I would argue that zero crime is possible—by not collecting crime data. There was no crime in England until they started reporting crime figures. There is no inflation problem in the USA, and unemployment fixed by firing the people who did the reports. It's the old Reagan solution!
A cute story but [cough] not actually truthful AFAIK.
Get an email from zoho for $12/year or some such. Or from some other service like Fastmail or Runbox. Or a cheap Hawkhost web+email plan and have your own domain like alanisking.com (which doesn't exist AFAIK).
Milgram Experiments finding: Half of Americans will electrocute other people if some guy in a sleazy office tells them to. Naziism is not a German thing. It's a human thing.
Has any of this made the TV “news” (crime and celebrity entertainment half-hour)? If not, how can we get it there?
Unfortunately, there haven't been sufficient consequences for years.
Wait... the psychopaths are separating children from their parents, by shipping them, unaccompanied, to Guatemala, presumably to be held in cages there? ... or are just selling them as slaves? I mean, seriously, has this country totally lost all its morals?
If you mean the USA, then “hell yes.”
(a) not all Jews are white and (b) they were already in Israel, and the land belonged to the Ottoman Empire which was Turkish before England stole it and Israelis got it from England, and (c) there are plenty of Arab and Druze citizens in Israel who are just fine. If that's what you mean.
Good points I wish decision-makers would listen to.
They worm their way into minds like a cancer, as in the USA. Even in Canada, Poilievre came close to being PM though he's an incompetent loon, and Canada has a serious education system. Countries need to recognize fascism as a real threat and deal with it.
You hate Joe Biden that much? Bizarre.
Makes one wonder if Trump has secretly been put into a prison cell so they can keep his presidency going after he dies... and without his dementia getting in the way of their greed.
In the 1950s, the FBI investigated people who were members of anti-fascist organizations, in the believe that if you were against fascism, you must be a Communist—and being a communist was essentially illegal. The USA is no stranger to thought crimes.
I'd credit the original but the Facebook poster I took it from didn't, so I can't!
Yup, I need to be more careful about that too.
I think anyone of his ilk is too popular when they have more than 5% approval ;)
I will provide thoughts! Maybe not prayers.
He's popular. Maybe ... just maybe ... it's time the UK freed itself of Rupert Murdoch. Then Farage might be less popular.
If a civil war means that we're not ALL turned into North Korea, fine. I've long thought it would make sense to split off the Confederacy.
The ideal would also be for driver's tests to be simulated so real life hazards could be put in.
Notice the part about how they're pretending they don't know how much it costs?
Trump doesn't ONLY get his ideas from Nazi Germany.
So sorry for not being an ignorant fool who believes everything terrorists and their funders say
Walkout is all that can be done. Problem is, they'll all be fired and replaced by white nationalist (and/or theocratic) teenagers.
I mean, yes, Israel has a responsibility, but is it really the *sole* responsibility? What would the US have done if Mexico killed a thousand civilians, including children? Or what would Egypt have done? I suspect it would have been much worse... and the media wouldn't have covered it.
I do think some responsibility should be on Gaza, too. As long as there are incendiary bombs, rockets, etc. targeting civilians from Gaza, and as long as Hamas soldiers are well-fed while children are starved, it’s going to be hard to propose an immediate peace.
That was ONE crazy far-right man, not all Zionists acting together. The vast majority of Zionists were stunned. The vast majority want a peaceful solution today, and Netanyahu behind bars. The polls show it, so do the anti-war demonstrations in Israel.
Thank you, too. I appreciate the sharing.
I would rather both Gaza and Israel exist in peace. There *was* a path to that. I can't help but feeling that the nonstop terrorist attacks from Gaza, culminating in the thousand murders, ended that path. I might add... any Arab country could take them in, too.
I have this feeling I'm replying to your messages in the reverse order that I should be. Yes, Jews have an existential fear. It's justified. Hamas' original charter spelled out the death of all Jews. The current one, merely taking over Israel by religious war.
Israel has been a place of violence since before the Romans. So has most of Europe and quite a lot of Asia. The Crusades come to mind. The US has a few real genocides on its hands. Not many lands have *not* seen violence.
Yes. Babies should be innocent. ... You realize that Hamas murdered babies in their October raids, right? They also took toddlers hostage and murdered them later, in the extensive tunnel system they built instead of helping the Gazan people, using UN aid for military purposes for YEARS.
Explain to me how the US is a democratic country not at all occupied by a despotic and insane leader?
They really DO remember it differently, and incorrectly. Just like the USA South teaches that slavery was good. It is not logical that Israel would drive out one bunch of Arabs with tanks, while fighting a defensive war, and make the rest full citizens. Jews were in Israel long before Hitler.
I disagree with what you believe to be the history. Neighboring countries used tanks against Israel as soon as the English left. (Nearly all the land had belonged to the Ottomans, then the English, not to individuals.) How would you explain all the Arabs who never left Israel?
I mean, it's nice that you're willing to let the Jews in Israel stay alive, since Hamas has already said that is not in their plans. A LOT of Israelis have protested against Netanyahu’s violence. How would you get a peaceful resolution? Hamas' charter bans treaties.
See, this is where you mix real history with fake history. Jews lived alongside Arabs for a long time before 1948. The Arabs who stayed are called "Israeli citizens" today. The ones who left to join armies to kill the Jews, along with Jordan revolutionaries and such, are now called "Palestinians."
I never seem to meet those. I seem to only meet the ones who just start out calling me a Nazi colonialist for daring to think Jews should still exist... ... and invariably with any of those exchanges I "gain" a follower who claims to be a "Palestinian journalist."
