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		By: T J		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This story is dated two days ago, but I think it hasn’t been shared here.

HEADLINE “ The Biden administration is behind an ICC plan to arrest senior Israeli officials” American Thinker ^ Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/report_the_biden_administration_is_behind_an_icc_plan_to_arrest_senior_israeli_officials.html

Report of the plan comes from  an unconfirmed but reliable source via Caroline Glick.

The enemies of civilisation never sleep.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This story is dated two days ago, but I think it hasn’t been shared here.</p>
<p>HEADLINE “ The Biden administration is behind an ICC plan to arrest senior Israeli officials” American Thinker ^ Andrea Widburg<br />
<a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/report_the_biden_administration_is_behind_an_icc_plan_to_arrest_senior_israeli_officials.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/report_the_biden_administration_is_behind_an_icc_plan_to_arrest_senior_israeli_officials.html</a></p>
<p>Report of the plan comes from  an unconfirmed but reliable source via Caroline Glick.</p>
<p>The enemies of civilisation never sleep.</p>
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		By: Banned Lizard		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/04/26/open-thread-4-26-24/#comment-2736563</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Banned Lizard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 07:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/04/26/this-is-1984-faculty-participation-pro-hamas-demonstrations-wake-up-call-americans-professor-says/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#039;m a professor!&quot;&lt;/a&gt;

Yes you are, which makes you even more repugnant than the clueless children you are leading to the deepest depths of hell.

As Daniel Greenfield says, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.frontpagemag.com/theyre-protesting-for-genocide-not-against-genocide-video/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;They’re Protesting for Genocide, Not Against Genocide&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/04/26/this-is-1984-faculty-participation-pro-hamas-demonstrations-wake-up-call-americans-professor-says/" rel="nofollow ugc">&#8220;I&#8217;m a professor!&#8221;</a></p>
<p>Yes you are, which makes you even more repugnant than the clueless children you are leading to the deepest depths of hell.</p>
<p>As Daniel Greenfield says, <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/theyre-protesting-for-genocide-not-against-genocide-video/" rel="nofollow ugc"><b>They’re Protesting for Genocide, Not Against Genocide</b></a>.</p>
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		By: IrishOtter49		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[IrishOtter49]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[om:

Thanks. Good cites. Note: in the Red Army&#039;s &quot;Operation Mars&quot; alone, a sub-battle of the Rzhev series of battles, planned and directed by Zhukov, the Soviets lost more men and equipment than the Germans did at Stalingrad. It was, as David Glantz observed, &quot;Zhukov&#039;s worst defeat,&quot; and for that reason the Soviet Union suppressed information about it for the next 50 years. What it shows is that the Battle of Stalingrad was not decisive, not the turning point of the war the Soviets claimed it was. The Soviets suffered the equivalent of two or even three &quot;Stalingrads&quot; in the Rzhev slaughterhouse. The war was far from over when Paulus surrendered at Stalingrad, and it was by no means a given that the Soviets would prevail. Which is why Stalin continued, through 1943 and into 1944, to send out peace feelers through neutral channels to see if a negotiated settlement of the conflict with Germany was possible -- independent of what the Western Allies were doing. The Soviets were at pains to suppress reports and information about their efforts in this regard. They were willing to sell out the Western Allies if was within their interests to do so. Paul Johnson writes about this in &quot;Modern Times,&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>om:</p>
<p>Thanks. Good cites. Note: in the Red Army&#8217;s &#8220;Operation Mars&#8221; alone, a sub-battle of the Rzhev series of battles, planned and directed by Zhukov, the Soviets lost more men and equipment than the Germans did at Stalingrad. It was, as David Glantz observed, &#8220;Zhukov&#8217;s worst defeat,&#8221; and for that reason the Soviet Union suppressed information about it for the next 50 years. What it shows is that the Battle of Stalingrad was not decisive, not the turning point of the war the Soviets claimed it was. The Soviets suffered the equivalent of two or even three &#8220;Stalingrads&#8221; in the Rzhev slaughterhouse. The war was far from over when Paulus surrendered at Stalingrad, and it was by no means a given that the Soviets would prevail. Which is why Stalin continued, through 1943 and into 1944, to send out peace feelers through neutral channels to see if a negotiated settlement of the conflict with Germany was possible &#8212; independent of what the Western Allies were doing. The Soviets were at pains to suppress reports and information about their efforts in this regard. They were willing to sell out the Western Allies if was within their interests to do so. Paul Johnson writes about this in &#8220;Modern Times,&#8221;</p>
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		By: Brian E		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 03:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While our eternal nature is accepted, the resurrection of our bodies is foundational to Christianity. 

