California Assemblyman Will Introduce Legislation to Combat BDS

http://jpupdates.com/2015/12/15/california-assemblyman-will-introduce-legislation-to-combat-bds/

Palestine flag removed from New York flag display

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Palestine-Booted-from-NY-Flag-Display-20151214-0030.html

***** Zionists PROUDLY invented Modern Terrorism

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gah_cu3czvc

Video. Israeli invaders blaring Islamic hate messages at Palestinian residents

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=534591683388404&id=146535155527394

ISM calls for internationals to volunteer in Palestine

http://palsolidarity.org/2015/12/ism-calls-for-internationals-to-volunteer-in-palestine/

Longtime Conservative Actor Robert Duvall Is Abandoning The GOP ‘Mess’

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/03/16/longtime-conservative-actor-robert-duvall-abandoning-gop-mess/

***** Fascism: It's what all the cool kids are doing these days

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/13/1458845/-Fascism-It-s-what-all-the-cool-kids-are-doing-these-days?detail=facebook?detail=facebook

It appears that I will not be regaining the sight in my left eye, after all. Although I began .......

It appears that I will not be regaining the sight in my left eye, after all. Although I began work, and put in hours, beginning in June when it became apparent that my current insurance policy would have to be replaced by a managed care policy, the city  bureaucracy totally screwed up and I am informed more recently of two things: one, the hospital is bumping me from my December surgery date, presumably because I'm poor and they figure they won't get any repercussions by doing so, and 2. The city screwed up and is dropping my insurance the end of this month, without the transitionn I've been working on to Medicare for which I am fully eligible. My major concern is driving, which I must do for Palestine, but this vehicle, although wonderful, has inherent blind spots that make it difficult to see pedestrians at intersections, and with my left eye pretty useless, that compounds the problem.

My biggest concern is those that don't have the skills to advocate for themselves. The city is filled with well-meaning social workers, but beyond helping one make phone calls, due to the person not having a phone, or having no idea who to call, there is a profound lack of ability to get any results, and even worse, to recognize that lack of ability to get results, is quite staggering.  There is a profound sense in this social work community that trying to help is enough. It is a horrible thing for all concerned.

Not that it matters, but I think that this profound failing of the Social Work community is at least largely a systemic problem. Underpaid. Under supported. Poorly led. Inadequately incentivized. Infinitely too few tools provided by we uninterested, unconcerned taxpayers. Radical Republican insurgency working to further destroy what safety net exists. And a social work profession that has a horrible temptation endemic. How does one hold oneself to a high level of performance outcomes when your supervisor is not going to do so, and when your clients with few if any exceptions are in a position to even know what competent performance is, let alone to demand it?  And if they did demanded, who would listen? Consequently, with few if any exceptions the social worker is exactly going to hold themselves to the profoundly low standard of being pleasant, being courteous, making phone calls, and then accepting, oh well, at least we tried....... Christian nation? My ass.

Palestinian prisoners on fourth day of hunger strike

http://www.albawaba.com/news/palestinian-prisoners-fourth-day-hunger-strike-780832

***** Why do so many Israelis hate Breaking the Silence? The organization of former Israeli soldiers is coming under attack from every direction these days — from the Israel’s president to the defense minister to the police. So what’s the deal?

http://972mag.com/why-do-so-many-israelis-hate-breaking-the-silence/114763/

The Palestinian village that refuses to give up on popular struggle Even after 11 years of struggle, the residents of Bil’in refuse to forget about the land that was taken from them

http://972mag.com/the-palestinian-village-that-refuses-to-give-up-on-popular-struggle/114703/

***** Obama’s ISIS czar says we can’t defeat extremism without resolving Palestinian issue

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/12/without-resolving-palestinian

Hillary Clinton Is Whitewashing the Financial Catastrophe

http://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-is-whitewashing-the-financial-catastrophe/

Are toxins from Israeli bombs making Gaza babies ill?

https://electronicintifada.net/content/are-toxins-israeli-bombs-making-gaza-babies-ill/15056

***** Dying for a story: Brazil’s journalists are being killed at record rates

http://america.aljazeera.com/multimedia/2015/12/brazil-killings-of-journalists-reach-record-rates.html

NYT, NetanYahu's Toilet, is where I am posted from early morning until mid evening with the free Palestine vehicle.

