Reg the Fronkey Farmer

Why does everyone think that if you point out something bad about Israel that you are totally ignorant of the history of Jewish persecution?

No, I was not implying that pointing out any heavy-handed military behavior by the IDF implied an ignorance of the history of Jewish persecution. What I said was that much of the rhetoric that inflames…[Read more]

Let’s see how long it takes before Israel is blamed for the helicopter crash in Iran today.

So…are you pointing out that the creation of Israel has caused and/or inflamed a lot of the antisemitism we see today?

Jews were persecuted long before the creation of Israel.  Political Islam inflamed much of the antisemitism of the last few decades. Political Islam is better known by its regular name, Islam. Much of the rhetoric that in…[Read more]

Here is the link…..

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-18/ty-article-static/.premium/what-happened-on-oct-7/0000018e-c1b7-dc93-adce-eff753020000

I don’t think the “Middle East” has had much of a say in the creation of its own borders.

From the OP…remember 18 years have passed since the writing of the article and things have not been doing anything but getting worse….

18 years have also passed since Israel ceded control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority, led by President Mahmoud Abbas who is also 18 years into his 4-year term of office. The 18-year-old Palestinians who bec…[Read more]

Water supply will be a problem. Demand will rise by a minimum of 8% over the next few years and climate change will also have an impact on its supply.

It might be worth giving Dennett another chance to make his case on ‘Determinism’ (and the ‘free will’ that matters).

What’s it like to be a p-zombie?

Have a great week!