Cedric's Big Mix: 2023-10-15

Monday, October 16, 2023

But they had so much in common!

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

DENNY K FIRED BY RFK JR.? ABSOLUTELY.

THE TWO MEN BONDED OVER THEIR RACISM -- DENNY KAY'S BRIEF TERM AS MAYOR WAS NOTABLE ONLY FOR HIS SCAPEGOATING OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

REACHED FOR COMMENT BY THESE REPORTERS, DENNY K ADMITED THAT HE'S BEEN PUBLICLY LABELED A RACIST SINCE 1978 AND "SO WHAT? THAT'S WHAT RACIST JUNIOR AND I BONDED OVER. WELL . . . THAT . . . AND BUKHARI PORN. BUT WHAT DOES IT MATTER NOW THAT THEY'VE FIRED ME?"

REACED FOR COMMENT BY THESE REPORTERS, A VOLUNTEER WITH JUNIOR'S CAMPAIGN TOOK TIME AWAY FROM GOOGLING "HOW DOES A PENIS GET BROKEN" TO TELL US, "DENNIS KUCINICH IS NO LONGER WITH THE CAMPAIGN. WE LIKE ISSUED A PRESS STATEMENT OR SOMETHING. DO PENISES HAVE BONES IN THEM? CAN THE BONES BREAK? IS THAT WHY THEY'RE CALLED BONERS?"

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

Phyllis Bennis tells LAW AND DISORDER RADIO this morning, "I think what we're dealing with is a systemic level of oppression which has been going on, as you say, for 75 years. Actually, more than that, because colonization of historic Palestine began at the turn of the 20th century -- so even further than the 75 years ago when the state of Israel was created. But from that time, in the war between Israeli settlers and Palestinian indigenous people in 1947, 1948, at the end of that war about 750,000 Palestinians -- a huge percentage of the entire population -- had been expelled from their homes. They had been dispossessed of their homes, they had been driven out at gunpoint or frightened out with the threat of massacres that went on as part of the war. And many, many of the two million people who now live in Gaza are the descendents of those first refugees from what is now the state of Israel." LAW AND DISORDER RADIO will begin airing this week's broadcast on its home station of WBAI this morning at 11:00 am EST -- and it airs on many other radio stations around the country throughout the week.

How bad is it going in Gaza? Pretty bad. Bad enough for the mouth of the US State Dept to get nervous. No, no a spokesperson, THE NEW YORK TIMES. That's where you go when you want to know what the US State Dept wants to feed you.

Lies. They always want to feed you lies.

Thomas S. Warrick is the liar and the paper wants you to know at the top of the piece: "Mr. Warrick is a nonresident senior fellow with Middle East programs at the Atlantic Council. He served in the U.S. State Department from 1997 to 2007."

Oh, he sounds so harmless -- your first clue it's a lie. If you can make it through all his lies and his endless stream of words you get a little more description at the end of the column

Here's how Warrick described himself in a joint-piece for THE HILL just last month, "the other was the top career counterterrorism policy official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for more than a decade. We served administrations of both parties."

Doesn't see himself as a diplomat, nor should he judged by his words on what's taking place in Gaza. He wants you to know -- mea culpa! -- mistakes were made by the US in Iraq after the fall of Baghdad! He wants to save . . . someone.

Who?

Apparently Israel. He had a little plan for what Israel should do next.

In his plan, the residents of Gaza are nothing more than play things. They have no say. They are not brought to the table.

But this is who THE TIMES (and the State Dept) thinks is worth listening to.

They want you to believe the lie that peace is a coming and it's a coming from the Israeli government and whatever the Israeli government decides to serve up, well the Palestinians jut have to f**kin' take it.

The State Dept needs to find another mouth piece. THE NEW YORK TIMES can't pull it off anymore. THE TODAY SHOW could expand to 14 hours a day and it still wouldn't solve the problems at THE TIMES. If this were the 80s, they'd dominate. Not for circulation, never for circulation. But for influence. Back then, they called what ended up on the morning shows. Bland host, "Today, THE NEW YORK TIMES is reporting . . ." But the audience is gone for those programs now. Getting three million viewers is now seen as 'amazing.' And if TODAY did expand to 14 hours, let's all be honest, it would all be arts & crafts and lots of drinking.

