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August 23, 2026
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Mitzvah 188
From HeavenBrief description: To exterminate every last member of the ancient nation of Amalek, including its men, women, and children, and to destroy all of its animals and other possessions — in other words, to erase its very existence from the face of the earth.
The Biblical patriarch Jacob gave rise to the Jewish nation; his evil twin brother, Esau, gave rise to the wicked nation of Edom, some of whom became known as the Etruscans who founded Rome around the year 700 BCE. A separate nation arose from Esau’s grandson, Amalek (Gen. 36), whose descendants originally dwelled in the Negev region south of the land of Israel (Num. 13:29). Driven by the mad desire to exercise willpower for its own sake, the Amaleki nation mocked G-d’s miracles in Egypt and at the Red Sea and, to demonstrate its hatred of the Creator, attacked the Jews on the way to Mt. Sinai in the hope of inciting other gentile nations to join in the war against G-d (Ex. 17:8-16). The Amaleki nation fought various other wars against the Jews of Biblical times, finally being scattered but not destroyed by King Saul.
From there, the Amaleki people infiltrated other gentile nations, operating an underground network of subversion aimed at defeating G-d by annihilating the Jewish people and plunging the world into a diabolical war of rebellion against G-d’s Theocratic Law. Over the centuries, the hidden Amaleki revolutionary network created innumerable secret societies; invented occult “religions” such as Manicheism (the inversion of good and evil) and its close cousin, Satanism; infiltrated powerful positions in most of the world’s nations and empires; instigated bloody wars, mass genocides, and nihilist revolutions; and incited anti-Semitism and violent pogroms against the Jews over and over again. All of this was accomplished by Amaleki agents in disguise, unrecognized as being an alien force in the midst of the rest of mankind.
During the Middle Ages, the vast, international Amaleki network spread from the Middle East into Europe, where it continued its deadly work of subversion and revolution. In recent history, the Amaleki nation unified its revolution under the secret order of the Illuminati, from which emerged the bloody French revolution, Socialism, Anarchism, Communism, Naziism, and many other Leftist movements. With the Communist seizure of power in Russia in 1917, Amalek entered a period of open war against all nations of the world, not just the Jewish people.
As of today, the Amaleki revolution, primarily in the form of Communism, has murdered some 400 million human beings in history’s most staggering genocide, which continues at this moment; continues to operate some 10,000 concentration camps in Soviet Russia, Red China, and the rest of the Communist Bloc; is assembling the largest, most heavily armed military alliance in world history; arms, finances, and directs the international terror network, comprised of over 200 Marxist-Leninist terrorist groups throughout the world; operates the most massive international network of spies and subversive organizations of all time, directed by Communist Bloc secret police, which has now infiltrated and taken effective control of all governments worldwide; and is preparing to launch a third world war to destroy all religions, all governments, and all civilizations, as well as to annihilate Israel and the Jewish people everywhere. (G-d, of course, will not allow this scheme to reach final success.)
This commandment requires Jews, led by their king, to initiate a war of total annihilation against Amalek, even when Amalek has not attacked. Such a war would not be allowed for gentiles, who are forbidden to conduct wars for the purpose of conquest. However, now that Amalek is in a state of open war against all Jews and gentiles, the Jews need not wait for their king, and neither they nor gentiles are forbidden to initiate war against Amalek. Indeed, Jews and gentiles alike are now obligated to counterattack and eradicate this relentless enemy of G-d and man, simply as part of a defensive war of survival.
The current, most pressing task of both Jews and gentiles is to break the death grip of Amalek’s subversive hold on our societies, and then for our newly formed governments to begin the extermination of the Amaleki nation and all who collaborate with them. This will open the door for the imminent arrival of the Messiah, the Jewish king whose first task will be to fulfill this commandment by completing the annihilation of the Amaleki people once and for all.
https://www.hasidicuniversity.org/hu_theocracy/mitzvah_profile.php?mitzvah=188
Again,
https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMitzvot%2C_Positive_Commandments.188.1?lang=bi
Again,
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/961562/jewish/Positive-Commandment-188.htm
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 23 2026 13:50 utc | 1
DW: Nima R Alkhorshid: ‘Iran vs US’
https://www.youtube.com/@dialogueworks01/streams
“Iran’s top general reveals retaliation plan for Trump’s D-Day.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 23 2026 14:00 utc | 2
The Dangerous History Behind Netanyahu’s Amalek Rhetoric
His recent biblical reference has long been used by the Israeli far right to justify killing Palestinians
On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israelis were united in their fight against Hamas, whom he described as an enemy of incomparable cruelty. “They are committed to completely eliminating this evil from the world,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew. He then added: “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. And we do remember.”
There are more than 23,000 verses in the Old Testament. The ones Netanyahu turned to, as Israeli forces launched their ground invasion in Gaza, are among its most violent—and have a long history of being used by Jews on the far right to justify killing Palestinians.
As others quickly pointed out, God commands King Saul in the first Book of Samuelto kill every person in Amalek, a rival nation to ancient Israel. “This is what the Lord Almighty says,” the prophet Samuel tells Saul. “‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 23 2026 14:01 utc | 3
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 23 2026 13:50 utc | 1
Extraordinary to see in black and white. It really is a Bronze age Death Cult. Those that escape the opressive grasp of the cult must be so relieved to join the Brotherhood of Mankind.
Posted by: Exile | Aug 23 2026 14:15 utc | 4
Boom Boom Tel Aviv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnVW8sHMDEU
Coming soon…?
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 23 2026 14:17 utc | 5
@ Otto Penn | Aug 23 2026 14:01 utc | 3
Hoe curious to see Zionist Mother Cohn printing this. I guess Bibi is just too…embarrassing.
Posted by: malenkov | Aug 23 2026 14:19 utc | 6
Iran announces discovery of major gas field in southern Fars provinceIran has discovered a major new gas field in southern Fars province, with recoverable reserves estimated at around 5.7 trillion cubic feet.@PressTV
Iran marks Intl. Day of Victims of Terrorism at Foregn Ministry Gisoo Misha Ahmadi reports from Tehran.
🔴 Iran’s President Pezeshkian delivers a speech marking the beginning of Government Week:🔺 They sought to turn Iran into another Venezuela, but instead, Iran emerged as a power that amazed the world with its resistance, solidarity and unity. Our people achieved something remarkable.🔺 In the face of the enemy’s all-out economic war, we must stand together, just as we did during the US-Israeli war, supporting and helping one another.🔺 If we act wisely, no power can force us into surrender or leave us helpless. But this requires unity, solidarity, and empathy, as well as following our Leader and pursuing the path we must take.@PressTV
Israeli chief rabbi denies Palestinians’ existence, rights in ‘hate-filled’ rhetoricIsrael’s chief rabbi David Yosef has denied the existence of Palestinians as a nation and their rights, in remarks the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) slammed as “hate-filled” rhetoric.@PressTV
Pro-Israeli US lawmaker asks AIPAC to stay away from his campaign: ReportPro-Israeli Republican lawmaker Mike Rogers has reportedly asked the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobby group, not to campaign on his behalf, fearing voters turning against him.@PressTV
Duh.
