The Weekly Watch
Pete Seeger
I'm off to the Florida Folk Festival this weekend. As I pondered what to leave for an OT this week, I thought perhaps the ultimate folk musician, Pete Seeger would be a fun topic. I hope some of you enjoy a bit of his story.
“What’s good about folk music,” wrote Pete Seeger in a 1974 issue of Sing Out! magazine, “is that it is not show business. … It should be the fiddle or guitar, bongo drum or harmonica that’s brought out after supper dishes are cleared away and families make their own music, rather than switching on the magic screen.”
I never met Pete but I have a connection with him. My political mentors helped keep his wife out of the WWII internment camps (she was of Japanese heritage). I knew his half brother, Mike Seeger fairly well. None the less Pete had a big influence on my musical development.
Pete Seeger has done more to popularize American folk music than any other contemporary musician, authoring or co-authoring songs that have become folk standards: “If I Had a Hammer,” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” and “Turn! Turn! Turn!” to name just a few. His work has inspired countless musicians including Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and the Dixie Chicks, and his tireless political and environmental activism have galvanized generations of admirers to follow his lead and take action.
Born on May 3, 1919 to Charles and Constance Seeger, music was in Seeger’s blood from the first; his father was a Professor of musicology and his mother, a classical violinist. Seeger grew up surrounded by music, learning to play the ukulele, guitar, and banjo by the time he was in his teens. An early job assisting folk archivist Alan Lomax to transcribe and record traditional music in the American South cemented his commitment to reviving the American folk music tradition. Trips with Woody Guthrie enriched his (and America’s) repertoire.
Seeger’s commitment to the revival of American folk music is rivaled only by his commitment to using music as an instrument for social change. His activism has been a constant in his career. Throughout the 1940’s, he was singing protest and union songs–first with Woody Guthrie, and his first group, The Almanac Singers. The Weavers cover of Lead Belly’s “Goodnight Irene” became the number-one song for 1950. But at the height of their popularity they suffered from FBI surveillance for their politics, forcing Seeger to spend much of the 50’s battling HUAC for his socialist beliefs.
“If music only could change the world, I’d only be a musician.”
Pete Seeger
Like my political mentors he was called un-American.
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After he was blacklisted he hosted a show on NYC PBS called Rainbow Quest. Here's one of my favorite songs from that show.
Peete Seeger & Judy Collins sings "Turn, Turn, Turn!"
Words-adapted from the bible, book of Ecclesiastes & Music by Pete Seeger.
He was also involved with the Civil Rights movement...
Pete Seeger interview in San Diego 1965 (3 min)
One of America’s most controversial folk singers, Pete Seeger, performed at the Civic Theater here last night while pickets marched outside. Among the placards were some that read: Ban Reds from Community Buildings, Pete Seeger Admits Use of Red Propaganda in his folk music. Leaflets referring to alleged Communist connections of Seeger were distributed by the San Diego Patriotic society, whose president, Jack Childres, was represented at the demonstration by Duncan Clark, director of operations for San Diego Youth for Christ. After last night’s concert, I asked Seeger what he stood for—what he was trying to get across in his folk music.
Pete Seeger-Waist Deep In The Big Muddy & War Song Medleys (1968)
TPTB didn't like Pete's antiwar songs. (7.5 min)
He lost his wife and remembers her here...
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Pete Seeger at home (1989)
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The Story Behind "Forever Young" by Pete Seeger (7 min)
Mini-documentary about the recording of "Forever Young" by Pete Seeger for Amnesty International's 2012 album "Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan".
Pete always encouraged others to sing and even had a magazine called "Sing Out".
Here's one I usually sing at the festival...
Written by my good friend J U Lee
The festival is in White Springs FL, not far from the GA line. It was once a major tourist attraction and site.
We've been going to this festival for almost 40 years. I'm pleased I was invited again this year. I hope you learned something about Pete. I did putting it together. The thread is open...
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good morning troubadours
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love the Judy Collins Turn number
and Pete saying he could die happy
know others were singing his songs
enjoy your festival!
Pete Seeger's cover of Woody Guthrie's iconic
This Land is Your Land is my favorite version of this great folk tune. I always felt (and still do) that it should have been our National Anthem. The Star Spangled Banner is a war song, and needs to be retired. I'm a Floridian, Lookout.
