Donal: Is Occupy Over?
Ramona: Hatred in a Lovely Church
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By Sergei L. Loiko, Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2012
MOSCOW — Stiff new penalties aimed at opposition protesters were given preliminary approval Tuesday by Russian lawmakers loyal to President Vladimir Putin, the target of mass rallies and demonstrations before his March election victory.
The bill, which opposition parliament members termed draconian and protested by threatening to file out of a legislative session, calls for fines of up to $50,000 and up to 200 hours of community service for organizers of rallies and demonstrations that grow violent or exceed the approved number of participants.
The sanctions were approved on first reading by parliament's lower house, which is controlled by Putin's United Russia party. They mark a return by the Kremlin to a tough stance against critics after concessions during the recent election campaign [...]
Also see:
Russians back Putin, strong leadership
Washington Post, May 22, 2012
A Pew survey of 1,000 Russians found that President Vladimir Putin is well-liked by more than 70 percent of citizens, especially older adults.
Associated Press, May 21, 2012
HAVANA — It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation and boost web capacity 3,000-fold. Even a retired Fidel Castro had hailed the dawn of a new cyber-age on the island.
More than a year after the February 2011 ceremony on Siboney Beach in eastern Cuba, and 10 months after the system was supposed to have gone online, the government never mentions the cable anymore, and Internet here remains the slowest in the hemisphere. People talk quietly about embezzlement torpedoing the project and the arrest of more than a half-dozen senior telecom officials.
Perhaps most maddening, nobody has explained what happened to the much-ballyhooed $70 million project....
By Tamasin Ford in Monrovia, Guardian.co.uk, May 22, 2012
Husbands, not strangers or men with guns, are now the biggest threat to women in post-conflict west Africa, according to a report by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) released on Tuesday.
The IRC report, Let Me Not Die Before My Time: Domestic Violence in West Africa, based on data collected over 10 years by the IRC in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast, said domestic violence is the "most urgent, pervasive and significant protection issue for women in west Africa" [.....]
By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press, May 22, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Uncle Sam may not want you after all.
In sharp contrast to the peak years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Army last year took in no recruits with misconduct convictions or drug or alcohol issues, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. And soldiers already serving on active duty now must meet tougher standards to stay on for further tours in uniform.
The Army is also spending hundreds of thousands of dollars less in bonuses to attract recruits or entice soldiers to remain.
It's all part of an effort to slash the size of the active duty Army from about 570,000 at the height of the Iraq war to 490,000 by 2017. The cutbacks began last year, and as of the end of March, the Army was down to less than 558,000 troops.
For a time during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army lowered its recruiting standards [....]
Nasa's administrator Charles Bolden said: "Today marks the beginning of a new era in exploration... The significance of this day cannot be overstated; a private company has launched a spacecraft to the International Space Station that will attempt to dock there for the first time.
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The carriage of freight will be the first service to be bought in from external suppliers; the transport of astronauts to and from the station will be the second, later this decade.
Christmas is a federal holiday, but Easter is not—no doubt because it always falls on a Sunday.
In this situation I am in, I ask myself: WWJD? I do strongly believe what he would do is say: true followers of my father should not rely upon on the nearly heretical ...
Thanks for the clarification. Am I the only one that laughs at Bill Kristol/Billy Crystal?
True, but...
It would appear your quoting Kristol was context-free and, in effect, seconded some factually incorrect assertions, e.g., the ethnic make up of the ACLU and its goals.
Moreover, his assertions about Jews pre-War and Jews post-War appear to be made up out of whole cloth...
Well, as a non-Jew who has grown up and lived in communities where there was little visible Jewish culture/religion, my understanding of Jews and the Left is mostly what I have gleaned consciously and subconsciously from the arts and academic studies, and lets face it, stand-up comedians. John...
Irving was the dad, and is much more renowned in academic circles as sorta the dad of neoconservatism as well; Bill is the son and more well known in pop culture, for his teevee appearances and newspaper columns and yes, for his smirk. I...
If there is choice for each yet to be made, then it is unknown what that choice will be, and therefore the nature of future events are unknown, and therefore cannot be foretold.
What do you think the message was, Resistance?
Beautiful poem. The trinity?
Excellent perspective.
Here's the CNN link.
I finally steeled up my nerve to watch it, and looking behind him, I thought of this. I mean seriously, where's the choir? OK, I know sometimes choirs leave after singing, but that's usually the exception, especially for what would...
The only thing that remains is to break the glass ceiling in... curling.
I'm not sure if you're referring to the Pony Express' "success" or its failure…
I'm not dissing real estate.
Nor am I plugging for bonds and stocks.