Posted by: Jo | Aug 23 2026 14:22 utc | 7
It says Iran thread and 5 out of first 7 posts are about Israel , jews, and or Zionism.
Maybe you trolls should ask b to start a special board for your never ending, constant repetitious rantings.
Posted by: arby | Aug 23 2026 15:06 utc | 8
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/36026#
Middle East Spectator — MES
— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Israel’s Minister of Defense, Yisrael Katz, says that kites being launched by Gazan children constitute an ‘act of war’ and that anyone flying these kites will be ‘dealt with forcefully’ (i.e. killed)
Katz declared that kites, balloons, and even paper planes are considered national security threats to Israel, and will be considered the same as drones or missiles.
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https://t.me/RezistanceTrench/55935#
ResistanceTrench mirror
🔴 Financial Times: Exodus of Israelis from the occupied territories intensifies
The Financial Times reported that around 150,000 Israelis have left the occupied territories since 2023, as the trend continues amid the consequences of the war and deepening political and economic crises.
In 2023 and 2024, Israel recorded a negative migration balance, with the trend continuing for a second consecutive year at an unprecedented level.
Meanwhile, the number of high-income individuals leaving has nearly doubled compared with the period before 2019, while increasing numbers of doctors, engineers and technology-sector workers are also leaving the occupied territories…..
Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 23 2026 15:12 utc | 9
Qatar cuts government budget amid massive hit from US war on IranQatar has slashed its government budget by up to 30% this year as its gas production and exports have been severely hit by Iranian airstrikes and Persian Gulf blockades linked to the US-Israeli aggression on Iran.@PressTV
Netanyahu may seek escalation to postpone elections, Israeli military officials believe High-ranking Israeli military officials have expressed concerns that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be looking to escalate tensions in the Gaza Strip as a strategy to obstruct or postpone the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the occupied territories. @PressTV
Posted by: Jo | Aug 23 2026 15:19 utc | 10
Netanyahu may seek escalation to postpone elections, Israeli military officials believe High-ranking Israeli military officials have expressed concerns that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be looking to escalate tensions in the Gaza Strip as a strategy to obstruct or postpone the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the occupied territories. @PressTV
📸 Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held a phone call to discuss the latest regional developments and the situation in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea🔹 The two parties exchanged views on recent diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions in the West Asia region.@PressTV
📸 Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi held a phone conversation with Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir to discuss the latest regional developments and exchange views on the latest diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions.🔹 The two parties discussed effective ways to strengthen peace, stability, and security in the West Asia region.@PressTV
September 30 marks ‘historic turning point’ for Iraq, says military spokesman A spokesman for the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi armed forces says September 30, the date the US-led coalition completes its withdrawal from Iraq, is a “strategic milestone” and “historic turning point” for the Arab nation.@PressTV
▶️ Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran has received numerous messages from neighboring countries about shaping new security arrangements.@PressTV
Posted by: Jo | Aug 23 2026 15:24 utc | 11
The Financial Times reported that around 150,000 Israelis have left the occupied territories since 2023,
this figure represents only those who have formally registered that they have left 4vr. Estimates are that an additional 200,000 to 250,000 Israelis have voted-with-their-feet w/o formally registering.
That’s over 5% of the Jewish population Israel who have fled the Netanyahu regime and his Hannibal Massacre
Posted by: Exile | Aug 23 2026 15:24 utc | 12
Ukraine and World Affairs (includes Iran/ME): Weekly Update, 21st August 2026: May be Useful to Some: Ukraine and World Affairs (including Iran/ME): Weekly Update
Posted by: The Busker | Aug 23 2026 15:26 utc | 13
The Financial Times reported that around 150,000 Israelis have left the occupied territories since 2023,
Posted by: Exile | Aug 23 2026 15:24 utc | 12
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USA metro areas without housing price declines:
- New York City: +4.1%
- Chicago: +4.4%
- Milwaukee: +3.6%.
Posted by: too scents | Aug 23 2026 15:38 utc | 14
If this is true it appears the recent peace treaty may actually be a nuclear umbrella to protect Western Asia from Israeli nukes…
Iran invited to join new Middle East defense pact.
Posted by: circumspect | Aug 23 2026 15:40 utc | 15
israeli property report:
When adjusted for inflation, dwelling prices were down by 5.63% y-o-y in Q2 2025, its worst showing since Q1 2007.
Quarter-on-quarter, nationwide dwelling prices declined by 3.34% in Q2 2025 (-4.6% inflation-adjusted).
https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/middle-east/israel/price-history
Comment – Samsonite Option underway
Posted by: Exile | Aug 23 2026 15:54 utc | 16
Is there a way to see the lego videos without an x account? All x posts dont open anymore since ca 1 month.
Posted by: Tom | Aug 23 2026 15:54 utc | 17
DDN: ‘Gaza. It’s Worse than You Think’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyS5Xp80LzA
“Norman Finkelstein & Jeremy Corbyn expose Israel.”
Death to USrael – Free Palestine – Silence is Complicity – Resist don’t Collaborate
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 23 2026 16:01 utc | 18
“If Israel ATTACKS Türkiye, Iran Will JOIN” | The Coalition To ELIMINATE Israel | Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYcLoowhYYc
Posted by: unimperator | Aug 23 2026 16:09 utc | 19
From the very beginning, Israel has relied on its big brother, the USA, to deter any military response to Israeli murder, genocide and aggression.
But now, Israel has to live in a new World order in which Iran has kicked Israel’s big brother in the balls, and the World can now see that Israel has no effective protector, and cannot continue as before, without risking its very survival.
Posted by: CitizenSmith | Aug 23 2026 16:40 utc | 20
Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
Nov. 2023
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/benjamin-netanyahu-amalek-israel-palestine-gaza-saul-samuel-old-testament/
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 23 2026 14:01 utc | 3
Just a bit of fun here, but I was thinking perhaps we could use the term Amalek as a synonym for cool or awesome.
For example: Iran’s strike on Dimona was totally Amalek. Or the market collapse due to Zio Imperialism’s war on Iran is so Amalek.
I typically don’t just put a negative where an opponent puts a positive reflexively, but the death cult is so abhorrent it seems appropriate to celebrate everything they hate or that causes them mental suffering.
Stay Amalek, brothers!
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 23 2026 17:19 utc | 21
@ Exile | Aug 23 2026 14:15 utc | 4:
The state is a cult, Exile, a religion.
We have to back up further from the smaller collection of dots of the pointillist painting to see the bigger picture. I imagine we here generally do.
We all here likely live in one, a state cult.
Even in movies like The Matrix or maybe even The Truman Show, they kind of, in their own ways, try to tell us this.
At one point, they even called the character, Neo (or another character, I’m unsure), The Exile.
Like it or not, ‘Iran’, as a ‘sociomaterial’ structure, is part of the problem, along with Israel and Turkiye.
The only way we’re going to save ourselves is if we create our own alternative societies– at least as smaller local ‘lifeboats’, as some have called them– based on different, ideally better, values and structures or, failing that, the states we are prisoners in will do it for us, by their declines and/or collapses– like they have in history. It’s that simple.
