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Trolllalalayooooo some more. Ha!

And not so old, youngish, and young men too!

Well, Putin and his coalitions and supporters are essentially putting all of Russia on the basis of Return To the Empire Days -- from the university to pregnancy. They are in it for the long haul. As the Washington Post report in the International thread shows. With or without Putin, the rulers of Russia are in it, planning for the long haul. Here are the links again, though not gift / share links this time as I'm using up my monthly quota quickly. We reported for months on changes sweeping Russia. Here’s what we found. “Russia, Remastered” reveals how Vladimir Putin is harnessing the war in Ukraine to transform his own country and fulfill his vision of a restored superpower. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/06/we-reported-months-changes-sweeping-russia-heres-what-we-found/ RUSSIA, REMASTERED Under Putin, a militarized new Russia rises to challenge U.S. and the West https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2024/putin-values-russian-society-conservatism/ To please Putin, universities purge liberals and embrace patriots Russian university leaders are imbuing the country’s education system with patriotism to favor Putin, quashing Western influences and dissent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/07/russia-universities-education-putin-overhaul/

Hmmmm. Is that ... tea party seasoning? One would have thought AP would be putting up the trailer for the big hoo haw events this week the streamers are doing for the advertisers -- ay-up just like the networks used to do!

Is this right? a teaser ... for a trailer? Hayzuz! If so, this is idiotic.

Just -- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In a video clip on the WaPo, among the marchers and what they carried was the US flag. That won't fly too well with some. ~~~~~~~~~~~ As for the whitewashing Israeli propaganda in the US being off the charts -- let's clarify. This kind of propaganda is MSM propaganda (helped by the long established Israeli troll farms, some say), in which there is none more all the way in it past their stinkin' hairline than the NYT. They don't even want to conceal it. The WaPo has been doing a much better job with this -- at least frequently, if not always. They too have their paid spokesmouths for this as they do for the stinkin' pile and ilks. But generally they aren't featured as in the NYT.

Snap!

Plus more on the numero uno scammer who must keep scamming, like sharks must keep swimming or die. This round means he may owe a cool 100 million to the IRS. 'Scammers gonna scam’: Social media melts down at news of latest Trump scandal https://www.rawstory.com/trump-taxes-2668234595/ ````````` Another sex hush money lawsuit filed against we know who, going back to 2017. New lawsuit accuses Trump campaign of illegally attempting to hide payments to women M.L. Nestel May 11, 2024 7:14AM ET https://www.rawstory.com/aj-delgado/ C&P direct from article as it has the link to the filing:

Cancel and Woke strike again! https://www.salon.com/2024/05/11/he-left-me-no-option-giuliani-canned-from-conservative-radio-show-due-to-lies/? Earlier this month: Rudy Giuliani fantasizes about a more racist "SNL" in bizarre rant In a recent podcast episode, Giuliani campaigns for "SNL" to bring back racist jokes PUBLISHED MAY 5, 2024 9:26AM (EDT) https://www.salon.com/2024/05/05/rudy-giuliani-fantasizes-about-a-more-snl-in-bizarre-rant/

Ser Scot A Ellison Ser Scot A Ellison @Ser Scot A Ellison -- You might check these two out: Dueling Perspectives: John Keay and J.A.G. Roberts’s Histories of China https://concerninghistory.org/reviews/dueling-perspectives-john-keay-and-j-a-g-robertss-histories-of-china/ People have liked this one too: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/24/water-kingdom-secret-history-china-philip-ball-review There is so much Chinese history how anyone can boil it down to a concise couple of hundred pages, and understand anything if one is entirely a novice (like me, for instance) -- seems impossible to me. But evidently it has been accomplished. A suggestion -- go to your library's site, plug in "Chinese History" in the search window, (click 'subject' if the options of subject, author, title are provided), scroll down the titles. C&P any of them that look interesting, plug them and author + reviews into your browser window and learn more about the titles. You can do this with World Cat, which anyone can use -- https://search.worldcat.org/topics/welcome https://search.worldcat.org/title/Catalogue-of-the-Library/oclc/312776075

Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests: ‘When there’s so much attention, they show up’ Gaza counter-protesters at UCLA took part in anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine events across southern California, researchers say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/college-campus-protests-far-right

As said, internal censorship within Israel concerning Gaza and even the Israelis who object to Israel's ruling Likud coalition and its handling of the Gaza catastastrophe has been present since the start of the war, and has escalated ever since. They call it 'security'. Which is how so many nations justifiy their censorship of criticism and lack of support. And it has gone on long before October 2023 Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech Since the October 7th attack, Palestinians and peace activists in Israel have increasingly been targeted by employers, universities, government authorities, and right-wing mobs. By Masha Gessen November 8, 2023

Silly rabbit. That would be signaling to the public LGBTQT+AI You really do live insulated if you don't know that, as the rainbow has been a global sign of this for decades. Also that scarf is worn throughout the Middle East including by Saudis. It's not confined to Palestinians.

