Ocasio-Cortez Defends Right to Question US-Israel Relationship, Stands up for Omar

[James_Madison_Lives]

Ok so she's a socialist so what. Right there she's already shown more balls than any other congress creature except Rand.

She took on Rep. Juan Vargas in a Tweet (https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1102763362201624579):


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7830/47285077181_f39fe5f1f6_z.jpg


ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLS ON LEADERS TO DENOUNCE 'BLATANT' ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACKS ON ILHAN OMAR
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-denounce-blatant-islamophobic-attacks-ilhan-omar-1350023


https://s.newsweek.com/sites/www.newsweek.com/files/styles/sm/public/2019/03/03/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar.jpg

[Swordsmyth]

Ok so she's a socialist so what. Right there she's already shown more balls than any other congress creature except Rand.

She took on Rep. Juan Vargas in a Tweet (https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1102763362201624579):


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7830/47285077181_f39fe5f1f6_z.jpg


ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLS ON LEADERS TO DENOUNCE 'BLATANT' ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACKS ON ILHAN OMAR
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-denounce-blatant-islamophobic-attacks-ilhan-omar-1350023


https://s.newsweek.com/sites/www.newsweek.com/files/styles/sm/public/2019/03/03/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar.jpg
Socialists with balls are the kind that kill millions of people.
Being right about one thing isn't enough.

[Anti Globalist]

Even a broken clock can be right.

[James_Madison_Lives]

Socialists with balls are the kind that kill millions of people.
Being right about one thing isn't enough.

The only country which has killed very large numbers of people lately is capitalist. It's the US with a full blown, unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country, Iraq, and now the rest of the Middle East. You sound like you are stuck in a college political philosophy class. That really happened with US boots on the ground.

[Swordsmyth]

The only country which has killed very large numbers of people lately is capitalist. It's the US with a full blown, unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country, Iraq, and now the rest of the Middle East. You sound like you are stuck in a college political philosophy class. That really happened with US boots on the ground.
Any system can do bad things but socialism does them bigger and more often.

[timosman]

https://i.imgur.com/zpyWJ6n.jpg

[James_Madison_Lives]

Any system can do bad things but socialism does them bigger and more often.

Not so sure about that. I didn't see Fidel Castro commit genocide. I did see Salvadoran death squads armed by Ronald Reagan murder, rape, and torture 50,000 Salvadoran peasants. I did see the Guatamalan military in the same fashion kill 500,000 unarmed Guatemalan Indians.

[Swordsmyth]

Not so sure about that. I didn't see Fidel Castro commit genocide. I did see Salvadoran death squads armed by Ronald Reagan murder, rape, and torture 50,000 Salvadoran peasants. I did see the Guatamalan military in the same fashion kill 500,000 unarmed Guatemalan Indians.

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[James_Madison_Lives]

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Voice of America is your source? Come on dude.

[Swordsmyth]

Voice of America is your source? Come on dude.
Defending communism? Come on dude.

No other ideology has killed so many people so fast.

[TheTexan]

Ok so she's a socialist so what.

And apparently a jew-hating anti-semite.

[James_Madison_Lives]

Defending communism? Come on dude.

No other ideology has killed so many people so fast.

Ok, so both ideologies kill. And both ideologies can refrain from killing. I don't see people in Norway and Sweden dropping like flies. You are saying all socialists necessarily wind up committing genocide, which is a lie. I would even challenge that it is the ideology which is responsible. Sociopaths of all stripes commit genocide. Hitler was a fascist. So your corelation of highest numbers to socialism may indicate a corelation but not a cause.

History didn't start with Karl Marx. European kings and Chinese emperors all oversaw bloody genocides, whether pograms or pointless land wars or mass starvations. You are blaming something as benign as a form of economic organization for the general bloodthirstyness of Man.

[Swordsmyth]

Ok, so both ideologies kill. And both ideologies can refrain from killing. I don't see people in Norway and Sweden dropping like flies. You are saying all socialists necessarily wind up committing genocide, which is a lie. I would even challenge that it is the ideology which is responsible. Sociopaths of all stripes commit genocide. Hitler was a fascist. So your corelation of highest numbers to socialism may indicate a corelation but not a cause.

History didn't start with Karl Marx. European kings and Chinese emperors all oversaw bloody genocides, whether pograms or pointless land wars or mass starvations. You are blaming something as benign as a form of economic organization for the general bloodthirstyness of Man.
AOC is not the moderate type, her green new deal alone will kill millions and her "we're in charge now" attitude will cause her to turn authoritarian, there is nothing moderate about the current socialist movement in America, AntiFa will look tame if they take over.

And there is no comparison between any other period of history and communism.

[bv3]

Ok, so both ideologies kill. And both ideologies can refrain from killing. I don't see people in Norway and Sweden dropping like flies. You are saying all socialists necessarily wind up committing genocide, which is a lie. I would even challenge that it is the ideology which is responsible. Sociopaths of all stripes commit genocide. Hitler was a fascist. So your corelation of highest numbers to socialism may indicate a corelation but not a cause.

History didn't start with Karl Marx. European kings and Chinese emperors all oversaw bloody genocides, whether pograms or pointless land wars or mass starvations. You are blaming something as benign as a form of economic organization for the general bloodthirstyness of Man.

I don't understand how you can admit mankind's general bloodthirstiness and defend a 'form of economic organization' that, due to the centralization of power that is necessary to its 'benign' implementation, gives the men who hold that power an unbridled ability to be bloodthirsty. You might say, well hows that different from now? Fundamentally, its not--thats the point. Isn't that the whole damn point?

