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The Hamas Proxy

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The Hamas Proxy Posted By: Iain Davis   * * * Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Hamas) is widely perceived to be a “proxy” of the Iranian government. Three weeks after Hamas’ October 7th attack on the communities and military installations close to the Gaza border, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said : [Hamas are] part of the axis of evil Iran has formed, an axis of terror that works by arming, training and financing Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and other terror proxies throughout the Middle East and beyond the Middle East. [. . .] In fighting Hamas and the Iranian axis of terror, Israel is fighting the enemies of civilization itself. Netanyahu’s depiction of Hamas as simply an extension of the Iranian government was utterly disingenuous. It has been widely reported , and never denied, that Benjamin Netanyahu told a 2019 meeting of his Likud Party: Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering...
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Tales of Paranoia, by R. Crumb

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  Tales of Paranoia, by R. Crumb A comic book review. Warning: Snarky footnotes (but not that many) Joe Surkiewicz It was a bright day when I learned that R. Crumb had released his first comic book in over two decades, Tales of Paranoia . 1 Those of a certain age will need no introduction to this ‘60s icon—the cartoonist who kicked off the underground comics movement by creating Zap Comix, Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, Angelfood McSpade, the cover to Janis Joplin’s 2 Cheap Thrills album, and, last but not least, “Keep on Truckin’.” Note the disclaimer in the upper left of the comic book’s cover: “Warning: This comic is not popular entertainment.” So it’s no nostalgic dive into the sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll ‘60s, 3 but a short, 12-comic collection of up-to-date rants (with Crumb’s trademark, meticulous drawings) about the current state of affairs facing humanity: 5G, the covid “pandemic” and “vaccination,” censorship, “conspiracy” theories, the Deep State, and paranoia in general...
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