Paul makes this point in his first letter to the Corinthians, where a controversy had arisen about the resurrection.
&lt;blockquote&gt;But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.....For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15: 16-20 &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Then later in the letter, he describes the nature of these resurrected bodies.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.
They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
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For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled:
“Death is swallowed up in victory&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

So, what is a &quot;spiritual body&quot;? Jesus, who spent time among his followers certainly had a body that was recognizable-- who ate with his disciples-- yet could transcend this dimension. 

Does this spiritual &quot;reality&quot; exist in other dimensions mingled with ours but impenetrable to us, while accessible from these other places?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While our eternal nature is accepted, the resurrection of our bodies is foundational to Christianity. </p>
<p>Paul makes this point in his first letter to the Corinthians, where a controversy had arisen about the resurrection.</p>
<blockquote><p>But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.<br />
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain&#8230;..For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.<br />
If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15: 16-20 </p></blockquote>
<p>Then later in the letter, he describes the nature of these resurrected bodies.</p>
<blockquote><p>Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.<br />
They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br />
For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.<br />
Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled:<br />
“Death is swallowed up in victory&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>So, what is a &#8220;spiritual body&#8221;? Jesus, who spent time among his followers certainly had a body that was recognizable&#8211; who ate with his disciples&#8211; yet could transcend this dimension. </p>
<p>Does this spiritual &#8220;reality&#8221; exist in other dimensions mingled with ours but impenetrable to us, while accessible from these other places?</p>
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		By: om		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 03:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IrishOtter49:

A short video for others who may never have heard of it.

&lt;b&gt;Never heard of Rzhev Meat Grinder? Here is why... - Military History Not Visualized&lt;/b&gt;


and

&lt;b&gt;Rzhev Slaughterhouse - Battles of the Rzhev Salient (1942-1943) - Militaary History Not Visualized&lt;/b&gt;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-E9ZsactbM]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IrishOtter49:</p>
<p>A short video for others who may never have heard of it.</p>
<p><b>Never heard of Rzhev Meat Grinder? Here is why&#8230; &#8211; Military History Not Visualized</b></p>
<p>and</p>
<p><b>Rzhev Slaughterhouse &#8211; Battles of the Rzhev Salient (1942-1943) &#8211; Militaary History Not Visualized</b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-E9ZsactbM" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-E9ZsactbM</a></p>
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		By: Banned Lizard		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/04/26/open-thread-4-26-24/#comment-2736527</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 02:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, how NPR devolved into the abomination it is today is of little interest to many of us. But for those with an academic interest, former NPR panelist Rod Thomson describes three stages culminating in the network becoming&lt;a href=&quot;https://humanevents.com/2024/04/24/rod-thomson-npr-is-irredeemable&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt; irredeemable&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.

What needs to be done is obvious, but the congressional Dem+RINO coalition year after year keeps making sure it never happens.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meanwhile, how NPR devolved into the abomination it is today is of little interest to many of us. But for those with an academic interest, former NPR panelist Rod Thomson describes three stages culminating in the network becoming<a href="https://humanevents.com/2024/04/24/rod-thomson-npr-is-irredeemable" rel="nofollow ugc"><b> irredeemable</b></a>.</p>
<p>What needs to be done is obvious, but the congressional Dem+RINO coalition year after year keeps making sure it never happens.</p>
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		By: Mike Plaiss		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[And by the way, in reading the Wikipedia page huxley linked to, there is this:

The saying &quot;Better be wrong with Sartre than right with Aron&quot; became popular among French intellectuals.

Doesn’t this really just say it all?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And by the way, in reading the Wikipedia page huxley linked to, there is this:</p>
<p>The saying &#8220;Better be wrong with Sartre than right with Aron&#8221; became popular among French intellectuals.</p>
<p>Doesn’t this really just say it all?</p>
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		By: Mike Plaiss		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Plaiss]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks huxley.  I think I have my next nonfiction read. I’d been on the hunt.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks huxley.  I think I have my next nonfiction read. I’d been on the hunt.</p>
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		By: huxley		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;...despite [Foucault] would have been stoned if [he and the Ayatollah] had ever met...&lt;/i&gt;

