Has anyone seen the picture of the column of names of journalists that have been killed by the IDF in Gaza? That should tell us everything about the information coming out of Israel about this tragedy. The International Criminal Court has also weighed in but the US and some of their little lackeys are the only ones stopping a UN resolution to end the occupation of Palestine. It's not enough Netanyahu has killed over 50,000, now he wants to starve and displace the rest of the population. All the while the Biden and the Trump administration continue to help with his efforts.
By the time this shift is able to take effect there may be no Palestinians left in Gaza! Centuries ago, some Roman general said: “ they made a desert and called it peace.”
The word “peace” anywhere near the words “process” and “Israel” is absolutely meaningless, unless it includes a plan to end the occupation of Palestine and return to the borders of 1967.
My heart sinks when I realize that by the time we have Cheeto Con and his allies out of the Oval Office there may indeed be a new Riviera on the Gaza coast.
Debra: As I recall, Cory Booker voted in favor of sending more weapons to Israel. If that vote is confirmed, he is in favor of genocide and he should run as a Republican. Mehdi ought to interview him and demand an explanation.
Time the Democratic Committee caught up with the rest of those like Bernie and OAC who take an active role in the party and the furtherence of democatic ideas regarding the slaughter of the Palestinians, climate, health care as in Medicare for all. The chair of the committee reprimanded David Hogg for saying the quiet part out loud: primary people (like Schumer, who along with the other NY state Senator Gillibrand votes always for more arms for Israel) who just aren't performing according to what their constituents want. Amen to Hogg!
What? Is this being addressed to me? If so, you’re way off base. I’ve supported the squad since their origin, including with money, and I e been very selective about that. Nothing wrong with advising Hogg that he needs to improve his messaging if he wants to be more effective. He’s the one who decides what to put in his emails. I usually get more than one a day. Maybe because I’ve supported the squad? Your own messaging could use some refinement. Easy to insult people. Harder to persuade them.
I didn’t know he said that. Thanks for the info. It makes me like him more. I thought he was just pushing replacing veteran Democratic politicians with younger people. That’s all he says in the emails he sends me. Nothing about policy. Not the way to win people over. He needs to let us know what policies he stands for.
The Biden Administration’s “posture” on Israel-Palestine was not moderate — it was extreme. The Administration waged genocide — that’s extreme. Yet Biden and Harris supporters continue to refer to themselves as “moderates.” They need to be called out. Recently, only 14 Democrats (and no Republicans) voted for Senator Sanders’ bill to cut off military aid to Israel. Cory Booker, who has apparently launched his campaign for the presidency, has voted consistently to fund genocide. Of course he is just one of many.
This morning I posted a comment on another Substack site calling for Democrats to contact their Congressional reps to press for a ceasefire. I was, as expected, called a Trump supporter and was told the usual b.s., e.g., Biden tried to negotiate. Although I received some support for my comment, more posters supported my attacker. I have found this too typical of Democratic Party stalwarts. Journalist Jeffrey Scahill, who has covered Gaza from the ground, has referred to themselves as the MAGA blue cult. Their view of the Democratic coalition is very narrow. Why, for example, would so many attack those of us who oppose the genocide. Are they really so invested in genocide? What’s so hard about pressuring politicians who ask for our votes to oppose the genocide? We could stop this if there were enough of us being sufficiently vocal. Biden and Harris also denigrated the protesters. They try to make us feel that we are the outliers, the extremists. Lying about beheaded babies, as Biden did, is crazy. No well person does that. So, why are we letting these people intimidate us?