Are you a teacher? A lawyer? A carpenter?…
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“Morpheus: ‘The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you’re inside, you look around, what do you see? Business men, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it. [Neo’s attention is drawn to a passing attractive woman wearing a red dress] Were you listening to me, Neo, or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?’ ”
~ The Matrix, film
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 17:25 utc | 22
https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/2091178704969826513
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs
True. The EU has long opposed E1: I was in Palestine in 2010 and EU diplomats were already calling it unacceptable.
But tell us Ms @vonderleyen : is killing children, raping their parents, destroying homes/schools, acceptable?
To stop sounding farcical the EU must use sanctions
https://x.com/vonderleyen/status/2090876938369777680
Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen
The Israeli Government’s decision to publish construction tenders for the E1 settlement project is unacceptable.
We have long opposed this step.
It undermines the two-state solution……. blah blah blah
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https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2091238451374952571
MenchOsint @MenchOsint
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary, Mohsen Rezai:
– Trump’s recklessness, through his threats against Iran, has actually increased the desire of people around the world to acquire Nuclear Weapons
– Iran will NOT surrender, even under economic sanctions
– The Americans are completely disillusioned with military attacks and believe that economic sanctions will help their military actions.
– Netanyahu has promised Trump that if Iran is subjected to economic sanctions for six months or two to three months, it will surrender.
– The world has realized that Trump’s threats are empty.
– Trump is alone and has become dependent on the help of NATO and his allies.
— However, Iran has learned from past experiences how to overcome sanctions and continue selling oil.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 23 2026 17:28 utc | 23
We’d all love to slot Israel as ‘the bad guy’, as if in a movie, but it’s only the worst of the bad guys– the bad guy on steriods, say.
My response of course it, ok, fine, but now what? Efforts in our own ways at alternative human setups that transcend the status-quo.
Otherwise, we’ll be talking about superficialities until our deaths– a little bit like those proverbial systemically-inured folks like the Matrix quote above says.
If we only want to talk about the problem but not fix it, perhaps we are part of the problem.
MoA and places on and offline have a purpose to serve, but they only go so far.
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 17:32 utc | 24
💢 Iran has received an invitation to join the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, according to Mehdi Rahimi, head of the Iranian parliament’s Khaneh Mellat news agency. He told Al Mayadeen that Tehran is currently reviewing the proposal.
The agreement was signed in Mecca on August 7 by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. It establishes a collective-defense principle under which an attack on one member is considered an attack on all.
Rahimi said regional countries are increasingly seeking their own “regional security umbrella,” describing the development as a victory for Iran, which he said has long advocated such an arrangement. The reported invitation has not yet been publicly confirmed by Iran’s Foreign Ministry or the three signatories.
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Posted by: Jo | Aug 23 2026 17:34 utc | 25
Tom, whole lotta Lego vids in Instagram look under aiquonaiand they publish several makers eg persiaboi does a lot
Though they are trying to sell their business
Posted by: Jo | Aug 23 2026 17:35 utc | 26
“And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We’re captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game”
~ The Circle Game, by Joni Mitchell
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 17:36 utc | 27
Strange Bedfellow@22,24:
Excellent points. Thanks for making them.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 23 2026 17:40 utc | 28
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 23 2026 17:19 utc | 21
That idea is hella amalek, Aheno-bro!
I am using it and will always give you attribution.
Posted by: lex talionis | Aug 23 2026 17:41 utc | 29
Joni Mitchell
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 17:36 utc | 27
join mitchell was pro-genocide. One item we little people can accomplish is boycott anyone who supports genocide.
https://forward.com/culture/music/413779/on-her-75th-birthday-joni-mitchells-secret-jewish-history/
Posted by: Exile | Aug 23 2026 17:47 utc | 30
@ Jo | Aug 23 2026 17:34 utc | 25:
All of this sort of thing, from that to Trump’s tariffs/tariff wars seems to point, ultimately, to global-industrial civilization’s inextricable general shrinkage vis-a-vis energy and materials shrinkage and thus, a kind of slow relocalization.
Even here in Canada, despite some smalltalk of redirecting some trade, Carney seems to be talking more about ‘going it more alone’, especially vis-a-vis its closest neighbour, the USA.
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 17:48 utc | 31
Exile | Aug 23 2026 17:47 utc | 30:
Again, I only reference people as a matter of proper convention. I don’t care about the people and their histories, sordid or otherwise.
Do you know what references are? They come, for example, at the end of books. Why bother for you? You might as well tear all those pages out…
But then, would you even know about the authors and their histories? That seems the catch, yes?
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 17:59 utc | 32
“One item we little people can accomplish is boycott anyone who supports genocide.”https://forward.com/culture/music/413779/on-her-75th-birthday-joni-mitchells-secret-jewish-history/
~ Exile | Aug 23 2026 17:47 utc | 30
That article was written before the genocide, incidentally– 2018.
Also, by your logic, should we consider boycotting some people at that ostensibly-Jewish site, if not the entire site? Are any of them, pro-Israel?
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 18:09 utc | 33
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 23 2026 17:19 utc | 21
That idea is hella amalek, Aheno-bro!
I am using it and will always give you attribution.
Posted by: lex talionis | Aug 23 2026 17:41 utc | 29
Amalek, homie!
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 23 2026 18:10 utc | 34
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 23 2026 14:01 utc | 3Just a bit of fun here, but I was thinking perhaps we could use the term Amalek as a synonym for cool or awesome.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 23 2026 17:19 utc | 21
I like what you’re saying there, Ahenobarbus, very funny. However, when you find out that – you too are an Amalek – it is terrifying.
I found out that I’m an Amalek, too – circa 2007? – when the butcher of Gaza was ramping up his rhetoric against Iran’s nuclear program. That’s when he first uttered it.
I previously wrote about, here, but won’t bore you with a repost.
Posted by: Nov 9 2024 22:29 utc | 151
Stay Amalek. I sure will be.
Cheers,
Posted by: Sakineh Bagoom | Aug 23 2026 18:13 utc | 35
That article was written before the genocide, incidentally– 2018.
the genocide arguably started in the 1930s.
Posted by: Amalek ( nee exile ) | Aug 23 2026 18:25 utc | 37
“That article [https://forward.com/culture/music/413779/on-her-75th-birthday-joni-mitchells-secret-jewish-history/] was written before the genocide, incidentally– 2018.”
~ Strange Bedfellow“the genocide arguably started in the 1930s.”
~ Amalek ( nee exile ) | Aug 23 2026 18:25 utc | 37
While that has practically nothing to do with my original point, (so a red herring/straw man) since I’ve decided to indulge you and Exile, where in the article-in-question does it say that Mitchell supports any genocide, ‘arguable’ or otherwise? Did you read it?
What if you ‘accidentally’ decided to respond to an invitation to a party at Jeffrey Epstein’s place and got on that party’s list you weren’t aware of to use against you by some Mossad-level sycophant at some later date?
Sometimes, as the proverb goes, the cures can be worse than the diseases.
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 18:55 utc | 38
Just a bit of fun here,Stay Amalek, brothers!
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 23 2026 17:19 utc | 21
First Dibs !!!!!
Posted by: Amalek (nee‘ exile) | Aug 23 2026 18:23 utc | 36
They are coming for your youngsters with cartoon movies.
