Topix Underground

"..In #Israel, thousands of protesters are marching on the Ayalon highway and police are making arrests. They want their govt. to accept the deal with Hamas.."

"...Here is a difficult truth: A part of the American political spectrum is not merely a passive recipient of the combined authoritarian narratives that come from Russia, China, and their ilk, but an active participant in creating and spreading them. Like the leaders of those countries, the American MAGA right also wants Americans to believe that their democracy is degenerate, their elections illegitimate, their civilization dying. The MAGA movement’s leaders also have an interest in pumping nihilism and cynicism into the brains of their fellow citizens, and in convincing them that nothing they see is true. Their goals are so similar that it is hard to distinguish between the online American alt-right and its foreign amplifiers, who have multiplied since the days when this was solely a Russian project. Tucker Carlson has even promoted the fear of a color revolution in America, lifting the phrase directly from Russian propaganda. The Chinese have joined in too: Earlier this year, a group of Chinese accounts that had previously been posting pro-Chinese material in Mandarin began posting in English, using MAGA symbols and attacking President Joe Biden. They showed fake images of Biden in prison garb, made fun of his age, and called him a satanist pedophile. One Chinese-linked account reposted an RT video repeating the lie that Biden had sent a neo-Nazi criminal to fight in Ukraine. Alex Jones’s reposting of the lie on social media reached some 400,000 people..."

"..“While TikTok is a convenient scapegoat for lawmakers, the reality is that American public support for Israel’s continued assault on Gaza has waned considerably since the start of the war. In the face of widespread devastation in Gaza, impending famine, and the deaths of more than 34,000 Palestinians — many of them women and children — Americans increasingly feel that Israel’s response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack has been outsized and excessive. The sentiment has resulted in nationwide protests calling for the end of American military support for Israel, and no social media ban will make that go away.”.."

I am back just ahead of the storm.  Just a handful of people who have been sucked by the propaganda that israel can do no wrong.  The facts say a whole lot different.

Happy you're back...when I read several hours after you post that you're heading over the mountain for 2 days. My heart takes a hit.

;-)

"..Spain has successfully delivered a new batch of PATRIOT SAM interceptors to Ukraine Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles confirmed the delivery, per El Mundo.."

"..Rheinmetall CEO, Armin Papperger, reports that the company will not only deliver hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine this year, but also some prototype shells which have a range of 100 km.."