Thursday Stuff

(Yes, I know that GOP clown show was last night, but for now I'd rather focus on more important stuff.)

Sam and Emma of The Majority Report comment on the horrific reports of civilian casualties coming out of Gaza...like many of you I’m sure, I feel compelled to say something about this gut-churning slaughter, though that doesn’t mean that I’m willing to give Hamas a pass on their brutality under any circumstances...and Biden Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gave a speech where he basically told Netanyahu to limit civilian casualties, which I’m sure “Bibi” categorically ignored...as far as I’m concerned, Netanyahu is as bloodthirsty as Hamas, and it’s pathetic that he’s not getting called out enough for it IMO; tells you what a stranglehold AIPAC has on our politicians and the allegedly sane corporate media discourse on this carnage...



Update 12/10/23: Yeah, this sure figures, doesn't it?

...so what do our corporate media cousins do instead when it comes to civilian deaths in Gaza? Why, that means it’s time to attack Dem U.S. House Rep Pramila Jayapal, who happens to be on the COMPLETELY CORRECT side of this issue (as is Bernie), as David Doel tells us...Netanyahu wants to bomb the Palestinians into extinction...I would say that we’re looong past the point of international mediation, not only on the war but the whole matter of a Palestinian state, Jerusalem as a shared capital and negotiating right of return (as much as any of that can actually take place now given what that area of the world has turned into)...



...and Mike Figueredo brings us the story of Jewish Americans and others condemning this garbage resolution that just passed the U.S. House equating Anti-Zionism with antisemitism (with some Repug U.S. House idiot named Max Miller cheering on the ruin in Gaza...and yes, I agree that this is comparable to accusing someone of being anti-Catholic if they criticized the Church for covering up the abuse scandal...NSFW/H)...



...and speaking of U.S. House idiocy, Speaker “MAGA Mike” Johnson sez in this clip that the Repugs are the “rule of law team” while they plan to go ahead with the Biden impeachment inquiry (oh, and does that have anything to do with Hunter Biden wanting a public hearing which James Comer refuses to give him for some reason, I wonder? And yeah, Johnson is a lying sack of sh*t on the two impeachments of #45, but we knew that – Jesse Dollemore tells us about it...NSFW/H also)...



...and I realize that it may be pretty hard to feel like watching some of these seasonal numbers (including a song to commemorate the beginning of the "festival of lights"), but I hope these tunes can lift our spirits up somehow anyway.