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April 16, 2020 | 8,496 Comments »

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  1. @Adam I see Pope Francis has been reading his Marx. Good for him. 😀

    Pope Francis urges ‘an immediate ceasefire in Gaza’ that frees hostages, grants aid

    …In his reflection on Sunday’s Gospel, Pope Francis spoke about Jesus driving the merchants out of the temple. The pope focused on the difference between “the house of God” and a marketplace.

    One goes to “the house of God” to encounter the Lord and to be close to Him, whereas in a market prices are negotiated and “one seeks one’s own interests.”

    “The invitation today, also for our Lenten journey, is to build a greater sense of home and less of a sense of ‘a market’ in ourselves and around us,” Pope Francis said.

    https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/03/03/pope-francis-urges-an-immediate-ceasefire-in-gaza-that-frees-hostages-grants-aid/

    The chimerical nationality of the Jew is the nationality of the merchant, of the man of money in general.

    The groundless law of the Jew is only a religious caricature of groundless morality and right in general, of the purely formal rites with which the world of self-interest surrounds itself.

    Here, too, man’s supreme relation is the legal one, his relation to laws that are valid for him not because they are laws of his own will and nature, but because they are the dominant laws and because departure from them is avenged.

    Jewish Jesuitism, the same practical Jesuitism which Bauer discovers in the Talmud, is the relation of the world of self-interest to the laws governing that world, the chief art of which consists in the cunning circumvention of these laws.

    https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/jewish-question/

  2. Discussing voluntary emigration from Gaza at the Yedioth Ahronoth conference, Interior Minister Moshe Arbel says that over 16 flights have already left Ramon Airport, and that the number will increase in the near future.

    Amit Segal

  3. …the plant [Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant] is at the center of President Donald Trump’s early second-term agenda. It’s a major employer in a state where a red shift among blue-collar workers powered his two election victories. It’s protected by rising tariffs, which now stand at 25 percent on steel under the president’s latest order. And its owner, U.S. Steel, is engaged in intense negotiations over a potential sale to Nippon Steel — a similarly iconic Japanese brand — in which Trump is involved as a broker.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/zito-us-steel-nippon-steel-west-mifflin/?itid=hp_opinions_p001_f019

  4. The Pope then turned his thoughts to Gaza, “where people are reduced to living in unimaginable conditions, without shelter, without food, without drinking water”, calling for the resumption of dialogue, the release of hostages and for “arms to be silenced”
    . From today’s (4/6/25) Vatican News. The pope is completely on the side of Hamas in the Gaza war, and hostile to Israel. He has undone the efforts of several previous popes to ease tensions between Catholics and Jews and “bury the hatchet” with the Jewish people. By supporting the Arab terrorist who are attacking Israel, Francis has reverted to the “traditional” antisemitism of the Catholic church.

  5. Nicaragua withdraws from South Africa’s ICJ ‘genocide’ lawsuit against Israel.
    Correction of their contemptible alliance with barbarism.

  6. I would think that ” the first crack in the dam’ would be those States which refused to become members, and that Hungary, after very many years is the second crack.

    Just my opinion.

  7. SEB-
    I see I didn’t eggsplane properly. I meant well known tom ME. And he certainly is THAT……!! I KNOW he can be read in about 4 diff languages
    One might be French. They never like to be left out….an insult>………!!!
    Also Obscure to ME…..!!

  8. Hungary quits ICC. The first crack in the dam of international injustice facade masquerading as international justice.

  9. @Sebastien

    I see Bibi rescinded Sharvit’s appointment

    He was a bad choice. He opposed the govt, hated Trump and supported the Kaplan protestors. I don’t know why Bibi picked him.

  10. I see Bibi rescinded Sharvit’s appointment and all because I mentioned it on Israpundit a couple of hours ago. Or because it’s April Fools which is kinda’ the same thing.

  11. Because Ephraim Kishon isn ‘t well-known in either France or Ukraine. They have this in common, the barbarians.

  12. Nee Shin Bet chief is anti-Trump, anti-judicial reform, and they’ve begun arresting Yesha Jews and placing them under administrative detention again. Getting criticism from Senator Lindsay Graham. What’s going on?

  13. An article attacking Dermer in today’s Jerusalem Post for his silence

    Dermer’s silence in the face of national trauma: Will he choose to lead? – editorial

    https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-848211

    reminded me of all the times Peloni and I were attacked for being silent about this or that issue and of this bit from “The Frisco Kid”(1979) starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford, one of my favorite comedies,

    The Monastery

    https://youtu.be/z6xfMoHgcCY?si=UkoD_q5T863XsZtq

  14. Putin Limo blows up on streets of Moscow 3 days after Zelensky warns Putin “will die soon, that is a fact, and everything will be over”

  15. Peloni-
    I would’nt recognise a cookie if it suddenly bit me. Nor how to get into a cache. I’ll try logging out and back in as you suggest. Thanks.

  16. @Edgar
    It is working on my end. You might try deleting cookies, cache and history, or signing out and back in to the site. That usually works for me when this problem arises.

  17. Sorry Ted/Peloni

    Thr thumbs up/down is not working, thus depriving a deserving poster of gratifying support.

