When someone this dear and core to ones being passes, words may be inadequate to the occasion. Silence (if not brain concussions) may be required to be with FAB in spirit quietly. He was an angel amongst us. Thank you for this memoriam.
Thank you for this great tribute to Francis Boyle. He was kind enough to write back to me when I sent some enquiry to him after an article in Counter Punch, or the like.
I'm keeping my petition to the Pope ongoing. It's just going to be for the new pope as we move forward. Hope all will sign it. Asking is something in our capacity we can do. What he does, that's on him
We need to get current administration, and the entire Biden administration charged under 18 U.S. Code § 1091, the statute that incorporates the Genocide Convention into US criminal law. Members of these administrations shouldn't go a single day without having this statute in their faces, up front and center, at every protest, at every meeting, press conference, briefing, and trips home and abroad. Let them consider what is looming. They should have visions of prison all the days of their lives.
World Citizen Garry Davis was a close friend of Francis Boyle. As I recall Boyle became a World Citizen, and supported Garry in his Human Rights entanglements with authorities.
For those of us still mourning the loss of Pope Francis, this is a bit unnecessarily dismissive of one peace maker to honor another. But think about what we know about world leaders when they stand against Israel and Empire. Do we get the whole story? Do we hear many unsubstantiated things? Slanders even? Think of Saddam Hussein and the Kuwaiti babies or Qaddafi and viagra. All made up of whole cloth. Was Assad the devil he was claimed to be? If you thought Syria was bad, now you get to contrast it with the hell unleashed on earth there now. In hind sight especially, even the light reader of news can get to know that powerful voices that put cracks in the facade of lies that conquerors like to tell have to be defamed and vilified in this age of information war. So I hope everyone will take a skeptical eye to claims you have heard about Pope Francis and at the very least refuse to repeat anything that you have not substantiated.
Below is a nice tribute including video of one of his nightly talks with a priest in Gaza. As powerless as I feel about the now 19 months of murderous devastation that we can do nothing to stop, it makes me very glad to know that this beloved man who gave his life to God called in every day to let them know they were always in his prayers.
If memory serves, when Pope Francis became pope and Amy Goodman was interviewing someone in Argentina about him, she seemed confused when the guest said something positive about him. I think she is emblematic of the antiwar movement and left in the US that is bigoted against all things Christian and most especially Catholic. True Catholics are against abortion and see it as human sacrifice and a life long burden of regret rather than liberation for women and Catholics think sex outside of heterosexual marriage is a sin. In a big tent antiwar movement, these differences should be tolerated. But even the antiwar movement like every other current in the US is dominated by people who accommodate themselves to Jewish domination either out of fear, convenience or ethnic chauvinism as is the case with Amy Goodman.
The older I get and the more morally broken our society gets, the more I appreciate the protective wisdom of The Catholic Church. It's morality is a thousands year old store house of practical wisdom. Spiritually, it is the institution in The West most powerfully focused on God with the best tools for fighting demons. I would say we need that now more than ever and as we again see the Israel lobby go into overdrive to silence critics and outlaw protest as the preparations for leveling Iran are getting their last touches, we should be even more skeptical about claims about those who stand for peace and lead institutions that do not accommodate themselves to war or the Greater Israel agenda.
Prayers for both Franceses. Thanks to both for their love of God, their fellow man and peace. I pray that they both enter into the kingdom of heaven and find everlasting peace.
I found it. Goodman ends with a video mocking the Church with a video including women claiming to be priests with backup dancers in inappropriately short skirts modeled after Catholic school girl uniforms. Would that she turn as much interest into internal beliefs and differences in Judaism such as the racism of the Talmud and the extremist terror of Chabbad Lubavitch. Just not interesting Ito her guess. https://www.democracynow.org/2013/3/14/pope_francis_junta_past_argentine_journalist A
lison Weir spent some time on it: https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/07/why-is-the-us-honoring-a-racist-rabbi/ Looks like a lot of good info is out there. Israel Shahak and Norton Mzvinsky had a lot to say in "Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel." Since the president's empowered son-in-law and daughter are part of this sect, isn't all of this kind of important?
Jewish supremacists do not just dominate Palestine, they dominate the US and the US left. If you are not careful, they will have gotten into your own head. I argue that in order to be any help in freeing Palestine, we first have to free our mind from the bigotry against Christianity. The "tolerant" "multicultural" claim of the left is about as genuine as Google living up to their motto of "don't be evil." And if you don't understand it, you will not be able to fight as effectively as possible for those who deserve our best efforts, those being bombed and starved at this very moment.
