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Saviolo's JournalHezbollah's Nasrallah: Saudi Arabia Inciting Israel to Strike Lebanon
Source: Haaretz
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and Hezbollah, and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri was being detained in Riyadh. Nasrallah said Saudi Arabia is inciting Israel to strike Lebanon. An Israeli war with Lebanon as unlikely, he said, but warned Israel against "any attempt to exploit the situation."
In a televised address, Nasrallah said Hariri's resignation last Saturday was an "unprecedented Saudi intervention" in Lebanese politics and called for Hariri to return to Lebanon. He said Lebanon's government was still legitimate and had not resigned. Nasrallah said that Hariri's "forced" resignation is unconstitutional because it was done "under duress."
Nasrallah is calming an apparently jittery population following Saudi Arabia's escalation against Hezbollah's patron Iran. Hariri's resignation last week was seen as a move by Riyadh to take its rivalry with Iran to the tiny Lebanon.
Some fear the escalation will pave the way for Israel to strike against Hezbollah, against which Israel has fought a number of wars. He said Israel should not think "we are troubled. No, absolutely not."
Read more: https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.822100
Homemade Tomato Soup!
So, our video this week is easy homemade tomato soup. If you're really quick about it, you can make it in almost the same amount of time as it takes to heat up a can of condensed tomato soup, and is so much more delicious. With cold weather on the way, this comfort food (especially amazing with grilled cheese) is something you definitely want in your culinary arsenal (though it does require that you keep those big 28oz cans of whole tomatoes around).
If you cook the onions in olive oil or vegetable oil and leave out the cream and Worcestershire, this recipe is vegan, as well. There are plenty of opportunities to customize this recipe. Garlic in with the onions (if you're a garlic fan), some herbs (basil for a Greek flair, or oregano for Italian), spice it up with some of last week's homemade hot sauce... lots of variations you can try!
Thanks, everyone, for watching our videos. I know the production quality's not great (filmed on my smartphone and edited on my struggling laptop), but we keep getting subscribers and views, and a big portion of that comes from here, I think.
Some lessons Toronto learned from Rob Ford that may be useful against Trump:
There are some very strong correlations between how Rob Ford gained power in the Toronto mayoral election a few years ago, and how Trump wedged his way into power in the US federal election. Of course there are vast differences (not the least of which is scale, obviously), but today I saw this thread on Twitter that had some interesting information that seems borne out by the results in VA and NJ this week:
Link to the thread here (it references the Politico article everyone seems to be talking about today):
https://twitter.com/stateofthecity/status/928600275354562560
This is one case where I think it's very fair to make a Pres-Trump v. Mayor Ford comparison. /1
/2 Amid the 2014 Toronto elxn, when I was with @Soknacki2014, a few volunteers described trying to persuade Ford voters.
/3 I had to advise everyone to just stop & walk away the moment they found out Voter X was a Ford fan. The problem..
/4 - as with Trump voters, was a widespread, cult-like suspension of reality. They'd tell you he had built a subway in Scarborough -
/5 - and when you pointed out that construction hadn't even started yet, it didn't matter. Specific broken promises: didn't matter.
/6 Many told canvassers + media the crack story was a lie - but once Ford admitted it, they said it didn't matter (some *still* said it was a lie)
/7 The total loyalty simply based on the notion of shared anger - "he's sticking it to THEM" - was enough to literally turn off brains.
/8 And anyone who worked that election knows that plenty of brains were lost that way. The stereotype of Ford Nation, like camp Trump -
/9 - as uneducated or low income drones was completely wrong; we hit Ford Fans of many age, gender, income & education levels.
/10 So we bypassed them, completely. And the easy reality was seen in Virginia on Tuesday: the only way for Dems & anti-Trump GOP to win -
/11 - elections against this phenomenon is to swamp it with higher turnouts. But in the long term, we really need psych + polici to -
/12 - study these movements like the cults they became, and to test whether approaches used to break cults can do work *politically.*
/13 Because that's what we are dealing with on the voter end of this crisis, and it's time to approach it from both ends accordingly.
X-Post from Canada: 'Hate-sponsored rallies' should be prohibited in Toronto, councillor says
Don't for a second think that Canada is immune to this sort of madness. I know a bunch of fellow Canadian citizens who seem to think Canada is some post-racial utopia. Well, guess what, we've still got some troublemakers.
