Kosh's Shadow 12/23/2019 6:08:19 PM

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Rashida Tlaib's anti-Israel Hanukkah message

In a message to If Not Now Detroit, Tlaib said, “Your 2020 platform calling for every public official to commit to defunding the occupation in falastin and fighting antisemitism and white nationalism is one that I can support very strongly.”

“Happy early Hanukkah and thank you from the bottom of my heart … also for my grandmother,” she added, speaking of her relative who lives in the West Bank.

Many of those who responded to Tlaib found her comments ironic, as Hanukkah in fact celebrates the Jews regaining their independence and sovereignty over Judea, which Tlaib renamed “falastin.”

“This is gross, why can’t she just wish us happy Hanukkah?” said a video by the Israel Advocacy Movement. “Here she is hijacking a Jewish festival to attack Jews.”

“And here’s the irony of it all: Hanukkah actually celebrates Jews fighting off a foreign army that was occupying Judea,” the video added. “Rashida’s celebrating Jewish independence in Judea by describing the Jews that live there as occupiers.”

Syrah 12/23/2019 6:33:51 PM

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I think I am done with the Christmas shopping part of Christmas. 

It was a good day. 

Edwin Hawkins - Oh Happy Day!

Syrah 12/23/2019 6:37:36 PM

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Reply to Syrah in 2:

one of the things I really like about that song is how it makes me want to like everyone. It is a happy song. 

Occasional Reader 12/23/2019 6:47:43 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:

I haven’t seen the numbers yet indicating whether it did indeed come to pass that in the recent elections over there, British Jews finally woke the fuck up and dumped the Labour party. I certainly hope that can happen with American Jews in the next election with respect to the Democrats. I can dream, can’t I?

Kosh's Shadow 12/23/2019 6:57:34 PM

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In #4 Occasional Reader said: I haven’t seen the numbers yet indicating whether it did indeed come to pass that in the recent elections over there, British Jews finally woke the fuck up and dumped the Labour party. I certainly hope that can happen with American Jews in the next election with respect to the Democrats. I can dream, can’t I?

The Dhimmcraps haven't gotten bad enough here yet.

I'd change my voting enrollment from unaffiliated to Republican, but that would mean I can't vote in the more interesting primaries.

Since Trump will win the Republican nomination, I'll vote for former Mass gov Deval Patrick. He might be Obama's friend, but has been more friendly to Israel and saner than all the other Dem candidates I know about (OK, both of those comments don't mean much)
I'll still vote for Trump in the general election of any of the Dems.

Trump might have screwed the Kurds, but the Dems will screw Americans. (Paging Bill Clinton)

Kosh's Shadow 12/23/2019 7:59:57 PM

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