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April 16, 2020 | 8,735 Comments »

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  1. Hi, Felix. At last, we’ve found a common interest!

    His argumentation is connected to the question…did homo sapiens come from one locus, or emerged from many kind of spontaneously

    Anatomical homo sapiens came out of Africa around 130,000 to 65,000 years ago. Besides our modern line, there were “cousin” branches, such as the Neanderthals and Denisovians. Long before the beginning of the Neolithic, around 10,000 BCE, these lines had either died out or admixed with modern humans.

    The civilizations described in the video are from the early part of the Neolithic, in the 10,000 to 4,000 BCE range. This period ends with two major events:

    1. the appearance of writing, and thus of historical records, and

    2. the beginning of the Bible genealogical narrative (Adam and Eve). Interestuingly, the site of Gobekli Tepe is in the same area as Haran (the home of Abraham’s kinsmen), Ebla (which had a “King Ebrum”, corresponding to Eber, the ancestor of the Hebrews), and the site of Urfa, once thought to be the ancient “Ur of the Chaldees”. Eastern Turkey is also the source of four main rivers: Tigris, Euphrates, Oxus and Araxes (cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pishon) mentioned in the Bible as flowing out of the “Garden of Eden”.

    The Bible mentions ancient legends, people and other beings, which may refer to the builders of Gobekli Tepe and others. Whoever they were, the only thing remaining of them a few centuries later was apparently the “T-columns” and related artifacts. The builders of the decidedly low-tech stone walls which seem to have been made to protect the megaliths, partially obscured the carvings on the latter — indicating that these later people did not know the meaning of the artwork.

    I just happened upon the presenter.

  2. Michael

    they lathe-worked obsidian and granite artifacts of great delicacy (1.5 mm thick)

    His argumentation is connected to the question…did homo sapiens come from one locus, or emerged from many kind of spontaneously

    He also answers a question no the lathe could not be wooden, to get to such delicacy with a brittle substance it had to have a very rigid structure

    Little doubt about veracity of this.

    Adds to our present.

    Do you follow this presenter? Sadly I was uninformed.

  5. Amazing evidence of high civilization in 10,000 BC Turkey

    https://rumble.com/v46t1pc-gobekli-tepe-nemrut-and-machined-artifacts-of-turkey-livestream-sat-jan-13-.html

    That was PRE-POTTERY Neolithic — the people didn’t even have clay pots or ceramics, yet they lathe-worked obsidian and granite artifacts of great delicacy (1.5 mm thick). The time period was as distant in the past from the Bible’s Adam and Eve, as the latter event is from today. There is also evidence of trade, over hundreds or perhaps thousands of miles.

  8. “67% of Arab world: October 7 was ‘legitimate resistance’ against Israel
    The 8000 respondents, from 16 different countries, answered questions on what they thought about Hamas, their opinion on Iran and Western countries, and what actions were needed by Arab states.”
    By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
    JANUARY 13, 2024

    “The survey results clarified that 19% answered that the attack was legitimate but “flawed,” 3% said it was legitimate but “involved heinous or criminal acts” and only 5% called the attack “illegitimate.”

    ‘…The survey results clarified that 19% answered that the attack was legitimate but “flawed,” 3% said it was legitimate but “involved heinous or criminal acts” and only 5% called the attack “illegitimate.”

    https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-782004

    My comment: Well, all I can say is, Thank God for the lack of democracy in the Abraham Accord States.

    “Sire, the people are revolting.”
    “You can say that again; they stink on ice.”

    Mel Brooks – “History of the World Part I” “The French Revolution”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0iAcQVIokg

  11. FELIX-

    When you mentioned Christie, please recall what I said about him. And it happened yesterday.

    ( can tell your future,
    I also cure boils, warts, acid stomach and more)

  14. Last night, Netanyahu said:

    “I want to make a few points absolutely clear: Israel has no intention of permanently occupying Gaza or displacing its civilian population,”

    “Israel is fighting Hamas terrorists, not the Palestinian population, and we are doing so in full compliance with international law. The IDF is doing its utmost to minimize civilian casualties, while Hamas is doing its utmost to maximize them by using Palestinian civilians as human shields,”

    “Our goal is to rid Gaza of Hamas terrorists and free our hostages. Once this is achieved Gaza can be demilitarized and deradicalized, thereby creating a possibility for a better future for Israel and Palestinians alike,”

  15. Dany Danon tweeted:

    The news about Israel’s intention to change the method of warfare and switch to targeted operations – their meaning is clear: this way we will not defeat Hamas, we will not return the abductees and we will not be able to guarantee the residents of Sderot, Netivot and Ofat that they will be able to return home safely.
    Relinquishing Israeli control over the Rafah crossing means continuing the ongoing supply of missiles and bombs to Hamas.

