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Elon Musk Has "Come Out!"  Of Adolf Hitler's Closet-- "The Rosen Report" Commentary on a new insightful piece in "The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/05/elon-musk-george-soros-anti-semites/674072/ There are three kinds of anti-semites. Those who are passive, meaning that they have accepted and tolerated a variety of anti-semitic tropes, which they have absorbed through their upbringing, religious or social environment, and to which they never strongly object, while not however believing themselves to be bigots. Then there are ideological anti-semites, who have incorporated these beliefs as part of their intellectual identity, and extend them into their social, political or religious lives in a way which shapes their philosophy, if not their politics. These are people who need conspiracy theories to make sense of a world which they are too intellectually lazy to investigate, or try to understand. They need a scapegoat to blame f...

And It's Chris Christie, Coming Off The Top Rope-- Picture if you will, a WWE extravaganza featuring a grudge match between two super-heavyweights (literally) in which one wrestling star is just play-acting for the audience, and the other is not acting at all. The non-acting wrestler despises his opponent and is out to hurt him. Instead of a prop, he uses a real metal chair to bash his head in, and then does a step-over toe hold followed by a sleeper hold in order to choke out his opponent for real.  The guy that's acting never knew what hit him. This is what happened today. And it is very, very  interesting. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-christie-slams-trump-as-putins-puppet-cnn-town-hall-20230511-4huwsybp6fdodifslz2owb3liu-story.html Now, I already hear you thinking, "Chris Christie, that jerk, that corrupt opportunist and super-ambitious Republican flesh blob whose campaign for President stands as much chance of succeeding as him b...

(Photo credit: Slate, May 10, 2023)  George Santos: The Long Awaited Defenestration-- The "Slate" article linked here is the most intelligible overview I've seen yet on the scale and scope of the alleged financial fraud which Santos carried out over a time frame which overlapped his political campaigns. It is must read, though a little longish and somewhat like exploring a catacomb.  When you read this account, being a normal person, you'll find yourself asking how it is possible to mastermind such a far-flung scheme, right smack in the middle of the financial "ground zero" known as New York, where Wall Street and the Securities Exchange Commission co-exist in an uneasy tug of war. This, with all concerned maintaining their territorial power sharing arrangement in which there are at least limits to both overt theft and fraud, and as well the Laissez Faire "hands off" policy towards the money making engine which drives our capitalist so-called syste...

For Your Files: NY Daily News' S.E. Cupp Writes Overview Of Trump And Family's Years Long Embrace Of Nazis-- What Do We Think That Means For Us?  Cupp is a noted conservative anti-Trump writer and pundit, who has written for CNN (before they went rotten to the core) and others. Everything in her article has been written about previously, but it is still of value because she pulls together the whole picture through one concise summary, "Team Trump's Axis With Hitler's American Friends."  https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-team-trumps-axis-with-hitlers-american-friends-20230510-7jbasxhfnzd3vecjb3tkur6nga-story.html So, keep this handy, just in case you have a run-in with some stupid religious-nationalist idiot who wants to argue that Trump is the greatest President ever for Israel, and therefore the best choice for American Jews and Christian Evangelicals.  And BTW, my advice on discussing the CNN atrocity of last night, don't get bogged down in the...

Nazis In Miami-- Lox Them Up Miami has been historically a major destination for Jewish retirees and snowbirds from the Northern US. My parents retired there for a time and I have family in the area. They have some of the best Deli's outside of New York and Philly.  Because Miami has traditionally been heavily Jewish, that is why the Nazis are having their conference there, as a provocation.  Trump's Hotel contracted with them, and Eric Trump is appearing on stage with them. As a provocation.  This is one of the things which shocks and outrages a normal person, but has been largely normalized in the age of Trump. But the worst thing which has been "normalized" is the passivity and acceptance of it by those people who claim to be shocked and outraged.  What are we going to do after we are finished watching Rachel Maddow? Do we have a list of relatives, friends, others who are Trump supporters, donors, voters, who claim to love Jews and Israel, claim to be "pro-lif...