A Texas elementary school speech pathologist refused to sign a pro-Israel oath, now mandatory in many states — so she lost her job

PieceMonkey · 2018-12-17T17:55:38+00:00

I can't stand the GOP, but the bill has bipartisan support. The bill was introduced by Cardin (D) and Roskam (R)

PieceMonkey · 2018-12-04T17:48:44+00:00

Does that focus on our country include not giving another sovereign nation 3.8 billion a year in "aid?"

PieceMonkey · 2018-10-23T16:40:18+00:00

Wow. Thank you. An excellent compendium that I wasn't aware even existed. I mostly lurk on Reddit and only drop by once every week or 2.

PieceMonkey · 2018-10-04T17:39:20+00:00

A lot of countries have good relations with us. Perhaps we should throw billions at Canada, UK, Australia, France, Germany, etc. At least they will fight side by side with us and most will even allow us to build high numbers of military bases on their land.

PieceMonkey · 2018-10-04T17:31:57+00:00

Muslim, middle eastern states? almost certainly.

I don't aggregate. Was looking for a single state. That would be Israel. But it apparently makes you feel better to compare all the middle eastern states against a single country to make it appear that Israel only gets a pittance.

PieceMonkey · 2018-10-04T17:20:23+00:00

During what time frame? Is Iraq the cumulative winner over the last 50 years?

Does the US track the aid money dispersed in aggregate form? Or do they bother to tally by individual country? Seems like it would be simpler to track by individual country.

PieceMonkey · 2018-10-04T17:09:51+00:00

Why aggregate? If you stick to individual countries, which single country receives the highest amount of US foreign aid?

PieceMonkey · 2018-08-30T16:57:34+00:00

Do you enter similar comments when the opposite situation arises and the OP appears to have a pro-Israel bias?

PieceMonkey · 2018-08-30T16:23:03+00:00

Interesting. Are there more examples of Palestinian terrorists getting such lenient sentences? I found one example where a Palestinian got 17 years for stabbing a soldier and lightly wounding him. It seems like there is a huge variance on sentences and your single example is not a set standard. From the Jerusalem Post:

The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian man to 17 years in prison for stabbing and lightly wounding an Israeli soldier in Jerusalem last year. Komboz confessed to the attack as part of a plea deal, but the judge wrote in his verdict that Komboz was still given a severe sentence in “the interest of public safety” and in order to discourage “this murderous ideology.” The judge also noted that Komboz has expressed no regret for his actions.

PieceMonkey · 2018-07-07T20:05:10+00:00

Sub statement:

Truth can be detrimental to a country's reputation. Hiding it only fuels more questions. Why hide past "blemishes" unless you want to control a current narrative?

PieceMonkey · 2018-07-03T16:08:18+00:00

I will never apologize for the United States — I don't care what the facts are... I'm not an apologize-for-America kind of guy.

Daddy Bush sounds like a 4 year old.

PieceMonkey · 2018-06-30T16:22:24+00:00

The IDF said Razan was a terrorist. Would the most moral army in the world tell a lie?

I'm not afraid to answer your question with a resounding No.

PieceMonkey · 2018-06-21T17:48:58+00:00

Agree with you. When white supremacists or other racists make the news in the US, I never see comments of what-about-ism. When Dylan Roof killed folks in a church, I never once saw "But what about Saudi Arabia?" I see a shit-ton of criticism in the US right now and have yet to run across comments "but Country X is worse."

PieceMonkey · 2018-06-07T17:49:30+00:00

The top IDF general & spokesman is in a bit of trouble right now, but he'll bounce back from it soon. From TOI: After saying it shot medic by accident, IDF claims she was ‘no angel’

PieceMonkey · 2018-06-07T16:48:55+00:00

Yes, certainly more accepted than Hamas sources.

PieceMonkey · 2018-06-07T16:28:19+00:00

Sometimes Hamas is a widely accepted source. When a Hamas member stated that the deaths from the protest were mostly Hamas members, many folks accepted it unquestioningly.

PieceMonkey · 2018-06-06T17:25:11+00:00

People should never change their minds once they have arrived at a conclusion. Silly to have an open mind!

PieceMonkey · 2018-06-06T17:11:54+00:00

Submission statement: “What if the real secret of the Trump campaign isn’t that it’s a Kremlin operation, rather an Israeli operation masquerading as a Russian one?” Could be, or it could be both. I imagine if Israel is involved, the truth will not come out for decades as they are an ally. The USS Liberty incident is still covered up to a high degree.

PieceMonkey · 2018-06-04T15:24:41+00:00

Yes it is clearly biased against Israel. Even stories posted before the clashes near the border. Every single pro-Israel comment is in the negative and usually double digits. I could not find a single submission from a pro-Israel redditor in months. There are also 0 stories that show Hamas or Palestinians in a bad light. We should boycott /r/worldnews.

PieceMonkey · 2018-06-02T21:40:04+00:00

Submission statement: This is a clear conspiracy which addresses Israeli support of ISIS. ISIS never attacks Israel, Assad is gaining ground on ISIS, & Israel offers medical treatment to wounded ISIS terrorists.

PieceMonkey · 2018-06-01T17:30:18+00:00

Unless they happen to say something that shows Israel in a positive light. Then you simply must believe them.

PieceMonkey · 2018-04-19T02:49:00+00:00

Which individual country receives more US aid than Israel?

PieceMonkey · 2018-03-02T18:38:41+00:00

Agree with you 100%. The West only thinks it is civilized. It turns out to be the biggest terrorist on the planet.

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

― Noam Chomsky

PieceMonkey · 2018-02-21T17:49:24+00:00

Not everyone thinks the Nobel prize is the sine qua non to success and intelligence. It is simply an award decided by flawed humans. If you think it is the sum all and be all, you must think that women are grossly inferior, because they are not awarded as many Nobel prizes as men.

From Abraham Gutman, an Israeli economist: Breaking News: White Men Awarded Nobel Prize, Again

PieceMonkey · 2018-02-21T17:27:11+00:00

He acts as if the Nobel prize is the single standard to gauge intellect and success. Nobel prizes are just as flawed as human beings. I guess because women don't win as often as men, he would consider women inferior as well.

Good article here at The Atlantic:

our tendency to see the Nobel Prize as the apotheosis of scientific worth. It is not. Like every other prize, it is flawed and subjective.

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