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• Jewsplainin' the Situation: Gideon Levy - Israel Palestine; The One State...

  This needs to get out there:Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly column for the newspaper Haaretz that... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Hamas's Attack on Israel Was Predictable and Will Probably Happen Again.

  

  Believe it or not, there is actually a very simple solution to this situation: Israelis respect Palestinian rights, especially the right of return under UN... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Blowback: How Israel Helped Create Hamas

  

  I think most people would stop supporting Israel if they knew how much of a mess that country is making of the Middle East. Instead, one doesn't criticise... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Dead in the Water | BBC Four USS Liberty Documentary

  

  The attack on the USS Liberty came close to causing a nuclear attack. Israel is a "strategic liability of the first order" for the United States and is "the mos... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Wow, I Would Have Never Thought I Would Agree with Maggie on So Many...

  From https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-uk-sunak-message-slaughter-carry-on: “Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s most feted post-war prime... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• No Background check--No...

  Permission to remain in the United States. While I support being able to move to other countries and live in them, I understand the reasons why there are... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Problem with US Media

  

  One thing I notice when I watch non-US media (Sky News Australia as an exception) is that they usually try to have opposing opinions. Not so in the US. I have... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• ‘Coordinated Campaign’ to Mislead Voters: John Ratcliffe

  Sure, it's Fox News, but Sky News Australia, The New York Post, and a few others are the only MSM covering this. The big takeaway is "the legislature has the... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• No Means No

  

  The reality is that I said "No" three times:The 2008 Primarythe 2016 PrimaryAnd the 2016 General ElectionThe likelihood of my voting for Hillary Clinton was nex... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Americans (and Australians) on Climate Change

  A Pew Charitable Trust poll says a few interesting things about US attitudes toward climate change. A two thirds majority of people in the US support... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• AOC DISMANTLED As Just Another Dem | Breaking Points

  My question for the people who want to say that the Democratic Party is in anyway "Socialist":Why didn't they run Bernie Sanders him in 2016 (and 2020)?... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Meet Pascal Bruckner, Author of The Tyranny of Guilt

  This interview is in English, please listen to it. I learned about this philosopher from an article in Le Figaro about the shooting of Nihel last month and... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• President WHAT???

  One of the interesting things about getting your news from France is that there are a lot of stories about Africa. In this case there has been a coup where... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• I Just Had a Very Bizarre Revelation...

  High capacity magazines are banned in Vermont.Seriously! "Gun friendly Vermont" won't let you buy high capacity magazines as of 1 October 2018. On the other... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Parliamentary System Explained--it's Real Simple

  The English civil war in the middle of the 17th century was about where the power would like: With the executive (king)? Or the Legislature (parliament)? Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Supreme Court Needs to Follow the Same Ethics Rules as Other Judges (It's...

  

  Wow, you would think the people at Fox News would glom onto this like flies on shit, but no...Yes, indeed, RBG was like all the other pigs on SCOTUS and at the... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What Could Be More American Than a Mass Shooting in Philadelphia on...

  Or what don't you get about:A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Want to Watch People in the US Freak Out? PART 2

  

  I saw a clip which featured John Oliver bemoaning the "militarised police" in the US. It made me wonder if he had ever traversed La Manche. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Want to Watch People in the US Freak Out?

  

  I mentioned in my previous posts on the differences between the French Gendarmerie Nationale and the Police Nationale: the main one is that the Gendarmerie is a... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Unrest in L'Île De France

  

  OK, I'll start this out by pointing out something I like about European cities: the slums are in the suburbs! So, Centre City Paris is peaceful while the... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY