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1 hour ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said:
Along with the Likud government in Israel…
Indeed. Which means that Biden is helping Trump's campaign. That's how bonkers things are atm.
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Israel’s government officials now actively campaigning for Trump. And it won’t change a thing, it won’t matter in the least.
“Netanyahu Minister Says He Would Vote for Trump: Biden 'Causes Real Damage' to Israel Relations”
QuoteMere hours after the U.S. Senate approved a landmark $14 billion military aid package to Israel, Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli said that he would vote for former President Trump if he could, due to the Biden administration 'not allowing Israel to operate as it would like in Rafah'
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-798396QuoteChikli stated in the interview that Biden's "weak" statements against the antisemitic demonstrations on campuses through the US and the objection to the Rafah operation are influenced by the "squad."
Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli said on Wednesday morning that if he were an American, he would vote for the Republican Party.
“Look at Biden’s strategy in Afghanistan, Ukraine, and the Middle East. He said ‘Don’t’ to Hezbollah and Iran at the beginning of the war, and we saw the result,” Chikli told Kan Bet. “I don’t think that the United States under [Biden’s] leadership radiates power.” His administration “hurts the State of Israel and many other countries.”
Chikli belongs to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party.
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2 minutes ago, The Anti-Targ said:
When people put the welfare of those living dying and suffering thousands of km away who they will never meet ahead of their own education, then you actually have a movement that might achieve something.
I think student strikes and protests opposing crimes against humanity and inadequate action on global warming, if prolonged and sustained, can be effective. It does mean there need to be a clear message that resonates with the wider public though.
Not much to say other than I agree.
I find the [over]reaction of law enforcement has been… quite telling actually.
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Just now, Zorral said:
These protests and demos are spreading to many campuses across the US. That seems to be in provoked at least in part to the cops and shut downs and calls by the fascist ilks in congress etc. that the National Guard, the cops, somebody come in beat their asses and arrest them -- or as the stinkin' pile demand, I think it was him, be shot and hung.
Shades of 1967!
Yeah, I saw another vid where the police or uni guards where really going for the students very violently, using batons and so on. That was in Austin, I think. Somewhere else the students surrounded the police car that was trying to arrest the organiser (I think) of the protest. Maybe that was Austin too, or maybe Harvard or Yale? Hard to keep track since it's virtually everywhere now.
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And speaking of protests...
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Question about the issue w/ sports and fairness and all that that some have raised: does the problem lie w/ trans folks in general, or is the issue only irt trans women and not trans men?
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33 minutes ago, Spockydog said:
It was my birthday the other day. My brother got me my first ever cordless drill (it's a beauty), a laser-beam measurer thingy (OMG WE LIVE IN THE FUTURE), and these socks, which are absolutely lovely. I am blessed.
Happy belated name day!
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3 minutes ago, Mudguard said:
It boggles my mind that so many people get their news from Twitter, Facebook, Ticktock, etc. Even the NYT and other major news sources cited a Twitter post from an alleged ex-government image analyst for his conclusions on the Israeli strike on Iran. I hate this practice, but I see it more and more often.
It is mind-boggling but it also makes it really easy to understand the world we're living in and how people actually believe the most insane and nonsensical stuff possible.
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11 minutes ago, Zorral said:
FYI -- The research deskers are listening to the call-in section of the NPR affiliated public radio program right now about the topic of NYU and Columbia protests in particular and the push back from the vast majority of the callers at the idea that Jewish students on the campuses are in danger and that the campuses are antisemitic is exceedingly coherent and cogent. Many of the callers are not only Jewish residents of the city, but were part of the protests in the Vietnam era, who lay out the culpability of the universities in the programs to develop weapons to more accurately target Vietnamese villages, toxic chemicals to deforest Vietnam and so on. The protests were pointed at the universities to stop that, and divest -- just as the protests are targeting presently.
Very interesting!
I just watched the video linked below and they talk about all of that as well. They also talk about protests (at Yale if I'm not mistaken) explicitly demanding divestment from weapons manufacturers, which seems very reasonable to me, regardless of how very profitable it must be.
They have a Columbia professor on and going by what he says it seems the president's response to the protests might have been a tad exaggerated.
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27 minutes ago, The Big Stink said:
The majority of Jewish students will feel intimidated but that's it.
You mean the majority of those Jewish students who aren't part of the protests, right? Because there are many who are actively participating and marching and protesting against Israel's actions/government and have been from the get-go.
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34 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said:
I have seen activists, elsewhere online, argue there are no innocent Israelis because, they say, all Jewish Israelis are “colonizers”. It was on Twitter last year… I haven’t been frequenting twitter for several months
I have seen these as well, and I find them vile. Just as vile as the several Israelis, many of them government officials, spewing the same rhetoric.
I think I understand the points you're making here, but at the same time it feels to me that you're engaging in a form of bothsideism similar to what we see in the media nowadays.
Peaceful protests are one of the main tools civil society has to express itself and to try to have their voices heard. Should they be prohibited or repressed b/c of the odd 'extremist'? And keeping I mind that these individuals aren't always just people who are protesting for the same reason as the others but has more extreme views, they often are bad actors who are deliberately trying to sabotage a legal and valid movement.