From CTV News: http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hate-sponsored-rallies-should-be-prohibited-in-toronto-councillor-says-1.3667381
In an administrative inquiry at a council meeting that starts today, Ward 10 Coun. James Pasternak is asking the deputy city manager to look into what can be done to prohibit white supremacist or neo-Nazi rallies and other demonstrations that incite hatred and violence on City or provincial property.
“Do the Toronto Police Service or City of Toronto have ability and what resources could they utilize to prohibit a rally that is inciting hatred and violence?” Pasternak’s submission read.
The question comes a little more than two weeks after far-right demonstrators squared off with counter-protesters at Nathan Phillips Square.
Speaking to CP24 on Tuesday, Pasternak said he understands free speech and the right to gather are “sacred” rights.
“We also have to respect the rights of targeted groups and respect their right to freedom and liberty,” he said.
Pasternak said the while the city already has a “very robust” anti-discrimination policy, which people must sign before they can hold an event on city property, city officials should be able to do more on the enforcement front.
“We think we should have the power to issue trespass orders, to fine for extra police services, maybe freeze bank accounts. We need those powers to make sure that hate can’t grow within our society.”
Nazis and white supremacists are not part of a robust national dialogue. We've seen where that leads, and it's not good. They can assemble all they want, but if they're spewing their vile hate-filled "philosophy" in public, then they should face the consequences of that spewing. They are not there to take part in a robust debate of good will, they are there to proclaim their superiority over others while at the same time claiming victimization by society for their beliefs. Nazis are 100% incompatible with a free, just, open, equal, and fair society.
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Also in Toronto news today: The white supremacists behind alt-right posters around the city
From Torontoist: https://torontoist.com/2017/11/revealed-white-supremacists-behind-alt-right-posters-around-city/
When they realized they were being photographed, Winston Smith yelled at the photographer “Faggot!” and “Fucking commie scum.” The photographer tells Torontoist that most of the group quickly covered up their faces and that later they yelled “Bitch” and “Cunt” at another woman who was present.
The posters, reading “It’s okay to be white” in large, sans-serif font are part of a 4chan campaign to “expose the media’s anti-white bias through their reaction to a harmless flyer.” In the 4chan thread, one user posts that “the idea is to hide your fucking powerlevel and insist that it’s just an innocent ‘it’s okay to be white.’ If people start being Nazis and supporting the posters, then liberals can just dismiss it all with dogwhistles and moderates won’t be convinced.”
Here, the user is referring to a strategy the alt-right have adopted after the events of Charlottesville, when it became widely accepted that the alt-right is a racist and white supremacist movement.
‘Hiding your powerlevel’ refers to a strategy of publicly disavowing Nazis and “keep[ing] the long-term goals covert . . . Talking openly about a white ethnostate only leads to failure and the average public turning against you, so disavow anyone who reveals his power level. Leftists will recognize dog whistles and know we’re crypto, but normies won’t listen to them.”
In short, the purpose of these posters is to publish a message that’s hard to disagree with – that it’s okay to be white – and paint any opposition to the message as an example of media bias against white people.
Smith, Huxtable, and their crew will say they aren’t Nazis. Huxtable says that white supremacists and neo-Nazis don’t exist. He identifies himself as an “ethno-nationalist” and a “race realist.” Earlier this month, Huxtable posted “(((you))) [Jews] will. Not. replace. Us.!!!!!!!!” in the Students for Free Discourse Facebook page. That’s what the white supremacists chanted in Charlottesville, marching past a synagogue, carrying tiki torches. In one post, Smith says: “Generation Zyklon will save us do not worry.” Zyklon B is a pesticide that was used in gas chambers during the Holocaust.
They can call themselves whatever they want. They are white supremacists and nazis. And they can go fall down a very deep hole as soon as possible, please.
'Hate-sponsored rallies' should be prohibited in Toronto, councillor says
From CTV News: http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hate-sponsored-rallies-should-be-prohibited-in-toronto-councillor-says-1.3667381
In an administrative inquiry at a council meeting that starts today, Ward 10 Coun. James Pasternak is asking the deputy city manager to look into what can be done to prohibit white supremacist or neo-Nazi rallies and other demonstrations that incite hatred and violence on City or provincial property.
“Do the Toronto Police Service or City of Toronto have ability and what resources could they utilize to prohibit a rally that is inciting hatred and violence?” Pasternak’s submission read.
The question comes a little more than two weeks after far-right demonstrators squared off with counter-protesters at Nathan Phillips Square.
Speaking to CP24 on Tuesday, Pasternak said he understands free speech and the right to gather are “sacred” rights.
