Muhammad's Child Bride and Plunder
...The girl, named Aisha, was only six years old when the marriage contract was made. Three years later, when Muhammad fled his home town and entered Medina, the little girl of nine was delivered to his harem. The apostle of Allah, in his passion to possess her, was in such a hurry that he did not even wait for nightfall...
Old Wine in New Bottles
There is a wave of antisemitism in the Europe called "old wine in new bottles" by many historians which is antisemitism repackaged. It is mostly coming from the left and it is disguised as hatred for Israel - whereas it clearly antisemitism in a new form, which is a concerted attack on Middle-East politics and Israel. Zionism not only embodies a national identity but at the same time it also nourishes Jewish life in the Diaspora.
Honor Killing
Honor killing has roots in the crude Arabic expression: "a man's honor lies between the legs of a woman." Women are regularly shot, strangled, and stabbed. These are hideous murders all committed by fathers, brothers or uncles and women who are of being sexually _impure_. This is one of the greatest human rights abuses carried on by individuals against other human beings with full legality and approval of Islamic governments.
Gene Pool
Genes that are preferable by Darwinian standards are favored by natural selection because they succeeded in passing themselves on in the gene pool. But unfortunately for your progeny it is the gene pollution they have to endure which will eventually have the effect of reducing survival if it is important to the reproductive process and if not, it will hang around and cause more misery and pain. There is no easy solution. And the so-called "golden years" is a mythical genie which does not exist anywhere in this world. Genes may help to extend one's life but it cares not a bit for how it does it.
Functional Vision Loss
Functional visual loss (FVL) runs the spectrum from the malingerer (to feign for gain) to subconscious visual loss caused by underlying psychological disorders in the patient.
Pond Scum or Panspermia
The puzzle of the origin of life has been stumping scientists for as long as they have been studying it. It doesn't seem to have come out of pond scum as was once thought. The problem is daunting but recent NASA data indicates there may be some new answers.
Life is No Bowl of CherriesThe life that means anything to us is DNA significant and includes some kind of consciousness. Some scientists are now re-interpreting entropy; that is, the second law, and our predilection for heat and energy as `purposefulness.'... Life is most definitely not a bowl of cherries, but neither is it without its rewards. The rewards may not be entirely ours though. It may belong to bacteria who came here to seed the planet (panspermia) and harvest our tissue. While we look beyond the earth for extra-terrestrials and exoplanets, we might not need to look beyond our own host bodies for life which is manipulating our behavior and how we conform to the laws of thermodynamics.
What is a Jew?The Hebrew bible is an anthology of books written over and extended period of time and contains many meanings written by different people in variously different times and circumstances responding to different issues and stimuli, some of it political and some of it social, philosophical and moral. There is no one Judaism. Judaism isn't a race, it isn't a nationalism, it isn't even necessarily a religion. It is a combination, sometimes of many things, but it is primarily a philosophy with many different branches which are rooted in the tree of Judaism. One branch is Christianity. Another prominent well known branch is Islam; but within Judaism itself is a taxonomy of many variants, which are also different from each other.
Obama and Thick as thievesAnd Obama said, for him, impeachment was off the table. He wouldn't even consider it when the time was right to remove George Bush. When most progressives and constitutionalists supported articles of impeachment against Bush and Cheney - Obama is more than willing to give him a free pass - just like the free pass Obama is getting from "liberals" (what a dead concept!).
No Cause for War
There are those in Washington who want their wars and they would lie and cheat to get them and that is exactly what they did -- and we know it and everyone should know it. There is no justice. If there is justice someone would be held accountable for unnecessary wars and we know that isn't going to happen.
The Illusion of Reality
...the notion that life has meaning is evolutionary. Our mind is a benefit to our species enabling successful survival and reproduction. But it is also predicated on religious myths and philosophical memes that co-opt reason and reinforce the will to live.
Liberals?Do yourself a favor and STOP trying to find a label for your views. Open yourself up to ideas from across the ideological spectrum. Seek the truth. What is right is not always right nor is it left; it is just the truth.
Tactical Deceptions and ObamaThere are other questions which will certainly be raised in a general election. Why did Barack Hussein Obama change his name from Barry (or Barrie) to Barack? Aren't names important? They also signify association, if not real, at least emotionally. So, does Barack feel more like a Barack than a Barry? - Pakistan is arming and training extremist Sunnis; the very same people who attacked us on 9-11. Pakistan harbored and protected Bin Laden.
One Cannot Live by Nucleic Acid AloneJust as the extreme right wing has been anti-science, for far too long an extremist "radical" political left has resisted science preferring a more idealized romantic world view where everyone has a greater potential for doing good. That may be the ideal view but it is not the right view.
Blaming the Jews and Hate MythsIsrael is not a cause of any of this, except to the degree that Israeli culture is essentially Western and hatred of the Jews has been built into Arab-Moslem culture since the time of Mohammed. Israel was reborn in 1948 at about the same time that 22 Muslim states were also established in the region as individually separate and independent sovereign nation-states - all of them Muslim - but the one Jewish and secular state which is Israel is constantly being condemned for being established even as a haven for oppressed Jews - but the Muslim states, which are all the rest, are not condemned for being Islamic, even as many of them constantly manufacture and sell their antisemitic myths of hatred.
Everyone is a SettlerTo many Arabs there is no difference between settlers of 1967, settlers of 1948, settlers of 1922, or settlers of 1881. To Arabs, there is no difference between the settlers in New York and the settlers in Palestine. To many Arabs, all Jews are enemies of Islam. And it is no wonder they have this perception. Arab rulers have sold this story to them as a distraction from their own abuses.
Irrational HatredIt isn't just the Jews who are being discriminated against. Hate is a double sided sword aimed at the heart of both Jews and Muslims. "There is no doubt that Islamophobia is rampant throughout Europe. Muslims have been the victims of brutal attacks because of their religious identity. Mosques and Islamic Centres have been firebombed. Muslim cemeteries have been vandalised. Anti-Muslim sentiment and negative stereotypes are prevalent and have become aceptable in the media...."
Why Must Israel Prove Anything?Why Must Israel Prove Legitimacy? - Israel is expected to prove its legitimacy over and over again to everyone including itself. That proof has been confirmed with Jewish blood. ["Israel's security rests on our treasured strength, on the strength of the IDF, and the security situation has improved because the strength of the IDF has grown..The security of Israel does not depend on - conciliation with the Arabs. The degree of our security is the degree to which we are able and ready to defend what has been achieved with so much blood." - Shimon Peres - 55]
Neoconservatives and the JewsWhen you think Jews, you think liberalism, but that is more a remnant of the past than it is a reflection of Jewish politics today. Many Jews during the early part of the last century were liberals and disproportionately socialist or fellow travelers. When I was recruited to work at the White House in the 50s I had to sign a loyalty oath and my background, including all my friends and relatives checked by the FBI to insure I had no subversive alliances. I can't imagine a presidential candidate with associations Obama has who does not have a complete background check. I can imagine how quickly Obama would be disqualified.
