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'Bones' Says Goodbye After 12 Seasons: How the 'Squint Squad' Passed Every Test (Especially the Bechdel)
By Meredith B. Kile 12:50 PM PDT, March 28, 2017
When Bones signs off on Tuesday night, after 12 seasons on Fox, it will do so as the network's longest-running scripted drama, having solved -- according to finale promos -- 275 cases in 246 episodes. And that prolific conviction rate may not even be the most impressive thing that the series accomplished.
Because Bones -- which was based on the life and works of real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs -- did more than just stay on the air, leapfrogging more than 20 different time slots in its 12-year run. In a television landscape populated with morose antiheroes and sarcastic protagonists that often poke fun at the earnestness of cops-and-science procedurals like Bones, sometimes directly by name (see: American Dad, Bojack Horseman, Bob's Burgers and more), the show was a champion of justice and evidence, science and guts, "brains and heart." It told new stories every week, while at the same time unfolding its central characters little by little, making them feel like family and bringing fans along for the ride.
"This [show] was different, it was traditional," said executive producer Stephen Nathan in the Fox-produced "Back to the Lab: A Bones Retrospective" special. "It was much more about a belief in the human spirit, about the goodness of man."
"It's a redemptive show," added EP Jonathan Collier. "You can watch it, you can feel better about yourself, you can feel better about life, you can do it in an honest way."
RELATED: 'Bones' Says Goodbye After 12 Seasons: A Look Back at Brennan and Booth's 22 Best Episodes
Procedurals may be nothing new on network TV, but a show like Bones -- which passed the Bechdel test, bested the Moonlighting curse, and found its heart in a stellar cast, all while still solving grisly murders every week -- was truly something special.
Bones may be, at its heart, a story about forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and her personal and professional journey alongside FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), but at the core of the Jeffersonian Institute brain trust from the very beginning were three dynamic females, a rarity on any TV show, let alone a network procedural.
"I've always pointed out that I love the fact that the female characters on the show have bigger offices than the men," Deschanel told ET in a phone interview prior to the finale. "They're all intelligent, strong, successful women who are not ashamed to be who they are and to tell you they're brilliant and to be successful in those fields."
Brennan was the center -- the "Bones," despite her protestations of the nickname -- a brilliant, hard-nosed scientist who suffered no fools and wasn't afraid of offending or maligning anyone in the name of empiricism. She came by her guardedness honestly, though, and Deschanel allowed the flashes of vulnerability underneath to shine through as the series progressed and she found love with Booth and a family in the team at the Jeffersonian.
But every yin needs a yang, and the anthropologist's foil came in the form of her best friend, forensic artist and free spirit Angela Montenegro, who was as unabashed with her sagely advice as she was with her sexuality. Series star Michaela Conlin expertly tiptoed her character's line between Willow Rosenberg and Phoebe Buffay, and Angela held her own amongst more decorated colleagues, often speaking up as the voice of reason when the science-minded team was struggling to see the bigger picture.
"The Brennan and Angela dynamic was fun because they're so different," explained Bones co-executive producer Karine Rosenthal. "It was lovely to see two people who handle situations differently still go to each other for advice."
"Hart Hanson [the show's creator and executive producer] wrote these very complicated, full people," Conlin added of her character. "I'm thankful for that, because it could have been just a best friend role. I think he allowed us to do a lot more through the years."
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And, with apologies to Jonathan Adams, Heavy D and all the other season one players that disappeared at the start of the show's sophomore run, Bones wasn't fully itself until Tamara Taylor came on board on season two. Her no-nonsense cop-turned-coroner-turned-Jeffersonian forensic director Camille Saroyan butted heads with Brennan from the start, but almost always in a strictly professional capacity -- even when she struck up an old fling with Booth.
"I think Hart set that up pretty early on, and I think it was pretty rare and ahead of its time," Taylor said of the show's core group. "Female friendships, especially, can get snarky and strange and there's just a really cool, strong bond [between them]."
Bones' three central female characters, two of them women of color, did everything the men on the show did, and then some. They dressed to the nines but still got their hands dirty, found meaning in their work as much as their personal life, challenged authority and were heard, and most importantly, heroically helped put away the bad guys.
Plus, they passed the Bechdel test often -- in conversations with each other and some of the show's supporting female characters: beloved prosecutor Caroline Julian (Patricia Belcher), and Jeffersonian interns Daisy Wick (Carla Gallo) and Jessica Warren (Laura Spencer) -- thanks in no small part to the Bones writing staff which is, among its most frequently credited episode scribes, about 50 percent female.
"I'm just glad that we had a show with strong females and women in STEM," Deschanel reflected. "My favorite thing to hear is a young girl saying that she wants to become a scientist because of watching the show. That, to me, makes the show worth it."
RELATED: 'Bones' Stars and Creator Address 'Possible' Revival Plans
The Moonlighting Curse
While Hanson has often admitted that he wanted to keep Booth and Brennan apart romantically for "as long as possible," the central couple's magnetism never faltered after they made things official. In fact, it's easy to argue that the pair's relationship -- which followed a uniquely mercurial trajectory from first kiss to happy ever after -- only got more dynamic as they grew more domestic, thanks to the wealth of conflict in the fundamental differences between Brennan's rational side and Booth's faith.
"They were so diametrically opposed to each other that we could just keep playing that and playing that, but knowing the whole time that they were getting closer and closer," Nathan said of the pair's will-they-or-won't-they relationship in early seasons.
From start to finish, Hanson insists, the success of Brennan and Booth's long-lasting relationship is a testament to Deschanel and Boreanaz's chemistry and hard work.
"They're fantastic friends. They took care of each other off-screen. They were very sibling-esque offscreen and behind the scenes," he recently told TV Insider. "That's the other reason we went forever: You've heard all those stories of what happens between co-leads on series; they tend to really dislike each other. Ours didn't."
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The Casting Carousel
"If I'm going to say the show is about one thing, it's about the definition of family, and what that means for different people," Rosenthal mused in the "Back to the Lab" retrospective.
Bones found that family in its stellar cast, which started with Deschanel and Boreanaz, but extended to entirety of the "Squint Squad," from Conlin and Taylor to T.J. Thyne's impressive series-long run as the Jeffersonian's resident "bug boy," Dr. Jack Hodgins, and Eric Millegan as Brennan's early assistant, Zack Addy.
After Zack's departure at the end of season three, in came the "squinterns," a group of student assistants that rotated every week.
"The initial thing was, there was so much science jargon, wouldn't it be great to have more characters to help with that? We'd have these rotating characters all trying to do well for the Brennan character," recalled executive producer Barry Josephson of creating the dynamic group. "And each one that they created, season in and season out, was just so wonderful, and the actors that came and did those roles were just brilliant."
It was a game-changing decision, as the lab wouldn't have been the same without Daisy, Jessica, Clark Edison (Eugene Byrd), Wendell Bray (Michael Grant Terry), Arastoo Vaziri (Pej Vahdat), Colin Fisher (Joel David Moore), Vincent Nigel-Murray (Ryan Cartwright), Finn Abernathy (Luke Kleintank), Rodolfo Fuentes (Ignacio Serricchio), Oliver Wells (Brian Klugman) and more.
And the reverse is true as well -- Cam found love with Arastoo, Daisy's tragic romance with FBI psychologist Lance Sweets (John Francis Daley) ended with the birth of a son, Brennan and Booth's first real hookup happened in the storm of grief following Vincent's death -- at the end of the day, the squinterns shaped the Jeffersonian as much as it shaped them.
The lab wasn't the only place that the Bones team found family. The FBI offices provided their own cast of beloved characters, from "baby duck" Sweets (R.I.P.) to everyone's favorite Booth and Brennan fangirl, Caroline. In later seasons, John Boyd's Agent James Aubrey stepped in as Booth's right-hand man, becoming "Uncle Aubrey" to little Christine and Hank.
Bones even made a meal out of unconventional stunt casting, turning appearances from Cyndi Lauper and Billy Gibbons into recurring roles that had a genuine impact on the show's central characters.
"It was always about the characters first," explained Nathan, "and the case was the foundation on which we built those relationships."
WATCH: 'Bones' 200th Episode: David Boreanaz & Emily Deschanel Spill Everything You Need to Know!
The Very Special Episode
Within the show's 245 episodes, Bones had a lot of time to tackle the issues -- everything from government corruption to animal trafficking to medical marijuana -- but often did so in a fresh and distinctive way, putting a twist on the classic procedural structure through characters and storytelling devices.
In a season eight episode, the entire story is told from the point of view of the skull that the team is examining, showing a unique perspective at the usually stoic central characters. In season five, they recreated the JFK assassination after being forced to investigate mysterious remains from a shadowy government organization. Even the show's "stuck-in-an-elevator" episode is a powerful one, leading to a confession from Booth about his troubled relationship with his father.
The show also tackled prejudice and social issues in both micro and macro storylines. Arastoo begins his tenure as an intern with a heavy accent, until one day it slips and he is forced to reveal that he was putting on the affectation to make his Muslim faith more palatable to his Jeffersonian coworkers, a subtler shade of Islamophobia not often acknowledged in film and television. Later in the series, Arastoo's romance with Cam unfolds the complexities of his character, revealing his status as a political exile, his passion for poetry and his complicated relationship with his traditional parents.