When can I expect AOC to address CAIR?

[Anti Federalist]

Ok, so both ideologies kill. And both ideologies can refrain from killing. I don't see people in Norway and Sweden dropping like flies.

Small, sparsely populated countries inhabited by hard working, self deprecating, sane white folks.

That's why the redistributionist polices of Scandinavia "work".


Hitler was a fascist.

Hitler was a NAZI.

NAZIs were socialists.

The National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, abbreviated NSDAP).

He was also a "green". (https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS737US737&ei=eCR-XMOOGoOd_Qbf6bmwDQ&q=was+hitler+an+enviromentalist&oq=was+hitler+an+enviromentalist&gs_l=psy-ab.3...101666.118993..119431...3.0..1.925.18225.5-1j21......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i3j0i131j0j0i13j0i13i30j0i22i30.gV lPXkX6Dw0)

Central planning authoritarians of all stripes love Malthusian environmentalism.

Since, deep down, they abhor most fellow humanity.

For that matter, so do I, but I am honest enough to admit that:

A - I have no right to exterminate people to satisfy my grand plans, as each person has God given rights that I am not to usurp, and I respect and defend that.

B - I'd be fine with that portion of fellow humanity that I abhor, if they would just be so kind as to leave me the fuck alone and mind their own business.

For instance, how much gas my car burns is my business, not yours.

[timosman]

Small, sparsely populated countries inhabited by hard working, self deprecating, sane white folks.

That's why the redistributionist polices of Scandinavia "work".



Hitler was a NAZI.

NAZIs were socialists.

The National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, abbreviated NSDAP).

He was also a "green". (https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS737US737&ei=eCR-XMOOGoOd_Qbf6bmwDQ&q=was+hitler+an+enviromentalist&oq=was+hitler+an+enviromentalist&gs_l=psy-ab.3...101666.118993..119431...3.0..1.925.18225.5-1j21......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i3j0i131j0j0i13j0i13i30j0i22i30.gV lPXkX6Dw0)

Central planning authoritarians of all stripes love Malthusian environmentalism.

Since, deep down, they abhor most fellow humanity.

For that matter, so do I, but I am honest enough to admit that:

A - I have no right to exterminate people to satisfy my grand plans, as each person has God given rights that I am not to usurp, and I respect and defend that.

B - I'd be fine with that portion of fellow humanity that I abhor, if they would just be so kind as to leave me the fuck alone and mind their own business.

For instance, how much gas my car burns is my business, not yours.

but, but .... social contract! :tears:

[fcreature]

Ok, so both ideologies kill. And both ideologies can refrain from killing. I don't see people in Norway and Sweden dropping like flies. You are saying all socialists necessarily wind up committing genocide, which is a lie. I would even challenge that it is the ideology which is responsible. Sociopaths of all stripes commit genocide. Hitler was a fascist. So your corelation of highest numbers to socialism may indicate a corelation but not a cause.

History didn't start with Karl Marx. European kings and Chinese emperors all oversaw bloody genocides, whether pograms or pointless land wars or mass starvations. You are blaming something as benign as a form of economic organization for the general bloodthirstyness of Man.

How can you be so dense?

[kcchiefs6465]

And apparently a jew-hating anti-semite.
At least she has the sex appeal of a lemur.

[kcchiefs6465]

How can you be so dense?
Socialism is a mental disorder.

[specsaregood]

Ok so she's a socialist so what. Right there she's already shown more balls than any other congress creature except Rand.


She?! Did you just assume her identity? And balls? That is just straight misogynist.

[Superfluous Man]

Ok so she's a socialist so what.

The so what is that socialism is the main problem we face.

Yes, the Israel lobby is bad. And part of why it's bad is because it advances causes that are either socialism or variations of the same root problem as socialism.

But the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend. Saying something we can agree with about the Israel lobby doesn't cover over AOC's socialism, which is as bad or worse.

[Superfluous Man]

Ok, so both ideologies kill. And both ideologies can refrain from killing.

Socialism, at least when adopted by the state, cannot refrain from killing. Killing its its source of power. Without killing it can neither come about nor endure.

[Stratovarious]

Ok, so both ideologies kill....


Capitalism doesn't kill, the MIC occupation kills.


Socialism has to kill to survive , socialism is like the 'revolution that eats its young'
Socialism doesn't work , its devolution.
Democide is required to reset the cycle.

[Superfluous Man]

Capitalism doesn't kill, the MIC occupation kills.


Whoa. Wait. Is that what she meant by both ideologies? Capitalism and socialism? She was saying that capitalism kills?

What the?!

That is the biggest load of nonsense I've seen here, which is saying a lot.

The whole point of capitalism is the avoid the killing of socialism.

Capitalism gives life, health, peace, and prosperity.

Probably second only to Christianity (the world view that gave birth to it), capitalism has done more to better this world and to right its wrongs than any other major societal advancement.

[fcreature]

Capitalism is the greatest force for life in existence. Socialism is death. OP is a moron. So is AOC.

My best friends fiance went to high school with AOC. Everything about her is a fraud. She is not who she claims. Maybe I should go look at her yearbooks. Maybe I'll find some black face photos?

[Champ]

No way around it, she is right on this one.

She just upped her batting average from .000 to .001.

[Champ]

Again, why is it the socialist, along with Omar, the only ones to stand up to the Israeli lobby crap?

This once again proves that every last member of both the house and the senate are bought and paid for by this same lobby and have been for decades. It's beginning to feel that this lobby is in the beginning stages of unraveling, probably in part because this lobby has been surprisingly supportive of Trump.

[CCTelander]

No way around it, she is right on this one.

