Tag Archives: Gaza

Giving thanks at the swamp

Posted on November 28, 2025 by oddmanout215

I couldn’t remember whose turn it was this year, so I went ahead and bought the turkey hoagies at Wawa while there was still time. When I got back my neighbor Swamp Rabbit was sitting on his porch, sipping whisky … Continue reading →

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The media gets lost in the fog of war again

Posted on October 21, 2023 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit and I were re-reading a New York Times story posted shortly after the October 17 Gaza hospital explosion that killed scores, or perhaps hundreds, of civilians. The question of who’s responsible for the explosion is still up in … Continue reading →

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‘Bibi’ remains bad news for Mideast peace seekers

Posted on October 14, 2023 by oddmanout215

From an op-ed in Washington Post, a few days after Hamas fighters massacred more than 1,300 people in a surprise attack on Israel by land, sea and air: For many years, Israel has been governed by a populist strongman, Benjamin Netanyahu, … Continue reading →

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Bombing an open-air prison called Gaza

Posted on November 18, 2012 by oddmanout215

Glenn Greenwald, reminding us why the Israeli military is able to be so brazenly aggressive in its treatment of Gaza, which Noam Chomsky has called “the world’s largest open-air prison:” …That the Netanyahu government knows that any attempt to condemn … Continue reading →

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