anon1984 @198--

McKinney tweet about Amazon:

"Black Power, Jewish Politics: So, Jews can write about the Black–Jewish relationship, but when Blacks write about it, Amazon bans their books????"

McKinney about Omar's op/ed:

"Gee, that was quick: everybody knows 2-state won't work because the Palestinian state is now mostly settled and incorporated into Israel. Ilhan Omar pens oped for 2 state solution. Ask me what I suspect."

To accomplish the change required to turn the Outlaw US Empire into a civilized law-abiding nation demands feckless courage, unwavering commitment and total consistency in facing down the evil that's currently entrenched in power. Half-measures and inconsistent stances are signs of weakness that tell those who might join you that you're not 100% committed. The Clintons whom Omar praised are every bit as evil as Abrams and Trump. I don't think enough people realize that what's occurring is War; and in War you don't aide your enemy.

Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 20 2019 0:56 utc | 201

mourning dove @199--

Thanks for your reply! As for Spain no longer being an Empire, I submit the case of Catalonia.

Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 20 2019 0:59 utc | 202

metni @201--

I generally dislike having to judge people without actually meeting and interacting with them. In the case of politicos, one must all too often rely on their words and deeds given their insularity. Omar reminded me of the vivacity and dedication of a Somali refugee I had as a student who also wanted to go into politics and international relations to help those she left behind; so, I had hopes and expectations that are proven unwarranted. Perhaps she will right her moral compass, alter her path and atone as she still has that opportunity. Time, as always, will tell.

Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 20 2019 1:10 utc | 203

Karof1

I'm not as dismissive as I may have come across in the tongue-in-cheek comment about her being mentored by Obama but I do genuinely hold him in contempt for his duplicity and betrayal.

After an initial surge of hope, I too felt the sting of disappointment over Omar. I am equally averse to judgement, but since it is most impractical for us to engage with such people on a personal level, their statements and actions offer us the best insight available. As such, she has been inconsistent and contradictory in her statements thus far, but she is a young neophyte and that itself may offer some hope for her to become better grounded in the kind of moral courage she first exhibited.

Posted by: metni | Mar 20 2019 1:33 utc | 204

karkof1
There's a big difference between the situation in Catalonia and the Spanish Empire conquering a continent on the other side of the world. I'm not defending current Spanish politics, but I think that's a pretty weak definition of empire. It's no longer a monarchy, there are no more conquistadors. Spain and France have had revolutions, they aren't the same governments. That's not a value judgement, it's just a fact.

Posted by: mourning dove | Mar 20 2019 2:47 utc | 205

I believe it was someone upthread that mentioned the peto-chemical fire in Huston TX

Here is an update that says it has spread and the Japanese owners are bringing in fancy team to go on aggressive.....

Texas petrochemical fire spreads to more storage tanks after firefighting snag

Texas is a hidden environmental cost of our private finance owned and motivated world. When that cost comes due, where will the perpetrators of that environmental catastrophe be? How long will the line be to sue for retribution and if any is won, will more than the attorneys see any of it?

When you live by moral bankruptcy, you die by moral bankruptcy.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 20 2019 4:30 utc | 206

The posting below from Xinhuanet shows more reason for the US pushback against Huawei

Huawei tops corporate patent applications in 2018: WIPO

The take away quote
"
U.S.-based applicants filed 56,142 PCT applications, followed by applicants from China, 53,345, and Japan, 49,702. Germany and the Republic of Korea ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, with 19,883 and 17,014 applications. China and India (2,013) are the only two middle-income countries among the top 15 origins of PCT applications.

China-based telecoms giant Huawei Technologies, with a record number of 5,405 published PCT applications, was the top corporate filer in 2018, which is "an all-time record by anyone," according to Gurry.
"

Another headline I read said China will overtake the US number of international patent applications in 2 years....

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 20 2019 5:04 utc | 207

psychohistorian

I had read a year or two back that China was top with patents.
Patents though, I now veiw as another form of monopoly, no different to monopolies and cabals in finance and other sectors.