Cam herself shouldered a fair share of heavy subject matter in the series' run, confronting racial issues -- "We don't have a caste system in America," Daisy innocuously observes in one episode, to which the pathologist replies, "You wanna say that to my face?" -- adopting the daughter of her late boyfriend after the team investigates his murder, and planning the funerals of far too many friends and co-workers.
And in 2012, the show tackled 9/11 by acknowledging the reality that a group of elite scientists who work with the dead would have been called upon in the weeks and months following the terror attacks. Cam and Brennan share tearful tales from their traumatic time in the wreckage, and, as the younger interns work to solve the mystery of a homeless man who was injured at the Pentagon on that fateful day, they share their own stories with each other. Wendell's uncle was a New York City firefighter. Arastoo was at morning prayers. It was a powerful episode that showed one of Bones' greatest strengths: drawing human stories from both the living and the dead.
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The Sunny Side
While the show dealt with death on a more-than-regular basis and handled tough topics with care, there was always still time for fun. (Remember when Stewie from Family Guy popped up in Booth's hallucination?)
From undercover missions at the circus or an Old West shooting competition, to the Alfred Hitchcock-inspired 200th episode, to more standard case-of-the-week crack-ups -- seriously, Stewie was in an episode -- Bones was never afraid to find the laughs.
"There's a lighthearted quality, there's humor involved in the show. Some episodes are fully farces," said Deschanel in a Fox finale promotion, before she and Boreanaz laughingly dubbed the show a "crimedy."
The truest testament to Bones, perhaps, is that even after more than a decade together, the cast and crew seem genuinely sad to be saying goodbye.
"I feel like we all became who we are doing this show," Conlin said in the "Back to the Lab" special, tearing up.
"It's wonderful to be creative with people that you think are inspiring and beautiful and evolving and surprising," Taylor agreed. "It's just a pretty awesome ride. It's more than a gal could ask for."
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Theater|Review: Finding Serenity in a Tempest-Tossed 'Twelfth Night'
Review: Finding Serenity in a Tempest-Tossed 'Twelfth Night'
From left, Jessie Austrian as Olivia, Emily Young as Viola and Noah Brody as Orsino in the Fiasco Theater's "Twelfth Night, or What You Will," at the Classic Stage Company.CreditCreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times
Off Broadway, Comedy/Drama, Play, Shakespeare
Closing Date: Jan. 6, 2018
Classic Stage Company, 136 E. 13th St.
By Ben Brantley
Fiasco Theater — whose affable "Twelfth Night, or What You Will" opened on Thursday night at the Classic Stage Company — is to the thickets of Shakespeare what your favorite high school math teacher was to the complexities of calculus. I'm talking about those easygoing, enthusiastic guides who take you by the hand and show you that what you thought was impenetrable not only makes sense, but might also be improbably pleasurable.
This company first won my heart in 2011 with a production of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline," in which a cast of six (assisted by a bedsheet and a trunk) brought light and sparkle to a plot-congested romance. Its streamlined "Measure for Measure," one of Shakespeare's most notorious "problem plays," was such a forthright and forgiving portrait of people's paradoxical natures that you left it asking, "So what was the problem?"
Fiasco also coaxed an effervescent, youthful sweetness from the sour inconstancy of the lovers in "The Two Gentleman of Verona," an early comedy. And, taking a vacation from the canon, it turned the dense Sondheim-Lapine musical "Into the Woods" into a blithe celebration of storytelling that crossed the Atlantic for a warmly received London run.
Fiasco's "Twelfth Night," directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld, is full of the troupe's signature traits. These include minimal scenery and costumes, spirited musical interludes (with cast members doubling as musicians) and a winningly prosaic way of delivering thickly poetic dialogue, as if that were the way everybody talked these days.
As usual, the performers let the story tell itself, without excessive interpretive psychology. And they never pander or patronize with the big annotative gestures or frenzied slapstick common to the "Shakespeare is fun" school of acting. The show is steeped in a daylight lucidity, making it an ideal introduction to "Twelfth Night" for theatergoers unacquainted with this play.
For the rest of us, this production offers a perfectly agreeable two-and-a-half hours of stage time. But the electricity I associate with Fiasco is oddly lacking, as is the sense of unexpected revelation. The show as a whole feels like a clean-lined sketch for a fuller work to come.
Featuring a nautically themed wooden set by John Doyle, the artistic director at Classic Stage and a dab hand at eloquent minimalism himself, this "Twelfth Night" begins promisingly with a sea storm worthy of "The Tempest." This particular raging squall, evoked by swaying, chantey-singing performers, is the one that separates the look-alike brother and sister Viola (Emily Young) and Sebastian (Javier Ignacio) and sets into motion a tale of confused identities.
From left, David Samuel, Andy Grotelueschen, with Tina Chilip on his shoulders, and Paco Tolson in "Twelfth Night," directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld.CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times
It's a well-chosen entry point into a comic universe in which sea imagery, and the sense of an ordering oceanic force, abounds. And because the cast members speak with such clarity and naturalness, you may find yourself newly aware of references to a threatening but ultimately providential water-hemmed world in which "tempests are kind and salt waves fresh in love."
As always with Fiasco, you never doubt that everyone involved understands the play from the inside out and is working as a team to convey that shared appreciation. Monologues are often addressed directly to the audience, with a chummy air that stops short of condescending jokiness. The generous suggestion here is that we — the theatergoers — are a crucial part of creating the fantasy before us.
But "Twelfth Night" is one of the most frequently performed works in the canon. I have seen at least five versions during the past five years, including the glorious Shakespeare's Globe production out of London that starred Mark Rylance as the Countess Olivia. So I approach each new production of it with particularly high standards, hoping to see a beloved kaleidoscopic work (and my favorite Shakespeare comedy) from yet another freshly arranged perspective.
Fiasco's house acting style might be described as one of instructive transparency, in which flamboyant performances never get in the way of the textual meaning. This works beautifully with a thorny enigma like "Measure for Measure," where concentrating too much on the characters' warped psychology can strand you in a Freudian wilderness.
"Twelfth Night," though, cries out for more layered and intricate portraiture. It is, above all, about people living in disguise — not only to others, but also to themselves — and gradually uncovering their essential natures. And no matter what the title character of "Hamlet" famously advised to the traveling players in that tragedy, simply speaking the speech doesn't tap into the emotional riches on offer in "Twelfth Night."
The production's leading ladies, who wear their feelings closest to the surface, are easiest to identify with here. Ms. Young is an earnest and honest Viola, who dresses as a page named Cesario to navigate the unknown kingdom of Illyria; and Jessie Austrian is a commanding and clever Olivia, the countess who unwittingly falls in love with this lass in lad's clothing.
On the other hand, where is the bereavement that colors the lives of these women, each of whom believes she has lost a brother? For the play's gloriously symmetrical happy ending to have full impact, you need to feel the anxiety of characters who hardly trusted in such a denouement ever arriving.
The directors double as actors here, with Mr. Brody as the self-infatuated Count Orsino and Mr. Steinfeld as an especially tuneful Feste, a clown in Olivia's court, who delivers his melancholy ballads in the style of a James Taylor-esque troubadour. Paul L. Coffey is the puritanical Malvolio, Olivia's steward; Andy Grotelueschen is her hedonistic cousin, Sir Toby Belch; and Paco Tolson is his dimwitted companion in revelry, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, with Tina Chilip as Toby's girlfriend (and fellow conniver in Malvolio-baiting), Maria.
You may note that I didn't characterize these cast members beyond, well, the characters they portray. That's because the performances match those basic descriptions without adding much to them. Viola speaks often of not being what she appears to be. But in this "Twelfth Night" what you see is more or less what you get, even when people are pretending to be what they are not.
Classic Stage Company
Flatiron/U. Sq.
classicstage.org
Written by William Shakespeare; Directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld
Jessie Austrian, Noah Brody, Tina Chilip, Paul L. Coffey, Andy Grotelueschen, Javier Ignacio, David Samuel, Ben Steinfeld, Paco Tolson and Emily Young
This information was last updated on Aug. 27, 2018
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For over 30 years Carlos Santana has been combining elements of 12-bar blues in an elegant fashion. With his explosive rock riffs, soulful Afro-Cuban rhythms and passionate, unforgettable guitar style, he creates a unique, magical sound and is considered to be the inventor of Latin rock.
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European civil liberties NGOs brand Labour Party 'anti-EU' ahead of elections
by The Shift Team March 4, 2019, 6:00 am
A Europe-wide campaign being waged by human rights organisations prior to the European Parliament elections is calling on European voters to avoid political parties labelled as "anti-EU values," that included the Malta Labour Party in its list.
The #Vote4Values campaign has launched a tracker listing those Parties putting forward candidates who are deemed not to represent European values such as a free press, freely operating rights and democracy groups and independent courts.
Alongside the 'bad boys' or pariahs of Europe such as Hungary's Fidesz, Poland's PiS (Law and Justice) party, Romania's Partidul Social Democrat, and Slovakia's SMER Party, the #Vote4Values tracker includes Malta's Labour Party or Partit Laburista.
"When we refer to anti-values parties or political groups, we're talking about parties that have an agenda to or a practice of undermining the basic values of the rule of law, pluralistic democracy and/or fundamental rights" the Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) said.
The network is stressing the importance of the rule of law for the protection of human rights and civil liberties. "The rule of law refers to a situation where national courts are independent and free from the influence or control of politicians, where courts have the power to effectively and quickly protect civil liberties, and where politicians and public authorities are not rife with corruption."
