It amazes me how many of us think of the same answer to a post, such as one on Facebook just now. Science has just about got it figured out how to transmit smells over the phone. I immediately went to the comments to post about farts. I was too late by a long shot. It happens this way every single time.
Trump the comedian: says his wife is becoming the next Eleanore Roosevelt.
@cmturner,
More like Eleanor Rigsby.
Hard to believe what I see in random news items. THREE YEAR OLD SMOKES FIVE YEAR OLD AT SOCCER: POLICE CALLED, THREE YEAR OLD AND FAMILY ESCORTED OUT OF GAME. That the three year old was black may have something to do with it. I can't say.
I struggle every day to make sense out of how Robert Kennedy, Jr, can be even remotely kin to Robert Kennedy, Sr. He must have spoiled while in the egg.
@cmturner,
I don't think they removed the worm that was eating his brain.
I think they let the worm take over.
Netanyahu appears to have been voted out. I am skeptical that Zionists will change government policies.
@cmturner,
Both pro and anti Netanyahu blocs are predicted to have about 51 seats. 61 are needed for a majority.
The Palestinian parties have done well and could be kingmakers.
I never held out much hope, the anti Netanyahu bloc are not that much different from Netanyahu.
@izzythepush,
I agree with you. The bad guys will be in charge, but it does seem Netanyahu will be out. I am hoping the new leader will be less skillful at his work.
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PREPARE FOR WAR: The United States has told several Gulf Arab countries to prepare for a short, intense military campaign against Iran following next week's midterm elections, according to a report
Shaun King
It’s my best read of the situation that Benjamin Netanyahu will remain in power.
He got more votes than expected.
All of the far right parties did well.
Together they have enough for him to remain in power.
It’s possible that they may force new elections.
He’d win there too.
What I’ve tried to tell people for years is that Netanyahu is what they want.
Israelis love the genocide. Poll after poll shows it.
And he oversees it
@cmturner,
The same could be said of Americans and school shootings.
The Hormuz Letter
@HormuzLetter
BREAKING: Hegseth fires the Pentagon's chief planner, Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, per The Atlantic.
Defense officials said the main reason for the firing was that he clashed repeatedly with Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon's top civilian for policy, causing Hegseth to lose confidence in Sylvia.
Colby is the official who said in August the US is reviewing the strategy for the specific and potential use of nuclear weapons.
He is at least the 5th general pushed out this year, each holding a key position.
David Sirota
the gaslighting is now so insane that America is literally being asked to believe that Democrats winning is actually Democrats losing
He refers to Democrats fighting against their own party candidates if they are on the political left. I will not vote for just any Democrat any more than I will vote for any Republican. They talk about Republicans voting against their best interests, then do the same thing. Eff 'em. cm turner
Trisha Tahmasbi
Nancy Pelosi and Haley Stevens and other Israel-first extremists are trying to tank the Democrats chance at taking back the Senate just days before "the most important election of our lives".
When Nancy Pelosi said "if our Capitol crumbled to the ground, the one thing that would remain is our support for Israel", she meant she was very much willing to let everything burn for a rogue, genocidal foreign state.
It's not hyperbolic to say that Americans are paying more at the gas pump and in their grocery stores because of Israel's bloodthirsty and racist expansionist project in the Middle East. Let's get real 👉🏼 Israel blackmailed and bribed our Elected Officials into supporting an illegal war against Iran.
Zionists are reminding us that they pledge allegiance to Israel first. And that they have no business being near the levers of power in the United States of America.
@cmturner,
cmturner wrote: Let's get real 👉🏼 Israel blackmailed and bribed our Elected Officials into supporting an illegal war against Iran.
I'm sure Trumps venality and hubris played a part.
Al Jazeera English
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Michigan Dem Haley Stevens endorses Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers
Decency Daily·
Breaking News: Michigan Democratic Party chair Curtis Hertel just shut the door on Rep. Haley Stevens after she crossed party lines in Michigan’s close Senate contest.
The rupture came Sunday, when Stevens released a video endorsing Republican nominee Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat who defeated her in the primary. Hertel announced the state party’s decision a little more than an hour later.
Democrats in Michigan and across the country had urged the former rivals to unite behind the ticket as the general election approached. El-Sayed welcomed her, under the "wide tent" of the Democratic Party.
Haley Stevens endorsed El-Sayed as well. But just two days before the election, she reversed her decision, without explanation.