Do you live in the Sandbar Peninsula state? Is White Springs near the Live Oak area? Enjoy the folk fest. I still chuckle at the fit Pete threw backstage when Dylan went all electric at the Newport Folk Fest back in the day. Pete was rippin' po'ed. Dylan was his usual self: merrily dancing to the beat of his own drum. LOL. Informative diary and great links. Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
hey orlbucfan
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Lookout lives on Lookout Mountain in northern Alabama. Agree the 'national anthem'
needs a re-imagining. All this glorification of war is not something to be proud of.
cheers!
Folk Festival
I live in the Panhandle. It's about 400 miles from Pensacola to Jacksonville with Tallahassee in the middle. I've seen the signs for the Folk Festival from I-10 when one of my children lived in Jacksonville. I know it's to the east of Tallahassee but I'm not familiar with the towns over there on that side, but I believe it's near where all 3 states come together.
White Springs...
...is one exit North of Lake City on I 75 on the Suwannee River. When the festival is over they have nice cabins at about $100/night and good swimming and canoeing on the river. They offer a variety of programs during the year.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
So now that the US/Ukie terrorists have taken out
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Russia's early nuclear warning facility, what kind of signal does that give RUS?
The western warmongers are really looking to escalate this into a nuclear
exchange. Now RUS defenses are on a quick trigger alert, is peace so
despicable that we have to pull this kind of shit? How many deaths will it take?
I suspect they have more...
...than one radar system capable of detection.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
As of last evening,
it was reported that the radar system will be repaired and fully operable in 2 months.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
The Russians are competent...
and able to build and repair things in contrast to the US who spins wheels with committees to "study" problems.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
The ‘unprovoked and unwanted' war against Russia
No mention of the 8 years of attacks on the Donbas, or the 2014 brutal coup that deposed Ukraine’s elected president or the Z walking away from a very generous peace agreement. Or the 30 years of NATO’s encroachment or the thousands of American troops put into countries that border Russia. Or ignoring Putin’s last ditch attempt to ward off the unprovoked war….or the billions of American weapons or the thousands of Americans operations the weapons that attack Russia territory and kill Russian civilians. You know like the constant attacks on Belograd like what happened against last night killing 4 civilians including a child.
Sure, Big Z, Putin just woke up one morning and decided to attack Ukraine williages.
Can you tell that this was professionally filmed in a green room with the Little Z dressed in battle fatigues?
Sadly many American shitlibs believe this stupid narrative. They say that WE must win this war.
Our congress has appeared with the same branche of Nazis that Boris welcomed in parliament. Both Germany and France have trained Ukraine troops who wear Nazi patches on their uniforms.
But Russia fighting against the Nazi regime again is just Russian propaganda.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
why is nazism regaining popularism?
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I don't get it. We were raised to believe the nazis were the bad guys.
Why has that changed? Zion = nazi, Ukie = nazi, US = zionazi. Who
are the good guys anymore? Nazi's? Don't buy it.
Dunno
It’s a good question though why there is so much support for Nazis worldwide. Here’s when they were invited to congress.
Lindsay has been screaming hysterically about all the anti Semitism on college campuses and yet he and his BFF McCain had been meeting with the Nazis of Ukraine since 2014 and promising them weapons once Obama exited and the Hellabitch was coronated…..oops. But isn’t it weird how Israel has absolutely no problem with us supporting them? Just like they never tracked down the Nazis we brought here or the Canadian ones or any others in numbers countries.
Speaking of the Hellabitch she is now blaming women for her loss.
Clinton says women abandoned her because she wasn’t ‘perfect’
Boy the folks at Naked Capitalism had a lot of fun attacking her new spiel. Worth reading the comments.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Not to count chickens before they lay their eggs
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but this hilarity clinton beast is going to try to make a comeback
once blinden has been eliminated, all part of the plan.
Inspite of the fact that she is one of the most hated politicians
of modern times. They may just pull it off? 3 times is a charm.
Yep
I agree. Like I said I won’t count her out till she is buried face down for 6 months.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Hey Snoopy
I feel like we know Hillary really well. 2016 was brutal. We saw things that very few would ever see or understand. Hillary was a loser before she became a candidate. Historically, Presidential candidate with numbers as bad as hers, have always lost this election..
