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Mark Twain on the Jews essay “Concerning the Jews” (published in Harper’s Magazine, 1899): «If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one per cent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star-dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of; but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world’s list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvellous fight in this world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?»

Bruce Springsteen's first post since 2024. What could be more organic?

Whatever. Every smart American knows what’s happening.

His father, mother, sister and some of his closest friends have been linked to terrorists. Yet every time Abdul El-Sayed is asked about the Muslim Brotherhood or Hasan Piker, he accuses the questioner of being Islamophobic.

I simply can't fucking believe this is happening. How the hell is the Islamisation of the world allowed to happen everywhere? In Israel, of all places, a party whose Muslim leader refuses to recognise Hamas as a terrorist group has more seats in parliament than Jewish Israeli nationalists, after Hamas's massacre!!!! In the US, Muslim Brotherhood candidates are running for the senate, with the full backing of the Democrats. And, Western Europe is entirely captured by the Muslim Brother and Jihadists! What the fucking hell is wrong with you all? Are you so despicable and cowardly that you're literally allowing the scum of the earth yo take over your countries? What the fuck is happening? Did you look at places like Iraq and Lebanon and decided "ah, we'd love to be like these countries"? This is sickening!

No @mehdirhasan. It's an ad sponsored by @cenkuygur's PAC to benefit @AbdulElSayed, and it was made long before the Iran war as part of Cenk's failed bid in the 2024 Democratic primary for President. You and Abdul could renounce it or embrace it, but you can't have it both ways.

Look at apartheid Israel today, where 2 million Arabs (mostly Muslims) go out to vote.

JD Vance: "According to the far left radicals who run the Democratic party today, Bill Clinton is a right winger." If Bill Clinton is a right winger, you need to be in a mental asylum.

Dear journalists (if there are any left), Asking Abdul if he disavows the Muslim Brotherhood is the wrong question. Ask him why he disavows The Muslim Brotherhood. Thats what he doesn’t want to say. Because then he could end up in trouble with his masters. Same as asking him why he doesn’t want Egypt to tear down their wall and let in any Gazans…

Did @EmmanuelMacron just say what I thought I heard him say? So the riots the entire world has been watching unfold isn’t about schools as they’ve claimed, and it isn’t France’s fault at all. Instead he decided to sound like the fucking Islamic Regime lunatics and blamed America and Israel for it all for the Iran war. How exactly do school pupils who don’t drive and live off mommy and daddy burn the country down because of fuel prices? I was only joking earlier when I said France would find a way to blame Israel just as Sanchez blamed Israel for Ceuta. But then he gave his big televised speech and actually said it. It’s impossible to take any of these imbeciles seriously. It’s just become such a joke now.

Colombia has withdrawn from the Hague Group, an international coalition formed to pursue action against Israel over Gaza. Colombia, a founding member and co-chair, said the group was created to “isolate and attack Israel.” Bolivia and Honduras have also withdrawn.

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Mehdi Hasan once again said the quiet part out loud, then deleted it. ‘A ceasefire is when Israel ceases and everyone fires’ is not a ceasefire. It is the demand that Israel stop existing while the other side keeps shooting.

Interesting to see who has and hasn’t publicly acknowledged Captain Smit Machchhar for his extraordinary heroism. Modi, Netanyahu and Trump have praised him. But I can't find anything from Canada, the EU or the UK. You’d think courage of this kind would transcend politics.