Did you know why Religious Zionists refer to Palestinians as ‘animals’? It is in their scriptures.They believe it LITERALLY, Palestinians are animals.
Amalekites, according to Jewish scripture were shapeshifters, who could appear as animals.
The name of the movie is David (2025) and it features Israelites against the Amalekites.
https://lorehaven.com/david-creators-answer-all-your-questions-about-the-animated-hit-movie/
“So early in the film, we seed it in: the Philistines are bad, and the Amalekites are worse. Further on, we’re linking Saul’s fear directly to the Amalekites. And there’s a lot of depth in terms of how they’re depicted and the research we did. Our production designer Lynton Levengood and our story team consulted with Rabbi Tuly Weisz, who pointed us to parts of the Jewish Scriptures that are not in the Christian Bible.In those passages, the Amalekites are said to be shapeshifters who can even turn into animals. Now, we obviously didn’t do that, but Lynton then used that as inspiration for how they looked. When you see the antlers and animal skulls, it comes from a source many centuries old and it’s there for a reason.”
The name of the movie is David (2025) and it features Israelites against the Amalekites.
They are coming for the youngsters with cartoon movies.
I’d adopt Shapeshifter over Otto Penn, if only for one post, but b frowns on that.
Shapeshifter
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 23 2026 19:01 utc | 39
John Gilberts | Aug 23 2026 17:40 utc | 28:
Thanks, John.
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 19:01 utc | 40
What are the effects of the SoH closure on KSA and the GCC?
These countries have never experience “sanctions” before and how resilience is their economic and social infrastructure?
Iran may have demonstrated their ability to hit back on foreign soil with the hacking and disabling of power and water plants in both the UK and US. Those reports coming from Western MSM should be taken with caution.
Field Marshall Munir’s back in Iran “mediating”.
Posted by: Suresh | Aug 23 2026 19:12 utc | 41
I would like to start by apologizing for my bluntness. I realize it can be jarring.
But, unfortunately, it needs to be said.
Do some posters here realize what they are doing?
It is exactly like those who call Hitler a monster yet spend their time learning every detail of his life, from birth to his final moments in the bunker.
You can no longer tell if it is fascination or something worse.
But that is no longer enough. A number of us insist on sharing their taste for every detail of this abomination with everyone else.
It seems to be considered mandatory for everyone to know their history, their deviant pseudo-religious teachings, and even their dialect : we are bombarded with terms from it every single day, constantly.
As someone pointed out, for quite some time now, every discussion thread on MoA, regardless of the initial topic, ends up being dominated by a certain *other* subject.
Ultimately, just as with Hitler, we might well formulate an “MoA’s Law” stating that no matter the starting topic, the “Js” will inevitably be brought up sooner or later.
I do not want to learn their pseudo-religion.
I do not want to learn their dialect.
I have no desire to be fascinated by, or eager to read, yet another outrageous statement made by some bloodthirsty, warmongering supremacist from a certain community, whether it was said the other day or the other century.
Could we stop validating them by making them and their abominations the central focus of our lives, our activities, and our conversations?
Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Sebgo | Aug 23 2026 19:16 utc | 42
Maybe you trolls should ask b to start a special board for your never ending, constant repetitious rantings.
Posted by: arby | Aug 23 2026 15:06 utc | 8
Projection?
Posted by: Suresh | Aug 23 2026 19:17 utc | 43
Re: Animals ?
generally I heard genociders use the term Human Animals . This came to my attention in the mid-1970s. Old Hippie might confirm.
(BTW I‘ve abandoned Amalek )
Posted by: Exile ( no more Amalek ) | Aug 23 2026 19:22 utc | 44
“If the trumpet emits an unsure sound, who will muster for battle?” Some dumb jew.
That’s the whole point. Ruling class chatbots programmed to deceive.
The people of Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Ukraine etc sure wish you filthy pig Americans with your plastic brains had shut the world down due to covid 19.
But the cyb-orcs are way too smart for that! The smoke, the water, the fires, and Sauron’s all-seeing digital eye are normal for the natives of Mordor.
If you want to do something, why not take a page from Walter Sobjak?
Shomer fuckin’ Shabbos.
Too Jewy for you?
Posted by: Duck n cover | Aug 23 2026 19:22 utc | 45
Carrying out genocide – not Hitler or Nazi like.
Explaining root cause – Hitler/Anti Semites!
Now where have I seen this type of messaging, oh yeah……….,
Posted by: Suresh | Aug 23 2026 19:23 utc | 46
Democracy, a Puritan Invention – https://wwiii.substack.com/p/democracy-a-puritan-invention?r=16w8dp
Posted by: manoj samanta | Aug 23 2026 19:44 utc | 47
This needs to be said. It appears that some…trolls, narcissists, hasbara, anti-Amalekites…don’t seem to realize that there is a Genocide going on.THAT is the biggest issue on this planet. The same perps, who you would rather not have named, have not skipped a beat in their ways and have initiated a conflict against IRAN – a conflict that effects much or most of the people on this planet. [Yes, I know the perps are attacking more than just IRAN and Gaza. ]
“Talk about Iran but don’t mention the perps.”
And, if you really don’t want to hear about what is going on in the world then…
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 23 2026 20:12 utc | 48
Posted by: Sebgo | Aug 23 2026 19:16 utc | 42
I agree 100%.
Posted by: Avtonom | Aug 23 2026 20:14 utc | 49
😮 Wow, that mitzvah 188 places all the world’s evils from its entire history upon everyone else in such a consistent storm of deflection and projection that one wonders if they can see that they themselves have become their hated Amalek in trying to ‘other’ others.
To speak as if all these past nations, wars, and social movements of the world were devoid of any truly Jewish individuals making their own autonomous choices is the ultimate “No True Scotsman” logical fallacy. And to further use this for “ends justify the means” inhumane fallacy for a position of lethal and cruel resistance… This is supremacist thinking AND feeling to the extreme.
That sort of endless deflection, projection, and self-congratulating destruction of everyone and everything not expressly defined as ‘good’ according to you would make one crazy from paranoia, others’ human individual agency, and reality’s contradictions. It is ultimately “My way or the highway” to all of reality whenever reclassification suits one (see: “No true Scotsman” fallacy above). Not even fellow Jews could endure being individuals who could “agree to disagree,” for the game is rigged to always blame the outsider and thus seek the slightest deviation, not personally reflect and embrace diversity of existence. 🙁
This smacks of psychopathic malignant narcissism couched in borderline personality disorder obfuscation, the trifecta of the dark triad, the cluster B personalities — but inculcating into future generations as a teachable doctrine. This could fuel an eternal war upon all against all without relent. The Jewish Bundist movement seems right in response to this unhealthy level of self-absorption.
I personally would fly away from such a teacher, even if they were considered a respected rabbi. Not all teachers are right; one must eventually think and feel for themselves. And a good rule of thumb is note who over-glorifies themselves at the expense of others. There has to be better teachers out there openly disagreeing.
One of the better adages that came about to remind us of humility and humanity is: “Even the Devil can quote Scripture.” Which means beware the twisting of dogma to suit one’s pride over seeing God’s love for others as God does for yourself. Love thy neighbor as you love thyself. Is it really that hard? 🙂
Posted by: titmouse | Aug 23 2026 20:54 utc | 50
Katz is clinically insane……..now its ok to murder children for flying kites!
