Someone Missed “The Talk”

08 Tuesday Aug 2023

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Not that talk, the other one.

Did you know that Albert Einstein and a host of other prominent US Jews signed a letter to the NYT in 1948 warning about something called “Zionism” in the then new state of Israel? I did not until this week. Here’s their letter.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES:

Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our times is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the “Freedom Party” (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties.

It was formed out of the membership and following of the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing, chauvinist organization in Palestine.

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Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Nobody cares about the Nazi comparison. Even Ariel Sharon used it, and laughingly. It’s not popular to admit there was ever such a place with the name “Palestine” but, again, not too many people get bent out of shape about it. It’s the “Z” word that’s the problem. Not that it’s a problem! But, you know, it should never be used or thought or anything. Shhhhhhh!

For my part, I look for a groveling apology and retraction by this misguided group and/or Carlos Slim’s blog.

The Opposite of Green Shoots

23 Sunday Aug 2015

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns, News and Notes

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BRICS, Dow Jones, Economic collapse, economy, Einstein, goverment, insanity, politics, The People, The West

At the end of last week the Dow Jones dropped 888 points. This number is a boon to certain numerologists. A boon for the social justice crowd came when the wealthiest 1% lost $182 Billion! instantly.

I see no upside here. The fact is the 2008-2009 recession never ended. The great recovery wasn’t. The commercial banks and a select few corporations were propped up with tens of trillions of new “out of thin air” funny dollars. It bought them a little time – time to grab everything of value they could. The grabbing is frantic now.

The rest of us have little to nothing. There are few high paying jobs. The mighty BRICS are crumpling. The West is teetering. All we’re left with is higher prices, lower pay and the most pathetic assortment of political candidates ever assembled.

Okay, yes, the price of gas is collapsing. That’s positive for now. Only for now, for later it’s a harbinger of ill to come.

This week or next the markets should pep up a bit. But, fall and winter are coming.

What do those lovely candidates have to say about all this? More spending? More funny money? A wall? A wall built with funny money? Remember, while walls can keep foreigners out, they can also keep natives in.

There are solutions to these problems. You will not hear them on Fox, CNN or CNBC. Most people would reject them anyway. We’ve been here before – again and again and again. Einstein’s iron law of insanity.