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  Could Israel’s Destructive Actions Mean Its Own Self-Destruction?   By David Starr   Israel has become more unpopular worldwide considering its criminal destruction of Gaza; and military aggression against its other neighbors.    Israel, therefore, could be setting itself up for a big fall. Its fascist government has proven time and again that it is willing to employ Nazi-like tactics against Palestinians. Its supporters, many times in fits of hysteria, have further tarnished its reputation.   A Pew Research Center  survey conducted  in March 2025, for example, showed that Israeli support for the taking of Gaza has decreased. Although 42% of Israelis favor its occupation of Gaza, compared to two percent, this “view has fallen 8 percentage points since last year, from 50%.” So, even though a majority of Israelis still support occupation, there is an increase of Israelis who at the least question it.   Still, the fascist government has a larg...

  Is the U.S. Monetary Empire in its Death Throes?   By David Starr   As history has shown, and repeated, various empires have gone through a process of birth, ascendency, a “glorious” rise and peak, a decline, and a fall. Is the United States monetary empire any different? At the rate things are going in the USA and around the world, the answer is, no, it is repeating a process of previous empires.   Particularly after World War II, the USA reached new heights to become the leader of the “free” world. (Free for whom to do what?) The U.S. population enjoyed a decent standard of living, a degree of democracy, and more or less good standing worldwide, depending on what nation or bloc we’re talking about. There was, after all, the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.   The Cold War supposedly ended with the official dissolving of the USSR in December 1991. The USA, however, not only did not dissolve, it picked up where it left off before...

  MAGA Nuttery: An Exercise in Gross Ignorance   By David Starr   Rather than “gross ignorance,” one could use the term, “utter stupidity,” in the title of this article. But the former is also appropriate for MAGA cult followers. Either way, the accusations and excuses coming from the right deserve strong criticism.   AOL  published an  article originally  from the  Atlantic  magazine which goes into the virtual hopelessness of the rhetoric of hardline MAGA followers in worshipping Trump, their “god.”    Elaine Godfrey is the author of the article, and she writes, “Earlier this month [April], after it became clear that the Trump [regime] would not be facilitating the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a Salvadoran mega-prison, I texted a close childhood friend. He’d voted for Donald Trump in each of the past three elections, and I asked for his evaluation. ‘Trump may be taking it too far, [b]ut then again, he’s a man of action and ...

  Revolutionary Fervor in the USA? Is This for Real?   By David Starr   Something should be made clear here. What the right-wing in the USA have been attempting has been called a revolution. It certainly is not a revolution, and it’s not radical. It’s a reaction by reactionaries who want to go back to an antiquated past, however digressive and delusional that is.   According to a July 2024 article in  Politico , (originally from the  Associated Press ) before the 2024 presidential election, an  example of reaction  came from a reactionary named Kevin Roberts who is the leader of the fascistic think tank, the Heritage Foundation. From here, the term Fascist Foundation will be used.    Roberts was a guest on Nazi Steve Bannon’s  War Room  podcast. Among the incendiary remarks made by Roberts were the following: He claimed that Republicans are “in the process of taking this country back.” He also claimed that the USA is on track f...

  Is Hamas as Terrorist as Zionists and Their Supporters Claim? By David Starr Hardline Israel supporters have used a few epithets repeatedly in their attempts to condemn Hamas and its Oct. 2023 attack which left about 1,200 Israelis dead. It’s gotten to the point of absurdity considering Israel has gone way beyond self-defense in its attempted genocide of Palestinians.    Included in the  hardliners accusations  are the words “terrorists,” “Nazis,” “human animals,” and “wild beasts.” And this is meant not just for Hamas but the whole Palestinian population. It’s Israel’s version of the Final Solution.    The western media (in particular the U.S. media) and Israel’s media have largely not been reliable sources to report on the Israel-Palestine conflict and what Hamas is and what it has done.    In the background of about 70 years of occupation and settlements, Hamas’s Oct. 2023 attack was not the start of the conflict, although Zionists and t...

  Right-wing Snowflakes: the Ultimate in Racism, Hypocrisy and Intolerance By David Starr Rather than confront the darker side of the United States and learn how the present has been shaped by past actions, there are those within the U.S. population who refuse, or are afraid of, learning about inconvenient truths. Instead, they dwell in the past, trying to revive the old United States in an effort to be exceptional, to be ultranationalists.   There are white folks who are offended by discussing inconvenient truths like racism, among other “taboo” subjects. They don’t want their children to feel uncomfortable about having an honest examination of the USA’s past and its connection to the present.    One of the “taboo” subjects that fire up the right-wing is respecting the rights of the LGBT community. Based on religious fanatism, they are dead set in shutting out this demographic. If they are challenged for their intolerance, they pathetically try to play the victim. T...