Scott Turner
@scottturner.bsky.social
Psychoanalyst, FIPA. Retired attorney. MA, Biblical Studies.
"Whenever you hear the phrase zero tolerance, remember, someone is bullshitting you."
Carlin, G. (2004). When will Jesus bring the pork chops? (Kindle edition). Comedy Concepts.
Little David Records. (1975). George Carlin publicity photo.
Carlin, G. (2004). When will Jesus bring the pork chops? (Kindle edition). Comedy Concepts.
Little David Records. (1975). George Carlin publicity photo.
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Whenever you hear the phrase zero tolerance, remember, someone is bullshitting you."
Carlin, G. (2004). When will Jesus bring the pork chops? (Kindle edition). Comedy Concepts.
Little David Records. (1975). George Carlin publicity photo.
Carlin, G. (2004). When will Jesus bring the pork chops? (Kindle edition). Comedy Concepts.
Little David Records. (1975). George Carlin publicity photo.
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To all those who responded to me over the last two years, "Return the hostages," do you still actually think it was about the hostages? How do you feel about being complicit in whitewashing genocide? Will you now have the dignity to retract and call out Israel's apartheid & genocide for what it is?
How AP News whitewashes genocide.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
To all those who responded to me over the last two years, "Return the hostages," do you still actually think it was about the hostages? How do you feel about being complicit in whitewashing genocide? Will you now have the dignity to retract and call out Israel's apartheid & genocide for what it is?
"The paradigm for the Christian is the conscience of Christ. And that conscience was for others. Everything He taught or did was for others - the way of God that He taught, the healings, His building of community, His resistance to the Jewish and Roman satraps - all for others."
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November 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"The paradigm for the Christian is the conscience of Christ. And that conscience was for others. Everything He taught or did was for others - the way of God that He taught, the healings, His building of community, His resistance to the Jewish and Roman satraps - all for others."
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Alyosha: “I think that if the devil doesn’t exist and is therefore man’s creation, man has made him in his own image."
Ivan: “Just as he has created God, in that case.”
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Ivan: “Just as he has created God, in that case.”
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November 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Alyosha: “I think that if the devil doesn’t exist and is therefore man’s creation, man has made him in his own image."
Ivan: “Just as he has created God, in that case.”
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Ivan: “Just as he has created God, in that case.”
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Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Jewish students shouldn’t have smartphones until they finish high school — so they don’t see the “carnage” Israel and the U.S. have carried out in Gaza.
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Jewish students shouldn’t have smartphones until they finish high school — so they don’t see the “carnage” Israel and the U.S. have carried out in Gaza.
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
"Williams’ observations and his grounding in common law, which he well knew linked the law itself to property, pushed him toward an inevitable conclusion: the Indians used the land and therefore they owned the land."
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November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Williams’ observations and his grounding in common law, which he well knew linked the law itself to property, pushed him toward an inevitable conclusion: the Indians used the land and therefore they owned the land."
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"He would walk, begging for work, until he was exhausted...
There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside."
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There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside."
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November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"He would walk, begging for work, until he was exhausted...
There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside."
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There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside."
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"Mr. Pollard, 71, was convicted of spying for Israel and sentenced to life in prison in 1987 in one of the most notorious espionage cases of the Cold War."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
Huckabee Held Meeting at U.S. Embassy With American Who Spied for Israel
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"Mr. Pollard, 71, was convicted of spying for Israel and sentenced to life in prison in 1987 in one of the most notorious espionage cases of the Cold War."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
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Jonathan Pollard is a convicted traitor who provided highly sensitive national security information to the Israeli government. He did grave harm to our country.
It’s unacceptable that Ambassador Huckabee secretly met with Mr. Pollard, a convicted traitor, at the United States Embassy.
It’s unacceptable that Ambassador Huckabee secretly met with Mr. Pollard, a convicted traitor, at the United States Embassy.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Jonathan Pollard is a convicted traitor who provided highly sensitive national security information to the Israeli government. He did grave harm to our country.
It’s unacceptable that Ambassador Huckabee secretly met with Mr. Pollard, a convicted traitor, at the United States Embassy.
It’s unacceptable that Ambassador Huckabee secretly met with Mr. Pollard, a convicted traitor, at the United States Embassy.