Posted by: Peter AU 1 | Mar 20 2019 7:06 utc | 208

Quite some interesting ISP/gov antics going on down under in Oz/NZ.

after-blocking-zerohedge-and-others-nz-telcos-demand-big-tech-censorship-surge

Posted by: imo | Mar 20 2019 8:29 utc | 209

210 "well known Muslim local" who "chased the shooters and fired two shots at them as they sped off."

Thanks for linking to that. Ties in with what I have read in MSM. One of the four initially arrested was armed and assisting police... A worshipper from the mosque chased the gunman off with ... an ATM machine or something similar... what..

I guess the shooter was hunted from the second mosque by someone armed with a gun rather than an atm.

Posted by: Peter AU 1 | Mar 20 2019 8:55 utc | 210

There's some interesting comment emerging on the New Zealand massacre. James Petras (via Xymphora), and WSWS (via Niqnaq), aren't buying NZ's official "This is not us" bullshit.
New Zealand is part of the 5 Eyes conspiracy which is not only an opaque tool of The Swamp but the people who run The Swamp invented and continue to pursue the Fake War on Terror/Islam for fun and profit.
So New Zealand's PM may not be aware that ALL Western Intel Agencies have been hijacked by the FWOT's pro-"Israel" liars, racists and mass murdering nut-cases. However if she's too polite to ask a few probing questions then she's not going to be able to fill her obligations to The People and should resign - or wake up and start acting like a Real Leader instead of a useful idiot.

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Mar 20 2019 16:12 utc | 211

According to a recent IFOP poll conducted in Europe, almost 40 percent of French people believe that the criminal Macron government cannot be reformed, and that it must be overthrown by violent revolution

to see full link without breaking up the comments, copy the line at the bottom (beginning exclusif) and paste it to line above ending /3568600/

https://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/3568600/

exclusif--le-regard-des-europeens-sur-la-situation-de-leurs-pays-et-de-l-union-europeenne-ifop

Posted by: Andrea | Mar 20 2019 19:51 utc | 212

"I'll Carry Out A Massacre. No one is getting out of this bus alive": Bus Full Of Kidnapped Italian Children Set On Fire By Senegalese-Born Driver

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-20/ill-carry-out-massacre-bus-full-italian-children-set-fire-senegalese-born-driver

Welcome to what remains of Europe. We need a lot more of this. Everyone is equal. They're going to fund your retirement. Get in that hole.

Let's never forget the words of (((Barbara Lerner Spectre)))

Here they are as a reminder:

"I think there is a resurgence of anti-Semitism because at this point in time Europe has not yet learned how to be multicultural.

And I think we are going to be part of the throes of that transformation, which must take place. Europe is not going to be the monolithic societies they once were in the last century. Jews are going to be at the centre of that. It’s a huge transformation for Europe to make. They are now going into a multicultural mode and Jews will be resented because of our leading role. But without that leading role and without that transformation, Europe will not survive"

Yes, "Diversity," (defined as fewer Whites in everything) is our greatest strength.

We benefit in immeasurable ways from the presence of non-whites who hate us and see our generosity as the jew-coerced weakness it truly is.

The biggest problem is "terrorism" from the "extreme right wing."

We need to give up a lot more rights. Turn in your guns, monitor your speech and thoughts.

It's worth the sacrifice in service of this talmudic paradise we're creating.

The great replacement continues.

Posted by: anonymous | Mar 20 2019 21:03 utc | 213

@202karlof1

That's a good comment. I get you; I get what CM is conveying. It's the absolute truth. Omar needs to be set straight. Or maybe she sees the truth and tows the bullshet 2-state party line for some reason known only to her. We need to be skeptical about what happened to her between yesterday and today. Was she threatened? So, let's not throw the baby out with the dirty bathwater just yet without further proof.