Hardly. The days of Time Magazine's influence about anything have been long, long, long gone. Like most periodicals now, the magazine barely exists as a print edition. It isn't a first go-to online either. You will really find these guys frightening then -- these are the 'counter protesters' as the MSM is determined to label the violent zionists thugs and their adjuncts which are including magathugs, and certainly at Columbia, Proud Boys. The same who ilks who during BLM constantly committed and provoked violence at demonstrations, particularly in Portland -- while yelling about 'antifa' -- which, continues, btw, to still not exist. Highly recommend looking at this. The gift link is on International. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/05/11/ucla-protests-police-inaction-fights/

The censorship inside and outside regarding Israel's behaviors in Gaza is rife, and has been reported on from the gitgo. The same with its lies, and propaganda, paid and otherwise. Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war By Mohamed Mandour on May 10, 2024 1:00 AM EDT https://cpj.org/2024/05/attacks-arrests-threats-censorship-the-high-risks-of-reporting-the-israel-hamas-war/ The Israeli Censorship Regime Is Growing. That Needs to Stop. April 17, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/opinion/gaza-journalists-censorship-israel.html 02 April 2024 Israel: New law allows government to temporarily shut down Al Jazeera https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/middle-east-arab-world/article/israel-new-law-allows-government-to-temporarily-shut-down-al-jazeera CPJ calls for Israel to halt war censorship plans https://cpj.org/2024/02/cpj-calls-for-israel-to-halt-war-censorship-plans/ Israel’s wartime assault on the free press With dozens of reporters dead in Gaza and others harassed and censored inside Israel, experts are deeply concerned about press freedom in “the Middle East’s only democracy.” By Nicole Narea@nicolenarea Dec 8, 2023, 12:20pm EST https://www.vox.com/23972456/journalists-killed-gaza-israel-press-freedom Reports of this nature have been going on since October, and into the present, inside and outside Israel, and most certainly against journalists inside Gaza, unless they are on the approved Israeli list.

This isn't news that Israelis are prevented from seeing what their people are doing in Israel, or hearing about what their people are doing to Palestinian inside Israel -- as has been the case for years. Also: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/1212/What-Israelis-see-and-don-t-see-about-the-war-in-Gaza https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2023-12-13/ty-article-podcast/israelis-dont-see-images-from-gaza-because-our-journalists-are-not-doing-their-job/0000018c-5e34-de43-affd-fe36d3a70000 But the amount of censorship inside and outside Israel is enormous -- outside, just starting with the NYT. Also let's mention the number of journalists who have been shot and arrested, inside and outside Israel. This qualifies as censorship.

And Haaretz says the Israelis are not told. And so do our Israeli friends. It's not on tv. ```````````````````` This is where the cam[us violence comes from -- not the anti-murder protesters. Gift link: https://wapo.st/3UFgVta The visuals include these zionists with who knows who else charging in with clubs and beating on the kids. They are called 'agitators.'

The Israeli people aren't allowed to see or hear or read of any of this. So they don't even know. It's called government censorship.

Yes, my friend, my dear, this was a good thing he did, and we're all glad he turned away from the horror os what he and his cohorts were doing. But he wasn't protesting. Protesting in public, making clear what the protest is about, IS, as you know, dialogue, after all. Right? We say, collectively and in public, that murdering Palestinians is, well murder, and we want it stopped, and all the enabling of it stopped. Then, others step in, in public, beat on us, and say, stop saying that. Dialogue. In the meantime the murders continue continuously. But while we keep saying in public these murders are continuing more people notice. And hopefully join us in objecting to murder in our name.

Thank you for the question, and starting the new thread too. To what your thoughtful comment we can add -- not starting AFTER, but in protest from the start, are the resignations from Biden's administration due to Israel/bibi/etc. having refused US requests to do all possible to minimize civilian deaths -- which are far over the top in proportion to those Hamas claimed taken out -- and the vast proportion of them women and children. Thus the question to Scott is, are these administration protests to be looped in with your disgust with protests? OTOH, perhaps this question to friend Scott (not irony nor snark nor sarcasm) this question might be going to far into the weed of this evil and unjust war and the history that caused it (not irony nor snark nor sarcasm either, as events have already written current history).

Biden’s weapons sales to Israel breach legal limits, former officials say While the administration has expressed alarm over civilian casualties in Gaza, former officials say it has sidestepped laws governing foreign arms transfers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/10/israel-gaza-biden-weapons-rafah/ Trump team throws out GOP plan and builds a ‘leaner’ 2024 operation The new plan calls for fewer offices, less staff and a focus on new partnerships with outside groups — raising concerns among some Republicans. Meaning Putin, Xi Jinping, Netanyahu, Big Oil, Koch, Murdoch, Musk, etc. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/trump-gop-field-operation/ How a documentary about the Jan. 6 insurrection covers new ground “The Sixth” filmmakers Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine explore the attack’s impact on the Washingtonians “who just showed up to work” that day. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/05/09/january-sixth-documentary-insurrection/

And you will not only pay to see it, you will be watching commercials.

What All the Big Streamers Are Telling Advertisers https://www.vulture.com/article/what-streamers-tell-advertisers-upfronts.html?

Israel’s Politics of Protest As demonstrations roil American campuses, the Israeli right is using them to its own ends. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/israels-politics-of-protest

O god I couldn't even stand to watch the trailer to the end. Glad I already dumped AMC from my subscriptions.