What is next, killing children for swimming in the Med?
Anything is possible with these maniacs!
And to think US taxpayers are now subsidizing these insane war criminals to the tune of $3 b per year?
Posted by: tobias cole | Aug 23 2026 21:02 utc | 51
“Controversy Of Zion” Douglas Reed,censored since 1956. Reed was Journalist in Berlin 1932-38. His first book was “Insanity Fair” 1938 Interesting perspective from WW1, the contination War 2 and the next and hopefully final installment WW3 that he predicts for the 5,000 year old Squatter Genocider Death Kult. All Reeds book are gems. He’s an Englishman and you have to accept it. He even visited the USA around 1960. Took a boat from Sud Africa to Mobile Alabama and drove all over the place. His writing is interesting and descriptive of ordinary humans and the other type of people a journalist would want to speak with and the many places he visited. He is a great writer in the English language. “Controversy” has to be the best sumation of the Pi Hats destructive and sneaky behavior.
Posted by: Stritchplatte | Aug 23 2026 21:09 utc | 52
tobias cole at 51, Israel has already killed Gazan children for swimming in the Mediterranean Sea by aerial bombing, as it has for fishermen fishing there. It is not a humane nation, but an insane one — likely the very Amalek they so claim to despise. Israel is Amalek, Amalek is Israel… so lost in their own delusion.
“They are us, we are them” is one of the first lessons of childhood so as to not attack your own siblings or fellow children at the playground. What happened here? Zionism has isolated the soul into a hell of their own making.
Posted by: titmouse | Aug 23 2026 21:17 utc | 53
It says Iran thread and 5 out of first 7 posts are about Israel , jews, and or Zionism.
Maybe you trolls should ask b to start a special board for your never ending, constant repetitious rantings.
Posted by: arby | Aug 23 2026 15:06 utc | 8
I object to an exclusive focus on Zionist crimes, if only because it neglects to reflect upon the spectacular and depraved complicity of the West, and of my country in particular (the USA).
Thus one can and ought to say that the war my country is waging on Iran is motivated by a desire to control the distribution of the planet’s oil resources. But one can and ought to say that the war is also being waged because the Zionist entity wants the USA to wage it: furthering the cause of Greater Israel without the Zionists’ getting their hands any dirtier.
Posted by: malenkov | Aug 23 2026 21:31 utc | 54
52 Stritchplatte— If I have understood what you are saying, it needs to be pointed out that today many of the pihats (Orthodox) oppose the policies of the teeny caps (conservatives) which uphold expansionist genociding Zionism by state of Israel.
It says Iran thread and 5 out of first 7 posts are about Israel , jews, and or Zionism. Maybe you trolls should ask b to start a special board for your never ending, constant repetitious rantings.
Posted by: arby | Aug 23 2026 15:06 utc | 8
“Israel , jews, and or Zionism” are the reasons there is an “Iran War”.
Posted by: Menz | Aug 23 2026 21:36 utc | 56
*Mehdi Rahimi, the head of Iranian Parliament’s news agency, tells Al-Mayadeen that Iran has received an invitation to join the Mecca Defense Pact
*Iran finds 212 billion cubic meters of gas in new field
Interesting times for Iran.
Posted by: BitterGrapes | Aug 23 2026 21:40 utc | 57
Many of us here lack sufficient knowledge about the history of Persia, Shia Islam, or the realities of modern Iran.
And we are at fault for failing to address these gaps in our knowledge.
I therefore see no reason why I should be an expert on the dubious, genocidal teachings of some obscure rabbi, simply because politicians intent on stealing others’ land, oil, and gas choose to repeat them.
I live in the real world. I reside in a place where thousands die in war every year, and have done so for at least a decade, and I closely follow other hotspots of violence around the globe.
Yet, engaging with the real world does not mean tumbling down the rabbit hole of a specific subgroup’s genocidal ideology until it becomes an obsession.
Why not be more concerned about the victims?
Why not study the teachings of the Ibadi Islam practiced in Oman, the insights of Shia scholars, or the history of Lebanon ?
This fascination with the sordid underbelly of that vaguely defined “congregation” is unhealthy.
And the insistence on casting them as the sole scapegoats for the killings and injustices that have plagued the world throughout history is unconvincing.
They were not the ones who wiped out the indigenous peoples of North America, massacred Africans, occupied China, or devastated Vietnam and Korea.
A good piece about “The influence of Shia religious beliefs and teachings on their war strategy and tactics” . Here is something more interesting.
Posted by: Sebgo | Aug 23 2026 21:49 utc | 58
Going to have early night with a smile, msm Clown show 🤡🤡🤡
🇮🇷The Washington Post:
Recent cyberattacks carried out by Iran against water and power facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom have exposed a vulnerability in Western defenses, which the regime is likely to exploit through further cyberattacks against critical infrastructure🇮🇷
Whatever. Nite all.
Posted by: DunGroanin | Aug 23 2026 21:52 utc | 59
Joni MitchellPosted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 17:36 utc | 27
join mitchell was pro-genocide. One item we little people can accomplish is boycott anyone who supports genocide. https://forward.com/culture/music/413779/on-her-75th-birthday-joni-mitchells-secret-jewish-history/
Posted by: Exile | Aug 23 2026 17:47 utc | 30
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My friend (not), I’m gonna fight you to the bitter end here.
First of all, what you’re proposing here, which is cancelling or rejecting an artist like Joni Mitchell because of her supposed political or religious beliefs is absurd. Just another “purity test” that nobody can pass.
It’s like people who refuse to see Woody Allen movies, or flicks made by Roman Polanski, or books by Tomi Ungerer, or any of a whole slew of blacklists people make up for themselves. If you don’t like Woody Allen’s movies for one reason or another, fine: don’t go see them. But “boycotting” him because of some ideological reason? Ridiculous!
Second of all, that article you linked certainly says nothing that would support your assertion that Joni Mitchell “supports genocide”: that’s just more of your salacious and spurious smearing of being a Jew with supporting genocide in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, etc. (As I am a Jew, and I oppose that genocide, which makes my blood boil. I don’t have to prove any bona fides to the likes of you.)
So quit, already, with your fucking reductionist and slanderous conflation of Jewry with evil Zionism. The two are not necessarily the same. It’s just more bigoted bullshit we have to contend with, it poisons the well and it does nobody any good.
And the whole “Bronze Age cult” thing is getting quite tiresome too, like psychohistorian’s constant harping on the “God of Mammon cult”.
Posted by: George the Zeroth | Aug 23 2026 21:55 utc | 60
see the photo at the first link
see the second link. the USA and donald trump are definitely in control of the Strait of Hormuz. not
https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2091646158431031627
MenchOsint @MenchOsint
I’m still thinking about this 2024 photo. It captures the current situation in Syria perfectly: an air-defense system destroyed by Israel, and clueless Syrians celebrating around the wreckage.
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⚡Persian Gulf Waterway Management Authority:
Due to violations by certain vessels of Iranian traffic arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz, these vessels will face restrictions in their future transits through the Strait of Hormuz, including penalties, detention, or confiscation.