“I’m just letting you know where I am,” she said.
Hertel’s answer made clear where the state party stood.
The stakes extend well beyond one intraparty feud. Polling cited in the reporting showed El-Sayed without the level of support enjoyed by other statewide Michigan Democrats.
Nearly every plausible route to a Democratic Senate majority runs through a victory in Michigan, making Stevens’s endorsement especially damaging during the closing stretch of a close race.
When a Democrat backs the Republican standing between the party and a Senate majority, drawing a hard line is the only answer.
Thank you, Michigan Democrats, for taking a stand!
Matthew Arndt
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DEMOCRATS VS. REPUBLICANS: IT'S ALL PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, FOLKS.
JAMES CARVILLE JUST SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD.
He'd rather see Republicans control Congress than let progressives challenge the Democratic establishment.
Think about that.
They'd rather surrender power to the opposition than surrender control to their own voters.
IT'S NOT ABOUT DEMOCRACY. IT'S ABOUT WHO GETS TO RUN THE SHOW.
Two parties. One political establishment. And its voters keep getting played.
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Whatever you think of Tucker Carlson, he is undoubtedly informed when it comes to Trump’s inner circle, which makes his statement all the more concerning.
He went on to say;
“…Netanyahu is cornered and desperate. After last week’s election results, he can’t form a government unless Trump intervenes directly in Israeli politics and brokers a deal with other parties that gives Netanyahu 61 seats in the Knesset. Otherwise, he is out as prime minister and on his way to ignominy, investigations and possibly jail. Netanyahu must stay close to Trump. He needs this war.
“To that end, he’s applied maximum pressure to his closest allies in the administration, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper. Both oppose a negotiated settlement to the war they’ve so grievously mismanaged; both are pushing to restart major combat operations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA director John Ratcliffe are also following Netanyahu’s lead, as are leaders of the Democratic Party. In a recent meeting on the subject, former president Barack Obama said he opposes the current Iran peace deal being drafted in Doha.
“The rest of America’s longtime allies in the Middle East are terrified by the prospect of more war. On September 27th, Netanyahu flew secretly to Abu Dhabi to enlist the UAE in his lobbying effort for a final attack on Iran. The Emiratis refused. After eight months of conflict, Gulf economies are teetering. So are global energy and fertilizer markets. They won’t recover soon. Globally, there are a total of about 850 supertankers used to transport oil from producers to the rest of the world. In October alone, 11 of them were badly damaged in Hormuz. At this pace, a global depression is imminent. A nuclear strike would radically accelerate the destruction. Fallout from a ground explosion at Pickax Mountain would contaminate the Persian Gulf, poisoning the water supply for 100 million people.
“And those are just some of the immediate consequences for the region. The rest of the world is every bit as exposed. No country other than the United States has ever used a nuclear weapon in war. Some would like to. An American nuclear attack on Iran would set a new precedent. The Russians have already told at least two other governments that an American nuclear strike on Iran would free them to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Pakistan and India would be tempted to do the same against each other, as would North Korea against Seoul. After the first nuclear strike, World War Three is inevitable. That war would be short and final.
“We’ve been sleepwalking toward this moment for months. Since February, the administration has quietly rewritten America’s nuclear doctrine to make first use of so-called “battlefield nukes” easier and therefore more likely. No one in Washington in either party seems bothered by this. Now we’re on the brink of it.
“Close observers say Trump is likely to decide by next weekend whether or not to use nuclear weapons. That would be November 7, six days from now. To his credit, he’s hesitating. At the moment, Trump is listening to his vice president, JD Vance, and to his envoy and friend Steve Witkoff, both of whom argue a deal with Iran can be made.
“They’re right, though it won’t be simple. The Iranians are famously frustrating to negotiate with under any circumstances, and elements of that government have become more radical since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family were killed in February. After decades of isolation, even relatively moderate Iranian leaders seem confused by how decisions are made in the West. (There is a widespread belief in Tehran, for example, that the United States government controls Israel.) But overall, people who have spoken to decision-makers in Iran say there is consensus there that more war is bad for everyone and a deal is worth making.
“One group that hasn’t been consulted so far is the global population — the hundreds of millions of people who will be killed along with their children if Trump is pushed by Netanyahu into launching a nuclear strike next week. Now would be the time for them to speak up.”
