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Category Archives: Israel
Decoding the Role of the Body in the Body Politic (10-13-24)
01:00 The Embodied Expression Of The Elite Attitude, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15762811:50 Why VP Debate Moderators Were So Terrible, and Serving Elites Over Viewers, with Fifth Column Hosts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRUNGmd53812:40 Kip joins 1:00:00 Kip’s anti-Israel analysis1:07:30 The magical 1:11:00 The Extended Mind: The Power … Continue reading
Israel’s dream of remaking the Middle East (10-11-24)
The Embodied Expression Of The Elite Attitude
In his Oct. 7, 2024 “Israel Update” video with the Hudson Institute’s Middle East analyst Michael Doran, right-wing Israeli historian Gadi Taub selected this as his dumbest media commentary moment of the week: “[Journalist] Ilana Dayan speaking on CNN to … Continue reading
Functional & Dysfunctional Violence: Israel readies attack on Iran (10-7-24)
Foreign Policy magazine: “The conclusion therefore is that settler violence leading to the transfer of communities is functional, even if the army does not directly manage it, because it serves the goal of territorial control—something the IDF could not officially … Continue reading
Decoding Israel’s Seven-Front War (10-6-24)
01:00 Steve Hsu: Iran vs Israel: Implications for Missile Defense, https://stevehsu.substack.com/p/iran-vs-israel-implications-for-missile04:00 Michael Doran on October 7 one year later, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ig9ftKAk413:30 Five reasons why Israel’s 7-front war is so hard to win, https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/10/five-reasons-why-israels-7-front-war-is-so-hard-to-win/14:20 Dooovid joins, https://x.com/RebDoooovid28:00 Dooovid has been anti-Zionist for … Continue reading
Should Israel Change Its Communication Style? (9-30-24)
01:00 Can Israel kill its way to peace?03:00 Commentary magazine commentary, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwnA-iJfEcA14:00 Surrounded by Idiots | 4 Types of Human Behavior, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWNFcojSrwM15:00 Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business … Continue reading
Will Israel Humiliate Hezbollah Into Submission? (9-22-24)
02:00 Israeli incursion into Lebanon ‘will drag US, Iraq into war’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhbyKgJrrBU10:15 Israel-Hezbollah retaliations: ‘It could be war’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugaCRZp9FC017:00 Dumb media tropes: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15750228:30 Dooovid joins, https://x.com/RebDoooovid41:00 Fahad joins (subpar audio for 25 minutes) 1:06:00 Dooovid returns, https://x.com/RebDoooovid1:08:00 Dooovid is anti-Zionist … Continue reading