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Comment on 2012 Democracy Index Ranks Israel 37th by dos737

dos737 — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:05:15 +0000

Richard: you have already called me a fool, a liar and an ignorant. What is it with this name calling?
Can I also do that without being banned from this blog, or is this your exclusive right?

Wouldn’t have imagined this is your style

Comment on Cartoon Satire Skewers Stephen Hawking’s Attackers by gloopygal

gloopygal — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:40:41 +0000

Tell that to Michelle Higgens. I hope no one shows up to this event. Especially after they cancelled the Arabesque Festival in the Daley Plaza that was so successful for the past few years. I never thought I’d miss Richard Daley, before Mayor Rahm-bo came into town.

Comment on Cartoon Satire Skewers Stephen Hawking’s Attackers by Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:03:05 +0000

@gloopygal: It is much more apt to speak of the influence that klezmer and Jewish music had on American popular music (Tin Pan Alley, musicals, etc.) of the era than to argue that Jewish music had a deep impact on jazz. Of course, African-American blues had a much deeper impact.

Comment on 2012 Democracy Index Ranks Israel 37th by Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:59 +0000

@dos737: Either you’re a liar or ignorant or both. Political conditions in Gaza and the West Bank have EVERYTHING to do with Israel. Israel, as defined under international law is not just laying siege to Gaza, but occupies it. It has arrested well over half those democratically elected members of Hamas & Fatah. It provoked the Fatah putsch that led to the division of the W Bank & Gaza. It desperately seeks to maintain that split. This is a direct intervention in the political affairs of Palestine.

Hamas engaged in an election it won. It took control of Gaza after a U.S. & Israel-inspired putsch. Hamas isn’t a movement I endorse. But it’s hardly worse than many extremist religious parties & movements inside Israel which, if they had power, would behave just as reprehensibly as Hamas sometimes does.

Comment on Israel Social TV Video on Israel’s Hijacked Drone and Secret Military Mission in UAE by Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:56:18 +0000

@dos737: I do NOT appreciate provocation & off topic meanderings here. Again, read the comment rules & stay on topic. If you want to bait the bears (read your Shakespeare) go elsewhere.

And if you are the baitee, please don’t rise to the bait. Ignore this sort of nonsense.

Comment on Israel Social TV Video on Israel’s Hijacked Drone and Secret Military Mission in UAE by Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:54:43 +0000

@dos737: Yes, you’re right. It is a deep & dark place. But compared to how Israel sees itself on the world stage, 37th place is pretty deep & dark as well.

I’m saying that The Economist is predisposed to rank non-western countries lower than western due to ideological, political, social, & economic biases. I’m not saying the overall rankings are bogus, just that they’re influenced by some non-empiric factors.

Comment on Israel Social TV Video on Israel’s Hijacked Drone and Secret Military Mission in UAE by Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:51:44 +0000

@The Mighty Cynic: U.S. & Israeli elections are different than Iranian & you know it. Corporations fund the candidates they like. Of course this distorts the political process. But candidates the corporations despise can & do get elected: witness Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a foe of your Goldman Sachs bogeyman.

As for Ron Paul, don’t get me started.

Comment on Israel Social TV Video on Israel’s Hijacked Drone and Secret Military Mission in UAE by Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:49:44 +0000

There are comment rules here. Read them. This comment is off topic. Ensure your comments are ON-TOPIC & deal directly with my post.