She just upped her batting average from .000 to .001.


Agreed.

Hell, I'm sure that before we know it she'll be up there passionately defending free markets and the 2nd Amendment.

[Superfluous Man]

probably in part because this lobby has been surprisingly supportive of Trump.

What's surprising about that? When he was a candidate maybe Trump left some question about whether or not he would be sufficiently zionist. But since getting elected he's proven to be one of the most ardent allies of their cause. Whatever doubts they had about him, he's more than covered over by now.

[Anti Globalist]

Again, why is it the socialist, along with Omar, the only ones to stand up to the Israeli lobby crap?

This once again proves that every last member of both the house and the senate are bought and paid for by this same lobby and have been for decades. It's beginning to feel that this lobby is in the beginning stages of unraveling, probably in part because this lobby has been surprisingly supportive of Trump.
That shouldn't be surprising though. Trumps always been a huge supporter of Israel.

[Champ]

What's surprising about that? When he was a candidate maybe Trump left some question about whether or not he would be sufficiently zionist. But since getting elected he's proven to be one of the most ardent allies of their cause. Whatever doubts they had about him, he's more than covered over by now.

A lot of this is not surprising to us since we have been weary of the power Israel has over our own media, all branches of government, and especially our foreign policy, but it's most surprising because the "Trump is 'Hitler', Trump is a 'Nazi', Trump is a 'dictator' MSM pro Israeli lobby has been pushing these notions since he announced he was running, but I guess they are preparing for or are ready to fold up both the MSM and the Congress in order to take a whack at him.

This battle is continuing to intensify as we speak. Congress is literally in the process now in making resolutions against Omar:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-05/dems-plan-resolution-condemning-anti-semitism-after-ilhan-omar-controversy

[Champ]

That shouldn't be surprising though. Trumps always been a huge supporter of Israel.

Yes he has, that is true. It's the arrangements of the chess pieces that is interesting.

[pcosmar]

No other ideology has killed so many people so fast.

No other ideology has been more misrepresented and misunderstood..

There has never been a Communist country ,,ever. There is a lot of communist sounding rhetoric used by megalomaniacs that incite crowds.. Nationalism and Religion are also similar tools,,often and commonly used.

the mere mention of "communism" is a Red Flag,,that sends many into Religious or Nationalist fits of panic.

Great for inciting crowds of the ignorant.

[Anti Federalist]

Again, why is it the socialist, along with Omar, the only ones to stand up to the Israeli lobby crap?

It's strange no doubt.

As strange as American Jews support of the old USSR, while within the USSR, Jews were persecuted unmercifully.

Don't ask me to figure it out...

[brushfire]

It's strange no doubt.

As strange as American Jews support of the old USSR, while within the USSR, Jews were persecuted unmercifully.

Don't ask me to figure it out...

The enemy of my enemy... Pandering to certain classes.

[Champ]

It's strange no doubt.

As strange as American Jews support of the old USSR, while within the USSR, Jews were persecuted unmercifully.

Don't ask me to figure it out...

I'm also trying to wrap my head around what is happening. If someone wants to lay out what and why this is happening in the manner that it is, I am all ears.

It could simply be a case of members of the asylum being let loose and now trying to run the asylum with Cortez, Tlaib, and Omar. They want inclusivity and outside voices to stand united in diversity against evil Trump, but now that they did that, those same members are tearing apart everything in literal weeks. So now we are seeing scandals and resolutions being raised in rapid response.

The problem is, when you look at what is happening abroad right now in Israel, the "just accept it for what it is" is starting to wear thin.

[PAF]

Like the busted up clock that is right twice a day, I doubt she even understands why she is right on this. She's probably just opposing the neocons because it's the other team.

[brushfire]

Like the busted up clock that is right twice a day, I doubt she even understands why she is right on this. She's probably just opposing the neocons because it's the other team.

She just pi$$ed off half of her entire party. She'll learn how the media, and her party, are just superficial. They'll turn on her - its happening right now. They're working on Trump's second term.

[oyarde]

Ok so she's a socialist so what. Right there she's already shown more balls than any other congress creature except Rand.

She took on Rep. Juan Vargas in a Tweet (https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1102763362201624579):


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7830/47285077181_f39fe5f1f6_z.jpg


ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLS ON LEADERS TO DENOUNCE 'BLATANT' ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACKS ON ILHAN OMAR
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-denounce-blatant-islamophobic-attacks-ilhan-omar-1350023


https://s.newsweek.com/sites/www.newsweek.com/files/styles/sm/public/2019/03/03/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar.jpg

Last month she claimed to be a puerto rican jew so whatever she is up too I would not trust her .

[Superfluous Man]

Last month she claimed to be a puerto rican jew so whatever she is up too I would not trust her .

The reason I don't trust her is because she's a commie. Whether she has some Jewish background or not doesn't affect that (though if she's lying about it for political gain, that does).

There are plenty of Jews out there who are not zionists, and who agree with criticisms of the Israel lobby, and with criticisms of Israel's mistreatments of Palestinians, such as the criticisms made by AOC and Omar. The fact that they happen to be Jews is no reason not to trust them.

[oyarde]

The reason I don't trust her is because she's a commie. Whether she has some Jewish background or not doesn't affect that (though if she's lying about it for political gain, that does).

There are plenty of Jews out there who are not zionists, and who agree with criticisms of the Israel lobby, and with criticisms of Israel's mistreatments of Palestinians, such as the criticisms made by AOC and Omar. The fact that they happen to be Jews is no reason not to trust them.

I think she is a commie and a liar .

