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re: Israeli Soldiers Breaking The Silence

Posted by fattybob on 8/4/14 at 9:32 am

This is a fascinating video. Obviously this man's body language reveal that he is highly stressed by the issues he is addressing. I think there is something very important that he knows and understands but is not saying: There is no reasonable, moral, civilized solution to this problem. He has given...

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Israeli Soldiers Breaking The Silence

Posted by fattybob on 8/4/14 at 9:32 am

Former Israeli paratrooper Avner Gvaryahu, now an activist with Breaking The Silence explains to Green Left Weekly's Peter Boyle how 850 former Israeli soldiers have given testimony about the gross injustices against the Palestinian people they have witnessed and made to participate in as part of Is...

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UN relief agency spokesman bursts into tears over deaths of Palestinian children

Posted by fattybob on 7/31/14 at 6:23 am

A spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides aid to Palestinians in Gaza, broke down in tears during a TV interview in the aftermath of Wednesday’s fatal attack on a UN-run school, used as shelter. Twenty people were reportedly killed after a shell hit the UN...

re: Who is going to rebuild Gaza?

Posted by fattybob on 7/31/14 at 6:13 am

:usa: :usa:...

re: US Never Apologized or Admitted Shooting Down Iran Air Plane in 1988

Posted by fattybob on 7/25/14 at 2:09 pm

Proof?? July 19, 2014 When the U.S. Navy Shot Down a Civilian Airliner Dale Steinreich Fox News keeps playing Ronald Reagan’s indignant response to the Soviets shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 on September 1, 1983 and killing 269 passengers. (I just saw it again a few minutes ago on...

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US Never Apologized or Admitted Shooting Down Iran Air Plane in 1988

Posted by fattybob on 7/25/14 at 2:00 pm

I was amazed to see this on CNN last night. Erin Burnett reported on other passenger airliners that have been shot down, focusing on the 1988 shooting down of an Iranian passenger airliner by the US Navy, killing all 274 on board. The US government worked hard to cover up the event and later t...

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re: 4 dead, 30 shot in Chicago over the weekend

Posted by fattybob on 7/16/14 at 6:23 am

Chicago has in the last 20 years: banned all handguns, a ban that was only struck down a few years ago. -required live fire training in order to obtain a gun permit, then banned firing ranges, which prevents live fire training. -banned any and all gun stores within city limits. Illinois and Chica...

re: Fastest mile you've ever run? How many miles can you run?

Posted by fattybob on 7/16/14 at 6:21 am

5:30 A many a year ago...

re: Weird Al with the Grammar Nazi's Anthem

Posted by fattybob on 7/16/14 at 6:04 am

:bow: :bow:...

What inappropriate movies did you watch as a kid?

Posted by fattybob on 7/16/14 at 5:58 am

I remember being pretty damn freaked out by A Nightmare on Elm Street when I was ten. Also watched a lot of Hollow Man when I was fourteen for obvious reasons. And, in hindsight, that is a pretty ****ed up movie with scenes of rape and groping depicted in a alluring manner. Friend of mine saw T...

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re: Today is National Nude Day. I'm posting in my bday suit.

Posted by fattybob on 7/16/14 at 5:51 am

sounds fine :nana:...

Favorite Beatles and Stones covers

Posted by fattybob on 7/16/14 at 5:48 am

The Beatles and Rolling Stones obviously had great song writing, but both bands covered songs written by others. What are you favorites? Mine: Beatles Baby Its You (Bacharach/David/Williams) Stones Like A Rolling Stone (Dylan)...

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