Biden as Scapegoat

Biden is, yet again, being scapegoated. Perhaps this is propaganda that this is being pushed by some group; it is striking the way Biden gets no credit for his genuine successes, while every failure is magnified.

Israel, Palestine, and the World: Fractally Bad

I open a book and get a report on future events that even God would like to file and forget. - Philip K Dick

A Black Christmas in Israel-Palestine

(And not the good sort of Black.)

The immediate need in Israel-Palestine, right now, is to remove Benjamin Netanyahu from power, and stop the genocide in Gaza. Afterwards, there may be time to think of solutions. – Justice in Israel-Palestine, Dec 3, 2023

Substack and the Nazis

We have recently had a kerfluffle; online publisher Substack has been criticized for publishing Nazis. Jonathan M. Katz at the Atlantic wrote about it at length, and a group of Substack authors wrote a letter asking Substack to get rid of the Nazis. Unfortunately, Substack is one of the few places on the internet where a freelance author can build a following and make money at it, so it’s hard for authors to walk away. Substack’s publisher responded with a letter defending the practice as free speech, which is just nonsense – Substack blocks plenty of authors, just not Nazis.

Justice in Israel-Palestine

Since the latest war broke out in Israel-Palestine, I have had occasion to review the history of Zionism from non-Zionist sources. I was and am dismayed to find that I had learned a Zionist version of the history, heavily whitewashed. This is an attempt to rectify my wrong thinking on the matter. As with so much of what I write these days, this is too short; a sketch of a sketch of something more thoroughly worked out.

The immediate need in Israel-Palestine, right now, is to remove Benjamin Netanyahu from power, and stop the genocide in Gaza. Afterwards, there may be time to think of solutions.

Notes on the Conflict in Israel-Palestine

Various disjoint notes on the on-going disaster in Israel/Palestine.

Out of the Nightmare: War, Biden, and Christian Fanaticism

(I wrote these down in the middle of the night after waking up out of a nightmare.)