Source: #Vote4Values
Under Muscat's leadership, Malta has seen a steady downward slide on internationally renowned indices on democracy, press freedom, and corruption, all essential elements of the rule of law.
These concerns were reinforced by the Venice Commission's findings and reached fever pitch in Europe as the Parliament discussed Article 7 proceedings against Malta for rule of law failings by the government.
The civil liberties network pointed out that, when joining the EU, all Member States committed to the common values that all European countries share and the values on which the EU is founded, in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union.
Liberties is a European network of national civil liberties NGOs from across the EU. Headquartered in Berlin, the network's goal is the protection of civil liberties, so citizens can participate freely in the democratic process in which governments respect the rule of law.
The civil liberties network is also advocating an ousting of the "anti-value" Parties from traditional groupings including the Labour Party's expulsion from S&D (European Socialists) in order to avoid "anti-value" parties undermining European values.
The organisation says the upcoming European elections are critical. "As populist authoritarians continue to gain ground and limit fundamental rights, it's crucial that people make their voices heard and vote".
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Mum's black box was whistling and she looked! Then she said I should get ready for the next surprise! Down we went: nice elevator in this big house!
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TEXARKANA, Texas (From news reports) -- A man who alleges he suffered severe burns and permanent disfigurement while working at the Graphic Packaging mill in Queen City, Texas, in January 2019 is suing the company in a Texarkana federal court.
Montgomery "Monte" Crompton was blasted with 200 degree Fahrenheit steam for 56 seconds on his face, upper torso, legs and back while working to repair a hole in a blowdown header in the mill's powerhouse Jan. 16, 2019, according to the complaint. The complaint alleges proper safety precautions and the mill's own procedures were not followed.
Graphic Packaging could not immediately be reached for comment
Hot steam had been escaping from a hole in the header for months at random intervals and concern for worker safety led to a decision to install a steel patch, the complaint states. Before installation of the patch began, Crompton allegedly expressed concern before beginning work that steps to keep steam from escaping through the hole had not been taken.
Crompton alleges a supervisor told him and the two others assigned to work on the patch that the hole had been isolated and no danger existed about 45 minutes later.
"The time of the event was approximately 1:56 p.m., and though in a state of semi-consciousness, with the help of his co-workers Monte walked a distance of approximately two hundred (200) yards to the maintenance shop with burned flesh peeling from his body," the complaint states, and a company nurse had to cut his clothing from his body.
After being treated at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Crompton was airlifted to the burn unit at Arkansas Children's Hospital.
"At that time, the burns to Monte's face had so distorted his appearance that he was unrecognizable even to his immediate family," the complaint states.
Crompton remained in a medically induced coma for 22 days and was determined to have third-degree burns covering 45 percent of his body, according to the complaint.
Crompton complains that he has suffered permanent injury and disfigurement and continues to require physical therapy and other medical treatment.
Crompton and his wife, Heather, filed suit Wednesday against Georgia-based Graphic Packaging in the Texarkana Division of the Eastern District of Texas with the help of Michael Smith of the Smith Weber law firm of Texarkana.
The Cromptons are seeking $15 million to compensate them for Crompton's physical pain, suffering and mental anguish, for his loss of earnings and future earning capacity and for his wife's loss of consortium.
The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Robert Schroeder III.


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The Labour Party have suspended Pete Willsman, a member of their National Executive Committee, for being "antisemitic".
The charge is that Willsman was recorded claiming that the antisemitism charges against the Labour party were all lies, and that a member of the Israeli embassy staff had been caught covertly giving money to Labour Friends of Israel, as well as planning to "take down" anti Israeli MPs.
The recording was released to LBC radio. It sparked outrage in all the predictable places.
Tom Watson, who has previously described Willsman as a "loud-mouthed bully", tweeted this:
The fact that a member of Labour's governing body feels he can continue to make such offensive remarks after being warned for similar outbursts previously shows how serious the problem of antisemitism is in our party. https://t.co/mguwrLrBf6
— Tom Watson (@tom_watson) May 31, 2019
Whilst former Labour MP Joan Ryan, now a Change UK MP (and the worst motivational speaker in the world), went with this:
This appalling outburst demonstrates all that is wrong with @UKLabour he should be expelled immediately. https://t.co/B0kLlCojOB
— Joan Ryan MP (@joanryanEnfield) May 31, 2019
There is just one problem, of course: Everything Willsman said was true.
Whilst making a documentary for Al Jazeera, an undercover reporter recorded Embassy staffer (and former Israeli Naval officer) Shai Masot discussing "taking down" Alan Duncan, "creating pro-Israel groups" and giving money to the head of Labour Friends of Israel.
None of the media covering Willsman's suspension have mentioned this, of course. Despite reporting on (some) of the story in the past.
Joan Ryan's response is particularly galling…since she was the leader of LFI at the time and appears on film discussing the transfer of the money. Clearly, Ms Ryan either forgot this happened or hoped everybody else did.
Well, we didn't.
Since the release of The Lobby Shai Masot has "resigned" from the Israeli embassy staff, and left the country. You can watch the full documentary here.
Filed under: Israel, latest, UK
Tagged with: antisemitism, Israel, Jeremy Corbyn, Joan Ryan, Labour Friends of Israel, Tom Watson
Wilmers31
It is NOT antisemitic being against Israel's annexation of Golan or similar abuses of power.
BDS – yes.
Meddling in the US elections is oh so bad, meddling in London not?
Jun 4, 2019 3:09 AM
Rhys Jaggar
'If you knew the punishment for lying to me now were for a firing squad to blow your children's brains out, would you agree that Mr Willsman was telling the truth on this recording?'
That is the question you have to ask strident MPs lying for Israel….
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Gezzah Potts
And probably the 4794th reason not to bother reading any mainstream 'media' papers. Lies and bullshit and obfuscation over and over, ad nauseaum. As for utterly craven, boot licking slugs like Watson and Ryan (and all the rest of the fifth columnists in Labor) what vile vile creatures. I wanted to say turds, but that may've been a bit strong. Yeah, and I watched The Lobby a while ago. Very enlightening.
Frank Poster
Don't blame the Israelis for influencing our "for sale" corrupt politicians, nor for Trump to do the same, nor Putin, nor the Saudis, etc.
Thatcher put the whole country up for sale, but I never thought it included the politicians especially Labour, but how wrong we were.
Villia12
You didn't think labour MPs were up for sale. Then why is there a group called labour friends of Israel. And more than 75 percent of labour MPs are red tories. They are conservatives, using the labour red rosette.
Indeed – it always takes two to tango.
It's been a worldwide phenomenon. When corruption was investigated in the German Parliament Bundestag, the late Helmut Kohl said 'I do not have to tell you the truth here because I am not under oath and you cannot put me under oath'.
Corruption is not a victimless crime, I lost my land in the former East Berlin, my brother his life.
different frank
Imagine if the UK had in its statutes, and the USA had in its constitution measures to ensure only white people had the right to immigration [one of Israel's basic laws is only Jews have the right to immigration into Israel 1950]. Continuing the analogy with Israel's recently passed 'Nation-State' [basic law].
1. "The states of the UK and the US are the nation-states of the 'white people".
2. "The actualization of the right of national self- determination in the states of the UK/USA is unique to white people"
3. "The UK/USA will labour to ensure the safety of sons of white people".
4. "The UK/USA will act to preserve the cultural, historical and religious legacy of white people among the Diaspora".
5. "The UK/USA views 'white's only' settlement as joint national values and will labour to encourage and promote its establishment and development".
Now let us look at one of the IHRA examples which many members of the Labour Party, some of Jewish origin, some not, have incorporated into the Labour Party rule book:
"Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination – e.g. by claiming that the existence of a state of Israel is a racist endeavor".
Who could deny that examples 1 to 5 above if incorporated into UK and US law would prove 100% that the UK and US were inherently racist and that their 'existence were racist endeavors' and that anyone in the UK/US [including Jeremy Corbyn] who disapproved of 1 to 5 above, and said so would fall foul of the IHRA definition, be accused of being Anti Semitic and drummed out of the Labour Party and possibly ostracized from society for life. This Israeli Nation State Law makes Israel inherently racist. Apartheid in South Africa was bad but Israels version is a lot worse, not only do the Israelis want the Palestinians gone, they are more than willing to use f16's as part of the ethnic cleansing process.
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Ah, but if the UK was declared to be the unique homeland of the White Christian Gentile People, I'm sure the Board of Deputies wouldn't mind at all.
Excellent post. Thanks.
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harry law
Telling the truth, it would appear, is incompatible with Labour party membership, as an example, saying that Israel is a racist state could get you expelled, yet Israel 'is' a racist state, from its 'Jews only' immigration policy [a basic law, 1950] to over 50 laws [in Israel proper] which discriminate against Palestinians, to the blatantly racist 'nation state law' [recently enacted] which gives Jews rights which are denied to other groups.
The whole of the Labour Leadership is fearful of the Jewish Labour Movements accusations, when they are not apologizing for the nonexistent anti Semitism in the party [ Jenny Formby said just 12 members out of approx 550,000 have been expelled, that is .002%] Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell answering questions from 'Jewish News' as to why his friend Jeremy Corbyn had spent many decades traversing the country on speaking engagements supporting the Palestinians, McDonnell answered ….