Great Jewish ConspiracyThe struggle for social justice and the campaign against racial and other forms of prejudice can still count on considerable Jewish support. Historians are not prophets, but it is likely that the next round of radical left-wing activity in the Western world, whenever it comes, will once again find willing Jews to join the ranks of progressive organizations. Many Jews will always be in the forefront of enlightened social change.
The dream of equality is the great socialist dream "From each according to ability, to each according to needs."
We Only Have the Moment!Oxidative stress does accumulate as we age but turning it off could be worse than the accompanying damage it causes. Some now suspect that stress is not only necessary, it is a good thing.
Mitochondria AdamEverybody will be very, very -not here...The good thing (if you consider it a good thing) is nothing really dies (nothing is completely destroyed). Your molecules will go back to the earth (or space or just out there); they will likely return to the bacteria you inherited them from.,,(Though you won't actually know it) You (that is; your constituent elements) will live on (Some may find some comfort in knowing that - not that it matter much to me one way or another).
Economic OppressionThe deepening crises of capitalism is an intrinsic feature of the system, even though it has usually been dismissed out of hand by mainstream economists. Marx however has been numerous times vindicated. He noted that the dynamic of capitalist accumulation contains within it an irresolvable contradiction. And that is the only source of value and surplus value for the system as a whole is labor.
Why Do We Feel This Way?People who have more inflammation - at any age - have a tendency for increased concentration of plasma proteins (increased viscosity and thick blood) and dysfunctional fusing, (rouleux)...Controlling inflammation, oxidative stress and other stress could be the ticket for enjoying a healthy old age and remember fellow vampires, there is a full moon tonight. Stay hydrated - Drink plenty of blood.
What is Wrong With Me?It has been estimated that one in 20 people who visit a doctor are hypochondriacs. I know that sounds like a lot. That is because it is. Yet, many do and there is solid evidence that people imagine all manner of things, no least of all, their health.
How Little Time We Have LeftScience illiteracy is a major problem. Believing in the unbelievable is also a sad commentary for Homo sapiens sapiens; supposedly wise, but so gullible about those things we fervently wish to believe though have no scientific basis in fact.
The Tipping PointIs the Earth Really Warming? - Our awareness of these potential dangers may give us a very small opportunity to do something about it. Some things can be fixed if we start now - but without the will to do all it takes the game is over and if we have already reached the tipping points and it is too late.
The Earth is Out of BalanceIt is impossible to tell how many times this has happened before. If it (life-reproduction-death) keeps on going and life really is a repetition of what came before, perhaps purposeless evolution with random mutations and reproduction will be something more than an end in itself and life will eventually get it right - whatever that is?
A Transformative Future with Intelligent Machines
Homo sapiens have held bizarre theories, superstitions - and spawned paradoxes in "every period and culture." There is an enlightenment in science and it probably began in the 50s with a cognitive revolution of new ideas and new computational models and paradigms.
Barack Obama Misstatements
Obama claimed his parents united as a direct result of the civil rights movement: "There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born. Obama was born in 1961. The Selma march took place in 1965. His spokesman, Bill Burton, later explained that Obama was "speaking metaphorically about the civil rights movement as a whole." --- Barack Obama claims the mission in Iraq is a success. What was the mission in Iraq?
Too Much Of A Good Thing Is A Bad Thing
The Planet is Warming - Over the last 20 years Ben Santer and his fellow colleagues at Lawrence Livermore have brilliantly demonstrated that the planet is warming in just exactly the way we would expect it to if greenhouse gas was the cause. -Of course, there is no such thing as a scientist who isn't a skeptic. A scientist must be a skeptic. However, that said, with global warming the science is so convincing there is little room for doubt. Global warming and human activities are causing the climate to increase; about that there is overwhelming agreement. - Clearly there have been distortions of science, from the right and the left...
It is a Female(s) World
Surely you have thought about your own mortality. Who hasn't? Everyone does and it is a problem because the answers are slow coming, but we do know a lot more now than we have in the past...We all realize that we will change as we age. Sometimes we just don't realize how fast until it happens to us. Believe me, it will happen faster than you would like. You will wonder (everyone does) where all that time has gone.
Obama Illusion
The Truth: Obama did introduce legislation, however he watered it down to satisfy Senate Republicans, regulators and even Exelon, the company with the leaks. "Exelon, the country's largest nuclear plant operator and one of Mr. Obama's largest sources of campaign money."
Don't Drink the Kool-aid - Obama is No LiberalObama even proposed spending cuts greater than the ones demanded by Congressional Republicans. He favors a rise in taxes by cutting loopholes to corporations while cutting the budget on important life-sustaining programs for the middle classes and the disabled. We know where these cuts are going to be. The changes will include a means test for Medicare. And Medicaid will be eliminated where it isn't already.
UnMerciful IslamMuhammad did not intend to emancipate women and in spite of considering them to be harmful to men, this did not prevent the prophet from having at least ten wives, and by some estimates, as many as 14. They may have been just too much competition for him since the prophet was known to have perfumed his body, painted his eyes, and dyed his hair.
The Obama Two-StepObama's academic advisers may be good at their job; they are just not good enough at altering facts to fit political exigency. Obama never met a truth he could relate to because he constantly leaves out essential truths, or what is really going on around him, as with Rezko and that whole gang of deceivers and crooks.
Liar in the White HouseNo Hugs for Granma: And Obama has proved he is no unifier. It would have been more unifying to hug his grandmother and renounce his minister. But for the 20 years Jeramiah Wright was his minister he never once rejected his sermons. He sat there and listened to them. Saying he didn't hear them one day and then admitting he did a few days later is an admission he lied.
Progress is PossibleAnd Jews have been persecuted for their books. Jewish education and knowledge has been considered a threat to other religions and the Talmud has been burned...It Was All Right to Burn Jewish Books But Not Jewish Doctors "The affinity of Jews towards medicine and healing has been in evidence throughout the ages and in all societies.
Where All The Dead Bodies Are BuriedIs The Earth Really Sick? What Conditions Are Conducive For Life? What do we mean by conditions on the earth conducive to life? Life has existed on the earth before oxygen supported human and other eukaryotic life. We have discovered life that not only lives when it is hot, really hot; and there is no oxygen, but it actually thrives under those extreme conditions.
Palestinian Refugee ScamAnd, the failed attack of seven Arab armies and the Palestinian Arab militias to prevent a Jewish state set Palestinians back and for over 60 years Palestinians want to return to all of Israel. Approximately one half million refugees have grown into 3 million Palestinian refugees. Repatriation in Israel is impossible. The suicide bombers and rock throwers and drive by shootings have sealed their fate. Arab nationalists have prolonged the suffering of refugees in order to use the refugees as a humanitarian weapon against Israel. And European countries take the side of these Arab nationalists because of oil.
Jews Who Are Insanely Self-DestruciveJews who are also antiSemitic are "insane" - because it is insane to question the existence of the State of Israel if you are a Jew --- although it is perfectly acceptable to be critical of Israeli policy -- and therein lies a problem because there are those Jews who still do not distinguish between Israeli policy and the very existence of Israel. Israel provides centrality for the Jewish People. A strong Israel prevents another Holocaust. Zionism is the Jewish Liberation Movement. A strong Israel is empowering and enables the Jews to respond to the anti-Semites, "Never Again!"
