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It’s time to end magical thinking about Russia
“… [There] are no indications that Russia is losing …
“The Russian economy … is not in tatters …
“Putin’s hold on power [has] strengthened …
“His investments in key relationships have paid off. China and India have … [ramped] up imports of Russian oil and other commodities …
“…. [Putin is] embraced in various parts of the so-called ‘global South’ …
“… Putin expects that U.S. and European support for Ukraine will dissipate … [and that he will] dictate the terms for a deal to end the war and claim victory …”
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/its-time-to-end-magical-thinking-about-russias-defeat-f6d0b8de
Argentina’s presidential candidate, Javier Milei, discusses his rabbi and his plans to convert to Judaism
ReplyDelete“… [Javier Milei] has openly, and for years, defended Israel’s right to self-defense [sic] … and shown … an affinity for Judaism …
“[Milei said:] ‘What I admire the most about Israel is its culture, its people. It gives me a lot of admiration to see how they manage to combine the spiritual world with the real world …
“‘Later on, I had the pleasure of meeting Axel Wahnish. He is my main rabbi today …
“‘… [Not] only did I condemn the terrorist acts of the Hamas group [sic] … but I also expressed my solidarity with Israel. Above all, I emphatically expressed my support for Israel’s legitimate right to defense [sic] …
“And I didn’t stop there; I sent a proposal for that purpose [to Argentina’s congress], managed to get the agreement of the bloc presidents, and we had a clear consensus. The next day we sent a proposal urging the government to investigate Hamas to declare it a terrorist group [on Argentina’s list of terrorist groups].
“‘… [It] was a successful statement because a day later, the G7 issued a statement similar to the one we had made’ …
“Would you really move the Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem?
“‘Yes, of course. I don’t care if I’ll be criticized by world leaders …
“‘I was recently in New York and I even had the privilege of visiting the office of the [late] Lubavitcher Rebbe [Menachem Mendel Schneerson]…
“The thing is, I’d possibly PLAN TO CONVERT [to Judaism] after my political career is finished …’”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ahead-of-sundays-election-one-of-argentinas-two-presidential-candidates-talks-torah/
Simon Cowell reveals he never works on Fridays
ReplyDelete“‘Actually, the first thing (I do) is take off Fridays. Don't work on Fridays …’”
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/24773644/simon-cowell-works-four-days-week-strict-rules/
Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday (3:42 pm in London currently) until Saturday an hour after sundown.
Simon Cowell celebrates birth of Jewish son
ReplyDelete“‘Named after my dad,’ [said] Mr Cowell, who has often paid tribute to his … Jewish father Eric Selig Phillip Cowell …
“An Aish representative said the Ashkenazi custom of naming a baby after the deceased relative is ‘a great honour – and make a deep connection to the past’.
“Some sources have also suggested that the newborn’s middle name is in tribute to [Sir Philip Green, the businessman accused of racial abuse, sexism, bullying, tax avoidance and using sweatshops, who was recently charged with four counts of misdemeanor assault], a close-friend of Mr Cowell …”
https://www.thejc.com/news/news/simon-cowell-celebrates-birth-of-jewish-son-1.52565
Report: Simon Cowell plans to embrace Jewish faith, visit Israel
“… Cowell plans to embrace the Jewish faith of his girlfriend Lauren Silverman … as well as make a secret trip to Israel, [it was reported] …”
https://web.archive.org/web/20131116105346/https://www.jpost.com/arts-and-culture/entertainment/simon-cowell-plans-to-embrace-jewish-faith-visit-israel-331875
Simon Cowell gives $150K to the Israeli military
“Cowell … attended a fundraiser for Israeli soldiers … and shelled out $150,000 of his own money for the cause …”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/simon-cowell-donates-150000-to-idf-soldiers/
Russell Brand is 'quizzed by Met Police detectives while under caution'
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12767887/Russell-Brand-Met-Police-allegations-sex-offences.html
Israeli news site Haaretz:
ReplyDelete'Stop Israel's Warmongering Settlers -
West Bank settlers are exploiting the “propitious moment” created by the war that Hamas started, to expel thousands of Palestinians from their homes and lands. They are terrorizing them through various means in order to drive them from their villages ...'
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2023-11-17/ty-article-opinion/stop-israels-warmongering-settlers/
Full article requires log-in, but Glenn Greenwald has posted this screenshot:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_KkPB-WIAAFZ1j?format=jpg
https://nitter.net/ggreenwald/status/1725622471070499264
Israel torturing Palestinian detainees
ReplyDelete“Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir … said that in accordance with his orders, eight detainees are shackled in a dark cell with iron beds and a hole in the floor for a toilet while ‘Hatikva’, Israel’s national anthem, is constantly played …
“A video released by the Israel Prison Service last week shows blindfolded detainees on their knees and with their feet and hands cuffed behind their back and being forced to walk in what appears to be a stress position …
“The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said … it has ‘documented cases of torture, humiliating abuse and ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons’ … ‘Many of the detainees are subjected to severe beatings, filmed without any clothes on, blindfolded, handcuffed and forced to perform various acts against their will under the threat of torture’.
“The group published a video showing blindfolded detainees in the West Bank being forced to listen to Israel’s national anthem while being humiliated and physically abused by their captors.