But NO asset can increase in value, especially at that speed, forever.
That includes stocks and bonds and gold in particular.
The ultimate problem here is that despite the good faith efforts of so many of you to help the blogger understand the significance of what she wrote, the blogger just doesn't get it. She seems to believe that the only thing she did wrong--maybe--was to hurt my feelings or that perhaps...
It's always a bad idea for a police officer to make a situation worse. The officer should have advised the woman that refusing to acknowledge the ticket was a crime and that he would testify in court that she did refuse to sign. (presumably he had it on car cam.) but arresting her on...
I think you should have called the cops. It's an expression of concern. Granted, you don't know what the situation was, but that's what the police are supposed to figure out when they get there. In some cases you can even ask for a call back or info about how the situation resolved...
I've got no problem with celebrating Christmas. Heck, as I probably mentioned on that thread, I celebrate Christmas myself. (I imagine religious Jews would have a harder time celebrating it. However, none of them that I know of would have a problem with someone else celebrating it.)
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To be honest, your excerpts are my first introduction to the author (at least that I remember). Hopefully they'll be my last exposure to him as well. Others mentioned him being the son of the more famous Kristol (Billy, right?), but even in his case I'm not that familiar with his writing...
Of course you have free will. You get a choice, who you'll listen to.
You're free to choose. A wide and spacious road leading to death or the narrow one leading to Life.
Come into the light or stay in the...
"Ghengis is one of those holier-than-thou whiners on the left." - It's a shame John is an uncultured pig, but I'll try to be more gracious -
...
I can't be sure, but I think there's also a Northeast tilt towards the discussion.
If you were in NY, you have a support group for being Jewish.
If in Alabama, say, you're an outsider.
And yeah, 30 days starting at Thanksgiving focused on someone else's major...
Rabbits are not asking for additional rights, only EQUAL rights. Here I'm leading you down the rabbit hole - but don't worry, we're all virgins in some areas.
Marriage has been traditionally between man and women. Gays are asking to extend the definition to 2 men or 2 women....
Wow, take a heartless jab at Sitting Bull while you're at it. Yeah, he should have acquiesced, just let the government put his people on reservations, and put in some slot machines to draw tourists. Martin Luther King should have just accepted those shoe shining jobs - better some employment...
JOHN ADAMS, ONE OF THIS NATION’S FOUNDING FATHERS, SPEAKS ON HOW RELIGIOUS FRAUDS USE CHRISTIANITY:
“Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds...
RM,
I completely agree. The most potent weapon of ultraconservative ideologues is divide and conquer, and that's what's so amazingly myopic about Watkin's comments. He said that while he supports the right...
I've always wondered what became of the Lakota. Thanks for sorting that out for me.
Qnonymous,
I don't know anything about the video you referenced. I quoted a remark that Watkins made on Facebook. And he quotation didn't require context. He said what he said. How much...
Thus no one has free will. Events will occur as they are suppose to occur as part of God's plan. So everyone just be like Resistance and observe - for this is part of God's plan. God has sent...
Your reply is improperly applied.
Art It is not revenge, it is insight
THIS IS NOT MY WAR. I DO NOT HOPE FOR REVOLUTION.... ITS COMING ON ITS OWN.
THAT TOO WAS PROPHESIED ...
Oops. I hit "send" twice again. Sorry.
John is a friend of mine, and I thank you for making him feel welcome. It's a shame that others couldn't bring themselves to be more gracious, but I suppose that's the nature of the beast.
I suppose we become too insulated here, maybe.
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Did Obama authorize?
Something happened in America?
...
Peracles,
First you asked why I challenge person's ability to think just because they disagree with my point of view. Then you go one to say the following:
"If a man can marry a man, why can't I marry two women I love...
probably not--more from the article:
My thoughts are drawn to William Russell, Alexander Majors and William Waddell.
Just a matter of time
Not exactly comparable-
Something happened in Boston
Actually, after reading the thread, I was thinking maybe a short round of politically incorrect ethnic jokes might tie up the thread quite nicely....you know, like: a rabbi and priest walk into a bar where a Polish plumber is unsuccessfully trying to turn on the light bulbs on a Christmas tree...
Not really.
Perhaps I should not have excerpted Kristol but I did not know there was so much antipathy from so many here toward him. Toward Bill, sure, who hasn't wanted like to wipe that smirk off his face from time to time.
And maybe I should not have tried...
As my black friend Noam Chomsky would say, "Got it."
I have to admit, I got caught up in the juvenile taunting and was admonished by G.
Personally I thought you (Q), Sleepin Jesus, Peracles P , DiJ and DanK to name but a few; made ...