I hope everyone took time to read the rabid responses Omar got after calling out the injustice of ever-expanding settlements and human rights violations by Israel in Gaza. After reading that filth thrown her way, and from prior experience with same, I have to conclude too many Jews are Zionist and very implicated and invested. Let's not kid ourselves, those that are not, are the exception, not the rule, therefore, I have no choice but to further conclude that Gilad Atzmon is right about his tribe. But let's continue to pretend Zionists are to blame while the majority of Jews are in on it, supporting the imprisonment of millions of Palestinians in a racist Jewish, note, not Zionist, but clearly admittedly JOOISH State, the Apartheid State for Jews only. Or are Zionists masquerading as so many Jews? NO. Jewishness is what Zionists use as a cover, kind of like the KKK, hiding behind their robes. So when one rightly condemns a Zionist he jumps out of that role (robe) and turns into a respectable innocent member of the victim Jewish tribe we are all forbidden to condemn.

Everyone should read the hideous vitriol directed at Omar to understand the evil that drives Jews who defend Zionism and who's kidding whom? It's the majority of Jews or this criminal operation could never be sustained this long within a Democratic State. And let's not kid ourselves about that pretense either. It's the depraved version of democracy and as you can see, the Zionist in the following video isn't shy about flaunting the twisted depravity.:

https://youtu.be/Of98GSmO2VI

This Jewish democracy sure stinks like fascism to me! So why should we shrink timidly from speaking the truth?

The only reason we blame Zionists instead of the Jewish poseurs who skulk behind for this outrage is so we don't get shamed and outed by the Muzzle police, aka ADL and their political lackeys. So let's keep with the KKK-like farce, right?

Wrong! There's only one way to fight this: call out exactly who's facilitating, bankrolling and enabling the criminal operation, and when they slap us like they're doing to Omar and Tlaib...b itch slap back.

Ilhan Omar was on the right track damnit! It IS the f#cking Benjamins, and we've been guilted and threatened into submissive silence. There is a systematic campaign of bribery, blackmail and outright intimidation imposing the interests of Israel above what would be more beneficial for Americans. Since, however, the majority of Americans are dumb as a herd of ox (apologies to the ox), and racist, hypocritical bible thumpers and former slave owners who massacred a nation of native Americans they could care less that their Jewish counterparts are getting away with violating the human rights of Palestinians for decades by every financial, political and media-driven machination known and unknown to man.

Sure we gotta play the game and blame the zealous Ziofreaks, when in fact the entire community is in on the criminal oppression operation spinning resistance into terror, riding the Hamas bull, milking anti Semitism, the Holocause, the Inquisition and every other victim card and guilt shaming excuse in the Universe.

It's the biggest scam ever invented. Too bad Palestinians have to pay the price for millions of Jews who live with the guilt-free luxury apathy, God-given entitlement and victimhood afford.

Posted by: Circe | Mar 21 2019 9:30 utc | 214

From Xymphora March 21, 2019.

"Truth or Trope?" (Sailer):

"Of the top 50 political donors to either party at the federal level in 2018, 52 percent were Jewish and 48 percent were gentile. Individuals who identify as Jewish are usually estimated to make up perhaps 2.2 percent of the population.
Of the $675 million given by the top 50 donors, 66 percent of the money came from Jews and 34 percent from gentiles.
Of the $297 million that GOP candidates and conservative causes received from the top 50 donors, 56 percent was from Jewish individuals.
Of the $361 million Democratic politicians and liberal causes received, 76 percent came from Jewish givers.
So it turns out that Rep. Omar and Gov. LePage appear to have been correct, at least about the biggest 2018 donors. But you can also see why Pelosi wanted Omar to just shut up about it: 76 percent is a lot."

