New Study Confirms One Third of Lawyers Have a Problem with Alcohol
lawyerist.com · New Study Confirms One Third of Lawyers Have a Problem with Alcohol ·
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Inequality is destroying all the markers of adulthood, from home ownership to marriage
the Guardian · The prohibitive cost of housing, unstable job market and stagnating or declining wages are destroying an entire generation, preventing them from attaining the markers of adulthood. ·
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Justice Sotomayor’s misguided advocacy of “forced labor” for lawyers
Washington Post · Andy Ostrowski Zena Denise Crenshaw Connie Reguli The idea of deregulation of the legal profession, from being a radical idea of the few economists, consumers and a very small number of attorneys, just entered the mainstream. ·
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Wyoming Law Criminalizes Collecting Evidence Of Pollution
reverbpress.com · republican vision for america ·
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Bernie is a Girl’s Best Friend
Someone just told me they heard this on a Bernie podcast. Hurray! Glad it is circulating. For all ye Women for Bernie 🙂 #NotMeUs, #FeelTheBern, #StillSanders · Video · YouTube
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We “can afford” to kill a lot of people.
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illuanimated.com · Well, Everyone knows I like Medieval things and the thing I like the most is their sense of humor. ·
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Welcome to the new feudalism – with Silicon Valley as our overlords | Evgeny Morozov
the Guardian · Jason Read 43 mins · The Guardian · Actually Existing Accelarationism ·
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Shahin Najafi – Proletariat [Azərbaycanca alt yazı] پرولتاریات – شاهین نجفی
Иранская левая музыка тоже классная: ..Погибающие под гусеницами танков во время войн, Задушенные банковскими кредитами во время мира: Эксплуатируемый на фабрике – это я! “Чужак” из “чужих” кварталов – это я! Казненный в пять утра курд – это я.. Подвергаемый пыткам белудж или лур – это я… Я – тюрок, у которого отняли родной язык… Я – соль Урмии на кровоточащей ране азербайджанца… · Video · youtube.com
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There’s No Such Thing as Free Will
The Atlantic · “’We cannot afford for people to internalize the truth’ about free will. Smilansky is convinced that free will does not exist in the traditional sense—and that it would be very bad if most people realized this. “Imagine,” he told me, “that I’m deliberating whether to do my duty, such as to parachute into enemy territory, or something more mundane like to risk my job by reporting on some wrongdoing. If everyone accepts that there is no free will, then I’ll know that people will say, ‘Whatever he did, he had no choice—we can’t blame him.’ So I know I’m not going to be condemned for taking the selfish option.’ This, he believes, is very dangerous for society, and “the more people accept the determinist picture, the worse things will get.” Determinism not only undermines blame, Smilansky argues; it also undermines praise. Imagine I do risk my life by jumping into enemy territory to perform a daring mission. Afterward, people will say that I had no choice, that my feats were merely, in Smilansky’s phrase, “an unfolding of the given,” and therefore hardly praiseworthy. And just as undermining blame would remove an obstacle to acting wickedly, so undermining praise would remove an incentive to do good. Our heroes would seem less inspiring, he argues, our achievements less noteworthy, and soon we would sink into decadence and despondency. Smilansky advocates a view he calls illusionism—the belief that free will is indeed an illusion, but one that society must defend.” ·
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חוה אלברשטיין אויפ’ן וועג שטייט א בוים(ON THE ROAD THERE IS A TREE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peuCWdV8k8k לזכרה. רחל קופיצ’ינסקי (לבית וישנייה) 1922-2016 בשלש לפנות בקר הגיע הטלפון ממספר חסום והאחות ממחלקה ג’ בישרה לי על פטירתה של אימי. על הדרך עץ עומד הוא השיר שסבי, אביה של אמא , שנרצח בידי הנאצים עם כל משפחתה למעט הדוד שלמה ז”ל, היה שר לה בצעירותה. היה מושיב אותה על ברכיו, כך סיפרה והיה שר לה את השיר. זהו שם התערוכה שהצגתי בראשון לציון לפני למעלה משנתיים ובה הצגתי גם צילום שלה. אני יושב ליד מיטתה ומנגן את השיר פעם אחר פעם. מקווה שנשמתה תמצא סופסוף מרגוע ושקט מהזכרונות הקשים. תודה לך אמא יקרה על כל מה שעשית עבורנו. היית אמא מסורה ברמות שאינני מכיר. תודה אימא. מקווה שסיימת את פרק הסבל ואת יוצאת למקום של שקט . זה כל כך מגיע לך אמא. · Video · YouTube
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Independence of Representation in Court and Judicial Accountability in the United States: “Once…
attorneyindependence.blogspot.com · A wiretapped criminal defense attorney sues prosecutors, police and investigators for fabricating evidence in order to ruin his law practice and him and his family, in order to get the upper head over the District Attorney’s political opponent. The defense attorney simply got in the way with his feisty professional activities. ·
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Why the Prosecution of Chelsea Manning Was Unconstitutional
American Civil Liberties Union · Government officials leak information all the time to further their own interests. Yet Chelsea Manning is the only person in our history to have been sentenced to decades in prison for disclosing truthful information to the press and public. ·
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JURIST – Waterboarding is “Torture”? — The Agenda-Driven Argument
jurist.org · prof. Jeffrey Addicott staunchly defies the clear assessment of the President of the United States who has said “we tortured some folks” Addicott nonetheless insists “While individual members of the CIA and military have engaged in murder, torture, and other misconduct in their individual capacities and should be punished, the United States of America never authorized torture.” it was established in Madison v. Marbury that the interpretation of the law belongs to the courts. So let’s try some perpetrators of the alleged torture, and get closure here. A pattern of mere non-prosecution looks like decriminalization. That would be a shameful legacy for this presidency ·
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Bringing biotechnology into the home: Cathal Garvey at TEDxDublin
Гадкую Монсанту под суд и биолаборатории на каждой кухни! мы все нуждаемся в срочной персонализированной медицине, основанной на генетической модификации, в новых семенах, тканях, материалах. Да здравствует ГМО с открытым кодом! зы Забавно, что я опубликовала интервью с Адрианом Боуйером – создателем reprap’a, о котором рассказывают в этом TED talk в далеком 2010 году. И все получилось точно так, как предсказывал его создатель. http://www.chaskor.ru/article/trehmernaya_revolyutsiya__16204 with Vladimir Haritonov · Video · YouTube
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CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump grows in President Obama’s political culture
The Washingtion Times · Now this: The New York Times reports that President Obama has become the first commander in chief in U.S. history to serve nearly two complete terms at war. He has officially surpassed even warmongering former President George W. Bush. He came in on false promises of peace and leaves with more blood on his hands than any prior president. ·
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To Win in November, Hillary Clinton Will Need Bernie Sanders’s Voters
The Nation · Another fine article by Don Guttenplan: “If Hillary Clinton doesn’t stop being such a sore winner, she may well end up a sore loser.”·
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MARK ELIYAHU – “Coming Back” (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
Good night, world! · Video · YouTube
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Car Alarms Don’t Work. Why Are They So Common?
The Atlantic · Only now somebody’s writing an article about this? Everybody knows the only thing car alarms are good for is insomnia. Why do people buy them anyway? Because all you have to do is say “security” and people will sell their children into slavery, let alone buy shit-useless car alarms. ·
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Neither Clinton nor Trump is engaging with the causes of America’s economic woes
ineteconomics.org · Important insights here on Hillary’s plan to put Bill Clinton in charge of revitalizing the US economy: Rana Foroohar, in her new book, Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business, warns that despite the rosy picture painted by the Clintons of the U.S. economy during the 1990s, that was the decade “when wages for all Americans started to stagnate.” She concludes that Clinton Administration policies such as the deregulation of derivatives, changes in tax deferment of options and in corporate compensation helped create a dangerously unbalanced economy dominated by Wall Street. “While not everything was bad,” says Foroohar, “I want to hear her spelling out in much greater detail what it means to put Bill Clinton in charge of the economy. If it means deregulation, executives being able to tax-defer more options pay, and a laissez-faire attitudes toward markets, that’s not what we need right now.” ·
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Donald Trump and the Twilight of White America
The Atlantic · Racial resentment and economic anxiety are not separate forces. For many voters, and particularly Trump’s supporters, they are inextricably linked. ·
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Goodbye Middle Class: 51 Percent Of All American Workers Make Less Than 30,000 Dollars A Year
Washington’s Blog · Posted on October 21, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog We just got more evidence that the middle class in America is dying. According to brand new numbers that were just released by the Social Security Administration, 51 percent of all workers in the United States make less than $30,000 a year. Let that number sink in for a moment. You can’t support a middle class family in America today on just $2,500 a month – especially after taxes are taken out. And yet more than half of all workers in this country make less than that each month. In order to have a thriving middle class, you have got to have an economy that produces lots of middle class jobs, and that simply is not happening in America today. You can find the report that the Social Security Administration just released right here. The following are some of the numbers that really stood out for me… -38 percent of all American workers made less than $20,000 last year. -51 percent of all American workers made less than $30,000 last year. -62 percent of all American workers made less than $40,000 last year. -71 percent of all American workers made less than $50,000 last year. That first number is truly staggering. The federal poverty level for a family of five is $28,410, and yet almost 40 percent of all American workers do not even bring in $20,000 a year. If you worked a full-time job at $10 an hour all year long with two weeks off, you would make approximately $20,000. This should tell you something about the quality of the jobs that our economy is producing at this point. http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/10/goodbye-middle-class-51-percent-of-all-american-workers-make-less-than-30000-dollars-a-year.html ·
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Donald Trump supporters are not the bigots the left likes to demonise | John Harris
the Guardian · It is time to stop the hysterical moralising and try to understand why mainstream US politics is so unappealing ·
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Squatters See a New Frontier in the Empty Homes of Las Vegas
nytimes.com · In Las Vegas (and, of course, other places) there are unoccupied homes. Squatters move in. In general, this seems like a great idea, doesn’t it. Banks and investors “own” some of these. Who are the squatters? Down and out gamblers. This, IMO, is a report from the front lines of the class war by the rich against the rest of us. ·
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#StillSanders #Bernie2016 #PoliticalRevolution #FeelTheBERN
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Democrats Should Be Very Worried About Hillary’s Anti-Trump Strategy | Current Affairs
currentaffairs.org · “One of the key flaws in these ads is that they assume the viewer already agrees with them. Anyone who supports Trump is going to already know that the rest of the party hates him; that’s part of his appeal. Likewise, they’re also going to know that Trump says extreme and uncouth things; that’s another part of his appeal. Every single person who believes Trump was “destroyed” by this ad hated Trump already. This ad is about as effective as John Oliver calling Trump “Drumpf.” It does absolutely nothing to persuade people who do not already dislike Trump. All it does is congratulate people who agreed from the start.” ·
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Politico Confirms: Hillary Clinton Has Kept 99% Of Funds Raised For State Parties
True Activist · By Zach Cartwright / USUncut Bernie Sanders’ accusations that Hillary Clinton is using her joint fundraising committee to skirt federal campaign finance laws are now proven. According to a new Politico report, the Hillary Victory Fund has kept 99 percent of approximately $60 million it was supposedly raising for state Democratic Parties. Under the agreement signed by Democratic […] ·
Salon · “They still think we’re Democrats” ·
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Paul Ryan sold shares on same day as private briefing of banking crisis
the Guardian · The corruption must end. Our lives were forever changed while they profited on insider trading. ·
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samsebeskazal.livejournal.com · Нашел одну любопытную подборку фотографий в американском архиве. Все фото сделаны Франком Феттером - американским специалистом откомандированным в Советский… ·
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Just say no to Hilary Pass It On
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Don’t let the U.S. abandon thousands of Afghans who worked for us
Washington Post · “Don’t let the U.S. abandon thousands of Afghans who worked for us” ·
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Denied Breaks, U.S. Poultry Workers Wear Diapers on the Job
Bloomberg.com · Workers in plants run by the largest U.S. poultry producers are regularly being denied bathroom breaks and as a result some are reduced to wearing diapers while working on the processing line, Oxfam America said in a report Wednesday. ·
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What West Virginia is saying at the polls
Scalawag · West Virginia is neither a secret socialist stronghold nor a racist fever-dream. It is one of several bleeding edges of a sharply unequal country, where people who never had much are feeling as pressed as they can remember ever being. ·
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Эээээ… Сижу в некотором охренении, если честно…
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The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel
the Guardian · The Long Read: It seems like the concept of the biological clock has been with us forever. In fact, the metaphor was invented in the late 1970s. And it has been used to reinforce sexist ideas ever since ·
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Who rules the world? America is no longer the obvious answer
the Guardian · Noam Chomsky: “Who Rules the World? America is no longer the obvious answer.” ·
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Author and Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates Buys Stunning Prospect Lefferts Gardens Brownstone
Brownstoner · MacArthur Genius Grant winner and longtime Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has purchased a stunning brownstone in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. ·
Lawsuit: Flint’s Democrat Mayor Diverted Funds For Water Crisis TO HER OWN PAC (VIDEO)
The Gateway Pundit · I remember it was the evil GOP Governors fault according to the left about two months ago…. ·
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Masters of Mankind: the Costs of Violence
http://www.counterpunch.org · he general consequences of resorting to the sledgehammer against vulnerable societies comes as little surprise. William Polk’s careful study of insurgencies, Violent Politics, should be essential reading for those who want to understand today’s conflicts, and surely for planners, assuming that they care about human consequences and not merely power and domination. Polk reveals a pattern that has been replicated over and over. The invaders — perhaps professing the most benign motives — are naturally disliked by the population, who disobey them, at first in small ways, eliciting a forceful response, which increases opposition and support for resistance. The cycle of violence escalates until the invaders withdraw — or gain their ends by something that may approach genocide. ·
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מלחמת ההישרדות של החילונים בישראל
הארץ · כמה תמונות שוות אלף מילים… הציבור החופשי בישראל הובס במערכה על זהות המדינה ואלה דמדומי קרבות המאסף. איש לאוהלך ישראל ·
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פלסטינים נלחמים בנאצים: סיפורם של המתנדבים הערבים הפלסטינים במלחמת העולם השנייה
הארץ · השבוע מציינת אירופה את יום השנה ה-71 לשחרורה מידי הנאצים. סיפורם של המתנדבים הערבים שהשתתפו במאמץ המלחמתי נותר עד כה בשוליים. מאמר שלישי בסדרה מיוחדת על ההיסטוריה של תקופת המנדט בעריכת יוני פורס ·
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Hitler’s Jewish Spy: Baron von Rolland AKA Saloniki Jew Isaac Ezratty
Tablet Magazine · В этом подлунном мире возможно всё что угодно… Еврей из Салоник был германским шпионом во время обеих мировых войн. ·
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Welcome to Science Hub – Leading The Information Highway
scihub.org · Sci–Hub. 47 миллионов научных статей в открытом доступе Пока мир гудит, как встревоженный улей, под впечатлением 11,5 миллионов документов о Панамских офшорах, остается малоизвестным разоблачение, гораздо более важное для судеб человечества. Вышли в открытый доступ 47 миллионов статей, раньше спрятанных в “офшорах” науки – под засовами академических журналов, продающих знания за дорогую цену. Героиню, которая превзошла Ассанжа в дерзости разоблачения мировой закулисы – не политической, а научной, – зовут Александра Элбакян, ей 27 лет, и она живет в Алма-Ате. Александра создала Sci–Hub — грандиозный ресурс открытого доступа к научным публикациям. Издательский монстр Elsevier, публикующий четверть всех выходящих в мире научных журналов, затеял в Нью-Йорке судебный процесс против Александры. Но она твердо верит, что знание должно принадлежать всем, – тем более, что в данном случае обогащаются не авторы, а издатели, берущие за прочтение одной статьи 20-30 долларов. А сколько их нужно прочитать, чтобы написать хоть одно стоящее исследование! Обогащение за счет продажи прав на чтение научных работ все больше противоречит принципу открытости знания и культуры, провозглашенному Декларацией прав человека и технически обеспеченному открытостью электронных сетей. В отличие от материальных ценностей, которые присваиваются одними за счет других, интеллектуальные ценности не уменьшаются, а множатся, когда разделяются всеми. Яблоко, разделенное на двоих, – это пол-яблока, а знание, переданное другому, – это удвоенное знание. Поэтому на место копирайта сегодня приходит копилефт, который предполагает свободу распространения авторской собственности при условии, что при копировании из нее не будет извлекаться коммерческая выгода и каждая копия будет содержать такое же условие своего дальнейшего свободного воспроизведения. Sci–hub открыт для всех. http://scihub.org http://31.184.194.81/ ·
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Sci-Hub: removing barriers in the way of science
31.184.194.81 · For free download of virtually any scientific paper, Sci-Hub can now be accessed on the domains Sci-Hub.bz, Sci-Hub.cc, and the IP address 31.184.194.81 ·
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A Missed Opportunity to Support Secular Life in Israel – The New Yorker
The New Yorker · A dispute over who should be able to pray at the Western Wall has distracted Reform Jews from more important questions in Israel. ·
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Lost at Sea: Left Liberals Have No Party
http://www.counterpunch.org · “How obvious does it have to be that the left liberals have no party? Is the coming genuflection of Bernie Sanders to the neo-con in waiting, Queen Hillary, not enough to convince you? The Democratic Party stands for nothing but capitalism – before and during the primaries. It does what it has done for as long as I can remember: it presents a boogeyman Republican – whether it be Trump, McCain, Bush or whoever else. It then defends itself not by the sweet dreams it promises to deliver, but the Republican nightmares it promises to forestall.” ·
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Евреи-воины в годы Второй мировой Войны
ujew.com.ua · ” Позорным фактом государственного антисемитизма стало лишение нескольких евреев звания Героя Советского Союза. Отъезд на ПМЖ в Израиль повлек за собой лишение звания Героя и лишение всех боевых наград четырех евреев. В рамках антисемитской кампании в 1953 году Герой Советского Союза Лев Гитман был оклеветан и осужден на 10 лет лагерей и лишен всех правительственных наград «за хищение государственной собственности, а именно – обрезков листового металла на общую сумму 8 рублей 67 копеек». ·
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5 not-totally-crazy electoral maps that show Donald Trump winning
Washington Post · It could happen! ·
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Washington Post’s new Jerusalem correspondent married to pro-Israel propagandist
The Electronic Intifada · More fair and balanced news to come. ·
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Did the Supreme Court Make the Right Decision in the Citizens United Case After All?