China's Local Move To Gold For Trade Replacing Dollar
China is now preparing to establish a gold standard in trading with its local ASEAN trading partners through the Shanghai Gold Exchange established in 2002 With an estimated 30K+ tons of gold it is strongly positioned to use the yuan backed by gold to displace the dollar as the global reserve currency
This is a really big deal for much of the America's economic strength over the decades has been as its place as reserve currency in global trade But with the deterioration of its purchasing power due to excessive QE over the decades the weakened dollar position can now be easily exploited by China whose geopolitical strategy has always been to let the US make the mistakes and patiently wait for its turn to move, much akin to the philosophy of martial arts
The time is right to strike with the US weakened with what the Chinese knowing that the largest credit bubble in world history has been popped prompted by the Orange Cheeto and his Nazi followers with the equity markets reflecting this With China being the second largest buyer of US treasuries to support the ballooning American debt this adds another layer of complexity that puts the US in a very vulnerable position
The only safe place to be in this global destruction of fiat currencies is to get out of credit and get into real money which is gold/silver
Whilst a little hyperbolic (the credit bubble hasn't popped... yet) I do agree with the general thrust of the point (as a reserve currency the USD is slipping, as it has been for 20+ years, but hasn't reached it's tipping point...again, yet). I've said basically the same thing on other relevant Zeteo articles that approach economic policy, but my question is; what does your comment have to do with the article?
It has nothing to do with the article.....information for the general reading public and to sound the alarm that Americans stand to lose a lot if they are not attentive to this issue Events don't happen suddenly but seem to be so; rather the events that stun everyone evolve unnoticed
So unrelated to the article. Good to know. Re: your points you raise a very valid point about events that stun. Certainly the foreign reserve role of USD is faltering and the go to move of sanctions and tariffs is just accelerating international trade to swap out the default USD denominated trades to alternatives, like gold.
Just looking back on your point, debt securities/bonds being held by China is a different issue to the FX issue, with different players running point. The EU and other western countries are the ones most to benefit from FX degradations, whilst Japan/China are the majors in debt/treasury bonds.... which is to say that China isn't the only threat, it's all the other economic blocks. There is a predisposition to think China is the only other significant player active in all this and that is certainly not the case.
Agree China isn't the only player but a major one There are at least 3 reasons that China is a significant player 1 they are the second largest American debt holder on earth 2 they are well positioned with gold holdings in estimated amounts of 30K+ tonnes 3 they are probably the largest holder of silver reserves as well The latter two points make them formidable in terms of dictating trade agreements through the Shanghai Gold Exchange America can ill afford to lose foreign investors totaling 31T, 7T of which is buying our debt If these investors go elsewhere that could be serious to the overall economic picture of the country Due to the overleveraged positions of Western banks they will directly impacted by a deteriorating dollar
What's obscure in this solution is that a certain weapons company (its founders first name and its name starts with the letter 'P') is using Palestine as its testing ground for war tech. These are the same clowns attempting a takeover of the pentagon too. Their CEO is a caricature of the evil scientist in cartoons.
Orwell could never have dreamt these real life villains up. The weapons developers may have taken the lead already.
'May have taken the lead already' seems pretty redundant. The term 'Military Industrial Complex' was first termed in Eisenhower's farewell address in 1961. So.... 6 decades ago.
That a computer chip or two has been added, doesn't change this.
My wife and I DO NOT want our tax $$$ going to a country that is indiscriminately killing women and children, and innocent men, seemingly, just to acquire their land. This globally reviled action makes the US guilty of funding what Israel’s government is doing to Palestine’s inhabitants.
What chance do palestinians have, By merely asking for help for them one can be charged with an offence and if possible deported to a third world prison,
What possible hope do they have with that attitude in power.?
Throw Van Hollen in the running. Booker needs to be outed for his AIPAC, big pharma and big oil donors and voting record thanks to these overlords. I don't think many Dems bother researching these guys past their words. If Dems want to win, they need to stop picking candidates that drink from the same poisoned wells of the right and actively work to change the system.
If this is a true belief, if Democratic voters pledged no money to any member of congress or candidate who takes money from AIPAC, this crises would end so fast that it would make heads spin.
Has anyone seen the picture of the column of names of journalists that have been killed by the IDF in Gaza? That should tell us everything about the information coming out of Israel about this tragedy. The International Criminal Court has also weighed in but the US and some of their little lackeys are the only ones stopping a UN resolution to end the occupation of Palestine. It's not enough Netanyahu has killed over 50,000, now he wants to starve and displace the rest of the population. All the while the Biden and the Trump administration continue to help with his efforts.