[Stratovarious]

A lot of this is not surprising to us since we have been weary of the power Israel has over our own media, all branches of government, and especially our foreign policy, but it's most surprising because the "Trump is 'Hitler', Trump is a 'Nazi', Trump is a 'dictator' MSM pro Israeli lobby has been pushing these notions since he announced he was running, but I guess they are preparing for or are ready to fold up both the MSM and the Congress in order to take a whack at him.

This battle is continuing to intensify as we speak. Congress is literally in the process now in making resolutions against Omar:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-05/dems-plan-resolution-condemning-anti-semitism-after-ilhan-omar-controversy

The 'Power' they have in the media has prove completely useless, yet Trump
continues to lick the boot.
Putting Israel first has put America Last.

[TheTexan]

Agreed.

Hell, I'm sure that before we know it she'll be up there passionately defending free markets and the 2nd Amendment.

She's coming around!

[Swordsmyth]

No other ideology has been more misrepresented and misunderstood..

There has never been a Communist country ,,ever. There is a lot of communist sounding rhetoric used by megalomaniacs that incite crowds.. Nationalism and Religion are also similar tools,,often and commonly used.

the mere mention of "communism" is a Red Flag,,that sends many into Religious or Nationalist fits of panic.

Great for inciting crowds of the ignorant.
LOL

"That wasn't real communism"

[pcosmar]

LOL

"That wasn't real communism"

and this ain't close to a free republic.

More blood has been spilled fighting this vaporous boogieman than fighting for resources.

[pcosmar]

I think she is a commie and a liar .

that's redundant.

[unknown]

She's probably thinking, they cant attack me anymore than they have.

Might as well drop the defacto ban on criticizing izrael or AIPAC.

[Anti Globalist]

If only most of our politicians didn't have dual-citizenship with Israel, then maybe they'd start criticizing them. But alas, they do not.

[Superfluous Man]

If only most of our politicians didn't have dual-citizenship with Israel, then maybe they'd start criticizing them. But alas, they do not.

Can you provide a good source to substantiate the claim that most of our politicians have dual-citizenship with Israel?

[PAF]

Can you provide a good source to substantiate the claim that most of our politicians have dual-citizenship with Israel?

"Honorary" citizenship :eek:

[Philhelm]

At least she has the sex appeal of a lemur.

We all have our kinks.

[Anti Federalist]

When Will the Goyim Learn?

https://www.takimag.com/article/when-will-the-goyim-learn/

by Christopher DeGroot

March 08, 2019

Just as many men still fail to understand that to criticize women or to disagree with them is misogynistic by definition, so many people, even in 2019, still think that one can criticize Israel, or question Jewish influence on U.S. foreign policy, without being anti-Semitic. Some way to treat God’s chosen people! How many Goldberg reviews will it take for the ungrateful goyim to learn?

The latest anti-Semitism controversy was started by Rep. Ilhan Omar. “It’s all about the Benjamins,” the pesky brown woman tweeted on Feb. 10. People were charmed, of course, by the reference to P. Diddy’s celebrated work of high culture, but the implication that U.S. foreign policy on Israel is determined by Jewish lobbyists was proof of Omar’s wickedness.

Then, on March 3, Omar plunged another knife into enlightened hearts. “Our democracy is built on debate….” she tweeted. “I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee.”

Happily, the good men and women of Congress know better, and accordingly, back on Jan. 3, Sen. Marco Rubio made sure to sponsor a bill that advocates punishing any U.S. company or contractor that boycotts Israel.

Needless to say, there were haters and spoilsports, as there always are when it comes to progress.

“By all means, opponents of boycotting Israel should be heard—but so should their opponents,” wrote Sen. Rand Paul. “Legislation to end boycotts goes against the very principles America was founded upon.”

“It’s absurd,” remarked Sen. Bernie Sanders, “that the first bill during the shutdown is legislation which punishes Americans who exercise their constitutional right to engage in political activity.”

“They forgot what country they represent,” said Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaiband, who thinks “a refresher on our U.S. Constitution is in order.”

In response, Senator Rubio displayed his characteristic heroism: “This ‘dual loyalty’ canard is a typical anti-Semitic line,” he tweeted. “#BDS [Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions] isn’t about freedom & equality, it’s about destroying #Israel.”

A cynical realist might say that what the Jews and the Palestinians each want is power, and that therefore they have long been committed to destroying each other. The billions the U.S. gives Israel every year, he might add, has less to do with concern for the Israelis, human rights, or any other lofty thing, than with keeping wealthy political donors happy and maintaining power over geopolitical rivals and threats in the Middle East.

These are complicated subjects, but luckily, contra Ilhan Omar, they need not be debated. We can simply look to David Marcus of The Federalist for a model of how to deal with the situation. Regarding Omar’s claim that “Jews are using their money to buy off the American government’s support of Israel,” Marcus writes:

This claim is absurd on its face and makes reference to centuries-old claims that greedy Jews are subverting decent society with their big bags of shekels.

The second claim is that American Jews who support Israel are engaged in dual loyalty. That their real allegiance is not to the United States but to Israel and Judaism. This is also an ancient and disquieting claim, one that Nazis used to great effect in convincing Germans that Jews weren’t really on their side.

Neither of these vicious and pernicious claims has the slightest thing to do with actual American policy towards Israel—a subject on which Omar and Ocasio-Cortez are oddly quiet, for all their cackling about Jewish influence. Rather, they are blatant attacks on Jews that claim they are not acting in good faith.

Marcus, you see, doesn’t make a substantive argument. He merely tells us that Omar’s claim is “absurd on its face” and references evil stereotypes about Jews. Strung-together assertions, emotionally charged historical references, criticism reduced to racist attack—this is real journalism, not to mention a fine example for our politicians.