However, I think Hillary may be right when she blames women for her loss in the most corrupt Presidential election in US History. It seemed to me a win was just possible in August, September, and October of 2016, just before the Presidential election — without any further campaigning on her part. American women seemed to have the numbers and the willingness to put her in office.
Hillary had something that American woman desperately wanted and needed. She had the power and the pulpit to make US society fair for them, to cut them a break so that they didn't have to work longer and harder than men to survive and thrive. Women have waited more than a century for equal rights, and they are reaching like never before to secure their rights.
The problem was, Hillary continued her small campaign rallies during August, September, and October. The people needed a break from all the scandals but Clinton was desperate, panicked, and angry. She played hardball with younger women about women's rights, and you could see the light go out in their eyes as she bullied them. She offered nothing to replace Bernie's campaign promises to improve people's earnings and support their dreams, instead she mocked those hopes. Her campaign became heavy with Cold War propaganda, and her people told too many stupid lies and made dumb excuses about election meddling and Russian spys who were hiding under American beds. Younger, smarter voters were already immersed in social media and knew exactly how it worked. They immediately realized how ignorant and preposterous Clinton's tale of Russian election meddling on Facebook was. (It was the 2016 version of the Chinese Spy Balloon fiasco.)
Hillary might have won the election if it had been held in September. But the dumb, evidence free conspiracy theories about Putin and Russia-bots was just too clueless. Younger mothers and working women had much more important things to do in November 2016, than vote Ibn an election where both candidates were intolerable. Plus, voting on a November work and school day is fine for 1845 agrarian farmers, but it is a really inconvenient day for busy, stressed out families. Typical constitutional dysfunction and voter suppression.
Hillary's right. Too many women didn't come out and vote for her.
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At first, I dismissed the concerns about Hillary taking Joe's place in the 2024 election. But on reflection, I think this is something that could happen. Clinton has the Key qualification for the US Presidency: She's a psychopath. Plus, she has a compelling platform to run on — reclaiming women's abortion and reproductive rights.
I can see the Dems believing that Hillary is their ace in the hole; and women would probably show up and vote this time. They've learned their lesson. for sure. And it's a smooth transition: Hillary is a Neocon, so Congress still gets their defense-spending bonuses and insider stock tips. And the People will get their violent, expensive Empire wars regardless of who is elected. Clinton could even get a free ride into office as Biden's VP, replacing Kamala. That way she would barely have to campaign at all.
IMAGINE if you woke up the day after a US Presidential Election and headlines around the the world blared, "The Majority of Americans Refused to Vote in US Presidential Election! What Does this Mean?"
Yep….
She had the power to do that, but like you said she would probably pull an Obama and immediately tell those women to go sit at the back of the bus. If they want the same rights Her has they need to marry a president, get elected in a state that’s not her home.
And create a non profit foundation that breaks every rule it can to launder money for favors. Oh yeah and break every government records keeping rules on the book and then defy a congressional subpoena and destroy the ones she wants.
Also she has to steal the billions of dollars that the world donated for the most desperate people in the world…
Then they would have to threaten a local FBI officer to keep child trafficking and kiddie porn away from being exposed. That’s why Comey wrote the letter to congress just before the election. Hillary griping about it was to throw sand over the allegations.
On abortion rights I can’t believe the base is going to once again don their Charlie Brown shirt and believe that Lucy won’t pull the football this time. I think one of the biggest reasons why she lost was because she was followed Obama’s 8 years of betraying the base. He screwed the pooch to death. No more pooch to screw for anyone following him.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
I have said many times
that I know many people who would crawl naked, on hands and knees, across a football field of hot flaming radioactive broken glass to vote against her.
And after the last couple of election cycles, I'm now one of them. So, I guess her campaigning (read: ceaseless blaming of everyone but Herself) worked, after a fashion.
Give it up, Hellabitch. You will *never* be President.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Heh….
Are we bad for gleefully cheering that HER will never be president?
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
When you select an actor...
as the puppet president you might win a PR war, but little else. Alex had a funny routine about it...
Salvini, Stoltenberg resign. Elensky charm is over. Estonia will bring Russia to its knees
In the charm is over part...
