Happy 100th Birthday, Jimmy
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 10/01/2024 - 9:58am
Jimmy Carter turns 100 today.
A hundred years of caring, sharing, and helping the poorer among us to have a life.
Unlike all other Presidents who holed up in their compounds, ranches, or penthouses after their stint in the White House, Jimmy continued to serve people all over the globe.
If he wasn't building houses for the poor or monitoring elections in countries around the world he was negotiating the release of political prisoners in foreign countries.
Through all the faults of his four year Presidency, nothing obscures the good this man has done in a century of service to humankind.
Happy Birthday, President Jimmy Carter.
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Good morning e1. This would've been my elder brother's
birthday as well. He, however, didn't make it this far.
We're prepping for a mini road trip, 9 days without getting N or E of Topaz Lake NV, or much south of Santa Maria. Half of the time we'll be in or along the Eastern Sierras and half the time along the coast. Weather and temps will be all over the map and some of the time will be in VRBO type places meaning we need to take food and we're taking the car instead of the truck, so packing is really a conundrum.
Very hot here yestereday, today and perhaps longer, as in 100 or so. Slowly pruning apricot, then grapes will follow.
The world continues sick, mad and crazy, especially the empire/hegemon.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Hope you have a good trip
Sounds like fun.
We are going to finish up our garden harvesting and put it to bed (pardon the pun) for the winter. And then think about taking off for a few weeks going south.
I'm thinking Morro Bay. Been awhile since we've been there.
A lot depends on the weather, increasingly more difficult to predict. We are supposed to have El Nino conditions this year.
Thanks for stopping by.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Where do you usually stay in Morro Bay, or do you camp? n/t
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
We will stay
in a MH park or campground.
We are, however, completely self-contained.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Today is National Day in China
75th Anniversary. It's also Armed Forces day in South Korea, 76th anniversary.
Is this what people watch on regular US tv programming?
"Brace for impact!"
In the drama I don't know what the background is for the US to have three warships in the Taiwan strait at the same time. As I understand the A2/AD military strategy as described in publicly available US Navy related publications, this situation concentrating forces close to China is understood to be quite risky and normally is to be avoided. Of course, I don't know what the outcome is in the drama. Does the drama have Chinese subtitles?
Earthling1, I'm still absorbed in the The Korean War: A Civilian's Recollection video from the link you posted. It's very interesting. I knew a couple of South Koreans who went through this experience on the other side of the front in Seoul. I never got to hear a detailed read out of the refugee experience such as portrayed in this video.
This Arirang video of Armed Forces Day events in South Korea looks and sounds like a KCNA broadcast from North Korea. The Washington Times noted the similarity. It's no coincidence. South Korea is returning to its authoritarian posture during the dictatorships. A recent editorial in the Hankyoreh pointed out that Yoon doesn't have the authority under the conditions of the US-South Korea alliance to respond during wartime. OPCON of all ROK military forces comes under US control in wartime.
語必忠信 行必正直
The trouble with kibbles….
He rescued all of them, kept 3 and found homes for the others.
After the icky news for so long it’s nice to have a happy story.
“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt
That vid is hilarious
And a happy ending, yay!
Thanks.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Meanwhile,
Iranian missiles are raining down on Tel Aviv.
Time for an Adult Beverage.
https://x.com/runews/status/1841158123614072928
https://twitter.com/i/status/1841157510029345263
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Bkinky, Netenyahoo and lindsay Graham are smiling as they
got their wish.
Edited to add:
Wowzer!
Iran showed that it has missiles that Israel couldn’t stop and instead of Israel backing off it doubled down.
I saw a few tweets of Israelis thinking that they are once again the fcking victim. No you’re not.
Also wow….AP says that Iran is firing missiles into Israel, but then it shows the destruction from Israeli missiles? What’s the message we’re supposed to take from that? Israel has no right to attack Lebanon nor assassinate a leader anywhere. And like the tweet I posted last night, the western world got their diapers in a twist over Russia invading Ukraine on a legitimate self defense campaign, but they stayed silent on what Israel does and actually supports it with weapons.
I’d like to see people in the dock for their hypocrisy.
“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt
Godd morning, E1
Theoretically, that is.
Iran fired missiles into Tel Aviv. Now what will Israel tell us to do?
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Bammmmm!
Wow..the 2nd video is brutal. The iron dome has failed.
Just saw a video of Palestinians cheering the massive bombing of Israel. Israelis think it’s okay to have picnic parties to watch Israel bombing Palestine. Watch the media call out Palestinians for their blood thirst.
“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt
This made me think of the situation that missiles launched
by Hamas always fell on empty fields or were shot down by air the iron dome.
However!
well, to be fair
.
the Izzies asked for it, more than once.
Wonder how safe the population feels now?
truth is considered foreign influence, world peace is a threat to national security
Tons of videos of buildings in Tel Avi being hit
Plus the Houthis hit a major highway and Hezbollah is also send rockets.