Also admirable is Marcus’ acute awareness that truth is determined by group identity:

As bad as the anti-Semitism itself is, arguably worse is that they are telling Jews that it isn’t. They are arrogantly claiming to understand what anti-Semitism is better than Jews do themselves.

Who gets to decide what is anti-Semitic? Who gets to decide what is racist, or sexist? Do the targets of the slurs and attacks get any say in this? If a black person tells a white person she said something racist and hurtful, is it appropriate to say, “That’s just a metaphor, and by the way my broader point is correct?” It obviously is not, and that’s something that Omar and AOC would undoubtedly agree with.

Marcus has a habit of using that word “obviously,” and of making assertions about what things are prima facie. A generous man, Marcus spares readers the hard work of thinking, even as he affirms the intersectional insight that intent, context, and objectivity are all irrelevant. For again, truth is determined by our subjective, emotional responses to things. Thus, a person who wants to ask, “Why is it that Congress wouldn’t spend $4 billion for a wall to stop the invasion of our southern border, but voted to give $40 billion to Israel over ten years?” must realize that “they are arrogantly claiming to understand what anti-Semitism is better than Jews do themselves.”

Writing in The American Conservative, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos notes that

Rubio’s is the weakest of all the proposed anti-boycott bills to come down the congressional pike…in that it merely gives cover to state and local governments that want to punish entities that engage in the anti-Israel protest…. 26 states now have measures that require them to deny contracts to and divest from any companies that are involved in BDS.

That only about half the Union sees fit to subordinate the Constitution to Israel is evidence that America is far from being made great again. Get to work, Javarnka!

In better news, senators Ben Cardin and Rob Portman have provided the best pro-Israel legislation to date. In Vlahos’ words:

Their proposal targets individuals, not just companies, so it could be much more dangerous. They even tried, unsuccessfully, to sneak it into the package of spending bills aiming to avoid the shutdown in December. The Israel Anti-Boycott Act focuses on expanding the 1979 Export Administration Act to prohibit any U.S. person involved in “interstate or foreign commerce” from engaging in “any boycott fostered or imposed by any international governmental organization against Israel.”

The bill suggests that a non-binding 2016 United Nations Human Rights Council resolution supporting BDS stands in for the offending “international governmental organization.” From there it wouldn’t be difficult to see how this law could affect anyone remotely involved in the boycott. An earlier iteration involved prison time for violators. The sponsors have since softened it with an amendment, taking away jail time but imposing financial fines. But adding that nothing in their bill “shall be construed to diminish or infringe upon any right protected under the First Amendment,” doesn’t necessarily make it so.

Of course, one must make allowance for Ms. Vlahos’ deplorable bias; that is, her concern for American liberties and interests.

Human resources departments across the land now require employees to pledge their faith in equality, diversity, and other impassioned delusions. In just the same way, let’s hope, blind allegiance to Israel will soon be required of all American citizens. Nor is reading John Podhoretz, or “prison time,” too harsh a penalty for heretics.

On Wednesday, Speaker Pelosi met with Democrat Representatives behind closed doors. It’s difficult to believe, given the overwhelming presence of the fair sex, that the ostensibly strategic meeting quickly degenerated into a complaint session, and yet that is apparently what happened. Although black women are well-known for their temperance and gentleness, it’s said that a few were downright confrontational with poor Pelosi.

Typical was Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who emphasized the need for “equity in our outrage,” a conviction she drove home seconds later with her trademark resting bitter face.

“Islamophobia needs to be included” in the anti-Semitism resolution, she told some sycophants working as reporters later, adding, with her knack for cliché, “We need to denounce all forms of hate. There is no hierarchy of hurt.”

Indeed, for since Omar is a Muslim, it follows that the criticism she received was motivated by Islamophobia. Nor did it go unnoticed that Omar has dark skin, being from Somalia, and that she is therefore a victim of racism, too.

Things seemed to be getting quite out of hand, as if the identity-politics Democrats were sleeping on a volcano, when Rep. Cedric Richmond offered his two cents. Why, he asked, were they calling for a resolution against bigotry when there were more important matters to attend to, such as the treatment of young black men by the police?

Still, it was a sympathetic point, as the only way to end the school-to-prison pipeline is to stop making young black men accountable for their singularly violent actions.

In an interview after the meeting, Rep. Raúl Grijalva said of all the controversy concerning Omar, “What would be the appropriate level of punishment—a public flogging?” Ah, if only all goyim were so forward-thinking!

“It is shameful that House Democrats won’t take a stronger stand against Anti-Semitism in their conference,” tweeted Prostitute-in-Chief Donald Trump. “Anti-Semitism has fueled atrocities throughout history and it’s inconceivable they will not act to condemn it!”

Anyway, on Thursday the House of Representatives managed to pass a resolution that condemns anti-Semitism while being as inclusive of other groups’ sacrosanct resentments as possible. The highlight of the resolution is that it describes the many evils caused by “white supremacists,” but does not mention white people as victims of discrimination, save for “when the loyalty of President John F. Kennedy was questioned because of his Catholic faith.”

[goldenequity]

Meghan McCain thinks it's 'Really, Really (REALLY) Scary' :eek:

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https://twitter.com/walid970721/status/1103953188519137280

[Stratovarious]

I can't stand 'OAC' (New name)

This is the stance that everyone that has been intimidated into recanting their criticism
of Israel, stand up for what you believe , defend you position, particularly when you
are right.
Israel has been intimidating the world for 74 years with these three little 'gottchas' ;

Anti Semite
Holocaust
We have a right to exist (but our neighbors don't)

Boycott Israel , boycott anyone you choose to boycott.

