not assassinations, torture, hannibal directive, PAGERS. just trust in god, courage and smarts. (and unexploded israeli ordinance 'return to sender'. with syed muhsin abbas from london. i'm on at 5:20.
Jerusalem's hard-fought liberation, now in process, is a recapitulation of the Christian Crusades of the 11th—13th cc, this time, not by the knight on a white horse of legend, but through the long march of guerilla warfare by the much maligned Shia. This follows on the liberation of Iran from its Judeo-Christian yoke in 1979 and Iraq 25 years later, ironically by the US, forming the second Shia majority state. But it is the Shia minority of Lebanon that holds the keys to Jerusalem. Their 40% of the Lebanese population punches well above their weight in a fractious country split among Christians, and Sunni and Shia Muslims.
The history of our Story
Firing the first shots: Honduras and odious debt
Out of control, permanent crisis, role of government
клин клином or Make love not war
Exercise: rethink the Story, demonetize
What you can do
Cold ugly cynicism or warm beautiful passion
Ben Stein, noting that about 60% of the top positions in Hollywood are held by Jews, says "Do Jews run Hollywood? You bet they do - and what of it?" Well, let's look at what this spectacular freedom for Jews during the past half century has resulted in:
*Israel and America are terrorizing the entire world with unrelenting, vicious, bloody wars and occupations.
*The collapse of the only serious attempt (if it was indeed serious) by Israel to make peace with the Palestinians in the mid-90s and the subsequent ascendancy of the Zionist neocons in Washington have ended any illusions about the innocence of the Jews in all this.
Dubbed an epic, one of 2024's best films, I had great expectations for The Brutalist. I thought it was about an actual Hungarian architect-immigrant, maybe a fictionalized Frank Gehry, who emigrated to the US in 1947 and became a world-famous architect. Gehry's life journey was similar to the fictional Lazslo Toth, though his parents emigrated from Poland to Canada in 1929 and on to the US.
Review: Dan Steinbock, The Fall of Israel: The Degradation of Israel’s Politics, Economy & Military, 2025.
Interview with Opperman Report July 2024 -- Ames and Cold War then and now
Review: Scott Anderson, Four CIA spies at the dawn of the Cold War -- a tragedy in three acts (2021)
Review: Diana Johnstone, Circle in the Darkness: Memoir of a World Watcher (2020)
Review: Richard Falk, Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim, Clarity Press (2021)
Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts. No!
Well then, don your bicycle helmet. No! Drivers actually pay less attention to you if they see a helmet, figuring they're not likely to kill a smarty-pants, and are less careful around you (2x as likely to pass close). A toque or baseball cap in case of rain is more practical.
Walberg's bike adventures in and around Toronto (ok, walking around Gaspe and some religion too)
Peterborough-Oshawa-Toronto by bike 14 July 2024
Biking the Grand: Reinventing tourism 06 July 2023
Shakespeare by bike 25 June 2022
not assassinations, torture, hannibal directive, PAGERS. just trust in god, courage and smarts. (and unexploded israeli ordinance 'return to sender'. with syed muhsin abbas from london. i'm on at 5:20.
Everything Israel touches becomes vile. Ceasefire, but keep on murdering innocents till the bitter end.
hi readers, I have just let AI write a book for me. I haven't read it yet. how's that for irony. I'm publishing my book which I haven't yet read, let alone written! it cites books i haven't heard of and seems to be crazily formatted. i tried to clean it up. a quick glance suggested it was thrown together without much actual use of my writing. i will write a review of it. lol
Twilight of Hegemony: A Multipolar Dawn
youbooks.com & Based on content by Eric Walberg
Twilight of Hegemony: A Multipolar Dawn
Chapter I. Twilight of Hegemony: A Multipolar Dawn
Chapter II. Introduction: A Critical Eye on a World in Crisis
Section 1. My Journey of Understanding
1. Early experiences and influences shaping the author's worldview.
2. The author's background in journalism and international relations.
3. The author's personal experiences in the Soviet Union and their impact on his views.
Section 2. A Methodology of Critique
1. The author's approach to analyzing global events: critical analysis, historical context, and nuanced perspectives.
2. Deconstructing dominant narratives and challenging established power structures.
3. A commitment to truth-telling and exposing hidden agendas.
Section 3. Setting the Stage: Key Themes and Questions
1. Introduction to the core themes that will be explored in the book: imperialism, conflict, alternative visions, and the search for meaning.
2. Preview of the structure and argument of the book.
Macron schmoozes with Trump at Notre Dame but shafts France's own Trumpian.
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