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Mar 21 2019 14:12 utc | 215

Trump, the real zionist

It's time for the US to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan – Trump
https://www.rt.com/news/454428-us-israel-golan-recognize/

Posted by: Zanon | Mar 21 2019 17:15 utc | 216

Zanon beat me to it

Trump says time for U.S. to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Golan

End game time

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 21 2019 17:18 utc | 217

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but Trump, still precious to some here who just can't let go of the Trump delusion, is planning to recognize the Golan Heights as permanent Israeli territory at the AIPAC Conference next week. MIGA! Making Israel Great Again! Isn't Zionism what the Trump Presidency was always about? Trump has done more for Israel than any President in history and Zionists are in awe of him! To many who were fooled by him he's a gigantic orange, wrinkly, deflated hot air balloon.

Trump Golan Heights

This is a parting shot to Assad, Iran and Russia that fought hard for Syrian sovereignty, although newsflash, Trump is also leaving troops in Syria! It's also a major endorsement for bibiyahoo and it's Trump being the biggest ass-hole he's always been. I'd say, told ya so, but I don't want to rub salt in the wound. You should have listened to me from the start.

Posted by: Circe | Mar 21 2019 17:45 utc | 218

Looks like someone beat me to the punch!

Posted by: Circe | Mar 21 2019 17:47 utc | 219

re trump and golan heights - briefing today with pompeo..

last part of the transcript -
" QUESTION: As a matter of faith, can you just say how important the events here in Jerusalem are to you? You’re going to be seeing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Wailing Wall and so on. What does it mean to you?

SECRETARY POMPEO: Yeah, so I don’t know. I’ve been to Israel now a whole handful of times. I came here the first time as a private citizen, long before I entered Congress, brought my son here, because I wanted him to see this place that had a special meaning for the people of my faith of Christianity. We had a chance to see most of the main Christian sights and travel up north to the Sea of Galilee and see the Christian sights up there as well.

So each time I get a chance to come back and see the history and remind myself of the – of this place that you read about in the Bible, it’s of enormous value to me personally. It always reminds me of the spirituality that I hope informs many of the things that I do, trying to fulfill my mission to the Constitution and on behalf of America and President Trump. "

another fundamentalist whackjob...everything must be taken literally... symbolism, like the parables are completely lost on people like pompeo..

https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2019/03/290547.htm

Posted by: james | Mar 21 2019 18:10 utc | 220

further to that -

https://mondoweiss.net/2019/03/benjamin-netanyahu-endorsement/

Posted by: james | Mar 21 2019 18:12 utc | 221

@ peter 209

Patents also protect the little guy from getting chased out of the room by big capital.

Careful that we don't forget the original purpose of these utilities on our Hegelian dialectical death march to utopianism.

Posted by: Nemesiscalling | Mar 21 2019 18:30 utc | 222

@ Nemisiscalling who wrote
"
Patents also protect the little guy from getting chased out of the room by big capital.
"

I disagree. Capital decides what the room looks like and everyone inside...even science be dammed

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 21 2019 18:52 utc | 223

i tend to agree with peter and psychohistorian on the issue of patents.. it is the same idea on private property... it favours the big players and the little guy is always marginalized... i play music and have my music copyrighted.. it matters very little in the bigger picture as i see it..the big players always clean up and the little guy is always marginalized, unless he joins forces ( for a cut ) with the big players.. the music industry is a good example of how copyright works to the advantage of corps more then little people..

Posted by: james | Mar 21 2019 19:14 utc | 224

Yes I know where ynet comes from but there are a couple of interesting quotes. It will be interesting to see the Arab reaction.

“Israel wants to show that it is winning," said Palestinian analyst Hani al-Masri. "The American recognition won’t change anything on the ground or the status of the occupied Golan Heights.”

Muhannad, a Syrian activist speaking on condition of anonymity, also said that the Israeli request was pointless, regardless of the US response. “At the end of the day, Trump’s recognition is simply not important and won’t change anything on the ground; what has been taken by force, will only be retrieved by force," he said.

"The US is free to decide whatever it wants, and even if Trump rejects the Israeli demand, that won’t help Syria restore its occupied territories. The same happened when the Arabs and Palestinians protested for days against the American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and that didn’t change anything.”

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5443257,00.html

Posted by: dh | Mar 21 2019 20:24 utc | 225

re trump recognition - here is trump apologist pat lang blaming it on others in the admin.. trump is such a sweet guy, lol...

