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Posts Tagged ‘choice’
ICC has no choice but to investigate settlements as a war crime, a game changer in power politics — Sfard
The ruling by the International Criminal Court that it has jurisdiction to investigate Israeli war crimes in the occupied territories has introduced a “major new actor” into the power politics of the conflict, and sent a chill through the Israeli government to the point that it has abandoned plans to remove Palestinian villages in the […]
The GOP’s choice in 2024: Trump Ultra, Trump Lite or Trump Zero
“There isn’t a Trump lane. There’s a Trump Turnpike with multiple lanes and multiple people,” said Chris LaCivita, a veteran GOP strategist who most recently headed the anti-Biden super PAC Preserve America. Conversations with more than a dozen Republican consultants, strategists and officials depict a party over which Trump exerts an irresistible gravitational pull, pointing […]
Why Israel’s choice for national tree is so destructive
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Dem Sen. Murphy: Trump ‘Sent Out a Tweet Attacking Mike Pence’ During the Riot — We Have No Choice But to Convict
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said former President Donald Trump’s tweet sent out during the riot on Capitol Hill on January 6 was enough evidence to convict Trump of incitement. In a tweet that has been deleted, Trump wrote, “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and […]
If you want the jab, raise your Hans: German vaccine officials left with no choice but to guess people’s ages from their names
German privacy law is rigorous. Forced to improvise, officials in one state sent letters to people with old-sounding names, in the hopes of inviting them to get vaccinated. The German state of Lower Saxony began vaccinating citizens against Covid-19 at the end of December, with priority given to the elderly and vulnerable. People over the […]
Biden’s choice for CIA director shows where he’s headed on Iran
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Under-16s unlikely to make informed choice on puberty blockers, court rules
Britain’s High Court has ruled that children under 16 considering gender reassignment are unlikely to understand the risks of the drugs they are taking. It says the experimental nature of the medicines that delay puberty mean the courts should decide over the administration of them – even for adults. Hormone blockers are drugs that can […]
Austerity Is Still A Political Choice
Above photo: Getty images. Britain has not ‘maxed out’ its credit card, but it does have a government that wants working people to pay the cost of the pandemic crisis. That’s what the new austerity measures are really about. When Rishi Sunak delivered the spending review earlier this week, the coverage focused predictably on levels […]
ECAJ adds its voice to oppose Netanyahu’s choice to lead Yad Vashem
Browse > Home / News / ECAJ adds its voice to oppose Netanyahu’s choice to lead Yad Vashem November 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk Read on for article Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin’s Netanyahu’s choice to become chairman of Yad Vashem has disappointed The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and caused an outcry in Israel. Effie […]
Teachers’ Unions Gleeful: ‘Bye Betsy,’ End to School Choice
The national teachers’ unions are gleeful that a number of media outlets have called the presidential election for former Vice President Joe Biden. “We know Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will stand with us as we work to reclaim public education as a common good, as the foundation of this democracy,” National Education Association (NEA) […]
Trump: November Election a Choice of ‘Super Recovery’ or ‘Biden Depression’
If Joe Biden (D) wins in November, he will raise taxes and plunge the country into a depression, President Donald Trump said Saturday at his rally in Janesville, Wisconsin. “This election is a choice between a Trump super recovery and a Biden depression. And you know they’re gonna raise your taxes substantially, like, quadruple,” he […]
Ted Cruz Uses School Choice to School Democrats on Role of Supreme Court
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) used the issue of school choice Wednesday to school Democrats on the constitutional role of the U.S. Supreme Court. During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Cruz observed some Americans watching the proceedings might be tempted to conclude that both Republican and Democrat politicians want judges who […]
Poll: 98% Voters Say Debate Did Not Sway Candidate Choice
A CNBC/Change Research poll released Thursday showed that the great majority of viewers will continue to support their initial choice for president in November following the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Asked whether their vote had changed after the debate, only two percent of respondents said yes […]
DHS Chief: Feds May Have “No Choice” But to Intervene in Portland
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could soon have “no choice” but to restore order in Portland if local officials refuse to do so, acting chief Chad Wolf warned Mayor Ted Wheeler in an open letter. Wolf issued the notice to Wheeler in response to the mayor’s recent rejection of federal assistance despite nearly 100 […]
Abby Johnson: Election Choice Between ‘Anti-Life Radicals’ and ‘Most Pro-Life President’