Great minds think alike 😢 and hard to be hopeful this morning.
Correction.... IOF
By the time this shift is able to take effect there may be no Palestinians left in Gaza! Centuries ago, some Roman general said: “ they made a desert and called it peace.”
The word “peace” anywhere near the words “process” and “Israel” is absolutely meaningless, unless it includes a plan to end the occupation of Palestine and return to the borders of 1967.
My heart sinks when I realize that by the time we have Cheeto Con and his allies out of the Oval Office there may indeed be a new Riviera on the Gaza coast.
No, no, no.
All aid must be cut off at least until the US-Backed Israel starts respecting international law and end this OCCUPATION.
I pray that Cory Booker gets on the right side of this and listens to his constituents instead of AIPAC!
Debra: As I recall, Cory Booker voted in favor of sending more weapons to Israel. If that vote is confirmed, he is in favor of genocide and he should run as a Republican. Mehdi ought to interview him and demand an explanation.
Sadly I don’t think so. He’s best friends with the AIPAC people too. It isn’t just the money with him.
Time the Democratic Committee caught up with the rest of those like Bernie and OAC who take an active role in the party and the furtherence of democatic ideas regarding the slaughter of the Palestinians, climate, health care as in Medicare for all. The chair of the committee reprimanded David Hogg for saying the quiet part out loud: primary people (like Schumer, who along with the other NY state Senator Gillibrand votes always for more arms for Israel) who just aren't performing according to what their constituents want. Amen to Hogg!
Love David Hogg but they will go to no end trying to oust his young ass. The elders need to go. A new younger generation needs to blossom !
Nancy’s big mistake when the squad approached!
Go The Squad!
What? Is this being addressed to me? If so, you’re way off base. I’ve supported the squad since their origin, including with money, and I e been very selective about that. Nothing wrong with advising Hogg that he needs to improve his messaging if he wants to be more effective. He’s the one who decides what to put in his emails. I usually get more than one a day. Maybe because I’ve supported the squad? Your own messaging could use some refinement. Easy to insult people. Harder to persuade them.
I didn’t know he said that. Thanks for the info. It makes me like him more. I thought he was just pushing replacing veteran Democratic politicians with younger people. That’s all he says in the emails he sends me. Nothing about policy. Not the way to win people over. He needs to let us know what policies he stands for.
The Biden Administration’s “posture” on Israel-Palestine was not moderate — it was extreme. The Administration waged genocide — that’s extreme. Yet Biden and Harris supporters continue to refer to themselves as “moderates.” They need to be called out. Recently, only 14 Democrats (and no Republicans) voted for Senator Sanders’ bill to cut off military aid to Israel. Cory Booker, who has apparently launched his campaign for the presidency, has voted consistently to fund genocide. Of course he is just one of many.
This morning I posted a comment on another Substack site calling for Democrats to contact their Congressional reps to press for a ceasefire. I was, as expected, called a Trump supporter and was told the usual b.s., e.g., Biden tried to negotiate. Although I received some support for my comment, more posters supported my attacker. I have found this too typical of Democratic Party stalwarts. Journalist Jeffrey Scahill, who has covered Gaza from the ground, has referred to themselves as the MAGA blue cult. Their view of the Democratic coalition is very narrow. Why, for example, would so many attack those of us who oppose the genocide. Are they really so invested in genocide? What’s so hard about pressuring politicians who ask for our votes to oppose the genocide? We could stop this if there were enough of us being sufficiently vocal. Biden and Harris also denigrated the protesters. They try to make us feel that we are the outliers, the extremists. Lying about beheaded babies, as Biden did, is crazy. No well person does that. So, why are we letting these people intimidate us?