Israel and the Zionist Americans had to know that there was no way to stop a coordinated attack from 3 countries. Only Syria is sitting this out.
Plus there is some type of terrorist attack with 2 gunman shooting Israelis. 6 dead so far. Some say it’s Lebanon or Palestinians, but others say it’s Netanyahu doing another false flag.
“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt
Will Hezbollah
wait for Israel to empty all it's launchers in retaliation to Iran, and then target those launchers in a massive missile strike?
Stay tuned!
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Probably
Iran says that if Israel escalates then things will get much worse.
With 3 countries having tens of thousands of missiles I wonder how long Israel can arm the iron dome? And just how many missiles does America have left after giving them to Ukraine and Israel and after trying to shoot the Yemen ones down? Those ships over there need to leave to be restocked because the ships that did that were retired.
But sure we can also take on Russia and China.
Boy ima gonna keep watching that kitty video.
“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt
Those kitties
came outta the brush like Iranian missiles.
That's the first thought I had.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Lol
They sure did. It’s like guys sending cute ladies out to get a car to stop.
Pretty smart of the kitties to send only one.
“The ways clear, come on out.”
“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt
Putin to Netanyahu…
.
You started it so deal with it.
Putin must have told Iran to go for it after holding them back for months.
Yup…
“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt
Sorry for the duplicate Beeley tweet but the response by
Holmgaard was good.
In the fog of war it is nearly impossible to actually know what
is happening.
Shooters
Apparently the shooters have been killed. 10 people also killed.
https://www.rt.com/news/605060-israel-shooting-tel-aviv/
“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt
The question is
how will Jill handle this?
The port strike will basically prevent rude oil from getting unloaded. Gas shortage is coming our way soon.
I did run across some article that discussed the enormous impact of the destruction of an interstate highway in NC that will cause store shelves to be empty pretty soon.
We have to get to Texas on Thursday. We need a couple of tanks of gas to get home.
The military needs crude. Is rationing or travel ban coming?
Jill needs to put her thinking cap on.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Cue the run
on gas cans!
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
If I were home
I would be at the store stocking up on necessities. Charcoal for the grill, in case I can't refill my propane tank. A cuople of more gas cans would be a nice addition to the inventory!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Cue the reinstatement
of the draft in 3... 2... 1...
I'm just trying to figure out how they will work it so that the younger folks won't find out who is actively starting the wars, prior to the start of voting. The Owners must be planning a free 30-day-long Taylor Swift concert, to be carried on all channels.
Jill needn't worry her pretty little head about any of this. I'm sure that Blinken has it all under control, Al Haig style...
I'll be stopping on the way home to stock up on booze. That's all the prepping I need.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
I stocked up a month's supply of room temp
beer when the lock downs started. Liquor stores were deemed essential and were allowed to remain open. I had to move some furniture, but I made room for it.
High priority!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Egads
That’s what made the lockdown insane. Liquor stores and casinos stayed open while churches were closed. How did so many people fall for it being deadly?
“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt
Propaganda,
when done perfectly, works well.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
They won't need a draft
Simply offer citizenship to all those young males who have crossed the southern border.
There must be millions of them. And all of them think they will muster out without a casket.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
One of the US's brain dead puppets had this to say.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock @ABaerbock
Baerbock
missed the memo that the attack is retaliatory.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Here's some nonsense from
the White House. Iran is just humiliated in defeat...blah blah blah...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/biden-reaction-iran-isra...
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
black is white and up is down
.
the spinners are working overtime
kinda puts to rest the notion of
the empire being supreme
does anyone else smell a fish?
if the Izzies are so victorious
then why are they still fighting?
truth is considered foreign influence, world peace is a threat to national security
If Israel is winning,
why is Biden pledging our military support?
More nonsense from the State Department saying the world should condemn this brazen attack (that isn't
working?)
whttps://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/state-department-calls-on-e...
It isn't healthy to speak out of both sides of your mouth, is it?
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I have a slightly different take on this
Frankly, I hesitate to express it, because some might think it's an excuse for an extremely misguided US policy based mostly venal considerations, money, elections, lobbyists, MIC profits, Central Command jockeying for primacy, etc.
Beneath the surface, there is a kind of reflexive or reverse nuclear blackmail going on. You can't let a nuclear armed state perceive that it is in an existential situation. I know that this phrase has been overused quite a bit lately. I'm not using it as a talking point as Israel has done to justify its actions thus far. In that sense I don't perceive them to be in an existential crisis, yet. They could rather simply extricate themselves by just stopping their military attacks. On the other hand, if they continue with this extremely aggressive course, they could easily be placed in an existential predicament, if the US stopped assisting them. Yet, the talking point is that Israel is now and has been in an existential situation. That hasn't been true so far. But it's becoming more uncertain by the day.
語必忠信 行必正直
Should it become existential
for Israel, I fear they will go nuclear on surrounding non-nuclear countries because as Netanyahu already stated, "Who will stop us"?
Who will?
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.