THE TIMES used to punch above its weight because its every utterance was magnified. Its amplifiers are no longer influencers.

Reading Warwick's column (no link to trash), he's refused to learn anything about Iraq. Shouldn't have disbanded the Ba'ath party? Yeah, I believe every significant witness at The Chilcot Inquiry made that point . . . by the start of 2011.

It's more garbage from a garbage mouth that doesn't see the Palestinians as worthy of being included in crafting a future.

Donald Johnson (MONDOWEIS) analyzes the coverage from THE NEW YORK TIMES:

On the front page of today’s New York Times website there is an editorial leading the Opinion section under the title, “Israel is fighting to defend a society that values human life.” An obvious question arises. What society is that? If you click through to the article itself a different title appears —“Israel Can Defend Itself and Uphold its Values.” Once again, an unintentional irony. But in fairness, you could argue that they are trying to appeal to people inside Israel who can be shamed.

Today’s editorial probably shows that the Times editors are in a panic about just how far Israel will go, and they are trying to rein them in using a method they hope will work — flattery. There are, of course, Israelis who do not wish to commit a second Nakba, but those in charge — well, who wants to bet on that?

In reality, Hamas attacked Israel and massacred 1,300 civilians, and Israel is responding with its own massive war crimes, which have already killed over 1,000 more civilians than Hamas did. And as detailed elsewhere on this site and even in the New York Times, it is committing war crimes. The Times is suggesting that Israel kill fewer people in a piece that whitewashes Israel’s record. You can read the piece for yourself if you have a subscription.

At COUNTERPUNCH this morning, M. Reza Behnam writes:

The “war of words” is as important as the battle itself. Propaganda is used to rally the troops, manage public perceptions and garner support. The maxim that “in war, truth is the first casualty,” accurately renders the corporate media’s weighted coverage of the 7 October attack by Hamas against the Israeli occupier.

Israel has firmly embedded the myth that it is a democratic, brave, vulnerable nation into the body politic of the United States. In their current war against the Palestinians, Tel Aviv has made sure to control the narrative and to silence dissenting voices. With the corporate media, they have established who matters, Israel, and who does not, the Palestinians.

The first casualties of the disinformation campaign have been the use of the words “war” and “conflict.” Oxford English Dictionary defines war as “a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.” Conflict is defined (dictionary.com) as a “struggle or clash between opposing forces.”

It is a distortion to say that what we have witnessed in Palestine is a war or a conflict. Both words imply a battle or struggle between equals or near equals, between two peoples with equal resources and claims.

As Israel conducts its aggression against the Palestinians in Gaza, the media continues to improperly frame the killing of the colonized by the Israeli colonizer as a war and/or conflict. CNN, MSNBC and National Public Radio, for example, have been using the promo, “Israel at War,” to entice viewers and listeners.

Tel Aviv has declared war on a political party, Hamas. The Gaza Strip—about the size of New Jersey— home to 2.3 million Palestinians, is not a nation or a state. It has been under Israeli military occupation and blockade and can best be described as an open-air prison. Until they were able to breach Israel’s high-tech security wall separating Gaza from Israel, Palestinian fighters were trapped behind it, making a land battle with the Israeli army impossible. The sensor-equipped, 20-foot high steel and concrete wall with remote-controlled weapon and radar systems, cameras and underground sensors is an “iron wall” around Gaza.

There is no symmetry between the overwhelming power of the Israeli war machine and Hamas. Hamas has no sizable army (estimates at 40,000 fighters) no air force or navy. It relies on missiles, drones and hand gliders. Israel has the fourth largest army in the world (169,500 active duty and 360,000 reservists), a fleet of U.S.-made F-15, F-16 and F-35 fighter jets, 2,200 tanks, as well as sophisticated missile, drone and surveillance technology able to pinpoint and destroy individual targets.

[. . .]

The language employed to describe Israel collides with logic, reason and history. The Palestinian people of Gaza and the occupied West Bank who have been resisting 75 years of land theft, colonization, murder, torture, imprisonment without due process, collective punishment, manipulation, humiliation and genocide are called “militants” and “terrorists.” In contrast, Israeli occupying forces are called “defense” forces or commandos.

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