Vanity Fair · Few Supreme Court decisions have been memorable—and even fewer have been notoriously wrong. Michael Kinsley examines how the controversial Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case simply upheld a core national value (and maybe not the one you think). ·
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The Inside Story of How Bill Clinton Sacrificed Prisoners’ Rights for Political Gain
The Intercept · A long read, but extremely interesting and informative on a subject that most people do not know enough about … recommended ·
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Beyond Schadenfreude, the Spectacular Pundit Failure on Trump Is Worth Remembering
The Intercept · When a profession that touts its expertise, collectively, is this wildly wrong about something so significant, more needs to be done than a cursory, superficial acknowledgment of error. ·
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The Economist · More on the complicated deal Turkey is negotiating with the EU over the Syrian refugees. Interesting analysis and very informative. ·
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Religious children are meaner than their secular counterparts, study finds
the Guardian · Religious belief appears to have negative influence on children’s altruism and judgments of others’ actions even as parents see them as ‘more empathetic’ ·
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Attacked by Haredi, Officer Impounds his Hat, Forces him to Sit and Learn
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TPP, TTIP: Obama’s Secret Trade Deals vs. Trump and Bernie
Activist Post · The press refuses to state the obvious: two US Presidential candidates who couldn’t be more different are on the same page when it comes to Globalist trade treaties. ·
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Researchers: Medical errors now third leading cause of death in United States
Washington Post · Хваленая американская медицина Famous American medicine ·
The Atlantic · it’s not what you think: ·
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The Torturing of Mentally Ill Prisoners
The New Yorker · The guards at a Florida correctional facility beat and starved inmates—and even killed one—but the psychiatric staff was too afraid to speak up. ·
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Joining ISIS: It’s Not Always For Reasons You Might Assume
NPR.org · I heard this thought-provoking, nuanced podcast over the weekend. On people who join ISIS not to decapitate and kill, but to find a community and some kind of framework, however twisted, to fight back against the powers that destroyed the things one loved. Recommended. ·
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The REAL reason that Obama was willing to come to Britain to persuade us to stay in the EU – TTIP
theunituk · “The following video published by Wikileaks and narrated by John Pilger and Julian Assange explains how the United States, having lost their dominance in the World Trade Organisation have set about forming huge multi-lateral ‘Trade’ Partnerships around which together account for more than 50% of World GDP. These agreements exclude any of the Countries such as China, India and Brazil that forced a form of democracy in the WTO and removed the total dominance of the USA. The USA’s answer was to form several new ‘Trade’ Organisations that would dominate World Trade and thereby by-pass the WTO. They are at present negotiating TPP, TTIP and TISA agreements which includes most of the World’s economies in various geographical groups but which ALL are dominated by the United States. The Countries that are excluded are such as China, Russia and South Africa and any other Country with increasing World Trade. The do not want to make the mistake again of losing control as they did with the WTO. This, in effect, gives the United States, the total right to sue any National Government whom they consider to be restricting their right to make a profit in any field they see fit including all public concerns such as transport and public health. These disputes will NOT take place in any International Court but by Arbitration led by a caucus of Corporate Lawyers placed by the Corporations.” ·
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The F-35’s Software Is So Buggy It Might Ground the Whole Fleet
Motherboard · vastly over budget and still not ready for primetime. Meanwhile, the B-52, the A-10 and even the OV-10 are still on the job. So what did we get for the $trillion in warplanes in the last half century? ·
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The Truth About Bill Gates – Corbett Report
Having moved into Linux; shortly after a foray into Minux; in the early 90’s, Bill Gates has long been a pariah of mine. If you share that feeling this Corbett report is recommended time well waisted to see how his modus operandi has continued into his life of philanthropy. · Video ·YouTube
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The Plate · Matzoh, known by Jews worldwide as “the bread of affliction,” is a cracker-like flour and water substance that is eaten to commemorate the Hebrew slaves’ exodus from Egypt. The bland crisp is… ·
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The New York Review of Books · In 1992, I interviewed my old friend Dora Maar, a talented photographer, who had witnessed and documented the making of Guernica. Picasso had told her: “I know I am going to have terrible problems with this painting, but I am determined to do it—we have to arm for the war to come.” ·
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The country’s going to hell in a hand basket!!!!
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That time the Paris Mosque helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs
messynessychic.com · FANTASTIC piece of forgotten history. ·
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The Marginalia Review of Books · Tony Michels on Stephen H. Norwood’s Antisemitism and the American Far Left In the summer of 1967, American leftists began speaking about Israel in new, jarring ways. The Jewish state had just won a quick but transformative war with Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, resulting in the capture of the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, [&hellip ·
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מה עושים ב”תגלית” כשלא מוצאים יהודים
הארץ · באמת תגלית … אפילו טיול חינם לישראל, כבר לא עושה את זה ליהודי העולם אני מציע להקים תוכנית שתציע לצעירים מישראל טיול חינם בחו״ל, בכדי שיבינו עד כמה איומים ועצובים החיים במערב, כמה מכוערת פריז, משעממת לונדון, מייגעת ברלין ועל ניו יורק ממש לא כדאי להעביר מילים.. מבטיח לכם שההצלחה תהייה פנטסטית ואף אחד מהמשתתפים לא ירצה לעזוב את הארץ לעולם, אפילו לחופשת הכל כלול באנטליה, לא ככה? ·
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Slogans Have Replaced Arguments
The Chronicle of Higher Education · ЭПОХА ТВИТТЕРА. Лозунги заменили аргументы. Протестующие студенты анти-интеллектуальны. И это не их вина… ·
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15 вещей, которые вам никогда не скажут интроверты
AdMe — Творчество. Свобода. Жизнь. · ВСЯ ПРАВДА ОБ ИНТРОВЕРТАХ ·
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Православие сегодня: Митр. Илларион (Алфеев). “Только дух антихристов может выступать против…
ioannmaximovich.blogspot.com ·http://ioannmaximovich.blogspot.ru/2016/04/blog-post_21.html ·
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Start-Ups Take Rites From the Funeral Home to the Family Home
nytimes.com · “According to the National Funeral Directors Association, the national median cost of a funeral and burial arranged through a funeral home for an adult in 2014 was $8,508 … By contrast, the cost of a do-it-yourself home funeral can be $100 or less …” ·
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US relax rules on bombing IS in civilian areas
alaraby · Well, now, isn’t this evil? ·
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Bill That Obama Extolled Is Leading to Pension Cuts for Retirees
The Intercept · But if I say anything I’m a bad Democrat. WTF is going on here? “The Washington Post reports that the Treasury Department is on the verge of approving an application from the Central States Pension Fund – a plan that covers Teamster truckers in several states – to cut worker pensions by an average of 23 percent, and even more for younger retirees. Over 250,000 truckers and their families would be affected. Workers over 75, or those who have acquired a disability, would be exempt from the changes. The bill that enables this — known as the “CRomnibus” because it was partially a continuing resolution to fund the government (CR) and partially an omnibus spending package to fund other parts of the government for a full year — was littered with riders, nonbudget changes in law that attached themselves to the legislation like barnacles to a ship. These riders included the elimination of an entire section of Dodd-Frank derivatives regulations (as written by Citigroup lobbyists) and a large increase in the donation limits to party committees.”·
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Voting Problems Plague High-Stakes Primary Day In New York
mintpressnews.com · After the New York Primary, still think the two-party system is worth saving? Trending: #NewYorkPrimary ·
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Hassidic Rabbis to Take Lord’s Supper on Passover
israeltoday.co.il · this one is a beaut. ·
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Parents Are Bankrupting Themselves to Look Adequate
bloombergview.com · Only parents can end this arms race. ·
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Why Americans Are So Sensitive to Harm
The Atlantic · A new paper explains how “concept creep” in the field of psychology has reshaped many aspects of modern society. ·
35 сюрреалистических иллюстраций, которые высмеивают современное общество
fun.facenews.ua · На ваше усмотрение. ·
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Стёб высшего класса. ВеликоЛЛепно!
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Thomas Piketty on the rise of Bernie Sanders: the US enters a new political era
the Guardian · Win, lose or draw today in NYS or for the nomination down the road, the Bernie Campaign offers us endless opportunity to strengthen the left, as Thomas Piketty explains here. Thanks to John G Mason for the link. ·
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The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans Living Paycheck to Paycheck
The Atlantic · Interesting article by someone very much like myself, who is in dire financial straits whereas I am reasonably comfortable. It’s not so much that I saved more and invested better as that I didn’t have children, a conscious decision that was very much related to my career path. If I had had children, I’d either be in the same boat as this guy or I would have been forced to become a lobbyist and hate myself every day for the shit I’d have to put up with. Yet I am the only person I know of who ever thought about the decision to have or not have children in economic terms. They just have them and then deal with the consequences. ·
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George Carlin – Political Correctness is fascism pretending to be Manners………………
FAIR USE NOTICE: We are making this material available in efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democratic, s… · Video · YouTube
The Empire Files: Abby Martin Exposes What Hillary Clinton Really Represents
The Real News Network · Digging deep into Hillary’s connections to Wall Street, Abby Martin reveals how the Clinton’s multi-million-dollar political machine operates.This episode chronicles the Clinton’s rise to power in the 90s on a right-wing agenda, the Clinton Foundation’s revolving door with Gulf state monarchies, corporations and the world’s biggest financial institutions, and the establishment of the hyper-aggressive “Hillary Doctrine” while Secretary of State. Learn the essential facts about the great danger she poses, and why she’s the US Empire’s choice for its next CEO. ·
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The Schlep of a Lifetime-Broad City – Video Clip | Comedy Central
Mostly I find Broad City kind of uncomfortable to watch. It suffers from an acute case of Brooklyn Jewish Millennial Entitled Narcissism. But this episode, in which Abbi and Ilana go to Israel on Birthright, is hilarious. ·Video · Comedy Central
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Clinton Foundation Pays Men 38% More than Women
Truth Revolt · The Daily Caller is reporting that male executives at the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation earn 38% more than female executives, according to a study of the foundation’s IRS tax disclosures. ·
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Religious Freedom For Everyone (Except Prisoners)! A Tragic Tale Of Incarceration And Spaghetti.
Above the Law · Is religious freedom only important when it protects those on the outside or is something more fundamental at work here? The answer is a… ·
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I Want To Put A Baby In You: Grandma’s Pregnant
Above the Law · Should legal limits be placed on the use of assisted reproductive technology by older individuals and couples? ·
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Is Hillary Clinton more dangerous than Donald Trump?
The Electronic Intifada · The “Warrior Queen” could be worse for world stability than an isolationist Trump. ·
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Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
the Guardian · Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all. Why has the left failed to come up with an alternative? ·
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The not-completely-crazy theory that Russia leaked the Panama Papers
Washington Post · Ага… Уже и Washington Post ·
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Duplessy & the violins of the world “CRAZY HORSE”
“Crazy Horse” на парижской крыше · Video · YouTube
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How Wall Street Profits From Student Debt
Reader Supported News · As the presidential primaries rumble on, the candidates – especially Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton – have debated college affordability and Wall Street greed. Unfortunately, no one is confronting the links between the two. ·
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Young Iraqis Overwhelmingly Consider U.S. Their Enemy, Poll Says
The Intercept · Face-to-face interviews with 250 Iraqi youths find that more than 90 percent feel their country is fundamentally at odds with the United States. ·
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Психолог Михаил Литвак: «У нас женщин воспитывают как проституток»
Misstits · – Рассуждения многих женщин, что для них карьера вторична, а первичны дом, семья, дети – это глупости? — Конечно, глупости. Люди, когда собираются вместе, собираются по взаимному дополнению. Я знаю одну семью. Она – директор завода, он – детей воспитывает. И нормально получается, когда он понимает, что у него лучше эти качества развиты, а у нее – деловые. Ведь это же статистика, что мужчина более деловой. А мы имеем дело с конкретным случаем. По статистике мужчины выше ростом, чем женщины, но у меня на семинарах есть женщины, которые на 10 сантиметров выше меня. Мужчина и женщина – это только когда речь идет о сексе и участии в деторождении. А когда речь идет о деле, тут кто лучше делает. У нас же женщин воспитывают в стиле латентной проституции. Она ищет мужчину, который бы ее защищал, кормил, жил для нее. А сама она может быть никем. Как это назвать? Мне обычная проституция кажется более честной, когда проститутка отрабатывает технику секса, получает деньги и не навязывается мужчине в постоянные спутницы жизни. Мне кричат – аморально. А я говорю – разве не аморально жить с человеком, которого ты не любишь, и он тебя не любит, а просто социум требует. По-моему, это более аморально. ·
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The Wages of Sin: Chris Hedges
Truthdig · “The continued failure by government to reintegrate the working class back into the economy, to give people hope, dooms us all.”·
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Частный Корреспондент · О ЖЕРТВАХ В НАУЧНОМ МИРЕ. Прочитал статью в ЧасКоре о психологическом треугольнике Карпмана, и подумал о том, что он довольно точно описывает один тип отношений между соавторами по научным статьям. Полно статей написанных маститым ученым и юным аспирантом, и зачастую во многих случаях “спасаемый” аспирант превращается в будущем в “гонителя”, т.е., некоего необычно активного оппонента своего бывшего научного руководителя. Я знаю одного плодовитого исследователя, у которого около сотни соавторов, половину из которых он “привез” в Америку из других стран (и кучу русских, кстати). Несмотря на его помощь с грин-картой, трудоустройством и т.д., хорошие отношения у него лишь с пятью соваторами, теми с кем он работает сейчас, и у кого постоянной работы еще нету… А все прошлые только ждут повода, чтобы или уколоть его чем-то (он этих поводов дает им достаточно), или позлословить. ——– ·
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Israel’s Unsung Protector: Obama
nytimes.com · Definitive count of POTUSes who have allowed Israel-critical UNSC resos, by @Lara_APN. Who scores 0? Spoiler: BO ·
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Engineering Evil · Officials said to be looking into conduct of New York’s finest, including senior NYPD staff Officers are suspected of accepting cash from businessmen Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg… ·
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Jurors need to take the law into their own hands
Washington Post · When it comes to racial disparity in the criminal system, nullification may be one of the last tools for justice. ·
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Tim Robbins: Liberals Are ‘Done With Compromising Our Ideals’ – Secular Talk
newsvideo.su · Actor Tim Robbins on Monday afternoon rallied supporters of Bernie Sanders on the eve of the Wisconsin Democratic primary. Robbins sought to address Democrats who “feel Bernie in their heart… ·
Private Security companies and the Israeli Occupation | Who Profits
whoprofits.org · Private security companies in Israel play an active role in the occupation of Palestinian land and control over Palestinian people. Private security guards operate checkpoints and guard settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. These security guards have policing powers, they bear arms and ar… ·
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Stanford Students Want Western Civilization Studies Back as the PC Backlash Begins
The Daily Beast · Stanford students are voting on a plan to reinstate the controversial Western Civilization curriculum more than 25 years after Jesse Jackson helped kill it. ·
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Billions of dollars to be lost if cancer is cured: why Big Pharma profits from this deadly disease
newstarget.com · Billions of dollars would be lost if cancer is cured: http://bit.ly/1qslOpP ·
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the Guardian · ‘There is an enormous amount of pain and poverty in this rich land,’ argues American sociologist Desmond in this brilliant book about housing and the lives of eight families in Milwaukee ·
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Why Are Voters Angry? It’s the 1099 Economy, Stupid.
New Republic · I’ve been illegally classified as an independent contractor (1099) in the past. I was young and naive and frankly needed to pay the rent. I had no benefits (this was before Obamacare), no paid time off and no assurance of work. The worst part of it was having to not only cover my own taxes but also what would normally be covered by the employer (SS/Medicare tax). Anyway, I agree with this article as it definitely seems like the economy has been headed in the 1099 direction for a while. Unless you are truly an independent contractor (making your own hours, doing work the way you decided to do it, etc), 1099 is yet another slap in the face of the American worker. ·
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Obama’s Panama Papers Speech Ignored Fact That US Is World’s Largest Tax Haven
The Anti-Media · He must have forgot to mention it. ·
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Vatican unveils restored catacomb with frescoes showing ‘female priests’
the Guardian · Women depicted in scenes show they were priests, say activists; they were just praying like everyone else, says Holy See ·
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How economists rode maths to become our era’s astrologers – Alan Jay Levinovitz | Aeon Essays
Aeon · By fetishising mathematical models, economists turned economics into a highly paid pseudoscience ·
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Donald Trump and the Ghost of Christopher Lasch
The American Conservative · The middle class is taking a stand against beltway elites in the form of Donald Trump. ·
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What Students Think About Free Speech
The Chronicle of Higher Education · Their tolerance of censorship reflects their generation’s life experience. ·
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The Global Refugee Crisis: Humanity’s Last Call for a Culture of Sharing and Cooperation
Truthout · The real crisis is not the influx of refugees to Europe per se, but a toxic combination of destabilizing foreign policy agendas, economic austerity and the rise of right-wing nationalism, which is likely to push the world further into social and political chaos in the months ahead. ·
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Adolph Reed: Identity Politics Is Neoliberalism
Ben Norton · Reed condemns identity politics for, despite its putative good intentions, disguising objectively right-wing, neoliberal ideology with superficially “progressive” rhetorical window dressing. Reed’s criticisms of “antiracism” can been taken to be criticisms of identity politics more generally (emphasis mine). ·
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Growth is Useless Without Equal Economic Distribution
The Real News Network · Robert Pollin challenges Paul Krugman’s assertion that Sanders’ economic proposals are unrealistic. ·
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DOJ Resurrects Policing-for-Profit Program
Truthout · A suspended policy that allowed local police to keep much of the assets they confiscate from fellow suspects was reinstated by the Department of Justice. ·
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Trial and Error: Report Says Prosecutors Rarely Pay Price for Mistakes and Misconduct
ProPublica · The Innocence Project found 660 cases of prosecutorial misconduct and error in four years. Prosecutors are rarely, if ever, disciplined. These findings echo a 2013 ProPublica report on prosecutorial misconduct in NYC. You can read that here: http://propub.li/1RHADu4 ·
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The American Conservative · American culture idolizes innovators and creative professionals but often forgets the blue collar workers that help turn ideas into products. ·
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Jim Webb, Donald Trump, and the Tragedy of American Whiteness
The Huffington Post · I found it weirdly poignant when, late this last week, former Virginia Democratic senator Jim Webb ·
Can We Please Retire the Notion That Donald Trump Is Hijacking the Republican Party?