To avoid potential issues, cargo owners with destinations or origins in the Persian Gulf are advised to review the updated list of violating vessels at pgsa.ir/non-compliant before chartering a vessel.
Any vessels that, from this date onward, engage in ship-to-ship transfers, transshipment, or any other form of cooperation with vessels on this list will themselves be added to the list.
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https://x.com/ejmalrai/status/2091605198036783488
Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 @ejmalrai
Iran seems ready to discuss the path to nuclear weapons since the IAEA membership and the NPT didn’t stop Israel and the US from unlawfully attacking the Islamic Republic.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 23 2026 22:18 utc | 61
The inversion of everything is what it’s about. I’ve always loved the English language. I taught myself to read by the time I was four. I love it because it’s so difficult and multilingual. Being composed of so many old derivatives, makes it both unwieldy and precise at the same time.
That movie: The Matrix… was a good movie – as they go. More, for demonstrating the inverse law that a lot of Hollywood utilizes, along with the usual foreshadowing. Matrix means mother/womb… a nurturing thing. Of course the matrix encloses something too, but in that movie the ‘matrix’ was the opposite of nurturing. It was using the people in unaware captivity as power for itself.
As a result of that movie, many of the younger generation have a negative view of the term. Even older folk fall for it if they don’t know the etymology. I resent words like ‘gay’ being stripped of original meaning, but if one looks around it happens all the time – as we are pushed into a world of re-written fantasy history. Even the final battle of of the Norse pantheon has been sullied and debased by the ‘magical wand’ of Hollywood.
Posted by: Nor am I | Aug 23 2026 22:34 utc | 62
@George the Zeroth | Aug 23 2026 21:55 utc | 60:
In the real pubs, some of the younger can get ‘carded’, which often means that they simply can’t get in because they are too young, unlike at the online ones. I got in once when I was 12, but I only had a glass of milk.
For some individuals, it seems like a kind of intellectually-blinkered, dishonest and/or paranoic inverted-Mossad, McCarthyism or witch-hunt bent.
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 22:44 utc | 63
@mit idiot 188
Actually the jew is the socialist and commie. In fact, the jew is the greatest global threat.
Posted by: DogZ | Aug 23 2026 22:52 utc | 64
@Nor am I | Aug 23 2026 22:34 utc | 62:
It’s even worse for anarchy: Somewhere along the line, chaos– practically anarchy’s other definition’s antithesis– was added– probably by someone inured to the state religion– to one of anarchy’s definitions. 😉
(But I don’t buy the chaos one.)
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Philosophy and The Matrix; Beaudrillard; Descartes; Kant; Nietzsche…
Those are select short clips from an apparent documentary.
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 22:58 utc | 65
Regarding post 29, et al:
(Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 23 2026 17:19 utc | 21That idea is hella amalek, Aheno-bro!I am using it and will always give you attribution. Posted by: lex talionis | Aug 23 2026 1 29)
Yeah, really cool. That will certainly help to speed up the normalization of amalek-justified behavior.
“I’ve always loved the English language. I taught myself to read by the time I was four. I love it because it’s so difficult and multilingual. Being composed of so many old derivatives, makes it both unwieldy and precise at the same time.”
~ Nor am I | Aug 23 2026 22:34 utc | 62
How many here were taught philosophy in the state-government-curriculaed grade school or high school to the levels of the above, even about anarchy? Your parents?
How does one become an anarchist?
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Scary School Nightmare
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Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 23:20 utc | 67
So quit, already, with your fucking reductionist and slanderous conflation of Jewry with evil Zionism. The two are not necessarily the same. It’s just more bigoted bullshit we have to contend with, it poisons the well and it does nobody any good. And the whole “Bronze Age cult” thing is getting quite tiresome too, like psychohistorian’s constant harping on the “God of Mammon cult”.
Posted by: George the Zeroth | Aug 23 2026 21:55 utc | 60
I tend to agree with you that the two are not the same.
Of that two though, one was Turkic, who followed the old human sacrificial religion of Baal. They lived in the Khaganate of Kazaria, right alongside Russia. They used to steal children from the Russian villages for their hideous practices. Eventually they were beaten and defeated by a Russian prince (forget who) and given a choice. They must pick one of the Abrahamic religions to convert to. They chose the Jewish and went underground with their old religion, which they didn’t discard and still kept practicing to this day. The orthodox Christians of that region have been their mortal enemies ever since. They do not forgive or forget and they are relentless.
Of course, Pike himself stated that the third war would achieve the destruction of all the Abrahamic religions to usher in the ‘pure’ doctrine of Lucifer. We can see that in play right now, with Pike’s “We shall unleash the nihilists”. Nihilists in this case being the many third world invaders being shipped to western nations.
Posted by: Nor am I | Aug 23 2026 23:25 utc | 68
Philosophy and The Matrix; Beaudrillard; Descartes; Kant; Nietzsche… Those are select short clips from an apparent documentary.
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 22:58 utc | 65
Thank you. Will have a look.
Posted by: Nor am I | Aug 23 2026 23:29 utc | 69
My friend (not), I’m gonna fight you to the bitter end here.
First of all, what you’re proposing here, which is cancelling or rejecting an artist like Joni Mitchell because of her supposed political or religious beliefs is absurd. Just another “purity test” that nobody can pass.
It’s like people who refuse to see Woody Allen movies, or flicks made by Roman Polanski, or books by Tomi Ungerer, or any of a whole slew of blacklists people make up for themselves. If you don’t like Woody Allen’s movies for one reason or another, fine: don’t go see them. But “boycotting” him because of some ideological reason? Ridiculous!
Second of all, that article you linked certainly says nothing that would support your assertion that Joni Mitchell “supports genocide”: that’s just more of your salacious and spurious smearing of being a Jew with supporting genocide in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, etc. (As I am a Jew, and I oppose that genocide, which makes my blood boil. I don’t have to prove any bona fides to the likes of you.)
So quit, already, with your fucking reductionist and slanderous conflation of Jewry with evil Zionism. The two are not necessarily the same. It’s just more bigoted bullshit we have to contend with, it poisons the well and it does nobody any good.
And the whole “Bronze Age cult” thing is getting quite tiresome too, like psychohistorian’s constant harping on the “God of Mammon cult”.
Posted by: George the Zeroth | Aug 23 2026 21:55 utc
great post
Posted by: Lurker | Aug 23 2026 23:42 utc | 70
” … spurious smearing of being a Jew with supporting genocide in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, etc.”
Posted by: George the Zeroth | Aug 23 2026 21:55 utc | 60
George – couldn’t agree more. The worse the atrocities get the more important it is not to tar all with the same brush. That goes for the Israelis too. I know for a fact some Israelis themselves are horrified. Essential not to lump them in with the others.
Posted by: English Outsider | Aug 23 2026 23:42 utc | 71
@Nor am I | Aug 23 2026 23:29 utc | 69:
Sure, welcome. Each clip is only about under 2 minutes long. Just a bowl of chips with your drink. Take from it what you will.
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 23:44 utc | 72
And the whole “Bronze Age cult” thing is getting quite tiresome too, like psychohistorian’s constant harping on the “God of Mammon cult”.