Lets Start With the ClimateEven if we did everything to stop climate change it won't reverse the damage we have done. If this hot state is irreversible, civilization may not survive and normalcy is just something we will remember from our history which will also disappear.
Triune Brain and Human Nature"Man is the missing link between apes and human beings." (Konrad Lorenz, Nobel Laureate) - "Like it or not, war (and violence) is distinctively human. Apart from the raiding behavior of chimpanzees, the so-called wars presecuted by certain species of ant, there is nothing in nature that comes anywhere near approximating it. Despite this, we often describe warfare as "brutal" (literally "animal-like") or "inhumane" -- conceiving of it as something remote from our true humanity." (David Livingston Smith - The Most Dangerous animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War - 2007)). However, there is not much that is inhuman about it. Humans are brutal and war is distinctively human. It is not a social illness, it is what we do; it is what we are.
Achieving a World Where Everyone BenefitsIs the human propensity for violence caused by culture or genes? As has been suggested by some, do "modern" cultural constructs such as video games cause aggression? The argument of "nature versus nurture" has existed even before Darwin and is no closer to being resolved today...Testosterone in humans was considered the cause of aggression and violence for many years; however, recent studies have shown that testosterone may not be causal for adult aggression...We have the capability ...for changing our nature and achieving a world where everyone benefits from science.
What is Real?These are realities which are NOT real. What if the more sensationalist reality television are all television tricks and computer simulations? Much of it could be. Fear, optimism, change and hope could all be computer simulations and not real at all - like Barack Obama. What if Barak is a sleeper, a person who infects the body of the machine, which in this case is the government.
Aberrations of the Human MindThe history of religion is a study of the aberrations of the human mind. The doctrine of ensoulment in Christianity, that the soul enters the body at conception and leaves it at death is the right-wing Christian rationale for opposing abortion, ethanasia, harvesting stem cells from blastocysts and makes these things equivalent to murder. The acceptance of this view is anti-neuroscience, anti-science, and counter to what is reasonable in a natural world.
Dangerous Climate VariationsDenying climate change is an insult to democracy. The Tea Party, the Republicans, even some conservative Democrats, have been doing everything they can to ensure that the government does nothing that might disrupt the profitability of the status quo. If this is what they want, I really have to ask again, as I've done herein before, are humans really worth saving? I am not sure they are, but I would really not like to see the real sentient creatures that live here harmed by human greed.
Intentional Disinformation of Greedy Powerful IndustriesThere has been a dumbing down of America. Americans are being led down a garden path to their own destruction but that is not the worst of it. The worst of it is, they are also leading us down there with them. We're all in the same boat here. The influence of these powerful greedy industries must stop. They win and we all lose. We win and we all win.
Is the World Worth Saving?Scientific "fingerprints" indicate the troposphere, that blanket of atmosphere closest to the earth, is warming and it is not natural climate change. It is anthropogenic, a consequence of human activity. The real question then must be, "Is the world worth saving?"
Existential AngstReligion has been assumed to have been around since the dawn of human history. Human nature relied on the need to believe in origin stories because humans have an inquisitive mind and have an insatiable necessity for knowing why things are as they are. Most societies, no matter where they are at or how isolated they are from each other, all believe in some origin myths; some of which are surprisingly similar.
Atoms are Forever
We wake up each morning to a world of hurt. The pain is all around us. We take an anthropomorphic view, but all life experiences birth, reproduction and dissipation. Life is often referred to as a gift. A better description would be to refer to life as food. We are being harvested. The specter of life is to be consumed as food.
Change We Can Believe In...
Obama repeatedly questioned Hillary Clinton's judgement for voting for the Iraq War. Why wasn't Obama's judgement given the same intense scrutiny? Why wasn't Obama's relationship with Jeremiah Wright given as much scrutiny? How did Obama get away with his con-job? How could so many be so naive? "...First, his political acumen. Did he seriously believe that after his two terms as a state senator and twenty-year membership in a church that celebrates and preaches black separatism he could launch a presidential bid on the theme of being an agent of racial harmony? What was he thinking? It all reeks of arrogance.."
Inevitable Change
It is overly simplistic to suggest the reason for life is love. Love has nothing to do with it. If a population can't be successful by adapting to a changing environment - reproduction ceases to be successful and a species dies and there would be no reason to prolong and continue with life...Is it fair to provide advantages to individuals who can afford them over those who would like them but can't afford them? What comparison can be used, the advancement of society as a whole and those willing (and able) to pay? ... Why should only the wealthy, the top few with most of the money be provided expensive drugs and costly surgery or other medical interventions while sick elderly people are told to suck it up. Doesn't their quality of life matter. Shouldn't the cost of preventing and curing cancer and cardiovascular diseases (which are generally age related diseases) be a national priority, irrespective of cost?
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Islamic ExtremistsThe Bush administration said weapons of mass destruction were an affront to our American way of life and they are. However, the reality is, the "American way of life" is selling weapons of mass destruction to anyone who can pay for them. If we care so much, we should not be selling weapons of mass destruction to Islamist extremists who want to kill us with them.
Obama Always Had a Problem With FactsDuring the first election campaign, there were many misstatements from the Obama campaign which were intentionally misleading. The facts often changed depending on his audience. Obama consistently demonstrated he was untested and unqualified to be the president. Some folks caught on, but we all know how it turned out. His real base was not interested in the facts. His supporters from Wall Street and multinational corporations got what they paid for. He out spent Hillary Clinton up to 5 to one in the primary. He won the election.
Aggression is as Natural as Sex
There is plenty of evidence, given what the more recent anthropological, zoological and biological research would affirm that especially our species and the primate order are inherently war-like. What nation can trust any other nation with their national security unless there is cultural commonality or at least reciprocal treaties, the conditions stipulated therein to avoid aggression carefully monitored. Treaties are many times breached when one side or the other gains a decided advantage.
Public Corruption and Getting Caught is Such a Bitch!Rezko is/was a shake down con man. He is charged with "shaking down" investment firms and If they wanted contracts with state organizations, Rezko was the man to see. He had politicians in his pocket. He had Governor Blagojevich and he had Senator Obama.
Letter to the so-called "Palestinian" RefugeesThe world asks us Israelis why we cannot feel empathy for Palestinians when they remember their disaster? It is an excellent question. If "Nakba" commemoration were meant to mark the tragedy, there would have been room for empathy. But that's not really the case, is it? All those Nakba demonstrations along the borders with Jordan and Lebanon, in Jaffa and in Gaza had one and one purpose only, "The annihilation of the State of Israel."
The World's Existential Threat: Doctrinal FanaticismIn Islamic folk representation of Paradise, which is often supported by popular religious sheikhs and citations from Islamic sources, the martyr may freely mingle with the virgins of Paradise (huriya), some say as many as 72 of them each, and after each sexual intercourse the girls miraculously regain their virginity in order to afford the martyr a continuous virginal pleasure. So it goes for alcohol, the other major taboo in Islamic society, since Shari'a does not apply in Heaven.
