White House staffer Leah Katz-Hernandez is a pioneer on the reception desk

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2015/02/23/white-house-staffer-leah-katz-hernandez-is-pioneer-on-reception-desk/

Gaza: This time it's different says Tariq Ali

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NEiGy_ekdFI

Israel turns off power to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the dead of winter

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/02/hundreds-thousands-palestinians

While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing Congress on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will be in the Situation Room at the White House, talking to European leaders.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/barack-obama-benjamin-netanyahu-speech-congress-115690.html

Here is a list of the Democrats who are planning to skip the speech and those who are planning to go.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/232160-whip-list-dems-skipping-netanyahu-speech

Russians stand in line to mourn by coffin of slain Nemtsov

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL5N0W51PN20150303?irpc=932

Hey Netanyahu: ‘Security’ Means Palestine, Too!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/03/hey-netanyahu-security-means-palestine-too.html

SPDF 1. Began midnight before Satanyahu's trechery in congress

I began at midnight last night.  This is day one Stop Palestines Death Fast. I am on capitol hill since 630 a_m this morning in anticipation of Satanyahu's 8:45 talk.

SPDF DAY 1: A note to my doc. (1st time I've ever had one on a fast)

SPDF DAY 1: nd.  A note 2 my beloved Doc:   I began the Stop Palestines Death Fast SPDF tonight.  Starting midnight I'm on electrolytes and vitimins until however this terminates in 50 to 80 days.  Please consider doing whatever bloodwork might make sense to benchmark me in the event I need some stabilizing along the way.  And if u want to psych eval me, that would be fine too.  As would be no and no, that would be ok 2.  I'll come in 1st thing thu unless I hear from u to the contrary. Today I'll b on cap hill 2 welcome Satanyahu.  Thanks. James

pic. Wonderful news. Looks like the rain/sleet/snow is holding off until 10am or so. Satanyahu talks to congress at about 8:45am. SO, I can be on the Hill, health and police (high security for Satanyahu) permitting, with the posters starting early!!!!

Wonderful news.  Looks like the rain/sleet/snow is holding off until 10am or so.  Satanyahu talks to congress at about 8:45am.  SO, I can be on the Hill, health and police (high security for Satanyahu) permitting, with the posters starting early!!!!

***** I think that the only way to avert the next slaughter in Palestine is to massively escalate the pressure on the US Congress / US Gov / White House..., to 1. Stop obstructing the UN, 2. Stop Funding Israel, 3. Hold Israel to International law. I think the time is now: A. The unprecidented 'split' Netanyahu has handed us in the Congress; B. We know the clock is ticking toward the next slaughter... NOW is the time to act. I am thinking seriously of beginning a death-fast on Capital Hill, 24/7, beginning in the next week or so. My target, the point of my effort, would be Congressman John Lewis, the only man that may still have a conscience, and the Black Man that SHOULD understand that the slaughter of Palestine IS A READ LINE THAT CANNOT BE CROSSED, and President Obama who wants to do the right thing more than I do but is facing impossible odds. Both of these men are great men, they are the only ones that can lead what needs to be done and I and we must do all in our power to inspire them to impossible levels of courage and leadership, now. As many of us as possible must pay, and at least offer, the ultimate price in order to remind them to do the same. There is no other way. There has never been any other way. There will never be any other way. If not now, when? . I'm not sure if I would be allowed to sleep in a chair on the Hill. I think so, but not sure. I might need logistical support to pull it off. It would be stronger if people joined, but that will not influence whether I begin, and finish, or not. I'm open to EQUIVALENT, OR SUPERIOR (more promising) ideas. A Death Fast is a Hunger Strike (Water Only) that is expected to go to death unless the demands are met. The current PROBABILITY IS THAT THE MASS KILLING IN PALESTINE, 1000'S, WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE NEXT 2 YEARS. If, 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 1000 of us offered our lives now, in the US, NOW... maybe we could reduce the slaughter by 1, 2, 4, 8... then. I THINK PEOPLE IN PALESTINE SHOULD JOIN. I HAVE NO CONTACTS. THERE. PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH THOSE IN PALESTINE, IF YOU HAVE THE CONTACTS. I'm open to Ideas, Alternatives, Support, Comrades. Let me know. I am NOT open to A. Idle chatter, B. Hand wringing, C. Pointless planning. SHARE this with anyone you think should see it. http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2015/03/i-think-that-only-way-to-avert-next.html

***** I think that the only way to avert the next slaughter in Palestine is to massively escalate the pressure on the US Congress / US Gov / White House..., to 1. Stop obstructing the UN, 2. Stop Funding Israel, 3. Hold Israel to International law. I think the time is now: A. The unprecidented 'split' Netanyahu has handed us in the Congress; B. We know the clock is ticking toward the next slaughter... NOW is the time to act. I am thinking seriously of beginning a death-fast on Capital Hill, 24/7, beginning in the next week or so. My target, the point of my effort, would be Congressman John Lewis, the only man that may still have a conscience, and the Black Man that SHOULD understand that the slaughter of Palestine IS A READ LINE THAT CANNOT BE CROSSED, and President Obama who wants to do the right thing more than I do but is facing impossible odds. Both of these men are great men, they are the only ones that can lead what needs to be done and I and we must do all in our power to inspire them to impossible levels of courage and leadership, now. As many of us as possible must pay, and at least offer, the ultimate price in order to remind them to do the same. There is no other way. There has never been any other way. There will never be any other way. If not now, when? . I'm not sure if I would be allowed to sleep in a chair on the Hill. I think so, but not sure. I might need logistical support to pull it off. It would be stronger if people joined, but that will not influence whether I begin, and finish, or not. I'm open to EQUIVALENT, OR SUPERIOR (more promising) ideas. A Death Fast is a Hunger Strike (Water Only) that is expected to go to death unless the demands are met. The current PROBABILITY IS THAT THE MASS KILLING IN PALESTINE, 1000'S, WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE NEXT 2 YEARS. If, 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 1000 of us offered our lives now, in the US, NOW... maybe we could reduce the slaughter by 1, 2, 4, 8... then. I THINK PEOPLE IN PALESTINE SHOULD JOIN. I HAVE NO CONTACTS. THERE. PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH THOSE IN PALESTINE, IF YOU HAVE THE CONTACTS. I'm open to Ideas, Alternatives, Support, Comrades. Let me know. I am NOT open to A. Idle chatter, B. Hand wringing, C. Pointless planning. SHARE this with anyone you think should see it. http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2015/03/i-think-that-only-way-to-avert-next.html