" You have to look at why he was sharing platforms, it was not to endorse them, it was to try and engage with them." So his friend did not agree with the Palestinians, Corbyns political opinions through his whole life reduced by McDonnell to "It was not to endorse them", some friend, and a bigger betrayal of his friend is hard to imagine. McDonnell is a craven lick spittal with almost less credibility than Jess Philips.
Then we have Deputy Leader Tom Watson here singing to a Jewish Friends of Israel meeting. Nothing more needs to be said….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUtuzoHgCg
I would like to know how accusing the Israeli embassy of infiltrating the Labour party can be called Antisemitic, Peter Willsman told the truth, former Labour MP Joan Ryan [LFI] is on record saying one million pounds is available to fund certain projects and Ella Rose left her job working with Shai Masot [senior member at the Israel embassy] to take up a senior position with the 'Jewish Labour Movement [JLM] these allegations are documented by the undercover Al Jazeera documentary on the Israel lobby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceCOhdgRBoc The JLM of course is not only affiliated to the UK Labour Party but also affiliated to the World Zionist Organization [WZO] who fund illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, yes, they are affiliated with groups that the Geneva Conventions say are engaged in grave war crimes [Article 49.6 GC 1949] The World court [ICJ] also said in its opinion [the Wall case by 15 Judges to 0 including the US Judge Blumenthal] that settlements are grave war crimes.
Jeremy Corbyns job is very difficult, but his handling of the Antisemitism issue has been pathetic, he should have come out fighting [like Galloway would have done] knowing that the ruthless Israel lobby is out to destroy him, instead he has thrown his colleagues under the bus and generally tried to appease the unappeasable, a recipe for disaster
Exactly correct Harry. Corbyn should have come out swinging, and called them out for the bullshit they were spouting right at the start. We all know why these slugs hurl the anti semitic canard, and as Mark points out below, you cannot reason with them, or appease them. You'd have more luck appeasing a brick wall.
You can't appease these people. Jesus Christ himself couldn't manage it when he walked the earth, so what chance has Jezza got? Give Israel $10 billion and you're anti semitic because you haven't given them $50 billion. Fight 5 wars for Israel and you're anti semitic because you haven't fought 10 wars for Israel. Nothing is ever enough.
wardropper
Looks like basic greed is the issue here.
The Scribes and Pharisees have reincarnated and taken over, still waiting for their "Messiah", whom they will only recognize if he is carrying a machine gun.
And they seriously lay claim to spiritual knowledge…
A former president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) has called for Jeremy Corbyn to be 'sacrificed'.
"Sacrifice him"
I don't suppose the Graun etc reported this.
Jun 1, 2019 10:36 AM
Sacrifice anybody who seriously tries to instill a little morality into the working population and stand in the way of the corrupt accumulation of obscene wealth and the lust for obscene power.
" 'Give us Barrabas!' cried the throng."
And Pontius Pilate gave them Barrabas.
"I must remind you that you are being live streamed" What a fucking cretin! He was only saying what ALL the Jewish League have been saying ever since JC was elected Leader. Margaret Hodge as much as said the same thing and she is still a member of the Labour Party!!!
I can't get my breath for the hypocrisy of 'these people.'
And they say JC is anti semetic?
What the hell is this called?
It is exactly what happened prior to WW2 when the Jews declared war on Germany. It began with the rantings of a senile old man…
https://www.wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/archives/articles/jdecwar.html
andyoldlabour
They may be "Livestreemed" but what has been said can never be undone, and I think that gentleman's words speak volumes about the attitude of a certain minority towards politicians and leaders of political parties in this country.
How about we suggest that he should be marched through traitors gate?
Disgraceful. The level of hypocrisy on display here is truly shocking.
Is this not hate speech and incitement to violence?
Yes it is incitement, but some minorities get a free pass to do that.
Of course Watson is a paid up (or paid in reverse would be more accurate) of the Labour Friends of Israel who voted in favour of the war against Iraq. Figures! Watson is very typical of that ultra-right tendency which has always been present in the Labour Party. How well I remember those gentlemen in the past, particularly the right-wing union bloc of Sidney Green National Union of Railwaymen, 'Lord' Carron of the AEU, and Arthur Deakin of the Transport and General Workers, who together with the political faction of Hugh Gaitskell, George Brown et al who consistently blocked anything like socialist policies at Annual Conference. Of course even then the Labour party was pro-Israel and given the political orientation of most of the membership probably always will be. One of the characteristic features of the LP and a trait of all social-democratic parties is their craving for respectability and approval from the PTB. There is nothing the LP will not do to appear 'responsible' 'reasonable' or 'harmless'. A secondary feature is the existance within the party of two blocs who want entirely different things. This of course makes the party unviable. Corbyn's embrace of the discredited Blair–Brown Labour right is the closest—makes his political stance contradictory. His first instinct was to invite them into his Shadow Cabinet: warmonger Hilary Benn as foreign minister, Atlanticist Maria Eagle at defence, Andy Burnham—with a scandalous record as Health Secretary under Brown—for the Home Office; Rosie Winterton retained as Chief Whip. And of course membership of NATO is to be retained.
But getting back to zionism. In 1962/3 there was something of a resurgence of fascism in the UK. There was a particular rally in Trafalgar Square called 'Free Britain from Jewish control' by the British National Party. On the plinth stood the fuhrer Colin Jordan in full nazi regalia, of course there was a riot. I was only 17 at the time and although I am not Jewish I was a member of the Yellow Star Movement, a Jewish defence organization. I remember wearing a badge with the six-pointed yellow star on a white background pinned on my jacket between my CND badge and my Young Communist League badge. I guess the organizers of this movement are all gone now. I would rather take umbrage at anyone who called me an anti-semite now.
Joan Ryan says the answer is in your hands. Is she encouraging nationwide wankery?
Change UK has just split up. Half of them including Chuka and Berger have jumped ship. They'll probably try to form the People's Popular Change Front or worm their way into the Liberals. The other half, including Loudmouth Soubry and that repulsive poisonous Zionist toad Gapes are staying put. I didn't think Change were big enough to split.
Capricornia Man
Well, well…fancy Joan Ryan, she of the one million pound money-talk with Israeli embassy's Shai Masot, professing to be 'appalled'.
Still, I suppose truth-telling is appalling to Israel's battalion of supporters in the political and media classes.
As for opportunist Tom Watson, he knows on which side his bread is buttered….or thinks he does.
What's up with the Labour administration? Haven't they learned by now that when you give in to witch hunters, they don't go away, they just come back demanding more? Isn't there somebody there with enough guts to start pushing back?
Oy vey! The truth is anti semitic!! Shut it down!!!
Not if but when
Netanyahu has trouble governing in Israel, and yet, he's so popular and adorable in the [US] congress and among UK parlimentarians. Would he accept becoming the UK prime minister? He seems, he is already running the politics in the UK.
Perhaps 'running the politics in the Western hemisphere' would be a more accurate description of what Israel is doing.
Anti semitism shmemetism
This article doesn't put Willsman's resignation into perspective (recent Israeli hacking stories, the tech revolution in Israel, wider pro-zionist legislation and exclusivity, Trump's presidency – http://www.unz.com/article/the-hidden-side-of-the-mueller-report/)…
Any political entitity that hopes to challenge the system and trajectory of our current society, must in fact challenge Israel, zionism and Jewish elite networks that span the globe.
I think the fact that these are intrinsically linked is becoming plain to many people, even if they are not prepared to voice the realisation or to consider what this might practically mean.
Labour cannot shrug its zionist shackles without confronting the reality of Jewish power – something that it is ideologically incapable of doing.
Yes, as Adam Green recently said in one of his shows, you have to call a spade a spade. Jewish power is real, and Jewish power is a problem……for all of us……Jews and Goy alike.
I wonder how many people here at OffG would watch that, and if so what they might think of it, and indeed what they might say of it…?
Adam Green is so far from where I have come from in my life, yet, weirdly, I now think he is at the forefront of truth telling (-or at least an honest attempt at it).
Thank you Mucho, This video is Unbelievable… from their own mouths?
Everything that anyone has ever said about them being vampires, the elite and wanting to control the world… and been labelled anti-Semite for saying so is HERE in their own publications and videos, and is true.
The Zionists are evil incarnate.
I treat him like all online truthers……with suspicion, but he appears to be motivated by his disgust at things like 9/11, how this event has ruined our world, and how we must expose those who are responsible for it, wherever that may lead us. He is human so he can be wrong or not to everyone's taste. The problems of the world, the fact that we are living in such dark times, especially with the impending rollout of 5g, (an omnipresent, always firing weapons system which can be hacked and maniuplated by anyone for all manner of nefarious purposes), mean that it is time for the people to say "enough is enough", and begin a process of insisting that these horrible, evil, out of touch, aged people with their sick souls, step down and stop fucking up the world. The British establishment, the Vatican, Washington DC, Moscow, Beijing and yes, those of Jewish power…..the whole lot, is totally rotten, they are nothing but poison to our God created, divine, beautiful world. It is high time for everyday folk to re-connect with their souls and demand that this tiny minority of twisted, Satanic scumbags, fuck right off
Wicked people never "step down".
They have to be removed.
They don't understand stepping down because that is a moral stance based on understanding that you were mistaken.
We tolerate wicked people today.
That is the problem.