Posted by: james | Mar 21 2019 21:03 utc | 226

james @222

b just noted that WaPo gave Erdogan a campaign boost by publishing his Op-Ed.

Trump boosted Pelosi before her election as Speaker of the House when he invited her to the Oval Office with Schumer to talk about the Wall. Now Pelosi says impeachment is off the table.

Trump boosted Trudeau when he said negative things about him.

Now Trump is boosting Netanyahu.

Nothing to see here!?!? Just a "populist outsider" doing his thing?

Posted by: Jackrabbit | Mar 21 2019 21:32 utc | 227

@228 forgot the /sarc tag

Posted by: Jackrabbit | Mar 21 2019 21:34 utc | 228

What does “rules-based order” mean?

A practical definition seems to be: Zionists make the rules, and their puppets follow orders.

Posted by: Jackrabbit | Mar 21 2019 21:44 utc | 229

@227 James Pat Lamb's blame game is pointless. With this announcement the only thing that matters now is how well the IDF will perform against this new-look SAA.

I suspect the answer is going to be: they won't have a clue.

Posted by: Yeah, Right | Mar 21 2019 22:32 utc | 230

@219 circe Interesting that you mention those US troops in Syria. Not enough to help Israel in the now-inevitable Golan War, but they will make nice hostages once Bolton urges US involvement on Israel's side.

The Joint Chiefs would be quick to point out that those troops will be dead if the President follows Bolton's advice.

Posted by: Yeah, Right | Mar 21 2019 22:42 utc | 231

@jr - thanks... that terms 'rules-based order' is a new invention, but i see wikipedia as propaganda outlet want to backdate the term to refer to everything after ww2, with unipolar top dog usa as leader... check wikipedias spin onit..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_international_economic_order

@yeah, right - i sure hope we don't have to watch ww3 in action in the middle east, but it looks like that is where all this is headed..

more jive ass bullshit from the usa... it is what many have come to expect..

Posted by: james | Mar 21 2019 23:22 utc | 232

I'm thoroughly enjoying the spectacle of the Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferers getting their knickers in a knot over Trump's Golan gambit. It's apparently all too easy, for them to forget that Trump doesn't have an international mandate, the power, or the authority to 'give' Jerusalem or Golan to the "Israelis."

The only people fooled by his 'generosity' are the predictably reckless "Israelis." He obviously guessed that they'd celebrate falling for his Jerusalem gambit by slaughtering and maiming Palestinians. And he was right. Now he's guessing that they'll celebrate falling for his Golan gambit in a similarly insane manner.
And he'll be right about that, too.

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Mar 22 2019 2:16 utc | 233

Hoarsewhisperer @234

Sorry Hoarse, there's no way to spin this as positive for Trump/USA.

US Duplicity over Golan Demolishes Posturing on Crimea:

If Washington confirms its recent indications of recognizing the Golan as officially part of Israel, the development would mark an egregious flouting of international law.

. . .

Claims by Washington and the European Union of “illegal annexation” of Crimea by Russia are the central basis for five years of economic sanctions imposed on Moscow. Those sanctions have contributed to ever-worsening tensions with Russia and the build-up of NATO forces along Russia’s borders.

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There's always the possibility that after the Israeli election Trump will reneg on his own declaration like he did with the pull-out from Syria. That seems unlikely as it brings a whole different set of problems for Trump and would be inconsistent with Trump's whole-hearted support for Israel/Netanyahu: cutting humanitarian aid to Palestinians; moving US Embassy to Jerusalem; keeping troops in Syria; etc.

Posted by: Jackrabbit | Mar 22 2019 4:07 utc | 234

There is an old joke about what part of the body is the most powerful and, of course, the asshole wins

But I want to write about another type of waste coming from humans....garbage

And more specifically I want to posit that the backup of recycled plastic that is occurring in the US because China has stopped taking such, because it is too dirty, will be a crisis by the end of summer.