Obama goes on offensive ahead of Netanyahu's speech to Congress

Obama goes on offensive ahead of Netanyahu's speech to Congress

Lawyer Put Health Act in Peril by Pointing Out 4 Little Words..... What a shame, Truly, that we liberals don't murder people like these scum who are trying to murder thousands of poor each year..

Lawyer Put Health Act in Peril by Pointing Out 4 Little Words



What a shame, Truly, that we liberals don't murder people like these scum who are trying to murder thousands of poor each year..

The (not entirely new) Republican War on American History

The (not entirely new) Republican War on American History

How AP History became so controversial that Oklahoma is trying to ban it....... ""It feels to someone like me that the deck has been stacked," Hess says, arguing that the framework dwells on the negative consequences of free enterprise rather than its advantages, and that its treatment of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson is far more favorable than its treatment of Ronald Reagan. ".....

How AP History became so controversial that Oklahoma is trying to ban it



""It feels to someone like me that the deck has been stacked," Hess says, arguing that the framework dwells on the negative consequences of free enterprise rather than its advantages, and that its treatment of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson is far more favorable than its treatment of Ronald Reagan. ".....

Pic. Last week I begin to worry about the funds to keep my work online running out soon. Almost always the Creator totally ignores the needs of my work. This time, not. A sister, a facebook sister, out of the blue, came forward with almost a full month of WiFi. I've cut out every monthly expense in my life except for wifi. It takes $55 a month to keep me online at such places as Capitol Hill or the north side of the White House fighting to free Palestine. If you know anyone who would like to donate to this cause message me and I'll tell you how to access PayPal. God bless the sister that came forth today.

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Four Reasons Young Americans Should Burn Their Student Loan Papers

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/03/02/four-reasons-young-americans-should-burn-their-student-loan-papers

uess what the lead story is in the New York Times today? The top right column features a hatchet job on John Kerry. Titled, “Kerry Is Pushing for Agreement in Iran Nuclear Talks,” the article portrays Kerry as an overeager Don Quixote lulled into faith in Iran because his counterpart, Javad Zarif, went to the University of Denver and they walked along the Rhone in Geneva together. Some of reporter Michael Gordon’s character slurs:

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/journalists-goldberg-gordon

***** Loving, here: this is why I'm devoting my self to do so much study: Ali’s deep concern is that organizations such as Black Lives Matter too often react to events and “don’t totally grasp that dealing with this problem of continuous state violence against the citizenry requires political movements.” He worries that Americans lack an understanding of their own history and that very few are literate in basic revolutionary theory, from Karl Marx to Rosa Luxemburg. This illiteracy, he said, means that opposition movements are often unable to effectively analyze the structures and mechanisms of capitalist power and cannot formulate a sophisticated political response.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/page3/tariq_ali_the_time_is_right_for_a_palace_revolution_20150301

AP: BDS gaining traction at US colleges

http://news.yahoo.com/anti-israel-divestment-push-gains-traction-us-colleges-050637043.html

When the government took her from her family, it outsourced her safety to a for-profit corporation. Nine months later she was dead

http://www.motherjones.com/print/269066

10 things America must do to stop ruining the world......I did not have time to read this but with this title it is worth sharing regardless

http://www.alternet.org/world/10-things-america-must-do-stop-ruining-world

***** must must must must read: Meanwhile, it has become clear that no regimen of inspection, no matter how penetrating and rigorous, could satisfy Netanyahu of an adequate Iranian compliance. What he asks is really the surrender of Iran's advanced technology: a surrender that would seal its consent to be a second-rate regional power, subordinate to the will of Israel.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bromwich/netanyahus-takeover-bid_b_6780986.html

Administration denies Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli warplanes

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/1/report-obama-threatened-shoot-down-israeli-warplan/

Texas lawmaker on his fifth marriage filed complaint against judge over same-sex marriage

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/02/1367951/-Texas-lawmaker-on-his-fifth-marriage-filed-complaint-against-judge-over-same-sex-marriage?detail=facebook

Kerry warns Netanyahu against revealing Iran talks details

http://www.timesofisrael.com/kerry-warns-netanyahu-against-revealing-iran-talks-details/

UNICEF: Israel violates international law in treatment of Palestinian children

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/17274-unicef-israel-violates-international-law-in-treatment-of-palestinian-children

West Bank settlers build Star of David out of rocks to prevent Palestinian farmers from using land

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/settlers-prevent-palestinian

Paul Krugman: The point is that extreme inequality and the falling fortunes of America’s workers are a choice, not a destiny imposed by the gods of the market. And we can change that choice if we want to

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/02/opinion/paul-krugman-walmarts-visible-hand.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region®ion=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0&referrer=

Paul Krugman on the Real Meaning of the Walmart Wage Hike Don't believe the hype! Rampant inequality is a choice.

http://www.alternet.org/economy/paul-krugman-real-meaning-walmart-wage-hike