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Genocide Made Invisible

Whatever the outcomes of Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Monday and the latest scenario for a ceasefire in Gaza, a bilateral policy of genocide has united the Israeli and U.S. governments in a pact of literally breath-taking cruelty. That pact and its horrific consequences for Palestinian people either continue to shock Americans or gradually normalize indifference toward ongoing atrocities on a massive scale.

Run for Your Life! The Muslims Are Coming!

The cry echoes up and down New York City’s crowded streets. Out of nowhere has emerged a malevolent Muslim candidate for mayor named Zohran Mamdani. He’s 33 years old and born in Uganda to Indian parents. Uganda was also home of the late Idi Amin. To many horrified New Yorkers, it looks as if he may win! Jewish old timers on the Upper West Side and Wall Street are having apoplexy, muttering about the Holocaust. President Trump, a fellow New Yorker, calls Mamdani a ‘communist lunatic.’ Mamdani’s followers have similar unkind thoughts about Trump – who is a long-time foe of most Muslims – unless of course they have oil wells. Mamdani has two huge strikes against him. First, he’s a Muslim running in the world’s largest Jewish city that venerates Israel. Second, he says he’s a ‘democratic socialist’ and, gasp, pro-Palestinian. Some big NYC firms (and from Silicon Valley) are now trying to ban the word ‘Palestine’ from their internal email. Just close your eyes and it will all go away.Mamdani, who came to the US in only 2018, calls for free buses, state-run supermarkets, price controls, and other market handcuffs. Where have I heard of these before?

Let My Robots Vote!

What if the AI bots figure that out? I can imagine R2D2 and Amazon warehouse robo-pickers trundling across the Pettus Bridge in Selma, chanting, “No vote, no work!”  

If the robots go on strike, we can survive the loss of same-day delivery of pantyhose and air-fryers – or maybe not. But after two weeks, humans will begin to starve. Worse, millions will go crazy with the lack of entertainment options and unfilled orders of anti-depressants.

Now the truth is, I would vote for a robot over JD Vance. And let’s face it, humans haven’t done such a good job of picking our presidents.  

And we also have to consider the possibility that they are already taking over electoral politics. Is there any indication at all that Gavin Newsom is a human being? Ask Siri and she barely stifles a giggle.

Democracy, after all, granting the vote to every dickwad, MAGA-naut, crypto-Nazi and cryptocurrency grifter, is a terrible method for choosing our leaders.

Maybe it’s time to turn over these choices to G.O.D., that is the GenerativeAI Overseer of Democracy.

Can Israel Survive without the West?

The Israeli genocide in Gaza, along with the escalating regional wars it has ignited, has brought two chilling truths into our focus: first, Israel is deliberately and aggressively undermining the security and stability of the entire Middle East and, second, Israel is utterly incapable of surviving on its own.

 These two assertions, though seemingly distinct, are inextricably linked. For if those who relentlessly sustain Israel—militarily, politically, and economically—were to finally withdraw their support, the Middle East would not be the powder keg it has been for decades, a situation that has catastrophically worsened since October 7, 2023.

There is nothing wrong with singing the National Anthem in Spanish

People get upset over the smallest, most inconsequential things in America. That is what happened last month when singer Nezza performed the US national anthem in Spanish at the Dodger Stadium. It was the same words but in a different language. Yes, the majority of people in the US speak English and we are supposed to be a melting pot of cultures. So, people should stop being butthurt over every single little thing and we will be all much happier. Nezza explained later that her decision to perform it in Spanish was a response to the current atmosphere in Los Angeles where recent ICE raids against immigrants and international students that have sparked public outcry and protests. Besides, it should be noted here that the Spanish-language version she performed was originally commissioned by the U.S. State Department in 1945 during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration. Nezza, who is a 30-year-old artist whose full name is Vanessa, sang the Spanish version on the field before the Dodgers faced the San Franciso Giants. I doubt if some of her critics would have freaked out had someone else performed the national anthem in German or Italian.
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