It is political kabuki theater, and we found an actor to play his part.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Heavy sigh….!
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Here come the Russians again
That’s all I could stomach to read. Corn Job must not have noticed that everything he wrote has been thoroughly debunked. Or he’s just trying to get shitlibs back on board the Russia Russia Russia gate boat.
This on top of the Hellabitch blaming everyone, but her wicked self for losing the easiest election in history.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
For assistance in maintaining
a normal blood pressure, I advise avoiding Rachel Maddow until Her is either dead or in handcuffs.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Thanks for the Pete Seeger story
It brought back some memories of younger days. My mother was a big Pete Seeger and Judy Collins fan. So I often heard their music around the house. Always enjoyed their songs. Thanks for the history LO!
I'm somewhat concerned about this report although it could just be one of those routine scare tactics/propaganda moves in msm. I think the Yoon administration is in big trouble here and actually needs some national security crisis to deflect the domestic political crisis ongoing in South Korea right now.
Here's a Hankyoreh article that addresses the domestic crisis in a summary fashion:
Insider confirmed Yoon ‘lost temper’ when briefed on investigation into Marine’s death
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So Yoon directly interfered in the investigation to change its outcome.
I wrote a lengthy analysis based upon South Korean news reports on the potential implications of the disclosure of evidence of Yoon's interference in the independent investigation by a ROK Marine colonel and his team into Corporal Chae's death. Col. Park's report recommended referral of 8 military personnel from the 1st Marine Division Commander on down be investigated by police. On Yoon's order the report was scrapped, and only two lower ranking personnel were referred for investigation. Col. Park who wrote and forwarded the report against orders coming at the Presidents direction was charged with insubordination. The whole issue was subject to a major demonstration by the opposition all day Saturday led by Lee Jae-myung and Cho Guk. Imo the affair is similar in dynamics to Watergate in the US, but it still remains to be seen if Yoon's impeachment will be the outcome.
(Source- MBC News 5.26.2024) Opposition leaders Cho Guk and Lee Jae-myung together at the head of street demonstration near city hall, Seoul, 5.26.
Demonstrations in Seoul on the City Hall plaza led by the opposition parties, and their leaders Lee Jae-myung and Cho Guk, both victims themselves of politically inspired investigations believed to have been prompted by Yoon Seok-yeol, drew twenty thousand to the streets all day Saturday to listen to them and leaders of 20 social and civic organizations that support the passage of the special investigation legislation in a reconsideration of the vetoed bill next Tuesday near the end of the 21st session of the National Assembly. At this point, it's reported that the democratic "pan opposition" parties in the National Assembly need 17 defections from the conservative PPP party to attain a veto proof bill. It will be a secret ballot. 4 defections (ital pyo), from the PPP are apparently confirmed by PPP members who publicly supported passage of the bill. The High Public Officials Crime unit investigation is regarded as insufficient, both in scope, and its legal impact. The investigation has been slow walked so far because of lack of investigative resources by one account. In any case, their investigative findings and records will be forwarded to the prosecutors for further investigation and potential prosecution. The weakness there is that most Public Prosecutor District Branch Chiefs have been recently replaced with prosecutors close to, or known to be loyal to President Yoon, the former prosecutor general.
PPP Assembly members and party spokespeople say the Public Officials Crime investigation is enough, and no special investigation law is necessary. The opposition maintains that Yoon's recent vetoes of special investigation protects his own wrongdoing, or that of family members, his wife in particular. Therefore matters alleging presidential office misconduct cannot be handled without the appointment of a special investigation team. Cho Guk, who was a former law professor, made the case that other highly regarded law professors regard abuse of the veto power by the presidency, as a constitutional violation justifying impeachment. There must be a reasonably objective justification for a presidential veto. As a constitutional power the presidential veto cannot be exercised simply to protect oneself or one's family members from investigation for criminal misconduct.
Yoon has vetoed ten bills passed by the National Assembly thus far in his administration. The only other president who had vetoed more was Syngman Rhee, the first president of South Korea whose administration, involved in politically motivated massacres and assassinations, was little more than an inept dictatorship by Korean standards compared to its later dictators.
