Category: Politics

Justice, Politics

Dreaming of the United Nations

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I saw a post where a British person was “dreaming” of a united Europe the UK could join.

It got me thinking.

What if there was some sort of international peace-promoting organization that every country belonged to, and it helped resolve disputes nonviolently, with the support of the whole world?

Countries would pay dues based not on population, but size of their economy. If your leader constantly brags that you have the greatest economy ever – you pay more dues. Fair enough.

I don’t know. Call me an old visionary. But doesn’t it seem like an idea worth trying?

Justice, Politics

You tell ’em, Pope!

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Pope Leo, addressing ‌tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, the celebration that opens the holy week leading up ​to Easter for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, stated emphatically that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have “hands full of ‌blood”.

The Pope called the Iran conflict “atrocious” and said Jesus cannot be used to justify any wars.

“This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” Leo, the first U.S. pope, told crowds ‌in brilliant sunshine.

“(Jesus) does not ⁠listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands ⁠are full of blood’,” he said, citing Isaiah I:15.

Give ’em hell, Pope!

Reported by Joshua McElwee for Reuters.

Photo: Francesco Fotia

Politics, Satires

Putin’s Dog Demolishes White House?

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Suppose everything Trump is doing – invading US cities, harassing and deporting low-wage workers, demolishing the White House – is what Putin has ordered him to do?

Suppose he really is – as was widely suggested in 2016 – Putin’s lackey? Wouldn’t this be his game plan?

No, I don’t quite believe it. But as a short story idea, it certainly qualifies as “plausible.”

Party time at the new ballroom site.



Politics

Disheartened by Charlie Kirk Murder

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I’m disgusted and disheartened by the murder of conservative figure Charlie Kirk. 

I hate guns, I abhor violence, and I want Maga conservatives to live to see the fruits of their labor.

Even though I detested Kirk and just about everything he promoted, I will never support calling murder “politics.” It does nothing to build a movement or create a better world.

– George Franklin aka Luke Hauser

Politics, Satires

Canada = States 51-60?

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I don’t know, I kind of like the idea of combining the US and Canada. Only why is all of Canada one state? Why not each province as a state?

I mean, if Wyoming with its 17 people counts as a state, why can’t Alberta or Manitoba?

Maybe I’m over-confident, but my guess is if we added ten Canadian states, each with two Senators, the balance of political power might shift away from the red states. I think it’s worth a shot!

Map of the 10 new states.

Politics

Scam Your Minions, Betray Your Allies – Check!

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A first-month checklist:

(1) Scam American people – mainly your own minions – out of $2 billion – Check!

(2) Betray Ukraine while kissing Putin’s ring – (have we forgotten that around 2017 it was widely rumored that Putin had dirt on Trump – this continues to pay dividends) – Check!

(3) Impose punitive tariffs on the US’s major trading partners (Canada, Mexico, Europe, China) that can only be inflationary – Check!

(4) Disrupt any and all enforcement of financial laws, including de-staffing the SEC – Check!

I find myself wondering – what exactly will be the tipping point – the little thing Trump does that finally pushes things over the edge.

For Nixon, it was Watergate – a pointless, petty burglary of a down-and-out opponent. All the horrid crimes Nixon committed – and it was a third-rate burglary that took him down.

What stupid little thing will Trump do that brings the whole circus tent crashing down?

Direct Action, Politics

Jewish Voice For Peace Demands Gaza Ceasefire

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Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict look down on fellow protestors occupying the rotunda of the Cannon House office building on Capitol Hill. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

October 18, 2023 – The group Jewish Voice for Peace is holding a sit-in inside the Cannon House Office Building in DC. The group claims “over 350 are inside, including two dozen rabbis.”

The group chanted “Ceasefire!” and held signs reading, “Jews say ceasefire now!” The refused to leave “until Congress calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.”

Demonstrations are not allowed inside U.S. congressional buildings.

Jewish Voice for Peace activists, among other protesters, were arrested during a demonstration outside the White House on Monday.

Thanks to Nicole Darrah/Yahoo News for details.

Middle East, Politics

Ten-Year Sentences for Iran protesters

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400 or more people have been given sentences ranging up to 10 years for taking part in recent anti-government protests.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/13/iran-jails-400-for-up-to-10-years-over-widespread-uprisings

The UK Guardian reports:

“The movement was sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian woman who was allegedly beaten into a coma by morality police for wearing her headscarf the wrong way. But it has since morphed into the biggest civil uprising for years, with Iranians expressing their rage over decades of oppression, misogyny in the name of religion, and international isolation.

“Authorities have responded with force, firing at and beating protesters. The UN office of the high commissioner for human rights has said more than 300 people have been killed in the crackdown, including at least 40 children.”

FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo

Photo Reuters 2022.

Activism, Direct Action, Politics

Russians Resist Ukraine Invasion – 7500 arrests

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UPDATE (March 6) – UK Guardian now reports over 7500 arrests throughout Russian – click here for full UKG report.

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Click here for original Feb 24 story

(February 24) The UK Guardian reports 1700 arrests in the Russian Federation in protest of Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine. Pjotr Sauer and Andrew Roth report from Moscow:

“Vladimir Putin has said there is broad public support for the invasion of Ukraine that he announced just before dawn on Thursday morning. But by evening, thousands of people in cities across Russia had defied police threats to take to central squares and protest against the military campaign.

“Police had made at least 1,702 arrest in 53 Russian cities as of Thursday evening, according to the OVD-Info monitor, as they cracked down on the unsanctioned protests. Most of the arrests were made in Moscow and St Petersburg, where the crowds were largest.”

Image: Moscow protester, February 2022 – by Konstantin Zavrazhin