US Politics Mega-thread - Page 1742

On March 19 2015 07:10 xDaunt wrote:

Clearly we're not paying teachers enough.

On March 19 2015 07:55 Stratos_speAr wrote:


"Kind of"? He seems nothing short of a terrible person. He's going to run Israel into the ground by completely drying up all of the good will that the U.S. and Europe have for him. Once they get fed up with his bullshit, then support for that country will rapidly erode.

On March 19 2015 08:24 Stratos_speAr wrote:


could also correlate with the fact that the older you are, the more likely you are to hold a higher degree.

Since, you know, getting higher degrees takes time...

On March 19 2015 08:24 Stratos_speAr wrote:


could also correlate with the fact that the older you are, the more likely you are to hold a higher degree.

Since, you know, getting higher degrees takes time...

On March 19 2015 08:22 dAPhREAk wrote:
interesting that the more educated you are, the more likely you are to support Israel.

On March 19 2015 08:36 oneofthem wrote:
these numbers tend to fluctuate pretty widely based on what's in the news. (e.g. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/gallup.html) the long term trend is that young people, and young college grads, are not very supportive of israel. personally all the secular jewish ppl i know are pretty hardcore against israeli leadership and they usually are also the most active voices critical of netanyahu

On March 19 2015 08:54 Sub40APM wrote:

These numbers are a natural reflection of Israel's success at portraying its war against 'Islamic terrorism' and Americas. But as Israel becomes more and more religious and rightwing it will stop looking less and less like America and with that the kind of passive 'oh they are the same as us' thing is going to go away.

On March 19 2015 09:43 farvacola wrote:
Your unequivocal interpretation of an election result as basis for condemning the whole of a nation is ill-conceived, particularly in light of how close it was.

On March 19 2015 09:43 farvacola wrote:
Your unequivocal interpretation of an election result as basis for condemning the whole of a nation is ill-conceived, particularly in light of how close it was.

On March 19 2015 09:46 Nyxisto wrote:
The Anti-Israel circlejerk is strong on the internet and apartheid comparisons are very ridiculous. Fact of the matter is that 20% of the Israeli population are Arab Muslims and 10% hold political positions, serve in a military etc.. It's probably a better representation than most minorities in other countries have. Sure there is a lot of shitty rhetoric going around but given the geopolitical situation in the region the ethnic situation in Israel doesn't justify the criticism.

On March 19 2015 10:52 Sub40APM wrote:

I agree that they are ridiculous but the direction has been getting worse. Secular Israel Leftism merely asked whether you support Israel nationalism -- although muddled by the claim that Israel is a Jewish state -- still allowed for Arab Muslim citizenship just like every other modern, western nation state. The increased proportion of far right, Israel is god's gift annex everything and expel the Sand monkeys to other sand monkey lands, in the recent populations is a dangerous thread. Natanyahu's naked appeal to reactionary Republicans like Danglars is a warning that Israel is trending towards something ugly.

Through exhaustive interviews with witnesses, cross-checking their statements with previous statements to authorities and the media, ballistics, DNA evidence and results from three autopsies, the Justice Department was able to present a credible and troubling picture of what happened on Canfield Drive. More credible than the grand jury decision to not indict Wilson. The transcript of his grand jury testimony read like so much hand-holding by the prosecution.

What DOJ found made me ill. Wilson knew about the theft of the cigarillos from the convenience store and had a description of the suspects. Brown fought with the officer and tried to take his gun. And the popular hands-up storyline, which isn’t corroborated by ballistic and DNA evidence and multiple witness statements, was perpetuated by Witness 101. In fact, just about everything said to the media by Witness 101, whom we all know as Dorian Johnson, the friend with Brown that day, was not supported by the evidence and other witness statements.
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Now that black lives matter to everyone, it is imperative that we continue marching for and giving voice to those killed in racially charged incidents at the hands of police and others. But we must never allow ourselves to march under the banner of a false narrative on behalf of someone who would otherwise offend our sense of right and wrong. And when we discover that we have, we must acknowledge it, admit our error and keep on marching. That’s what I’ve done here.