(Source- MBC News 5.26.2024)
Noticeable among the demonstators was the presence of members of the Federation of the Marine Corps Reserve. These veterans of the ROK Marine Corps are bi-partisan and there are many conservatives among them. They are incensed that Col. Park has been publicly vilified as a "liar" for political purposes by the administration and want a special investigation. They feel that the commandant has betrayed his loyalty to the Marines.
What is the big deal? The South Korean republic shaken by the death of one young marine corporal? In South Korea, historically, the death of just one person, unjustly, unfairly or dismissed by officialdom for political purposes could be enough in some circumstances to cause a political storm. In this case, the interference by the administration in the negligent homicide investigation of Cpl. Chae's death appeared politically motivated, because the Defense Miniser Lee Jong-sup was implicated. Then the President Yoon unwisely appointed Lee as South Korea's ambassador to Australia. That created the impression that this was done to get him out of the country so he could not be questioned by investigators. The former defense minister has denied the president was involved or he himself ever implied the president was involved in obstructing or influencing the investigation. Furthermore, interfering in investigations is a known modus operandi of Yoon, in his past history as Prosecutor General, and in senior prosecutor positions. This is one of the major issues that has been shaking the Korean republic for years, political prosecutions and the need to place checks on excessive prosecutorial powers. Yoon has done everything in his power to "privatize" prosecutorial power in his own hands and obstuct any reforms.
語必忠信 行必正直
Maybe this is the
straw that broke the Yoon camel's back? I sure as hell hope so!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
You read my mind
...or read the original article I wrote. I edited out the ending:
(Source- Channel A News Korea 5.14.2024 ) Col. Park pictured above. "At the VIP hosted presidential office meeting, concerning the results of the First Marine Division investigation, I heard the VIP exploded in anger." This is the substance of what Col. Park reported was told in his phone conversation by Marine Commandant Kim.
In two senses then, the Chae matter can be viewed as the straw that may break the camel's back. The Yoon administration has been responsible for mishandling more than one public disaster since it came to office. Most notorious was the "Halloween crush" disaster in Itaewon (which ironically was not too far from the presidential office building when it occurred in 2022). The investigation follow-up and consequences to public officials for negligence which resulted in over 150 deaths was also regarded as insufficient and a coverup to protect high ranking officials. There were also two flood disasters beside that involving Corporal Chae, that had fatal consequences that were viewed as the result of government neglect or incompetence... The improper assignment of untrained and poorly equipped marines to recover civilian remains is another flood disaster which ultimately resulted in Corporal Choi's death was therefore viewed as a highly sensitive matter politically, and the presidential office was motivated to interfere with the investigation.
*Yecheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do July 15 heavy rains; July 17 2023 Naeseongchan stream still swollen by flooding; Marines assigned to recover the bodies of 9 victims still missing; during search operations, Cpl. Chae Sang-byeong was overcome by the flooding river and swept away, his body was found 14 hours later at 11pm.
July 30-Aug 2, 2023, the period during which outside interference in his investigation occurred according to Col. Park. Park's investigation began after Park had reported the results of his investigation to the Marine Commandant 7.28.
Sorry to get into the weeds on this. I've been following prosecutor Yoon's antics and the corruption of the administration of justice in South Korea for four years now. I recognized the threat he posed to South Korea for a long time.
語必忠信 行必正直
a different tune
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in another voice
That is just great!
I love Latin music. And I love these music vids featuring musicians from everywhere, singing and playing together.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
this one is more Pete Seegerish
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love the latin sound as well!
Loved it! As Seeger would!
I was making a plan to visit Cuba. Then, COVID, blah blah blah.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Guantanamera
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about human slavery
Lol….
Shitlib outrage. They don’t like how Cannon is holding the government to standards so they want to get rid of her.
2nd tweet….
Rachel said that if Trump doesn’t run again all the cases would be dropped. Nailed it.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
The public has no right to a speedy trial.
A criminal defendant does.
The X poster guy is a dumb ass.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Lol….
Even I know that. It’s just severe TDS where they get to make up the rules as long as they get Trump and the rule of law be damned.
Thought you’d get a kick out the tweet.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
reminds me of gramma
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Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan
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listening to the words ~ some strong medicine
compliments of WUMB Highway 61 Revisited
https://wumb.org/streams/
Nice that WUMB continued into the next day
Dylan songs in celebration of the immense treasure he has contributed.