BigB
Jewish power is real: but Adam Green at the forefront of truth telling. If truth reared up before him and kicked him in the b#####ks he wouldn't recognise it. That is because truth is absolute: and cannot be relativist.
We've had this conversation before: so I won't go into any depth. You have said we live in a relative world: I say we construct a relative world. Then we compound our error by taking the construction as 'real' and 'true'. It is not, and cannot ever be. It is imaginary – vikalpa: taking the unreal as real – and all the while we do that, we are in Samsara …cycles of inter-racial tension and destructiveness that manifests as dead Palestinian children. But also dead Yemeni, DRC, Zaire, Chilean, name a country, and their children are dying from relativistic materialism and imperialism. Them and us: the basis of all suffering and planetary destruction. The only solution is to stop with the them and us: the problem is universal.
The solution is personal: the only person that can heal the world consciousness is us – me and you …only with the insight that they are us. We split our consciousness on a moment by moment basis (vijnana): we can heal it on a moment by moment basis …transforming the Samsaric separationism into Nirvanic nondualism. That is the truth. Green expounds 'vikalpic' untruth …which should not be taken as 'true'.
Truth may be absolute, but the ability of two individuals to perceive any given truth is not.
The Earth was once thought by everybody to be flat, but that didn't make it flat.
Just pointing out what is a matter of principle for me.
For the sake of this thread…
If you want to move on from a 'created relativism' of world politics, you have to address the motherlode of the 'them and us' ideology, I would say. What are the stories embedded in the past that lead to this moment? You previouisly said, "focus on the present", but you know, Barak Obama said that too. Taken to the extreme, there is no point in discussing anything in a politics of the personal….just sit on your meditation cushion and remain silent.
To engage politically is to engage with a relativistic world (whether one thinks that relativism is 'created' by us, or 'interpretted' by us). This is why so few liberal middle class Buddhist/ mindfulness adherents find their chosen spiritual path so appealing – they don't actually have to confront any discomforting truths about their lives and the branch of relationships that spread out from them.
You clearly are not of this denialist mode in a general sense. Yet, if influential religious clerics and cultists in Israel, the US, the UK and elsewhere are motivated by a domination plan, and have the wealth, links to power to enact it, and are legally silencing voices critical of them, and basically nobody ont the Left is pointing this out – then is someone like Green not to be acknowledged for the integrity of pointing out what is true, but also taboo ?
I say he is.
Green doesn't really present an ideology himself, but merely pieces together various stories from Israeli and Anglo media to make the case that, yes, elites in UK,US and Israel envision a cybernetic empire with Israel at its heart, with all the religious paraphernalia necessary to make that happen.
Nobody is really denying this factual argument, only calling it out as some kind of racist accusation. It is the zionists/ Pharasees/ Levites/ Rabbinical Talmudists who are the racists though. That is the point.
Do you stand against Tommy Robinson et al? Why?
Anyone who wants a universalist ethic and a world without normalised slavery needs to challenge the ideas held by those who are hell bent on destroying all hope any such things coming to pass.
For the sake of humanity…
Do we want to address the motherlode of 'them and us' political ideologies by picking a few leaves, maybe cutting back a branch or two: and topiaring the tree …or do we go to the root and cut it off from ground level – to make sure that the pernicious roots never produce again?
Radical means root: I said months back that you can never, never deal with the proliferation of beliefs that make up the socio-politcal constructivist imaginary …and you cannot deconstruct the meta-system of beliefs predicated on beliefs predicated on beliefs. But anyone, anytime, anywhere can go to the root of the root of belief …and cut it off, transforming the world.
As an individualistic action, this may be deemed futile …but if a million or billion turn to peace …all of a sudden you have an irresistible force. A force that can never emerge from thinking relativistically about thinking relativistically about thinking relativistically …in infinite recursion.
Perception is action: transforming consciousness from conceptual to real is a fundamental evolutionary act …perhaps the only evolutionary act we can perform in this recuperated corporate and country captured world. A world the developed while everyone was thinking relativistically, from a first person self-interested POV: the entire socio-political system was captured and routed 'elsewhere' and 'offshore'. Relativistic thinking, creating the socio-political imaginary, did nothing but enable this. Why: maybe not you or I – but a majoritarian part of the plebeian precariat had skin in the materialistic game. Many still do believe in a relativistic dialectical materialism: one which is prohibited by entropy …on which we both agree.
So, if relativistic dialectical materialism is the basis of the 'Jewish Power' fallacy: it is because they are supposedly 'hoarding' and 'leaching' off everyone else …denying the materialist standard of living they feel they are entitled to. My major criticism of this is what about the 'everyone else' that validated and legitimated their own enpauperisation? And to cut to the bone: what about the 'everyone else' that never had a choice or say in their immiseration? Including the 'dumb' silent majority in biocentric ecological communities that were being murdered by modernity, long before the so-called 'Judiasation' of culture began.
It matters little to me whether the culture of destruction has been taken over. It was a pernicious autophagical cultural cannibalism anyway: modernity is murder by money. It matters little who gets the carnivore share of the blood money: blood money is also the basis of the lifestyle choices that the like of Green obfuscate. Nearly everyone that is taken in by the Judiasation fallacy is merely protecting their inherited expectancy of a blood money lifestyle. All capitalised prosperity lifestyles are imperialistic. What we have; others do not. To the point we are living out the future prosperity of humanity.
Bitching, moaning and scapegoating about how we distribute humanities future is a supreme 'I-am' conceit – which is the basis of all suffering and dehumanisation – present and future. Yes there is inequality in this world: but what of the inequity we are normalising between this world and future debt-ridden, materially enpauperised worlds? The like of Green never stop to ponder this (on a quick survey of his output).
The entire systemic sociopathology needs radical reform: from the rot of the root of the root. Not just re-distributory justice within the current confines of space and time: that's lifestyle blood imperialism.
The thing about Green: diagnosing relativistic 'them and us' inequality and imperialism …as relativism critiquing relativism as relativism – it is neverending and has no solution. Relativism: 'them and us' (self/otherisation) and subject/objectivisation is the root of the root cause. Nirvanic nondualism is the cure. Relativistic socio-politicisation is practico-inert and enabling of the status quo. I'm surprised not many people realise this, it should be very obvious by now. The conceptual constructivism of a new paradigm to replace the old power/knowledge constructivist conceptuum is a figment of the imagination. We either live in the world or we live in our materialistic imaginations. Living in the world requires no capitalised, hierarchically and structurally racist maldistribution of blood money materialistic imperialism. It rejects modernities murder by money in its totality. Link me with the video in which Adam says this, and I will concede that he is at the forefront of truth-telling. If not, then that accolade must go to Buddha: who not only diagnosed the world-problem …but also provided the ultimate solution – for those who have eyes to see.
Link me to who else is exposing the dominance plans which underlie the subject of this article ?
Green doesn't present himself as an ideologue or teacher or someone with 'the answers'. He is not calling for any roots to be chopped.
He calls a spade a spade though, and I am sorry to write that your only reply to that is to endulge in psychobabbling verbage. You may say that a spade is form of 'pernicious autophagical cultural cannibalism', but I think, the conversation is over.
You do this: ask for an opinion – then shut down the conversation if you do not like the reply. You also make an exorbitant claim for Green: so he is at the forefront of truth telling for you Well OK, but his 'truth' appeals only to a narrowing bandwidth of consciousness. You only have to read some of the comments to see exactly who he appealing to. Surely you must see exactly who the target audience are? If that is to be conflated with truth – relative or absolute – there can hardly be any wonder why the world is as it is, can there?
I don't think you have answered the questions though BigB, rather you avoid them and hide behind philosophical obfuscation. It is in fact you who has stepped away from the conversation.
Who, amongst those who speak in 'the public conversation' and who are committed to challenging the structures of power around us, make the case that Green does? He is not alone, but there are few, even among the radical fringe.
Does he make a coherent 'joining of the dots' ? Are there people at the heart of zionist politics who are motivated -not just by imperial reach for middle eastern resources (as hypothesised by most of the Left)- but by a vision, a domination plan to make Israel and Jews the centre of a New World Order – a much steeper hierarchy ?
If you think that Green (and others) fail to make any evidential case for that proposition at all, then it would make perfect sense to dismiss it all as the ramblings of someone motivated by racism, 'othering', or a 'them and us' mentality etc.
You are quite prepared in much of what you have written to point out other ideas which deserve the fiercest criticism, and even to make a stand against those ('others') who are motivated by sentiments which run counter to the universalist ethic that you celebrate. However, when it comes to Jewish power, you step back into denunciation of 'othering' and, really, of all political struggle, preferring to retreat into the 'yogi' end of Koestler's spectrum.
This approach only serves to enhance the exceptionalism of Jewish power though, which relies almost entirely upon silencing criticism of itself.
Green may be a dyed in the wool white supremicist, (I don't think he is) he may attract lunatics and trolls to his comment section, but would that undermine the significance of all those dozens of articles he brings to our attention about the Israeli dominance of the emerging cybernetic world system? Does it undermine the statements of rabbis who clearly regard Israel's ascendancy and that of Jewish elites in the US as a religious vindication? etc.
I like this website because it has been a home for those who dare to question taboo subjects. JFK and 9/11 are two obvious great pillars in the temple of deep politics. I have become convinced (by the evidence) that both of these crimes were essentially driven by elements of Jewish power networks. They are hidden by the taboo against even attempting to discuss the nature and extent of those networks. If any political debate is to hold real meaning in this age, it must make an honest examination of this aspect of world power and its history.