Daily Intelligencer · must read: ·
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27 Millennial Trump Supporters Share What Worries Them Most About The Future
http://www.liberalamerica.org · Their answers (most of them) were nearly profound in their ignorance. Most of these young adults seem to be living and breathing the FEAR that Trump has deliberately fed. And way too many of them can’t spell. ·
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Highlighting Western Victims While Ignoring Victims of Western Violence
The Intercept · On Brussels: the ultimate media taboo is self-examination: the question of whether there are actions we take that exacerbate the problem we say we are trying to resolve. ·
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Campaign 2016: Hillary Clinton’s Fake Populism Is a Hit
Rolling Stone · Rolling Stones endorsement. ·
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Voting With Our Feet: Chris Hedges
Truthdig · Bernie Sanders will soon be urging us to support Hillary Clinton in the presidential election. But the Democratic Party, along with a bankrupt liberalism, is as dangerous as Donald Trump. It is time to vote with our feet—by taking to the streets against the corrupt power elite. – 2016/03/20 ·
Reclaiming Conservative Foreign Policy
The American Conservative · The Republican party has traditionally been home to an antipathy to foreign wars; its warmongering phase is the aberration. ·
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The Mexicanization of the United States: Chris Hedges
Truthdig · Maybe is to late to build the wall. Obama promised, that American workers must compete with the Third world countries, so there we go. The change, you can believe in. ·
In this episode of teleSUR’s Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges and Green Party candidate Jill Stein diagnose the problems plaguing US politics, highlighting the d… · Video · YouTube
Days of Revolt: How We Got to Junk Economics
The economics of parasitism, Consuming The Host. Economist Michael Hudson discusses the inverted economy of the modern era with Chris Hedges. Part 1 of2 · Video · YouTube
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President Obama’s Lesser-Known Legacy: ”Arms Dealer in Chief”
Truthout · President Obama has discreetly brokered and authorized the sale of more arms to foreign governments than any other US president since World War II. ·
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What The Alaburda v. Thomas Jefferson Law Case Is Not About
Above the Law · This case is not about an entitled millennial brat trying to play victim. It’s about a corporation allegedly doing horrible things to people for financial gain. ·
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Deep Anger – Adbusters | Journal of the mental environment
Adbusters | Journal of the mental environment · Throwback to issue #113: In a better world, there’d be no reason to write this. In that world, plastic bags would be outlawed, rednecks would voluntarily stop driving those obnoxious Ford F-350s and the yogis in yuppie neighborhoods would stop believing that a hybrid SUV could save the planet. But that’s not the world we live in. In this world, when push comes to shove, most of us are too comfortable to care, too polite to speak out. With so much at stake we need to rediscover something we lost along the way: our anger. http://www.adbusters.org/article/deep-anger/ ·
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Meet the Academics Who Want Donald Trump to Be President
The Chronicle of Higher Education · RT @blakehounshell: Academics for Trump is a thing ·
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Inside Jacobin: how a socialist magazine is winning the left’s war of ideas
Vox · Jacobin getting more recognition! ·
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How Locking Up Judges Could End Debtors’ Prisons
The Huffington Post · Civil rights lawyers want the DOJ to give judges who break the law a taste of their own medicine. ·
There’s More Than Protests to Blame for Mizzou’s Enrollment Woes
The Chronicle of Higher Education · После студенческих протестов в университете Миссури в Коламбии количество первокурсников резко уменьшилось на 15%. Судя по всему, они выбрали другие университеты, хотя администрация университета объясняет это и другими факторами. ·
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Debunked: The Myth That Ralph Nader Cost Al Gore the 2000 Election – disinformation
disinformation · Matthew Jones of USC’s Political Science Department says: It’s really difficult to make the argument that Ralph Nader cost Al Gore the 2000 election, for multiple reasons. There were only 560 votes…·
The Case for Writing-In Bernie Sanders If Hillary Clinton Is the Democratic Nominee
The Huffington Post · Between Iraq and Afghanistan, there are up to 400,000 Ame… ·
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The Forward · Professor Buzzkill returns. http://forward.com/opinion/194161/the-dark-side-of-purim/ Aryeh Bernstein asked me a good question on this piece that I responded to below but I thought I would post it here as well. Thank you Aryeh. Good Purim! In brief, I know about the Simon-Leibowitz transference. I stuck with Leibowitz in deference to the myth. Its truth is irrelevant to me, it was a heuristic tool. In terms of Amalek, good question. See Elliot Horowitz’s *Reckless Rights” to the long history of “Amalek,” and also the chapter in Naomi Cohen’s *What the Rabbis Said” called “Heroes and Villains” how American rabbis in the 19th century used Amalek (interesting stuff, esp. because they didn’t really have an external enemy). Footnotes aside, to me Amalek in the story is anything that needs to be transformed as an expression of eradication because it prevents by definition human flourishing. Amalek are things that cannot be redeemed without transvaluation? Amalek requires a Nietzschean solution. The eradication of Amalek is a radical, even revolutionary, act whereby evil has no other choice. Violence is sometimes necessary but it is the last option, always, and never the first. Perhaps thinking violence is the only way to eradicate Amalek is itself Amalek! Every time the world gets a little better, Amalek gets a little weaker, every time the arc bends toward justice, Amalek gets a little weaker. Using Amalek to justify hatred is Amalek and thus, ironically, if we celebrate Purim by celebrating the death of the ancient Persians, we are not eradicating Amalek, we are mirroring him. ·
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US millennials feel more working class than any other generation
the Guardian · More than the Bern. More than an identification with an undefined socialism. It’s class, stupid. The reality of the US this election year. ·
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Sorry ladies but sometimes a guy just needs to #MAGA
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Salmon full of cocaine and antidepressants? Study finds Puget Sound fish full of drugs
AOL.com · It may be time to sit down and have that talk with your salmon about its drug use. ·
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The Rebel Who Came In From the Cold: The Tainted Career of Bayard Rustin
Portside · This is an OK essay about Bayard Rustin and how he and his group moved rightward into the AFL-CIO and mainstream of the Democratic Party. This is a subject that interests me personally and which I’ve discussed at length with others who were there including Steve Max and David McReynolds. The issues & events reported here are mostly accurate but a huge amount is omitted. Bayard was effectively exiled from the civil rights movement in 1960 — forced out by Adam Clayton Powell. Before that they had all worked seamlessly with people connected to the Communist Party. He and his grouplet, the Schactmanites, always anti-communist, began moving way further right in 1962. In 1963, when negotiating for white house support of the march on washington, the kennedy administration’s demanded that MLK cut ties with two CP people (with whom Bayard had worked closely in the past) Stanley Levison and J. Hunter O’Dell.Thanks to Portside for publishing this. ·
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New Republic · The media is obsessed with the Sanders voter and the Trump voter. Yet it is the Hillary voter who may have the last laugh. ·
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ВЫРАЩИВАНИЕ РОЗ ИЗ ЧЕРЕНКОВ СЕКРЕТНЫМ И БЫСТРЫМ СПОСОБОМ
В РИТМІ ЖИТТЯ · Выращивание роз – это, несомненно, красивая и прибыльная бизнес идея. Цветочный бизнес всегда отличался высокой рентабельностью. Много красивых легенд знаем о розах, это самые популярные цветы у покупателей. Существует более 1000 видов и более 10 000 сортов разных роз. Селекционеры постоянно продолж ·
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Covering Donald Trump, and Witnessing the Danger Up Close
nytimes.com · “Yet the protesters, too, have sometimes instigated the clashes. They fling themselves to the ground, forcing law enforcement officers — often outmanned and overwhelmed — to drag them away. They also shout and curse, making obscene gestures as they are led from events. And Friday night in Chicago, in perhaps the best-organized effort so far, they came not to simply stand quietly but to utterly halt Mr. Trump’s ability to deliver his speech.” Caroline Grannan ·
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Bill Clinton’s odious presidency: Thomas Frank on the real history of the ’90s
Salon · Welfare reform. NAFTA. The crime bill. Prisons. Aides wondered if Bill knew who he was. His legacy is sadly clear ·
Food Tank · The recent New York Times expose of Big Ag money corrupting research is just the tip of the iceberg. ·
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Were Jews ever really slaves in Egypt, or is Passover a myth? – The Jewish Thinker
Haaretz.com · Glad to see Haaretz is making clear that the passover story of Jewish slaves in Egypt is a myth — but as my rabbi friend Jason told Gabe, although it never actually happened it’s a good story! ·
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Why Some Hasidic Jews Are Loving Donald Trump’s Campaign | VICE News
VICE News · This story is so bizarre, both in its substance and in the way it is reported. ·
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Poll: 33% of Sanders Supporters Wouldn’t Vote for Clinton
Watch the video Poll: 33% of Sanders Supporters Wouldn’t Vote for Clinton on Yahoo News . A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll indicates one third of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ supporters cannot see themselves voting for Hillary Clinton in November. This could spell trouble for Clinton who will likely need Sanders’ backers in order to win the White House. Photo: Getty Images · Video · Yahoo News
The Media Came Too Late to the Promise of John Kasich
TIME.com · “We, the media” who delude ourselves about being kingmakers! Perfect example of the national media embracing its role as communications directorate of the DC political establishment, inside whose ranks the panic spreads… ·
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Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump. Here’s why | Thomas Frank
the Guardian · The punditocracy sees Trump only as bigoted and stoking the racists, the white working class former Reagan democrats. But Trump also talks about the ‘lousy trade deals’ that sent jobs to places with cheaper labor, the formerly good jobs the white working class held. Tom Frank writes “Trump is supposed to be on a one-note crusade for whiteness. Could it be that all this trade stuff is a key to understanding the Trump phenomenon?” ·
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I took a “Kleptocracy tour” around London and discovered the corruption capital
newstatesman.com · A sightseeing trip around central London properties revealed just how much dirty money there is swimming around the city. ·
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Stop laughing, Democrats! As the GOP goes down in flames, your post-Bernie civil war is almost here
Salon · “…We’ve heard the arguments from advocates of the Democratic Long March for many years: On some uncertain day that lies just beyond the visible horizon, we will have our permanent demographic majority and we can start nudging the party away from being the Slightly Gayer Republicans and back toward genuine progressive priorities and policies. We promise! A few things need to happen first, though. We need to take back the Senate in 2016 (and then take it back again in 2020, after losing it in between), take back the House in 2022 or 2024 (since no date sooner than that is plausible), begin to win back all the governorships and state legislatures and county boards we’ve coughed up like hairballs over the last decade or two, and rebuild a party organization that has been gutted and filleted at the state and local level clear across the country…” ·
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Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income
the Guardian · Exclusive new data shows how debt, unemployment and property prices have combined to stop millennials taking their share of western wealth ·
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Bernie prepares to go into the belly of the beast: Sanders to do Fox News town hall without Clinton
Salon · Sanders has already visited evangelical Liberty University and on Monday he’ll spend an hour with Fox’s Bret Baier VIDEO ·
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Salon · Debating Glenn Greenwald was lk “looking devil in eye,” ex-NSA chief Hayden details distaste for media in book ·
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LRB · Jackson Lears · We came, we saw, he died: Clinton’s Creed
London Review of Books · The intellectual bankruptcy of the Democratic Party is nowhere more evident than in the looming presidential candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton. ·
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The 23 cities with the best quality of life in the world — and not a single one in the USA.
Daily Kos · If you want to live in a healthy, prosperous and safe city, you should probably look outside the United States, according to the Mercer 2016 Quality of Living City Rankings. Mercer, one of the world’s ·
Лекарство от ностальгии: советские цены в пересчете на современные деньги
Очень интересно! Маст рид, особенно ностальгирующим по СССР! ·TV Show
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Understanding The Clintons’ Popularity With Black Voters
NPR.org · Everyone takes it for granted that The Clintons are popular with African-American voters. Where did that goodwill originally come from? ·
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The American Prospect · The welfare reform of the 1990s left millions of Americans near destitution. ·
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Justice Alito on discrimination against Jewish prison inmates
Washington Post · Can a prison bar Torah study when there are fewer than 10 Jewish inmates present, on the theory that Judaism itself imposes such a requirement? ·
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The Post-Hope Democrats | Jacobin
jacobinmag.com · The Post-Hope Democrats The latest attacks on Bernie Sanders reveal that the Democratic Party is intent on driving down expectations. by Doug Henwood Hillary Clinton in 2008. Jeremy Soper / Flickr The Sanders campaign has certainly sharpened the contradictions, hasn’t it? It’s been very clarifying t… ·
The Holocaust as ‘white on white crime’ and other signs of intellectual decay
Washington Post · My life has been a total waste. Every serious book I edited or wrote is a waste. Telling stories of what happened, studying history to prevent genocide. WASTED. My husband and father were right, I am one of the stupidest idiots on planet Earth for even thinking for one damned second that you can teach people anything decent on life. You can’t. Hate always wins. Always. ·
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Get a Grip: Donald Trump Isn’t Ushering in a Fascist Movement in America
The Nation · Actually, not very many Americans have voted for Trump. ·
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Ralph Nader: Hillary Clinton Sugarcoating Her Disastrous Record – OpEd
Eurasia Review · Bernie Sanders is far too easy on Hillary Clinton in their debates. Clinton flaunts her record and experience in ways that Sanders could use to expose her serious vulnerabilities and disqualificati… ·
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Why Hillary Clinton Cannot Beat Donald Trump
Liberty Blitzkrieg · This morning, I read a fantastic article by Nathan J. Robinson in Current Affairs titled: Unless the Democrats Run Sanders, a Trump Nomination Means a Trump Presidency. Several months ago, I would … ·
Democrats Should Be Very Nervous About Their Terrible Turnout Numbers
The Huffington Post · In primary after primary this cycle, Democratic voters just aren’t showing up. ·
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B&H Electronics Store Sued for Discrimination of Hispanic Workers
nytimes.com · It never stops, does it? The labor struggles and victories at B & H, the photo and electronics shore, show the benefits of sustained struggle over the bosses’ anti-union, anti-worker efforts. Here Patrick McGeehan reports on remarkably invidious race-based practices at its Brooklyn warehouse. Do you want to follow this more? The Laundry Workers Center has been a springboard for organizing B & H workers. Also consider following the posts of Kristina Antonia Mazzocchi who has kept many of us up on the state of play. ·
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When Hillary Clinton threw Arab and Muslim Americans under the bus
The Electronic Intifada · RT @RaniaKhalek:The time @HillaryClinton returned campaign contributions from Muslims & Arabs to “woo Jewish voters” ·
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This Is What English Actually Sounded Like 500 Years Ago
Encurious · “Freshly they dresse and make swete my bowre” ·
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«Пройти Карфагеном»? Дилеммы всевластия и безвластия в повестке посткрымских элит России
Михаил Гефтер · Беседе Gefter.ru с социологом «Левада-центра» Денисом Волковым о текущем положении российских элит — ·
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Cal State Campus President Cancels Conservative Speaker’s Event, Fueling Outrage – The Ticker -…
chronicle.com · ПОЛИТКОРРЕКТНОСТЬ или СВОБОДА СЛОВА? Опять. Госуниверситет Калифорнии в ЛА отменил лекцию Бена Шапиро “When diversity becomes a problem”. Отмене предшествоствовали эмоциональная кампания студентов на твиттере и их давление. В статье указывается страница в твиттере организаторши протестов, так что этническая принадлежность этой организаторши налицо (к слову сказать, многие хорошо помнят этот дешевый трюк советской еще прессы, указать фамилию по-тихому). Приглашенный лектор, в свою очередь, написал у себя в твиттере, что он все равно придет на свою отмененную лекцию, чтобы выяснить, вызовет ли университет полицию. Университет, в своем решении отменить лекцию, указал, что она не отменяется, а просто переносится на более позднюю дату, и что данный лектор будет частью группы, где будут представлены и представители противоположной точки зрения. пс. в первых комментариях ссылки на дискуссии студентов на фейсбуке и твиттере и на перву реакцию местной прессы. ·
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Antonin Scalia: Looking Backward
The New Yorker · Much has been written about the juris imprudence of Antonin Scalia. The best I’ve read has been Jeffrey Toobin’s intemperate account which begins: “Antonin Scalia, who died this month, after nearly three decades on the Supreme Court, devoted his professional life to making the United States a less fair, less tolerant, and less admirable democracy.” And goes on from there. Do you have a favorite? ·
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How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable
Rolling Stone · He’s no ordinary con man. He’s way above average — and the American political system is his easiest mark ever ·
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The US Economy Has Not Recovered and Will Not Recover
http://www.counterpunch.org · The US economy died when middle class jobs were offshored and when the financial system was deregulated. Jobs offshoring benefitted Wall Street, corporate executives, and shareholders, because l… ·
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The Isley Brothers – Fight The Power (Part 1 & 2) (1975)
A dear friend sent me this for a birthday present… Ever timely… Fight the Powers that Be!! · Video · YouTube
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Entrance Polls: Trump Dominates Latino Vote In Nevada
The Daily Caller · “I will win the Hispanic vote.” ·
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OPINION: Purge The New York Times op-ed page
america.aljazeera.com · The paper of record has let its opinion columns degrade into self-parody ·
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Republican Race Puts Donald Trump and Paul Ryan on Collision Course
nytimes.com · GOOD !!! Paul RINO is simply a younger version on Bohner anyway !!! ·
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AnonHQ · Utah man dies in police custody after being jailed for $2,400 unpaid medical bill. ·
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Ahead of Senate’s H-1B hearing, a look at the early warnings
Computerworld · The Senate immigration subcommittee is holding a hearing tomorrow to consider the effects of the H-1B visa program on high-skilled American workers. At a time when Republicans are raising hell about immigration, they love the H-1B visa program (which allows American corporations to bring in skilled foreign workers) because their corporate patrons use it to keep down the wages of skilled American workers. I wasn’t asked to testify at tomorrow’s hearing, but if I were I’d tell the Senators exactly what I told them more than 20 years ago: The H-1B program is undercutting the wages of skilled U.S. workers. It was conceived as a means of helping companies get workers with skills unavailable in the United States, but it’s been abused by corporations that simply don’t want to pay higher wages to skilled Americans. As I pointed out then, some American corporations even go so far as to require their skilled U.S. workers to train their foreign replacements, and then fire the U.S. workers. The program has become a sham. In my view, there’s no reason for it. What do you think? ·
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Why reporting on health and science is a good way to lose friends and alienate people
Vox · “I’m often giving people mundane evidence when all they want is magical cures and quick fixes.” ·
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Article: Won’t Leftists Profit from Berniacs’ Desperation?
OpEdNews · Bernie Sanders has had shocking success in rising from relative unknown to contender status. But given the staggering initial odds against him, he may have simply run out of time in his efforts to educate voters in the night-and-day difference between his revolution and Clinton’s money-corrupted foot-dragging. Uniting ‘Berniacs’ and Sanders-skeptical leftists in categorically refusing Clinton may be revolution’s only hope. ·
Koch brothers’ D.C. guru joins Marco Rubio team
POLITICO · A deeply connected operative plunges into the establishment’s race to stop Trump. ·
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Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
the Guardian · RT @Snowden: @Snowden For students of history: ·
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РазноGo · Посмотрите шуточное видео про интимную жизнь в СССР и шампунь Кря-Кря, и улыбнитесь вместе с нами ·
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Reconsidering the Legacy of Bill Clinton: When the Democrats Turned Neoliberal
Buzzflash · Bill Clinton at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, 2006. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr)STEVEN JONAS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT T… ·
Why This Radical Leftist is Disillusioned by Leftist Culture
Medium · It’s called class difference. ·
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Bernie Sanders’ accent, explained
Bernie Sanders’ accent, explained Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO This year two major presidential candidates — Bernie Sanders and Donald Trum… · Video · YouTube
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Israeli Polls: Jews want to ignore the conflict, Arabs think nothing will change | +972 Magazine
972mag.com · “In my reading of public opinion, the various findings reflect a consistent central narrative in the Israeli (Jewish) public mind: the conflict is awful, but it is primarily the Palestinians’ fault and there is nothing Israel can do to change the underlying cause.” — Dahlia Scheindlin examines recent opinion polls in Israel in this excellent analysis (her upcoming article will examine opinion polls of Palestinians in the occupied territories). ·
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רשימה שחורה: התוכנית של יורם שפטל ברדיו היא אישור לטירוף
הארץ · בוגדנים, עוכרי ישראל, חלאות אדם, אבק אדם, מזוהמים, טינופות, סמרטוטים, רפש, … ·
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Season 2, Episode 3: The Double Date
New episode of Yid Life Crisis. This time with Mayim Bialik as a guest star. It’s hilarious, as always. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2QlWFSakaM · Video · YouTube
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The New York Review of Books · Elizabeth Drew: “This country has an infrastructure crisis.” ·
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It’s Time That We End the Equal Pay Myth
Forbes · Wow! Carrie Lukas, managing director of the Independent Women’s Forum, wrote in the Forbes article that, “Feminists may protest, but American women aren’t the victims of a sexist economy. It’s time to declare an end to the Equal Pay Day myth.” Even Forbes is finally catching on, which may mean the wage lie is turning to truth. Let’s pray… or not. http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/04/16/its-time-that-we-end-the-equal-pay-myth/#3ff842e4c526 ·
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Why Do Young People Have Such Visceral Dislike for Hillary?