“Edy Cohen, a prominent Israeli propagandist, shared the video … saying that ‘our soldiers discipline the human animals so that they stand up in respect while the Zionist national anthem plays’ …
“Israel’s ‘Unlawful Combatants Law’ allows for the indefinite detention of Palestinians from Gaza without charge or trial …”
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/israel-using-its-national-anthem-noise-torture-against-detainees
Shin Bet accused of torturing detainees
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“… The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel alleges that Israel uses tactics like sleep deprivation, stress positions and extreme temperatures to get information from suspects [sic].
“[Shin Bet] is interrogating [detainees] … to extract confessions, get information for the future, and produce videos for Israel to promote to the West …
“… NBC asked if the [detainees], who were seen in videos with ‘bruises on their faces and marks on their wrists,’ were tortured …
“[Shalom Ben Hanan, an intelligence officer] insisted that there was ‘no torture in Shin Bet interrogations’ …”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/israel-denies-torturing-bruised-and-bloodied-hamas-fighters
ReplyDelete'TikTok denied it has been promoting pro-Palestine content -
Teens are just pro-Palestine
USA Republican politicians have publicly claimed that the company is intentionally promoting pro-Palestine content with the goal of “brainwashing our [American] youth”
But the proliferation of pro-Palestine content on TikTok isn’t due to the app’s algorithm, the company stated. Teenagers simply tend to support Palestine more.
The company wrote that its algorithm does not “take sides,” but operates in a positive feedback loop — the more of a certain type of content a user interacts with, the more of that type of content they will be shown ... young people are seeing more pro-Palestine content on the app because that’s what they’re engaging with.
At time of writing, the #freepalestine tag has 25.5 billion views, and #standwithisrael has 440.4 million views.'
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjb8b/tiktok-its-not-the-algorithm-teens-are-just-pro-palestine
It’s time to end magical thinking about Russia
ReplyDelete“… [There] are no indications that Russia is losing …
“The Russian economy … is not in tatters …
“Putin’s hold on power [has] strengthened …
“His investments in key relationships have paid off. China and India have … [ramped] up imports of Russian oil and other commodities …
“…. [Putin is] embraced in various parts of the so-called ‘global South’ …
“… Putin expects that U.S. and European support for Ukraine will dissipate … [and that he will] dictate the terms for a deal to end the war and claim victory …”
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/its-time-to-end-magical-thinking-about-russias-defeat-f6d0b8de
‘Javier Milei dismissed from past jobs for alleged sexual abuse and violence’
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The economist Julián Zícari said that in his time as a student he had Javier Milei as a lecturer at the University of Buenos Aires.
“[Zícari said:] ‘… The day I met Milei I was very traumatized … [One] sees him as a very violent and intolerant person … He had several complaints at the UBA for mistreating students.
“‘When I asked him the first question in the first class in which I met him, which was a very innocent question, he started shouting in my face, unrestrained … that I was an asshole, that I was a fucking moron, that the next day everyone was going to have an exam because of me, because of ignorant people like me’
“Zícari also made reference to Javier Milei's time at [a private university, Argentine University of Enterprise]
“At UADE he was dismissed for this [violence and intolerance], especially for the violence he had with a student …’
“[Zícari added:] ‘And [Milei] was also dismissed from Máxima.
“‘He was chief economist at AFJP Máxima and they fired him because of an abuse complaint from a coworker’ … ‘I understand it was sexual abuse’ …”
https://www.newsweek.com.ar/politica/video-un-exalumno-de-javier-milei-afirmo-que-el-libertario-fue-profesor-de-la-uba-y-tuvo-denuncias-por-maltrato-y-abuso-sexual/
Argentina’s president-elect, Javier Milei: Abused by his parents, calls his sister The Messiah
ReplyDelete“Milei said … that when he was a boy his father beat him savagely …
“He spoke of the psychological violence that he suffered throughout his childhood and adolescence:
“‘My father always told me that I was incompetent … that I was good for nothing. He said I was useless and that I was going to be a failure’ …
“An anecdote he told in interviews, and which is expanded in the biography El loco, by Juan Luis González, illustrates the extent of the abuses:
“‘On April 2, 1982, [at age 11] … the boy was surprised to see grandiloquent announcements on TV about the beginning of the Falklands War, and committed the sin of saying out loud … that the escalation was going to end badly for Argentina.
“‘That provoked [his father] … who hit him with savage violence.
“Karina [Javier’s sister] … suffered such a terrible shock from witnessing the scene that she had to be taken to the hospital.
“From there the mother phoned Javier. ‘Your sister is like this because of you, if she dies it's your fault’ …
“With his sister Karina, [Javier Milei] established a relationship almost of veneration that with time deepened and acquired mystical overtones.
“On camera he is moved to tears when he talks about her:
“‘Moses was a great leader, but he was not good at spreading the word. So God sent Aaron to him to spread the word. Well, Kari is Moses and I am the disseminator. I'm just a disseminator, she is the Messiah,’ he said …
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/618100-javier-milei-un-roto-para-los-descosidos
7 hours ago Israeli Channel 14 TV host Shay Golden asked viewers to share the video. He threatens: We are coming, we are coming to Lebanon, we are coming to Iran, we will boycott the whole world if necessary. The slaughter will be never seen before in Arab history. We will kill everyone everywhere, even we will take on America... share this video.. all those who support Palestine, cry your tears we are coming..." Nice guy... I decided to ring National Security but luckily they had already spotted it. I found it by accident when verifying i24 TV was pro Bibi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GdsfoUk5Iw
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