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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", sykesix asked the members: "What do you do if you arrive early at movie besides go to the snack bar?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Steve203 ⎊❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: AIPAC Tool Stevens
Date: 11/01/26 10:15 AM
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Israeli agents don’t fund aipac. It’s funded by American citizens

Jonathan Pollard is a US citizen. Born in Galveston, Texas. He was convicted, in a US court, of being an agent for Israel: stealing USian intelligence secrets for Israel.

Jonathan Jay Pollard (Hebrew: יונתן פולארד, romanized: Yonatan Polard, born August 7, 1954) is an American-born Israeli spy and former American intelligence analyst who was jailed for spying for Israel.

en.wikipedia.org - Jonathan Pollard

A person's citizenship is irrelevant. It's where their loyalty lays that matters.

I'll pose another hypothetical: Suppose, for a moment, I was running for POTUS. My paternal grandparents were from Canada. So I announce I am running for POTUS to serve Canada. I say I will send Billions of US taxpayer dollars to Canada every year, to subsidize their public education and health care systems. Meanwhile, I defund US health care and education, as "unaffordable". How far would my campaign get? I'm thinking DOA.

But sending Billions to Israel every year is not only acceptable, it seems to be mandatory, while defunding worthwhile endeavors in the US.

Here's another hypothetical. I'm a French citizen, studying in the US. I make up a sign complaining about Macron's repression of people demonstrating about his defunding education, so the money can be given to the "JCs". What happens to me? Probably nothing. But, if I make up a sign that says "Free Palestine", I am grabbed off the street by government agents, and deported. Why the difference?

Steve

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