Slate Magazine · pundits who claim OCCUPY came and went without changing anything haven’t noticed that it changed America’s political discourse. It is no longer OK to waltz back and forth between government and Lehman Bros (as Kasich and Jeb did) or to collect a salary for sitting on WalMart’s Board of Directors when one brings no relevant experience. That sort of cozy relationship if wealth to power is getting more scrutiny than it has in many years. Some aspirants to the White House seem not to have noticed yet. ·
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politicaljunkirnewsmedia.com · Ahem… ·
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jacobinmag.com · It’s Their Party A generation ago, socialists and civil rights activists tried to transform the Democratic Party. Why did they fail? by Paul Heideman Illustration by Luca Yety Battaglia In 1964, there were few things that Students for a Democratic Society and Barry Goldwater agreed on. SDS was becom… ·
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Оргия Праведников – Flores de Muertos
актуальные новости звукозаписи · Video · YouTube
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How Bernie Sanders Could Lose But Still Defeat Hillary Clinton – The New Yorker
The New Yorker · Despite all of Hillary Clinton’s advantages, Bernie Sanders is making her look fragile. ·
Salon · Denmark, Norway and Sweden are all thriving under democratic socialism. Why is it so difficult for us to embrace? ·
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Восемь сервисов для расшифровки интервью
planetasmi.ru · Расшифровка аудиозаписи — не самая интересная, но необходимая часть работы журналиста. Современные технологии распознавания речи позволяют сэкономить несколько часов и не погрязнуть в монотонной работе. ·
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The Gender Pay Gap is a Complete Myth
cbsnews.com · A new report reinforces the widely accepted myth of a gender pay gap. But the truth is this: when women make the same career choices as men, the pay’s the same. ·
Can’t Hillary Haters All Just Get Along? (Part 1)
OpEdNews · CLINTON’S GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WILL BE UNITING THE LEFT—IN SAVAGE OPPOSITION Hillary may accomplish something leftists themselves haven’t been able to do for decades: unite and revitalize America’s political Left. How? Through savage opposition to her perverse continuation of crazy policies with no rational basis—but plenty of donor money—behind them, policies condemned by EVERY important political book of our times. Bernie thrilled me by his branding of his opponents as “the Establishment,” a description sure to fire up rebellious young voters. But, as I assert in my new OpEdNews article, he should have added the word “toxic” before Establishment—proving Hillary’s opponents are not just rebels, but rebels WITH a cause, backed by the evidence and arguments of important books Hillary supporters dare not read. Borrowing a phrase from the Qur’an, I label Hillary’s leftists opponents “People of the Book”—and urge that they unite in all-out jihad against the toxic Establishment Hillary represents. Here’s my groundbreaking call to leftist unity, first of a two-part series: ·
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The New Yorker · Американская журналистка турецкого происхождения по долгу службы постоянно мотается в Турцию, причем часто в разные турецкие мухосрански, где население консервативное и не любит всяких глупостей. Из феминистских соображений, она всюду болтается с непокрытой головой. Плюс, она не очень хорошо говорит по-турецки. Ничего плохого ей никто не делает, но все на нее смотрят, как на полное говно, отчего она сильно переживает. Но голову все-равно не покрывает. И вот в какой-то момент она посещает некую мухосранскую святыню, где ей приходится косынку все-таки надеть, а на обратном пути она забывает ее содрать. И вдруг она замечает, что все на нее смотрят совершенно по-другому, как на свою. Женщины не отводят глаз и улыбаются, а мужчины пропускают вперед и открывают двери. И тут она начинает думать, что, может быть, в этом во всем что-то и есть. Вот например она сама, одинокая девушка 34-х лет, в прошлом году вынуждена была сделать аборт и до сих пор чувствует себя от этого погано. Детей у ней нет, семьи тоже. Живет без мужика, без близких друзей. Постоянно мотается по каким-то вонючим мухосранскам, чтобы писать бессмысленную, никому не интересную хуйню. А была бы она нормальной мусульманкой, сидела бы дома с любимым мужем, с кучей детей и горя бы не знала. И вообще, как-то в этом их мусульманском мире все правильно устроено, и каждый знает свое место, и никто не парится… И в этот момент в мою голову стукает: «Уэльбек! Уэльбек-же!», и, одновременно, она в следующем абзаце начинает толково и подробно пересказывать «Submission». И именно так, как я эту книжку понял – это нормальная утопия, описывающая некий желательный шаг в человеческом развитии, хотя автор, безусловно понимает, что в целом все будет намного-намного хуже: https://www.facebook.com/boris.lokshin.9/posts/10153836905219911 И что интересно, американская эта турчанка, пересказывает Уэльбека не с мужской точки зрения, как я его для себе объяснял, а с женской. И тоже все у нее отлично складывается. Sasha Alex Guezentsvey, тебе особенно рекомендую. В конце статьи она пишет, что косынку эту она с себя все-таки сорвала из сраной какой-то гордости. Жалко всех, на самом деле. ·
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The War on Bernie Sanders | Jacobin
jacobinmag.com · The War on Bernie Sanders The Democratic Party elite has launched a virtually unprecedented attack against Bernie Sanders. by Matt Karp Mike Mozart / Flickr Two stark facts have defined the 2016 Democratic primary since the campaign began last spring. The first is the remarkable success of self-proc… ·
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confederatelegion.com · The article presented on this page is only one among many that could be posted! Southern Blacks fought for the Confederacy, just as did whites, and for many of the same reasons, it was their home, their families, and their sense of honor. The Yankee Barbarians invaded, butchered, burned, robbed an… ·
Борис Гаспаров: «Россия фактически не видела ХХ века» — Booknik.ru
booknik.ru · Если говорить об отражении эмиграции в современной эмигрантской прозе вроде Гарри Штейнгарда, то на первом месте — момент отчуждения и своего рода антисоветскости. Обычная реакция у сегодняшнего эмигранта, к сожалению, та же, что и в советские времена, — это реакция отторжения родины. Что за свет в окошке люди увидели в Америке с той точки зрения, с которой Россия выглядит такой ужасной? Я живу в Америке дольше, чем все эти люди, и, может быть, из-за этого мне непонятно. И я с огорчением смотрю на эту идею отторжения того, что осталось за спиной. В России я не чувствую себя дома, дома я себя чувствую в Америке. Меня раздражают многие вещи в Америке, но раздражают они именно так, как может раздражать только свое. И меня не раздражают так вещи в России именно потому, что я здесь не свой. У меня все-таки позиция стороннего наблюдателя, но, конечно, я чувствую себя вполне комфортно и по-прежнему пытаюсь наводить какие-то мосты. Я по-прежнему считаю, что Россия находится в интеллектуальной, духовной изоляции, уже не внешне накладываемой, а просто в силу инерции традиции и привычек. ·
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Salon · Here’s what Bill and Hillary mean to me: Sister Souljah, welfare reform, Ricky Ray Rector and the crime bill ·
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Quotations From Madame Hillary
http://www.counterpunch.org · Hillary Clinton says the damnedest things, some more truthful than others. Below I run through some of my favorite Hillary quotes, adding some critical commentary and a concluding refection “lesser… ·
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Truthdig · War is hell. Unless, of course, you happen to be a global corporate peddler of rockets, drones, bombs, and all the other hellish weaponry of military conflict. ·
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Clinton Donated $100K to New York Times Group the Same Year Paper Endorsed Her
Washington Free Beacon · A little-known private foundation controlled by Bill and Hillary Clinton donated $100,000 to the New York Times’ charitable fund in 2008, the same year the newspaper’s editorial page endorsed Clin ·
Statements and Releases 2016 | Kyiv, Ukraine – Embassy of the United States
ukraine.usembassy.gov · Давно ждала, когда же западных товарищей вконец достанет это соревнование ботоводов:) И очень хорошо про “Goebbels-like propaganda machine”. Кажется, это первая столь жёсткая, с прямой отсылкой к нацизму, характеристика кремлёвской пропаганды из уст официальных лиц США. Караван идёт. ·
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Foreign Policy · My latest Foreign Policy column. The export of mass surveillance technologies by private Israeli and U.S. companies to dictators, oppressive regimes, and corrupt governments has become a major problem. Now a $5 billion industry, neither country has any intention of imposing export controls. With this NSA-grade spyware, ruthless regimes acquire the means to find and imprison dissidents attempting to fight back. There should be tough international sanctions on countries that permit this illicit trade. ·
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Sure you can make it in Israel — if your parents help, say economists
The Times of Israel · In today’s Israel, say Taub Center researchers, hard work and talent will not provide upward mobility, with a few exceptions. New immigrants ‘need to have a plan’ ·
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Rocking with God in Rio’s Heavy Metal Church, Metanoia – World Religion News
World Religion News · And God Said…There Will be Headbanging! ·
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В голоде и холоде: как бедствуют старики-репатрианты
izrus.co.il · В голоде и холоде: как бедствуют старики-репатрианты. Благотворительный Фонд Дружбы (Керен ле-едидут),… ·
Пенсии русскоязычных израильтян. Итоги опроса
newsru.co.il · newsru.co.il : Мы попросили участников опроса рассказать, на какие средства они планируют существовать или существуют после выхода на пенсию. Чаще прочих указывались следующие источники дохода: 1) пособия от Института национального страхования, министерства обороны или другой госструктуры – 57,6%, 2) собственная пенсия – 41%, 3) работа – 20,1%, 4) собственные сбережения – 17,9%, 5) зарплата/пенсия вашего/й супруга/и или вдовья пенсия – 12%, 6) пенсия или пособие из-за границы – 6,1%. Абсолютное большинство участников опроса (80,5%) заявили, что уровень их благосостояния после выхода на пенсию ухудшится. Подавляющее большинство опрошенных негативно оценивают уровень заботы государства Израиль о пенсионерах: 78% дали оценку от 1 до 5 по 10-балльной шкале. 76% сказали, что абсолютно согласны с мнением, что ситуация с пенсиями у русскоязычных репатриантов хуже, чем у других категорий населения. 16% согласны с таким мнением “с некоторыми оговорками”. Лишь менее 3% абсолютно не согласны с данным мнением. В целом, по итогам опроса, можно отметить высокую тревожность респондентов по поводу финансового благополучия в пенсионном возрасте, недостаточную информированность в данном вопросе и, в ряде случаев, готовность представить ситуацию хуже, чем она есть на самом деле. При этом следует признать, что реальная ситуация с пенсиями для репатриантов в Израиле выглядит удручающе. http://www.newsru.co.il/finance/07oct2015/pensii_opros_104.html George Carmel Роман Лейдерман Elen Panitkov Владимир Рабинович Nataly Aberbach ·
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Gypsy holocaust Auschwitz song Latcho Drom
O the black bird went into my heart and stole it. Here I live in auschtwitz here in auschtwitz I’m hungry, there isn’t a piece of bread to eat. there isn’t n… · Video · YouTube
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http://new.oberlin.edu/petition-jan2016.pdf
new.oberlin.edu · ОБ ЭКСТРЕМАЛЬНЫХ ТРЕБОВАНИЯХ СТУДЕНТОВ. 14-СТРАНИЧНЫЙ ДОКУМЕНТ. За последние полгода по Америке прокатилась волна студенческих протестов, необычайно успешных. Всего за последние 3 месяца были вынуждены покинуть свои посты президент и канцлер Университета Миссури, декан по студентам колледжа Клэрмонт Маккены, один из профессоров Йельского университета, а пару дней назад – президент колледжа Итаки. Так что протесты очень результативны. Нынешнее положение – администраторы университетов до смерти напуганы ситуацией, и готовы на любые мгновенные уступки. Все протесты, насколько я знаю (я не очень за ними слежу), имеют расовую подоплеку, и недавние социологические исследования указывают на реально проблематичную ситуацию в этой области. Цитирую данные по памяти, так что за количественную точность не отвечаю, но отвечаю за суть дела. Среди черных студентов в США комфортно в университетах чувствует себя лишь четверть. А три четверти – ощущают дискомфорт. Среди белых студентов данные гораздо лучше – только четверть чувствует себя дискомфортно. Тут речь не идет о причинах этого дискомфорта, речь идет о чувствах. Едем дальше. В университетах есть бесплатные службы психологической поддержки, и 3/4 чувствующих дискомфорт белых студентов обращаются в эти службы. А среди чувствующих дискомфорт черных студентов к психологам идет лишь четверть. Вывод – черные студенты воспринимают кампус как враждебное окружение и не верят что им хотят помочь. Это факт. Факт, зафиксированный социологическими опросами. Так что совсем неудивительно, что пошли протесты, имеющие расовую подоплеку. Теперь, ряд требований и пожеланий студентов имеют смысл, какие-то другие – нет. Что в принципе, естественно, так как студенты совершенно не представляют себе, как правило, как функционирует система высшего образования. Как и широкая публика, люди вообще многого не понимают и много глупостей могут насоветовать. Что ставит администраторов в сложнейшее положение – с одной стороны, они напуганы до смерти, хотят сохранить свои места (а из-за протестов их могут уволить в два счета). И они готовы на многое. А с другой стороны – требования студентов зачастую содержат не очень реализуемые или не очень правильные вещи. Обычно начинаются переговоры, стороны договариваются. Недавно, студенты колледжа Оберлин представили президенту колледжа Марвину Крислову 14-страничный список требований, я его поместил как ссылку в этом статусе. Этот документ стоит прочитать от начала до конца. В отличие от других университетов, требования студентов Оберлина не очень реализуемы. Среди них: избавиться от всех тюрем и от Израиля, уволить ряд белых профессоров и работников, дать постоянство ряду черных профессоров, создать в университете “зоны комфорта” для черных студентов, увеличивать квоты для черных студентов на 4% каждый год, и т.д. Президент Оберлина Крислов публично отверг список требований и в переговоры не вступил. Ответ президента “протестантам” помещаю в первый комментарий. Интересно, как будет развибаться дальше ситуация в Оберлине… А пока – прочитайте 14 страниц требований студентов. От начала до конца. ·
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Broadland v. Richistan: We Do the Math | BillMoyers.com
BillMoyers.com · During the post World War II years, annual incomes for all Americans grew at pretty much the same rate. But in the 1970s, the incomes of the top one percent starting growing faster than everybody else’s — so much so that the share of pre-tax income received by that group grew from 9 percent (in 1979) to 19 percent (in 2007). The authors of Winner-Take-All Politics, Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, wondered what the economic outcome would have been for the bottom and middle classes if the deregulation and tax code changes they describe in their book had not taken place. Enter your annual income in our calculator to find out how much more (or less! depending on your income) you would be earning if incomes continued to grow at the same rate for all income groups. ·
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Ta Nehesi Coates’ Bernie Sanders Brain Fart Isn’t Even About Reparations | Black Agenda Report
blackagendareport.com · Submitted by Bruce A. Dixon on Thu, 01/21/2016 – 16:20 Share this story… Forward Print HTML Reddit ViadeoGoogle Plus OneLinkedin Share ButtonShare on FacebookTweet WidgetA Black Agenda Radio commentary by Bruce A. Dixon When favored spokesnegro Ta Nehesi Coates urgently warns us that Bernie Sander… ·
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How Killer Mike answered Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bernie Sanders, reparations
Washington Post · The debate played out Wednesday on Twitter. ·
A Confederacy of Dunces: The Democratic Establishment’s Assault on Sander’s Begins
Common Dreams · Well, it’s started. You knew it would. The Democratic establishment is going into attack mode as their anointed one – Hillary Clinton – is in danger of losing. Take a look at some of the assaults that have been launched within the last five days: Sandy Goodman, a former producer at NBC Nightly News published a piece on the Huffington Post, entitled, Voting for Sanders is Voting Republican. The fact that Bernie does better than Hillary against Republicans is an inconvenient fact Goodman ignores in this ludicrous hit piece; Paul Krugman’s column last Friday suggested that progressives voting for Sanders weren’t being “adults,” and had no idea how change occurred – in Krugman’s world, change doesn’t come from the people, apparently. It comes from party apparatchiks working with the plutocracy; Thomas Friedman, another New York Times columnist, essentially called Sanders a communist – something he knows isn’t true, but it’s a great scare tactic; President Obama said Bernie Sanders ideas haven’t been tested yet and went on to heap praise on Hillary. It wasn’t an endorsement, but it came mighty close. All of these are coming from credentialed liberals who have been staunch supporters of the Democratic Party. And therein lies the problem. The Democratic Party’s interests are no longer aligned with the people’s interests and they haven’t been for a long time. ·
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Список фильмов, рекомендуемых Гарвардским университетом
philologist.livejournal.com · Про кино ·
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Majstor i Margarita (ENG subs)
Я провела чудесный вечер посмотрев Итальянскую версию экранизации любимой книги. Мне не хватало деталей и некоторых сюжетных линий. Но в целом фильм оставил хорошее впечатление и доставил удовольствие. А еще, как всегда обращаясь к теме “Мастера и Маргариты”, появились новые перспективы и мысли… Например, о том, что у Итальянцев есть равная доля участия в этом произведении… ведь тут затронута так-же частичка их истории… Как то я их упустила из виду в этой связи… Ну что-же… Аве Цезарь. ·Video · YouTube
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In memoriam: Richard Levins, ecologist, biomathematician, and philosopher of science
News · One of the first obits for Dick Levins appears on Harvard’s public health school site. There’s another at jacobin: jacobinmag.com ·
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Don’t be fooled by Bernie Sanders — he’s a diehard communist
New York Post · As polls tighten and self-described socialist Bernie Sanders looks more like a serious contender than a novelty candidate for president, the liberal media elite have suddenly stopped calling him so…·
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Melancholy Liberalism by Adam Kirsch, City Journal Winter 2016
city-journal.org · Triumphant yet beleaguered, liberalism is oddly hard to define. Is this evidence of an intellectual tradition that has lost coherence and credibility? ·
Philip Glass – The Hours [Full Album]
про музыку-2 работать сейчас получается только под это · Video ·YouTube
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Prehistoric Massacre Hints at War Among Hunter-Gatherers
nytimes.com · A dig in Kenya has uncovered the remains of a slaughter from 10,000 years ago, suggesting that warfare may have existed even before humans began agriculture. ·
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National coalition in favor of campus censorship
Washington Post · Advocacy groups (such as the American Association of University Women) ask the federal government to pressure universities to punish racially and sexually offensive online speech — and to block on-campus access to sites that host such speech. (Next stop: speech that harshly criticizes religious groups or sexual orientations.) ·
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The Censorship of Stand-Up Comedy on College Campuses
The Atlantic · Today’s students can’t seem to take a joke. ·
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Is Campus Censorship the New Normal? – FIRE
FIRE · AMERICA GOES FASCIST? ·
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Ben Carson wants to censor speech on college campuses
Mother Jones · He thinks he’s found the perfect use for the Department of Education. ·
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Donald Trump’s national lead is almost twice Hillary Clinton’s
Washington Post · Welp. ·
I went to a Trump rally in my hijab. His supporters aren’t just racist caricatures | Kaddie Abdul
the Guardian · It was interesting to hear Trump and his supporters’ viewpoints for more than just the few seconds offered by most soundbites, even though I disagreed ·
This is the single most stunning poll number on Donald Trump I have seen
Washington Post · This is the single most stunning poll number on Donald Trump I have seen: ·
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Еврей не из последних // Как главный раввин Вены стал соавтором холокоста
kommersant.ru · Еще надо бы рассказать про главного раввина Салоники, которого нацисты поставили во главе общины, фамилия из головы выскочила В Израиле тоже ввели в середине 1950х закон о наказании колаборационистов, но уже в 1962 прокуратура дала негласное указание его не применять. Решили, что все – жертвы. ·
The Muslims who saved Jews from the Holocaust – BBC News
BBC News · A new exhibition aims to celebrate the role Muslims played in saving Jewish lives during the Holocaust. ·
vedomosti.ru · Социолог Григорий Юдин о том, где оказались российские общественные науки ·
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POLITICO Magazine · “It’s true that Obama failed to create the post-partisan political change he originally promised during his yes-we-can pursuit of the White House. Washington remains as hyperpartisan and broken as ever. But…What he’s done is changing the way we produce and consume energy, the way doctors and hospitals treat us, the academic standards in our schools and the long-term fiscal trajectory of the nation. Gays can now serve openly in the military, insurers can no longer deny coverage because of pre-existing conditions, credit card companies can no longer impose hidden fees and markets no longer believe the biggest banks are too big to fail. Solar energy installations are up nearly 2,000 percent, and carbon emissions have dropped even though the economy is growing. Even Republicans like Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, who hope to succeed Obama and undo his achievements, have been complaining on the campaign trail that he’s accomplished most of his agenda. “The change is real,” says Ron Klain, who served as Biden’s White House chief of staff, and later as Obama’s Ebola czar. “It would be nice if more people understood the change.”” ·
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On the Issues: Income and Wealth Inequality
Bernie Sanders · There is something profoundly wrong when we have a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires at the same time as we have the highest childhood poverty rate of any developed country on earth. This campaign is sending a message to the billionaire class: “you can’t have it all.” You can’t get huge tax breaks while children in this country go hungry. http://bernie.to/OntheIssues-ChildPoverty ·
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Salon · The protection of American oil interests has been at the heart of U.S. policies for decades ·
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ГПИБ выложила в свободный доступ 145 сканов футуристических книг 1910-1930-х гг.
