tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post7098295828350601010..comments2024-03-16T05:00:38.826-04:00Comments on Egnorance: "... In any war between the civilized man and the savage... "mregnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-11136705268866164292012-11-06T02:08:43.034-05:002012-11-06T02:08:43.034-05:00All of this is part of the general program describ...All of this is part of the general program described by Israeli official Dov Weisglass, an adviser to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, after Palestinians failed to follow orders in the 2006 elections: “The idea,” he said, “is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.” That would not look good.<br /><br />And the plan is being scrupulously followed. Sara Roy has provided extensive evidence in her scholarly studies. Recently, after several years of effort, the Israeli human rights organization Gisha succeeded to obtain a court order for the government to release its records detailing plans for the diet, and how they are executed. Israel-based journalist Jonathan Cook summarizes them: “Health officials provided calculations of the minimum number of calories needed by Gaza’s 1.5 million inhabitants to avoid malnutrition. Those figures were then translated into truckloads of food Israel was supposed to allow in each day ... an average of only 67 trucks — much less than half of the minimum requirement — entered Gaza daily. This compared to more than 400 trucks before the blockade began.” And even this estimate is overly generous, UN relief officials report.<br /><br />The result of imposing the diet, Mideast scholar Juan Cole observes, is that “[a]bout ten percent of Palestinian children in Gaza under 5 have had their growth stunted by malnutrition ... in addition, anemia is widespread, affecting over two-thirds of infants, 58.6 percent of schoolchildren, and over a third of pregnant mothers.” The US and Israel want to ensure that nothing more than bare survival is possible. Lamont Cranstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704275663099200355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-35778584416574829542012-11-06T01:54:12.581-05:002012-11-06T01:54:12.581-05:00Shortly before the outbreak of the Intifada a Pale...Shortly before the outbreak of the Intifada a Palestinian girl, Intissar al-Atar, was shot and killed in a schoolyard by a resident of a nearby Jewish settlement. He was one of the several thousand Israelis settlers brought to Gaza in violation of international law and protected by a huge army presence, taking over much of the land and scarce water of the Strip and living “lavishly in twenty-two settlements in the midst of 1.4 million destitute Palestinians,” as the crime is described by Israeli scholar Avi Raz. The murderer of the schoolgirl, Shimon Yifrah, was arrested, but quickly released on bail when the Court determined that “the offense is not severe enough” to warrant detention. The judge commented that Yifrah only intended to shock the girl by firing his gun at her in a schoolyard, not to kill her, so “this is not a case of a criminal person who has to be punished, deterred, and taught a lesson by imprisoning him.” Yifrah was given a 7-month suspended sentence, while settlers in the courtroom broke out in song and dance. And the usual silence reigned. After all, it is routine. Lamont Cranstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704275663099200355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-82748424714873858422012-09-27T06:31:46.633-04:002012-09-27T06:31:46.633-04:00Compare Jihad to what aspect of Israel?
1.Its occu...Compare Jihad to what aspect of Israel?<br />1.Its occupation of Palestine?<br />2.Its theft of Palestenial lands?<br />3.Its killing of innocent people?<br />4.Its ownership of nuclear weapons?<br />I cannot recall other optionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-49146334273406710792012-09-26T13:44:52.321-04:002012-09-26T13:44:52.321-04:00Woman defaces the ad and claims she is just exerci...Woman defaces the ad and claims she is just exercising her first amendment rights, while also spraypainting a woman trying to stand between her and the ad.<br /><br />http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=90119&sitesection=theblaze&VID=23823348<br /><br />It's HATE!!!!<br /><br />JoeyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-30366846605609681122012-09-26T11:48:15.830-04:002012-09-26T11:48:15.830-04:00The point is that since that speech is not in the ...The point is that since that speech is not in the book <i>The Return of the King</i> (specifically the chapter "The Black Gate Opens"), then it is not a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien. Attributing it to him is consequently in error. It should be attributed to Walsh, Jackson, and Boyens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-79522978295843696272012-09-26T08:30:53.570-04:002012-09-26T08:30:53.570-04:00I am absolutely sure I don't care what you thi...I am absolutely sure I don't care what you think.George Boggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-73879037076659268062012-09-25T16:43:02.972-04:002012-09-25T16:43:02.972-04:00I'm reasonably sure that speech is not actuall...I'm reasonably sure that speech is not actually in the books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-46315225006530147422012-09-25T10:28:59.849-04:002012-09-25T10:28:59.849-04:00"A day may come when the courage of men fails..."A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!"<br />--- <i>J.R.R. Tolkien</i>George Boggsnoreply@blogger.com