Category: Gun Violence / Mass Shootings

War in Gaza takes heavy toll on children

By my dogs that love gravy … damn, damn, damn, fucking bastards, goddamn swear word swear word.   I can not even think of enough vile words to say about this.  This is a sickening example of how the Israeli government see the Palestinians, including children.   I watched a video this morning of an Israeli government official justifying this mass slaughter and genocide saying they were not causing it, Hamas was.  They hit us (why because we were mistreating their people) hurting / killing 1,200 hundred of our so we can kill over 23,000 of them 10,000 of them confirmed children, and force the others to live in worse conditions than abandon animals.  Oh, and Israel took over a university / school system in Gaza, used it as their headquarters, “interrogated” Palestinians there, then proudly blew it all up, so no Palestinian could come back and someday be educated there.   That is a war crime.   All of this is.  

13 year old children trying to be the parents of 7 siblings because their parents are dead, with only other refuges to help.  They have nothing, and Israel gloats over this.  I am angry.  Hugs.   Scottie

 

As Israel presses on against Hamas in Gaza, children there are facing growing misery. Richard Engel reports on a 13-year-old who is now raising his seven siblings after his parents were likely killed.

History Made: South Africa Takes Israel To Court

South Africa presented it’s case, an 84-page filing, at the ICJ for why Israel is in violation of international humanitarian law.

No end in sight as Israel-Hamas war hits 100-day mark

Media call this a war.  It is not.  It is a slaughter, it is a state-driven terrorism with the goal of genocide, against a people with no air force or anti-missile technology to help them.  They are sitting ducks in a pen, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, no way to fight back.  The Gaza civilians, women and children are not Hamas, they have no weapons to fight with.  All they can do is suffer and die.   Israel tries to justify it saying they were attacked, Hamas started.  One boy hits another boy doesn’t give the struck boy the right to kill the other boy’s entire family and neighborhood.  Israel lies about allowing food and other aid into Gaza because it is about causing as much hurt, pain, and destruction as possible.  The Israeli government think they are above any attempts to stop them and have the right to do what ever they want to anyone they like.   We need to show them they are wrong.   Hugs.  Scottie 

With the Israel-Hamas war entering its 100th day, there is growing international concern about the increasing civilian death toll in Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue the assault. Meanwhile, vigils were held in Israel in support of those who remain held hostage in Gaza. Charlie D’Agata reports.

100 days of Israel-Hamas war: AP looks at conflict’s impact on the region

Over 23,000 Palestinians dead, about 11,000 are children, most of the rest are women.  There are an estimated 2 million people homeless and displaced, with no shelter or food in the winter cold and rain.  Israel said it won’t stop, it says it will continue what it is doing all through 2024.  Their plan is for an incredible dense small area reservation tightly controlled by Israel, which hopes to force the Palestinians to become so desperate they will either overwhelm the Egyptian border or die off and leaving until there are no Palestinians left.  Israel has said they are working to force deport the all Palestinians from Gaza and the West bank.  This is a land grab genocide by Israel.   Different officials in the government admit it.  Bibi brags about knifing the US in the back as he has demanded more money, he laughs as he claims he prevented any attempt to form a two-state solution.  He is as racist against Palestinians as republicans are toward brown people.  Hugs.  Scottie

Now 100 days old, the latest Israel-Hamas war is by far the longest, bloodiest, and most destructive conflict between the bitter enemies.

UN Court Starts Genocide Hearing Against Israel Despite US Calling Case ‘Meritless’

A U.N. court began hearings this week on South Africa’s case against Israel for genocide — a bid to stop the conflict in Gaza and document what the Palestinian ally calls Israeli forces’ “genocidal conduct.” The U.S. calls the case “meritless.” Anita Powell reports; Patsy Widakuswara contributed.

A few more Majority Report clips. I love the show.

The Majority Report … some clips

DeSantis: Kids Used To Bring Rifles To School In The 1950s And Therefore We Didn’t Have Mass Shootings

DeSantis: Kids Used To Bring Rifles To School In The 1950s And Therefore We Didn’t Have Mass Shootings

This is nuts!  What a pandering liar.  No one who ever went to a public school thinks that kids walked the halls and sat in classes armed.  What crazy hillbilly fever dream is this.  Think of the hormones of kids raging, fights happening all the time, now add guns.  Oh yes it would be like it is today with angry upset kids having too much access to guns.   Hugs.  Scottie

Biden Admin. Tells On Itself With Disturbing Admission About Israel

This video was recorded weeks ago.   Yet at this point Israel had destroyed 98,000 buildings, and most if not all would have had people in them or near them.  At this time the Palestinian death toll is over 20,000 and 1/3 of them are children.   Hugs.  Scottie

Ari Tolany, research consultant for Women for Weapons Trade Transparency, to discuss her recent piece that she co-authored in In These Times entitled “How Israel Got an Endless Supply of U.S.-Made Smart Bombs.”

Tolany walks Sam through the particular proliferation of Precision Guided Missiles in these overseas stockpiles, and the contradictory nature of why these missiles are manufactured (reducing collateral damage) and how they have been used by US allies – namely Saudi Arabia and Israel – before wrapping up with a brief conversation on the importance of international investigation in actually holding the US accountable for their bombs.

Let’s talk about stats, rates, correlation and causation…