philologist.livejournal.com · Государственная публичная историческая библиотека России выложила в свободный доступ коллекцию "Русская футуристическая книга" из 145 сканов книг 1910-х – 1930-х… ·
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Here’s What Happens When These Lesbians Touch A Penis For The First Time
The Huffington Post · For my two favorite Admins! Te Holman and Laura Barton. LMAO! ·
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The poor fetish: commodifying working class culture | ROAR Magazine
ROAR Magazine · The false part of this statement is that it’s not poverty that has been commodified out of the blue: it’s everything. In neoliberal reality EVERYTHING is commodified and culturally appropriated. So why are we surprised that poverty is reproduced, wrapped in fancy paper and flies off the shelves right away? It’s bitterly ironical that in the world where private property rules nothing actually belongs to you: a human being has no right even for temporary ownership of any items, including his or her feelings, his or her floating identity. What is interesting about the trend is that middle class was unwittingly forced to zealously desire the life of the poor by pretending to consume like the latter do. What if in 10 years they will be paying huge amounts of money to watch their kids street raped? Or is it already happening? ·
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The scurrilous lies written about Charlie Hebdo | Robert McLiam Wilson
the Guardian · A year after the Charlie Hebdo killings, francophone writer Robert McLiam Wilson deplores the reports in English by the ignorant for the ignorant ·
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Wonder Woman gets back to her BDSM roots in 2016
the Guardian · A new Wonder Woman comic book by Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette has had prudish reviewers complaining – but bondage is part of the character’s DNA ·
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teonote.ru · Spooky 🙂 ·
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Overcoming Jewish America’s Israel fantasy | +972 Magazine
972mag.com · This is my big end-of-year analysis piece for +972. I use the controversy over Michael Oren’s attacks on Obama and on liberal American Jews as a diving board into the shifting generational attitudes toward Israel and potential ramifications. Enjoy, mes amis. ·
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Haaretz.com · The movement is successfully convincing activists that one cannot fight for women’s rights, academic freedom or against racism without acknowledging Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. This poses a problem for liberal American Jews more than anyone else. ·
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The Jews who fought for Hitler: ‘We did not help the Germans. We had a common enemy’
Telegraph.co.uk · Inglorious Bastards ·
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Jewish Accounts of Muhammad and His Apostate Informants | Mizan
mizanproject.org · Jewish Accounts of Muhammad and His Apostate Informants. ·
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Five Big Banks Plead Guilty to Rigging Currency Markets and No One Goes to Jail
The Real News Network · The five biggest banks, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and UBS, have all pleaded guilty to multiple crimes involving foreign currencies, interest rates, and collusion. The traders, according to the New York Times, had formed a, quote, an invitation-only club where the stakes were so high that newcomers were warned: mess this up, and sleep with one eye open. The pleas are expected to be heard this afternoon in federal court. Joining us now from Sag Harbor, New York to discuss all of this is James S. Henry. James is a leading economist, attorney, and investigative journalist. http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=13889 ·
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National Review Online · Why are many people against the government giving Americans a free college education? It’s a fact, the more educated one is the less they depend on government. You can’t say college isn’t for everyone when we have created nearly 1 million technology jobs for foreign workers because we have a shortage of educated people here. ·
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newleftreview.org · Verónica Schild tests Nancy Fraser’s hypothesis of an elective affinity between feminism and neoliberalism against the material and cultural realities of Latin America. Shifting meanings of liberationist strategies for women’s autonomy and popular pedagogy in an epoch of free-market economics and NGOization. ·
Perry Anderson: The House of Zion. New Left Review 96, November-December 2015.
newleftreview.org · The strongest analysis of Israel-Palestine that I’ve read in years. Biting and brutal. If it’s tl;dr, no. A must read. ·
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Leonard Cohen – A Thousand Kisses Deep
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The Atlantic · Фрум, бывший бушевский спичрайтер, придумавший ось зла, самый умный из республиканских публицистов. Название не соответствует содержанию, но статья отличная. ·
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Most Americans have less than $1,000 in savings
MarketWatch · Approximately 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and 21% don’t even have a savings account. ·
Donald Trump’s ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation
Washington Post · “Many goyim are confused by the large number of Yiddish terms,” Harvard researcher Steven Pinker said. ·
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Edward O. Wilson’s New Take on Human Nature
Smithsonian · From 2012. I have this book. Started it and set it down a while back. But definitely needs to be revisited. “We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions,” he says. “We thrash about” and are “a danger to ourselves and the rest of life.” Our conquest of earth has happened so quickly that the rest of the biosphere has not had time to adjust and our heedless destruction of species shows scant signs of abating.” ·
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academia.edu · The new aspects in the relationship between the images of the Menorah and the Cross in antiquity. The article is devoted to the interrelation between the menorah and the cross in antiquity. During its long history the menorah acquired its manyfold ·
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We need fewer exams and more wilderness in education
the Guardian · Instead of pumping time and money into exams, we should focus on wellbeing and encouraging children to connect with the natural world ·
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ГПИБ | Электронная библиотека ГПИБ
elib.shpl.ru · Электронная библиотека ГПИБ России представляет собой собрание документов и материалов по отечественной и всеобщей истории. Содержит издания по генеалогии и геральдике, истории военного дела, источники по истории, этнографии и географии России. Это открытая электронная библиотека, созданная на основ… ·
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elibrary.ru · “по результатам работы экспертного совета на данный момент отобрано 649 журналов, которые вошли в состав базы Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) на платформе Web of Science” да, интересная ситуация. Теперь смысл WoS как престижной (“западной”) инстанции исчез. И возникает бюрократическая дилемма. Если сказать, что журналы RSCI “не считаются”, то зачем было вообще заключать такой договор с WoS? ·
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A People’s History of Churchillian Madness
http://www.counterpunch.org · Almost universally seen in Britain as purely a war against the Nazis and their UK-bound warplanes. Unlike the First World War or the wars in Indochina and Iraq, the Second World War is somewhat uni… ·
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Prevention better than cure in Cuban healthcare system – BBC News
BBC News · this isn’t from Michael Moor, this is BBC Russian is here http://www.bbc.com/russian/society/2015/12/151213_cuba_prevention_healthcare http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35073966 ‘thanks Дмитрий Райдер ·
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ОЖИДАНИЕ И РЕАЛЬНОСТЬ…С НАСТУПАЮЩИМ..
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“עס שיינט די זון שוין ווידער” — דאס ליד וואס חתמעט דעם פילם “מיר לעבן געבליבענע” פון נתן גראס, The song with which the film “We the survivors” (mir di lebn geblibene) by Nathan Gross, 1947. · Video ·YouTube
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“Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl” (Original Yiddish Version of “I Have a Little Dreidel”)
Words: Ben Aaron (pseudonym of Mikhl Gelbart) Melody: Mikhl Gelbart Choral arrangement: Mark Zuckerman Filmed live in performance June 1, 2014 • Symphony Spa… · Video · YouTube
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Kendrick Lamar – For Free? (Interlude)
This is about the biggest rapper in the world, and what are the lyrics? “Nigger” this, “nigger” that, “nigger,” the other thing. And what’s the content? Bragging, violence, money and power. Black fascism. The woman is putting down this “nigger” because he doesn’t buy her enough garbage, and then he comes back with a torrent of abuse and the refrain “this dick ain’t free.” Most disgusting shit I’ve ever heard, and this is just one of a million examples. And black students are calling Yale and Princeton racist? Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. Black America has a very, very serious problem. BTW, Jews don’t call each other “kike,” not in public or private, and I’m not aware that members of other ethnic groups call each other by their worst names, either. I know that there are countless black Americans who are appalled by this filth – WHERE ARE THEY? · Video · YouTube
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Prejudice of Poverty: Why Americans Hate the Poor and Worship the Rich – LA Progressive
LA Progressive · Steven Singer: If only we had a natural defense against prejudice. Racism, classism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia – we take all that in with every breath. ·
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Weapons Industry Dumps Republicans, Backs Hillary
Alternet · Hillary the candidate that the Military Industrial Complex loves ·
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nybooks.com · Happy Thanksgiving! “Just because you grow up on bad food, it does not follow that you lack nostalgia for it,” the late Tony Judt wrote in this piece on his gastronomic youth. ·
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How Germany is Using ‘Anti-Semitism’ to Shut Down Israel Criticism | Interview with Max Blumenthal
Abby Martin speaks with author and journalist Max Blumenthal about his recent trip to Germany and how he why he was treated like an anti-Semite for his criti… · Video · YouTube
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Syrians tell of ‘insane nights’ of air strikes in Raqqa
aljazeera.com · Activists say abandoned ISIL bases hit in city suburbs with no civilians or fighters as France carries out air strikes. ·
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How did a Judean seal end up in a 2,000-year-old Russian warrior woman’s grave? – Archaeology
Haaretz.com · The seal was found in a Sarmatian grave in Rostov from around 1 CE but it may date back to 700 BCE. ·
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Germany Rejects Facebook’s Real-Name Policy
Truthdig · Germany has taken on the global social media site by ruling that its real-name policy violates German citizens’ right to privacy. – 2015/07/30 ·
Drink 2 Cups Of Tea A Day – Lose 5lbs In 5 Days!
gotlcdiet.com · Наша фармацевтичская индустрия не создает лекарств. Она создает клиентов. ·
Pew study: Asian immigrants may overtake Hispanics
CNN · Nobody believes me, when I say, the NYC is going to be a Chinese, not Hispanic. So here the numbers. Никто не верит мне, когда я говорю, что Нью-Йорк будет китайским городом, а не латиноамериканским. Так вот цифры. ·
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Claremont Dean Resigns After Suggesting Students Of Color Don’t Fit The ‘Mold’
LAist · The Dean of Students at Claremont McKenna College resigned today after student protests. ·
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Living in America will drive you insane — literally
Salon · Data suggests the US is experiencing an epidemic of crippling mental illness. We may have only ourselves to blame ·
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The Saudis Are Stumbling. They May Take the Middle East with Them.
The Nation · America’s leading Sunni ally is proving how easily hubris, delusion, and old-fashioned ineptitude can trump even bottomless wealth.·
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The New Intolerance of Student Activism
The Atlantic · Нынешние расовые волнения в американских университетах по сути своей являются зеркальным отражением более массового движения обиженных в своих чувствах российских граждан. Те же яйца, только сбоку, если приглядеться. В обоих случаях науськанная, агрессивно настроенная толпа требует от власти принятия немедленных мер по подавлению свободы слова. И в обоих случаях власть отвечает расширением бюрократического контроля. И это их сходство дает общий ключ к пониманию того, что происходит. Речь, на самом деле, идет о взаимно полезном симбиозе между властными бюрократами и активистами на местах. Бюрократы доказывают свою необходимость и получают дополнительное финансирование и поле для деятельности, активисты создают себе социальные лифты, а толпа получает выход для накопившейся внутренней агрессии. То, что сейчас происходит в Йеле, в Миссури и в Итаке на самом деле довольно страшно и разрушительно. И все это еще только начало. ·
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Zócalo Public Square ·http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/11/10/ecoutez-bien-americains-dont-expect-paris-to-make-you-more-sophisticated/chronicles/wanderlust/·
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McGuinn, Hilman, Crosby and Dylan perform Mr. Tambourine Man.wmv
Watch “McGuinn, Hilman, Crosby and Dylan perform Mr. Tambourine Man” Blown away! http://buff.ly/1WKSzHm · Video · YouTube
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Why the ‘hijacking’ of Israeli democracy is a myth | +972 Magazine
972mag.com · We often hear that that Israeli democracy is being ‘hijacked’ by a group of right-wing extremists. Too bad the alternatives aren’t any more appealing. Labor MK Stav Shaffir, darling of the “pro-Israel, pro-peace” crowd, recently implored… ·
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More Than Half of Every Dollar Spent Online Goes to Amazon or Google
Daily Intelligencer · The internet has become an oligopoly. ·
Finally freedom! Наконец-то свобода! 😀
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Across the USA by Train for Just $213
dereklow.co · Turns out, you don’t need a car to see America. Traveling coast-to-coast across the United States by train is one of the world’s greatest travel experiences. Amazingly, it’s also one of the world’s greatest travel bargains… ·
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FOCUS: Corporations Are Superior People
Reader Supported News · “All it took was adding simple arbitration clauses to contracts that most employees and consumers do not even read. Yet at stake are claims of medical malpractice, sexual harassment, hate crimes, discrimination, theft, fraud, elder abuse and wrongful death, records and interviews show. The family of a 94-year-old woman at a nursing home in Murrysville, Pa., who died from a head wound that had been left to fester, was ordered to go to arbitration. So was a woman in Jefferson, Ala., who sued Honda over injuries she said she sustained when the brakes on her car failed. When an infant was born in Tampa, Fla., with serious deformities, a lawsuit her parents brought against the obstetrician for negligence was dismissed from court because of an arbitration clause. Even a cruise ship employee who said she had been drugged, raped and left unconscious in her cabin by two crew members could not take her employer to civil court over negligence and an unsafe workplace. For companies, the allure of arbitration grew after a 2011 Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for them to use the clauses to quash class-action lawsuits. Prevented from joining together as a group in arbitration, most plaintiffs gave up entirely, records show.” ·
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McDonald’s “New Policy” Bans Customers From Buying Food For Homeless
True Activist · Probably doesn’t want to leave his panning spot, to listen to patronizing bullshit, simply bring it to him, instead of upset the bright red family restaurant with a glaring cheap meal. ·
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‘Huffington Post’ Employee Sucked Into Aggregation Turbine
theonion.com · “Since The Huffington Post was founded in 2005, its headquarters has consisted of two rooms: Arianna Huffington’s spacious, lavishly appointed office overlooking New York City, and the windowless 10,000-square-foot subterranean warehouse that houses the turbine. More than 700 low-wage workers, known as writers, clock in every day, and, dressed in their Huffington Post hard hats and coveralls, work in dark, unsafe conditions to ensure the machine runs smoothly and constantly churns out content.” ·
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‘The German Police is Arresting Jews for Antisemitism!’
leftvoice.org · On October 21, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Angela Merkel in Berlin. There was a protest, activists were arrested. Almost routine, except a number of people arrested were Israelis and Jews. At least one was charged for anti-semitic hate speech. The following is an interview with Dror Dayan, a film student originally from Jerusalem who has lived in Berlin for ten years. ·
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The US Spends $35 Billion In Global Economic Aid (But Where Does All This Money Really Go?) |…
zerohedge.com · The US Spends $35 Billion In Global Economic Aid (But Where Does All This Money Really Go?) ·
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Ревизия 90-х: взгляд экономиста Сергея Гуриева
Михаил Гефтер · Вот знаете, например, с чего началась «Арабская весна»? С того, что в Египте повысились цены на хлеб. А почему? Потому что в России после пожаров 2010 года премьер-министр Путин ввел эмбарго на экспорт зерна. А Россия уже была таким важным экспортером хлеба, что это отразилось на внутренних ценах в Египте. … Я читал о том, что на первом заседании реформаторского правительства в конце 1991 года кто-то из них предложил: давайте сейчас посмотрим друг другу в глаза и скажем, что мы не собираемся сами получать от государства никаких квартир, машин и так далее. Это предложение не прошло. И это очень грустно. Я пытался у многих из тех реформаторов выяснить, как такое произошло, что почти все они стали очень состоятельными людьми. Некоторые отвечали, что было понимание, что, мол, наконец-то надо пожить нормально, мы так долго страдали при советской власти, мы заслуживаем хорошей жизни…. …То, что происходит сейчас, — во многом следствие того, что Запад в 90-е годы не сделал «план Маршалла» для России. …— Приватизация проходила с такой опаской — мол, придут иностранцы и все скупят. Это привело к тому, что все продали задешево. И это делегитимизировало приватизацию. …А что касается залоговых аукционов — то вот показания Абрамовича и Березовского в лондонском суде под присягой, где они прямо говорят: мы не допускали конкурентов к этим аукционам. …Якобы Березовский и Гусинский считали, что их «кинули» со «Связьинвестом», когда перешли от нечестного к честному. В 1996 году, после президентских выборов, правительство приняло решение, что, мол, теперь-то будем исключительно честно играть. А они считали, что все будет как раньше — и в честной борьбе проиграли конкурс по приватизации «Связьинвеста». ·
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Former Israeli prime minister sued in US for raid on Gaza flotilla
the Guardian · Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak is being sued in the US over his country’s deadly raid of six Turkish boats trying to break Israel’s blockage of Gaza in 2010. The Turkish parents of 19-year-old Furkan Dogan, among nine killed in the raid, sued Barak in federal court in Los Angeles on 16 October. The parents’ lawyers say Barak was sued on Tuesday after giving a speech near Los Angeles. The lawyers say Barak is a war criminal and that Dogan’s family deserves justice. Dogan, a US citizen living in Turkey, was killed on 31 May 2010 along with eight other Turks when Israeli forces raided a Gaza-bound flotilla. The UN found the deaths “unacceptable.” The Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles couldn’t immediately provide a contact for Barak, who is still in the area. ·
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Democrats are in denial. Their party is actually in deep trouble.
Vox · President Obama’s success has made them complacent about deep structural weakness. ·
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Meet the Right-Wing Rebels Who Overthrew John Boehner
Rolling Stone · This is what a small group of men of principles can do in American politics. This is why I prefer the Dems in opposition, fighting for their principles, and not this Soviet Style party machine, driven by the multinationals, that ‘compromises in the middle’ and let to be dragged too far to the right. Rebecca Bonanno Mocciaro ·
Matt Taibbi: Hillary Clinton Must Think We’re Ignorant About How Awful the Big Banks Are
Alternet · It’s the bankers who are pulling the strings. ·
Israeli president’s diagnosis — ‘Israel is a sick society’ — doesn’t go viral in the U.S.
