Baseline of a Desecrated Land VII: Poisoned Streams

Part 7 of a 12 part series examining the ecological impacts

of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. 

By Dick Callahan:

Toxic Streams and disappearing groundwater

“…and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.” Kings 18.

Kishon: If Elijah was around today he might just tell the Israelites to kill the 450 Ba’al prophets by tossing them into the Kishon. Visualize a waterway where whatever swims or flies into it dies. The Kishon got so bad that not even bacteria could survive. Who knew that was even possible? But, Dr. Yishayahu Bar-Or, a Deputy Director with Israel Environmental Protection Ministry, says that the river reached a point where it was, “absolutely dead–even bacteria were not able to live there because it was more acidic than coca cola.”

Housework Beat-Up Shortchanges Men's Labour

Bettina presents research showing that despite the feminist complaints about overburdened women, men and women contribute equally to households, if you add paid plus unpaid work.

Breaking Up BigAg

Max and Stacy discuss Donald Trump’s promise to break up Obamacare’s high deductibles racket while Elizabeth Warren vows to take own Big Agriculture which is destroying the small farmer competition. In the second half, Max continues his conversation with Craig Hemke of TFMetalsReport.com. They discuss precious metals, negative interest rates, central bank intervention, and the future of the economy.

Regarding Men: Fearless Girl

Men Are Good!: Paul, Tom, and Janice discuss the many angles of the Fearless Girl story. Links below to much of the supporting data.

The Devil’s Misandry: “Cut Off Your Penis And Kill Yourself”

By Author Douglas Galbi: In northern France in the eleventh century, a young man and woman began living together without the legal bond of matrimony. That was then commonly considered a sin. The man resolved to go on a pilgrimage by himself to the Church of Saint James of Compostela in northwestern Spain. He went with “pious intention {piae intentionis}.”
The pilgrim couldn’t leave behind his desire for the woman. He brought with him her sash. He “abused it to remind him of her {eo pro ejus recordatione abutitur}.” In other words, he masturbated with it.
The Devil disguised as a vision of Saint James appeared to the pilgrim. The devil said to him:

I am James to whom you are hurrying, but you’re carrying with you something that greatly dishonors my honor. Until now you have wallowed in a pigsty of all-consuming fornication, meaning that you merely want to appear penitent. You proclaim you are making your way to my presence, as if it were the first fruit of conversion, but you are still bound up in the sash of that nasty little slut of yours.

Effacing The Male

'The most shocking double

standard in our lifetime.'

By Mark Dent: Whenever I look back over my articles, there is a recurring theme. It is the utterly gob smacking, gut-wrenching application of double standards.
Nothing ever stirred a roaring furnace in my heart more powerfully than my awareness of a deliberate, calculated preferential treatment of one group or individual over another, particularly when those perpetrating this outrage repeatedly insisted, they were nothing but just and consistent in their treatment of those who were under their control.
We all have memories of teachers who blatantly favored one student or one group in a class and it always caused burning resentment. It happens in families, schools, football teams and countries.
How often did I hear my football coaches make the same preseason speech, year after year?

Hamas Won Again

'Israel may not be defeated by Quasam rockets but by its own Ghetto mentality.'

By ex-Jew Gilad Atzmon: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a decisive victory yesterday. He is likely to carry on to a fifth term in office. As of this morning, the right-wing bloc has a clear advantage of 65 seats (out of 120) over the centre/left parties and seems more likely to form a coalition. ...The meaning of yesterday’s election results are obvious and undeniable. The Israeli left is now marginal, verging on non-existent. The Israeli Labour party has been reduced to a miniature caricature, pretty much the size of Meretz, themselves a parody of left thinking. Needless to mention that these two parties are Zionist to the core.

Baseline Of A Desecrated Land VI: Awash In Sewage

Part 6 of a 12 part series examining the ecological impacts
of Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
By Dick Callahan:
Sewage Quiz and nowhere to go 

“…with clear waters and action packed beaches, each one of Tel Aviv’s 16 beaches has its own style and attracts certain personalities.” Israeli Ministry of Tourism website

“But you cannot have clean water if people are still defecating in the river.” The visionary Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organization.
Okay, fellow Americans. It’s time for a pop quiz.

1) How many metric tons of raw or hardly treated sewage go straight into the Mediterranean Sea from Gaza every day?
a) 1 Mt
b) 11 Mt
c) 11,000 Mt
d) This is a trick question. Hamas wants to drive Israel into the sea.

“…A Sick Pornographic Sex Toy Used To Train People To Mutilate Little Baby Boys”

'Scalpel, box cutter, and yard clipper accessories are sold separately.'
By Gary Costanza: In the face of the insanity that a circumcision “kit” even exists, I’ve found some hard-hitting activist and creative gold in the comments and questions at the Amazon listing. Bullshit like infant genital mutilation will be called out every time, and in this case by cleverly using hilarious satire to inform about a tragic topic.
You can read them all here – as long as they last – but for your convenience and posterity, I’ve screenshot them below, starting with my own comment.
First, here’s the actual listing:
by Nasco

Infant Circumcision Trainer, White

2.2 out of 5 stars    55 customer reviews