Nature of NatureEverything living has some parasites living inside of them. That is a world you may be barely aware of but it is there and it may be killing us. As you get older chances are you will acquire more and more of these creatures which are often there for more than just the ride...There is no peace on the planet. There is only constant battle and an unending arms race for survival... What if the universe is really ONE BIG LIVING ORGANISM and we're just like those parasites -- ALL OF US eating at the same table?
Israel is a Superlative and Vibrant DemocracyIsrael was founded as a democracy and it is still a democracy, even though there are some that say Israel is not democractic enough to provide equal rights for Palestinians. Israel does provide equal right for Arabs who are Israelis. It does not provide citizen rights to non-citizens, but it does accord autonomy to Palestinians. Their structure is hardly democratic and Israel deals with them at arms length. Israel values enduring concepts of human worth, freedom, democracy, the rights of minorities, the right to be different. Zionism was democratic in all its institutions which were inherited by the new state. Democracy in Israel formed an integral part of the life of the new society before it even attained independent statehood. The Israel system of government conforms to the British continental model of parliamentary democracy. In spite of all the pronouncements to the contrary by propaganda from Arab purveyers of disinformation and their immature and spiteful left-wing followers, Israel is a dynamic and vital democracy.
Anti-Zionism: Old-New Themes"Anti-Zionism has become the most dangerous and effective form of antiSemitism in our time, through its systematic delegitimization, defamation, and demonization of Israel... increasingly rely on an anti-Semitic stereotypization of classic themes, such as the manipulative "Jewish lobby," the Jewish/Zionist "world conspiracy," and Jewish/Israeli "warmongers."
No Organism Created De NovoNothing is created NEW. Everything is a dispersion and adaption of existing matter which evolves out of antecedents. Organisms, no less so, Homo sapiens, are patched together from spare parts. Ontology recapitulates phylogeny. But, not one organism has been created de novo. All are variations...If morality is a human construct, and it must be, wouldn't it have been better to be more like our cousins the Bonobos, than our other equally close cousins, the Chimpanzees?
Theoretical Elegance of ScienceThere are according to the theory of supersymmety MANY kinds of matter which cannot be seen but they exist and these particles are called superpartners. None have ever been seen in spite of all of the efforts which have been attempted by particle physicists to detect them. With the Large Hadron Collider at Cern there is the hope that they will be discovered. Even though they have not yet been detected at CERN or Fermilab, many physicists are passionate about the existence of supersymmetry and superpartner particles.
Arabs Came To DestroyIt is an Arab myth that the Arabian Peninsula is a land where history begins with Muhammad and Israel is not a real nation. Arabs insist Israel is on land that belongs to them. Islam is a religion, not about peace, but about conquest and plunder. When the Jews returned there and built up the land it became once more a place to plunder. The pre-modern Arab civilization brought with it a creed that has offered an afterlife to people with nothing in this life.
Arab Violence Against JewsIt is the BIG LIE that there is a "cycle of violence" and it is a direct result of Israel's military attacks on Palestinians. Everyone knows there is no Israeli cycle of violence against Palestinians. If the Palestinians stopped their suicide bombings and their rocket attacks, all of the violence would stop. If Israelis stopped using their military, no one seriously believes suicide bombings would cease. Under continued pressure from the United States on Israel to capitulate to terrorists by rewarding them with a state on Israel's borders and with continued funding from Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia and previously from Iraq, the effort goes on to destroy the State of Israel to carry out terrorist bombings, rocket attacks, to murder Jewish babies and perpetrate other acts of terror against Jews.
Making Sure the Rich Stay That WayHe is slow to make decisions because he tests for polularity. He tries to be everything to everybody and he fails. That never works. At least George Bush could make decisions, even if they were wrong - and they usually were. The president is very good at oracular ambiguity,
Intelligence or Biological Metaphors?The conundrum for science is in spite of all our high tech and all the images we have of the brain and as much as we now understand molecular interactions (we only knew one tenth as much a few years ago), we still don't know enough. And we still don't fully understand how learning is accomplished beyond the firing of neurons and how axons and dendrites react to electrical stimulation and signal transduction. Maybe we're looking in all the wrong places? Maybe we need to be looking at those bacteria we share our bodies with - which make up a lot more of bodies than we do and have 90% more cells than the mere 10% belonging to us. So who rules, bacteria or us? There are 100 trillion bacterial cells with bacterial DNA in our body to only 10 trillion cells with our DNA in our bodies.
ShapeshiftingWhen we lose the ability to maintain internal constancy (homeostasis) the environment for cellular function becomes more difficult to maintain constancy - and cells slow down and simply stops and so does everything else also. The cells can't go on working. Potassium rushes out, calcium rushes in. And mitochondria stops making energy. It doesn't happen all at once. It is a gradual process. Shutting down is turning off but there is no magic or point between life and death when one ceases to be. And if enough neurons can no longer function in a given environment those neurons stop working and the body loses its ability to maintain internal constancy. That is death by natural causes. The terminal event might have been something else but it is a shut-down of the equipment. The machine stops working.
Living Longer?As cells break down, a lot of the parts are used again. Those parts which can't be are junk. Our immune system may take out some of the garbage, but some of it won't be. Some of the lipids; partially digested membranes, that yellow gunk, won't be gotten rid of. Most of it will be found in skeletal muscle, in long-lived neurons, in heart muscles - those muscles which last a lifetime. There you will find a lot of (yellowish) junk)... People are living longer - but, at what cost? We can die at any age; we can extend life; but we cannot extend youth.
Resurgent AntisemitismHitler wanted to get rid of the JEWS, but his first plan was not extermination, it was expulsion. He was willing to send all the Jews away from Germany if the rest of the world would just take them - and he said he would do it even on luxury liners if they would just take these Jews from him. The world refused and there was the Holocaust.
Israel's Warts and Arab NationalismThis NAQBAH is a continuing reality for as long as Israel continues to exist. "Realpolitik" is not an agreement which will some how magically result in peace. Real politics is living with the intense hatred and knowing that the only solution for peace is to provide security. Arabs and Jews are not going to love each other anytime soon. The Palestinian Covenant (adopted in 1968) remains unchanged. Yasser Arafat may be dead but the Convenant remains and in an interview Arafat had with Oriana Fallaci in 1972 stated the true nature of "realpolitik" very clearly when he said: "Peace for us means the destruction of Israel and nothing else."
Subjecting a Family Pet to a Lifetime of Pain and SufferingMost of you have heard it said a mongrel is healthier than a purebred dog. That is a myth. There are hundreds of inherited diseases in purebred dogs but there are also genetic risks in all animals including mixed breeds of dogs, whether accidental or selective, which can be avoided with a little bit of care and knowledge about genetics and better managed by selective breeding by professional breeders. Science has provided us with a genetic blueprint and breeders now have the ability to avoid inherited genetic problems. Why should we sentence these loyal friends to a life of pain and suffering?
