The end of a road or just a fork….hope and fear in Germany and across Europe….then a bigtime freebie from Andelman Unleashed ... finally, Venezuela spirals downward
Wow, that's rough, Walter ... hope that was not directed at ME?! In any event, you are welcome (esp as a paid subscriber!!) to come on our weekly conversation and explain !
Though I do think the new PM in France right now is even fresher and more compelling !!!
Hi David. I don't understand how you can take my comments as being directed at you. It was inside a chain originated by one commenter. Can you elaborate? Perhaps I was unclear.
As for the stuff about Israel, history tells us that the 'fight for the Holy Land' is a 3-party, 10000-year-old Crusade or counter-crusade, fought by the 3 Mosaic faiths for control of Palestine and Jerusalem. Even Charlemagne would have called it territorial acquisition in the name of God.
Everything you tend to write on your blogsite would tend to align with my comments, notwithstanding details. All the best!
First a qualifier. I consider myself on the progressive left, a champion of DEI and CRT, however I am also a critical thinker and I don't chomp into ideologies, whole hog. I don't like fresh pork, but crave bacon and ham.
Europes problems and the rise of the right is because of immigration. The steady flow of an alien culture (Islam) is threatening to western culture, because it is inimical to western culture.
Western liberal sentiments (ideology) can not recognize or address that issue, for one thing if an issue is embraced by the right, the liberal left, knee jerks and rejects it. Stupidity.
Islamic culture and western culture are oil and water. Muslims in a host country, behave, just as we behave when guests in another;s home., but the situation changes when a critical mass of guests reaches 17% and at that point the guest culture makes demands that their culture be officially recognized, including it's laws, taboos and priorities, the next step is to overwhelm and change the host culture.
As a liberal, an atheist, a progressive I would not last 24 hours in an Islamic country, much less society, and neither would feminists and queers.
America is under the same pressure, witness the Republican emphasis on sealing the border.
But this time it isn't about culture. In fact Latin culture is very conservative, and Latino's are natural allies in the right wing culture war.
The problem in America is that the people piling up and coming in from the south have brown skin.
There may be an element of racism in Europe, but European Racism is very different than American racism, because of our history of slavery and Jim Crow., a history not shared with Europe.
A few brief rejoinders. Your bits about 'Islamic culture' being a threat to your own alleged culture is a bigot's conflation. You're pointing to radical fundamentalist Islam and militant exhortations from the latter. Not 'the Islamic faith'. You fail to point out that the current Trump base is just as fundamentalist as any Islamic one and the latter has miniscule impact on America. I have yet to hear of any party advocating for federal sharia law.
Nevertheless, Trump's ride to power in 2016 was launched by a single statement he made: 'I will stop all immigration from Islamic states [except the ones he has financial interests in]'.
Secondly, by way of contrast, the State of Israel, #1 military-cultural ally of the US, is now led by a coalition of radical fundamentalist Jews, once again, dividing that country in half. The rhetoric of the ruling fundamentalist Israeli government is not only anti-democratic but probably more religiously & ethnically bigoted than anything coming out of any Islamic state on earth, and less accommodating to the values you claim to represent. Most Israeli fundamentalist sects migrated from New York, not Tehran, and their home base is still Brooklyn. Notwithstanding that, those in Israel officially claim to be defending the West against 'barbarism' (that phrase, as a flag of Zionism, is in the original manifesto of Zionism, end of 19th century). You fail to point to yet another consequence: the longer the Zionist state expands ethnically and wars against Palestinian sovereignty, the more rapidly RADICAL fundamentalism grows -- on both sides of the religious line. Don't blame the victims for being pushed into extremism and desperation.
Your suggestion that religious fanatics have to 'pour illegally over the border' rather than via air traffic is ludicrous. I do agree, though, that borders have to be tightened.
A tip for you (if you're going to continue circulating this old canard) is to throw away the professed 'progressive-liberal' identity. It's a worn-out mask and was always transparent.