Mondoweiss · “It is time to honestly admit that Israeli society is ill – and it is our duty to treat this disease,” Israeli president Reuven Rivlin said over the weekend, but the diagnosis has gotten no pickup … ·
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ORDA · СИТУАЦИЯ ОБОСРЮВАЕЦА “Ситуация обосрюваеца”, – говорил классик геополитического монтажа “больших пространств”. В связи с запуском проекта “Орда 1313” не только у старца Холмогория и просвирнинской аудитории замыкание (“запретить!”, “натравить Эстапо!”, “это дистиллят 282-й!”). Заядлые и стародавние “дружки” из проментованно-прочекищенного околомусульманского внедрища заходят на очередной (какой по счёту?) круг. Ждём от “дружков” версий о том, что: – Проект курируют карбонарии через чёрную аристократию с Островов и Шотландский обряд; – Проект курирует Израиль, “которому кое-кто продался с потрохами”; – Проект курирует силовое зло из Грозного, которое решило под себя перезагрузить “большое пространство” на случай, если Кадыр-паша всех разнесёт. – Проект курирует ЧК-Кремль. Просто потому что “все проекты курирует ЧК-Кремль”. – Проект курирует ЧК-Анкара. Потому что “орда”, “татары”, “Ататюрк”, “курды”, Петруша! Во всяком случае, осторожные прощупывания и вливы уже наблюдаются. А какие будут ваши версии, господа любезные? ·
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Video of Palestinian stabber proves Abbas’ ‘execution’ victim still alive
The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com · А как бы хотелось всей этой шайке маньяков во главе с раисом, чтобы он был мертв! Но нет, 13-летний убийца идет на поправку за счет сионистов. Его жертва, 13-летний мальчик, в куда более тяжелом состоянии. Помолитесь за него. ·
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The Social Safety Net Was Constructed As A Result Of Corporate Greed
PoliticusUSA · The current attitude coming from Republicans and conservatives is, why do we even need that socialistic safety net? The answer is corporate greed. ·
Tuesday Night Football | Jacobin
jacobinmag.com · Tuesday Night Football Some post-debate thoughts from Jacobin contributors. by Editors Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton during last night’s debate. NPR Last night Lincoln Chafee, Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Bernie Sanders, and Jim Webb faced off in Las Vegas for the first official Democratic… ·
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Palestinians ‘more isolated than at any point since 1948’
the Guardian · Mouin writes: That we are seeing this level of Palestinian protest at all is itself a minor miracle, and – voluminous reporting to the contrary notwithstanding – conclusivelydemonstrates that today’s youth is no less entrapped, and no less determined to achieve collective freedom, than earlier generations. Yet their efforts are unlikely to develop into a sustained, organised rebellion. This only partly reflects the pitiless ruthlessness of Israeli tactics. Simply put, the organisational infrastructure required to mobilise and sustain a widespread rebellion has been systematically dismantled over the past decade, primarily by the Palestinian Authority. It remains committed to security collaboration with Israel, which its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has described as “sacred”. The chances that Israeli actions will push Abbas over the precipice are nil. Indeed, when he again cried wolf at the UN last month the sheep died of laughter. Because Abbas has systematically foreclosed upon all other options, he will remain more exercised by threats to Israeli security than the security of his own people for the remainder of his tenure. For its part, the Islamist movement Hamas remains committed to the survival of its rule in the Gaza Strip above all else. The current crisis may yet prove a catalyst for the hard work of reviving a unified, coherent and dynamic Palestinian national movement capable of conducting the struggle for Palestinian self-determination. The hard reality is that, until Palestinians overcome the domestic obstacles to their ability to rebel, they will remain incapable of successfully challenging Israel or effectively taking on those who support its policies. ·
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People Kept Complaining This Restaurant Sucked. Surprisingly This Is What They Discovered
AnonHQ · People Kept Complaining This Restaurant Sucked. Surprisingly This Is What They Discovered http://bit.ly/1FV4fVC ·
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Genesis of Genesis: Where did the biblical story of Creation come from? – Jewish World Features
Haaretz.com · The Bible actually has more than one creation myth, and the one you’re thinking of seems to have arisen not from ancient Israelite lore but from the central Asian steppes. ·
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It’s sleazy, it’s totally illegal, and yet it could become the future of retirement
Washington Post · It’s hard to believe anybody ever did this to save for retirement, but they did. ·
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As Banks Retreat, Private Equity Rushes to Buy Troubled Home Mortgages
nytimes.com · This ought to be shocking, alarming. The banksters are back foreclosing. trying to squeeze the last bits of value out of the homes and lives of people who are in tough straits. In this iteration, as reported by Matthew Goldstein, under-performing mortgages are sold to hedge funds and other private equity groups (for pennies on the dollar) by banks and Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac etc. Do you think these less regulated entities will be less lawless, cruel and dishonest than the banksters? We need to drive the banks and their hedge fund co-conspirators out of this business. Move all of our money. ·
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September 27: Anti-Yiddish Riots
Jewish Currents · A mob of several thousand Jews protested outside the Mograbi Theater in Tel Aviv on this date in 1930 against the screening of one of the first feature-length Yiddish-language talkie movies, Mayn Yidishe Mame (“My Jewish Mother”), starring Seymour Rexite.… ·
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Judaism and Islam – comparing the similarities between Judaism and Islam | Discover similarities…
judaism-islam.com · #DorfmanJewish #DorfmanIslam #DorfmanReligion The Qur’an actually prohibits a Jew to convert from Judaism to Islam… Q5:43 But how is it that they (Jews) come to you (Muhammad) for judgement while THEY HAVE THE TORAH, in which is the judgement of Allah ? Then they turn away, [even] after that; but those are not [in fact] believers. Here, the Qur’an clearly states that the Jews have the Torah which contains Allah’s judgments and they have no need to refer to anything else, even Muhammad for their judgments. Any Jew who refuses to adhere to the instructions found in the Torah is considered an unbeliever according to the Qur’an. That would mean that a Jew who adheres to the Torah, which they do indeed have would in fact be counted as a believer according to the Qur’an. (from Jamil ben Eliyahu) ·
The Pentagon Doesn’t Know What it Spent 8.5 Trillion Dollars on
AnonHQ · Your are a supporter of wars? Great, great. THANKS TO YOUR TAX MONEY Halliburton is making literally a ‘killing’ with US wars, millions of civilians are dying and the Pentagon has so much money, it doesn’t even know where $8.500.000.000 have gone to. ·
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nytimes.com · The F.D.A.’s misguided approval of a powerful opiate for young people will make the fight against painkiller addiction even harder.·
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Rabin, the Last Day review – form and structure hamper Israeli PM murder story
the Guardian · Docudrama about the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin takes aim at Netanyahu, but puts stylistic cinema above propaganda ·
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Three Popular Psychology Studies That Didn’t Hold Up
nytimes.com · Free will and cheating. Cleanliness and morality. Loneliness and inanimate objects. Here are 3 studies that did not hold up.·
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Robert Reich: Harvard Business School is complicit in America’s widening inequality
Salon · Свободный рынок – это американская версия советского научного коммунизма, а Гарвард – школа партактива корпоративного капитализма. ·
Artist · Birds born in a cage think flying is a disease – Alejandro Jodorowsky ·
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Dandelion Salad · A #ChrisHedges double header. “Corbyn is the real thing; #BernieSanders certainly speaks in a populist rhetoric, but he is an unofficial member, and has been for a long time of the Democratic establishment; he sits with the Democratic caucus; he doesn’t not confront US militarism, imperialism; unlike Corbyn, he has not stood up for the rights of Palestinians.” #JeremyCorbyn ·
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Robert Reich: What Every American Family Needs to Know About College
Alternet · With college application season almost upon us, where should aspiring college students and their parents look for advice? ·
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Three Rich Treasury Secretaries Laugh It Up Over Income Inequality
The Huffington Post · LOL. Peasants! ·
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Michael Moore: ‘American Exceptionalism Is the Death of Us’
Reader Supported News · ‘I love this country. I love everything about what it means. But I also embrace the other side of it, and in doing so, it’s incumbent upon me as a citizen to want to help fix it.’ Jake Coyle, Associated Press ·
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Season 2, Episode 1: Off The Top (YidLife Crisis)
The Yid Life Crisis guys are back with a new season. Bigger, better and more Yiddish. Also, the catering looks amazing. · Video · YouTube
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Know your enemy: How Arabic is taught in Israel’s Jewish high schools – Israel
Haaretz.com · Know Your Enemy: How Arabic Is Taught in Israel’s Jewish High Schools The teaching of the language has been coopted by the army’s intelligence corps, leading to teachers who don’t speak Arabic and students who study it only in the hope of foiling terrorists. Or Kashti Sep 08, 2015 6:40 AM Sesame Street in Arabic returns after 25 years, but avoids tough issues Bar-Ilan University appoints its first Arab department chair Why are Reform Jews issuing Yom Kippur messages in Arabic this year? “Students studying Arabic … We need your help in foiling a terror attack about which we have received numerous alerts.” This is how a lesson taught by soldiers to junior high school students begins. The goal of the activity — which is part of larger joint program of the Israel Defense Forces Intelligence Corps and Israel’s Education Ministry — is motivate students to “learn and understand the importance of the Arabic language.” The method chosen to convince students to study Arabic is a series of threats and fear mongering. The imaginary terror attack is meant to take place in the students’ own school, apparently in order to make the experience even more powerful. “For years the educational system has focused on training ‘intelligence fodder’ for the IDF,” says Prof. Reuven Snir, Dean of Humanities at the University of Haifa and a professor of Arabic language and literature. This lesson plan, from August 2012, was written by instructors a unit called TELEM — a Hebrew acronym for “fostering Arabic and Middle Eastern studies,” — which is part of the IDF’s elite 8200 intelligence unit, and operates in schools. The lesson plans say it is intended for eighth and ninth grade students, but elsewhere it states it may also be used for seventh grade. During the lesson the students must complete four tasks: The first is discovering the location of the terror attack through a crossword puzzle. The second is obtaining information on the terrorist (“who has a mustache, black hair and is serious looking”). Their third task is to decipher a conversation in Arabic about the transfer of weapons; and finally the fourth is uncovering the timing of the attack. If the students succeed in translating the sentence in Arabic, then “it is possible to say that because they knew Arabic they saved a great number of students in their school,” suggests the lesson plan, which ends with these words: “The Arabic language is essential for existence and coexistence in the State of Israel.” This lesson plan is the clear result of the subjugation of Arabic studies to military needs, along with the increasingly tight relationship between the educational system and the IDF. Lesson 1: The assassination of Abu Jihad The classes TELEM offers to students in higher grades continue to focus on dangers. For example, the activities for the 9th grade include an “experiential lesson” about the threat of tunnels (from Gaza) and a fascinating battle story about “the assassination of Abu Jihad,” (the Palestinian co founder of Fatah, who was assassinated by Israeli commandos in 1988). Students can also elect to learn about the assassination of Yihya Ayyash (a Palestinian bomb maker). In the 11th grade they can study “the impact of Islamic thought on the activities of ISIS and Hamas,” while in 12th grade they can choose one of two options: the assassination of Hezbollah leader Abbas Musawi or a lesson on “the expansion of jihadi violence in Europe.” Another lesson, which “is to be taught only on Holocaust Day”, is about the contribution of the Military Intelligence to the capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Military roots This military-educational collaboration is not something new. A recent study by Dr. Yonatan Mendel, a researcher at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, exposes the roots of cooperation between the security system and the education system in Israel, in the field of Arabic language studies for Jewish students. Using documents from several archives in Israel Mendel highlights how, for example, in 1956 the Prime Minister’s adviser on Arab affairs, Shmuel Divon, wrote to the Israeli Chief of Intelligence, Jehoshaphat Harkavi, a letter titled “Recruiting Graduates of the Oriental Class.” The letter states that “we need to ensure the development of cadres that will fulfill roles in Arab affairs… a task that requires adapting the education system to these new special needs.” Eight years later, a letter sent from Military Intelligence to the national committee of teachers of Arabic, noted that “in light of increased demands of IDF Chief of Intelligence a series of meetings were set between the Military Intelligence and the Ministry of Education to encourage the study of Arabic.” Another letter, from 1976, refers to a regular “coordination meeting” between the head of military intelligence, General Shlomo Gazit, and the Minister of Education, Aharon Yadlin. Among other findings, Mendel’s study found that the TELEM Unit was established after the Yom Kippur War, and was one decision among many, made by Military Intelligence regarding the study of Arabic in schools. It seems that not a whole lot has changed since then, even if in recent years the Military Intelligence’s involvement in Arabic studies has moved back behind the scenes. A veteran Arabic teacher who did not want to be mentioned by name, says that “The lessons of TELEM bring to the classroom cute and articulate soldiers, but they obviously have a completely military agenda… they come in uniform, and the kids are fascinated. Not only does the Ministry of Education not fight this, but it invites them into the classes. I know that some teachers think it is a natural connection, but some find this militarization to be disruptive, but they are very careful not to voice criticism. Perhaps the Ministry of Education is afraid that without the army no one would want to study Arabic.” Another person, who is very familiar with the teaching of Arabic in Jewish schools, says that “because of excessive patriotism, Iran, Iraq and ISIS all look the same in Israel. The Ministry of Education should balance this security-oriented outlook, but that rarely happens.” The TELEM Unit also operates the Gadna Middle East Youth Battalions — a semi-military activity in which students are sent for four days to Military Intelligence “to encourage them to broaden their Arabic studies.” This is mentioned in a brochure which was recently sent to all Arabic teachers. In the last school year, 3,388 students from 128 schools attended this program. The TELEM Unit also operates the seminar entitled “Intelligence on the Horizon” intended for 11th graders, special conferences for 12th graders, the “national Arabic quiz,” for high school students, and more. It seems that the Ministry of Education prefers to hide its close collaboration with the military. “The goal of teaching Arabic in Israel is to familiarize the students with the culture, language, heritage and history of the Arab people,” said Sigalit Shoshan, the current Supervisor of Arabic Language Studies in Jewish Schools. She said that last year at a meeting of the Knesset Education Committee. When the chairman of the committee, MK Amram Mitzna, said that he believes Arabic studies should not only be used as part of the “military preparation” framework, the head of the Ministry of Education’s Arabic subject committee, Prof. Eliezer Schlossberg from Bar–Ilan University corrected him, insisting that “the days in which the education system was used as a stage for preparation for the IDF has passed.” Interestingly, just a few months earlier, the same Prof. Schlossberg noted that if the Ministry of Education was to stop teaching Arabic in the 10th grade (a decision made by previous the minister of education, Shai Piron) this would mean first and foremost, “harm to Israeli national security.” Dr. Mendel’s research, completed for his doctorate at Cambridge University and soon to be released as a book (in Hebrew) called “The Creation of Israeli Arabic,” concludes that the teaching of Arabic in Israel does not connect the learners to the native speakers of the language, but just the opposite — it distances one from the other, in sharp contrast to most case studies of learning a second or third language. Mendel traces the roots of Arabic instruction in Israel to the 1950s when it was established as a joint initiative of the training division of the IDF Intelligence Corps and the Military Government, together with the Prime Minister Office, especially the Bureau of the Advisor on Arab Affairs, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Mendel, “strikingly, the Ministry of Education was the least important body in establishing the Oriental Classes, and was only CCed to messages sent by the Adviser on Arab Affairs.” Mendel highlights that this is how the field of Arabic studies was shaped in Israel, “as a field in which the Arab is a foreigner, and in which the Military Intelligence people are seen as natural partners.” No Arabs teaching Arabic This, he proposes, may explain the striking absence of Arab teachers in the field of Arabic studies in the Jewish school system, as well as the absence for decades of a single Arab member in the Arabic subject committee in the Ministry of Education. “At the end of the day, this field was shaped and operated as a closed system in which ex-intelligence soldiers taught the next generation of Israeli Military Intelligence,” says Mendel. Dr. Basilios Bawardi, who teaches at Bar–Ilan University and at Oranim College, is the only Arab member — out of 15 — in the Israeli subject committee of the Ministry of Education. “I am not a Zionist,” says Bawardi, “but I do not mind if students of Arabic go on to Military Intelligence, because ultimately this can serve other purposes.” The Ministry of Education employs 1,317 Arabic teachers, but only 167 (12%) of them Arabs. This rate does not include the teachers employed by “The Abraham Fund Initiatives,” which operates the program “Ya Salam” in nearly 190 elementary schools. “For decades the Education Ministry prefers that Jewish teachers teach Arabic,” says Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu, associate director of the organization, “and we are trying to offer a new outlook.” According to him, “It is difficult to explain why the minister of education would prefer to hire teachers who are not fluent in Arabic while there are so many Arabic teachers in Israel from the Arab community… and I guess the only explanation to this is the military motives and role in the teaching Arabic, which means that Arab teachers can not be part of the game.” Teachers who can’t speak the language According to a person who is very familiar with the subject, the ability to speak Arabic is almost never part of the Arabic studies curriculum. This should not be a surprise, because, strikingly, many of the teachers of Arabic do not know how to speak it, relate several sources. “I am not sure that even 10 percent of Arabic teachers in Israel are able to speak freely and lead a lesson in Arabic,” says one senior figure. Perhaps, not surprisingly, Arabic is one of the least popular subjects in Israeli high schools, with only a negligible minority of 3.% percent taking the matriculation exams. According to Mendel, “the main reason for the ongoing failure of Arabic studies is the way the security concept and involvement were cemented into the system, which has shaped the way the Arabic is taught in Israel and the way Arabic teaching personnel are trained.” He calls for a wideranging revolution in the teaching of Arabic in Jewish schools. “We will have to make Arabic a civil language, not a security-defense language…and free ourselves from the norms that has determined the direction of study up until now.” The Education Ministry said in response that the military is not involved in formulating the curriculum in Arabic. Yet according to various sources, even if Arabic committee members don’t meeting regularly with representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the damage has already been done as the method of teaching Arabic has become institutionalized, with a military focus. “I spent years in both systems of Arabic”, says Snir, dean of humanities at the University of Haifa, “in ‘know your enemy’ and in ‘know your neighbor’… and the difference between them is huge. The sums and seriousness invested in the first type of Arabic to ‘know your enemy’ are dramatically higher. In fact, the government had never had an interest in developing the second type of Arabic to get to ‘know your neighbor’. “There is a Gordian knot between Military Intelligence and the teaching of Arabic in Israel,” continues Snir, “and this knot has damaged the study of Arabic and its status. It is very difficult to see how we can change the direction of the ship.” ·
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Old Klezmer Tune: Bublitschki – Ziggy Elman’s Orch., 1938
Old Klezmer Tune – Bubliczki! · Video · YouTube
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Why We Should Fear University, Inc.
nytimes.com · Against the corporate taming of the American college. ·
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Каплиця пам’яті загиблих українців
pl-ua.info · Каплицю на місці спаленої греко-католицької церкви побудовано в Піскоровичах неподалік Лежайська. Це – пам’ять 160 загиблим українцяв в 1945 році від рук партизанки ·
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ОНФ подверг критике систему здравоохранения в России
РБК · Это стандартная ситуация с исполнением указов и распоряжений президента и распоряжений правительства. “Вертикаль” в действии. ·
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Kim Davis Supporters Rally In Front Of Detention Center
NPR.org · “Bible-believing Christians, we don’t check our conscience at the door when we leave home,” said one of the demonstrators, who drove over two hours to get to the protest. “If you’re a true believer in Jesus Christ, that belief system will carry through 24/7.” ·
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The New Yorker · We think sending more people to college will revitalize the economy. What if it just creates a lot of bookish baristas? ·
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jacobinmag.com · Against Charity Rather than creating an individualized “culture of giving,” we should be challenging capitalism’s institutionalized taking. by Mathew Snow Angelina Jolie visits refugees in 2012. UNHCR / Flickr The new issue of Jacobin, centering on development and the Global South, is out now. To ce… ·
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jacobinmag.com · A worthwhile article. ·
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The New Yorker · Между словесным харасментом в онлайн и паническими требованияями политичееской корректности уже непонятно кто кого цензурирует, и кто борется за свободу слова ·
Product/Service · The clever new way to transfer money between countries. From the people who built Skype & PayPal. Join the revolution at transferwise.com/f-b ·
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The Right Dose of Exercise for the Aging Brain
Well · A little exercise may improve our ability to think as we age, but more may not be better, a new study says. ·
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How libraries became the front line of America’s homelessness crisis
Washington Post · They are destinations “for people who have no place to go.” ·
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The Many Lives of François Mitterrand | Jacobin
jacobinmag.com · Jonah Birch’s terrific piece in Jacobin Magazine, (which just gets better and better): great on what to expect from Social Democrats in power with lots of lessons for today. But I have a problem with this statement Jonah: “While the Communists had traditionally represented the most militant wing of the French labor movement, in the aftermath of May 1968 that was no longer necessarily the case.” In the aftermath?? During May 1968 itself the CP did everything it could to defeat the allied student-worker movement. ·
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Family Leave: A Luxury for a Few American Women
Only 13 percent of U.S. workers have access to paid family leave through their employers. And nearly one in four American women take less than two weeks off work after giving birth. · Link
Russian Ark (Action, Russia, 2013) FULL MOVIE English subtitles
An amazing movie, over one and a half hours long, Amazingly, and notably, it is all one shot. The first time I saw it I was mesmerized. You may,too. Fortunately, English-language captions are on this link: · Video ·YouTube
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Vacation-Shaming: Why Americans Aren’t Taking Time Off
Вот государство для всех граждан, где политики идентификации вытеснили социальную справедливость. Здесь не только отмерло понятие общего выходного дня, но и отпуск брать как-то стыдно. ·Link
Amazon ‘regime’ making British staff physically and mentally ill, says union
the Guardian · Давайте криминализируем клиентов Амазона и других подобных корпораций. Кто-то рассуждает, что труд в секс индустрии сильно отличается от других видов труда при капиталистической эксплуатации, А по сути, то в Англии хотя бы есть профсоюзы, чтобы это сказать, а в Америке профсоюзов нету, а да и в Израиле все расовые, гендерные, и другие политики резко анти-профсоюзные, за отмену обязательных дней отдыха, и другие анти-социальные меры, Лишь бы потреблять. Бабло у них побеждает зло ·
Why Public Transportation Is So Limited in the United States
Truthout · Is the public transportation system in the US really as bad as everyone says? And if so, why? Daniel Faris takes a look at the state of public bus and railway systems in the United States. ·
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Donald Trump’s surprisingly savvy analysis of American politics
Washington Post · He’s largely right. ·
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Labor shortage? Have you tried paying more?