We should cut all aid to Israel until 'the band of thieves' gives back the land they robbed and
end their WAR CRIMES.

Shame on Trump for putting Israel ahead of the US and above the law.

[goldenequity]

HAHAHA.... the hits keep comin...
(this new State spox is way moare amusing than the heather bot. :) )

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https://twitter.com/walid970721/status/1103991892411383809

[goldenequity]

Meghan McCain thinks it's 'Really, Really (REALLY) Scary' :eek:

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https://twitter.com/walid970721/status/1103953188519137280
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https://twitter.com/elivalley/status/1104023152651313152
Eli laughs at the goyim. hahaha

[goldenequity]

stay vigilant trust no one keep yer antennae up :)



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https://twitter.com/Partisangirl/status/1104227435984252928

[James_Madison_Lives]

I can't stand 'OAC' (New name)

This is the stance that everyone that has been intimidated into recanting their criticism
of Israel, stand up for what you believe , defend you position, particularly when you
are right.
Israel has been intimidating the world for 74 years with these three little 'gottchas' ;

Anti Semite
Holocaust
We have a right to exist (but our neighbors don't)

Boycott Israel , boycott anyone you choose to boycott.

We should cut all aid to Israel until 'the band of thieves' gives back the land they robbed and
end their WAR CRIMES.

Shame on Trump for putting Israel ahead of the US and above the law.

.............


“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.” Cicero


https://i1.wp.com/theimaginativeconservative.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cicero.jpg?resize=223%2C300&ssl=1

[Stratovarious]

.............

Cicero is great , but 'what' is your application with it ?

[enhanced_deficit]

4 major lessons from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's titanic upset in New York
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Wed June 27, 2018


Related

Shame on Dems that it took them 15 years to vote out a politician who had voted for the biggest blunder in US history (Iraqi Freedom War) even if he was a champion of our closest ally & only non-racist democracy in mideast.
Wonder how much role voters' disgust with recent massacre of civilians in open air camp (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?522238-US-embassy-in-Jerusalem-opens-Mon-Ivanka-arrives-Bachmann-apologizes-for-Jews-conversion-rem&p=6628676&viewfull=1#post6628676) in mideast with US tax payers funded weapons played in this election upset.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the insurgent firebrand who Tuesday toppled the No. 4 Democrat in the House of Representatives, is a strong critic of Israel who denounced the killings of Palestinian protesters as a “massacre.”

June 26, 2018 By Dave Goldiner

This is a massacre.
I hope my peers have the moral courage to call it such.
No state or entity is absolved of mass shootings of protesters. There is no justification. Palestinian people deserve basic human dignity, as anyone else.
Democrats can’t be silent about this anymore. https://t.co/wJGATOtDsR— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) May 14, 2018 (https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/996009689312825344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)



Ocasio-Cortez, 28, stunned the political world by decisively beating Joe Crowley, a Queens powerbroker who had been mentioned as a possible future candidate for Speaker of the House.
With about 90% of precincts reporting, Ocasio-Cortez was ahead by 58%-to-42%, making Crowley the first incumbent Democrat to lose his seat this year.

“Especially in New York people say this is political suicide,” Ocasio-Cortez told Glenn Greenwald of the Intercept, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuoKLLLpiuE) referring to her criticism of Israel. “But I had a lot of my constituents thanking me for taking that position. I had a lot of Jewish Americans who thanked me.”

https://forward.com/fast-forward/404...rowley-israel/ (https://forward.com/fast-forward/404159/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democrat-joe-crowley-israel/)

[goldenequity]

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Ilhan Omar Thanks Fox News For Publicly Condemning Pirro
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-11/fox-issues-rare-rebuke-judge-jeanine-after-rant-against-rep-ilhan-omars-hijab

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https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1105143098995367936

warmongers keep fumbling and shooting themselves. hilarious.

[James_Madison_Lives]

Cicero is great , but 'what' is your application with it ?

The quote:


“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.” Cicero

Obviously this pertains most to the suspected 9/11 traitors in Project for a New American Century who were at the helm of America's defenses on 9/11. They had been expressing a desire to overthrow Saddam even BEFORE 9/11, and even all but wished for a "new Pearl Harbor."

Think it's "conspiracy?" What was George W. Bush's Under Secretary of Defense, Douglas Feith, doing writing a paper for Netanyahu recommending the invasion of Iraq, back in 1996? With what army? Certainly not Israel's. They knew 9/11 was coming. Probably had a hand in planning it. Those are the kind of traitors Ciero was talking about.

"A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm": (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clean_Break:_A_New_Strategy_for_Securing_the_Rea lm)


"Israel can shape its strategic environment...by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq..."

Read The Evidence for Israeli Involvement in 9/11 (https://steemit.com/truth/@munkle/the-evidence-for-israeli-involvement-in-9-11)

[Anti Federalist]

I'm also trying to wrap my head around what is happening. If someone wants to lay out what and why this is happening in the manner that it is, I am all ears.

It could simply be a case of members of the asylum being let loose and now trying to run the asylum with Cortez, Tlaib, and Omar. They want inclusivity and outside voices to stand united in diversity against evil Trump, but now that they did that, those same members are tearing apart everything in literal weeks. So now we are seeing scandals and resolutions being raised in rapid response.

The problem is, when you look at what is happening abroad right now in Israel, the "just accept it for what it is" is starting to wear thin.

Lots of things are happening, on many levels, and more quickly.

The "Blitzkreig" is not accidental, it's designed that way...to pile up the bullshit so fast you'd need wings to stay above it.