Dismiss me as a bigot, that does not alter the fact that as Islamic immigration rose, the level of support for right wing parties and ideology have risen.
and yes, Islam is not compatible with western culture. And Hijabs, Abayas, burqas, patriarchal domination of women, persecution of gays is not a feature of fundamentalistic Islam, but of Islam period.
By the way there is no such thing as fundamentalistic Islam, there is only Islam and Irtidad (apostasy)
The concern is aliens' disregard for laws and cultural norms. It's not 1960 and no one cares about skin color. Most of us aren't keen on Sharia law.
Another problem is that the U.S. is heavily in debt, struggling through inflation, and working people cannot afford to support 20 million aliens. Limits are essential, as is screening.
Also, as an aside, the aliens are coming from every country in the world, not just Latin America.
As regards the U.S. situation with immigrants, it has nothing to do with economics and immigrants are not on the public dole, rather they find jobs and pay taxes and social security, they also do jobs that Americans feel are beneath them, like picking artichokes, cabbage, grapes, oranges, almonds, tomatoes, lettuce and did I mention the dirty jobs of working in meat processing plants,especially processing fowl.
It is so bad, and such a labor shortage, that red states have passed laws that permit child labor, and a young lad was killed in Arkansas by a machine that plucks feathers from chickens.
And yes aliens are coming from every country in the world, and I find that worrisome.
Chinese, Indians and Islamist are coming into the country from the southern border, many on a mission to kill regime critics and religious apostates.
And they aren't economically depressed either, because they didn't swim across the Atlantic and Pacific, they arrived in Mexico by air, as did most Venezuelans, and international air travel is not cheap.
If a person can scrape together the thousands of dollars for air fare and "coyotes - human traffickers" they aren't economically destitute, are they ?
Or, another way: some of us care not what your religion is or isn't, nor your skin color. we care only for your humanity. If you are inhumane, then we have issues...
Wow, that's rough, Walter ... hope that was not directed at ME?! In any event, you are welcome (esp as a paid subscriber!!) to come on our weekly conversation and explain !
Though I do think the new PM in France right now is even fresher and more compelling !!!
Hi David. I don't understand how you can take my comments as being directed at you. It was inside a chain originated by one commenter. Can you elaborate? Perhaps I was unclear.
As for the stuff about Israel, history tells us that the 'fight for the Holy Land' is a 3-party, 10000-year-old Crusade or counter-crusade, fought by the 3 Mosaic faiths for control of Palestine and Jerusalem. Even Charlemagne would have called it territorial acquisition in the name of God.
Everything you tend to write on your blogsite would tend to align with my comments, notwithstanding details. All the best!
OK... APOLOGIES, then, Walter !!!!
No offense taken, no need to apologize.
World is a messed-up place... Said Adam to Eve.
Slava Ukraine
Thanks so much for pointing this out, DeepFish ... and for subscribing !!
First a qualifier. I consider myself on the progressive left, a champion of DEI and CRT, however I am also a critical thinker and I don't chomp into ideologies, whole hog. I don't like fresh pork, but crave bacon and ham.
Europes problems and the rise of the right is because of immigration. The steady flow of an alien culture (Islam) is threatening to western culture, because it is inimical to western culture.
Western liberal sentiments (ideology) can not recognize or address that issue, for one thing if an issue is embraced by the right, the liberal left, knee jerks and rejects it. Stupidity.
Islamic culture and western culture are oil and water. Muslims in a host country, behave, just as we behave when guests in another;s home., but the situation changes when a critical mass of guests reaches 17% and at that point the guest culture makes demands that their culture be officially recognized, including it's laws, taboos and priorities, the next step is to overwhelm and change the host culture.
As a liberal, an atheist, a progressive I would not last 24 hours in an Islamic country, much less society, and neither would feminists and queers.
America is under the same pressure, witness the Republican emphasis on sealing the border.
But this time it isn't about culture. In fact Latin culture is very conservative, and Latino's are natural allies in the right wing culture war.