Mother Jones · A huge thanks to everyone who pitched in during our unorthodox December fundraiser—we surpassed our goal and are grateful for the MoJo community. ·
The crippling problem restaurant-goers haven’t noticed but chefs are freaking out about
Washington Post · Behind the swinging doors of restaurant kitchens across the country, something is happening that most people don’t know about but should. ·
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The slow death of purposeless walking – BBC News
BBC News · A number of recent books have lauded the connection between walking and thinking. But are people losing their love of the purposeless walk? ·
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The real reason American public transportation is such a disaster
Vox · Canada has twice as much transit as the US. Why? ·
Germany made €100bn profit on Greek crisis – study
rt.com · Greece’s biggest creditor Germany has made a huge profit on the country’s debt crisis over the last 5 years as it saved through lower interest payments on funds borrowed amid investor “flights to safety.” ·
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This RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA’s Benj… · Video · YouTube
Gilad Atzmon · The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Middle Of The Park ·
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adbusters.org · The capitalist algorithm is humming away at great speed. Mega-corporations are in control. https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/120/what-now.html ·
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The progressive ideas behind the lack of free speech on campus
Washington Post · Попытки никого и никогда не обидеть ведут к авторитаризму. #гармонисты thanks Arieh Lebowitz ·
The Problem With Netanyahu’s Response to Jewish Terror
The Forward · Another ball-buster of an article by the Forward’s J.J. Goldberg. ·
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Yiddish New York – Celebrating Yiddish Music, Language, and Culture on the Lower East Side!
yiddishnewyork.com · Celebrating Yiddish Music, Language, and Culture on the Lower East Side! ·
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Robert Reich · The real choice isn’t between capitalism or socialism or any other kind of “ism.” It’s between an economy that works for the many, or the few. Economies are based on rules. Those rules are created by legislators, judges, and administrators. The underlying question is whether those public officials are acting for the benefit of the broad public or for benefit of the moneyed interests. ·
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Banks Rejected Three Out of Four Requests for Loan Modifications Under Vaunted Obama Program
Truthdig · “Treasury’s loan modification program had problems. Among them were two design flaws: making the program voluntary for the banks and letting those banks that participated run the process on their own.” ·
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adbusters.org · From the left I hear nothing but fear and panic regarding the health and future of democracy in this country. We are losing the fight. Look at the success of the right wing. They have ruined education in this country to the point that well over half the population believes in angels and Satan, eagerly voting for whoever the TV tells them to… https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/120/losing-fight.html ·
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news.nana10.co.il · מריו סביו: מתנחלים חובשי טלית זורקים אבנים על אזרחים, ומשום מה מתנחלים חובשי טלית זורקים אבנים על אזרחים, ומשום מה הצבא לא יורה בהם אלא דווקא מגן עליהם. מדינה שמגינה על טרוריסטים היא מדינת טרור בעצמה, וכך יש להתייחס אליה.הצבא לא יורה בהם אלא דווקא מגן עליהם. מדינה שמגינה על טרוריסטים היא מדינת טרור בעצמה, וכך יש להתייחס אליה. ·
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Perry Anderson: Incommensurate Russia. New Left Review 94, July-August 2015.
newleftreview.org · Looking forward to reading this: Perry Anderson on Russia. His insights on Italy were always superb and surely this essay too will be an essential read. ·
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The Trouble with “White People” – The New Yorker
The New Yorker · MTV’s new short documentary is filled with so-called teachable moments, but can it come to a solution? ·
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Revised AP history standards will push ‘American exceptionalism’
the Guardian · Conservatives in America were furious that the advanced placement US history exam wasn’t patriotic enough. ·
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Malaysia Needed a Clean Human Rights Record—So the State Department Just Gave It to Them
The Nation · This is appalling. ·
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Wealth doesn’t trickle down – it just floods offshore, research reveals
the Guardian · Hoarders doing harm ·
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The Islamic State through the looking-glass
The Arabist · I meant to post this ages ago, but somehow forgot. Definitive piece that explains the political circumstances that led to the genesis and appeal of ISIS. If you read it, you will be smarter. ·
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Happy Birthday, Aldous Huxley: A Rare, Prophetic 1958 Interview
The Atlantic · The eerie foreshadowing to some of the author’s musings from 54 years ago. ·
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A bad deal? Diplomacy saves Israel from taking military action against Iran | +972 Magazine
972mag.com · Ran Greenstein: Shmuel Meir has been the best Israeli analyst of the Iran nuclear issue and his article makes for essential reading. But, this will not affect Netanyahu’s course of collision with the administration. He is not motivated by fears of Iranian nuclear weapons but by fear of Iran’s emergence as a prime regional partner for the US, displacing the Israel/Sunni moderate axis. Additionally, the fight in Congress will serve to cement the Likud/Republican alliance, portray Democrats as unreliable allies and therefore not worthy of Jewish votes (and money), and entrench Netanyahu’s position internally as the ultimate protector of Israelis from a threatening nuclear Iran. If the US and Israel become isolated from the rest of the world, and the EU, Russia and China go ahead with the removal of sanctions, it will consolidate the pariah-state status of both countries: Obama will be the greatest loser and Republicans will retain the dream of American exceptionalism. It might also make Clinton more cautious in following Obama’s agenda of normalization of US foreign policy. If Obama wins, Israel will claim a huge package in compensation and bide its time until the next elections, with the hope for a Republican comeback. ·
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12 reasons to worry about our criminal justice system, from a prominent conservative federal judge
Washington Post · Straight talk about the weaknesses in our criminal justice system (this is a system?) from a fairly conservative, appellate judge. Via Innocence Project and Eugene Volokh. ·
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OPINION: The US military’s trillion-dollar boondoggle
america.aljazeera.com · Opinion: “If the Pentagon were held to the same standards as the Post Office, the chorus of disgruntled conservatives would have long ago hit a crescendo.” http://alj.am/h48m ·
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There have been 204 mass shootings — and 204 days — in 2015 so far
Washington Post · The headlines all start to sound the same. ·
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Немецкий маковый творожник, который завоевал миллионы поклонников благодаря легкости…
uarp.org · Немецкий маковый творожник — это невероятно вкусный десерт, который стоит попробовать хотя бы раз в жизни. Во-первых, такие ингредиенты, как творог и мак, очень полезны для организма. Во-вторых, творожник готовится настолько просто, что даже начинающая хозяйка может удивить им своего любимого челове… ·
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The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism
academia.edu · In this paper, I argue that we are currently witnessing the emergence of neoliberal feminism in the USA, which is most clearly articulated in two highly publicized and widely read feminist manifestos’: Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In (a New York ·
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Robert Reich · If you want the real story about why wages aren’t rising, read below. ·
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Chris Hedges on Bernie Sanders and the Corporate Democrats
http://www.counterpunch.org · Hedges nails the Sanders agenda! Take note, you Berniephiles who think he’s the alternative to the same old… ·
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No, billionaires don’t drive economic growth – and crony billionaires strangle it | Jan Svejnar
the Guardian · “Americans, in particular, have been taught to think that billionaires have a positive effect on the economy. Why? Because they are “exceptional” people who have proved that they can accomplish great things. The key finding that, on average, they have an insignificant effect on growth prospects, even in the case of the politically unconnected, represents a huge negative surprise for supporters of the billionaire class.” ·
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Op-Ed: Where Have All the Butches Gone?
SheWired · “Maybe that’s why lesbians feel we’ve lost them: because we believed they were ours.” – on lesbians, trans-men, feeling of betrayal and where have all the butches gone. Lovely piece and one of the best I read on this topic, although I am not entirely satisfied. ·
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Did Wall Street enable the Greek debt crisis? | Al Jazeera America
america.aljazeera.com · тут говорили про роль Голдман Сакс в греческом кризисе. вот материал ·
The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel
thenation.com · Judt called for a just resolution to the conflict, not the preservation of a “Jewish State.” ·
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Eric Holder, Wall Street Double Agent, Comes in From the Cold
Rolling Stone · Eric Holder denied there was anything weird about returning to one of Wall Street’s favorite defense firms after six years of letting one banker after another skate on monstrous cases of fraud, tax evasion, market manipulation, money laundering, bribery and other offenses. – Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone #JailTheBankers “Champion of civil rights” ah?! ·
Growing Your Food In Pots: 66 Plants That Grow In Containers | Homestead & Survival
Homestead & Survival · Growing Your Food In Pots: 66 Plants That Grow In Containers http://homestead-and-survival.com/growing-your-food-in-pots-66-plants-that-grow-in-containers/ ·
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Live The Life You Deserve and Just Start Shoplifting
Reductress · Have you spent your whole life living within your means and dutifully obeying laws? Are you irritated by waiting in line? Do you sometimes wish you had more stuff? These aren’t just little annoyances to be brushed aside—they’re trapped voices inside you that need to be set free. It’s time to start saying NO to saving and working and YES to living the life you deserve. It’s time to start shoplifting. Americans everywhere are discovering the emotional, physical and spiritual benefits of getting everything they need for free. It’s not just about saving money; it’s about saving you. The psychological health benefits of leaving a Walmart with free Snickers AND luxurious scented oils will leave your dopamine levels soaring and your sense of self-worth skyrocketing. Hey, who’s that girl bouncing around like she’s got everything? Why, it’s the girl who does have everything—because she steals it! And you should, too. Your soul demands free paper towels for a more meaningful life. If you think that focusing on yourself is selfish, bear in mind that a happier you makes a happier world, if not a happier economy. As Marianne Williamson said while shoplifting birthday cards from Rite Aid, “Your playing small does not serve the world.” Get out there and play big! Your joy matters! Shoplifting is a natural antidepressant. “Before I started stealing snow globes from the Hallmark store, I was a mess,” says schoolteacher Joy Bunson. “The Prozac I was on made me overweight, cranky, and tired all the time. Now that I have a small hoard of snow globes, I feel balanced. Plus, all that running from mall security keeps me in great shape!” If paying too much for stuff makes you depressed, the most natural, effective, and soulful medicine is an entire Burt’s Bees display in your bedroom. You’re never too old or too established to start over as a shoplifter. You may think you can’t engage in petty theft because of your age or social position. Maybe you’ve even said to yourself, I could never shoplift. That’s for young people. Well, think again. Abigail Smith, a retired investment banker, tells us all about her powerful transition from high-ranking workaholic to carefree, life-loving nomad. She has shoplifted from every major retailer this side of the equator, so you know she’s an expert! Here’s what she has to say for women who are hesitant about making the leap to a life of petty theft: I used to think that I wasn’t getting anything I wanted in my life because I didn’t deserve it. I would pass by high-end towels at Target without even thinking about stealing them. Then one day when I was buying 5-for-$25 panties in Victoria’s Secret, I saw a 17-year-old girl steal eyeliner from the makeup bar. That was my “a-ha!” moment. Before I knew it, I had marched back to Target. I stole four towels that day and have never looked back. I’ve been a proud shoplifter for ten years and I’ve never felt more calm, loving, and spiritual. By allowing myself to receive what I need, I fill my soul location with all the luxury linens it takes to feel empowered. If Abigail can do it, so can you. Have courage! Trust that the universe has a plan for you—a plan that involves big coats! You can cross over into a new spirit realm and receive the benefits of a carefree, cash-free lifestyle. It’s important to honor this great and costly earth with your joy, so go ahead, take that lip liner, horse lamp, or ceramic hair straightener. Paying for shit is for people who don’t honor their creation. Now is your time! Ignite your soul with the blaze of a thousand space heaters! ·
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nytimes.com · “Throughout the months, and then years, that Sky spent in Iraq, she was amazed at the naïveté she encountered among the Americans. “When I arrived, one of the questions put to me was ‘What do we need to do to be loved?’ ” Sky writes. “I told them that people who invaded other people’s countries, and killed people who were no threat to them, would never be loved.”” ·
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Русские князья и языческие восстания
Российская газета · Гипотеза о быстрой и безболезненной христианизации Руси сейчас уже отвергнута большинством отечественных ученых. По их мнению, смена господствующей религии в восточнославянских землях представляла собой сложный процесс, растянувшийся на столетия. Тем не менее и в наше время некоторые исследователи п… ·
Jimmy Carter, His Legacy and a Rabbit
nytimes.com · At a time when “principled politicians” sometimes seem a null set, it’s remarkable how often Jimmy Carter showed spine, Nicholas Kristof writes in The New York Times Opinion. ·
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Open Letter to anti-Greek Eastern European bloc | News
sigmalive.com · Sigmalive expert Dr.Zoltan Pogatsa believes that the Eurozone states of the former Eastern bloc have been duped by the major powers into firmly opposing… ·
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4 Reasons Why Sheldon Adelson Anti-BDS Campaign Will Backfire – National
The Forward · A new effort to counter BDS on campus will only reinforce a narrative of With Us or Against Us, driving away students who love Israel but have legitimate criticism, writes Jay Michaelson. ·
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You Say Wonton. I Say Kreplach. – Food
The Forward · There’s a term called A Culinary Jew, to which I own up. But what do you call A Culinary Jew with a love for words?Calling the Lisa Goldmans and John Passants of this world for help. ·
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Hamas, Under Fire from ISIS, Fractures Into Many Dangerous Pieces
The Forward · As ISIS declares war on Hamas, J.J. Goldberg looks at the way the group in Gaza has fractured, with extremist elements proving more and more dangerous. ·
Obama’s reply to a trans woman proves LGBT advocacy stops at gay marriage | Meredith Talusan
the Guardian · Homonormativity and mainstream LGBT politics of respectability are from hell, really. What a curse. ·
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שגרירות ארה”ב לח”כים מהרשימה המשותפת: הצביעו בעד מתווה הגז של נתניהו
הארץ · שיואו. הקטע הוא שזה רק קצה הקרחון. אין לנו מושג מהיקף האינטרסים שמניעים את כל התהליכים האלה. ג’ון קרי מחזיק מניות בחברת הקידוחים נובל אנרג’י.·
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М. Гессен: «Институт семьи должен перестать существовать»
Николай Стариков · Николай Стариков – Официальный сайт писателя ·
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foreignaffairs.com · In the July/Aug issue, an argument for a U.S.-backed Islamic reformation. ·
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Рождение, любовь и смерть русских князей
Arzamas · и немедленно показать Гоге ·
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Robert Scheer: On Civil Liberties, Obama’s ‘Probably the Worst President We’ve Had’
Truthdig · So Obama was an opponent of gay marriages, and now he try to take credit 🙂 ·
US Senate passes bill banning Israel boycott
English pravda.ru · The US Senate has passed legislation banning boycott against Israel. Given rising international boycott against Israel, the powerful pro-Israel lobby in the US had to act immediately. The bill is reported to be passed under immense pressure. Still, it has to be signed by President Obama. \ ·
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Disclose.tv – Daily Weird News and Odd Videos
disclose.tv · Media deregulation brought to you by Reagan and Clinton. ·
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RickWells.US · HERE you mainline Republican statist morons…… Don’t YOU get it finally……they establishment GOP is paid of trash just as the Dems ·
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Israel and Turkey are inching closer to rapprochement
Mideast Insider · Gabriel Mitchell of Mitvim writes in Mideast Insider that Israel and Turkey are inching closer to rapprochement ·
Boris Dorfman – A mentsh – Tango “Shik mir a shtral”
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Israel asking US for 50% increase in next defense package
The Times of Israel · Raise would bring annual military funding to $4.5 billion; US, Israeli officials in talks for 10-year deal ·
הרשות הלאומית לתרבות היידיש – אוצר מילים, מילונים
yiddish-rashutleumit.co.il · מילוני יידיש ·
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The Myth of Muslim Post-Soviet Radicalization in the Central Asian Republics
academia.edu · Central Asia is generally considered to have a widespread and increasing problem with ‘Muslim radicalization’ and yet there is little or no evidence of significant levels of Islamic extremism and political violence in the region. This erroneous ·
semas.livejournal.com · Интересная художница – любитель “советских” сюжетов периода застоя ·
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Misquoting Golda Meir: What she might not have said – Features
Haaretz.com · Two of her most famous quotes remain sourceless and bereft, despite the best efforts of The Jewish Press writer Harvey Rachlin.·
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Spokane NAACP President’s Mom Says Daughter Pretending to Be Black
Gawker · It’s like we thought we knew the parameters, peaks and conceits of cultural appropriation. And then #RachelDolezal comes along. (“We’re all from the African continent,” she says) ·
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In Downsizing Economy, Is There a Jewish Way To Lay Off? – News
The Forward · For those who work in the organized Jewish community – and those who know others who do – consider sharing this on your own FB page! ·
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Political Organization · How is this fair? “The Justice Department is preparing to announce that Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and the Royal Bank of Scotland will collectively pay several billion dollars and plead guilty to criminal antitrust violations for rigging the price of foreign currencies.” Read more here: http://nyti.ms/1cAmiCU and here: http://bit.ly/1SiFxBE Image by Occupy Democrats ·
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The Ruins of Capitalism | Jacobin
jacobinmag.com · The Ruins of Capitalism By depicting urban decay and ecological crisis, ruin imagery shows the people and places that capitalism left behind. by Dora Apel Birches Growing In Decayed Books, from Detroit Disassembled (2010). Andrew Moore Images of urban abandonment and decay produced by deindustrializ… ·
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Mad Max, Feminism, and the Sublime Car Chase
Red Wedge · There are few films that achieve critical and commercial success while asserting ostensibly left wing political content within the rubric of Hollywood blockbuster films. In general, these films are structured to avoid politics altogether while, at best, pushing the boundaries of an established genre’s limits for the sake of appealing to a wider audience. Within these constraints, the achievements of Mad Max: Fury Road are astounding, even if they do fall short of establishing a quintessentially “feminist movie,” as many of the film’s acolytes claim. ·
I’m a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me
Vox · How a simplistic, unworkable, and ultimately stifling conception of social justice took over the American college campus. ·
You’ve Been Scammed!: Going for Broke in Ponzi Scheme America
Truthdig · “A society that programmatically trains its young into debt and calls that ‘higher education’ is as corrupt as a wealthy country that won’t rebuild its own infrastructure. Talk about the hollowing out of America: you are it. No matter how substantial you may be in private, you are being impersonally emptied in what passes for the real world.” ·
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Clash Daily · I guess now we’re cool with beheading folks??? ·