Posted by: George the Zeroth Aug 23 2026 21:55 utc
George, I am constantly amazed at your propensity to be a lightening rod. Even though you and the engineer bozo attacked me right out of the gate, I will forgive you. Someone else here said earlier that small lower case “b” should give all the cultists here there own channel so they can leave the rest of us alone. That also goes for our resident Islamic pundit who wears his faith on his sleeve like some effing merit badge.
Some BOC for you youngsters who don’t remember them…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xpnyoAOTCo
Posted by: Harmonic Resonance | Aug 24 2026 0:05 utc | 73
I await the Bond Market to take a big bite out of Trump’s ass. Trump’s Great Economic War on Iran has Only Blanks for Ammo.
“Israel , jews, and or Zionism” are the reasons there is an “Iran War”.
Posted by: Menz | Aug 23 2026 21:36 utc | 56
There are a couple of posts I was going to reply to but this one actually made me laugh with sound.
Posted by: arby | Aug 24 2026 0:08 utc | 75
Philosophy and The Matrix; Beaudrillard; Descartes; Kant; Nietzsche… Those are select short clips from an apparent documentary.Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 23 2026 22:58 utc | 65
Ah, the confusion of linear thought, derived from our senses in accordance with the ‘single arrow’ of time.
Descartes is prisoner of it, when he concludes “I think therefore I am”. One has to exist – to think at all. He cannot think before he exists and he cannot exist before he thinks. Chicken and egg question. Paradox… wrong question.
“I am therefore I exist”, is just as valid.
Check out William Blake’s “Mind Forged Manacles” for a deep insight into the various subjective realities of people, even monarchs.
Posted by: Nor am I | Aug 24 2026 0:09 utc | 76
The whole game is to choke out China and it’s working. If China could have rescued Iran by now, they would have. Look out behind you! It’s a Zionist in a PLA Uniform!
Steve Keen sums it up in 10 mins
The Real Reason Trump Attacked Iran (What’s Next?): Top Economist
Priceless.
Posted by: Don Firineach | Aug 24 2026 0:18 utc | 78
I think the plan, post Pike, was that China becomes the new host. Not sure if old Cathay will lie down for that.
The plan could always fail. Nothing is absolute.
Posted by: Nor am I | Aug 24 2026 0:23 utc | 79
The whole game is to choke out China and it’s working.
Posted by: AL | Aug 24 2026 0:15 utc | 77
What planet are you living on? Serious question.
Posted by: arby | Aug 24 2026 0:23 utc | 80
Posted by: Harmonic Resonance | Aug 24 2026 0:05 utc | 73
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George, I am constantly amazed at your propensity to be a lightening rod. Even though you and the engineer bozo attacked me right out of the gate, I will forgive you.
Thank you. I honestly don’t remember what that was about.
Someone else here said earlier that small lower case “b” should give all the cultists here there own channel so they can leave the rest of us alone. That also goes for our resident Islamic pundit who wears his faith on his sleeve like some effing merit badge.
Be sure to note he’s a Shia Muslim; very important. Can’t trust those damned Sunnis.
Posted by: George the Zeroth | Aug 24 2026 0:31 utc | 82
Every thread at MoA now, no matter the stated topic, always wuickly becomes “blame jews and only jews”. Shapeshifters, khazars, Bronze-age tribes, anything to take the focus off of empire actions.
Posted by: Adolfo | Aug 24 2026 0:37 utc | 83
“I am therefore I exist”, is just as valid. Check out William Blake’s “Mind Forged Manacles” for a deep insight into the various subjective realities of people, even monarchs.
Posted by: Nor am I | Aug 24 2026 0:09 utc | 76
Duh, “I am therefore I think”, was what I meant to say.
Posted by: Nor am I | Aug 24 2026 0:38 utc | 84
#82
The Sunni/Shia secular divide is more or less imperceptible to some of us in the west having been indoctrinated by our MSM. It was only through being friends with foreign students in college that the veil began to lift for me. In 1979, my roomate and I befriended an Iranian engineering student in our dorm. Other Iranian students basically hid in their rooms, while other native born students had “Nuke Iran until it Glows” posters on the doors to their rooms.
None the less, you are possibly referring to what I would describe as a “well curated poster”, kind of like a potted plant.
Posted by: Harmonic Resonance | Aug 24 2026 0:40 utc | 85
Thanks for the post Karl.
The newspaper title of the lead picture, in Farsi reads: Repetitive Prescription of Sanctions.
Posted by: Sakineh Bagoom | Aug 24 2026 0:46 utc | 86
Let me be clear about one thing:
While I deplore and reject the constant conflation here (and elsewhere, but especially here) of Jewry/Judaism with Zionism and its resultant genocidal behavior, I certainly recognize the role that Jewish supremacism plays in this evil, both in the West and in Israel itself. One would have to be blind not to.
That being the case, by no means are those Jews who practice and promote Jewish supremacism off the hook for that evil; they’re guilty. The ones who don’t practice and promote that, not so much. Although they certainly could do a hell of a lot more to point the finger of shame at their co-religionists who are supremacists.
Posted by: George the Zeroth | Aug 24 2026 0:48 utc | 87
Putting people in boxes, labeled x y z, is a human tendency.
The more remote they are, the more narrowly they are categorised. It’s like statistics… take all the infinite shades of grey from black to white – and boil them down to a middle grey. Statistics can show trends but aren’t precise in any way.
We can only judge the person in front of us according to their actions and words in real time. Even then it’s dangerous to jump to conclusions based on past experience. Consider their words in conjunction with their actions. Actions primarily, including emotional reactions – possibly.
If they have a machete, run.
I’ll get off this soap box now.
Posted by: Nor am I | Aug 24 2026 1:00 utc | 88
Posted by: Harmonic Resonance | Aug 24 2026 0:40 utc | 85
Alliteration on the word “plant” does perhaps hit a resonance with a few souls here…?
’nuff said
Posted by: Harmonic Resonance | Aug 24 2026 1:01 utc | 89
Danny Haiphong: Seyed M Marandi: ‘Global Oil Stops’
https://www.youtube.com/@DannyHaiphongYT/streams
“Iran warns next strike will wipe out US oil.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 24 2026 1:10 utc | 90
https://x.com/berningman16/status/2091346729576845383
Empire Of Lies @berningman16
Who else misses those nights when Iran was raining missiles and drones down on the evil Zionist entity?
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https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/08/22/our-entire-civilization-is-run-by-oligarchs-and-empire-managers-and-other-notes/
Our Entire Civilization Is Run By Oligarchs And Empire Managers — And Other Notes
……The Guardian has published an open letter addressed “to Iran’s political prisoners” from big-name western leftists including Angela Davis, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Rashid Khalidi, Robin DG Kelley, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Judith Butler, and Walden Bello. Their screed frames Iran as being equally immoral as the US empire and criticizes anti-imperialists who refuse to condemn Iran in the middle of an imperialist war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.
“We reject the false binary of imperialism and hollow anti-imperialism,” the letter says. “We invite global civil society and anti-imperialist activists and organizations to extend their unconditional support and solidarity to all incarcerated kin fighting for our collective liberation, to build relationships with Iranian political prisoners and uplift their voices, to put pressure on the Islamic Republic by challenging its narrative, and to call upon that government to immediately stop all the executions and free all political prisoners.”