The problem in America is that the people piling up and coming in from the south have brown skin.
There may be an element of racism in Europe, but European Racism is very different than American racism, because of our history of slavery and Jim Crow., a history not shared with Europe.
A few brief rejoinders. Your bits about 'Islamic culture' being a threat to your own alleged culture is a bigot's conflation. You're pointing to radical fundamentalist Islam and militant exhortations from the latter. Not 'the Islamic faith'. You fail to point out that the current Trump base is just as fundamentalist as any Islamic one and the latter has miniscule impact on America. I have yet to hear of any party advocating for federal sharia law.
Nevertheless, Trump's ride to power in 2016 was launched by a single statement he made: 'I will stop all immigration from Islamic states [except the ones he has financial interests in]'.
Secondly, by way of contrast, the State of Israel, #1 military-cultural ally of the US, is now led by a coalition of radical fundamentalist Jews, once again, dividing that country in half. The rhetoric of the ruling fundamentalist Israeli government is not only anti-democratic but probably more religiously & ethnically bigoted than anything coming out of any Islamic state on earth, and less accommodating to the values you claim to represent. Most Israeli fundamentalist sects migrated from New York, not Tehran, and their home base is still Brooklyn. Notwithstanding that, those in Israel officially claim to be defending the West against 'barbarism' (that phrase, as a flag of Zionism, is in the original manifesto of Zionism, end of 19th century). You fail to point to yet another consequence: the longer the Zionist state expands ethnically and wars against Palestinian sovereignty, the more rapidly RADICAL fundamentalism grows -- on both sides of the religious line. Don't blame the victims for being pushed into extremism and desperation.
Your suggestion that religious fanatics have to 'pour illegally over the border' rather than via air traffic is ludicrous. I do agree, though, that borders have to be tightened.
A tip for you (if you're going to continue circulating this old canard) is to throw away the professed 'progressive-liberal' identity. It's a worn-out mask and was always transparent.
Dismiss me as a bigot, that does not alter the fact that as Islamic immigration rose, the level of support for right wing parties and ideology have risen.
and yes, Islam is not compatible with western culture. And Hijabs, Abayas, burqas, patriarchal domination of women, persecution of gays is not a feature of fundamentalistic Islam, but of Islam period.
By the way there is no such thing as fundamentalistic Islam, there is only Islam and Irtidad (apostasy)
Muslims consider me a murtdadd (apostate)
Thanks for your antisemitism.
The concern is aliens' disregard for laws and cultural norms. It's not 1960 and no one cares about skin color. Most of us aren't keen on Sharia law.
Another problem is that the U.S. is heavily in debt, struggling through inflation, and working people cannot afford to support 20 million aliens. Limits are essential, as is screening.
Also, as an aside, the aliens are coming from every country in the world, not just Latin America.
Kind of what I said, Elaine.
As regards the U.S. situation with immigrants, it has nothing to do with economics and immigrants are not on the public dole, rather they find jobs and pay taxes and social security, they also do jobs that Americans feel are beneath them, like picking artichokes, cabbage, grapes, oranges, almonds, tomatoes, lettuce and did I mention the dirty jobs of working in meat processing plants,especially processing fowl.
It is so bad, and such a labor shortage, that red states have passed laws that permit child labor, and a young lad was killed in Arkansas by a machine that plucks feathers from chickens.
And yes aliens are coming from every country in the world, and I find that worrisome.
Chinese, Indians and Islamist are coming into the country from the southern border, many on a mission to kill regime critics and religious apostates.
And they aren't economically depressed either, because they didn't swim across the Atlantic and Pacific, they arrived in Mexico by air, as did most Venezuelans, and international air travel is not cheap.
If a person can scrape together the thousands of dollars for air fare and "coyotes - human traffickers" they aren't economically destitute, are they ?
Or, another way: some of us care not what your religion is or isn't, nor your skin color. we care only for your humanity. If you are inhumane, then we have issues...