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12 minutes ago, The Anti-Targ said:
We all have a soul, the only difference of opinion is whether it's a discreet metaphysical entity or an emergent property of neuro-physiological and quantum biological phenomena.
Not me, there’s just nothing there, wherever “there” is.
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2 minutes ago, The Anti-Targ said:
Always suspicious of people taking PR photos with dark sunglasses on. The eyes are the window to the soul, as they say. It's easy to fake smile with your mouth, less easy to fake smile with your eyes, so what are the dark glasses hiding? Is AOC really smiling or has her moral corruption finally begun in earnest?
Window to the soul for those who believe in the thing commonly called “soul”? What about those who don’t? Are we evil?
Joking aside, I think the point of this pretty ridiculous photo is that the aviator sunnies are Biden’s trademark? And btw who is the other man?
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19 minutes ago, Zorral said:
Had just read that this morning. Is anyone surprised? I know I'm not at all.
7 minutes ago, Spockydog said:Nor will they ever.
Indeed.
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3 hours ago, Spockydog said:
Turns out the "openly Jewish guy" was openly looking for a fight. He apparently goes to all the pro-Palestinian marches, looking for a fight. Twat.
And he is just so pathetic I almost feel sorry for him.
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37 minutes ago, Zorral said:
The Manhattan Correctional Center (MCC), where Jeffrey Epstein ended his life, is only about 100 or so yards away from the courthouse in Manhattan where Trump’s trial is taking place. Trump could be confined there and participate in the trial through a video link. ....
And maybe Trump would be inspired by his surroundings.
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3 minutes ago, Heartofice said:
to pause blindly handing out treatments
Is that what was happening? The NHS was *blindly* handing out PB to anyone as if they were M&Ms?
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11 minutes ago, LongRider said:
Spiders and snakes don't bother me that much, but what does bother me? Goddamn ticks! Hate those MFr's! Also, not so crazy about tall grass 'cuz that's where I picked up 3 revolting ticks several years ago. Fortunately, I found them while they were still 'questing' (crawling) lookin' for blood. M'eh I hate and fear those things.
Haaaaate the little MoFos! Can't say it's a phobia or even fear per se but I do fucking hate the bastards. Mosquitoes too.
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4 minutes ago, Zorral said:
The War Games of Israel and Iran
While Netanyahu and the Islamic Republic exchange ballistic “messages,” the question of Palestine demands the moral and strategic courage of actual statesmen.
By David RemnickIhttps://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-war-games-of-israel-and-iran
This not in the shadow anymore war games are definitely concerning.
Others might be concerned about other things as well...
QuoteIsrael’s Channel 12 revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fears that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will issue orders to arrest him and other officials due to violations in the war on Gaza.
The channel revealed that an urgent discussion took place on Tuesday at the Prime Minister’s Office that has remained confidential until now, in which worrying scenarios and serious concerns emerged that would allow the issuance of international arrest warrants from ICC in The Hague against senior Israeli officials, security leaders and politicians, including Netanyahu himself.
It reported that the highest political and legal elite in Israel were present at the discussion.
The Israeli channel noted that the reason for issuing international arrest warrants was the war in Gaza.
The channel confirmed that Netanyahu asked the British and German foreign ministers during their visit to Israel to intervene to prevent the issuance of arrest warrants by the ICC.
It explained that Tel Aviv has obtained information and messages indicating the possibility of such orders being issued on a large scale and that they may be issued at the end of next month.
Channel 12 reported that the discussions raised the issue of the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and the statements made by several countries that Israel is violating international law, as well as treating the civilian population in the Gaza Strip in a manner that violates the Fourth Geneva Convention.
At the end of the discussion, a decision was made to take some last-minute urgent measures with the ICC and influential political parties to prevent the issuance of arrest warrants.
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6 minutes ago, Heartofice said:
How is this an argument? You are basically saying nobody can ever been concerned about anything unless they are equally concerned about everything else and loudly talk about it. Did you even think before you typed that?
Did you think about all of the above before typing it? Because it doesn't seem that you did.
If one is concerned about children, or claims to be concerned about children and their welfare, then surely they must be concerned or at least have a deep interest in all issues involving the wellbeing and safety of children.
Unless of course some of these issues are being used disingenuously.
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7 minutes ago, Zorral said:
How, strange! It's a new chat, titled "I Was Only Following Orders"
Maybe it went to someone else w/ a similar username? I defo haven’t got it!
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22 minutes ago, Zorral said:
Since the Biden administration and its spokespeople have been talking up the two state solution again, one might will have thought so. But then Israel bombed Iran in Syria and Iran retaliated so, "That put an end to that!" crowed Bibi&ilks, who have always been opposed to that.
I know, it’s utterly depressing. But not unlike saying “civilians must be protected” while sending munitions nonstop.
22 minutes ago, Zorral said:P.S. check your Private Messages! Sent you something from the LRB.
Will do but I got no notifications!
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4 hours ago, Zorral said:
Also, um muted response in exchange for the US vetoing the UN resolution for Palestinian statehood?
Did anyone expect the US not to veto it?
International Events : How I learnt to stop worrying and love the-
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That makes a lot of sense. I was more commenting on the irony and insanity of the situation.