Happy Anniversary or is it?

Who gives these shooting orders to maim and kill unarmed civilians?  Who is the top Zionist?  What crime is this, approaching a fence/wall without a weapon?  The Israeli military claims otherwise.  It should be clear to a reasonable person that this is an unequal contest at best.  The SS would have been proud of the Israeli military action against the 'live threatening' protesters.  The only justification, for these shootings, would be that the Israeli soldiers, behind their well protected positions, were afraid for their lives.  This then would confirm their cowardliness.  As it is, the Zionists, who give these orders to maim and kill, are committing crimes against humanity, it appears.
Ref. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/gaza-great-march-return-thousands-rally-anniversary-190330103843689.html

The next link points to the statistics of the carnage during last year's demonstration.  How would we feel if somebody illegally would confiscate our home and our land, and kick us out to add insult to injury?
Ref. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/hamas-israel-agreement-reducing-gaza-tensions-report-190330054508118.html

One would think that a people who suffered under the Third Reich, as we are reminded of constantly, would not resort to SS tactics, like killing innocent men, women and children, whose only desire is to return to their lands and homes, which were forcefully and illegally expropriated.  Under international law a victor has no right to steal any of the lands of the vanquished, to the contrary, the victor is now responsible for the defeated population. When the allied forces entered Germany they did not steal any of the German lands, not a square foot of it.

As discussed in an earlier blog post, the Old Testament, in the Bible, is full of stories when the Jewish people slaughtered men, women, children and beasts in order to take the land of others.  Their justification was always God ordered them to do it.  A very convenient justification; is God still telling them the same thing regarding the Palestinians?  One can argue with this, considering the Ten Commandments, shown below.

 

Why would God say, under the 6th Commandment,  "Thou shall not kill" and then violate his own Commandments by saying, for example, under Jeremiah 50:21 "Against the land of Merathaim, go up against it, And against the inhabitants of Pekod. Slay and utterly destroy them," declares the LORD, "And do according to all that I have commanded you."?  It just does not make sense.  It appears that whoever wrote about these killings of others, used God as a pretext for violations of the 6th Commandment, i.e these statements, attributed to God, were nothing but self-serving.

Ref. http://www.smartbiblesearch.com/search_results2.php?set=AYYYDI&lv=nasb&v=ABCDEFGH&p=1&&s=kill%20them%20all&r=18003&rw=&qi=&i=&j=Y&t=&rng=&l=.JzI3RiA4IEEgTic0PCAzNSBBIFknMTNZIDUwIFIgWQ%E%E&e=Y

Why have international laws when none of the nations is willing to enforce them?  Writing and passing a number of UN resolutions does nothing for the people in Gaza and the Palestinians as a whole.  The Zionists thumb their noses about these resolutions, for them these are meaningless, and the world de facto agrees by doing nothing.

It appears, the cruelty dished out in the occupied territories serves two goals, humiliate both the Christian minority and the Muslim majority, and while so doing continue to steal their lands, under the closed eyes of the world.  Myself, I respect the rights of the Jewish people to exist and to live freely, but I also respect the same rights for all Palestinians, who currently live under a gruel occupation.

Yes, by all means pass it on, and make others also think about this humanitarian problem.  Don't expect our politicians to ponder about this issue, too many take the money of the perpetrators.  Politicians have their finger on our pulse, and if we do not have any signs of a racing pulse, caused by an issue, they will let the sleeping dog lie, so to speak.

Is A Two Party System An Equal Opportunity For Rich Classes?

There is no doubt, the rich in the US were not all produced by using the same cookie-cutter.   Each class of the rich leaning towards the left has a counterpart leaning towards the right.  Each of these two political alliances employ their political candidates, whom they well know have a great need for money, to fill their political war-chests.  This then represents a symbiotic relationship kept alive by the self-preservation drive of each involved.  Each member of these alliances performs its obligations to achieve the expected return from the other; it is a perpetual cycle.

