[Peace-discuss] News from Neptune…

Thu Jul 24 23:55:15 EDT 2014

That would put some English on it. 

I was in fact once a 'ginger' (occasionally dissed for their red hair in the UK), but like Mae West, I drifted (but unlike her am now approaching snow white...)

Thanks for the good wishes, Wayne. I do worry a bit about my wife's fondness for quoting the British actress Sybil Thorndike (Shaw wrote 'Saint Joan' for her): when asked if she ever considered leaving her husband (also an actor), she answered, "Divorce, never; murder, often..."

On Jul 24, 2014, at 10:02 AM, E. Wayne Johnson via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> I suggest you attack them for the colour of their hair.
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> Regarding Carl and Leigh, congratulations for 50 years. And no doubt they all said it wouldn't last .
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> Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone
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> ---- David Green via Peace-discuss wrote ----
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> Hi Mort,
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> Is that a qualified "yes"? Anyway, thanks for both the compliment and the critique. If you ask me which leaders/citizens are more responsible for the assault on Gaza, Israel or the U.S., my answer would be "yes".
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> I think that Chomsky gave a decent accounting of himself yesterday on Z in responding to the critical responses to his article on BDS. I think that this is, unfortunately, a movement over a very long term, and more near the beginning than the end. I think he has some wise words that put things in evolutionary perspective, especially vis a vis S. Africa.
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> But on tomorrow's show I'll take every opportunity to be disagreeable with my colleagues, even if I have to resort to criticizing their wardrobes.
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> Best,
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> David
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> On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 10:47 PM, "Brussel, Morton K via Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> I’ve listened to this program, and come to the conclusion that you all, the three participants, agree with each other too much, as if everything that is said between you is unchallengeable. It is not. Especially annoying is the seeming worship of the god Chomsky, who (I think) is losing his way on important issues, especially with regard to the desirable two state solution in Israel-Palestine.  I would rather defer here to Ilan Pappe. Chomsky is doing a disservice to those trying, e.g., via BDS, to punish the Israelis as long as they oppress the Palestinians.  There is even the implication that BDS could only lead to a neoliberal result in »Palestine », as it has in S.A.  There are other facets of the remarks that are less than clear or convincing, some bordering on boilerplate in its repetitiousness, IMO. For example, as to who is wagging whose tail, U.S. or Israel; the issue is more complex than statements that the U.S. is more responsible for Israel’s actions than Israel itself, which borders on nonsense.  
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> But withal, the program is stimulating, worthwhile, and on the whole admirable. 
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> —mkb
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> On Jul 23, 2014, at 8:54 PM, 'C. G. Estabrook' carl at newsfromneptune.com [sftalk] <sftalk at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCHbY1xoZYU
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>> NEWS FROM NEPTUNE FOR 11 JULY 2014
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