“We also have to respect the rights of targeted groups and respect their right to freedom and liberty,” he said.
Pasternak said the while the city already has a “very robust” anti-discrimination policy, which people must sign before they can hold an event on city property, city officials should be able to do more on the enforcement front.
“We think we should have the power to issue trespass orders, to fine for extra police services, maybe freeze bank accounts. We need those powers to make sure that hate can’t grow within our society.”
Nazis and white supremacists are not part of a robust national dialogue. We've seen where that leads, and it's not good. They can assemble all they want, but if they're spewing their vile hate-filled "philosophy" in public, then they should face the consequences of that spewing. They are not there to take part in a robust debate of good will, they are there to proclaim their superiority over others while at the same time claiming victimization by society for their beliefs. Nazis are 100% incompatible with a free, just, open, equal, and fair society.
The fix is in. They set up Sessions to take the fall.
From The Hill:
CNN reports that Page testified that he told Sessions about his trip to Russia, which happened in July 2016.
"Back in June 2016, I mentioned in passing that I happened to be planning to give a speech at a university in Moscow," Page told CNN. "Completely unrelated to my limited volunteer role with the campaign and as I've done dozens of times throughout my life. “
Senate Democrats called Thursday for Sessions to return before the Judiciary Committee and testify, to find out why Sessions did not previously disclose a March 2016 meeting where George Papadopoulos, a former campaign advisor, offered to use his contacts to set up a meeting between the GOP presidential candidate and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Page spoke with House Intelligence Committee members for nearly eight hours on Thursday. Afterwards, Rep. Mike Conway (R-Texas) said Page was “fulsome” in answering the committee’s questions.
But are we taking the bait, here? Are we accepting Sessions in lieu of a much bigger fish?
https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/926347587187331072
https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/926266340343799808
Mercer wanna cookie and a pat on the head?
......has long backed Breitbart and Yiannopoulos, said he hoped Yiannopoulos’ abrasive style and views outside the political mainstream would help people think for themselves. However, as Yiannopoulos moved closer to neo-Nazi and other racist groups, he now regrets supporting him.
Milo's been disgusting for years. You funded him when he was outing and doxxing trans youth at the schools you paid for him to speak at. You paid for him to be a horrible white nationalist. You paid for him to organize social media attacks on WOC actors like Leslie Jones just for being in Ghostbusters. You paid for him to give a platform and legitimacy for GamerGate to keep on doxxing and threatening women that disagreed with them on social media. You paid for him to be a pet gay for the far right to trot out every time they needed to be able to say, "No, see? We've got gay friends, too!!"
Here's a list of how disgusting Milo was before you managed to cut ties with him you enormous hypocrite, Mercer:
https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/bad-things-milo-yiannopoulos-has-done-case-his-new-publisher-cares-just-kidding-they-totally
And you didn't stop funding him because you don't like his form of expression, his ties to white nationalist groups, his islamophobia, his own personal white supremacy, or anything like that, you stopped funding him once it became obvious he was a pedophile apologist, just conveniently reinforcing the right wing's most disgusting and incorrect stereotype about gay men. You get no cookie, and you get no pat on the head. You funded Milo to do irreparable damage to the national political discourse, then kicked him to the curb when he finally was SO disgusting you couldn't afford to have ties with him any more. Get bent.
Homemade Hot Sauce - Fermented Pepper Relish
So, our video this week is one we've been wanting to do for some time! It took us a little while to find some really nice local grown hot peppers for it, but here we are! This is the fermented hot sauce that my hubby made at his restaurant, and it's the hot version! Basically, he made two different ones, the standard sauce made from Thai bird chiles and tabasco peppers, and then this version, which is made from ghost and scorpion peppers. The procedure is identical for both, they both made a delightful sauce, but this one comes out HOT! Like, really hot.
It also has a slightly tangy sourness to it, thanks to the natural lacto fermentation. Once again, you want to try to get local produce so that you can be sure it hasn't been irradiated, which kills the native bacteria on the peppers. The onion is added for a bit of additional flavour and some bulk. If you wanted to, you could also add some garlic to this if you wanted to make something a little more like Sriracha. This sauce is very hot, but also adds flavour (on of my pet peeves is hot sauces that are -just- hot, and add no interesting flavour to what they're heating up).
*** WARNING ***
When you open that food processor, there will be aerosolized capsaicin in the air, so be prepared to cough/sneeze a little. It's a bit like accidentally making your own pepper spray.
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