You Are Getting Old JackThe cardiovascular system begins to break down. There are other signs of degenerative function. Coordination is greatly diminished. And it feels like time speeds up. The days fly by for the elderly. As irrational as that sounds it does appear that way because it feels that way...We break down. The body just breaks. It is harder to maintain internal constancy.
Prehistoric Imprinting on Today's Behavior
Evolutionary biologists suggest violence and behavior are to a large extent genetic. But we humans have another adaptive advantage: We think about these things. Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am." (I believe that is the exact quote or close enough) Ambrose modified it to "I think, I think, therefore I think I am."
Islamic AbsolutismEarly adherents of Islam were pastoral and sometimes found themselves alone with their sheep for too long. They avenged blood disputes between tribes. If someone was harmed, members of their tribe would often raid another tribe to take revenge. They were so backward and many still are, and if they lived in caves they would still be there too. Many of them are having a very difficult time with adjusting to what they consider the "corrupting influence" of modern ideas from the west.
Animals Have Feelings Too.."Recognizing that animals have emotions is important, because animals' feelings matter. Animals are sentient beings who experience the ups and downs of daily life, and we must respect this when we interact with them."
Psycho USS Liberty Conspiratorial SlandersMost conspiracies hang together by a belabored psycho-social paranoid analysis. The conspiracy theory that Israel's attack on the USS Liberty in 1967 was intentional is a slanderous fabrication.
The Teflon ManHe made his grandmother the moral equivalent of a professional demagogue who thinks AIDS and drugs are the result of a conspiracy by white men against blacks and Obama settled on an 85-year-old lady, his grandmorther, Madelyn Dunham, who loved and raised him and who is now infirm and lives alone in a condominium apartment in Honolulu. Did her charismatic grandson even make her aware that he was about to throw her under the bus and label her a racist.
Socialist ZionismIn Israel, the clash between a left and a right has less to do with socialist versus capitalist principles than it does with sacrificing land for peace and the definition of a Jew.
Defeating America from WithinIt should be obvious that the best way and perhaps the only way to defeat America is to do it from within. The plan from the start was for Obama to defeat the U.S. by becoming it's chief executive...It stretches credulity to expect anyone to believe it was an honest mistake - if not their intentional mission to infiltrate the political system and grab power from within.
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and IslamThe uprising in Egypt and the consequences which will come out of it are a direct line from Obama's speech to Muslim students in Cairo to the streets of Egypt and other Middle Eastern Islamist societies. The beneficiaries are the Jihadists, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Anti-Semites and anti-American, anti-West, Islamists.
Future of Human EvolutionSurviving the environmental problems of our own making and living with our evolutionary baggage will be humankind's immediate challenge over the next several millennia. If world culture evolves into an effective adaptive mechanism and it stays in synchrony with our biology, then we might be up for our next big environmental challenge.
Is the Large Hadron Collider Worth the Risk? Absolutely....It depends. How much do we value wisdom? What risk is worth knowing the answers to our existence? Answers beyond that which is known about evolutionary survival and reproduction - what life means besides our simple will to live until we die? We have learned a lot in the last few centuries and acquired knowledge exponentially in the last couple of decades. Do we stop now? I don't know that we can. (Is it worth the risk? Absolutely!)
Islamic CertitudeIslam is a religion where children are taught the religious obligation of jihad and martyrdom at a very early age so that a suicide belt is not as disturbing to them as it is abhorrent to us.
Universal PathologyHate is a Universal Pathology, one which infects the human species especially, whereas, with other animals we are not sure what they are thinking but I think it is unlikely that you can call it hate. Killing usually accompanies an evolutionary prerequisite that the father's genes survive - and includes infanticide, rape, war to eliminate competing males, etc. With humans the reasons may be different but the instinct is still there.
Black Holes and Gamma RaysThere are Black Holes and Gamma Rays Headed Right for Us!
Obama's 17 Year PlanObama denied working for Rezko. His campaign staff later admitted the truth. And there was the little matter of the million dollar mansion and the extra lot and the campaign contributions and private parties. Hillary is playing the game, but she knows he lied. When hasn't he?
Doomsday or Bust!A black hole from the Large Hadron Collider if it does not evaporate could shrink Earth to a centimeter in 50 months.
End of TimeThere are black hole and gamma rays headed right for us!
Bleak for Jews of IranWhy don't the Jews leave Iran? - "On the eve of the Khomeini Revolution, 80,000 to 100,000 Jews lived in Iran . Today, there are still more Jews in Persia than any other Islamic state. Despite the dangers and threats, about 25,000 Jews (it is difficult to accurately assess their numbers) still remain and show no signs of budging.
Why We Age Mitochondria holds the key to our evolution and maybe also the key to why we only live so long and bacteria doesn't die NATURALLY, it just clones (it dies by accident, or antibiotics kill it) AND though we technically die thermodynamically; there is equilibrium, although we dissipate as energy back to the environment.
Pagan-Based Cult of AllahJihad is justified on faith. Abuse of women is justified by religious dictum. Believers can and often do find justification even when faith ideas are predicated on falsehoods and full of hate and they advocate for conquest and plunder as with the pagan-based cult of Allah.
Is Obama Pretending to be a Christian?"Falsehoods told to prevent the denigration of Islam, to protect oneself, or to promote the cause of Islam are sanctioned in the Qur'an and Sunna, including lying under oath in testimony before a court, deceiving by making distorted statements to the media such as the claim that Islam is a "religion of peace"......"
Humans in TransitionEvolution has contributed to our shrinkage, both our stature and our brains, to physically becoming weaker and a reduction in tooth size. While some animals have domesticated themselves; dogs being the best example, humans also have domesticated themselves and have become weak; perhaps less fit? There have been changes to our species phenotype and there is nothing progressive about evolution. We are modified to adapt to our environment to survive to reproduce. Nothing more.
The Alternate White HouseI have worked for presidents. I have known Chiefs of Staff and Prime Ministers and Presidents. You may like President Obama. You may love this guy, but I believe you will live to regret it. I believe Barack Obama will be terrible for this country and a disaster for Israel. I feel compelled to speak about it. Dark days are coming.
Why Zionism?(Published in 2004) Al-Qaradawi decrees that peace talks with Israel are "treason". He blesses child suicide bombers and calls on God to "destroy the usurper Jews, the vile crusaders and infidels". The Arabic word "Islam" may mean peace, but that peace will only come once Islam reigns on earth. Al-Qaradawi is fond of quoting the Koran: "When you meet those who disbelieve, smite their necks until you have killed and wounded many."
The Curse of Being Human"The more the universe appears comprehensible, the more it also appears pointless."
Slick Barry!Barack Hussein Obama (Barry Soetoro) is a con artist. Obama's speeches and promises are slick. Most con men are - or they wouldn't be good cons..."Some people who see the fraud in what Obama is saying are amazed that others do not. But Obama knows what con men have long known, that their job is not to convince skeptics but to enable the gullible to continue to believe what they want to believe. He does that very well."