Now, one might ask where is all that money coming from that flows bidirectional?  The answer is very simple, the rich extract wealth from consumers by making as big a profit as legally possible for their investments, goods/and or services, while the politicians pave the way to make such outrageous net earnings possible, and legal.

The two party political system makes sure that no faction has their hand in the cookie jar indefinitely, and this is where we, the consumer, come into play.  Every four years we are given the opportunity to choose from which symbiotic alliance we want to be taken advantage of.  If that is not democracy in action, what is?

Under the Reagan years we heard a lot about trickle-down economics by his critics, who did not understand entirely that this is the way it works.  In order to get elected, politicians spend the money (political contributions) received from their benefactors, for advertising, and by promising, during political rallies, the crumbs the voters will get when in office.  It is a very frugal way to spend money because most promises are not kept anyway.  When one watches gluttons at dinner table, there are times when crumbs  hit the floor, and this is the time for the peasants to get their dinner.  This is the classical definition of trickle-down economics.  Get it?

It almost appears, our votes kind of legalize this unjust wealth extraction, at our expense.  On the good-side, during each election cycle we are entertained with political drama and accusation flying back and forth, keeping us occupied, and thus preventing us observing the sleight of the political hand at work.  To fully understand this issue better, let us look at two historical charts, which are self-explanatory.  The moral of the story is, "The rich get richer and the poor get..."

 
  https://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation/Cumulative_Inflation_by_Decade.asp


 
 https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2018/10/16/u-s-household-incomes-a-51-year-perspective

Again, pass it on, start a conversation with people you know and care about.  We need to spend less time watching what is fed to use via the media, and engage more in a dialog with people around us.  Politicians depend on us being dumb fat and happy; let us show them that we are not, by voicing our concerns.

To Eat, Or Not To Eat Is The Question For Many Of Us

We, in the US, are the most abused people when it comes to the life saving drugs like Insulin many of us depend on to stay alive.  People without insurance pay on average $1,000 per month, needless to say, some pay much more; it is really a form of gross extortion.

 Refer to the BBC article, the link to which is shown below.
"In 1923, the discoverers of insulin sold its patent for $1, hoping the low price would keep the essential treatment available to everyone who needed it.

Now, retail prices in the US are around the $300 range for all insulins from the three major brands that control the market.
Even accounting for inflation, that's a price increase of over 1,000%.
Stories of Americans rationing insulin - and dying for it - have been making national headlines."


It may have made the news once, and then was dropped like a hot potato.  I, a news junkie, do not recall ever hearing of it.  Moreover, I am under the impression the BBC reports News, and not stories from the archives of other media outlets, hence, they just discovered these facts as well; that is my assumption.  When people have to forego essential nutrition in order to afford their lifesaving drugs, or take less of the required dosage, so that they can eat, it is alarming by any standard.

Do you remember when being a Millionaire was a big deal, now you have to be a Billionaire to get attention, so it seems?  Everything appears to increase, for the wealthy, by a factor of 1000, except the average working stiff is mostly flat-lined, as far as wages are concerned, when considering inflation.  Is this a just society?  I think not.  Where is this exaggerated wealth coming from?  It comes from unjust wealth extraction from the rest of; criminally inflated drug prices is just one example. 


The following chart, shown below, makes this very point.




https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47491964

When the US is compared to other countries on topics like education, and healthcare for all, etc., we don't look so good.  However, when one compares the costs for healthcare, we certainly are on the top of the list, as he most expensive.  We, in the US, are legends in our own mind when we exclaim that we are the best/the greatest country in the world; whom are we kidding?  Our Government and the businesses who donate large sums of money for their election war-chests, in return for letting them bleed the public to dead, are nothing but antisocial characters, more like sociopaths who probably never miss a Sunday in church.  Hypocrites, one can add to the list, that is all they are.