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Paolo Conte – Via Con Me (Lyrics)
🙂 спасибо · Video · YouTube
Judge disqualifies all 250 prosecutors in Orange County, CA because of widespread corruption
dailykos.com · No law. Only enforcement. My older son told me about this story which is amazing in precisely one way: that it has come to light at all. Prosecutors and police conspired in many ways to illegally suppress evidence favorable to defendants (and kept detailed records of their criminal wrongdoing) and elicited illegal and, in my opinion, totally false confessions. The violations of law are egregious and widespread throughout Orange County. What’s the likelihood that the totally faux actors playing police and prosecutors work only there? This Daily Kos post has links to much of the reporting. Try them all, especially Dahlia Lithwick’s Slate Post. ·
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Smoking Gun: 1960s-Era Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Says Politics ‘Is All Fraudulent’
Truthdig · What then are we who want to learn the truth to do? ·
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The untold story of Israeli military exports to South Sudan | +972 Magazine
972mag.com · Since South Sudan’s independence, Israel has continuously sold it weapons, military training, homeland security and surveillance technology. The only problem? They are being used to commit war crimes and potential crimes against humanity By: Adv. Itai Mack and… ·
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Make No Mistake, Wall Street Loves Hillary
Truthdig · “Perhaps her most telling corporate relationship is with the union-busting retail giant Walmart. Clinton served on the company’s board of directors from 1986 to 1992… During those years, Clinton sat quietly as Walmart waged a war on workers trying to unionize and fight for basic rights on the job.” ·
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Our Mania for Hope Is a Curse: Chris Hedges
Truthdig · “I see nothing to prevent the rise of a new Dark Age if we do not abolish the corporate state. Indeed, the longer the corporate state holds power the more likely a new Dark Age becomes.” ·
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Iraq: The War Card | BillMoyers.com
BillMoyers.com · This interactive database lists the 935 false statements made by top Bush administration officials in the run up to the Iraqi war. Who leads the pack? ·
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A Plea for Culinary Modernism | Jacobin
jacobinmag.com · Rachel Laudan does NOT write that there are no problems with capitalist food production. On the contrary. But her focus is on the way in which the ideology of “slow food”, localism etc is literally reactionary. The end of the industrial production of food (ie using extensive and sophisticated instruments of production) would condemn most of the world’s population to death. Socialism cannot be a reversion to a fictional precapitalist fairy land. It will build on the achievements of capitalism, including global food distribution, advances in nutritional and environmental science and the industrial production of food, in order to sustain people in health and pleasure. from Rick Kuhn ·
Buying the War: How Big Media Failed Us – BillMoyers.com
BillMoyers.com · As the media pillories Jeb Bush over his Iraq War comments, let’s not forget what the media did back when this debate mattered a whole lot more. ·
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Periphery: Israel’s search for allies in the Middle East by Yossi Alpher
the Guardian · For those weary of the rhetoric of politicians or the propagandizing of think tanks, former Mossad agent’s new book is like a ‘torrent of fresh air’ based on over three decades of information and experience ·
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A Liberator’s Letters from Dachau
The New Republic · Well, as Jean McMillan used to say (and perhaps still does), the truth will make you sick. A very important report by Steve Friess about the letters home of a US army doctor should not be missed by anyone. Trust me. Do not omit reading this. It’s not fun but it has the utterly ominous ring of truth to it. ·
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Historian Says Don’t ‘Sanitize’ How Our Government Created Ghettos
NPR.org · Richard Rothstein, who studies residential segregation in America, concludes: “Federal, state and local governments purposely created racial boundaries in these cities.” ·
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29 Things You Will Only Understand If You Studied Russian
BuzzFeed · This is hilarious. ·
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Interview: Robert Scheer and Chris Hedges on the Military-Industrial-Intelligence Complex (Part 1)
Truthdig · In the first part of a wide-ranging, seven-part discussion about Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new book, “They Know Everything About You,” Scheer says the U.S. government and private industry have merged to turn the Internet into a massive machine for simultaneously selling to and spying on Americans. – 2015/05/13 ·
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Amazon.com · Warren Farrell’s “The Myth of Male Power” helps women see past men’s “power” and see their hearts in a way they have never seen before. And men who read it feel “seen.” Until May 15, the 2014 eBook version of The Myth of Male Power is only $3.99. http://www.amazon.com/Myth-Male-Power-Warren-Farrell-ebook/dp/B00IDHV5EM/n ·
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The De-Jewification of ‘Dr. Zhivago’
The Forward · My review of dr. Zhivago the musical, so damning they had to close. ·
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Преподаватели и студенты в русских анекдотах
Троицкий вариант – Наука · Сантехник чинит унитаз у профессора. Поработал десять минут, наладил всё и говорит: «С вас сто долларов». Профессор начинает возмущаться: «Я профессор, написал десятки книг, и я не получаю сто долларов за десять минут!» Сантехник отвечает: «Это нормально. Когда я был профессором, я тоже столько не получал». Профессор во время лекции: «Студенты на задних рядах! Прекратите передавать записки!» — «Это не записки, мы в преферанс играем!» Профессор: «Тогда прошу прощения». ·
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Robert Reich: The Trans Pacific Partnership is a corporate hijacking
Salon · “Have we learned nothing from thirty years of failed trickle-down economics?” ·
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David Simon on Baltimore’s Anguish
The Marshall Project · Freddie Gray, the drug war, and the decline of “real policing.” ·
David Simon: ‘There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show’
the Guardian · David Simon: Capitalism in America has lost sight of its social compact ·
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watch emma goldman an exceedingly dangerous woman
YouTube is the gift that keeps on giving. Here’s a 90-minute PBS documentary about Emma Goldman. I love that she ran away from St. Petersburg at age 16 to escape an arranged marriage and traveled alone to the United States. In 1881! (Although my own great grandmother was only 17 when she emigrated alone from Galicia in 1904.) · Video ·YouTube
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16 Images Perfectly Capturing How Completely Crazy Modern Life Has Become
GOOD Magazine · John Holcroft’s fascinating take on the media, obesity, and Facebook. ·
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Track 8 from the album, “Blue” (1971). Full “Blue” album playlist – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWnVxuqvY7JgyYmz0XuiTTwas-PmXclNJ · Video · YouTube
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House Passes Bill that Prohibits Expert Scientific Advice to the EPA
inhabitat.com · The GOP-dominated House passed a bill Tuesday that effectively prevents scientists who are peer-reviewed experts in their field from advising the EPA. ·
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The Real Reason So Many Americans Feel So Powerless: Robert Reich
Truthdig · I hear it over and over: They don’t care; our voices don’t count.·
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Veteran Canadian reporter: I’m white and ‘America’s police now frighten me’
Raw Story · CBC Senior Washington Correspondent Neil Macdonald, who has 27 year with the network and 12 years in newspapers, reacted to the violence in Baltimore this week by revealing that “American’s police now frighten me.” In a column for CBC on Thursday, Macdonald argued that police killings were “America’s real state of emergency.” “I don’t mind saying it: America’s police now frighten me,” Macdonald wrote, reflecting on the death of Freddie Gray and the recent riots … ·
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“We have a distorted economy”: Joseph Stiglitz sounds off on inequality, the TPP and 2016
Salon · “We have a distorted economy, and that’s a result of the choices that we’ve made…” ·
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State Capitalism & Political Duopoly: Faux Democracy’s Inferno of Partisan Vanities
OldPiano.Org · Under oligarchy, voting is allowed—as long as the act in no way effects the power and privilege of said oligarchs. It is astounding how effective the U.S. State Department/CIA propaganda machine becomes in promulgating the official lies attendant to U.S. imperialist militarism when a Democrat resides in the White House. Examples of this include lies,… ·
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The Political Roots of Widening Inequality
The American Prospect · Here’s a piece I did for the 25th anniversary issue of “The American Prospect” — which Bob Kuttner, Paul Starr, and I founded in 1990. The entire issue, including Bob’s and Paul’s pieces, can be linked to through this page as well. ·
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Newly released documents show a darker side of Ben-Gurion – Features
Haaretz.com · Israel’s first prime minister wanted to raise a new generation of Middle Eastern Jews – for all the wrong reasons. ·
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A road trip straight through Israel. Had no idea what the complexities and diversity of the cultures were, but I got deeper and deeper, seeing all walks of life… · Video · Vimeo
זכרון יחיד: כדי שליום השואה תהיה משמעות צריך כלים
מעריב אונליין Maariv Online · מה שכתבתי במעריב ·
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Allies ‘raped 1m Germans after WWII’ claims book
Mail Online · Каравашкин Андрей, ужос, ужос, ужос! Не только русские звери зверствовали. Наши доблестные союзники тоже … приложили: Until now it was widely thought that only the Red Army, which advanced on Germany with rape as a weapon sanctioned by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, committed the mass rapes upon tens of thousands of women, many of whom committed suicide. ‘Soldiers of the western Allies were also guilty,’ said Mrs. Gebhardt, a renowned historian in Germany who tracked down some victims to interview them about their ordeal at the hands of Briish and American soldiers. ·
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20 стен нашей культурной столицы
AdMe — Творчество. Свобода. Жизнь. · Это Питер, детка! ·
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Deborah Friedell: How to get into Harvard
LRB blog · I’m just surprised at the outrage. Was the author under the impression that the industrialized democracies are pure meritocracies? ·
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kommersant.ru · Мне неважно, как и чего вам хочется. Есть исторические факты, есть документы, которые их подтверждают. А всем остальным пусть занимаются психологи. как это верно, даже не передать. отличное интервью ·
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Huxley’s Letter to Orwell Regarding “1984” – disinformation
disinformation · I find this so interesting. — B ·
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Why Liberal Arts is Super Dumb
The Mugdown · Their is some extremely unique writings on the internets this days! ·
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הארץ · כשמהללים, אצלנו ובכלל, את הנאורות מעל לכל של "התרבות המערבית", שא… ·
Jeffrey Sachs — Conversations with Tyler
Medium · Jeffrey Sachs, a long standing “enfant terrible” of Western politics. ·
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The War of Northern Aggression | Jacobin
jacobinmag.com · The War of Northern Aggression A leading Civil War historian challenges the new orthodoxy about how slavery ended in America. by James Oakes On November 6, 1860, the six-year-old Republican Party elected its first president. During the tense crisis months that followed — the “secession winter” of 18… ·
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Are Today’s Legal Definitions of Rape Helping or Hurting Women?
ELLE · Must read article, well done, common sense… excellent. ·
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What is it like to be poor at an Ivy League school? – The Boston Globe
BostonGlobe.com · High-achieving, low-income students, often the first in their families to attend college, struggle to feel they belong on elite campuses. ·
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Etta James – I’ve Been Lovin’ You Too Long
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This Judge Sold Children To Private Prisons For Cash, He’s Going Down For 28 Years
addictinginfo.org · Mericle was handed a one year prison sentence and fines of $2m for his part in the scheme. ·
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Creep – Vintage Postmodern Jukebox Radiohead Cover ft. Haley Reinhart
они это сделали!! · Video · YouTube
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Warfare Meets Profit at the Special Operations Summit and Warfighter Expo
Buzzflash · Cui bono? ·
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The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much
nytimes.com · The claim that tuition has risen because public funding for higher education has been cut “flies directly in the face of the facts.” Read on in Opinion. ·
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Jewish Worship, Pagan Symbols – Biblical Archaeology Society
Biblical Archaeology Society · Ein Harod is a spring that rises in the valley of Jezreel at the foot of Mt. Gilboa. Gideon gathered his men there to sort out the good soldiers from the bad ones (Judges 7). From the pool, the spring makes its weary and meandering way east down the valley for some 18 km, passing through Beth-Shean to empty into the Jordan River. ·
Israel: The Stark Truth by David Shulman
nybooks.com · David Shulman, Professor of Humanistic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: > ·
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Шариат против коалиционного клинча | Colta.ru
colta.ru · Дагестан — это для меня модель общества, которую в силу ее относительно небольшой величины я могу наблюдать в деталях. Регулярные приезды в Махачкалу и в прочий Дагестан позволяют мне понять, как функционирует общество в целом, смоделировать его. И после этого ты осознаешь, что те социальные процессы, что ты наблюдаешь во всей прочей России, ты уже где-то видел. ·
What’s Hiding Behind Our Identity (Politics)?
The American Conservative · We are quick to name identities and positions, but are incurious about what the labels name. ·
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Старинные русские обзывательства! Вполне приличные и без мата 🙂
liwli.ru · Пожалуй, мы еще никогда не ругались так весело и изощренно! Век живи, век учись! 🙂 ·
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Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality – The Open University
FutureLearn · I’ve discovered that there are free online courses run by FutureLearn, part of the Open University. Here’s details of one course on Inequalities that started this week. ·
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Культуролог Лидия Стародубцева – о харьковском страхе
Радио Свобода · Очень интересная статья: многогранная, многопластовая. Для лингвистической и для психологической ее граней наиболее показательна следующая фраза автора «Естественно, для меня неприродно воевать с Россией, но, не имея никакой этнической идентичности, я имею сейчас политическую идентичность». Прежде всего возникает филологический вопрос: естественно ли для “великого и могучего” употреблять слово “неприродно” или все-таки это все таки украинизм? Что же касается психологической грани, то, вопрос здесь связан с самой возможностью иметь две равноценные и равнодостаточные идентичности – российскую и украинскую, и здесь, не обойтись без еще одной грани – социально-политической, к сожалению… ·
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academia.edu · “The Three Colors of Novorossiya, or the Russian Nationalist Mythmaking of the Ukrainian Crisis,” Post-Soviet Affairs, March 2015. ·
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Survey: Americans Have Record Low Confidence In Their Government
mintpressnews.com · Americans’ confidence in all three branches of government is at or near record lows, according to a major survey that has measured attitudes on the subject for 40 years. ·
Common Cause · Let’s shut the revolving door — overturn Citizens United today! ACT NOW: https://secure2.convio.net/comcau/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=149&s_subsrc=fb&s_src=149 ·
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What Kind of Zionist Was Gershom Scholem?
Tablet Magazine · “It is certainly true that throughout my life I believed in the re-birth of the Jewish people through the Zionist movement, but… I belonged much more to the group of those who posed questions rather than to those who knew how to give answers.” — Gershom Scholem ·
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I Acknowledge Class Warfare Exists
Political Organization · Pretty clear, eh? From I Acknowledge Class Warfare Exists. ·
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Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe
The Chronicle of Higher Education · АКАДЕМИЧЕСКИЙ МИР И СЕКСУАЛЬНАЯ ПАРАНОЙЯ (ВСПОМНИЛ, ХОТЯ И НЕ СОВСЕМ К МЕСТУ, ВЕСЬМА ИЛЛЮСТРАТИВНЫЙ ФИЛЬМ “ОЛЕАННА” ПО ДЭВИДУ МАМЕТУ). ·
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Netanyahu speech will be tested by its effect on Iran deal
ynet · Nahum Barnea, among the most renown journalist in Israel, and not a fun of the Prime Minister, have a thing or two to say about the spectacle in DC. ·
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Edward Snowden live at the 2014 World Technology Summit | The World Technology Network
wtn.net · Watch this Nov/2014 interview with Edward Snowden via interactive webcast and John Perry Barlow at the World Technology Summit [54:58] \o/ And the Oscar goes to… ·
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Mordechai the villain: The untold story of drinking on Purim – The Jewish Thinker
Haaretz.com · The biblical character of Mordechai pimped out his cousin and feigned piety to gain power. So why do we see him as a hero? ·
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What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?
thenation.com · Do you ever feel like finding out yourself? ·
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War Porn: Hollywood and War, From World War II to ”American Sniper”
Truthout · Like propaganda films and sexual pornography, Hollywood movies about America at war have changed remarkably little over the years. ·
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The Bengal Famine: How the British engineered the worst genocide in human history for profit
World Observer Online · I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.” … ·
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Куриное филе с хурмой и яблоками
edimdoma.ru · ОТ КАМИЛЫ ГОЛДСМАН ИДЕАЛЬНОЕ БЛЮДО ДЛЯ РОШ АШАНА! 🙂 РЕПЕТИРУЕМ, ПОКА НЕ СОШЛА ХУРМА!) ·
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How one million Russian immigrants changed the face of Israel
haaretz.com · А что Вы думаете? ·
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Page not found – Adbusters | Journal of the mental environment
adbusters.org · “The role for brands in this new world of mythos is no longer to simply infuse desire into goods but rather to construct the narratives, stories, mythologies and lifestyles that people seek in order to control and create meaning in their lives.” https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/114/your-brand-neurosis.html ·
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Where the jobs are and aren’t under Obama
CNNMoney · Something is better than nothing. Obama jobs: More caregivers, servers and temps ·
Pope Francis Declares Oscar Romero a Martyr for the Faith—but Whose Faith?
thenation.com · By pushing for the beatification of Romero, Francis is sending his own powerful signal—not about the past but the present. ·
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beseder.ru · Трудно быть еврейскими Богами, пишет с утра пораньше Шендерович в Бесэдере http://www.beseder.ru/news/entryid/169 ·
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How To Talk About Privilege To Someone Who Doesn’t Know What That Is
Everyday Feminism · not that you’ll read any of this tl; dr you’re ignorant http://occupywallstreet.net/story/explaining-white-privilege-broke-white-person ·
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Excelente y variada recopilación de múscia persa y armenía. Entre los temas de esta selección encontraréis algunas interesantes piezas de relajación. · Video · YouTube
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One Million Americans Are About to Lose Their Food Stamp Benefits
Alternet · Unemployed adults without children will lose food assistance. ·
9 Photos That Reveal America’s Obscene Division of Wealth
Alternet · The amount of wealth that’s concentrated at the top now is beyond most Americans’ ability to comprehend. ·
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Why Have a Record Number of Westerners Joined the Islamic State? | BillMoyers.com
BillMoyers.com · A noted expert on terrorism explains what’s attracting thousands of foreign fighters from the US, Europe and Australia. ·
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Itzhak Perlman Throws a Party for Chanukah
Itzhak Perlman is having a 1950s nostalgic Hanukkah/Chanukah on public radio. The man who was born to Polish immigrant parents in Tel Aviv during the British Mandate in Palestine now lives in New York and waxes nostalgic over the “old country” — which, in his case, is Israel during its early state years. For my grandparents, “the old country” was Franz Josef and Tsar Nicholas’s empires. Who remembers Mrs. Ben Ron teaching us those old songs way back when? Adam Brosgall! · Link
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Michael Dorfman's Essentials 