the soul of the world
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
the soul of the world
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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'Sniper safaris': How dehumanisation enables atrocities, from Sarajevo to Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/sniper-safaris-how-dehumanisation-enables-atrocities-sarajevo-gaza
'Sniper safaris': How dehumanisation enables atrocities, from Sarajevo to Gaza
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Reports out of Milan, where prosecutors are <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15283069/Tourists-paid-70-000-shoot-innocent-people-human-safari-hunting-trips-Sarajevo-extra-charged-kill-children.html" target="_blank">investigating</a> allegations that rich tourists paid to kill civilians for sport in Sarajevo’s infamous “Sniper Alley” during the Bosnian War in the 1990s, are shocking only to foreigners.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/N1info/posts/more-than-three-decades-after-the-siege-of-sarajevo-italian-prosecutors-have-ope/849551354097596/" target="_blank">allegations</a> now emerging are as grotesque as they are painfully familiar to Bosnians: access arranged through intermediaries, payments set by target, children costing more to kill. </p>
<p>This story was reported and documented by local and regional <a href="https://www.infobiro.ba/article/472496/snajperski-safari-u-sarajevu-vjesnik?fbclid=IwY2xjawOIDtJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5d2hoTXRyQzA4RndpNFUyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MghjYWxsc2l0ZQEyAAEeXEKQ6vyWn6gN5D9wzzQQu5vlT37VrBp30XH6nPlq29p4lZ1R2hvnR7lj1qk_aem_tWCWtPMFdl-bxhWqQCMHPg" target="_blank">media</a> as far back as 1995, and more recently in Bosnian writer Haris Imamovic’s book <a href="https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/documentary-film-alleges-that-foreigners-took-part-in-civilian-hunting-in-bosnian-capital/" target="_blank"><i>Vedran and the Firemen</i></a> and Miran Zupanic’s 2022 documentary<i> </i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23861448/" target="_blank"><i>Sarajevo Safari</i></a>. </p>
<p>What is deeply disturbing to a Bosnian like myself is not just the horror of these reports, but the conditions that made such violence possible. </p>
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BREAKING: Mike Johnson says he will vote for the release of Epstein files
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
BREAKING: Mike Johnson says he will vote for the release of Epstein files
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Wow.
"We are hearing the administration say they intend to investigate various Dems who were friends with Epstein. I beg you President Trump -- please stop making this political. It is not about you. Show some class. I voted for you, but your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment."
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Wow.
De Chergé was the abbot of a Catholic monastery (Trappist) in Tibhirine, Algeria. He and six monks were kidnapped and murdered by Muslim radicals in May 1996. He left this love letter for his killers that was opened after his death:
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November 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
De Chergé was the abbot of a Catholic monastery (Trappist) in Tibhirine, Algeria. He and six monks were kidnapped and murdered by Muslim radicals in May 1996. He left this love letter for his killers that was opened after his death:
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"I fail to see how a society can be thrown into revolution except through massive civil disobedience, which in the case of America means that domestic and foreign business is rendered unprofitable, and hence inoperable.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"I fail to see how a society can be thrown into revolution except through massive civil disobedience, which in the case of America means that domestic and foreign business is rendered unprofitable, and hence inoperable.
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The Media Focus On Epstein's Ties To Trump And Ignore His Ties To Israel
Which just so happens to align nicely with the objectives of the US empire.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-media-...
Which just so happens to align nicely with the objectives of the US empire.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-media-...
The Media Focus On Epstein's Ties To Trump And Ignore His Ties To Israel
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The Media Focus On Epstein's Ties To Trump And Ignore His Ties To Israel
Which just so happens to align nicely with the objectives of the US empire.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-media-...
Which just so happens to align nicely with the objectives of the US empire.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-media-...
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New reporting reveals that Jeffrey Epstein played a role in brokering security agreements for Israel, and enjoyed close relationships with powerful Israeli officials.
Epstein & Israel: Drop Site News Investigates Jeffrey Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence
A new series by Drop Site News looks at Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Israeli intelligence and how he secretly brokered numerous deals for Israeli intelligence. Drop Site revealed that Epstein had played ...
www.democracynow.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
New reporting reveals that Jeffrey Epstein played a role in brokering security agreements for Israel, and enjoyed close relationships with powerful Israeli officials.
“...character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.”
Eliot, G. (1874). Middlemarch (Kindle edition). Amazon.
Turner S. (2022). Turning autumn [Photo]. Hayward, California.
Eliot, G. (1874). Middlemarch (Kindle edition). Amazon.
Turner S. (2022). Turning autumn [Photo]. Hayward, California.
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“...character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.”
Eliot, G. (1874). Middlemarch (Kindle edition). Amazon.
Turner S. (2022). Turning autumn [Photo]. Hayward, California.
Eliot, G. (1874). Middlemarch (Kindle edition). Amazon.
Turner S. (2022). Turning autumn [Photo]. Hayward, California.
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Northern Ireland: Call on Irish FA to back UEFA suspension of Israel after FA Ireland votes for action
“The Irish FA can’t sit this one out.
“Football cannot preach fair play on the pitch while enabling human rights violations off it.” www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
“The Irish FA can’t sit this one out.
“Football cannot preach fair play on the pitch while enabling human rights violations off it.” www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Northern Ireland: Call on Irish FA to back UEFA suspension of Israel after FA Ireland votes for action
“The Irish FA can’t sit this one out.
“Football cannot preach fair play on the pitch while enabling human rights violations off it.” www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
“The Irish FA can’t sit this one out.
“Football cannot preach fair play on the pitch while enabling human rights violations off it.” www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
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The Palestinian tradition of olive picking and dates harvest in the occupied West Bank is under threat from Israeli settlers who have increased their attacks on farmers this season.
The struggle to preserve the Palestinian olive and date harvest
The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Palestinian tradition of olive picking and dates harvest in the occupied West Bank is under threat from Israeli settlers who have increased their attacks on farmers this season.
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A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian industrial and agricultural facilities in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, causing large fires and injuring several people.
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian industrial and agricultural facilities in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, causing large fires and injuring several people.