Yes, several of you took exception to whom and what I quoted which is rather disturbing. Now you being a Verified Atheist somewhat explains your objections which we can discuss later. You did annotate the excerpt but I still feel you rejected the author before considering the...
Your point about Marx's negative view of Judaism is correct but was even more sharply delineated than your comment suggests. In his "On the Jewish Question" (an early writing:1843) he said the following:
Perhaps NC should just give out an award to who was the most responsible in passing Amendment 1, as it appears all NC 'holy' people seems to be jousting for the position. As someone from outside of your area (and sympathetic to your revulsion), I'm not fooled. The chorus...
Just to be clear—what I found laughable about that last bit was the "95 percent". Wikipedia puts it at 76-80%, and that's consistent with what most other people report. Sure, perhaps Kristol was talking...
Ramona. You and TMac and Aunt Sam came straight onto this blog, and each one of you attacked people, and on a personal basis. It's just that you 3 don't seem to get that what you're doing is not a political argument you're making, it's a personal attack. And after trying to...
Of course. But when it all comes together--the "my friends," the slang, the right-wing Jewish writer criticizing Jews, and the war on Christmas--that's a whole lot of context. See my last reply to Emma.
I appreciate your asking, seriously. I thought that I was doing that in my original reply, but I'll try to be plainer.
First off, no one is trying to turn dag into a daytime talk show. Bruce just mentioned his experience to explain his perception of American Judaism, helpfully I...
That is exactly what I meant, acanuck, and thank you for the links.
Read what I wrote up above at 3:09 pm (with the timestamp provided solely for search purposes).
I don't like it when anyone at dagblog insults someone else (especially when I'm doing the insulting), but it's not unusual, so that particular insult towards Bruce is something I...
You people are hilarious! Your tricks are so transparent. (Do you travel in packs everywhere you go?)
No, Dijamo, I don't plan on responding to Quinn. There is no responding to Quinn, there is only feeding his tiresome maw until he regurgitates bile. There was...
Today's demo:
http://www...
Weird thread, indeed.
Since everyone is fighting with everyone else, let me quibble with Genghis's admonition about the offensiveness of non-Jews quoting Jews about Jews.
Surely, I can write, "Noam Chomsky says ... ," right...
I kind of came in when all this stuff was being thrown around, and saw the "baiting the majority bear" side comments, and that was what I was addressing - the debate in this particular side thread being does one attempt to push secularization of politics full steam ahead or does one...
Ramona, respect (or acknowledging error) from you is something I would never expect based on past history, so I doubt that's what Quinn is looking for. Nor is he looking for validation. Quinn's as confident in what he's done for his causes as I'm sure you are in...
I do often seem to have the same problem as Cassandra. :-/
Really. Not 100% but more often right than wrong about trends.
Not really sure what you find offensive except maybe hurting bslev's feelings. Can you be quite specific about that, please.
...Respect. You want respect. You. You want respect.
I'm speechless.
Also.
I'm done.
Obviously I am interested. How many threads have I participated in to this extent? I really, really, really do not understand.
Okay, I probably should not have hurt Bruce's feelings but the Christmas thing does irk and Irving Kristol, a Jew, offers a different...
We're reviving that custom, PP.
Stand by...
The magazine article bothered me far more than the cage match, as I'm quite convinced both of you know how to defend yourselves. What bothers me about the article is that you appear to be endorsing many (most?) of its views, and you have not distanced yourself from any of the obnoxious...
Maybe you missed the edit where I said this comment was about the magazine article and not the bslev v EmmaZahn cage match.
From memory:
From perfect grief
there need not be
wisdom or even memory
one thing then learnt
remains to me
the woodspurge has a cup of three.
-- Gabriel Rosseti
I hope you understand that there's a huge difference between not being pro-Israel (or even being anti-Israel) and what you wrote up above, both specifically about Bruce and more generically what you quoted from Irving Kristol. I'm all for respecting Christian's rights to be...
FWIW. The following is a comment on the magazine article -- not the other contretemps.
For most of my life I was reflexively pro-Israel. Never even considered any alternative.
I admired its spunkiness, its defiance and its daring. Entebbe, Munich, Osirik....
Thanks. I agree with you that higher education should be totally free and available to all, but that we have to not only pick our battles but also pick how we're willing to fight.
Well, now that this has filtered through the old thinkolater, I have to say this is the WEIRDEST thread I've participated in in a long time.
First, my apologies to Emma for using bad words and a harsh tone toward her.
Second, it's clear (to me anyway) that something in what...
In principle, higher education should be totally free and available to all. Same for heath care. Canada has come close to achieving the latter, but it's a balancing act as to where the tax dollars go. Health care is a universal...
