E

The challenge facing the current American administration is not the pace of change, but its utter lack of a coherent vision for what should replace existing structures. This is not the “traditional conservatism” so often touted during GOP campaigns, where reform is pursued with caution and respect for institutional continuity. Instead, it is a rec…[Read more]

Assessments of educational quality are not so positive in the United States, unfortunately. To be sure, there are committed teachers and administrators doing good work in many elementary and secondary schools. But overall, the picture is not bright, and this seems especially true in the case of science education.

Joe Rogan is the key science and…[Read more]

Thanks Reg 🙂

Have a great week everyone!

IDF soldiers are reporting they are ordered to shoot Palestinians lining up for food. I call this terrorism.

And docs are so overworked i think that it is understandable that they can’t always give good care.

One of my professional roles is to improve the IT systems of small medical practices. Most are owned by one MD with maybe a 2 or 3 other medical staff. They close every Wednesday afternoon. I once asked what she did for those afternoons. “About 5 o…[Read more]

I would characterize Israel to be way more “left/liberal” than right/conservative Iran.  Jews have comprised much of the leading liberal Intelligentsia in many Western countries for decades. Historically, Israel was dominated by left-leaning parties but has become more conservative and defensive over the decades. Easy to see why.

Unseen wrote:
@popebeanie So, if it takes slaying every last Palestinian man, woman, and child to make Israelis feel safe, that’s a valid justification? File that along with “We had to destroy the village in order to save it” under the topic “The dystopian ‘logic’ of war.”

The need a change in ideology. The brainwashed goals they strive for ar…[Read more]

@PopeBeanie

So, if it takes slaying every last Palestinian man, woman, and child to make Israelis feel safe, that’s a valid justification?

File that along with “We had to destroy the village in order to save it” under the topic “The dystopian ‘logic’ of war.”

It’s obvious that centuries of persecution by both Christians and Muslims are responsible for the current situation of a militant Israel. Guilt-ridden, post WW2 Europeans and Americans were happy to export Jews to Palestine, land of zero Mideast oil and lowly Arabs. And you better believe Arabs were in-turn forced to evacuate by gunpoint. Places…[Read more]

If Netanyahu isn’t a war criminal, how high has the bar been set?

jakelafort wrote:
I am not going to waste my time debunking all of the BS that Unseen continues to forward

Followed by 3100 words attempting to debunk the facts.

Several organizations and bodies have issued statements or reports characterizing Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza as a genocide or a war crime. It is important to note the specific legal terms they use, as there are distinctions in international law.

Declarations of Genocide or Acts of Genocide

International Court of Justice (ICJ): In a case…[Read more]

In any event, with all the “yes men” a dictator surrounds themselves with….no one is going to object even if a mission is doomed to fail.

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
Trump has a pathology. Psychopathology? Sociopathology? or a toxic blend of both? I think that’s for sure.

He’s a textbook narcissist. His government is full of them. Hitler was, and Putin is, the malignant, sadistic kind. Trump has these tendencies, but his main motivation is just power and glory for him…

[Read more]

@jakelafort

Iranian crimes against its own people vs. Israeli genocide against its Palestinian subjects

The U.S. should declare “A plague on both your houses” and stay out of it.

Some serious FAFO going on in Trump’s base.

But why should he care? He won the election, surrounded himself with “yes” people, and is in a position to wield the lethal power he’s been lusting for almost unchecked. Yesterday (or the day before?) the Supremes asserted that he absolutely can round up and…[Read more]

@Pope Beanie

Don’t be naive. Trump has a pathology. Psychopathology? Sociopathology? or a toxic blend of both? I think that’s for sure.

He’s been itching to feel wielding lethal power and I think he enjoyed bombing Iran probably mostly because of his blood lust, knowing that he probably killed a bunch of Iranian scientists by collapsing their…[Read more]