Monthly Archives: May 2021

Thomas L. Friedman, a ‘New York Times Public Intellectual’ in a hysterical mood! Old Socialist jeers!

Headline: How the Mideast Conflict Is Blowing Up the Region, the Democratic Party and Every Synagogue in America Here are the first two paragraphs, of Mr. Friedman’s hysterically framed comment, on the Zionist Faschist State’s blitzkrieg against the Palestinians: Lord … Continue reading

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janan.ganesh@ft.com on Biden’s untenable duel radicalism’s. Old Socialist comments.

The first two paragraphs of Mr. Ganesh’s exercise in History Made to Measure utterly disappoints: where are those arresting aperçus, that at times make his essays resonate with an intensity, that directs the readers attention away from its political content. … Continue reading

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gideon.rachman@ft.com call to Action. 2003 redux? Almost Marx comments.

Headline: Belarus kidnapping sets a dangerous global precedent Sub-headline: Europe and the US must arrest the slide into international lawlessness Where was Mr. Rachman when America invaded Afghanistan, decaled ‘War’: Blitzkrieg on Iraq: the demonstrably incompetent Paul Bremer disbanded the vital … Continue reading

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On George Scialabba’s ‘ ‘Free and Worldly’. Would-Be Critic comments.

I read the first two chapters of ‘The Metaphysical Club’ that features Oliver Wendell Holmes. And because I had purchased ‘Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law And The Inner Self’ from an Oxford University Press book sale: also because I found … Continue reading

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edward.luce@ft.com on Joe Biden’s troubled political future! Almost Marx comments.

As former speech writer for Larry Summers, and his soon-to-be Boswell, Luce is to put it mildly, as obtuse as Larry, two utterly clueless white males! The headline writers of his newspaper use the notion of ‘urban crime wave‘, can … Continue reading

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@FT on the Blinken, Lavrov Reykjavik meeting. Political Observer comments.

Headline: US targets ‘stable, predictable’ ties with Russia Sub-headline: Blinken and Lavrov hold first face-to-face talks of Biden presidency in Reykjavik The untenable political fiction of ‘Russian Interference’ in the 2016 election, led Blinken and Joe to engage in dull-witted … Continue reading

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On The Bespoke Suited Victimologists, Episode XLII: Thomas Friedman defends The Zionist Fascist State, as if it were a Comedy! By Political Skeptic.

The first paragraph of Mr. Freidman’s May 11, 2021 column is demonstrative of a trivialization of the wholesale murder of Palestinians, by The Zionist Fascists State!    Let’s see, what happens when TikTok meets Palestinian grievances about right-wing Israeli land … Continue reading

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On The Bespoke Suited Victimologists, Episode XL: Martin Indyk on Joe Biden’s ‘pivot’. Political Observer scoffs!

The Financial Times obligingly presents a capsule version of a possible CV for Mr. Indyk: The writer is a former US Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the forthcoming book … Continue reading

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Andy Divine rewrites himself. With guest star Liz Cheney. Political Skeptic comments

Headline: The GOP’s Massive Missed Opportunity Sub-headline: It’s called Trumpism Without Trump. But they can’t get there, and he won’t let them. Here are the first three sentences, of the first paragraph of Andy Divine’s latest essay: A long, long … Continue reading

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Does this describe the ‘propinquity’ between Arendt & Roth? Arendt: Born in conflict, Israel will degenerate into Sparta, and American Jews will need to back awayhttps://mondoweiss.net/2012/01/arendt-born-in-conflict-israel-will-degenerate-into-sparta-and-american-jews-will-need-to-back-away/ Or Roth’s ‘Plot against America’, retrograde Anti-Semitic paranoia, under the historical tutelage of Arthur … Continue reading

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