The segment is rife with historical distortions and omissions---it speaks of Malcolm X talking about "Palestinians in refugee camps" at a time when they were barely beginning to call themselves "Palestinians," and were under Egyptian and Jordanian rule, for instance---and does not mention that noted Jew-hater Stokely Carmichael was running SNCC at the time that that organization condemned Israel, nor does it mention that King denounced the Jew-hate and the anti-Israel sentiments that were spreading in the Civil Rights Movement shortly before he was murdered. And, of course, it does not mention the popularity in the 1960s of Frantz Fanon's writings about "colonialism," which were embraced by the black-power radicals in the mid-60s and which caused them to make common cause with the PLO when it was formed in 1964, i.e., three years prior to the Six-Day War and any Israeli "occupation of territories."
vxbush
6/7/2021 8:13:24 AM
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In #4 buzzsawmonkey said: The segment is rife with historical distortions and omissions---it speaks of Malcolm X talking about "Palestinians in refugee camps" at a time when they were barely beginning to call themselves "Palestinians," and were under Egyptian and Jordanian rule, for instance---and does not mention that noted Jew-hater Stokely Carmichael was running SNCC at the time that that organization condemned Israel, nor does it mention that King denounced the Jew-hate and the anti-Israel sentiments that were spreading in the Civil Rights Movement shortly before he was murdered. And, of course, it does not mention the popularity in the 1960s of Frantz Fanon's writings about "colonialism," which were embraced by the black-power radicals in the mid-60s and which caused them to make common cause with the PLO when it was formed in 1964, i.e., three years prior to the Six-Day War and any Israeli "occupation of territories."
Ah. I love a good fisking first thing in the morning.
Kosh's Shadow
6/7/2021 8:15:51 AM
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In #4 buzzsawmonkey said: he black-power radicals in the mid-60s and which caused them to make common cause with the PLO when it was formed in 1964, i.e., three years prior to the Six-Day War and any Israeli "occupation of territories."
I wouldn't be surprised to find some Soviet (KGB) influence here, especially since they helped set up the PLO. That is still part of the black power movement, of which BLM is the latest manifestation.
Occasional Reader
6/7/2021 9:02:55 AM
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I am so goddamn ready to retire. This morning has just been fucking manic.
JCM
6/7/2021 9:06:41 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 7:
Occasional Reader
6/7/2021 9:10:45 AM
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Reply to JCM in 8:
Yep.
Except that song is much to cute and happy for my current state of mind.
Occasional Reader
6/7/2021 9:10:58 AM
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In #9 Occasional Reader said: to
sigh
lucius septimius
6/7/2021 9:34:51 AM
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Reply to JCM in 8:
Yet another Prince song made famous by others.
buzzsawmonkey
6/7/2021 9:35:05 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 10:
BTW, OR---a gallery in Chicago that has been sending me emails claims to have a number of "limited-edition prints" of some of Mauldin's drawings which appeared in "Up Front." I'd assume that these were prints Mauldin later made of the wartime images, but if you are interested I'll forward you the contact info.
Occasional Reader
6/7/2021 9:37:10 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 12:
Thanks, but no, now is not the time for me to be acquiring more "stuff" and more items for my never-ending to-do list.
JCM
6/7/2021 10:42:25 AM
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I'm dying laughing......
Ya'll remember Sideshow Jay Carney, Obama's Press Secretary?
He's at Amazon senior vice president, Amazon Global Corporate Affairs
He wrote an article, the headline was enough, the depth of the Irony this tool who's made a career of lying in just the headline is beyond any attempts parody or saterize.
In #19 Occasional Reader said: Lincoln Project pedos produce as ad pushing "Antifa stormed the beaches at Normandy": Brian Williams endorses it.
(Atthough they certainly pulled it out of their as*.)
I did not think these creeps could sink any lower.
buzzsawmonkey
6/7/2021 12:14:56 PM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 19:
Holy Scheiss.
What utter garbage.
Kosh's Shadow
6/7/2021 12:24:49 PM
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In #19 Occasional Reader said: Lincoln Benedict Arnold Project pedos produce as pushing "Antifa stormed the beaches at Normandy": Brian Williams endorses it.
Fixed it
vxbush
6/7/2021 2:23:04 PM
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In #19 Occasional Reader said: Lincoln Project pedos produce as pushing "Antifa stormed the beaches at Normandy": Brian Williams endorses it.
What barbarism that ad is. And what a lying sack of shit.
Occasional Reader
6/7/2021 2:36:07 PM
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In #23 vxbush said: What barbarism that ad is.
It shits all over the men buried in Normandy, Arlington, etc., saying that there were the spoiled thugs of Antifa. It's just appalling.
Kosh's Shadow
6/7/2021 3:28:51 PM
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In #24 Occasional Reader said: It shits all over the men buried in Normandy, Arlington, etc., saying that there were the spoiled thugs of Antifa. It's just appalling.
Especially since antifa and BLM are much closer to Nazi brownshirts than our soldiers fighting to defeat them.
BTW, Biden did not commemorate D-Day
JCM
6/7/2021 3:53:39 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 25:
He went to Arlington.
But instead of placing the wreath, it was pre-placed and he shuffled up and placed a hand on it.
The source told Fox News the fact that Vice President Harris tweeted about D-Day while Biden tweeted about the 1921 Tulsa Massacre on Sunday clearly underscores the administration’s priorities. Roughly 2,500 Americans died on D-Day.
A search through the White House website and social media turns up only two tweets from Harris and first lady Jill Biden mentioning the day when U.S. soldiers stormed Normandy to liberate France from the Nazis, turning the tides in favor of the Allies during World War II. The day is typically honored by the American president.
JCM
6/6/2021 9:04:57 PM
Kosh's Shadow
6/7/2021 8:15:51 AM