Actually, the "left" in the US is dominated by the camp in Jewish power that hates Christianity and claims to lead the workers, but following the tradition of Marx, never criticizes the bankers for some reason. They support the US arming the Ukraine b/c they hate Russia and think the right to use ingestion and elimination organs as sex organs is a sacred right. They are the internationalist Jewish supremacists like Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky, Norm Finklelstein and Medea Benjamin and now Dave Smith. Jewish chauvinists position themselves as spokespeople for Palestinian rights and gatekeep any reexamination of WWII war propaganda or examination of Jewish organized crime's ability to cancel, censor, blackball, slander and even kill, like Alex Odeh, those who raise uncomfortable truths about Jewish ethnic power in the US.
Then there is the right that is controlled by "Judeo-Christians". N-gram that word and you see it pops up in the 1940's. Conservatism has to be controlled and kept in the bounds allowed by Jewish organized crime. The Scofield psyop bible was produced and distributed by Jewish organized crime in order to deceive simple but well meaning American Christians into supporting the creation of a Jewish ehtnostate in Palestine called "Israel" (we Christians are supposed to be Israel, btw, according to Christ), but no one mentions that it ethnically cleanses Christians and others from the Holy Land to create and maintain it.
People on the right think right Jewish leaders like Praeger, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin and Christian Zionism leaders like Hagee, Hegseth and Rubio are moral leaders b/c they stand against gay marriage and abortion and porn in schools.
People on the left think leftist Jewish leaders are moral leaders because they protest the genocide in Gaza, but don't understand what they are not saying either b/c they themselves don't know it or b/c they seek to intentionally protect Jewish interests over the common good.
Jews who genuinely stand up for the empowerment of all Americans without putting Jewish interests first are slandered and cancelled like Benjamin Freedman, Alfred Lilienthal, Henry Herskovitz, and Gilad Atzmon. One of the most servile things was to see Ali Abunimeh "disavow" Gilad Atzmon for examining Jewish power. in his thoughtful book "The Wondering Who?" Atzmon is a sincere humanitarian with a love for all. His enemy is supremacy. and perhaps also identity politics. But Aliu Abunimeh had to bend the knee either so his donors and so-called friends would not drop him or b/c he himself has internalized the commands of his oppressors. Appalling to pile on to cancel culture when remain silent on the matter would suffice if he doesn't like the guy's work.
Anyhow, this kind of discussion may get shut down soon. But if you really want to end war and save the children of Gaza, you need to become a student of Jewish power in the US and then consider how you might stand against its immoral manifestations. I would counsel to always do this without any hatred in your heart since hatred is not from God and it will not make you smarter or wiser. In Catholic teaching we learn that every human being is created in the likeness and image of God and we are called to love even our enemies. I think this is extremely wise advice even if it comes from a Church Amy Goodman and Noam Chomsky love to vilify.
We do not have proportional representation which disfavors small parties, so the two powerful parties are not left. They are both pro-war and work for the interests of the elites. However, you can vote Green or Libertarian or even Socialist. And they can win on the local level sometimes. But that is about it. Still, these parties can raise important criticisms, but even they get infiltrated and neutralized in my experience. I was Green and even ran for congress and city council. Greens adopted a resolution for boycotts and divestment from Israel in response to the call for BDA in 2005, but fast forward to now and the National Party instead boycotted is own GA party chapter over trans issues! Self-immolation. Couldn't be weaker and less relevant.
I still voted for Jill Stein for president in 2024 b/c she was the only clearly antiwar candidate, but she squandered her biggest chance to use her opposition party position in 2016 when she called of the recount b/c they were finding more D vote fraud in Michigan than R. Greens should be for voter integrity, not only when it favors Dems. So, like I said, couldn't be weaker... sigh. This is why I now feel we have to turn around the morality and integrity of our society before we can function politically... put on the armor of God and wage the spiritual battle b/c without that, anything you try to build just gets coopted in half a minute's time...
Thank you, Sam, for this wonderful and informative tribute to Francis. It was his speech in India, reprinted in Feb. 2020 in my long-time go-to news source, www.WantToKnow.info website that alerted me to Covid being a bioweapon, gain-of-function "research" on dangerous pathogens in biolabs, etc., that led to our work here in the DC area and our website covidorigins.org. What a blessing was and is Francis Boyle. Francis, PRESENTE! Sue Wheaton
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Thank you for this fitting tribute to FAB (as he signed his emails). He was indeed fab, and one of a kind. I miss his wise presence in our midst.
Oh, this is sad. I didn't even know Francis passed---indeed, a much better Francis.
Several things conspired to delay this piece.
yes, you've been going through it. No worries, it's not your fault I didn't know he died.
When someone this dear and core to ones being passes, words may be inadequate to the occasion. Silence (if not brain concussions) may be required to be with FAB in spirit quietly. He was an angel amongst us. Thank you for this memoriam.
Thank you for this great tribute to Francis Boyle. He was kind enough to write back to me when I sent some enquiry to him after an article in Counter Punch, or the like.