Anti-Americanism and Blatant Antisemitism And how does one determine those whom Allah hates? Of course the Qur'an, which is the word of God, and other sources of the faith, such as the Sunna of the Prophet, are the sole and ultimate guide. Thus, the Jews (and the Christians for that matter) who are labelled as enemies of Allah cannot extricate themselves from that sealed fate, unless they embrace Islam, and until then jihad must be waged against them by 'intimidation', never mind that others see that as 'terror'. At any rate, that act is considered a legal, even compulsory, jihad, which by definition leads to martyrdom, and is in any case the quintessence of Islam, in the eyes of the Saudi (and other) fundamentalists.
What Happened To Change?I hope those of you who voted for this pompous ass are ready for what you HOPED for. It might not be the change you bargained for. AND many of us don't deserve it - even if you do. Obama is NOT just un-American and anti-American. His friends are also antisemitic. AND, these stories won't go away. This is just the beginning. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Of Course Obama Knew, He is a MoleRemember his all his associations for which he gets a free pass? Rezko was one which may soon fade from memory altogether since Obama now controls the Justice Department now too. Rezko was a personal friend. The fraud perpetrated on taxpayers was an offense committed right under Obama's nose, in his district. He had to know. The parties and monies collected by Rezko and known criminal associates were his prime benefactors. He was their man who socialized with Rezko and crime associates and received and gave favors - plenty of which will be disclosed as the case progresses, and have been disclosed in the local Chicago press - and nothing about it is circumstantial; it is from direct testimony evidence and the public records. Obama has ALWAYS BEEN A MOLE.
Obama's Problem With EthicsAs for those corporate lobbyists not funding his campaigns, what is Rezko, besides being a corrupt corporate sponsor (and lobbyist)? We know now that Obama has received plenty of corporate funds - many times more than his Republican opponent in many cases. We know now also that half of the 500 million dollars collected by Obama came from unnamed sources, many believed to be Middle Eastern contributors. We know Obama is not who or what he says he is. We know we should not be surprised how this presidency turns. * We also know now that one of Obama speakers at his innaugural is linked to HAMAS:
Israel Does Not Have To Prove LegitimacyThe Jews have always existed as a separate people and the bonds which held them together has been more than religion (and often not that). They were separated by others never permitted to forget their difference. Christians blamed them for "killing Christ" and Muslims hated them because of Muhammad's animosity towards those Jews who would not convert. They lived elsewhere by special indulgence of their neighbors, even when they lived there longer than their neighbors. And in spite of legal equality there is still this aversion which emerges on occasion and must be subdued. This is the brutality which led to Herzl's urgency to raise the flag of Zionism and found the movement to save the Jews.
Problems with the LeftA premise on the left is to mistakenly compare American imperialism to Israeli occupation of the territories. There is a failure on the left to recognize the genuine security needs of the Israelis.
Karl Marx's Jewish ProblemThere has been a general rise in anti-Zionism and antisemitism and these two forms are sometimes indistinguishable. There has also been an increase in violence and intensification of terrorism. While terrorism has been directed at the U.S. and western interests generally, it is also clearly and specifically directed at the Jews and Jewish institutions.
Savage Cultural of Sexual Abuse and SlaveryAmong Muslims there is culturally encouraged and sanctioned "honor killings." There is female mutilation. And there is also slavery. Civilized people and progressives should condemn in the strongest terms this terrible inhumane treatment and behavior. A willingness to savagely disregard a women's rights in the name of "family honor" is not honorable, it is insane...
Metamorphically, the Sun is GodEverything is Solar-Powered: Without the Sun there is no life. Without the Sun we would all perish. We are all made of star stuff, minerals from a "Supernova." Repeat after me, "The SUN is my creator." Moses came out of Egypt. Who worshiped the Sun God (RA)? The Egyptians.
The Brand vs the Man (Obama)Obviously I should not wish for my president to fail, but I don't like this guy. It has nothing whatsoever to do with his skin color and everything to do with his character. I'm Jewish and I have lived with a lot of discrimination and I have had a bond with others who have also been subjected to hate and bigotry. Obama has experienced very little of that. At my age (and my unique experiences) I have lived through more of it and made more sacrifices for civil rights than this man with a white mother and a black father. I also see nothing progressive about Barack Obama lying and doing whatever it takes to pull off his scam...
Jewish Disease and IntellectJews with their small population are no more than 2-3% of the American population yet make up 50% of the top intellectuals (a study by Lipset and Rabb), 40% of ALL Nobel Prize winners in Math and Science and Economics, 20% of all university professors in the U.S., 40% of the partners and top lawyers in the NY and DC law firms, and most of the directors and producers of the top films in Hollywood, 59% of the writers (directors and producers) of the top 50 grossing movies, 39% of the winners of the National Association of Science and 50% of the world's chess champions and 25% of the all Turing awards...
Politically ComatoseIt would be almost funny if it wasn't so true. Barach Hussein Obama is tearing the house down. His lies are legend. Who doesn't agree with Barack Obama? Barack Obama doesn't. And it is all on videotape. He says one thing to one audience and something else to another audience.
Worlds within Worlds within WorldsBut what I imagine is there are worlds within worlds. Multiverses and many more dimensions than we can now suppose there are - and yet to be discovered, if we ever do. The hint of this is what we already know about ourselves. We are not significant in the way we once thought ourselves to be. Gods and religion may be the glue that holds many of us together but it hardly explains what is out there.
Catastrophic CertaintyIt is with 100 percent certainty that life as we know it will end. Many times in history things have gone terribly wrong. Scientific theories are shifting paradigms. They must be testable and science benefits from the highest level of scrutiny. In this case the results could be catastrophic.
The Cult of ObamaObama exaggerates, embellishes, overstates, double-talks and outright deceives. He is an effective politician. When Obama lies, which is most of the time, it is no surprise and has become standard. That is not saying others are not doing it too, but as stated here before, they don't mean us harm a mole would. There is a big difference between self-promotion and political double-talk and wanting to destroy America from within.
Good BacteriaBacteria have been here for over 4.5 billion years. They lived on earth a lot longer than we have. They were the only life on the earth for 80% of earth's time-line. They seem to be in charge of much of the life here on this planet. They can destroy life with their toxins or they can help life to proliferate with their unique ability to emulsify fats, to break down cellulose, etc. No organism can grow and flourish without the presence of bacteria.
Not Only Does Obambi Have Ties To Rezko, So Does Biden What better gift to the Republicans. Biden also has deep links to Rezko. The perversions run very deep with Obama. -- AND, Michelle had a legacy acceptance to Princeton, never had very good grades, wrote a very anti-American thesis and affirmative action was not without some influence getting her and Barack (Barry) to Harvard - and working with the community I suppose in her mind means getting paid over $300,000 - but that doesn't happen to other; the "normal" folks. It happens to those who try to make themselves out to be what they are not.
Refusing to Sacrifice Causes Death of the Entire OrganismHuman cells (and the cells in other species) willingly die (called apoptosis) so other cells may live and life can sustain itself. However cancer cells are disobedient cells. They disobey their programming and they do not die. They choose life and by refusing to sacrifice themselves, to commit suicide, they consequently cause the death of the entire organism.
