I'm sick and tired of the Trump administration. Thanks for sharing this. At least Zohran Mamdani won NYC's Democratic mayoral primary (that's some good news in this barrage of shit).
Nuclear weapons are a curse upon mankind...perhaps most would agree. But now the world is stuck with it. So it seems what we now have is war on different grounds...the belligerent and arrogant hegemon (U.S. and Israel) demanding that it be the only one allowed to have nuclear weapons in what they have decided is "their backyard". Then using that as a pretext to continue their campaign of control in the middle east (and it's oil). We might note that the U.S. assumes a different posture when engaging in nuclear discussions with equal powers like, China and Russia. The problem for Americans is this Red and Blue cabal that has brainwashed much of the population, monopolized elections and undermined democracy at the behest of the Oligarchy. As long as America insists upon voting for and electing this cabal there can be no real and lasting change, just more smoke, mirrors, fairytales and war.
Napolitano's guests on "Judging Freedom" were pretty unanimous in the last week on how Israel was being destroyed with over a half trillion in damage in their country. Too bad Iran didn't demand their surrender.
Confused on the words from Prof.Postol on Ukraine . Ukraine was attacked by Russian and Ukraine continues to be bombed by them. They are not the aggressors. Putin refused to be part of any cease fire . Like Israe in Gaza l Russia is the occupying force in Ukraine .
If the Ukrainian Gov't had abided by the Minsk Accords, allowing for semi-autonomy in Eastern Ukraine, and hadn't shelled, with many deaths, those eastern provinces - Russia would not have attacked ... I think you have to look further back in the history, perhaps even before the US orchestrated coup (remember "Cookies" Nuland?) of the duly elected Pres of Ukraine - because he wouldn't play ball with the EU.
There have been several times when Zelensky was willing to negotiate, and the West said NO, we will help you beat the Russians - he is willing to use his people as canon fodder in the US proxy war against Russia .... just as with Gaza, once the US makes it clear there will be no more aid, Zelensky will negotiate with Russia, and the sad part is, he will wind up with a much worse settlement than he would have years ago ...
As far as Russia refusing to be part of a cease fire - once burned, twice shy - as admitted by Merkle, et.al. - the Minsk Accord period was a delaying tactic, allowing the West to arm, train and supply Ukraine - and any cease fire now would result in the same ...
I do hope Ralph will do a show examining why, when in fact the only thing Congress can do to stop Trump is to impeach and convict him, they haven't done it ....
With regard to the exchange between Ralph and Trita re the potential effect of the press publishing far and wide the true casualty figures in Gaza, I tend to agree with Trita - I don't think it would matter - a genocide is a genocide, the deliberate erasure of a people, - and if the world is not sufficiently incensed enough by now to stop it, it will continue regardless of how many "numbers" of people are erased.
What I am wondering about is what is taking so long for the ICJ to rule that this is an actual genocide as opposed to a "potential" one, when it has met all the criteria for one, including avowed intent ...
[W]ith over 100,000 people killed in Gaza, fewer than 1000 have been combatants.
But even the numbers shown in the Haaretz article are an undercount . . . 177,000* people are unaccounted for, the majority of whom are presumed dead
Throughout the genocide in Gaza, Zionists have attempted to undermine numbers from Gaza’s Health Ministry, with the mainstream media across the board referring to it as the “Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry." . . .
“Israeli spokespersons, journalists and influencers reject with knee-jerk disgust the data of the Palestinian Health Ministry, claiming that it's inflated and exaggerated. But more and more international experts are stating that not only is this list, with all the horror it embodies, reliable – but that it may even be very conservative in relation to reality.”
In reality, the paper found that “the combination of casualties from violence and those who died from diseases and hunger led to the death of 83,740 people prior to January”, noting that “since then, more than 10,000 people have been killed, and that doesn't include those in the category of excess mortality." . . .
*Correction: A previous version of this article stated that there were 377,000 Palestinians unaccounted for in Gaza based on Yaakov Garb’s study.
His study did originally have the total population decline at 377,000 people, but this was apparently based on a typo where he claimed there were 500,000 residents in the Al-Mawasi region, where he meant to write 700,000.
Why does Ralph keep saying: “Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program”? It is a Nuclear Program.
Why does he think all Iranian air defense was gone? If so, Why did Israel stop if they could destroy whatever they wanted to end the Iranian government? To end the missile & nuclear programs?
I agree - I think a distinction should be made between a "nuclear program" and a "nuclear weapons program" - any nation should have a right to develop a "nuclear program", it's the weapons that are at issue - and the sad part is, Iran apparently had no desire for a weapons program - it joined, and was abiding by, the JCPOA deal that allowed for peaceful nuclear power, which Trump destroyed, and Biden did nothing to revive, so now when any potential negotiations, and negotiators, are torpedoed, literally, it must seem clear to Iran, as well as to other countries, that to feel "secure" you gotta have some nukes ..
I'm sick and tired of the Trump administration. Thanks for sharing this. At least Zohran Mamdani won NYC's Democratic mayoral primary (that's some good news in this barrage of shit).