I'm keeping my petition to the Pope ongoing. It's just going to be for the new pope as we move forward. Hope all will sign it. Asking is something in our capacity we can do. What he does, that's on him
18 U.S. Code § 1091
We need to get current administration, and the entire Biden administration charged under 18 U.S. Code § 1091, the statute that incorporates the Genocide Convention into US criminal law. Members of these administrations shouldn't go a single day without having this statute in their faces, up front and center, at every protest, at every meeting, press conference, briefing, and trips home and abroad. Let them consider what is looming. They should have visions of prison all the days of their lives.
Let us find the way.
World Citizen Garry Davis was a close friend of Francis Boyle. As I recall Boyle became a World Citizen, and supported Garry in his Human Rights entanglements with authorities.
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For those of us still mourning the loss of Pope Francis, this is a bit unnecessarily dismissive of one peace maker to honor another. But think about what we know about world leaders when they stand against Israel and Empire. Do we get the whole story? Do we hear many unsubstantiated things? Slanders even? Think of Saddam Hussein and the Kuwaiti babies or Qaddafi and viagra. All made up of whole cloth. Was Assad the devil he was claimed to be? If you thought Syria was bad, now you get to contrast it with the hell unleashed on earth there now. In hind sight especially, even the light reader of news can get to know that powerful voices that put cracks in the facade of lies that conquerors like to tell have to be defamed and vilified in this age of information war. So I hope everyone will take a skeptical eye to claims you have heard about Pope Francis and at the very least refuse to repeat anything that you have not substantiated.
Below is a nice tribute including video of one of his nightly talks with a priest in Gaza. As powerless as I feel about the now 19 months of murderous devastation that we can do nothing to stop, it makes me very glad to know that this beloved man who gave his life to God called in every day to let them know they were always in his prayers.
https://www.youtube.com/live/ZvR9PA0YF30
If memory serves, when Pope Francis became pope and Amy Goodman was interviewing someone in Argentina about him, she seemed confused when the guest said something positive about him. I think she is emblematic of the antiwar movement and left in the US that is bigoted against all things Christian and most especially Catholic. True Catholics are against abortion and see it as human sacrifice and a life long burden of regret rather than liberation for women and Catholics think sex outside of heterosexual marriage is a sin. In a big tent antiwar movement, these differences should be tolerated. But even the antiwar movement like every other current in the US is dominated by people who accommodate themselves to Jewish domination either out of fear, convenience or ethnic chauvinism as is the case with Amy Goodman.
The older I get and the more morally broken our society gets, the more I appreciate the protective wisdom of The Catholic Church. It's morality is a thousands year old store house of practical wisdom. Spiritually, it is the institution in The West most powerfully focused on God with the best tools for fighting demons. I would say we need that now more than ever and as we again see the Israel lobby go into overdrive to silence critics and outlaw protest as the preparations for leveling Iran are getting their last touches, we should be even more skeptical about claims about those who stand for peace and lead institutions that do not accommodate themselves to war or the Greater Israel agenda.
Prayers for both Franceses. Thanks to both for their love of God, their fellow man and peace. I pray that they both enter into the kingdom of heaven and find everlasting peace.
I found it. Goodman ends with a video mocking the Church with a video including women claiming to be priests with backup dancers in inappropriately short skirts modeled after Catholic school girl uniforms. Would that she turn as much interest into internal beliefs and differences in Judaism such as the racism of the Talmud and the extremist terror of Chabbad Lubavitch. Just not interesting Ito her guess. https://www.democracynow.org/2013/3/14/pope_francis_junta_past_argentine_journalist A
lison Weir spent some time on it: https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/07/why-is-the-us-honoring-a-racist-rabbi/ Looks like a lot of good info is out there. Israel Shahak and Norton Mzvinsky had a lot to say in "Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel." Since the president's empowered son-in-law and daughter are part of this sect, isn't all of this kind of important?
Jewish supremacists do not just dominate Palestine, they dominate the US and the US left. If you are not careful, they will have gotten into your own head. I argue that in order to be any help in freeing Palestine, we first have to free our mind from the bigotry against Christianity. The "tolerant" "multicultural" claim of the left is about as genuine as Google living up to their motto of "don't be evil." And if you don't understand it, you will not be able to fight as effectively as possible for those who deserve our best efforts, those being bombed and starved at this very moment.
Thank so much for the Counter Punch link: https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/07/why-is-the-us-honoring-a-racist-rabbi/
That article by Allison Weir is really outstanding. I think we need to get that in front of a lot more people, especially in the US.
What 'left?' There is no left in the US!
Well, there is an American left, just kept in the virtual attic like a crazy uncle, and definitely not in a location anywhere near the seat of power.
