Hell freezes over as Obama allows U.N. Security Council to censure Israel: Daily Bullshit, December 23-25, 2016 (updated)

Updated for more on the U.N. censure of Israel,[1] for a story on the U.S. asking foreign visitors to list their social media profiles,[2] and for a story on Henry Kissinger seeking to influence Donald Trump.[3]


Israel

Jordan Fabian, “Why Obama broke with Israel at UN,” Hill, December 23, 2016, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/311736-why-obama-broke-with-israel-at-un

Farnaz Fassihi and Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Allows U.N. to Censure Israel,” Wall Street Journal, December 23, 2016, http://www.wsj.com/articles/israeli-settlement-censure-back-on-u-n-calendar-1482515573

Geoffrey Aronson, “The UN settlement resolution is too little and too late,” Al Jazeera, December 25, 2016, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/settlement-resolution-late-161225090002654.html

Ben White, “A symbolic resolution against Israeli settlements,” Al Jazeera, December 25, 2016, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/12/symbolic-resolution-israeli-settlements-161225090953898.html


Unemployment

Steven Overly, “Artificial intelligence could cost millions of jobs. The White House says we need more of it,” Washington Post, December 20, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/12/20/ai-could-cost-millions-of-jobs-the-white-house-says-we-need-more-of-it/


Aftermath

Tana Ganeva, “Harry Reid blasts ‘worthless’ DNC in blistering critique of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz,” Raw Story, December 22, 2016, http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/harry-reid-blasts-worthless-dnc-in-blistering-critique-of-debbie-wasserman-schultz/


War on Security

Nadia Prupis, “US Government Quietly Starts Asking Travelers for Social Media Accounts,” Common Dreams, December 23, 2016, http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/12/23/us-government-quietly-starts-asking-travelers-social-media-accounts


Henry Kissinger

War criminal Henry Kissinger’s more recent protege was war criminal Hillary Clinton.[4] Now it appears he’ll serve Donald Trump.[5]

Nahal Toosi and Isaac Arnsdorf, “Kissinger, a longtime Putin confidant, sidles up to Trump,” Politico, December 24, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-kissinger-russia-putin-232925

  1. [1]Geoffrey Aronson, “The UN settlement resolution is too little and too late,” Al Jazeera, December 25, 2016, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/settlement-resolution-late-161225090002654.html; Ben White, “A symbolic resolution against Israeli settlements,” Al Jazeera, December 25, 2016, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/12/symbolic-resolution-israeli-settlements-161225090953898.html
  2. [2]Nadia Prupis, “US Government Quietly Starts Asking Travelers for Social Media Accounts,” Common Dreams, December 23, 2016, http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/12/23/us-government-quietly-starts-asking-travelers-social-media-accounts
  3. [3]Nahal Toosi and Isaac Arnsdorf, “Kissinger, a longtime Putin confidant, sidles up to Trump,” Politico, December 24, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-kissinger-russia-putin-232925
  4. [4]David Corn, “Hillary Clinton and Henry Kissinger: It’s Personal. Very Personal,” Mother Jones, February 12, 2016, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/hillary-clinton-kissinger-vacation-dominican-republic-de-la-renta; Greg Grandin, “Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton’s Tutor in War and Peace,” Nation, February 5, 2016, http://www.thenation.com/article/henry-kissinger-hillary-clintons-tutor-in-war-and-peace/
  5. [5]Nahal Toosi and Isaac Arnsdorf, “Kissinger, a longtime Putin confidant, sidles up to Trump,” Politico, December 24, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-kissinger-russia-putin-232925