So I stand by what I wrote. Green, for whatever his shortcomings, has the integrity to ask what the hell really motivates the zionist project. After spending the past couple of years reading Shamir, Atzmon, Reed, Guyenot and others, I think he is right to do so.
I fear that you completely mischaracterise my POV as being "philosophical obfuscation" and from the "'yogi' end of the Koestler spectrum". Over the months, and not just with you, I have made many 'obfuscatory' arguments – from cognitive neuroscience, biology, and neuropsychology – to establish a sound epistemological basis for the universalist POV.
To recap: every person is unique and individual – right down to the functional and structural neuro-anatomical level. Categorising any group by traits and particularities is 19th century bad education: based on outdated biology and evolutionary psychology. I've also argued from cognitive science for 'embodiment': a paradigm for which there is a growing scientific consensus. The 'soft' version of this is well supported. I won't digress: but the current Cartesian paradigm is entirely 'disembodied'.
Following Lakoff and Johnson: I've shown that the entire disembodied 'objective' paradigm – championed by Rand and an integral part of the Enlightenment – is, in fact, flawed from first principles. So I established a sound epistemological basis from the latest science and empiricism before I went off the "yogi end".
I came from the relativistic and conventional, long before I made any absolutist allusions. It is hardly my fault that virtually no one seems to want to accept the latest research: which supports both the universalist and nondual paradigmatic shift to dynamic systems ecology and holistic worldview. Cognitive neuroscience et al is only "philosophical obfuscation" for those who want to stay stuck in the past. I do not.
So we are stuck doing 18th century politics with stone age minds. And getting 18th century and stone age results. If anyone has tried to move on from this: it has been me. If anyone has been obfuscating – contra the latest systems science and empiricism – I fail to see what more I could have done to highlight the fact and move things on.
So I made a pretty strong case against Adam Green long before I even heard of him. The introduction being an egregious and completely non sequitur insinuation that the Jews burnt down Notre Dame.
If you recall: I'm not overtly against the idea that there are Jewish Zionist elites with world domination plans. All I ever noted that this was not unique or specifically Judaised. Unfortunately, there are elites all over the world that are no different. Exceptionalism is a structural feature of capitalism: not specific to race, country or ideology. It is a universalised feature of the world system: so much so that obsessive focus on Israel is in itself an obfuscation.
And obsessive focus – to the exclusion of all else – becomes racist. Which – apart from being anti-science – is completely and utterly counterproductive. The whole globalised world system and objective anti-evolutionary paradigm is sociopathological and anti-life. Why does he not expose that?
And boy, is he obsessed. If he was genuinely covering the issues: I would expect to see a broad spectrum of videos. He has a whole section on tech takeover: I can't see any mention of China or Foxconn – and tech is at the very heart of the US/China trade deal. He only covers Israel. Religious fundamentalism? Rampant in America. He only covers Israel. Ethnocentric exceptionalism: as American as Mom's apple pie. He only covers Israel.
Name an issue: he only covers it if it implicates Israel. Tax evasion: only if it an Israeli bank. Why is that his specific focus? Suffering and exceptionalism are universal: not Judaised. I've mentioned Kagame and Museveni's rolling genocide that has murdered maybe ten million: why not expose that? Tragically: however pathological the crimes of the IDF are – the Secret Holocaust in the DRC makes them look like rank amateurs. He only covers Israel.
It seems he has an agenda. He is not looking at the world problem: only focusing on a single aspect of it – obsessively …drawing attention away for the overall dynamics. I can't see anything anti-capitalist, or anything really that would qualify him as a truth-teller – relatively, conventionally, and definitely not absolutely. It all seems like standard patriot self-protectionist Americanism to me. Not a word about Americanism's ethnocentric exceptionalism or the ubiquitous crimes of imperialism. He seems remarkably sanguine about that
I actually agree with you: what I disagree about is the overall framework we should look at Zionism in. It is a rather ordinary, grubby, run of the mill ethnocentric exceptionalism. Rather mediocre compared to the ethnocentric exceptionalism of Americanism: which Green seems to be hiding. What I do not seem to be able to get across is that this is a inevitable structural consequence of the whole objective conceptual paradigm being logically contradictory and fatally flawed. We are not separate: they are us …however unpalatable that might seem. That is why the whole hierarchical power/knowledge regime must evolve. And your man Green is absolutely clueless there. I'm standing by my claim too: he wouldn't know truth if it kicked where it hurts.
We are going to accuse each other of making straw man arguments.
I am not saying that Green is the sole source of wisdom on all things relevant to today. I am saying that he is focusing on the theory that Jewish elites share domination plans and that the unfolding of these coincides with a silencing of criticism of zionism, Israel and all things relating to Judaism. I think the rarity and circumstance of his focus might explain the singularity of it.
Obviously, if you only viewed Green's work as a window on the world, it would give a very distorted viewpoint. But neither I nor he is suggesting that, so your criticism in that respect is off target I would say.
You say that there is nothing exceptional about Jewish exceptionalism. That is the key point though. In our culture, Jewish exceptionalism is the only one that remains protected from open critical enquiry. American exceptionalism is not protected in this way. That has come in for wide ranging criticism from the anti-imperial Left over the past century.
If you follow the theological arguments which relate the religous culture of the US to Protestantism and the Old Testament, then it might become clear as to why that is the case. American exceptionalism and Jewish exceptionalism are closely related, and Israel politically controls the US, which in turn is the unipolar power in today's world. As Israel is the self proclaimed Jewish state, we should all be examining the power dynamics and religious ambitions of those in power in Israel. This doesn't happen though, often because people make arguments like those you make (that scrutiny of Israel- Jewish politics is racist).
You compare examination of China and US bids for the mantle of tech supremecy with that of Israel, but ignore that Israel is a tiny country with few resources that has risen to prominence in this field by similar means to how it became so militarily powerful.
Israel is the wholly exceptional country in the world, and to imply that it merely stands alongside other nations is to competely ignore both its history and the ethical roots.
What other country has been ruled almost entirely by terrorists?
Do you think that Mossad and Israel centred networks were responsible for 9/11? If so, then it makes no sense to put their domination plans on an equal footing with those of others and merely consider them conceptually.
This is happening now. We live in the post 9/11 world, and we have watched our relatively open society disintegrate into Orwellian dystopia as a consequence of things set in motion in 2001.
If you don't think 9/11 came from Israel then we are not on the same page.
What we call 'capitalism' is a feature of exceptionalism not the other way round.
Again, so few discuss this. All the media-critic-lefties are keen to point out that Russiagate was a baseless conspiracy theory. But how many of them are willing to point out that not only did the investigations reveal Israelgate, but that Trump is rather close to the Russian Jewish mafia ? You see how it (doesn't) work ?
Green is no polymath, no philosopher no wellspring of political wisdom. But he called out that the Israelis plan to storm the Temple Mount, long before these current days where they are literally at the door of the Mosque.
I'm glad we are having this conversation: because there is not too much to disagree on. Everything you say is more or less true: but still, the focus is not. Analysis of the world system on a state structuralist basis is defunct: and has been for some time. Real power and wealth moved offshore and transnational decades ago. Globalisation grew from illicit black market money flows – the eurodollar (euro$) markets – centred on London: and radiating from there. Wall St's power and influence grew from this: and their surplus capital flowed into Israel: which makes Israel a sub-imperial outpost …not a main centre.
When the two exceptionalisms are nearly identical: which is the tail and which is the dog? Neither: both owe supra-national allegiance to 'offshore' – usually referred to as the Trans-National State (TNS – by William I Robinson, for instance). Does Netanyahu or Trump answer to Adelson: or does Adelson answer to them?
The TNS is globalised and contains exceptionalists of every nationality: not just Israel. It is protected because it does not exist socio-politically: neither does the euro$ market – which almost certainly funds Israel. The TNS has totally re-ordered the global market into tiers of capital accumulation and division of labour.
I am only sketching: but the unipolar power lies with the TNS – roughly the 2,200 international billionaires; the 140 or so main TNCs; and the transnational financial institutions (banks and shadow banks) – which all but controls the global economy.
No one talks about this because no one knows about it; it is socio-politically taboo. Attention is drawn to the nation states: which is a category Green (I'll give him the benefit of the doubt) of inadvertently servicing. Focus on inter- and intra-state tensions – and the TNS operates freely raping the world. That is your hidden exceptionalism: which is 'trans-ethnocentric' – allegiance of self to self.
Capitalism/exceptionalism: which is the chicken and which is the egg. Neither: it is a dialectic of self-reinforcing greed that through hierarchical carnivore culture tends to oligopoly, monopoly, and rent seeking kleptocracy …which is exactly what we have.
The Zionist agenda was part of Russiagate: but so was a cabal of ex-MI6 operatives – I call the Dearlove Cabal – acting in collusion with elements of the CIA and FBI. It was a trans-national conspiracy – including Zionist imperialist Browder, Steele, the Australian Downer, the Clinton cabal (Blumenthal et al). Many of the same crew were involved in Skripalgate – which is a sure sign of an international Deep State and inter-agency cooperation at the highest level – not just Mossad.
Similarly, Browder was involved with the UK Labour party – pushing his Magnitsky agenda – both in the US and UK, now the EU. Take your pich as to whether he is Mossad or MI6 – probably both …but here is another anti-Russia campaign that is trans-national …named "Operation Beluga" by Barril.