Jewish Genes and Missing Tribe"....there are the Lemba. Out of the blue, as it were--for nowhere in any Jewish or non-Jewish source are they even hinted at--we find an ethnic group near the southern tip of Africa with a genetic tie to Jews elsewhere. Where did they come from? How did they get to be where they are? If they lived totally apart from other Jews for hundreds or thousands of years while retaining a distinct "Jewish" identity, can this have happened in other places, too? Did the Jewish people have another, "shadow" history, inhabited by groups that we know little or nothing about?"
A Half Truth is a Whole LieDoes anyone really think that an Israeli withdrawal from the "territories" and the establishment of a Palestinian state will result in peace and tranquility? Does anyone really think that the withdrawal from Gaza has resulted in tranquility and peace? Does anyone really think that the Antisemitic invectives will end and there will be no more suicide bombers? Does anyone really believe a Palestinian state will solve the problem of antisemitism anywhere?
Yeah sure, you can have my gun - bullets first!
Belief in BeliefBelief in God is likely a benefit to reproduction because it is a coping mechanism. That doesn't mean it is right or we can't do without it. It is my view that it was more important during prehistory and early human history than it is today. There are other coping mechanisms for death. There is truth and dealing with it can be a pleasant enough experience if there is a realization that we must make the best of it.
Without Bacteria There Would Be No Human LifeI would bet you thought all (or even most) bacteria is bad for you? Most of it isn't. Most of it is symbiotic. Only about 5% of the bacterial population which lives in your body is pathogenic. The other 95% is natural and it is necessary. Without it, you would not survive. The mistake doctors make is too often killing good bacteria and too many antibiotics and wide-spectrum antibiotics will cause them not to work when you may need them.
Are We So Different?"First, we need to be aware of the problem of indiscriminate submission to authority.... Second, since we know men will comply, even with the most malevolent authorities, we have a special obligation to place in positions of authority those most likely to be humane and wise." This is reasonable advice, but in both respects easier said than done.
Does Your Rectum Itch?Take a flashlight and if you are doing this alone, don't try to look directly at your rectum. Get a mirror. - or get your best friend to look directly at your anus. Or, do the scotch tape test. Blot the area and then examine the tape... ---And if you scratch your ass, don't bite your fingernails---
Fashionable Antisemitism on the Right and the Left"At the moment, you can hardly distinguish between the very far right wing and the very far left wing...Until 1989, anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism were taboo in Germany. These views found space on the left and on the far right. In the middle of society, they were hidden in the signals and phrases communicated in the subtext. Now, due to the new international constellation, the taboo has broken down and these ideas can be found in the mainstream."
Human Freedom and GreedOur very existence is predicated on access to resources, but while our human need appears to be infinite, resources are however limited and indeed as finite as is our human sojourn on this planet. Like the 99.99% of all species that preceded us, we too will eventually cease to be and we will undoubtedly also contribute, if not entirely, to the cause of our extinction, as well as to the extinction of other species. Freedom is never free. There is the subverted freedom to exploit and the unvirtuous freedom from want but our wants are always someone else's needs. Our avaricious competition for resources and our insatiable appetite for power is as devastating as it is costly. And freedom is always ephemeral.
They Claim that Iran is an Islamic Society
In attempting to convert Iran into an "Islamic society," the regime has suppressed people for the past 20 years. Despite this, it has not been successful in imposing its will on the people. The people of Iran are being killed for defending Iran from becoming an Islamic society. They will not surrender in this fight...Iran is not an Islamic society...The truth is that in Iran sexual apartheid and oppression of people rules.
A Letter from an American (former Russian) Jew to Barack Obama
If your words contradict or are unsupported by what you did before the Presidential race, then you are not what you say you are, right? In order to find that out I attempted to examine whom you hang out with, what words you and your friends were saying in private and in public and how all that can affect our lives...I can't imagine being a Jew and voting Obama. I can't imagine being an Israeli supporter and voting Obama either. I can’t imagine voting Obama period.
Obama, an Appeaser with Attitude
When it suits him he is a gun-tottin, NAFTA hating (secretly loving NAFTA and CAFTA), a "red-neck" which comes in two colors, both white or black (that is, whatever works) and he is even more Jewish than the Jews when speaking to AIPAC. Obama flip-flops around all the issues, FLIP or FLOP on real issues and will say anything when the timing is right, to get nominated... The only real alternative is "straight talking" McCain after over a year of putting up with Obama's gymnastic flip flops with the truth. He can shift change so well he would be a shoo-in in a political Olympics if they had an event for the most convincing liars.
The War on Islamic Fanaticism is Just Beginning
Terrorism is a virulent Islamic fanatical hatred of non-Muslims. Americans also have an obsession for oil, which we need to keep us in the manner to which we have become accustomed and the Jews, as usual, somehow got stuck right in the middle of it - when it would have been far better if they settled in Miami Beach instead of Jerusalem. Obama owes favors to his Islamic pro-Palestinian, Muslim friends if he becomes president, and George W. Bush is waiting for rapture so there is nothing happening here that is not according to _the_ plan.
Was the War in Iraq Justified?
...[T]errorism is a world-wide phenomenon which poses a very real threat to our lives here in America, Europe and the Middle East. It won't go away by ignoring it. It won't go away with an Israeli-Palestinian solution to their conflict. It won't go away until this tactic of suicide bombing and roadside bombs and flying airplanes into building is defeated because our resolve to defeat them is greater than their irrational belief in jihadism and dying for Allah.
Islam Killing Women
In cold blood using a pistol and another murder weapon, a father had been planning and looking for an opportunity to kill his daughter since 1998. It is shocking but true. Why? What had Fadima done? Her crime was nothing but behaving in an un-Islamic manner. She had killed no one, had robbed nobody and had not hurt or abused anyone or anything.
How Many Jews Own Oil Wells?
We should always be concerned about the anti-Israel rhetoric because it escalates. Protesting the war in Iraq, at anti-war rallies, there were inflammatory anti-Israel statements and some Jews, who expected it, did not go to the rallies for this reason. The organizers of some of the antiwar protests have equated Zionism with Nazism and some groups which were involved in the demonstrations were also calling for the destruction of Israel, something which is heard on Internet mailing lists all to often. |
Obama's Doubletalk
Obama is an opportunist. He says what he needs to say for political expediency. Obama is the sore which is infecting the Democratic Party. He said Iran was no big deal and then at AIPAC he FLIPS and says it is...Since when do we recognize the claims of terrorists? These are the people he also wants to negotiate with; not just countries, but terrorist organizations raised to the level of legitimacy by Barack Obama. These are organizations who have as their objective the destruction of western civilization and modernity.
Islamic Shame and Cowardice
These murderous acts have nothing to do with suicide. They are the actions of premeditated religious fanatics, and in their own words, it is "The Holy War of Islam-Death in Martyrdom-The Promised Hereafter-By Means of Muslim Kamikaze-who are Human Bombs" and indeed that is the entire story. It is not and cannot in any way be considered an act of bravery or courage; it is an act of shame and cowardice.