    It’s not too late to act differently.
    It’s not too late to defeat the enemy >>

  16. Ben Gvir on X:

    Immediately after the massacre on the 7th of October, I instructed the Israel Police to prevent demonstrations of solidarity with the Nazis from Hamas. Unfortunately, the State Attorney’s Office forced the Israel Police to agree to these demonstrations. This morning the High Court made an outrageous decision to deny me the authority to withhold support for the enemy in time of war. This is serious moral confusion and cannot be grasped. How can such a decision be made that allows the enemy to demonstrate against our soldiers while we are burying the best of our fighting sons every day?

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  17. https://www.jewishpress.com/news/the-courts/netanyahu-taps-aharon-barak-to-represent-israel-in-icj-genocide-case/2024/01/08/

    This is the ultimate example of appointing a fox to guard the chicken coup. There is absolutely nothing in Barak’s background to suggest that he will energetically represent Israel before this UN investigating committee, supposedly investigating the accusation of “genocide” brought by several Arab states and the “State iof Palestine” (meaning the Ramallah regime, which Israel persists in referring to as the “Palesinian Authority,” although Ramallah has rejected this name). Probablt Barak will agree with the substance of the genocide accusation, although perhaps quibbling a bit over the use of the word “genocide” and other “details ” of the investigation.

  18. “American political scientist Norman Finkelstein said on October 7, the day of the Hamas attack: “For the past 20 years the people of Gaza, half of whom are children, have been immured in a concentration camp.”[2] Later, in a November 23, 2023 interview, Finkelstein called the Hamas attackers “concentration camp inmates… who burst the gates of Gaza.”[3]”

    “…All of these claims are totally false.

    In the case of Netanyahu, it was an attempt to justify his decade-long policy of funneling the Qatari billions to Hamas, a policy that enabled this jihadi organization to build its military empire and carry out its October 7 attack.”

    https://www.memri.org/reports/face-suffocating-occupation-humanitarian-disaster-concentration-camp-and-prison-camp-pre-war

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  19. @ Michael S

    The Chinese have a joke about “suffering” harmonization. Even so, which would you prefer? messy, chaotic freedom? or blissful, nailed-in-place harmony?

    I would prefer freedom, if we had it. Currently, we have ‘messy, chaotic, totalitarianism’.

  23. MK Danny Danon told Gallant, “I hear reports that you have decided to give up on controlling the Philadelphi Corridor, in complete contradiction to what the Prime Minister said clearly and unambiguously.”

    Danon added, “We all understand that it is impossible to defeat Hamas as long as the main smuggling route, Philadelphi, is left open. Israel must align on this issue and make it clear – the complete demilitarization of the Strip includes Israeli control over the Philadelphi Corridor.”

  24. Communist China Shames U.S. for Holding an Election

    Frances Martel8 Jan 2024

    The Chinese government’s Global Times propaganda newspaper declared the 2024 U.S. presidential election a failure Sunday, condemning America’s “low-quality democracy” for bringing “chaos” to the world.

    The Global Times is an English-language publication that serves as a mouthpiece for the Chinese government. It regularly publishes propaganda pieces condemning elections and free societies as “chaotic” and touting totalitarian communism as a preferable alternative as it allegedly offers “harmony” to its subjects.

    https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2024/01/08/low-quality-democracy-communist-china-shames-holding-election/

    The Chinese have a joke about “suffering” harmonization. Even so, which would you prefer? messy, chaotic freedom? or blissful, nailed-in-place harmony?

  25. I’m not hearing much discussion about the Russians in Syria, or the “Hooties” in Yemen. Is the “understanding” between the Russians and Israel holding? Will the Hooties become such a problem that major military intervention is required? If the US wants to have a nice little war somewhere, that would be the perfect place. Forget Europe and China (for now). The area around the Arabian peninsula (Persian Gulf and Red Sea) is where our attentions should be focused.

  26. A new poll conducted by Lazar Research showed that a majority of Israelis (68%) support a military operation to remove Hezbollah from the Israel-Lebanon border.

    The poll, conducted for Maariv, also showed that just 16% support the current acceptance of the situation, and while the other 18% have no opinion on the matter.

    The highest support for a military operation is among those who voted for the current coalition parties (78%), but support is high among opposition voters as well (64%).

  28. Trump releases documentation of ‘Election Fraud in 2020 President Election Swing States’

    by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2024

    The Trump campaign team has released what it says is documentation of election fraud in 2020 in the swing states of Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Michigan.

    Former President Donald Trump said in a statement announcing the release of the document: “I am pleased to share a Report that is fully verified, most of the information was gotten from Government Sources, Tapes, and other Public Records, and compiled by the most highly qualified Election Experts in the Country. These numbers are determinative and, in all cases, are hundreds of thousands of Votes per Swing State more than I needed to WIN that State. If the Republican Senate does not step forward and address this ATROCITY, it will happen again, and be virtually impossible for Republicans to WIN ELECTIONS in the future.