Nuclear weapons are a curse upon mankind...perhaps most would agree. But now the world is stuck with it. So it seems what we now have is war on different grounds...the belligerent and arrogant hegemon (U.S. and Israel) demanding that it be the only one allowed to have nuclear weapons in what they have decided is "their backyard". Then using that as a pretext to continue their campaign of control in the middle east (and it's oil). We might note that the U.S. assumes a different posture when engaging in nuclear discussions with equal powers like, China and Russia. The problem for Americans is this Red and Blue cabal that has brainwashed much of the population, monopolized elections and undermined democracy at the behest of the Oligarchy. As long as America insists upon voting for and electing this cabal there can be no real and lasting change, just more smoke, mirrors, fairytales and war.
Napolitano's guests on "Judging Freedom" were pretty unanimous in the last week on how Israel was being destroyed with over a half trillion in damage in their country. Too bad Iran didn't demand their surrender.
Some useful interviews in the program.
Undercount of Gaza deaths? Why doesn’t Ralph scream about Israel not allowing in the media, UN or other independent groups to assess the damage?
As a long time listener it seems to me he has, multiple times...
Israel doesn’t allow independent media reporting & Israel is undercounting the damage
Confused on the words from Prof.Postol on Ukraine . Ukraine was attacked by Russian and Ukraine continues to be bombed by them. They are not the aggressors. Putin refused to be part of any cease fire . Like Israe in Gaza l Russia is the occupying force in Ukraine .
If the Ukrainian Gov't had abided by the Minsk Accords, allowing for semi-autonomy in Eastern Ukraine, and hadn't shelled, with many deaths, those eastern provinces - Russia would not have attacked ... I think you have to look further back in the history, perhaps even before the US orchestrated coup (remember "Cookies" Nuland?) of the duly elected Pres of Ukraine - because he wouldn't play ball with the EU.
There have been several times when Zelensky was willing to negotiate, and the West said NO, we will help you beat the Russians - he is willing to use his people as canon fodder in the US proxy war against Russia .... just as with Gaza, once the US makes it clear there will be no more aid, Zelensky will negotiate with Russia, and the sad part is, he will wind up with a much worse settlement than he would have years ago ...
As far as Russia refusing to be part of a cease fire - once burned, twice shy - as admitted by Merkle, et.al. - the Minsk Accord period was a delaying tactic, allowing the West to arm, train and supply Ukraine - and any cease fire now would result in the same ...
Postel is right about Zelensky ...
Correction - Postol
I do hope Ralph will do a show examining why, when in fact the only thing Congress can do to stop Trump is to impeach and convict him, they haven't done it ....
With regard to the exchange between Ralph and Trita re the potential effect of the press publishing far and wide the true casualty figures in Gaza, I tend to agree with Trita - I don't think it would matter - a genocide is a genocide, the deliberate erasure of a people, - and if the world is not sufficiently incensed enough by now to stop it, it will continue regardless of how many "numbers" of people are erased.
What I am wondering about is what is taking so long for the ICJ to rule that this is an actual genocide as opposed to a "potential" one, when it has met all the criteria for one, including avowed intent ...
[W]ith over 100,000 people killed in Gaza, fewer than 1000 have been combatants.
But even the numbers shown in the Haaretz article are an undercount . . . 177,000* people are unaccounted for, the majority of whom are presumed dead
Throughout the genocide in Gaza, Zionists have attempted to undermine numbers from Gaza’s Health Ministry, with the mainstream media across the board referring to it as the “Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry." . . .
“Israeli spokespersons, journalists and influencers reject with knee-jerk disgust the data of the Palestinian Health Ministry, claiming that it's inflated and exaggerated. But more and more international experts are stating that not only is this list, with all the horror it embodies, reliable – but that it may even be very conservative in relation to reality.”
In reality, the paper found that “the combination of casualties from violence and those who died from diseases and hunger led to the death of 83,740 people prior to January”, noting that “since then, more than 10,000 people have been killed, and that doesn't include those in the category of excess mortality." . . .
*Correction: A previous version of this article stated that there were 377,000 Palestinians unaccounted for in Gaza based on Yaakov Garb’s study.
His study did originally have the total population decline at 377,000 people, but this was apparently based on a typo where he claimed there were 500,000 residents in the Al-Mawasi region, where he meant to write 700,000.
The Dissident Substack
28 June 2025
https://open.substack.com/pub/the307/p/haaretz-gaza-health-ministry-numbers
Ralph sounds like he believes everything in the newspapers - online;
Why does Ralph keep saying: “Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program”? It is a Nuclear Program.
Why does he think all Iranian air defense was gone? If so, Why did Israel stop if they could destroy whatever they wanted to end the Iranian government? To end the missile & nuclear programs?
I agree - I think a distinction should be made between a "nuclear program" and a "nuclear weapons program" - any nation should have a right to develop a "nuclear program", it's the weapons that are at issue - and the sad part is, Iran apparently had no desire for a weapons program - it joined, and was abiding by, the JCPOA deal that allowed for peaceful nuclear power, which Trump destroyed, and Biden did nothing to revive, so now when any potential negotiations, and negotiators, are torpedoed, literally, it must seem clear to Iran, as well as to other countries, that to feel "secure" you gotta have some nukes ..