Key points: the Fifth Gen Warfare generals sense victory, which explains the all out, Battle of the Bulge thrusts on the borders.

The Cultural Marxists sense victory, which explains the all out, over the top propaganda campaign from the government news and entertainment organs. (Take a close look at how "woke af" it all is now)

And the collectivists of all stripes sense victory, as the first generation to have no knowledge of the Soviet Union or the genocides it spawned in the 20th century come of age and embrace the failed ideas of the past, again.

Those who can not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them, and drag along the few who have, with them.

[Anti Federalist]

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Ilhan Omar Thanks Fox News For Publicly Condemning Pirro
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-11/fox-issues-rare-rebuke-judge-jeanine-after-rant-against-rep-ilhan-omars-hijab

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https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1105143098995367936

warmongers keep fumbling and shooting themselves. hilarious.

But it's perfectly OK for sitting senators to question people's faith? (https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-federal-judge-catholic-kass-met-0913-20170912-column.html)

[Stratovarious]

The quote:



Obviously this pertains most to the suspected 9/11 traitors in Project for a New American Century who were at the helm of America's defenses on 9/11. They had been expressing a desire to overthrow Saddam even BEFORE 9/11, and even all but wished for a "new Pearl Harbor."

Think it's "conspiracy?" What was George W. Bush's Under Secretary of Defense, Douglas Feith, doing writing a paper for Netanyahu recommending the invasion of Iraq, back in 1996? With what army? Certainly not Israel's. They knew 9/11 was coming. Probably had a hand in planning it. Those are the kind of traitors Ciero was talking about.

"A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm": (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clean_Break:_A_New_Strategy_for_Securing_the_Rea lm)



Read The Evidence for Israeli Involvement in 9/11 (https://steemit.com/truth/@munkle/the-evidence-for-israeli-involvement-in-9-11)

Thanks for the clarification, I had no idea who you were referring to.

I have no doubt and haven't since about 2002 , that 911 was avoidable,
we were lied to, and there was a definite cover up.
Larry Silverstein's 'story' alone is enough to question 911.

Bill Cooper made several timely predictions, which he didn't really look at as
such, he knew 'generally' what events were to come to pass, and they did.

[Swordsmyth]

Lots of things are happening, on many levels, and more quickly.

The "Blitzkreig" is not accidental, it's designed that way...to pile up the bull$#@! so fast you'd need wings to stay above it.

Key points: the Fifth Gen Warfare generals sense victory, which explains the all out, Battle of the Bulge thrusts on the borders.

The Cultural Marxists sense victory, which explains the all out, over the top propaganda campaign from the government news and entertainment organs. (Take a close look at how "woke af" it all is now)

And the collectivists of all stripes sense victory, as the first generation to have no knowledge of the Soviet Union or the genocides it spawned in the 20th century come of age and embrace the failed ideas of the past, again.

Those who can not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them, and drag along the few who have, with them.
They sense victory but they also sense defeat, we are approaching a crisis point and the outcome could go either way.

[acptulsa]

They sense victory but they also sense defeat, we are approaching a crisis point and the outcome could go either way.

There are Cultural Marxists which are merely useful idiots. If we win they win. And if they think they win, they lose and we lose.

[Pauls' Revere]

Small, sparsely populated countries inhabited by hard working, self deprecating, sane white folks.

That's why the redistributionist polices of Scandinavia "work".



Hitler was a NAZI.

NAZIs were socialists.

The National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, abbreviated NSDAP).

He was also a "green". (https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS737US737&ei=eCR-XMOOGoOd_Qbf6bmwDQ&q=was+hitler+an+enviromentalist&oq=was+hitler+an+enviromentalist&gs_l=psy-ab.3...101666.118993..119431...3.0..1.925.18225.5-1j21......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i3j0i131j0j0i13j0i13i30j0i22i30.gV lPXkX6Dw0)

Central planning authoritarians of all stripes love Malthusian environmentalism.

Since, deep down, they abhor most fellow humanity.

For that matter, so do I, but I am honest enough to admit that:

A - I have no right to exterminate people to satisfy my grand plans, as each person has God given rights that I am not to usurp, and I respect and defend that.

B - I'd be fine with that portion of fellow humanity that I abhor, if they would just be so kind as to leave me the $#@! alone and mind their own business.

For instance, how much gas my car burns is my business, not yours.

+ rep

[Pauls' Revere]

At least this makes some people rethink our foreign policy.

[acptulsa]

At least this makes some people rethink our foreign policy.

Think so?

I think this is a matter of, lots if people had become skeptical, and they decided to let a polarizing public figure adopt the position. That will, they hope, keep all the partisans on "the other side of the aisle" on the reservation.

I think we scared them. Many liberals have been doubting Israel for a long time. When we showed up saying nothing good about the country at the GOP convention, they decided to do something about it.

The result? Nothing makes Republicans live something so much as a program lightning rod publicly hating on it.

Fact is, this "special relationship" isn't good for any American outside the MIC, K Street or Congress.

It may make the wrong people (conservatives with no love for Israel) do the rethinking.

[Pauls' Revere]

Think so?

I think this is a matter of, lots if people had become skeptical, and they decided to let a polarizing public figure adopt the position. That will, they hope, keep all the partisans on "the other side of the aisle" on the reservation.

I think we scared them. Many liberals have been doubting Israel for a long time. When we showed up saying nothing good about the country at the GOP convention, they decided to do something about it.

The result? Nothing makes Republicans live something so much as a program lightning rod publicly hating on it.

