***** Global warming devours lake twice the size of Los Angeles

https://www.catholic.org/news/green/story.php?id=66799

Robert Reich: Detailed policy proposals are as relevant to the election of 2016 as is that gaseous planet beyond Pluto. They don’t have a chance of making it, as things are now.

http://m.truthdig.com/report/item/heres_why_you_shouldnt_care_about_details_proposed_policies_20160126

Robert Reich: Paul Krugman just doesn’t get it

http://www.salon.com/2016/01/26/robert_reich_paul_krugman_just_doesnt_get_it_partner/

***** Haaretz newspaper reported that 50,000 Palestinian homes are threatened with demolition in 1948 Occupied Palestine. The houses will be razed in case of the implementation of the recommendations made by a special committee founded in February 10, 2015, to penalize Palestinians for unlicensed construction.

http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=76393

Warren reminds us that 'politically impractical' is just code for 'wealthy donors don't like it.'

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/elizabeth-warren-sinks-clintons-hopes_b_9058526.html

***** Robert Reich: "The upcoming election isn’t about detailed policy proposals. It’s about power – whether those who have it will keep it, or whether average Americans will get some as well.”

http://usuncut.com/politics/robert-reich-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-best-candidate/

Saudi Arabia Is Killing Civilians With US Bombs

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/01/25/saudi-arabia-killing-civilians-us-bombs

Chomsky: “I frankly think that in our system of mainly bought elections he doesn’t have much of a chance, but if he were elected I think he would — of the current candidates — I think he’d be the one who would have, from my point of view, the best policies.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/noam-chomsky-supports-hillary-clinton-218192?cmpid=sf

Video: What Israeli apartheid?

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=937748469649308&id=333012743456220

***** This isn’t a choice between ‘Jewish or democratic’ — the only question is whether Israel can still become a true democracy.

http://972mag.com/stop-asking-whether-israel-is-jewish-or-democratic/116240/

' I believe in you,' my friend said. I replied, 'Well, although in society's terms I am more insane every day, everyday I believe more in me, too. What a nice thing to say.'

' I believe in you,' my friend said. I replied, 'Well, although in society's terms I am more insane every day, everyday I believe more in me, too. What a nice thing to say.'

Uncle Tomobama: Obama to make rare appearance at Israeli embassy for Holocaust ceremony

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.698979?v=5F68C9ED4DFC723242A58F615724BCAB

Hamas not ramping up for war, ready for one if provoked

http://m.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Haniyeh-Hamas-not-ramping-up-for-war-ready-for-one-if-provoked-442536#article=6017Qjk4NTc3ODBFREMxNDc3NzAzMzQxNUIxRjU3MzZBQTg=

In the Jewish state, equality for Arabs is impossible by definition

http://972mag.com/in-the-jewish-state-equality-for-arabs-is-impossible-by-definition/116225/

UN tells Israel to let in nuclear inspectors As nuclear peace talks are cancelled, overwhelming vote by general assembly calls for Israel to join nonproliferation treaty

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/04/un-tells-israel-nuclear-inspectors

. We can only hope that the (relative) bravery of high State officials will enable the media to step up to its duties at last.

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/01/kerry-and-shapiro-bring-the-one-state-news-the-nyt-failed-to-deliver?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=56a3e34204d3014c8d0018d2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

***** It's open season on anyone opposing the occupation There is a campaign being carried out against anyone actively opposing the occupation in Israel, and it doesn’t matter if you’re an activist in the field, a human rights attorney or a former soldier talking about what you were ordered to do.

http://972mag.com/its-open-season-on-anyone-opposing-the-occupation/116184/

f t ✉ ⎕ 53 Half the Foreign Policy Experts Signing Clinton’s Anti-Sanders Letter Have Ties to Military Contractors

https://theintercept.com/2016/01/21/clinton-foreign-policy-experts/

Defying court ruling, French figures call for Israel boycott

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/defying-court-ruling-french-figures-call-israel-boycott

Israel demolishes EU-funded structures in West Bank

http://mobile.reuters.com/video/2016/01/21/israel-demolishes-eu-funded-structures-i?videoId=367123971

Notice: the cold is taking its toll on my online productivity. Out in the frigid temperatures from early morning until evening it is proving too much to use my hands as frequently as I would like. Hence the posting of israeli-american atrocities on Palestine are reduced, and horrifically the incidents are not reduced.

Notice: the cold is taking its toll on my online productivity. Out in the frigid temperatures from early morning until evening it is proving too much to use my hands as frequently as I would like. Hence the posting of israeli-american atrocities on Palestine are reduced, and horrifically the incidents are not reduced.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for establishing a Palestinian state within the pre-1967-war borders amid efforts by Beijing to assert its economic and political clout in the Middle East.

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.698833?v=064E490709B91A7321836F0DA32B2A06

University of South Florida students pass Israel divestment resolution

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/university-south-florida-students-pass-israel-divestment-resolution

***** Robert Reich: Democrats done nothing to change the vicious cycle of wealth and power that has rigged the economy for the benefit of those at the top, and undermined the working class. In some respects, Democrats have been complicit in it.

http://m.truthdig.com/report/item/the_real_reason_why_the_white_working_class_abandoned_democrats_20160120

Muslim shot protecting Christians on bus attacked in Kenya dies

http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/20/muslim-shot-protecting-christians-on-bus-attacked-in-kenya-dies-5635183/

Larry Summers, Zionists Israel agent.

http://www.algemeiner.com/2016/01/20/former-harvard-president-calls-bds-efforts-deplorable/

It's Time to Make the Minimum Wage a Living Wage

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/its-time-to-make-the-mini_b_9021136.html

Israel stole $80,000 Palestinian books and manuscripts

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/14894-israel-stole-80000-palestinian-books-and-manuscript

***** Johanna Neumann, Holocaust Survivor, Tells Story Of Being Saved By A Muslim Family In Albania

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/holocaust-survivor-saved-by-muslim_n_5316603.html

***** The flap demonstrates an important sociological trend: American Jews, even mainstream ones indoctrinated to love Israel, are breaking more and more publicly with the Jewish state. The Netanyahu government is proving to be embarrassing to American Jews; they do not want to be associated with rightwing apartheid policies.

The flap demonstrates an important sociological trend: American Jews, even mainstream ones indoctrinated to love Israel, are breaking more and more publicly with the Jewish state. The Netanyahu government is proving to be embarrassing to American Jews; they do not want to be associated with rightwing apartheid policies.

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/01/little-jewboy-moment-highlights-coming-divorce-between-us-jews-and-israel