This, needless to say, is hot garbage.
I don’t care who you are, if your “anti-imperialism” leads you to attack the same governments as the CIA and the US State Department, then you’re just another imperialist.
It’s so obnoxious and disgusting to be an American and accuse empire-targeted countries of tyranny. This is like being a German in 1940 and spending your energy decrying human rights abuses in the Soviet Union. You live in the heart of the empire, and yet you’re moving your crosshairs away from the most murderous and tyrannical power structure on earth to denounce one of the few remaining nations who’ve resisted being absorbed into its power umbrella? Fuck off. Shut the fuck up you ridiculous wanker.
I cannot stand all these western “leftists” and “anarchists” who insist on placing the western empire on equal or near-equal footing with the governments it targets. All they do is nullify anti-war sentiment and help grease the wheels for the imperial propaganda machine by legitimizing militarist narratives about how the people need rescuing from the evil regime and giving uninformed leftists the false impression that we’re watching two equally evil forces battling it out. Stop being pro bono Pentagon propagandists and get your shit together, assholes…….
Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 24 2026 1:20 utc | 91
Mahmood OD: ‘Hamas Forms New Coalition’
https://www.youtube.com/@Mahmood_OD/videos
“Past enemies come together|The Palestine elections and the Sinwar link.”
Death To USrael & Empire – Victory to Iran & The Resistance – Free Palestine!
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 24 2026 1:33 utc | 92
It’s especially sad to see Angela Davis’s and Mumia Abu Jamal’s names on that piece of co-optation, as we used to call it back in the day. Two people I admire, or at least used to. Hot garbage, indeed.
I met Angela Davis one time; she came into the store I was working at.
I don’t condemn them: I’m sure they had their reasons for signing that thing, though I can’t imagine what those might be. They’re not idiots.
And it’s only an opinion piece. Won’t make an atom’s worth of difference to those who are actually conducting the war.
But it’s sad and disappointing.
At least Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden et al had the good graces to overlook the atrocities committed by the other side during Vietnam, as they inevitably were. (It was total war, dontcha know.) These people in that letter have no sense of proportion. Or they have a sophomoric “concern for all living creatures” that ignores the reality of imperialism; ironic that, considering their “left wing” credentials.
Posted by: George the Zeroth | Aug 24 2026 1:39 utc | 93
TEIAP: Sina Rahmani: ‘Three Cheers For ‘Hollow Anti-Imperialism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW35TLbtQeo
“…A special impromptu edition of Office Hours: the Radical Academy to break down the infamous ‘Open Letter’ addressed to ‘political prisoners’ in the Islamic Republic of Iran – signed by a number of prominent left academics and activists in the BLM and abolitionist anti-carceral movements. The response has been overwhelming and swift in criticism and condemnation.
Sina Rahmani of the East is a Podcast joins Office Hours to analyze and reorient…”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 24 2026 2:04 utc | 94
@ George the Zeroth | Aug 24 2026 1:39 utc | 96:
The problem with Jews is that there’s a lot of onion-skin to peel off for analysis. Is it a religion? Is it a State? Is it a people? Is it some kind of combo of those? Is it an illusion in some (of those and other) regards? What.
I will also add, and to be fair, I’m willing to bet that the Israelis are among the most ideologically-indoctrinated people on the planet.
Just a hypothesis, mind you, but I mean, when you consider their ostensibly-excellent handles on the media and other top-down institutions, such as government (including spying and infiltration agencies and eduction in those regards) and so-called higher education, it seems to stand to reason.
You can be a victim of your own so-called ‘success’, but as an anarchist, civilization, at least as it’s currently configured, is not a success.
It’s a dead man walking. But some Jews apparently like to take credit for being in the driver’s seat where this civ is concerned. That woman on Russia Today– World’s Apart show– did an interview with one who did so.
At any rate, I do find many Jewish women hot, FWIW, and my ex-ex-Jewish girlfriend (the extra ex is not a typo), as crazy (generally in a good way, but not always) as she was, is proof, if not entirely, since she’s an ex after all.
In the spirit of MoA; here’s what I’m drinking right now as I type this in:
Wiser’s Canada Dry, with a splash of water because it’s too sweet, alone, and a splash of this blueberry juice. (smacks lips) Not too bad. Not too tipsy yet, but it’s coming… (I’ll try not to post when that happens.)
Here’s a couple of known Jewish women.
Not my types, but I suppose they could twist my arm for a bedtime movie in bed in between each with a nice cold drink, a crunchy snack and some pillows against the headboard:
Naomi Klein
Naomi Wolf
Posted by: Strange Bedfellow | Aug 24 2026 2:39 utc | 95
The hypersensitive level of whining about IsntReal and Zionists being mentioned “in the Iran thread” is both hilarious and telling.
Made me think of the accusations of “antisemitism” leveled at Mark Ruffalo for criticism of the Ellison backed Paramount merger.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/22/us-news/paramount-hits-back-at-actor-mark-ruffalo-over-unhinged-antisemitic-rant-against-warner-bros-merger/
Read what he actually said, lower in the article. Not even the NYP could pile on.
The ladies doth protest WAY too much.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Aug 24 2026 3:43 utc | 96
Xinhuanet is reporting Jordan visit to China talking out of one side of its mouth, eh?
BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Beijing on Sunday.
Wang told Safadi, who is accompanying King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein on a visit to China, that the King’s visit will be a complete success.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said China appreciates Jordan’s firm commitment to a friendly policy toward China and its adherence to the one-China principle, and will continue to support Jordan in safeguarding its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Jordan is an important country in the Middle East, and China will continue to support Jordan in playing a positive role on the Palestinian question and other regional issues, he said.
Safadi expressed gratitude to China for the hospitality extended during the King’s visit, saying that Jordan attaches great importance to its relations with China and is willing to deepen cooperation with China in various fields.
Jordan appreciates China’s positive and responsible role on Middle East issues, especially its firm support for the two-state solution to the Palestinian question, Safadi said.
I wonder if Wang Yi asked about the US base usage to support Occupied Palestine and attack Iran?
Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 24 2026 3:48 utc | 97
Mossad Chief Meets Syrian FM…
https://x.com/timand2037/status/2091662091662099495911554
“The NATO-backed ‘Syrian Revolution’ was always about ‘normalization’ with the Greater Israel project. Israeli sources say the Mossad-Damascus meeting is ‘considered a step toward restarting direct Jerusalem-Damascus negotiations…”
See also: Why Syria’s New Rulers Still Need Russia
https://www.rt.com/news/644263-syria-new-rulers-need-russia/
“…According to the information made public, civilian facilities are to pass under Syrian management, while military sites are expected to be transformed into joint Russian-Syrian training and professional development centres...The new model gives Damascus greater formal control while preserving access to Russian military expertise…”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 24 2026 4:38 utc | 98
108 corrected: Mossad Chief Meets Syrian FM…
https://x.com/timand2037/status/2091662099495911554
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 24 2026 4:43 utc | 99
psychohistorian | Aug 24 2026 3:48 utc | 106—
Curious boiler-plate platitudes from Wang Yi for public consumption. I’m sure more substance occurred.