Fact is, this "special relationship" isn't good for any American outside the MIC, K Street or Congress.

It may make the wrong people (conservatives with no love for Israel) do the rethinking.

Great, I'm happy with either, or both sides rethinking this. Bonus.

[acptulsa]

Great, I'm happy with either, or both sides rethinking this. Bonus.

Just as long as conservatives who were skeptical don't decide, if she's against Israel I'm for Israel.

But I think that's just what they're after. And they might make that work.

[Pauls' Revere]

Just as long as conservatives who were skeptical don't decide, if she's against Israel I'm for Israel.

But I think that's just what they're after. And they might make that work.

I'd like to see our foreign policy footprint reduced. But like all things, easier said than done.

[devil21]

The so what is that socialism is the main problem we face.

Yes, the Israel lobby is bad. And part of why it's bad is because it advances causes that are either socialism or variations of the same root problem as socialism.

But the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend. Saying something we can agree with about the Israel lobby doesn't cover over AOC's socialism, which is as bad or worse.

Seems to me that the 'herding the sheep" technique being used almost exclusively these days is to use a (created and intentionally placed) polarizing figure to say or advocate something so that the herd automatically, unthinkingly, runs to oppose it, whatever it is. In this case, AOC makes comments about Israel so of course the Republicans that may have been starting to question things like $38B payments to build Israel's walls, while the wall promised to Republicans isn't materializing, automatically run back to support Israel unconditionally. They quickly forget about the $38B and walls and are right back firmly on the plantation. This sort of duality tactic is being used on everything and everyone and not even subtly any more.

https://i1.wp.com/memecollection.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Conspiracy-Theory-Sheep.jpg

[James_Madison_Lives]

Seems to me that the 'herding the sheep" technique being used almost exclusively these days is to use a (created and intentionally placed) polarizing figure to say or advocate something so that the herd automatically, unthinkingly, runs to oppose it, whatever it is. In this case, AOC makes comments about Israel so of course the Republicans that may have been starting to question things like $38B payments to build Israel's walls, while the wall promised to Republicans isn't materializing, automatically run back to support Israel unconditionally. They quickly forget about the $38B and walls and are right back firmly on the plantation. This sort of duality tactic is being used on everything and everyone and not even subtly any more.

https://i1.wp.com/memecollection.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Conspiracy-Theory-Sheep.jpg

I didn't see any Republicans, or Democrats for that matter, ever question Israel's handouts.

[acptulsa]

I didn't see any Republicans, or Democrats for that matter, ever question Israel's handouts.

You saw Ron Paul do it.

Dr. No just said no.

[enhanced_deficit]

You saw Ron Paul do it.

Dr. No just said no.

True that.

But's he's extraordinary though and that was different pre-America First era.

Ron Paul: Israeli blockade of Gaza horrible & act of war, US morally responsible (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?414472-Ron-Paul-Israeli-blockade-of-Gaza-horrible-amp-act-of-war-US-morally-responsible&)

I think a video of Trump was posted here where he was saying "Ron Paul can't be elected" or something like that. If RP were in Congress now and said same, MAGA foot soldier Kevin McCarthy would probably launch campaign against him. Current MAGA supporter Ben Stein had previously accused RP of 'hate speech'.

[devil21]

I didn't see any Republicans, or Democrats for that matter, ever question Israel's handouts.

I have but that was just an example of justification.

IOW, if AOC says something Republicans are supposed to automatically go the exact opposite direction, no matter how true what she said is. It is the end result of such extreme polarization that's been intentionally inserted into governance/politics these days. Just like how if Trump says something Dems automatically run the opposite direction. It's quite easy to control each side using this tactic.

[goldenequity]

Rep. Ilhan Omar
@Ilhan
The people of Syria revolted against Assad's repressive dictatorship 8 years ago today, demanding a more just and free government.
Peace loving people around the world stand in solidarity with them in this struggle!

https://78.media.tumblr.com/0461a66a65605b0edb9caebb5af085ae/tumblr_ntbg9shtKv1rpcl4mo1_250.gif

[unknown]

Even a broken clock can be right.

Came to say this.

[nikcers]

She is just another political mascot designed to attract populist voters to a dying political party. Their transparent attempt to control political discussions everywhere with their red herring sheep dog mascot is dividing people and that's how they win.

[goldenequity]

https://imgfast.net/users/3715/65/05/91/smiles/2713748720.gif

[jmdrake]

Again, why is it the socialist, along with Omar, the only ones to stand up to the Israeli lobby crap?


You have to ask?


https://youtu.be/tFv5ijz6s6A

The John Hagee wing of evangelicals have the GOP by the balls. That Hagee can call himself a Christian, deny Jesus being the Messiah, and still have a viable TV ministry is what is really scary.

[jmdrake]

https://i.imgur.com/zpyWJ6n.jpg

Only at RPF can the erupting Democratic party civil war incite one of our own.

[jmdrake]

I don't see people in Norway and Sweden dropping like flies.

Is Sweden really socialist?


https://youtu.be/0lxD-gikpMs

[Stratovarious]

Is Sweden really socialist?


https://youtu.be/0lxD-gikpMs

''You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to jmdrake again.''

[goldenequity]

Rep. Ilhan Omar
@Ilhan
The people of Syria revolted against Assad's repressive dictatorship 8 years ago today, demanding a more just and free government.
Peace loving people around the world stand in solidarity with them in this struggle!

https://78.media.tumblr.com/0461a66a65605b0edb9caebb5af085ae/tumblr_ntbg9shtKv1rpcl4mo1_250.gif

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https://twitter.com/ArabianaINTEL/status/1107012323393355781

Jihadists.