Counter Punch is a publication that I consider left and have subscribed to it, off and on, for decades.
Actually, the "left" in the US is dominated by the camp in Jewish power that hates Christianity and claims to lead the workers, but following the tradition of Marx, never criticizes the bankers for some reason. They support the US arming the Ukraine b/c they hate Russia and think the right to use ingestion and elimination organs as sex organs is a sacred right. They are the internationalist Jewish supremacists like Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky, Norm Finklelstein and Medea Benjamin and now Dave Smith. Jewish chauvinists position themselves as spokespeople for Palestinian rights and gatekeep any reexamination of WWII war propaganda or examination of Jewish organized crime's ability to cancel, censor, blackball, slander and even kill, like Alex Odeh, those who raise uncomfortable truths about Jewish ethnic power in the US.
Then there is the right that is controlled by "Judeo-Christians". N-gram that word and you see it pops up in the 1940's. Conservatism has to be controlled and kept in the bounds allowed by Jewish organized crime. The Scofield psyop bible was produced and distributed by Jewish organized crime in order to deceive simple but well meaning American Christians into supporting the creation of a Jewish ehtnostate in Palestine called "Israel" (we Christians are supposed to be Israel, btw, according to Christ), but no one mentions that it ethnically cleanses Christians and others from the Holy Land to create and maintain it.
People on the right think right Jewish leaders like Praeger, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin and Christian Zionism leaders like Hagee, Hegseth and Rubio are moral leaders b/c they stand against gay marriage and abortion and porn in schools.
People on the left think leftist Jewish leaders are moral leaders because they protest the genocide in Gaza, but don't understand what they are not saying either b/c they themselves don't know it or b/c they seek to intentionally protect Jewish interests over the common good.
Jews who genuinely stand up for the empowerment of all Americans without putting Jewish interests first are slandered and cancelled like Benjamin Freedman, Alfred Lilienthal, Henry Herskovitz, and Gilad Atzmon. One of the most servile things was to see Ali Abunimeh "disavow" Gilad Atzmon for examining Jewish power. in his thoughtful book "The Wondering Who?" Atzmon is a sincere humanitarian with a love for all. His enemy is supremacy. and perhaps also identity politics. But Aliu Abunimeh had to bend the knee either so his donors and so-called friends would not drop him or b/c he himself has internalized the commands of his oppressors. Appalling to pile on to cancel culture when remain silent on the matter would suffice if he doesn't like the guy's work.
Anyhow, this kind of discussion may get shut down soon. But if you really want to end war and save the children of Gaza, you need to become a student of Jewish power in the US and then consider how you might stand against its immoral manifestations. I would counsel to always do this without any hatred in your heart since hatred is not from God and it will not make you smarter or wiser. In Catholic teaching we learn that every human being is created in the likeness and image of God and we are called to love even our enemies. I think this is extremely wise advice even if it comes from a Church Amy Goodman and Noam Chomsky love to vilify.
Excuse me Aimee. I have live in four different Countries and I can tell you there is no 'left' in the USA.
I have a choice in France (at the MOMENT) to vote Socialist/Communist/Moderate/right and far right?
You do not have this choice.
We do not have proportional representation which disfavors small parties, so the two powerful parties are not left. They are both pro-war and work for the interests of the elites. However, you can vote Green or Libertarian or even Socialist. And they can win on the local level sometimes. But that is about it. Still, these parties can raise important criticisms, but even they get infiltrated and neutralized in my experience. I was Green and even ran for congress and city council. Greens adopted a resolution for boycotts and divestment from Israel in response to the call for BDA in 2005, but fast forward to now and the National Party instead boycotted is own GA party chapter over trans issues! Self-immolation. Couldn't be weaker and less relevant.
I still voted for Jill Stein for president in 2024 b/c she was the only clearly antiwar candidate, but she squandered her biggest chance to use her opposition party position in 2016 when she called of the recount b/c they were finding more D vote fraud in Michigan than R. Greens should be for voter integrity, not only when it favors Dems. So, like I said, couldn't be weaker... sigh. This is why I now feel we have to turn around the morality and integrity of our society before we can function politically... put on the armor of God and wage the spiritual battle b/c without that, anything you try to build just gets coopted in half a minute's time...
I am interested in why you 'speak of God?'
OK. The collection of ngo's that claim to be a movement and claim to represent opposition to war and the elites. Controlled opposition.
Thank you, Sam, for this wonderful and informative tribute to Francis. It was his speech in India, reprinted in Feb. 2020 in my long-time go-to news source, www.WantToKnow.info website that alerted me to Covid being a bioweapon, gain-of-function "research" on dangerous pathogens in biolabs, etc., that led to our work here in the DC area and our website covidorigins.org. What a blessing was and is Francis Boyle. Francis, PRESENTE! Sue Wheaton
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