I skim a lot of articles on the intertubes and have been involved in supply chin computers systems all of my career and so understand the volume implications of the "backhaul" to China that the to-be recycled plastic means.

Then there is the question of what is happening to that tonnage. Is it going into already fast filling landfills, where? Is is being disposed of someway legally? Is is stacking up in Nevada desert somewhere? Is that supply chain backing up? Likely so, and who knows how it will make itself conscious on the public level but come the heat of summer, someplace(s) are not going to be much fun to be around, IMO.

Just another spinning plate of dying empire trying to force its garbage on others...and failing

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 22 2019 4:26 utc | 235

Posted by: Jackrabbit | Mar 22, 2019 12:07:55 AM | 235

Hey, thanks! I missed the NATO angle.
Trump's not only helping the "Israelis" to make fools of themslves with his Golan gambit, but ZATO too.
That's a two-fer is it not?

Nip over to SST and brush up on TTG's analysis/ elaboration of Shoigu's recent item by item summary of Russia's enhanced Military preparedness. It contains lots of numbers which I'm 100% certain ZATO will be able to decipher as a targeting priority list if ZATO gets too uppity. ZATO has never attacked anything that could shoot back so their 'surrounding Russia' policy suggests that they don't need Trump's help to make themselves look as irrelevant as tits on a bull.

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Mar 22 2019 4:44 utc | 236

A few thoughts.
In the Erdogan thread, Kiza expressed his her racism and denial of our history (Australia).
There is a lot of racism in Australia concerning aboriginal people, ranging from casual and uninformed of our history through to rabidly racist. On the other side of the coin is - the judges that let repeat violent crims out on bail or do not give them a jail sentence if the case goes to court as they believe this does more harm than good. On the political side, to be an Aboriginal the only stipulation is you have to identify as and aboriginal. This leaves benefits and welfare open to rorting.

Another part which occurs on both sides of the left right coin is that Australian aboriginals are generally considered as a homogeneous group rather than a number of nations and language groups with different experiences through different periods of the British take over of their countries.

There is a major problem with booze drugs and so forth in many aboriginal communities. Their land has been taken and without that their culture cannot survive as the culture is part of the land. Loss of land means a breakdown of society. It is a problem I don't see an answer to. Between the rabid right and the rabid left, there is no chance of any answer to this problem.

Posted by: Peter AU 1 | Mar 22 2019 5:57 utc | 237

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/03/wapo-gives-campaign-space-to-main-sponsor-of-isis-who-also-jails-more-journalists-than-anyone-else.html#c6a00d8341c640e53ef0240a4969b7d200b
"But the article Karlof quoted is a total pure leftist bull about Australia. Let me quote an example sentence in its utter cretinism: ".. [in 1950s], slavery of Aboriginal people was common in Australia, although there is no official recognition of this in our museums or libraries". It would be my educated guess that the author is an "ambulance chaser", a lawyer or para-legal, making business out of some groups overblown victimhood. What really happened to the Australian Aboriginals is a sad story of clash of civilizations."

Your guess is extremely uneducated Kiza. Aboriginals did not have the right to fair pay, or any sort of pay until the sixties when it was deemed they were citizens of Australia.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/03/wapo-gives-campaign-space-to-main-sponsor-of-isis-who-also-jails-more-journalists-than-anyone-else.html#c6a00d8341c640e53ef0240a496adfc200b
Kiza "Glad that I identified you before regarding your comment" You would have my surname from a comment in the article I linked to. Why would this be of importance to you. Many Australians are what I would call casual racists, and I was one of them. It seems to go much deeper with you Kiza. You are closer to the Ukrainian far right type groups that have some numbers in Sydney and Melbourne.

Posted by: Peter AU 1 | Mar 22 2019 6:54 utc | 238

It seems I often post at the tail end of the thread, maybe I'm a late bloomer.

Meaning it takes me a while to read and think about the comments before I respond.