What Game is Barack Obama Playing?
"Obama wants it both ways, has always wanted it both ways. Black and white, Indonesian and American, Muslim and Christian. He loves playing one off the other, using one to hide the other even as the traces of the truth may be assembled to reveal the whole cloth of deception and self-promotion he has been weaving so skillfully since his childhood. No wonder he is a man of change. He IS a changeling, a veritable chameleon, adapting and amending his life story to fit the circumstances."
Euthenizing Democracy in the Democratic Party
Many of these same blacks liked Bill Clinton before Obama got into the race and Obama accused Clinton of playing the race card. He never did and it has been Obama who has been using race through the process. He would say, "that is Chicago politics sweetie. We play rough in Chicago." Just ask Alice Palmer.
AMERABIA
Barack Obama has not always been a Christian, if he is even one now - for which I have my doubts. He is deceitful. He has lied about his many associations with known criminals, with pro-Palestinian Arabs, with terrorists (like Ayers). The Islamists have been saying they will destroy America from within - for as long as Hitler said in Mein kampf he would murder the Jews. We all know how that turned out.
They Kill Their Own Children
A depraved, murderous dictator, Saddam squandered his people's natural wealth; he took one of the Arab world's more educated and industrious peoples and stamped out their freedom, creativity, joy of life, even life itself. This Arab "hero" subjected his own people to a degree of oppression his "occupied Palestinian brethren" never dreamed of.
Appeasing Arab Violence
Despite its sham nature, however, this appeasement process has had two baleful consequences. It has caused Olmert, under pressure from the Americans, the Israeli media and powerful Israeli oligarchs who want the economic advantages of peace at any price, to destroy checkpoints, release prisoners and float the possibility of territorial concessions -- all of which promote and incite further Arab violence.
Hope for What?
Obama seems to come up on the wrong side of many issues. BUT even as he does, he gets a pass. Finally the working classes are beginning to see through this facade. ONLY, it may be too late, unless the super-delegates figure it out and chooses Hillary. However, if they do there will likely be an outbreak of nation-wide riots...BUT if Hillary is not the nominee the Democrats will lose and it may just be the END of the PARTY as we know it.
Corruption in Obamaland
Obama said he did nothing wrong. But he did use the law to benefit Rezko and Michelle and Barack Obama. So who would prosecute a legal action against them? When you got money and you are slick Willy you can drive right up to the edge and not fall off. A lawyer often has a license to steal. They know all the angles. And this is the guy who might be president?
Living with Microbial Life
The indigenous Americans were not so noble as they have been portrayed. There were often as savage as humanity has always been...Mother nature is a cruel bitch..The left rejected Hobbes and his view that man's nature is brutish...sociobiology was not a nefarious plot to give scientific credence to a right-wing policy agenda...
The End of the Jews in Iraq
Indeed, Jews were among the best-educated people in the country, and fiercely loyal to a land they had thrived in for millennia. As such, they were the wealthiest and most assimilated Jews in the Arab Middle East. In many ways they resembled the middle-class and affluent, entrenched Jews of Germany who felt more German than Jewish. The sudden end of Iraqi Jewry some 50 years ago, the Baghdad government expelled its 120,000 Jews, ending 2,600 years of Jewish life in the country.
Jihad and the Challenge of Holy War
...the war actually began against the United States in 1979 when the Ayatollah Khomeini ascended to power in Iran and his supporters violently seized the American embassy in Teheran...For the next 22 years America failed to realize they were embroiled in a war and when in 1998 Muslims attacked two more American embassies, this time in Africa, the response was tepid. The "war on terror" entered a new stage on September 11, 2001.
Is the (Democratic) Party Over?
If Hillary Clinton had no other reason to keep running for the Democratic presidential nomination, it would be to demonstrate that Tim Russert, Keith Olbermann, Maureen Dowd, David Broder and the Beltway media gas bags don't decide American elections.
Obama Misspeaks
...consistently and falsely claims he was a law professor...claimed credit for nuclear legislation that never passed...misspoke about being conceived because of Selma...took too much credit for community organizing...assertion that nobody had indications Rezko engaging in wrongdoing `strains credulity'...forced to revise assertion that lobbyists "won't work in my White House...Selective, embellished and out-of-context health plan...overstated Kansas tornado deaths...exaggerated legislative progress he made, on ethics reform.
Failure Is Not An Option
Barack Obama is either unaware of the real challenge from religious intolerance and hatred or just naive enough to think talking to Iranians can convince the Iranian sponsored Jihadists from carrying out their plans to destroy Western society, to prevent enlightened modernity and impose Sharia law on the region and the world.
Did Humans Take an Evolutionary Wrong Turn?
First, nuclear weapons give us the means to wipe ourselves out quickly; no humans possessed this means before. Second, we already appropriate about 40 percent of the Earth's net productivity (i.e. the net energy captured from sunlight). With the world's human population now doubling every forty-one years, we soon shall reach the biological limit to growth, at which point we shall have to start fighting each other in dead earnest for a share of the world's fixed pie of resources.
Obama's Islamist Family Connections in Kenya
It is no surprise by now that Obama comes from a very multi-cultural family. There are some Muslims and Christians. There are no Jews. He says he is now a Christian. His grandparents were Christians. His family in Kenya are Muslims. No surprise there. The only surprise is why the media ignores the Odinga connection?
Neocons Are Liberals Who Have Been Mugged by Reality
...[N]eocons (are) liberals who'd been "mugged by reality," were (and still are) in favor of welfare benefits, racial equality, and many other liberal tenets. But they were driven rightward by the excesses of the late 1960s and early 1970s, when crime was increasing in the United States, the Soviet Union was gaining ground in the Cold War, and the dominant wing of the Democratic Party was unwilling to get tough on either problem."
Lacking in Judgment and Experience
Judgment and leadership in foreign policy are not intuitive. They are learned through experience. Obama's long and close relationship with the anti-American hate-monger Wright, his inattention to his responsibilities in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his careless approach to Iraq all suggest that he would benefit from more experience. We should ask whether we want those lessons to be learned in the White House.
Democratic Party to Crash and Burn
...The destiny of the Democratic Party is in the hands of African-Americans and anti-Zionist "liberal" Democrats. It is no longer the party of white, blue-collar workers. It is no longer the party of women. It is no longer the party of older Americans...
Obama's Hollow Judgment
...As a consequence of Obama's dereliction of duty on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a feckless administration has had absolutely no oversight as it careens from disaster to disaster in Afghanistan, including the central governments loss of control over 70 percent of the country and yet another bumper crop of opium to fuel the efforts of the Taliban and their terrorist allies.
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When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse. (Hannah Arendt - Origins of Totalitarianism) "If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." -- (Anatole France) "When you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not try to weakly reconcile yourself with the world." -- (Emerson)
What is a Golem? ![]()
"People have so manipulated the concept of freedom, that it finally boils down to the right of the stronger and richer to take from the weaker and poorer whatever they have left."Philosopher Theordor Adorno |