    “Remember, I was not campaigning — The 2020 Election was LONG OVER. What I was doing is bringing to light the fact that the Election was, without question, Rigged and Stolen. As President, and Commander-in-Chief, it was my duty to do so! If I did not do this, I would have been in violation of my Oath of Office, and the Take Care Clause, which requires the President to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Therefore I am entitled to Total Immunity, because that is exactly what I was doing, Taking Care of our Country, and Guarding it from Rigged and Stolen Elections. Democrats are willing to play a far different game. They are willing to Cheat at levels never seen before…

    https://www.worldtribune.com/trump-releases-documentation-of-election-fraud-in-2020-president-election-swing-states/

    The real “insurrection” happened on 3, 4, and 5 November, 2020

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  29. I wish there were an edit button, I have to add something. Being pro Russia and advocating for Russia is fine. When opera singer Anna Netrebko was briefly canceled for being for the invasion of Ukraine, I thought she should be able to continue to sing in American and European opera houses, because free speech and she’s Russian after all. The Russian-Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa was also canceled for the same reason, although she is an American citizen, but still, free speech. I don’t want to write a long, moralistic screed about the obligations of citizens and visiting artists, but the main thing is, Ritter shills for Putin because he’s being blackmailed, and Putin has supplied him with girls for many years. Ritter has worked for the American government in sensitive positions, even though he knew his sex life would make him easy to blackmail. Netrebko and Lisitsa have opinions but are not perverts and traitors, they are good musicians, not weapons inspectors or Marines.

  30. @Reader, no doubt Jane Fonda said the same thing in Hanoi, it was just the politicians, not the people. Praising the American people while sucking up to terrorists is still treason.

    Ritter is like the main character in The Blue Angel, his sex addiction has led him to lower and lower depths of degradation. Even though I’ve despised him for a long time, this video shocked me.

  31. @Reader, Ketzel2 We already saw the video in which he revealed himself to be an antisemite who hates and defames Israel. So, I googled him and Kadyrov, the Chechen dictator whose troops he was egging on and I found this article that says that while on October 10, he came out in support of Hamas, this week he issued shoot to kill orders of pro-Hamas “protestors”.

    https://www.newsweek.com/ramzan-kadyrov-dagestan-airport-protest-israel-hamas-1839444

  32. @ketzel2

    Scott Ritter made a pro-American speech, as far as I could tell, sure he flattered the Chechens but he wanted to show that it is just some politicians, not the American people, who are a problem.

  41. @Peloni & Ted

    Dennis Ross one of the greatest failures in the history of diplomacy. Why does anyone even quote what he says. He is a two stater whose ideas for Israel are a full blown disaster.

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  42. @Ted

    But it’s not a world of reality

    Says one of the fools most intimately associated with the failures of the old Conception as one of the most recognizable Peace Processors whose efforts brought only war and destabilization instead of peace. Ross needs to get the latest firmware update as he demonstrates that he has learned nothing from the one-trick pony which he has helped force on Israel for decades and which October 7 has led to steeling the Israelis against such follies going forward. What Ross describes as the “world of reality” is simple capitulation to the US demands without consideration of the threat which doing so will leave Israel and the Israeli people. I wouldn’t say that he is living in a world of his own, but it is certainly not a world of reality, no matter how many times he tries over and over again to push the narrative that there is no other choice. In fact, the choice he espouses is national suicide to the rape, torture and slaughter of the entire Israeli public. I think it is time for him to go sell crazy somewhere else as he has done too much damage to be lecturing anyone about what is and is not reality.

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  43. “As for Israel’s current extremist government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Dennis Ross says Israelis can’t expect the United States and other global powers to accept ministers who envision kicking Palestinians out of Gaza and rebuilding Israeli settlements there. “They are basically saying, ‘We will control Palestinians forever, and they will simply accept it.’ And it also is a vision that suggests that somehow Israel is a superpower and doesn’t need anyone else. People like [Bezalel] Smotrich and [Itamar] Ben-Gvir are living in a world of their own. But it’s not a world of reality.””

  44. @Reader

    Israel pressured to fast-track Bnei Menashe immigration after missile kills seven
    Approximately 5,500 members of the Bnei Menashe community currently reside in India, waiting for the opportunity to start new lives in Israel.
    Israeli government discussing fast-track on immigration for Bnei Menashe

    Well, so much for India. And Thank God for Israel!

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  45. DM Gallant in Gaza: The Feeling that We Are About to Stop Is Wrong
    By
    David Israel –

    Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday entered the Gaza Strip together with Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Amir Bar’am to conduct a situation assessment with the fighters of the 99th Division led by Brigadier General Barak Hiram.

    General Hiram was recently the subject of harsh criticism over a NY Times quote regarding his actions in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, when he allegedly told his tank commander following negotiations with Hamas captors of Israeli hostages, “The negotiations are over, break inside, even at the cost of civilian casualties.” Only two of the 14 hostages survived the ordeal (The Day Hamas Came).

  50. @Edgar G.

    The only way not to lose your comments is to save them (sometimes even before you post them) in a Word file.

    Then you can always post them again, if necessary.