Why not? Foucault was paid in hashish for debating Chomsky. :-) It&#039;s an amusing story.
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&lt;i&gt;For Chomsky, human nature is rooted in universal grammar, and his belief that humans are “hard-wired” to learn language. Foucault argued, as he always has, that universal human nature is a crock of shit. &lt;b&gt;But many fans don’t know of the behind-the-scenes shenanigans before and during the debate. Namely, that Foucault was paid in hash and harassed to wear a wig during the debate.&lt;/b&gt;

James Miller notes in “The Passion of Michel Foucault,” the anarchist Dutch host, Fons Elders, wanted to jazz things up a bit. So, &lt;b&gt;aside from offering Foucault hashish for part of his payment, Elders tried repeatedly to get Foucault to wear a bright red wig while debating Chomsky. Throughout the debate “Elders kept poking Foucault under the table, pointing to the red wig on his lap, and whispering, ‘put it on, put it on.&#039;” Foucault ignored him,&lt;/b&gt; robbing posterity of the memory, and the Foucault-Chomsky debate remains wig-less.

&lt;b&gt;As for the “large chunk of hashish,”&lt;/b&gt; that he received as partial payment, Foucault brought it back home where he and &lt;b&gt;“his Parisian friends would jokingly refer to [it] as ‘Chomsky Hash.&#039;”&lt;/b&gt;

Chomsky has since been a vocal critic of Foucault. In one instance, in a 2011  Q&#038;A  Chomsky attacked Foucault’s work on “regimes of truth” and argued that Foucault “wildly exaggerates.”

His impression of the 1971 debate isn’t much better, Miller notes. &lt;b&gt;“[Foucault] struck my as completely amoral,” said Chomsky. “I’d never met anyone who was so totally amoral.”&lt;/b&gt;

https://www.critical-theory.com/that-time-foucault-got-paid-in-hash-to-debate-noam-chomsky/&lt;/i&gt;
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I can&#039;t quite explain how pleased I am with this result. They so deserved each other.

&lt;i&gt;Chomsky, Foucault
Foucault, Chomsky
Let&#039;s call the whole thing off!&lt;/i&gt;

It was the 70s, man.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>&#8230;despite [Foucault] would have been stoned if [he and the Ayatollah] had ever met&#8230;</i></p>
<p>Why not? Foucault was paid in hashish for debating Chomsky. 🙂 It&#8217;s an amusing story.<br />
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<p><i>For Chomsky, human nature is rooted in universal grammar, and his belief that humans are “hard-wired” to learn language. Foucault argued, as he always has, that universal human nature is a crock of shit. <b>But many fans don’t know of the behind-the-scenes shenanigans before and during the debate. Namely, that Foucault was paid in hash and harassed to wear a wig during the debate.</b></p>
<p>James Miller notes in “The Passion of Michel Foucault,” the anarchist Dutch host, Fons Elders, wanted to jazz things up a bit. So, <b>aside from offering Foucault hashish for part of his payment, Elders tried repeatedly to get Foucault to wear a bright red wig while debating Chomsky. Throughout the debate “Elders kept poking Foucault under the table, pointing to the red wig on his lap, and whispering, ‘put it on, put it on.&#8217;” Foucault ignored him,</b> robbing posterity of the memory, and the Foucault-Chomsky debate remains wig-less.</p>
<p><b>As for the “large chunk of hashish,”</b> that he received as partial payment, Foucault brought it back home where he and <b>“his Parisian friends would jokingly refer to [it] as ‘Chomsky Hash.&#8217;”</b></p>
<p>Chomsky has since been a vocal critic of Foucault. In one instance, in a 2011  Q&amp;A  Chomsky attacked Foucault’s work on “regimes of truth” and argued that Foucault “wildly exaggerates.”</p>
<p>His impression of the 1971 debate isn’t much better, Miller notes. <b>“[Foucault] struck my as completely amoral,” said Chomsky. “I’d never met anyone who was so totally amoral.”</b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.critical-theory.com/that-time-foucault-got-paid-in-hash-to-debate-noam-chomsky/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.critical-theory.com/that-time-foucault-got-paid-in-hash-to-debate-noam-chomsky/</a></i><br />
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<p>I can&#8217;t quite explain how pleased I am with this result. They so deserved each other.</p>
<p><i>Chomsky, Foucault<br />
Foucault, Chomsky<br />
Let&#8217;s call the whole thing off!</i></p>
<p>It was the 70s, man.</p>
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		By: miguel+cervantes		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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