China's Local Move To Gold For Trade Replacing Dollar
China is now preparing to establish a gold standard in trading with its local ASEAN trading partners through the Shanghai Gold Exchange established in 2002 With an estimated 30K+ tons of gold it is strongly positioned to use the yuan backed by gold to displace the dollar as the global reserve currency
This is a really big deal for much of the America's economic strength over the decades has been as its place as reserve currency in global trade But with the deterioration of its purchasing power due to excessive QE over the decades the weakened dollar position can now be easily exploited by China whose geopolitical strategy has always been to let the US make the mistakes and patiently wait for its turn to move, much akin to the philosophy of martial arts
The time is right to strike with the US weakened with what the Chinese knowing that the largest credit bubble in world history has been popped prompted by the Orange Cheeto and his Nazi followers with the equity markets reflecting this With China being the second largest buyer of US treasuries to support the ballooning American debt this adds another layer of complexity that puts the US in a very vulnerable position
The only safe place to be in this global destruction of fiat currencies is to get out of credit and get into real money which is gold/silver
Hi Doc,
Whilst a little hyperbolic (the credit bubble hasn't popped... yet) I do agree with the general thrust of the point (as a reserve currency the USD is slipping, as it has been for 20+ years, but hasn't reached it's tipping point...again, yet). I've said basically the same thing on other relevant Zeteo articles that approach economic policy, but my question is; what does your comment have to do with the article?
It has nothing to do with the article.....information for the general reading public and to sound the alarm that Americans stand to lose a lot if they are not attentive to this issue Events don't happen suddenly but seem to be so; rather the events that stun everyone evolve unnoticed
So unrelated to the article. Good to know. Re: your points you raise a very valid point about events that stun. Certainly the foreign reserve role of USD is faltering and the go to move of sanctions and tariffs is just accelerating international trade to swap out the default USD denominated trades to alternatives, like gold.
Just looking back on your point, debt securities/bonds being held by China is a different issue to the FX issue, with different players running point. The EU and other western countries are the ones most to benefit from FX degradations, whilst Japan/China are the majors in debt/treasury bonds.... which is to say that China isn't the only threat, it's all the other economic blocks. There is a predisposition to think China is the only other significant player active in all this and that is certainly not the case.
Agree China isn't the only player but a major one There are at least 3 reasons that China is a significant player 1 they are the second largest American debt holder on earth 2 they are well positioned with gold holdings in estimated amounts of 30K+ tonnes 3 they are probably the largest holder of silver reserves as well The latter two points make them formidable in terms of dictating trade agreements through the Shanghai Gold Exchange America can ill afford to lose foreign investors totaling 31T, 7T of which is buying our debt If these investors go elsewhere that could be serious to the overall economic picture of the country Due to the overleveraged positions of Western banks they will directly impacted by a deteriorating dollar
What's obscure in this solution is that a certain weapons company (its founders first name and its name starts with the letter 'P') is using Palestine as its testing ground for war tech. These are the same clowns attempting a takeover of the pentagon too. Their CEO is a caricature of the evil scientist in cartoons.
Orwell could never have dreamt these real life villains up. The weapons developers may have taken the lead already.
'May have taken the lead already' seems pretty redundant. The term 'Military Industrial Complex' was first termed in Eisenhower's farewell address in 1961. So.... 6 decades ago.
That a computer chip or two has been added, doesn't change this.
My wife and I DO NOT want our tax $$$ going to a country that is indiscriminately killing women and children, and innocent men, seemingly, just to acquire their land. This globally reviled action makes the US guilty of funding what Israel’s government is doing to Palestine’s inhabitants.
Imagin saying "yaay death kids" 🤮
Democrats have to decide once and for all whether they believe in People Power or Money Power.
What chance do palestinians have, By merely asking for help for them one can be charged with an offence and if possible deported to a third world prison,
What possible hope do they have with that attitude in power.?
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Thanks Prem!
The USA should stop ALL AID to Israel and should stop systematically using their veto at the United Nations.
Throw Van Hollen in the running. Booker needs to be outed for his AIPAC, big pharma and big oil donors and voting record thanks to these overlords. I don't think many Dems bother researching these guys past their words. If Dems want to win, they need to stop picking candidates that drink from the same poisoned wells of the right and actively work to change the system.
If this is a true belief, if Democratic voters pledged no money to any member of congress or candidate who takes money from AIPAC, this crises would end so fast that it would make heads spin.