I know what concerns the safety board had: a combination of Muslims in Birmingham burning Israeli flags, while the Maccabee fans burned Palestinian ones was only going to end in one way. Where there … (View Post)

Xi broke the compact: that leaders would rule for a decade, and then would hand over to a successor. He's also ruling at a time when the Chinese growth model (even before Trump's tariffs) was splutte… (View Post)

I think it's a bit more complicated than that. That said: given the issue was not specifically with the Villa, I cannot understand why there were not measures implemented to bus Macabee fans in from … (View Post)

I think they'd distinguish between Hamas and the Palestinian victims of Hamas; shouldn't you? Or is it Palestinazis killing Palestinazis? (View Post)

It's funny, my Jewish friends in LA - and pretty much all my friends in LA are Jewish - are much more nuanced on the issue of Palestine than most PBers. (View Post)