NYT, NetanYahu's Toilet, is where I am posted from early morning until mid evening with the free Palestine vehicle.

Video, Israeli invaders desecrate Palestinian mosque, under the protection of the Israeli storm troops

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1084091001610367&id=233417303344412

Israeli forces shoot 20 Palestinians during West Bank demonstrations over the weekend

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/12/israeli-palestinians-demonstrations

***** Netanyahu Calls Palestinian Self-Defense “Terrorism”. Palestinians are Categorized as “Islamic Terrorists”

http://www.globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-calls-palestinian-self-defense-terrorism-palestinians-are-categorized-as-islamic-terrorists/5495545

Paris deal: Epic fail on a planetary scale

http://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2015/12/12/cop21-paris-deal-epi-fail-on-planetary-scale/

Lol, as I said, it doesn't make any sense to me why I would have a roof over my head when billions do not. I can remember........

Lol, as I said, it doesn't make any sense to me why I would have a roof over my head when billions do not.  I can remember twelve agonizing years, 1st through 12th grade, when I literally could not study in school. It didn't make any sense to me to do so. I am paralyzed when it doesn't make sense to me to do something. Lol.  It does make sense to me that I would not have a roof over my head, well, an opulent roof, the homeless shelter is sufficiently Spartan, it does make sense to me that I would not have a roof over my head when tens of thousands of children in Palestine live in the streets where we and our American bombs and money put them.  And it does make sense to me that I would use every resource, including money, every breath, not to put a roof over my head but to put one over theirs, or, at least a coat around their shoulders, or at least some visibility to their unspeakable suffering.      so, as I've written, I expect this week to refuse the beautiful, subsidised1 bedroom, apartment in the new senior housing building just 2 miles from town that I have just become eligible for. Instead, I will invest the dollars that would otherwise go there, every month, to support the heroic activists working to free Palestine and to aid organizations  highly reputable in delivering to Palestinians such things has warm clothes. Until the homeless shelter closes in this coming year I'll still have a roof over my work, and then I will happily move back into the streets so all of my meager funds can go toward Palestine.      I am so grateful to be in this tiny position to help. I am very very happy about this

 http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2015/12/regarding-my-plan-for-solidarity-to.html

http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2015/12/i-need-your-help-i-about-this-week-to.html .     

***** Why mass shootings don't convince gun owners to support gun control

http://www.vox.com/2015/12/4/9845146/mass-shootings-gun-control

***** Final COP 21 text a disaster for the world’s most vulnerable and future generations

http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/2015/dec/12/final-cop-21-text-disaster-worlds-most-vulnerable-and-future-generations

The female Fisher of Gaza. "No matter how much I have endured, and how much I will, I'm always ready for more."

http://wearenotnumbers.org/home/Story/133

Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa’adat from prison: We are struggling for democracy, liberation and justice for all

http://samidoun.net/2015/12/palestinian-leader-ahmad-saadat-from-prison-we-are-struggling-for-democracy-liberation-and-justice-for-all/

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Gaza border clashes, injure 58

http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769300

Oliver Stone: America Is The Real Threat To The World, Not ISIS

http://yournewswire.com/oliver-stone-america-is-the-real-threat-to-the-world-not-isis/

Israel attacks West Bank college twice in one week

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/charlotte-silver/israel-attacks-west-bank-college-twice-one-week

Horrifying video. How is really Gustavo treats Palestinian girls

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1730876313811769&id=1715992375300163

Haneyya: Only a generation armed with faith able to liberate

http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=75524