I would like to thank all the correspondents, all the commenters for your posts. Especially you folks who translate your words into English.

This is a community of people who have been reading and occasionally commenting for I think about 15 years or more. Annie and dh and many others could correct me there.

Thank you for Bernhard's MofA and your posts.

Posted by: jonku | Mar 22 2019 6:57 utc | 239

Hey Peter AU, did you say "On the political side, to be an Aboriginal the only stipulation is you have to identify as an aboriginal."

In Canada there are different criteria ... does that mean that any Australian can claim to "identify as aboriginal"?

Wow, that is very different and sounds to me like no one would want to do so.

Cause in CA aboriginals, First Nations, "Indians" have certain rights including fishing and hunting, no taxes on sales on reservations and so on.

In AU it sounds like no one would want to claim aboriginal status.

This may open Pandora's box about native rights versus later immigrants ("colonizers") but I am curious about your statement.

Posted by: jonku | Mar 22 2019 7:10 utc | 240

Jonku In many government type forms you have to stipulate if you are Australian, Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander.
The are many government benefits available to aboriginal people. Being aboriginal according to current law has little or nothing to do with ancestry. It has to do with what the rabid left calls culture. At the same time, there is also something in this. Mothers giving birth to children who have fly by night fathers over a number of generations are still raised in what at that point is considered aboriginal culture - though far removed from the original.
At the same time, a non aboriginal, with absolutely no aboriginal ancestry, but who has been accepted by an aboriginal community can claim to be aboriginal and receive benefits.
A few here like Jen may be able to correct or enlarge on this, but this is my understanding.

Posted by: Peter AU 1 | Mar 22 2019 7:41 utc | 241

I guess my road to damascus moment from being a casual racist to where I am now is is when Dougie said "You treat me like a man, not a blackfella".

Posted by: Peter AU 1 | Mar 22 2019 8:06 utc | 242

@235 Jackrabbit "There's always the possibility that after the Israeli election Trump will reneg on his own declaration like he did with the pull-out from Syria"

All rather depends on when the next AIPAC meeting is, doesn't it?

They will demand that Someone Of Importance stand before them and officially state that this is now the USA's policy w.r.t. the legality of military conquest.

Sad to even think about this: WW2 was actually fought over that very principle, where the Axis powers insisted that conquest was perfectly legal, and the Allied powers insisted that it was not.

The Allies won, and ever since the bedrock of international law has been "the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war".

Who would have thought that it would be the USA who would be the first to jump ship?
Makes ya' wonder why anyone even bothered with all that shootin' 'n' killin' 1939-1945....

Posted by: Yeah, Right | Mar 22 2019 8:45 utc | 243

@233 James It is now inevitable that the SAA will attack the IDF on the Golan Heights.

Maybe not now.
Maybe not this year.

But attack they will.

And if the Trump Doctrine of I've-grabbed-it-so-it's-mine is now the yardstick then Syria really has both the legal and moral high ground to attack the IDF army of occupation in order to grab the Golan Heights back again.

And, hey, if the Tiger Force smash everything in its path then why not go a weeeeeee bit further than the Golan Heights itself.

The region of the Dan, for example, or perhaps the entire shoreline around the Kinneret.

The Israelis can hardly complain, since Netanyahu is always insisting that any territory is fair game when "security needs" so dictates...

Posted by: Yeah, Right | Mar 22 2019 9:00 utc | 244

@235 Jackrabbit That linked article is right on the money.

I particularly like this quote
Pompeo: "Russia undermines a bedrock of international principle shared by democratic states: that no country can change the borders of another by force"

no. country. can. change. the. borders. of. another. by. force.

Couldn't put it better myself.

But, having said that, I mean what I say and I say what I mean.

Pompous Pompeo.... hmmm ..... not so much.....

Posted by: Yeah, Right | Mar 22 2019 9:08 utc | 245

@235 Jackrabbit your link references the State Department's "Crimea Declaration".

