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Two excellent lectures by Norman Finkelstein

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The first video is about an hour long and refines many of the arguments I’ve seen him make in various interviews. It is an excellent summary of the history and the facts, as well as an insightful analysis of the moral and ethical underpinning of conflict, especially in relation to the context in which that conflict takes place.

Norman Finkelstein: Palestinians Tried EVERYTHING before October 7th − A Slave's Case for Resistance by MintPress News (YouTube)

This is another brilliant interview with Norman, wide-ranging and unflinching.

Norman Finkelstein on the Insane Racism of Israeli Society and the Plan to Erase Gaza by Current Affairs | Nathan J. Robinson (YouTube)

From about 01:20:00,

“For me, the question is not what I’m committed to. I’m not... [More]”

Just paint it all gold; it’ll be fine

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 When I paid $200 for 3 bags of groceries today, I thought to myself, 'I’m sure glad they’re having a UFC fight on the White House lawn.'

When a friend sent me this, I was reminded that I’d wanted to send them an aerial shot I’d seen of what remains of the White House after they plastered a UFC arena right in front of the White House and then there’s gigantic eyesore of the ballroom construction site right next to it but then I couldn’t find it and I realized that it doesn’t matter because we both already know how awful and stupid it all looks and how it’s just so fitting that this is where we are now, watching what we thought... [More]