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Total number of comments: 5 (since 2013-11-28 16:44:37)

J.S. "Steve" Livacich

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  • Bradley Manning Trial aimed at Silencing Whistleblowers? (Democracy Now!)
    • J. Steven "Steve" Livacich 06/07/2013 at 2:39 pm

      It seems that the model of Israel and Vanunu is the model for Pvt Manning--everyone knows that Israel has nuclear and chemical weapons, but will not admit to it--everyone knew that there were war crimes and attrocities in Iraq but did not have to admit to knowing of it until Bradley Manning released the WikiLeaks cables. A now dead Congressman, George Brown of California, found that once he was on the intelligence committee that the inteligence agencies knew little more than the NY Times reported--"knowlege"and ths source of "knowlege"was more important the intelligance itself. Manning has destroyed the deniability about Iraq.

  • Understanding the Palestinians' Dilemma: From al-Araqib to Susiya (Video)
    • J. Steven "STEVE" Livacich 05/15/2013 at 4:51 pm

      This perhaps the first time that "ROUND Up" has been identified as a weapon for genocidal ethnic "cleansing"!
      This is a new twist in forced displacement of the ethnic native population of Palestine that can only be ignorred for
      a limited time into the future. That the Monsanto product could be used as such chemical weapon in Al-Araqib becomes a focul point to address both the the issues of ethnic cleansing and chemical use of the Monsanto products and
      herbicides in general. J.S.L.

  • Palestinians Protest illegal Israeli Theft of Water Rights
    • J. Steven Livacich 03/28/2013 at 7:16 pm

      The water use and land grab is not a new issue--I first read of it in Time and Newsweek in 1969.

  • A Post-Mortem on Muslim Rage: What did the reaction to the Islamophobic Trailer Really Tell Us? (Abootalebi)
    • J.S. "Steve" Livacich 10/12/2012 at 7:40 pm

      A local personality Steve Kline, admittedly involved with the "Innocence of Muslims" intimated that the film was deliberately contrived and released during election season to inflame anti-US demonstrations to create an election year crisis for the Obama administration. He is from Hemet Ca. and was recently interviewed on Loma Linda -- Redlands Ca. radio. Part of that interview was carried by the Redlands Daily Facts around Sept.15. JSL

  • Romney as Mr. Rogers (Video Satire by Jimmy Fallon)
    • J.S. Livacich 10/10/2012 at 6:40 pm

      A cartoonist might return to the image of a Mr. Rogers carving up a "Big Bird" on Thanksgiving while remarking how little meat was on the bones. I recall something of such from previous campaigns going back to Reagan, or G.H.W.Bush, and I
      remember that Conservative voters match almost evenly Liberal voters favoring PBS at about 57%. J.S.L.

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