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The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

There are times when telling just part of the truth is effectively a lie.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Their shamelessness is their super power.

“But what about the lurkers?”

So many bastards, so little time.

T R E 4 5 O N

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

In my day, never was longer.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

No Kings: Americans standing in the way of bad history saying “Oh, Fuck No!”

American history and black history cannot be separated.

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If you thought Krugman’s meltdown yesterday was something out of bizarro world, you weren’t the only one:

Letters to the Editor
The New York Times October 21, 2003

To the Editor:

In his obsession with criticizing U.S. policy, Paul Krugman underestimates the significance of the anti-Semitic diatribe by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad before the Organization of the Islamic Conference (“Listening to Mahathir,” Oct. 21).

Mahathir’s comments cannot be explained away by themes of domestic politics. They come in the context of a surge of anti-Semitism in the Islamic world, and not only on the fringes. Conspiracy theories about blaming Jews for 9/11 are believed by tens of millions. Denial of the Holocaust is rampant in the media. Images of Jews in op-ed pieces, editorials, and cartoons reflect classic anti-Semitic stereotypes

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  1. 1.

    Norbizness

    I think it’s also shameful that Mahathir said what he did (Krugman called them “hateful” and “inexcusable”), and I agree with Tobias that it’s part of a disturbing trend in the Muslim world.

    HOwever, I think Krugman and Tobias actually (subconsciously) agree– this is not buffoonery by the Malaysian leader, but a calculated political maneuver that highlights the disturbing worldwide trend.

    And finally, throwing out Germany serves what purpose, again? Unless Mahathir annexes the Ukraine, he’s not going to have a Jewish constituency any time soon.

  2. 2.

    Dean

    Coupla thoughts:

    Mahathir has been playing this card a long time, suggesting that he must get SOME kind of mileage out of this (and pandering to it is precisely what separates politicians from statesmen).

    Mahathir’s logical next card will be the ethnic Chinese, who have at times been called “the Jews of Southeast Asia.” Financially more successful, ethnically distinct, long-time victims of pogroms, accused of acting in the service of another state, no matter how many generations they’ve been there…, sound familiar?

    Truly a case of Niemoller, if ever there was one.

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    Andrew Ian Dodge

    Great letter, that one and never so true. I find it amazing that sane people can be defending that arsehat. But then again lots of sane intellectuals defended Hitler and Stalin before we all knew the truth.

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