A nothing burger....

 

From a long ago

election

came the saying

where's the beef?

From the 2024 election

comes

a nothing burger....

There is no there,

there.

Hollywood & Madison Avenue

peddled

CIA talking points

for the Dems and Repubs,

many folks got riled up

due to the fear mongering.

But our nation 

now $35 trillion

in debt

will get no respite

(nor respect)

as the public

is saddled

with a crumbling

genocidal

military empire.

America is on the way out.

The war$

will continue as long

as the printing of fake $$$$

continues. 

 

Call them confederate dollars.

 

Poverty will worsen

as will the education system,

health care will be only

for the rich,

the environment will

continue to deteriorate

and the liberals

will keep telling us

we have to

support the Dems,

no matter what.

 

The media

bought and paid for

by Wall Street, AIPAC,

and the MIC

will keep us divided

as long as we 

let them.

 

Congress

bought and paid for

by Wall Street, AIPAC,

and the MIC

will keep us divided

as long as we

let them.

 

Call them all

pirates!

 

It's on us

to see 

the writing on the wall,

our future is bleak

as long as we let 

Mr. Big

divide us

one against the other.

 

Those invested

in the stock market

will hang on

as long

as their dough 

remains in hand.

Those without 

a pot to piss in

will hear the cry

for national strike

and help build

a new future

outside of the 

control of

Mr. Big.

The day of

awakening is nigh.

Bruce

 

PS Written before the election results came in on election Tuesday.

B-52 to UK as well

 

In atrocious weather "Flux12" a B52H Stratofortress from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana arrives at RAF Fairford in England on the 5th November 2024. 

Visibility was almost at minimums as it approached the airfield.

The Pentagon is pointing the loaded gun at Iran's head for sure.

November 16 next statewide Maine protest

 

Our statewide antiwar coalition will bring its monthly protest series back to Farmington in November. 

 

Student organizers from UMF will join us and I'm sure we'll get an update on their ongoing efforts to pressure the U Maine system to divest from Israel. 

 

News of atrocities in northern Gaza continue to horrify the world as well as airstrikes in Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen with many innocent victims. 

 

The U.S. response? Tell reporters that Israel has the "right" to target civilians meanwhile sending the THAAD missile "defense" system and U.S. troops to operate it!

Saturday Nov 16 at 1:30pm
Farmington downtown (intersection of Broadway & Main)

Bring your own signs and banners, or use ours. Join us for a late lunch afterwards.

 

Our demands:

• Peace in Ukraine - No weapons, no money for the Ukraine War

• Abolish NATO – End U.S. militarism & sanctions!

• Fund people’s needs, not the war machine!

• No war with China!

• Protect Earth's environment from the deadly insult of war!

• End U.S. aid to racist apartheid Israel!

• Fight racism & bigotry not war!

• U.S. hands off Haiti!

• End AFRICOM

Co-sponsors: 

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Maine Natural Guard, PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick, Communist Party of Maine, Maine Green Independent Party, Citizens Opposing Active Sonar Threats (COAST), Party for Socialism & Liberation Maine, Libertarian Party of Maine, People’s Party of Maine, Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Veterans for Peace - National, United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), and Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights (MVPR).  

Six USAF B-52 Bombers deployed in Qatar

SouthFront

The US continues to build up forces in the Middle East, increasing escalation in the region.

According to Pentagon, the United States were going to send B-52H bombers, fighter jets, tanker aircraft and destroyers to the region after preparing for the withdrawal of an aircraft carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) from the region. The group has been in operation in the region since the beginning of August and will have to leave it by mid-November.

At least four US B-52H strategic bombers came to the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in early November.

On November 4th, two more B-52H strategic bombers of the 5th Bomb Wing home base at Minot AFB, North Dakota were deployed to the strategically important air base in Qatar. This was confirmed by air monitoring sources. Thus, the total number of US bombers in Qatar reached six aircraft.

The B-52 is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. It can carry up to 32 tons of weapons and has a typical combat range of around 14,200 kilometers without aerial refueling.

Pentagon spokesman Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder in a statement, “made it clear that should Iran, its partners, or its proxies use this moment to target American personnel or interests in the region, the United States will take every necessary measure to defend our people.”

The deployment came amid heightened tensions with Iran which is vowing to respond to the October 26 Israeli attack on its territory. The U.S. showed support to Israel ahead of the attack by reinforcing its air defenses with a THAAD ballistic missile defense system.

