[Peace] News from Neptune for March 29

Sat Mar 30 17:26:19 UTC 2019

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> I found yesterdays NFN, https://youtu.be/HON84MPaoVc, particularly interesting and informative. 
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> Carl’s new strategy of being positive, in relation to a Democrat, then allowing others to point out the flaws, is quite  refreshing.

> We need to thank Code Pink for providing the information and data proving what I suspect in relation to Tulsi Gabbard, that of her being a “sheepherder” for the Democrat Party, attempting to sway the anti-war crowd, by “talking about war.” It’s about time someone “talks about it.” However, candidates will talk about whatever they deem necessary to get votes, and funding. The DNC would shut her down if they didn’t like what she is doing. Poor woman, she does retain her cool, when taking so much criticism from those who support war, whatever their political affiliation, but that doesn’t make her Presidential material, nor is it proof she is “anti-war” as Code Pink proves. 

> Perhaps I misinterpret David, in referring to the “kidnap, of Adolph Eichmann?” are you implying, that is the beginning of the immoral behavior of the Mossad, Shin Bet?

> I realize many at the time felt Israel and the US should always take the moral high ground and follow the law. Just as many think “Truth and Reconciliation” to be justice. If they had kidnapped and tortured and/or murdered Eichmann, I would agree. If they had done what the Mossad did in the seventy’s in relation to Munich, by murdering the members of Black September responsible for terrorism perpetrated against athletes in the Olympics, I would agree. They didn’t, they brought a war criminal to trial, he received “due process,” and the relatives and victims had justice, if one can ever achieve justice for crimes against humanity.  I would have, preferred prison for life, solitary confinement as we do with political prisoners in the US, like Chelsea Manning, as I don’t support the death penalty. However, allowing a war criminal, Eichmann wasn’t “just a military man following orders,” he was one of the architects of the “final solution,” to live out their life in comfort is not only an injustice, but an example of inhumanity,  inequality, and racism.

Imagine a future where US war criminals flee the US and take up residence in Israel or KSA, I wouldn’t be concerned if the Iraqi’s or Libyans then kidnapped and took them back to their nation for trial by the victims. It would be more just than these people living in wealth and splendor throughout the rest of their days as if heroes, as is current. 

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> On Mar 30, 2019, at 09:30, C G Estabrook <cgestabrook at gmail.com> wrote:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HON84MPaoVc
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> News from Neptune #415
> A "Boys of Summer” edition [Links and notes by J.B. Nicholson]
> Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HON84MPaoVc
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> Links to items referenced on the show.
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> Roger Kahn's "Boys of Summer"
> ISBN-10: 0060883960
> ISBN-13: 978-0060883966
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> George Will on "Democratic candidates are channeling late-night infomercials"
> https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/03/10/george-f-will-democratic/
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> Michael Roberts on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in a 3-part series on his blog:
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> Modern monetary theory – part 1: Chartalism and Marx
> Part 1: https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2019/01/28/modern-monetary-theory-part-1-chartalism-and-marx/
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> MMT 2 – the tricks of circulation
> Part 2: https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2019/02/05/mmt-3-a-backstop-to-capitalism/
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> MMT 3 – a backstop to capitalism
> https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2019/02/05/mmt-3-a-backstop-to-capitalism/
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> Rob Urie on "Re: The Green New Deal: First, Shoot the Economists"
> https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/re-the-green-new-deal-first-shoot-the-economists/
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> Doug Henwood on MMT
> https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/02/modern-monetary-theory-isnt-helping
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> Randy Wray on "Response to Doug Henwood’s Trolling on MMT in Jacobin"
> https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/02/randy-wray-response-doug-henwoods-trolling-mmt-jacobin.html
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> Originally published in
> http://neweconomicperspectives.org/2019/02/response-to-doug-henwoods-trolling-in-jacobin.html
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> Jim Dey on "Polls say progressive tax is popular — or is it?"
> http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-03-29/jim-dey-polls-say-progressive-tax-popular-%E2%80%94-or-it.html
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> "Capital in the Twenty-first Century" by Thomas Piketty
> Complete book: https://dowbor.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/14Thomas-Piketty.pdf
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> Tobin Tax
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_tax
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> CodePink on "War and Peace and the 2020 Presidential Candidates"
> https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/03/27/war-and-peace-and-2020-presidential-candidates
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> Sen. Sanders on NBC's "Meet the Press"
> https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/bernie-sanders-would-use-drones-to-fight-terror-542522435844
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> UPI on "Rafi Eitan, spy who captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann, dies"
> https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/03/24/Rafi-Eitan-spy-who-captured-Nazi-Adolf-Eichmann-dies/5831553484489/
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> New York Times on "Rafi Eitan, 92, Israeli Spymaster Who Caught Eichmann, Is Dead"
> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/obituaries/rafi-eitan-dead.html
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> Associated Press on "New Zealand bans manifesto of accused Christchurch killer, igniting debate about censorship and free speech"
> https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3003087/new-zealand-bans-manifesto-accused-christchurch-killer
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> Jonathan Cook on "Trump’s Green Light to Israel: First the Golan, Then the West Bank?"
> https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03/28/trumps-green-light-to-israel-first-the-golan-then-the-west-bank/
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> Related:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT1v4fbljx4 -- Pres. Trump deems Golan Heights to be part of Israel
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsoip2fsb1E -- RT: Russia, Turkey blast move to recognize Golan Heights as Israeli
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3segzWTLsk -- Ruptly: UN Security Council meeting on Syria & Golan Heights recognition
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> Map of Golan Heights
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Golan_Heights_Map.PNG
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> Russia Defies US Threats Over Venezuela
> Transcript: https://therealnews.com/stories/russia-defies-us-threats-over-venezuela
> Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MX_LS_NqQA
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> J.B. Nicholson on "Is Tulsi Gabbard really anti-war? No, she’s pro-drone and for “surgical strikes”."
> https://digitalcitizen.info/2019/02/13/is-tulsi-gabbard-really-anti-war-no-shes-pro-drone-and-for-surgical-strikes/
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> January 2018 Rep. Tulsi Gabbard interview with Jeremy Scahill of The Intercept
> Transcript: https://theintercept.com/2018/01/17/intercepted-podcast-white-mirror/
> Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PPY1407171456.mp3
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> Adeel Hassan, Karen Zraick and Alan Blinder on "Morris Dees, a Co-Founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Is Ousted"
> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/morris-dees-southern-poverty-law-center-fired.html
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> Alexander Cockburn on "King of the Hate Business"
> https://www.thenation.com/article/king-hate-business/
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> Paul Craig Roberts on "Now We Will Find Out If Trump Is Really The President Or Merely A Figurehead"
> https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2019/03/25/now-we-will-find-out-if-trump-is-really-the-president-or-merely-a-figurehead/
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> -J
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