I wonder what Destor would have done if he walked by and heard you two fighting?
I have nothing to discuss with you Emma. And I reserve the right to address others concerning what I think. I am not interested in what you think. So go ahead and change this into a legitimate debate about x-mas, or about whether I sought sympathy because of what I felt when I...
Emma, no one baited any bears here. No one launched any crusades. No one but you said a thing about any Establishment clause. Bruce made one reference to his Christmas experience as a child. I added my own in response to your weird insinuation that Jewish parents just made it all up. If there is...
Yeah, but what school is it?
And you never once tried to hit me directly did you.
At least I am willing to fight my own fights. /scoff
My wife actually called me to ask if she should buy shares, so there must have been quite a frenzy on the daytime talk shows. I told her it would be even worse than buying Lotto.
...
AT,
Perhaps you are more rational and could shed light on what the debate is. I wasn't debating anything when all this stuff was thrust upon me, and certainly not anything about Christmas.
Trope (below) is right. It is something like the dispute over gay marriage versus civil union, although personally I want to see both lose their special property/contract rights status.
When you want to change something what should you do first Win hearts and minds to your...
The level of violence (verbal, emotional and physical) that some people find to be normal (ie just the way things are) sometimes is rather jaw dropping. Those who are caught up in abusive relationships can act in "strange" ways.
I once lived next to a couple who were...
Easy now Schwartz. You're the good cop, stick to the script!
Perhaps because of Jewish guilt (snark), I was beginning to feel badly about Emma getting pounded on. But then I just read her explanation of her comment to Genghis, something about that she would "feel bad" for Bruce. . .if something or other . I am not asking anyone to...
Don't sell yourself short Peracles.
Peter,
I will try to respond later. Just got to the Marine Air Terminal at LGA (best place to get a flight in the Big Apple). Funny thing, if you've ever been here you know there's a passageway to the gates where there are a bunch of free magazines for passengers to...
I hope, Donal, that nothing I wrote betrayed even the slightest sympathy for the idiots swept up in Facebook frenzy. Rule of thumb: If you don't know what EBITDA stands for, stuff your money under your mattress.
This sounds a lot like the debate between the proponents of same-sex unions, with one side saying now wasn't the time to push the marriage issue and instead push for civil unions, and the other side claiming it was time to stand up for all of one's rights.
This is one helluva human-interest story. Try telling me there isn't a book, movie and/or reality series looming. Talackova has achieved what anyone who enters a beauty competition aims for -- visibility and name recognition -- in spades. She's...
sympathetic yes. But the key is how does that sympathy get translated into real life opinions, decisions, and actions. Something like the occupy movement depends upon not only active participation, but sustained active participation. It requires the people involved to be...
Thanks for the suggestions, Genghis. Let's take them one by one.
1. In this case, I quoted a Jewish source because Bruce's comment reminded me of the section I excerpted not to establish some kind of Jewish cred. As to saying the same thing in my own voice....
I grew up in Weston, Connecticut, a bedroom suburb of New York. There were a number of Jews there, all very secular and working in law and media, etc.
It was the classic New England town with white church steeples. No synagogues except one, eventually, one town over.
My parents,...
This is all too complex for me.
What happened to the good old days when Jews just killed Christ and ate Christian babies? Simple to understand, simple to get riled up. Killing Christmas? Almost like conspiracy theory - have to find the grassy knoll somewhere.
PS - snark.
I see the data, but I'm curious about your opinion: do you find the tuition increases reasonable? Do you think there's a better option? (These are genuine, non-leading questions from someone completely unfamiliar with what's been going on in Canadian schools.)
If you're referring to students' ability to make jokes about anything, I'd say the picture might be reflective. If you're talking about actual student attitudes, I'd say it's very unreflective. Even at UVA, which is a comparatively conservative school, I think you'll...
By WTF, flowerchild, I presume you mean, "Why the draconian anti-protest law?" I agree that simply banning or strictly limiting demonstrations won't end the unrest. The law does in a way end the boycott of classes...
Which is all going around the point of me posting the picture, which is that one choose to go onto the ten random public universities today, just how much real socio-political activism along the line of the occupy movement is one going to find? How many students will one find trying to...
Next we can move on to Kevin MacDonald's trilogy.
The same pile of shit is always slapping against the side of the boat.
No, Emma, one thing I do do is read the articles people post. You can see my comments below.
I have to say your post is one of the cruelest I've seen in a while--not just nasty, not just stupid, but out and out cruel.
Here you have Bruce talking about his childhood. The...
PPS Sorry, I mean Irving Kristol. Not that the apple fell far from the tree.