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Jeff Bezos has announced plans to launch a commercial space station, named “Orbital Reef,” by the end of the decade. It would also include a “space hotel”.
In the RFK assassination by Sirhan Sirhan, it went to trial where the case was presented to the jury and he was found guilty.
The defense lawyers sought a plea of insanity which would have avoided a trial but the judge denied the request and insisted upon a trial increasing the chances of a conspiracy or cover-up of being exposed.
Would the supposed powerful Establishment let such a trial go ahead?
Just a thought.
MS, with the profusion of false facts circulating, I am not at all surprised by any confusion about the assassination that exists and still continues.
For every one assassination to eliminate a particular politician, wouldn’t you also say that there were a hundred other politicians removed by other means such as blackmail, bribery and media smears.
And would you also agree that JFK in his political and personal life was especially vulnerable to those alternatives?
Jacob Rubenstein did it because it was being rumoured at the time that right-wing Jews were involved and being another attention seeker Jack Ruby wanted to show how patriotic an American Jew could be. The night before him shooting he was on the phone to his rabbi bemoaning the fact that Jews were being blamed.
In jail he always insisted that he was not part of any conspiracy.
As a nightclub strip joint, where the dancers union was run by gangsters it would be impossible for any owner not to have any contact with mobsters.
But tell me, when does a mafia hitman take along his pampered dogs and leave them waiting in his car.
It was a opportunist crime.
If Oswald had not been delayed by a postal inspector wishing to interview him about the mailbox and if Oswald at the very last moment insisted they return to interview room so he could change his sweater Ruby would not have been present
Also I forget which whether if the traffic lights were either at green or red Ruby would have missed the moment the policeman at the ramp wasn’t present.
And if the counter clerk at the Western Union had been just a bit slow arranging a money order to send one of his dancers, Ruby would have been too late to shoot anybody.
It all meant Ruby would have entirely missed Oswald’s transfer. There was no pre-arranged plan or plot, at all. Just strokes of good fortune or more accurately bad luck for Oswald.
He was adequate and at the distance he shot from it was doable.
Much is made of his poor Marine record but in the actual test in 1956 Oswald scored 212 points on a test…two points over the “Sharpshooter” minimum and eight points short of “expert.” In earning that score, he hit 48 of 50, then 49 of 50, in shots taken at a target 200 yards away (twice the distance from his position in the Texas Book Depository). Later, in 1959, he qualified at the lower classification “Marksman” but his motivation at the shooting range had waned and he did enough just to pass.
The degree of difficulty for the shot didn’t require a person to possess the skill of a sniper and his rifle was good enough despite being used and old.
The anti-vegan debate is presented here
We shouldn’t forget those rocketeer profiteers, who want orbiting space stations and Moon and Mars bases to escape a future poisoned planet.
Some seek to mine the asteroids for the depleted Earths natural resources and are already involved in legal arguments over private property rights and sovereignty of Outer Space.
I can’t believe the UK would act without the US but some Tories think differently
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/malign-activities-mean-britain-must-173546747.html
Robert Jenrick, who was Communities Secretary until last month, is expected to say that Iran’s “malign activities” are “a threat to us all”, as he urges caution over the push to bring the country back to the negotiating table.
Mr Jenrick believes that the UK should be doing more to help expand the Abraham Accords, the 2020 agreements that normalised ties between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain. Expanding the agreements to Saudi Arabia would be a “game changer” for the region, he said.
Russian and Chinese warships have held their first joint patrols in the Pacific Ocean, Moscow has said
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-china-hold-first-joint-135800319.html
The anti-war against the Iraq invasion was very simple to comprehend, a war for resources and its oil.
This possible and potential war is equally easy, a late-comer to world commerce striving for its market share at the expense of the established industrial nations with the present focus being on the crucial bottle-neck trade route, the South China Sea.
It happened before with different actors. And that makes me (surprise, surprise) a bit of a pessimist for the future.
But as always, will our fellow workers fall for the patriot propaganda or once again see through it all for what it really is.
But are the Left wrong in their attention to deal with the one’s national capitalists with an anti-war campaign and ensure that they fail to mobilise? After all, what influence does any leftist have with swaying the opinion of their Chinese fellow workers? And there is always a risk of being accused of being “enemy sympathisers” by stating some home truths.
Third Campers have never been popular with leftist ideologues
Australia the latest to adopt the IHRA definition of anti-semitism
I hadn’t heard of the Nexus Document
https://israelandantisemitism.com/the-nexus-document/
What Is Not Antisemitic?
As a general rule, criticism of Zionism and Israel, opposition to Israel’s policies, or nonviolent political action directed at the State of Israel and/or its policies should not, as such, be deemed antisemitic.
Even contentious, strident, or harsh criticism of Israel for its policies and actions, including those that led to the creation of Israel, is not per se illegitimate or antisemitic.
Opposition to Zionism and/or Israel does not necessarily reflect specific anti-Jewish animus nor purposefully lead to antisemitic behaviors and conditions. (For example, someone might oppose the principle of nationalism or ethnonationalist ideology. Similarly, someone’s personal or national experience may have been adversely affected by the creation of the State of Israel. These motivations or attitudes towards Israel and/or Zionism do not necessarily constitute antisemitic behavior.)
Paying disproportionate attention to Israel and treating Israel differently than other countries is not prima facie proof of antisemitism. (There are numerous reasons for devoting special attention to Israel and treating Israel differently, e.g., some people care about Israel more; others may pay more attention because Israel has a special relationship with the United States and receives $4 billion in American aid).https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59005300
Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks
A WHO paper on Thursday estimated that “between 80,000 to 180,000 health and care workers could have died from Covid-19 in the period between January 2020 to May 2021”.
“Data from 119 countries suggest that on average, two in five health and care workers globally are fully vaccinated. But of course that average masks huge differences across regions and economic groupings.
“In Africa, less than in one in 10 health workers have been fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, in most high-income countries, more than 80% of health workers are fully vaccinated.”