  18. 100+ Syrian Druze Sheikhs Enter Israel to Pray at Jethro’s Tomb

    Jethro was a big part of my childhood, as well. The Beverly Hillbillies was one of the shows I watched religiously every afternoon in re-runs.

    https://www.jewishpress.com/multimedia/photos/100-syrian-druze-sheikhs-enter-israel-to-pray-at-jethros-tomb/2025/03/15/

    Overview
    Maximilian Adelbert Baer Jr. is a former actor, producer, director, and comedian best known for his role as Jethro Bodine on the 1962 TV show The Beverly Hillbillies. He also wrote and produced the 1974 movie Macon County Line. Baer Jr. is the son of legendary heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer. Growing up in Sacramento, Baer Jr. was a skilled golfer who could hit as far as PGA Tour player George Bayer

    AI Overview
    +2
    Max Baer Jr., known for playing “Jethro Bodine” on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” is the son of former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer, and he is not known for any connection to “Lil Abner”.

  19. @fquigley Didn’t see an article about an iceberg re-growing at Phys.org. Need a link. But I know another joke:

    A Jewish-American guy and an Asian-American guy happen to be seated next to one another in a plane.

    Suddenly, the Jewish guy throws his drink in the Asian guy’s lap.

    “Hey, why’d do you do that?”

    “That’s for Pearl Harbor!”

    “Pearl Harbor? Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. I’m Chinese!”

    “Chinese, Japanese, what’s the difference.”

    Some time goes by.

    Suddenly, the Asian guy throws his drink in the Jewish guy’s lap.

    “Hey! What’d you do that for?’

    “That’s for the Titanic!”

    “The Titanic? The Titanic was sunk by an iceberg!”

    “Iceberg, Greenberg, what’s the difference.”

  20. Sebastien

    Good attempt at humour but not many upp there are laughing

    The Arctic is vulnerable.

    The science is very much dealing theoretically with it and even the article you mention shows that

    Massive amount on phys.org

  21. “If somebody offers ‘to give you a piece of their mind,’ just politely decline and say that you can’t take their last piece.”

  22. Listen to this “Israel Hayom” headline: “The goal: Bringing Hamas back to the negotiating table”, By Yoav Limor Published on 03-19-2025 12:05

    Is this really true? Who in their right mind thinks that negotiating with Hamas, rather than wiping them out, is a good thing? Don’t we want Hamas gone? No, I guess not. We want to keep them around so that we can negotiate with them. Mishugana!

  23. @Sebastien

    Good observation about the Climate tab. I had forgotten about that. The site has many important and valuable aspects. One of my favorites is the Archive tab which lets you finger thru the past articles by choosing a year and month. I often get lost reading old articles and the very impressive comments of past years.

  24. Re Trump/Bibi/Putin/Musk/Vance (the list keeps growing, it’s like anti-fans for Kdramas, pick a celebrity you love to hate factions) Derangement Syndrome, amusing meme I’m reminded of that’s going around::

    Stop blaming everyone for your problems.

    Just pick one person you don’t care for very much and heap it all on them.

    😀

  25. Just noticed there’s a Climate tab at the top of the Israpundit home page. Found the article about a glacier growing despite scientists’ predictions a page or two in.

    Points out scientists’ poor track record when it comes to long-range prognostication but I thought of a counter-argument. A religious counter-argument, how ’bout that, inspired by the Tikkun Olam bit. Why is this heretofor shrinking glacier growing all of a sudden after all these scientists were tearing their shirts and crying out that the end was near?

    Maybe God just knows how to take constructive criticism?

    If so, I guess maybe it’s reasonable to assume He’s not a Democrat, then? (Though from the way their leaders talk and behave, you coulda’ fooled me. 😀

    Oh, wait, I know. They think they’re Greco-Roman Gods, that’s it. There were several classic Star Trek episodes on that theme.)

  26. @fquigley
    I still have no interest in pursuing this debate. As I said before, to my mind the issue has been well exposed as a fraud and the science is to at least a large part bought and paid for by those who profit from this non-science scam.

    You presume that what has not been proven to cause glaciers to melt is actually causing them to melt, which is illogical to conclude. What is more, even if the global-cooling-turned-global-warming is causing the melting of the glaciers, you have to prove that it is CO2 which is responsible. You have to prove that human actions are responsible for elevating CO2. You have to prove that correction in human actions could reverse elevations of CO2. You have to prove that the partial applications of corrections, ie to the western world alone, would achieve that reversal. And you have proved none of this.

    I find this conversation a silly one, even as it seems to fascinate you. So, this will likely be my final comment on this topic. Don’t take it personally, but this hoax is no more substantial than the Russia hoax, which I have no need to disprove either as it has been well achieved as well.

  27. Peloni 1986

    My query, and viewpoint, is that glaciers in every part of earth are being melted at speed.

    The strange thing Peloni is that you answer without referring to glaciers.

    Your answer is therefore constructed, sorry to say, with dodging the issue in mind

    “I have no interest in pursuing this debate. To my mind the issue has been well exposed as a fraud and the science is to at least a large part bought and paid for by those who profit from this non-science scam. What is more, even those, who are most beholden to the belief that they could ever impact the global content of the earth’s atmosphere, approach the matter with a bias which allows nations such as China and India to pollute as they need to do, while requiring the US to undergo significant restrictions, costs and taxes.

    Indeed, the hockey-stick math is non-linear and and the conclusions advance the amassment of wealth among the power elites who ignore the “toxic” CO2 in support of a Chinese aligned geopoltical endgame which should be rejected entirely. ”

    You put CO2 in parentheses claiming it is toxic. But it is toxic because while this gas is a good thing for earth too much of this gas derived from fossil fuels is not a good thing.

    That is what is causing the heating of earth.

    There’s no better proof that the earth is this heating up than the glaciers are melting

    Along with welfare of people and nature this melting is also proof of concept.