It is well worth quoting that declaration in full, in order to highlight just how craven and hypocritical is Trump's latest policy "announcement"

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"Russia, through its 2014 invasion of Ukraine and its attempted annexation of Crimea, sought to undermine a bedrock international principle shared by democratic states: that no country can change the borders of another by force. The states of the world, including Russia, agreed to this principle in the United Nations Charter, pledging to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. This fundamental principle — which was reaffirmed in the Helsinki Final Act — constitutes one of the foundations upon which our shared security and safety rests.

As we did in the Welles Declaration in 1940, the United States reaffirms as policy its refusal to recognize the Kremlin’s claims of sovereignty over territory seized by force in contravention of international law. In concert with allies, partners, and the international community, the United States rejects Russia’s attempted annexation of Crimea and pledges to maintain this policy until Ukraine’s territorial integrity is restored.

The United States calls on Russia to respect the principles to which it has long claimed to adhere and to end its occupation of Crimea. As democratic states seek to build a free, just, and prosperous world, we must uphold our commitment to the international principle of sovereign equality and respect the territorial integrity of other states. Through its actions, Russia has acted in a manner unworthy of a great nation and has chosen to isolate itself from the international community."

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Worthy sentiments, if it were honestly held. Unfortunately not, apparently....

Posted by: Yeah, Right | Mar 22 2019 10:09 utc | 246

Wrt China and patents:

Anecdotal but a friend who happens to be an inventor designed accessories for the apple watch. Chinese copied his design and before you knew it, their product was on Amazon with his product's name. It took some doing but friend was able to convince Amazon to take down the forgeries and chastise the Chinese seller.

How many times has the inventor been protected because of copyright and the U.S. Patent office? It is a very useful utility, and notwithstanding it's corruption, it is an essential utility for inventors and innovation itself.

That is, unless you believe that the state could ever dream up what the little guy can. Hint: it can't because it is too focused on maintaining power.

Posted by: Nemesiscalling | Mar 22 2019 16:41 utc | 247

Conversation between Rurik and Cowboy concerning the difference between Hillary Clinton and Ilhar Omar

March 18, 2019 at 9:23 pm GMT • 400 Words (Unz Review)

Cowboy says:

"Rurik, I have made dozens of posts discussing this lying bimbo. If I call Hillary or Chelsea or Nancy a bimbo, does this trigger people in this thread as much? No.

Why is this? Why are people so triggered by criticism of her? I honestly suspect that since I don’t live in the US I have been spared some kind of mind control."

Rurik responds:

"Lord almighty

The difference between Omar and Clinton could not possibly be more stark.

My nation. Indeed, my entire civilization, is being dashed on the rocks of Eternal Wars for Israel. OK?

The life blood and the future of all America’s and Western civilization hopes and dreams have all been leveraged away to serve the demonic lust for war and domination for the benefit of Zionist, Jewish supremacist scumf*cks.

There is no atrocity or act of mass-murder that Hillary -the War C*nt- would not eagerly commit, sacrificing millions of lives towards her insatiable ambitions.

How can you compare a women who cackles over the torture/murder of the best leader Africa had, to a woman who speaks the truth about such evils?

It’s like comparing Marco Rubio to Rand Paul, they are on the opposite sides of the conflict.

Has Rand Paul told lies? Yes, he sure has. But compared to Marco Rubio, he’s a f*cking saint.

And that’s how I see the War C*nt, compared to that woman who gave it to Eliot Abrams in a way that amazed me (on C-Span)

She treated that rat like the sniveling.... traitorous, scoundrel that he is, rather than gushing over his treasons like Hillary would have.

I’m amazed you don’t see the glaring contrast between her and the War Hag. And even consider those of us who do as being under some kind of ‘mind control’.

What we’ve been under, here in the good ol ZUS of A, is a regime of horrors. A Talmudic death cult of genocide, torture, and drone assassinations all over the planet.

If that has colored our opinion of certain people and their motivating principle, then I believe that is perhaps understandable.

Posted by: anonymous | Mar 23 2019 23:40 utc | 248