During her address at the Republican National Convention (RNC) Tuesday night, pro-life leader Abby Johnson laid out the stark choice Americans must make in November between “two radical, anti-life activists and the most pro-life president we’ve ever had.” The former Planned Parenthood director who now runs a ministry that helps other abortion workers leave their […]
Your Body, Your Choice: Confessions of a Female Doctor
10th August, 2020 By Kelly Brogan, M.D. Guest Writer for Wake Up World “You may trust me because I have an M.D. That may mean, to you, that I have information that you don’t have. I know things about your body – about bodies – that you are not privy to by virtue of your […]
China Is to Stay in Latin America and US Has No Choice but to Accept
China has been increasing its soft power in Latin America since it began heavily investing in the region since the mid-2000s. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has taken an ineffective and aggressive approach to try and counter Beijing in Latin America, a region that Washington calls its “own backyard.” Relations between China and […]
Your Body, Their Choice
July 18, 2020 By James Corbett Stripped of its contextual baggage, the phrase “My Body, My Choice” makes a compelling rallying cry because it conveys a fundamental truth that we all innately understand: I have the claim to my own body and what is done to it. So why, then, are we being asked to […]
‘Israel has no choice’ — ‘NY Times’ columnists largely line up behind Gaza massacre
From the beginnings of the massacre in Gaza we have insisted that Israel’s actions have changed American opinion, and alienated people who were once supportive of Israel. “A frankly unconscionable use of force,” Chris Hayes said, while David Rothkopf called the slaughter the anti-Passover: “A supposedly Jewish state violating the most basic concepts of the religion […]
As the West & the Russia/China Axis Lock Horns, Israel Has to Make Its Choice
A recent cluster of unrelated events is bringing Israel to a point of inflection; or at least, to a moment of deep almost existential reflection – on this, the seventieth anniversary of its founding. The depth of this quite anxious introspection became explicit in a discussion (Hebrew original) hosted by Yediot Ahronoth, Israel’s widest circulation Hebrew newspaper, with […]
The US Military’s Drug of Choice
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Donald Trump has, it seems, finally offered his plan for dealing with the opioid crisis in America. He did so during his State of the Union address to Congress, filled with Republican applause (none louder than The Donald’s), introducing the country to an Albuquerque policeman who had decided to adopt the future baby – now […]
Struggle for equal rights for Palestinians is ‘right choice,’ and will lead to ‘significant exodus of Jews’ — Henry Siegman
Everyone should read Henry Siegman’s long piece in the National on the “Implications of President Trump’s Jerusalem Ploy.” Siegman is a great leader because he has bucked the American and Jewish establishment, of which he is a member, to declare that the two-state solution is dead and buried. He is also a prophet inasmuch as […]
Erdogan has made his choice
To Erdogan, if he had to choose between the potential risks of losing Turkey’s NATO membership as against having a Kurdish state south of his border, he would choose the former. Erdogan has made his choice January 26, 2018 by Ghassan Kadi for The Saker Blog It seems that Erdogan has already made up his mind, but […]
Why Egypt’s Sisi is Israel’s Choice
You can imagine the telephone calls. A third heavyweight challenger has emerged to contest the presidential election and he is another former chief of staff, General Sami Anan. Military intelligence, loyal to the incumbent president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is working overtime to brief its hand puppets in the media. We have made this so simple even […]
Why Sisi is Israel’s choice
Current Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who came to power via a military coup against the first-ever freely elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, is Israel’s beloved. You can imagine the telephone calls. A third heavyweight challenger has emerged to contest the presidential election and he is another former chief of staff, General Sami Anan. Military intelligence, loyal […]
Christian Zionism: The Heresy of Choice for Neocons
Christian Zionism: The Heresy of Choice for Neocons For each Jewish Zionist there are ten wacko Evangelical Christian Zionists. At least one in four American Christians surveyed recently by Christianity Today magazine said that they believe it is their biblical responsibility to support the nation of Israel. This view is known as Christian Zionism. The Pew […]
RICHARD THALER THE CHOICE ARCHITECT GETS HIS NOBEL
Richard Thaler is an economist perhaps best known as a theorist in behavioral finance, and for his collaboration with Daniel Kahneman and others in further defining that field. In 2017, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to behavioral economics The Swedish Central Bank which awards the Nobel […]
‘Vaccine Choice’ Mom Gets Jail Time for Not Jabbing Her Kid
21st Century Wire says… We’ve been covering the anti-vaccine movement (and the science) for quite some time. The dangers of aluminum and the neurotoxicity of vaccines are well-documented. Now, this debate has turned up in a court of law. Which prompts us to ask this question again: Should the government force parents to vaccinate their kids? […]