I have no proof: but I strongly suspect 9/11 was orchestrated by Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld through the COG ultra-secret network. The dual-national PNACers were a later addition. But that is speculation: the claim that Bollyn has 'solved' 9/11 is a stretch of the imagination. Where the Israelis involved: undoubtedly …but probably in a secondary capacity (there is no way they stood down the air defences, organised drills, or made sure key personnel where on holiday or in conference elsewhere).
Zion, like Liberia, is a flag of convenience for the true global power structure. New World Order rising: it's been in place for decades …only no one noticed when they were looking at the spurious national and international pseudo-news. If I know say the world is controlled by a powerful cabal who exist offshore – I am immediately an anti-semite. They are protecting a lot more than just the tiny capitalist outpost in the Middle East …they are protecting the global TNS …which cannot be mentioned.
So, obsessive focus on Israel is obfuscational. Getting rid of so called 'Judaised' influnce will do absolutely nothing to kill the beast. Like the hydra: new elites and new allegiances will sprout up 'elsewhere' – controlled by the TNS. Green's analysis is little more than a limited hangout. Even if he is genuine (which I doubt): he is saying look over here …when real power resides elsewhere.
There maybe nothing we can do: but studying the real power structures will at least provide correct analysis. I may be way ahead of the curve by relating this all back to psychology: but that is what it is. The global phenomena is the extremisation of the localised, personalised phenomena. It is nothing but a massive globalised ego-trip: with the most exceptionalised rising to the top – a kakistocracy. Which makes how we perceive ourselves crucial. We will never change them: but we can change us. However unlikely it seems: maybe the balance of power will shift …perhaps when the resources run out? Maybe there are no solutions: but partial solutions will never change anything. Especially if attention is drawn away from the real power structures.
As I wrote, if you do not regard 9/11 (at least the WTC component) as a plot of Israeli intelligence, zionist sympathisers and 'shabbos goyem' then we are on a different page.
Ditto the Kennedy killings.
I am persuaded by the evidence, simple as that.
The concept of Israel as 'imperial outpost' (tail or dog/tail) seems flatly ridiculous to me in this era.
No other client state comes even remotely close in terms of controlling the discourse or buying up legislatures, or has such vociferous supporters/ apologists amongst the liberal-left seam of political debate.
You ignored the central argument again : that discussion of Jewish exceptionalism, Jewish power or the ethical implications of Judaic doctrines puts one beyond the pale. It is the exceptional exceptionalism. Masters of the Discourse are masters of all.
I'll leave it there as I am busy next few days.
'…so *many* liberal middle class buddhist…'
[that is a bad typo].
sorry, delete 'resignation' and paste 'suspension'.
[edit, editors, what happened ?]
The Labour party is riddled with infiltrators, most obviously the various zionist front organization such as the Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) who push Israel's interests as a priority as opposed to the interests of the UK. This happens also to be true in spades of the Conservative Party, a political party bought and paid for. Additionally, various marginal groups and individuals hankering for a career in politics and/or journalism (if that's the right word) see these parties as a stepping stone to their own career prospects and advancement. This has been either the cause of outcome – or both -of Labour's shift to the right, and is particularly evident in the Parliamentary Labour Party, a party within a party and Blairite to the core.
And the same is true of the US where orgnizations like the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the Jewish Institute for the National Security of America (JINSA) determine what US foreign policy should be. Woe betide anyone or any organization draws attention to this lopsided relationship. The can consider their career in politics, academia or the media to be terminated.
This shift to the right is replicated around Europe and even the Greens (particularly in Germany) and NGOs like Amnesty International have joined the right surging bandwagon.
My gig what a great comment. The Green Party here in Britain are 100 percent Globalist. That why the Love The European Union. There leader said in 2016 on questions time, not long after the EU referendum. That the result has to be over turned in a second referendum.
George Cornell
Russiagate and the few dollars Russia spent on the American election are baby potatoes compared to the systematic attempts by Israel to warp our democracy. Everyone should leave the Labour Party, except for the mad dog Zionists who can then call themselves whatever they wish. I would suggest the Sedition Party.
I disagree that 'everyone' should leave the Labour Party George. What should happen is that all those squealing anti semite at anyone who criticises Israhell should be expelled, for bringing the party into disrepute. Then they can toddle along to their new Party run by their own supporters…. "Change?" And we could see by the last election just how much support they had…. And all those expelled to suit the Zionist agenda should be reinstated.
Onward and upward to victory. Ignore the carping of the chosen ones.
Anti semite used to refer to people who hated Jews. Now it refers to those that Zionist jews hate.
By the way.. why would Russia have any interest in spending money on the American Elections? They know they are about to implode, all they have to do is sit and watch as the dogs all eat themselves.
Sadly for the plebs… they deserve all they get. Just as we will here if we even consider voting Con, Lib or Green.
DunGroanin
But how many of the overall self identifying practicing jewish population vote Labour and Tory over the years?
I'd guess many were 'naturally' conservative?
Shocking stuff. Is our whole political system corrupt with bribery, collusion with mass murder and child sex abuse?. It would appear so.
650 MPS – seems most fall into one of the above.
Again, I am reminded of a professor of psychology who maintained a few years ago that it is fundamentally a psychotic condition to want to control other people, and, therefore, to want to go into politics.
Once you realize that there is something wrong with people who want a political career, everything else falls into place, including your first sentence.
As an example, let me just mention "war".
Today, nobody wants war, except one group: Yes, politicians and their corporate owners.
"Is our whole political system corrupt?"
Is the Pope Catholic?
Does river water flow downstream?
Do bears s*it in the woods?
Doggrotter
Hilarious, The Labour Party, home of the poor, the disadvantaged and the abused. And the Tory Media accusing them of anti semitism. If I don't give a shit about muslims why should I give jews?
Harry Stotle
Israeli benefits enormously from a fearsome propaganda machine that never ceases to frame criticism of human rights abuses (perpetrated by them against Palestinians) as a form of antisemitism.
This tactic is so effective (with the world sitting on its hands while Israel has its way with defenceless protestors ) that it has become part and parcel of right wing ideology that now defines Israeli politics – in other words truth has become antisemitic.
Things are so bad no-one is in the least bit surprised that Netanyahu has formed alliances with some of the other worlds most egregious regimes including KSA and Brazil.
Watson must be well aware of the harms Israel has inflicted in places like Gaza yet no matter how many children have their heads blown off by IDF snipers all he ever worries about are Facebook postings by socialists – the man is a complete and utter twat.
I only wish I would have said that.
Fully agree with you Harry. Tom Watson is the rattle at the end of the snake. He thinks he is important and is going to step into Corbyn's shoes and be Prime Minister. ha ha. What a joke.. look at his background.
The guy who attempted to to out all the Westminster Peados… then 'suddenly' had his mouth sewn up????
IMO a bought and paid for stooge. Sold to the highest bidder.
Whilst researching for this post I happened upon an article by Phil Butler, and have borrowed a few paragraphs:
>>Without bombarding you with 9/11 theories and anti-Israel rhetoric, it's completely fair to say hard liner Zionists in Israel, America, and across EUROPE have played a major role in brewing conflicts in the Middle East. If we can admit that Greater Israel is part of this chaotic stew of destruction, then it is far easier to show "Average Joes" everywhere just what the costs of American and Israeli policies is. For the sake of this argument, here are some even more amazing figures.
Since the so-called "War on Terror" was launched, experts claim that the United States has squandered in between $3.2 and upwards of $5 trillion dollars. I think it's fair to assume that it's costs Americans more than $4 trillion since 2003, so let me run with this figure.
Yesterday I was on hold with the Social Security Administration for 47 minutes on an international call to solve my initial retirement payments. While I waited the robot in charge of held calls kept telling me, "We provide benefits to over 50 million Americans, so there are very busy times. We are sorry for your long wait". At that moment, this article was on my mind. I thought to myself over and over, "fifty million, fifty million into $4 trillion or so?" As I type this I am recalling over 40 years of hard work. I'm thinking about my fellow 50 million countrymen, and all the hard work I saw those "Average Joes" doing over the decades. And I am thinking about the $900 bucks a month my early retirement (63 instead of 65) gets me. I think I am the "Average Joe" perhaps, and I am thinking $4,000,000,000,000.00 divided by 50 million. What is that figure? Wow, it comes out to $80,000 dollars! Now let me frame (or hammer) this in.
Without a war to destroy all of Israel's neighbours and enemies (in my scenario) the people still alive who helped build and fuel the American dream could EACH have a lump sum payment of 80 grand! Eighty thousand dollars, what could the average retired person do – buy a small house – never pay rent again – get that eye surgery so desperately needed – live a little bit longer or more comfortably – survive instead of subsist! I am now thinking about an aged couple I know back home in South Carolina, and about the cat food I once caught them eating a couple of days before their US Treasury checks arrived. I'm thinking about my US veteran retired friend, who has to go to the VA to be treated like an animal. I am thinking about my own $900 dollars and how I will make do abroad, with no medical insurance except what my wife can pay for. Peace and $80,000 for America's retired "Average Joe or Joanne" – – or perpetual war until Greater Israel is established. Until the Syrians are killed or run out of the coming "Northern Jerusalem Empire"…..
