical nature. By controlling all flow of goods and people in and out of the Strip, she essentially turned the area into one large prison camp. The corruption of Palestinian political figures helped to do the rest, no doubt egged along by Israel herself. The election of Hamas was a dream come true for the landgrabbers in the Administration as it allowed for further reduction in economic aid, greater restrictions on borders, and increase in poverty and despair for those unfortunate enough to be stuck there. The tightening of the noose after the 2006 attacks guaranteed a further polarisation within the Palestinian political scene. Divide and Conquer played out crisply.
And finally, the time was ripe. After enduring a siege for over a year and a half, watching as her people were picked off in a slow bleed, a few here and a few there, the population weakened to a breaking point - Israel has moved in for the kill. Propped up globally by her massive public relations teams and her puppet agents in almost all governments of the West, she is free to massacre as she sees fit. In her mind she has done nothing wrong, she is still the victim in perpetuity.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Cynthia McKinney on CNN
Way to go Cynthia don't let that x-muchmusic idiot talk over you!
Cythinia was on the Dignity, the boat the Israeli navy rammed and damaged in international waters.
Israel's Genocidal Provocations
I've been pondering just what Israel could be thinking, as it pounds the life out of the people in Gaza. Could this disgusting act be a provocation to ignite the Arab and Muslim world to call for retaliation against her? In many ways, this might be what Israel wants.
Consider this: No matter how Israel and her apologists try to frame this latest operation it is still a PR nightmare. However, one thing it does do is inflame the already negative attitudes held by most of the Arab and Muslim world with respect to Israel herself, thus Israel is setting herself up again as the perpetual victim.
Already we are seeing signs of this, with the typical Israeli response of "Everyone hates us and they're all anti-semites!" Consider that they have been hitting the war drums for an attack against Iran, but the US has shyed away from a full out support of such action. Even the EU isn't hot and bothered enough to agree with Israeli demands that we all get together and nuke Persia. What to do?
Here's the scenario: Bomb the crap out of Gaza, kill as many people and destroy as much infrastucture as possible and when the rest of the world reacts, blame Iran and start the big fight.
This is not as far-fetched as it may seem, right now the leading article in Canada's Globe and Mail world section, shows a 'hard-line' Iranian claiming they will start suicide bombings against Israel. Again the msm lurches forward carrying out the plans of her master. Notice too that throughout all of this NO comments have been allowed at the G&M - typical of their oh-so-biased editorial staff.
We've been down this road before, the lies which led the Americans and thier cohorts into destroying and occupying Iraq, the excuses given for the invasion of Afghanistan, the list is really endless: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Central and South America, Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea ad infinitum.
This latest atrocity - Gaza - has all the hallmarks of provacation. They want someone to say enough is enough, perhaps Hezbolla, for that will give them the excuse to let loose on anyone they perceive as their enemies (read: the REST of the PLANET). And Israel DOES have nukes!
Let us NOT be fooled again, let us not be complacent. Get off your couch, write your representatives, phone them, hound them and spread the word: We won't be fooled again into fighting Israel's wars.
Enough is enough.
Consider this: No matter how Israel and her apologists try to frame this latest operation it is still a PR nightmare. However, one thing it does do is inflame the already negative attitudes held by most of the Arab and Muslim world with respect to Israel herself, thus Israel is setting herself up again as the perpetual victim.
Already we are seeing signs of this, with the typical Israeli response of "Everyone hates us and they're all anti-semites!" Consider that they have been hitting the war drums for an attack against Iran, but the US has shyed away from a full out support of such action. Even the EU isn't hot and bothered enough to agree with Israeli demands that we all get together and nuke Persia. What to do?
Here's the scenario: Bomb the crap out of Gaza, kill as many people and destroy as much infrastucture as possible and when the rest of the world reacts, blame Iran and start the big fight.
This is not as far-fetched as it may seem, right now the leading article in Canada's Globe and Mail world section, shows a 'hard-line' Iranian claiming they will start suicide bombings against Israel. Again the msm lurches forward carrying out the plans of her master. Notice too that throughout all of this NO comments have been allowed at the G&M - typical of their oh-so-biased editorial staff.
We've been down this road before, the lies which led the Americans and thier cohorts into destroying and occupying Iraq, the excuses given for the invasion of Afghanistan, the list is really endless: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Central and South America, Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea ad infinitum.
This latest atrocity - Gaza - has all the hallmarks of provacation. They want someone to say enough is enough, perhaps Hezbolla, for that will give them the excuse to let loose on anyone they perceive as their enemies (read: the REST of the PLANET). And Israel DOES have nukes!
Let us NOT be fooled again, let us not be complacent. Get off your couch, write your representatives, phone them, hound them and spread the word: We won't be fooled again into fighting Israel's wars.
Enough is enough.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Summing it up
Thanks to Stuart Littlewood, whose piece you can read here
For example......
"Israeli citizens have been under the threat of daily attack from Gaza for years."
Palestinians have been under harsh Israeli occupation for 60 years.
"Only this week hundreds of missiles and mortars shells were fired at Israeli civilian communities."
Only one in 500 Qassam rockets causes a fatality. How many thousands of Israeli bombs, missiles, rockets, grenades and tank-shells have been blasted into the crowded city and towns of the Gaza Strip by Israel’s high-tech weaponry?
"Until now we have shown restraint. But today there is no other option than a military operation."
The only legitimate option for Israel is to end the occupation and withdraw behind its 1967 border, as required under international law and UN resolution. Israel has been killing Palestinians at the rate of 8 to 1 since 2000, and children at the rate of nearly 12 to 1 (B’Tselem figures). This is somebody’s idea of restraint?
Just so ya know....
Israel has rammed and damaged the Dignity, a vessel carrying aid and food to the Gaza Strip. The Israeli navy fired shots and caused severe damage to her hull. Thankfully, the Dignity has limped into harbour in Tyre, Lebanon.
Just one more disgusting act on the part of that SLC.
Free Gaza
Note that among the participants on this voyage was Cynthia McKinney, a brave soul and honourable American.
Just one more disgusting act on the part of that SLC.
Free Gaza
Note that among the participants on this voyage was Cynthia McKinney, a brave soul and honourable American.
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