Zetetic Elench

A History of the Pokémon W orld/"Earth" (by way of "Watchmen", the "Culture" novels, "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Warhammer 40,000") c.12,000,000,000 years BCE Sublimation of first civilisations and Minds c.350,000,000-300,000,000 years BCE  Mew culture/civilisation/society develops on Earth and,later, on Venus also They possibly colonise Mars Mew eventually terraform/"Mewform" a variety of planets in other solar systems  The "starter" Pokémon evolve at some point It is possible they were bio-engineered by Mew (singular or plural) to re-terraform the Earth in the case of another die-off  c.4-3,000,000 years BCE Monoliths visit Earth They take various proto-Hominid tribes to other planets around the galaxy to observe their evolution in different environments-I'm tempted to use this as an example/explanation for the prevalence of human/humanoid societies in the Culture galaxy. This doesn't reall

https://www.adl.org/…/response-to-common-inaccuracy-israel-… This article seems to assume that denying a state's existence is some form of discrimination. I suppose it is, if one is Somaliland (for example) The ADL also, similarly, believe that advocating for a unified Jewish-Palestinian state is also anti-Semitic because it will "dilute the Jewish character of Israel". ... What is the "Jewish character of Israel"? Democracy? Liberalism? Secularism? And I suppose the black character of Zimbabwe is having rythm! But, by this logic, a "United Kingdom" would dilute the English character of England, Welsh/Wales, Scotland/Scots etc. Why are Jews singled out? Is this because they are afraid of being bred out of existence (in a unified Palestine): which then relates to racist whites (especially Americans) fears of misegenation. So, despite opposing racism, are the Anti-Defamation League actually using racist tropes to defend Israel from criticism?

People talk about China as the elephant in the room (regarding #Corbyn and #Trump ) but we cannot forget the awful numbers of Chinese (and British) victims of imperialism nor the sacrifices the Russian people made during WW2. To talk about Tiananmen and forcing women to have abortions one may as well talk about Abu Graib and forcing women NOT to have abortions. But that road only leads to imprisoning war criminals. What would happen if we arrested John Bolton et al? Why not arrest Trump for trying to overthrow an elected government (Venezuela)? Why not point out the seriousness of Trump saying he doesn't admire Jeremy Corbyn (who was elected the leader of the Labour Party)? Because there isn't an authoritarian leader, coup-monger or despot who Trump hasn't at some point said "He's a good guy, I admire him", at least as far as Russia, China, the Philippines, Venezuela and North Korea are concerned.