Take note folks, 'Americans' got ZERO from these lost wars.
This is harsh, I know. It seems a bit conspiracy theoretical too, I understand. But after three or four years of research and analysis, and roughly twelve to fourteen hours a day hard at it, I've made my diagnosis. If killing and chaos, if the economical warfare and crookedness of our political processes are the illness, then rampant Zionism is the contagion.
From my perspective western societies have been literally infected by an insidious flesh eating bug, a blood sucking tick that spreads a bigoted and elitist disease that will eventually destroy us all. Like the small, seemingly harmless little tick, the animal driving American policy, breeds more animals in the blood it extracts from its host. And you think my seemly affront on Zionism dastardly or inappropriate? Then go and do your own pathology work. Look at the patient in his eyes, check his pulse, listen to that frail heartbeat, see his suffering, and try and cure humanity yourself. All I know is, "Average Joe" has not even been made aware of the parasite that has cost him everything.
How's that for a wakeup call Joe?
Phil Butler, is a policy investigator and analyst, a political scientist and expert on Eastern Europe, exclusively for the online magazine "New Eastern Outlook."
The whole article is here:
https://thefringenewsinfo.blogspot.com/2017/11/blog-post_5146.html
Ah, but American troops are "happy" to die for Israel. Their general in charge of US troops in Israel says so.
Dear Maggie,
You're actually short changing yourself. As of today, the GWOT for Israel has cost a bit over $4.8 trillion, so you are actually down $96,000 plus (so far.)
It will inevitably rise to at least $7 trillion to cover the existing costs of past campaigns, even assuming our Zionist friends don't dream up further wars that the stupid goys have to fight for them against Iran and other people. So consider yourself short changed by at least $140,000.
Of course that doesn't count all the hundreds of billions in free weapons to our Zionist chums. The entire cost of the Zionist military is paid for by Joe US Taxpayer. And those fancy planes and the fancy bombs and missiles they drop on kids in Gaza all cost plenty. The US paid for the entire cost of the Merkava tank programme. Like it paid for the entire cost of the Iron Dome and Arrow missile systems. Joe German Taxpayer paid the entire cost of the advanced Dolphin nuclear missile submarines given to Israel completely free of charge. Joe Shlomo in Tel Aviv doesn't have to put his hand in his pocket for a single shekel.
Of course that's just the military side. It doesn't count the hundreds of billions in straight cash tribute that is handed over to our Zionist masters. Every household in Israel is subsidised by Joe US Taxpayer to the tune of $23,000. This "aid" is all paid in advance to Israel so that they can claim further interest on it before they actually collect all the loot. And those splendid folk in Congress, when they weren't busy giving Netanyahu standing ovations, enacted laws making all this tribute compulsory and protected from all eventualities. It cannot be altered under any circumstances, like the US experiencing severe economic problems, or Israel being caught spying on the US yet again and selling its military secrets to China.
But you aren't alone there in the JEWSA. Our Zionist friends have extorted hundreds of billions from Germany. And more from Switzerland. Congress threatened an economic boycott of Switzerland if they didn't pony up. And our Zionist friends are nothing if not imaginative. They are currently trying to extort another $300 billion from Poland. No doubt Congress will shortly be strong arming Poland to hand over the loot. Nothing is too good for our Zionist buddies.
Of course this doesn't take into account the unequal Israel/ US trade treaty they have wangled for themselves, or the one way only visa free travel.
Never before in human history has so much been leeched off so many by so few.
What do you expect from Tom "I Am A Proud Zionist" Watson?
Any criticism of Israel, bankers, Soros, globalism, is now "anti semitic" and has been criminalised.
Even Nigel Farage, who constantly sings the praises of Israel, is now apparently "anti semitic."
The Board of Deputies and the Israeli Embassy demand and expect the right of veto and the right to demand the instant dismissal of anyone who "offends" them. They have both expressed their intention to drive Corbyn out of public life.
This is part of a global campaign to suppress any and all criticism of Israel, no matter what it does and how many times it does it.
Every politician and public figure knows that if they dare criticise the precious Zionist Regime, it means the immediate end of their career, as Marc Wadsworth and Ken Livingstone have found to their cost. Or not even criticising Israel in their cases. Just criticising an MP who happens to be Jewish, for colluding with the Daily Torygraph in its smear campaign against Corbyn. Or stating something that is historically accurate. Because the Board of Deputies declares itself to have been "offended."
The US situation will soon prevail here, where the Zionist Lobby have a complete stranglehold over the political system and media. Where the only priorities of the bought and paid for political establishment are Israel, Israel, Israel. Where ordinary people are required to take loyalty oaths to Israel on pain of losing their jobs.
Or France or Canada, where the situation is virtually identical. Where the thugs of the "Jewish Defence League", classed as a terrorist organisation even in the US, are given free rein to beat up anyone they dislike. Where youngsters are criminally prosecuted for wearing BDS T shirts.


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Q: Incorrect datetime value output (without fractional part) using MATLAB from a MySQL table I have a datetime(6) column in MySQL database with fractional seconds. For example, an example entry in my database has the time value: 2022-12-22 12:29:04.602000.
CREATE TABLE `test_data` (
  `sampletime_utc` datetime(6) DEFAULT NULL,
  `project_uuid` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `item_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
);

When we read this time in MATLAB, the default type for the time variable is char which looses the fractional seconds part. I found the following solution to the problem:
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/602656-sql-datetime-query-is-there-a-faster-way?s_tid=prof_contriblnk
The source code in the above answer is given below:
datasourceName = "mysqlJdbc"; % The name of JDBC datasource for MySQL
username = "USERNAME";
password = "PASSWORD";
conn = database(datasourceName, username, password);
opts = databaseImportOptions(conn, tablename);
columnNames = {'col1', 'col2'}; % The column names you want to change the import options
opts = setoptions(opts, columnNames, 'Type', 'datetime'); % Change from char to datetime
sqlquery = "SELECT * FROM YOUR_TABLENAME";
data = fetch(conn, sqlquery, opts, 'MaxRows', 10);

The above solution works only for a simple select statement. If I use a complicated statement like with where and and clauses, the following error is thrown:
Error using database.jdbc.connection/fetch (line 197)
Unable to use database import options with
'SELECT data_value, sampletime_utc FROM db1.tb1 dd WHERE (dd.project_uuid = 'b7d0-cf70b35e32cb' AND dd.item_id = 131 AND dd.sampletime_utc >= '2022-04-22 20:45:52.000' and dd.sampletime_utc <= '2022-04-22 21:45:52.000' ) ORDER BY dd.sampletime_utc ASC'.

Can anyone please guide how to get the time values from mysql table with fractional seconds or as a datetime variable in MATLAB.

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Here are a few of the neighborhood improvment projects the SNA has completed.
This path starts at Albertson's and eventually will lead the whole way to Sunset Park along 34th Street. The section between 34th and 35th on Anderson has been paved and bollards have been installed. ACHD will eventually be completing the path the entire way to Sunset Park along 34th Street. Additionally, the section along Anderson between 34th and 35th will be getting landscaped and will receiving lighting to make it friendlier and safer to use in the evenings. This project is funded by ACHD, the City of Boise's Energize Your Neighborhoods program and volunteer time/labor.


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Organic food off the menu for UAE hotels
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By Elizabeth Broomhall, Arabian Business.com
UAE hotels are veering away from organic menus due to a lack of demand for guilt-free products in the region, food and beverage managers have said.
Organic food, which is produced naturally and under eco-friendly conditions, is too expensive for the majority of restaurant-goers, most of whom prefer lower-cost, conventional products, hotel staff said.
"The demand is not enough, no-one asks for it," Gregor Schmidt-Kiefer, F&B manager for the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Dubai, told Arabian Business.
"We discussed this with our chefs, but it is very expensive and people aren't prepared to pay for it in a hotel. It's more than double [the price], especially for dairy products, so you have to price the dish higher."
Kiefer said the hotel had experimented with organic tea, but the lack of demand meant even this was financially unviable.
"I wanted to try it with organic tea, but it's not really popular either, people aren't looking for it. We price it the same as the other tea, but we pay more than double to purchase it."
Organic produce has attracted more attention in the UAE in recent years as individuals become more health conscious.
Experts say the demand for more naturally-produced food comes largely from the Western expatriate population, but is also growing among young Emirati females.
The Radisson Blu in Dubai Media City made a move towards organic alternatives last month, when it offered a special organic menu for diners between January 15 and January 31 at its Italian restaurant Certo.
F&B director Adil Souate said guests were largely uninterested in the new choices, with sales remaining low despite the possibility of discounts on dishes.
"It's something that's getting a bit more popular in Dubai, but so far the demand is not there," he said.
"In terms of sales it didn't produce a lot, we sold about 180 portions in two weeks – about 6 percent of our total."
Organic dishes were approximately 22 percent more expensive than normal options, he said, hiking the price of lunch or dinner quite significantly.
Hospitality consultants believe most hotels find organic menus less profitable than traditional options.
Whilst organic options are increasing, there is also a tendency to offer simply healthier products.
"Organic produce by definition is more expensive, because it produces lower yield, the shelf life is shorter and in most cases organic food is flown in," said Daniel During, managing partner at hospitality consultancy Thomas Klein.
"While the general public may be ready to pay a premium for organic food, there is a limit to how much you can charge and therefore many times it is more profitable to use non-organic ingredients."
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