Where is the Press in all of this ongoing, drug related health crisis?  They think by slamming the President daily, they are doing their job.  It appears, their job is to keep us occupied with their tabloid stories, so that we have no time to pay attention to the real needs of people around us.  After all, these national news media outlets are owned by a few, who are part of the social problem, and their employees better write their stories not to piss-off the boss.

Some doctors are no help either, a case in point is a personal experience my wife had, just a short while ago; she needed eye drops to lower the eye pressure.  The Ophthalmologist prescribed a proprietary drug that even with insurance was still over $30 per month; they tried to convince her that there were no other choices.  When I did a little research I found that the generic drug Latanoprost was not only less expensive but was more easily taken by patients, which  my wife confirmed.  Now instead of $30 per month she spends only $5 for three months supply.

Let us not just shake our heads, and forget about it, let us start a conversation with others, and if enough people care, maybe we can make some noise that those politicians cannot afford to ignore, especially during election time.

Pass this, and other stories like it, to people you care about, to get the conversation started.

Always Err On The Side Of Caution

Yes, when in doubt one should always try to err on the side of caution.  Major countries all over the world decided to do just that, and grounded the Boeing 737 MAX, but the US FAA prefers to err on the side of risk, by still permitting this plane to be in the sky.  This presents a risk not only to the passengers and crew onboard, but also to civilians on the ground, should a plane crash into a populated area.  We had two crashes of this type of aircraft killing many people, the last two months, but the FAA and airlines operating this type of plane are willing to risk the lives of their customers, and possibly other on the ground.  Why?  Surely these gamblers will not fly any of these planes; actually, we should force them to fly these birds, to show their confidence in their decision.

Apparently, Boeing is tinkering with an anti-stall algorithm for this plane, and from what I have experienced with other, so called, software improvements, they seldom are.  Perhaps, instead of preventing a stall, it may be causing a stall.
Ref. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47536502

We, as a country, clearly show that human life takes second place after the dollar.  Shame on us!

Well, This Is Very Embarrasing, To Say the Least

First, thank you Dr. John for bringing this story to my attention.

It appears, some well-known  'Russian Pranksters' organized a conference call with  Elliot Abrams, US special envoy for Venezuela, a man with a long history and experience with trying to topple foreign Governments, not always successful, one might add.

The following quotes were taken from https://sputniknews.com/latam/201903061073002069-abrams-full-interview-audio/

"Vovan and Lexus, Russian telephone pranksters known for their trolling of politicians from around the world, have struck again, targeting US special representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams to find out more about the US-backed effort to unseat that country's legitimate government. Sputnik got ahold of the full audio from the talks."

"Posing as Swiss President Ueli Maurer, who also serves as the country's finance minister, the pranksters contacted Abrams on two occasions – in mid-February and early March, speaking to him for over 23 minutes about Swiss policy on the ongoing effort to freeze the Venezuelan government's assets as part of broader plans to replace President Nicolas Maduro with US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido."

When following the above link you will get a good deal of background information, enabling you to better understand the recorded telephone call; needless to say, there probably will be denial that this phone call ever happened.  Please follow the link, to the recording, below.

https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/russian-pranksters-call-us-special-representative-for-venezuela-elliot-abrams

The moral of the story is, being a country with super large oil deposits is not always a good thing.

It is perplexing that a major country, which professes to spread democracy around the world, is actually bent on destroying a Government that just recently was elected by its people?  One could infer that free elections are the sign of a democratic society, exercising their free will.  What else could it be?  The fact that Mr. Juan Guaido is still alive confirms that Nicolas Maduro is not a dictator, were it not so Guaido would be in prison, or in an unmarked grave.

What is not surprising is that highly paid and influential people are stupid enough to fall for pranks like this one, and others, again and again.  It just shows that we are governed by not necessarily intelligent people, just by people whose ego, greed and lust for power places them into high positions that normal intelligent, and honest individuals would not want to occupy, at any price.

Trump said it best during a 'hot mic.' incident: when you rich you get away with anything.