Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by Trumpf in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program, the New York Times reports. Trumpf made his decision after months of internal debate over whether to pursue diplomacy or support Israel in seeking to set back Iran's ability to build a bomb, at a time when Iran has been weakened militarily and economically. As predicted, Trumpf cannot please two masters at the same time, so Putin trumps Netanyahu on the issue of attacking Iran. Tehran and Moscow are allies and economically enmeshed. For now, Netanyahu will just have to settle for the American taxpayer spending billions on obliterating the Shia Houthis, as that won't affect the Kremlin's investments in Iran. www.reuters.com read more
ICE detained another Palestinian scholar who protested the genocide in Gaza in 2024. Mohsen Mahwadi, a permanent resident in Vermont, was getting ready to take his US citizenship test when he was arrested. Mahdawi is a committed Buddhist who believes in "non-violence and empathy as a central tenet of his religion." Statement from Vermont Republican Governor Phil Scott: governor.vermont.gov read more
The UN reports that Israeli military operations in Lebanon have continued to claim civilian lives and destroy vital infrastructure, violating the ceasefire agreement that took effect Nov 2024. At least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon since the27 Nov 2024 ceasefire, according to the OHCHR. Among the dead are 14 women and nine children. More than 92,000 people remain displaced because of Israel. On Palm Sunday, IDF soldiers demolished this statue of St. George in southern Lebanon, happily recording it: twitter.com read more
Foreign volunteers continue fighting and dying against the Russian army. The latest casualty is a 20-year-old Finnish volunteer from Turku. Numerous other Finnish volunteers have died in Ukraine since Russia invaded in 2022,includingformer politician Ville Mykkanen, who was was KIA in Aug 2024. Other KIA: Kakha Tilidze from Georgia, Edgars Platonovs from Latvia, andRichard S.from Austria, Filip Antosiak (19) from Poland who had left his studies in the UK to join a Ukrainian UAV unit. On 9 Apr, an unnamed Lithuanian soldierhad been KIA. While the Kremlin attracts riffraff, convicts seeking parole, white supremacists, and international fugitives for its army, Ukraine attracts global volunteers, much like the Scandinavians who fought for Finland against the USSR in 1939 or the Intl Brigade that fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). read more
The UN reports that women and children were the only fatalities in at least three dozen IDF air strikes on Gaza since mid-March, as it warned that the Nakba threatens Palestinians' "continued existence as a group." Israel also has imposed a total blockade on Gaza; food, water, medicine and other critical supplies are quickly running out. The IDF killed more than 1,100 Palestinians after US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) capitulated on the GOP budget last March, releasing billions of dollars in US military and economic aid to Israel. And ICE detained Mohsen Mahdawi a Palestinian permanent resident in Vermont, who was getting ready for his US citizenship test: www.washingtontimes.com read more
First tool to filter out the Democratic Party: www.trackaipac.com
Second tool: www.opensecrets.org
Why? www.aljazeera.com
#43 and 45: The coffee machine I discovered was in a dark corridor in the lower basement level. There wasn't a lot of traffic, but the contractor was fulfilling his decades-long obligation. BTW: The same engineer behind the Manhattan Project oversaw the construction of the Pentagon, MG Leslie Groves. www.wearethemighty.com
The people of Washington DC will pay more for municipal services (licenses, certificates, construction permits, etc). Parking rates will go up as will fines and quotas will be raised for MPD officers to write traffic tickets. These are all problems the oligarchs are completely immune to. Here is the list of homeless shelters in the NCR which will receive less money: www.shelterlist.com
#34: Hi Snoofy: Years ago when I was assigned to the Pentagon, a few of us kept track of the vending machines distributed throughout the building. On the night shift, if someone needed a toiletry item, burrito, feminine hygiene product, or cinnamon Tic-Tacs, we knew where to go. One night I stunned the "master" of this occult knowledge when I came back to the 24/7 watch center with a cup of coffee from a Cold War-era vending machine that even took small change. I tasted the antiquity of the black tar. Alas, I was unable to locate an old-style cigarette machine within the sinews of the world's largest building: i.pinimg.com
SECDEF Pete Hogsbreath also wiped out this science-oriented DOD asset as well, calling it "crap": www.science.org
#1: Antisemitism? The President of Harvard University, Dr. Alan M. Garber, is an Ashkenazi Jew: www.harvard.edu
#3: After the Trumpf junta has been exorcized in 2028, the American people and USG are going to need a post-WWII Marshall Plan to fight the appalling poverty the GOP will have created, as well as a De-Nazification Program: cdn.history.com
I hope our former allies will be willing to assist the American people in the future.
#14: What a warm, endearing relationship the First Couple enjoy. Truly, they are the envy of the world: twitter.com
#35: Pres Bukelele of El Salvador is following the Stalinist principle of "no person, no problem" on an industrial scale. Imprison the poor who ended up in generational gangs because of no opportunities. Income inequality and land ownership inequities led to the insurgencies in Latin American countries (e.g. El Salvador, Colombia, and Peru). These Monroe Doctrine satrapies want enough docile labor to farm the plantations cheaply, but they have too many poor (and angry) people. Introduce death squads and a vicious cycle has begun. Father Gustavo Gutirrez, the man who founded "Liberation theology," died just a few months ago: www.bbc.com
Sorry, Bibi, but Vlad is a bit more important to the Dotard than you, but not by much. Similarly, Putin will also shield Kim Jong-un from future repercussions: pix.avax.news