---Yesterday the "land of the free and the home of the brave" (bank-roller to some of the worst dictators, terrorist states and organisations in history) has voted to withhold a $60m dollar paymrnt it was due to make next month to UNESCO following a democratically held vote (107 for 14 against, 54 abstentions) to admit Palestine as a member.
Funny old world!!
Jim Carroll---

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For once I agree entirely, Jim. In fact, not even 'for once'. Another example of the Israeli intransigence which has driven me from any sort of support for, or identification with, that State ~~ with the sole exception of an unavoidable distaste for having the words Nazi or Holocaust used in any context in its regard... But this sort of US/Israeli bullying is likely, as that Jerusalem Post article points out, to be thoroughly counter—productive & invocative of the Unintended Consequences Law.

~M~