Mary Travers
launched a solo career. I bought tickets to see her in Jones Hall in Houston. There were possibly 30 other people in the audience. She walked onto the stage, said the low turnout made her decide to cancel, and she said we would all get a refund at the box office. We clapped, she walked off. It didn't take but a few minutes of standing in the short line to get my refund.
I felt so sorry for her, as she must have been crushed.
Maybe the late 70s or early 80s.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I’ve been saying that the crack down on the protests
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and congress responded to them and passing bills against them for Israel is what will cause the rise in anti semitism, but this guy says what I couldn’t put into words.
Link
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Walsh does nail it.
Jews of the non-Zionist sector likely already sense some growing resentment or even hatred towards them.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
This will also drive the anti semitism
Caitlin’s article on this
There are many people defending Israel doing this barbaric act and I have been given them hell. I ask them if it was their children being bombed like this would they still think it’s acceptable. Gah!…..1-800-bitch-slap.
I can’t watch the videos of this attack. Israel told people to move to this area because it was safe and then they fucking bombed it. Caitlin describes how babies have been beheaded and there bodies…..Recent polls showed that 60% or more of Israelis approve of the Gaza genocide.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
I have read where maybe 80%
of Israelis support the genocide.
I go out of my way to distinguish Jews from Israeli policy, and Israelis from Zionism, and yet, the US government would define my stance against this genocide as anti-Semitic because our government says they are one and the same.
I will watch the videos. I will bear witness. I consider it a duty, and it doesn't traumatize me. It steels my resolve.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I was shocked at the festival to find no understanding...
my older friends all felt Israel has a right to defend themselves, but not the Palestinians. The young folks there had the opposite opinion. The Propaganda machine is powerful, and there's a reason they want to get rid of TikTok.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Thank you Lookout!
I trust you are enjoying the pleasure of performing and sharing the beauty of music and humanity.
What a wonderful dedication to such a strong spirit.
An eastern European immigrant sang that in our camp
this weekend, along with "I shall be released".
"I Shall Be Released" by Bob Dylan, covered by Reina del Cid and Toni Lindgren
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Neil Oliver pegs the state of "democracy"
in this 15 minute clip:
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Thanks for Neil Oliver
Not only have I always enjoyed him for his perspective and sincerity, but for his melodic Scottish accent as well.
There are many of Scottish descent here, and originally their English speech was the most challenging for me to understand. All these years later it is my favourite speech, and so perfectly expressed by Neil Oliver.
I like his 2 parties cut from the same cloth
thinking. And, like you, I love his accent.
I had a trip to Scotland booked that got canceled due to COVID. I think I would have understood the Scots better than working class Brits in small villages and rural areas outside sophisticated London. i could hardly hold a conversation with them!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
In the first few years here
I felt continually embarrassed by my inability to understand such different accents and expressions of the English language. After asking someone to repeat themselves for the second time, and still not understanding, I would just acknowledge the comment with a shake of my head and leave with no more clarity. In time it all made sense, thankfully ; ).
Geez, I most have touched a nerve when
I remarked that our national anthem should be Your Land is Your Land. :-). snoop, I think that commenter you quoted earlier in this thread meant to say gobsmacked. I am opposed to all war and warmongers, no exceptions. You notice how the vast majority of them are male? I call tRump, the Orange Maggot. Anyone favoring him needs to have a serious brain exam. Female trash like $hrillary and Albright are every bit as bad and stupid! NCTim helped me learn to post tune links on here years ago, but I forgot how in my aged state. LOL. Rec'd for the tunes and conversation. Hope everyone is staying cool today.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
hey orlbucfan
to post a music video, you can go to youtube and find your artist / song.
underneath the vid, there is a share button, click that
next hit embed, and box of code shows up
hilight the code by clicking on the first character
hit copy and paste it into your essay
should work
good luck!
@QMS
It worked!!!!!
MANY THANKS, QMS!!!! 
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
The Star Spangled Banner
was originally a popular drinking song, and the lyrics were replaced by the mighty tribute to war.
America the Beautiful would be a better choice, but it doesn't stir the military to go kill people.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Thanks for reading...
...and for all the informative comments!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”