Category Archives: Palestine

Morning Awful: Romney’s Israeli Kulturkampf

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Romney’s Israeli Kulturkampf”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail This is the kind of nonsense that makes me want to drink Strychnine and handle snakes. Governor Romney showed up in Israel to talk about the deficiencies of Palestinian “culture:” Mitt Romney … Continue reading →

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Israeli Audacity of Stopping Hope

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Israeli Audacity of Stopping Hope”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI picked Montgomery, Alabama over being on this boat. Thankfully, CNN still does some international reporting and has a correspondent on board the Audacity of Hope. If you’ve been following Max Blumenthal’s excellent … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “A Thousand Words”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo this photo went out on the wire: And Reuters cropped it: Which Little Green Footballs’ Charles Johnson calls “proof” that (A) activists were armed with knives (B) Reuters is cropping photos for propaganda purposes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cognitive Dissonance, Israel, Palestine, photography, political framing | 1 Comment

Flotilla Of The Tennessee

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Flotilla Of The Tennessee”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail As this posts, I am actually away from the computer floating on a river. A canoe flotilla will be gathering trash in Tennessee this weekend; great fun and camping will be experienced. I … Continue reading →

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Prepare to Repel Boarders

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Prepare to Repel Boarders”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe national mythology of a plucky, lucky people determined in the face of overwhelming odds hasn’t been true of Israel since the 1970s, yet it still warps American reactions to events over there. Consider … Continue reading →

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Nonviolence Applied to Israel

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Nonviolence Applied to Israel”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIs it just me, or have all the optics of US-Israeli relations been turned on their heads? Obama’s Israel policy has been consistent: while maintaining the security alliance, he’s patiently and persistently insisted on … Continue reading →

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Rules of Politics

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Rules of Politics”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I’m going out on a totally-unsupported limb here and rethink my whole attitude towards the Dubai assassination mess just on this guy’s say-so: “There is no reason to think that it was the Israeli … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Photo of the Day”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail No, your browser’s working correctly. That’s the actual picture, black empty space and all. Condi Rice stands alone on a huge stage, proclaiming “progress” in the quicksands of Palestine. Thanks to Michael Shaw … Continue reading →