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The most consequential statement by Secretary o-fly zone would provide “safe zones on the ground” was in “the best interests of the people on the ground in Syria” and would “help us with our fight against ISIS.”

Clinton in last night’s debate was her pronouncement that a no-fly zone over Syria could “save lives and hasten the end of the conflict,” that a n

It would do none of the above. A US attempt to impose a no-fly zone in Syria would, as Secretary Clinton once cautioned a Goldman Sachs audience, “kill a lot of Syrians,” and, according to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Dunford, lead to a war with Russia. If the US has not been invited into a country to establish a “no-fly zone” such an action is, in fact, an invasion, an act of war.

A little over a week ago, a few details from Bob Woodward’s new book conveniently leaked to the press, including some downright dirty words from our President, Joe Biden, to describe Benjamin Netanyahu, the thrice-criminally indicted (so far) Prime Minister of Israel. 

SLUGGO WASSERMAN:  The prime mover of today’s show is an outrageous column that appeared in the LA Times attacking Jane Fonda’s magnificent op-ed questioning the move to re-open the atomic reactor at Three Mile Island.

http://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/three-mile-island-restart-nuclear-energy-microsoft-jane-fonda-20241002.html

Jane Fonda has turned out to be one of the world's great activists.  She’s a wonderful human being, two-time Oscar winner, everybody in LA knows who Jane Fonda is.

She’s written one of the best op eds I’ve read on nuclear power.  It has appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer.  It’s about 3 Mile Island, which they want to reopen. 

Somebody in the American utility industry ate the brown acid at Woodstock and they keep coming up with these insane ideas.

Dear Vice President Harris:

Allow me to offer my assessment as to where we stand regarding our hopes for your victory in the State of Michigan…

1. Your stunning candidacy has given tens of millions throughout the country a new hope — and a belief that we can save our Democracy, restore women’s fundamental rights, and create an economy where everyone has a seat at the table and a slice of the pie. 

2. Those of us from Michigan have serious concerns about you possibly losing Michigan — and we just can’t let that happen. We fear you may not have the whole picture that we see here on the ground. This is why we are reaching out to you. 

3. The war on Gaza has not only resulted in the deaths of 42,000+ civilians (nearly half of them children), but those still alive are literally being starved to death. Most hospitals, schools and social services have been obliterated. This suffering must end. 

This week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control in a joint action with Canada Public Safety Ministery have officially designating the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, or “Samidoun,” as a foreign terrorist organization and you would never guess why. Toronto Star ran a story yesterday, October 15, 2024, citing Canadian officials who accused the organization of spreading hate. Seriously? The US' reason was that Samidoun act as a sham charity that serves as a fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Again, zero evidence. I will get to that in a in minute! 

“The past carries unforgettable trauma and pain across the land and among generations of refugees; yet we choose to transform victimhood into agency. We want to be the authors of our future.”

Let these words resonate. In a sense, they’re all we have — if we oppose war and envision a future that transcends it. I’ve quoted these words of Ali Abu Awwad before. They’re part of the Palestinian Nonviolence Charter, but they reach beyond Palestine: deep into the soul, and the hope, of all humanity.