The deployment of the B-52s appears to be a clear threat from the U.S. to Iran. Israel has for long been thought to need the heavy firepower of U.S. strategic bombers in any strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, which were not targeted during the last attack.

Muslims heading towards Jill Stein

 

Sabby Sabs

There are not many elections where you can vote for someone and not regret it.

It was good to have voted for Jill Stein. This was my 3rd time doing so.  

Both the Dems and Repubs work for Israel, the war machine and Wall Street.

The media is run by the CIA. 

Have people forgotten the war crimes by Dick Cheney in Iraq in 2003?

I am done with the corporate war machine. 

Bruce

Confronting events that promote the zionist agenda

 

Students, staff, and community members at the University of Manchester (UK) disrupted a controversial event accused of trying to portray anti-Zionism as antisemitism. 

Organised as what the university says was a debate between Abdullah Al-Andalusi from the Muslim Debate Initiative and Zionist advocate Raphi Bloom, the event faced strong opposition from protesters demanding its cancellation. 

Tensions escalated as protesters interrupted the discussion, resulting in confrontations with pro-Israel attendees and security removing several speakers, including a Palestinian. 

Students and staff condemned the university for hosting a harmful platform, and called instead for an end to institutional ties with Israel and defence contractors. 

What is happening in Gaza shatters all standards and violates all international law, UNICEF spokesperson Kazem Abu-Khalaf told Al Mayadeen on Monday, emphasizing that the Israeli ban on UNRWA will certainly impact its operations in the Strip as an international humanitarian organization.

Abu-Khalaf underlined that UNRWA is the backbone of all humanitarian responses in the Gaza Strip, affirming that the bombardment in Lebanon and Gaza does not differentiate civilian targets from military ones, and disregards the provisions of international law.

The UN official revealed that one in every five children in Gaza suffers from malnutrition, stressing that some children have reached the stage of emaciation.

No votes for genocide!!!!

 

“I don’t know how anybody can live with that.” 

Three days out from a divisive US election, hundreds marched through New York City calling for a boycott of both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump over their support for Israel’s war in Gaza. 

The rally, organised by Pro-Palestine activists, comes amid growing calls for the Joe Biden administration to impose an embargo on Israel’s and to call for an immediate ceasefire. 

More than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed over the last year, with the US supplying more than $20 billion worth of military equipment, including bombs, despite mounting evidence of war crimes being committed by Israel’s military. 

Both Trump and Harris have pledged support for Israel’s war, while vowing to work to bring about a ceasefire. Despite softening her stance on the suffering of Palestinians, Harris has rejected pressure to push for an arms embargo. 

The Biden-Harris duo have done nothing real to make a ceasefire happen. They are in the zionists pocket.

Sunday song

 

I often share the story (from the excellent book above) about Lakota warrior Crazy Horse and the military-industrial complex that existed in the late 1800s. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull had been brought onto the reservation in South Dakota. They only surrendered to the U.S. Army because their people were starving. Washington had sent snipers on trains to ride across the western plains and shoot any buffalo they came in contact with. The army decimated the herds. The hearts of the native people were broken – they saw the evil enemy they were facing in the flesh.

Piles of buffalo bones

The U.S. Civil War ended in 1865 and the Indian Wars soon after. The military-industrial complex was worried about its future. They had artists make renderings of Crazy Horse supposedly back on the warpath.

Newspapers in the big east coast cities across the U.S. printed stories about Crazy Horse raping white women and killing children. Soon the public was led to express their outrage and “the people demanded something be done”. Doesn’t that sound familiar? The Congress in Washington immediately swung into action and appropriated more funds for the Indian Wars – while Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were sitting on the reservation in South Dakota without a gun to their name.

This story has been repeated legions of times since –in Korea, Vietnam,  Panama, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Palestine and Lebanon. And the public relations script coming from Washington is always so familiar.

Writer and humorist Mark Twain became an anti-imperialist during the U.S. occupation of the Philippines (1898-1946). You might check out his writings.

The citizens of the U.S. could have full employment, a clean environment, Medicare for All, real social justice, and much more, except the U.S. has long been a fascist nation. Italy’s WW2 leader Benito Mussolini defined fascism as the “wedding of corporations and government”. That definition fits the United States of America.

America’s original sin was the genocide of the native people and the institution of slavery. The only way out of this 'forever war cycle' is to confront this addiction. 

“Hello, my name is America and I am addicted to lies, violence, greed, and endless war”. 

Where is the leadership to make a real change in this wretched nation?

Bruce