Hard to do when they can arrest *individuals* for not paying taxes. States need a replacement for SocSec and Medicare if they split off. I wish we did pay our taxes to the states. I also suspect if states did this, the military would literally bomb state capitols.
I hadn't thought of that...
Look at the bright side. The goons will spend a lot more time going back and forth in the station, and stuck behind 20 mph freight trains. Maybe he'll even approve a bigger Amtrak rail budget to speed things up.
Telling the truth brings out the Hamas lovers and bots here. You'll be targeted and insulted for a while because they have no logic on their side, only hate and name-calling. And we all know they think Zionist and Jew are the same, so this gives them license to kill Jews.
Reagan had some dementia but NOTHING in this league.
Damn straight. And just ignore the assholes below. They think they're being clever by saying “ALL Jews deserve it because Hamas said so.” They want genocide. They just want the “right” genocide. They would be happy to make it ten per day. Too much hate on BlueSky and in the world.
The Crusades were about as far from Christian as it gets. Most of those killed weren't Muslims (or soldiers), either. We could talk about Martin Luther and his views on non-Christians. I think Rome actually started the process. I respect those who find Jesus in there with Christianity.
When you look at what America did best in WWII, it's almost all Chrysler behind it - Bofors guns, radar, and tanks being three of those (nuclear bombs, too). They didn't need to understand how it worked to make it better.
... at some point Russia will end the war on Ukraine, and then Iran's drone factories will go after other enemies in the Middle East, to wit, Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, ... well, everyone but Iran... ...Unless Iranians can finally overthrow the government most of them hate.
Really bizarre thing is we were IN Afghanistan. We saw how the most sophisticated weapons could be attacked by cheap pickups laden with bombs. We SAW Ukraine. We watched Iran use drones and ballistic missiles on residential apartments in Israel, too... do they not read newspapers?
As soon as Musk had access to databases, Russia did.
The news radio even claimed Trump was sending ICE in to deal with DC crime...
The FCC is strong-arming EchoStar in their effort to give spectrum to Elon Musk, — and force Apple to use StarLink for its satellite services. EchoStar decided it would rather get paid for its assets.
Friendly reminder: There is no “Democrat party.” Karl Rove invented that. It’s the Democratic Party. As seen on their web site. They get Democratic votes, not Democrat votes, and Democratic Congressmen, not Democrat Congressmen.
If he's found not guilty, are there any consequences for the lawbreakers who sent him to the concentration camp and then to prison?
Someone has figured out how our mainstream media work. There are two sides when Republicans are criticized. (When Democrats are criticized, it's okay to make words up and stuff them in their mouths.)
Brave man, asking the media to be brave [spoiler: media owners are either cowards or hoping for Big Rewards from fascism]
[sigh] AP and Reuters have been crap for a while, which is sad. I remember them being the best sources of, well, basic news. Never breaking a major investigative story, but doing the beat day after day. Now they're tools of the right like everything else, pretending not to be.
It's providing it for free because they have to, so the crazies won't say they're persecuting the poor Palestinians. Israel would rather not give away water. I might add NO Arab country will supply Gaza with water or power. None will take anyone from Gaza. Nobody seems to care about that.
Businessmen who supported Trump will eventually be killed for their wealth, just like the businessmen who supported Hitler. Y'know why? Because Trump's men have history books and can do what Hitler did.
If I haven't said this before, by the way, thank you for continuing to be civil and not devolving into insults like some of the dumber onlookers.
So if the Cherokee Nation decided the way to get its land back was a terror campaign, and killed a thousand people, including children, in Tulsa, and kept shooting and sending missiles out from its land, do you think the USA would keep "hands off"?
Hamas is the one keeping hostages. Hamas is the one with soldiers shooting at the IDF. Hospitals are raided because Hamas uses them for military HQ. Hamas has always put civilians around their guns. UNRWA works with Hamas. Proven already. Was in the papers. Drops where IDF says not to!
Again, you sound like Trump. But I'd love to have half of Meatloaf's singing talent.
The mental state of the Hamas supporter. Assertion + insult ≠argument. You sound like Trump.
There *were* elections in Gaza. Israel was not there but provided power and water, before Hamas decided to kill 1000 people, including children. The occupation was GREAT for Hamas leaders, kinda sucks for other people in Gaza though. Just like the old PLO—leaders get mansions, others die.
Hamas is the only state in Gaza. They have handled food distribution from the start. The Gaza Health Ministry is part of Hamas. Just like the PLO operated both hospitals and artillery. Where are you, to be such an expert?
Here's a truly odd one. Musk thinks it's illegal to not include him on all contracts AND all advertising.
That is Hamas' decision, as was killing babies, but they are functioning as an active government and military, and they do handle food distribution... and they are still tunneling. If Hamas was not in charge, the war would be over.
There are a lot of people on BlueSky searching for the term "Israel" and "Hamas" so they can pounce on anyone who is not ideologically pure (wanting all Jews dead) and call them Nazis. It proves nothing but is great for intimidation. Shame BlueSky makes it so easy for them to play that game.
More dangerous in Jan '26 when the big ICE budget and the new parallel prison system (concentration camps) are in place. Then they might just decide to go through voter rolls to find “criminals” (registered Democrats). Half a country killing the other is not new, sadly.
As Hamas is the official government of Gaza, who do you think does it? The Israeli military did inform the UN that those drops were active war zones, according to the BBC, which is not exactly Israel's best bud.
You miss the point very deliberate so fuck you.
So you think killing a thousand people, including children, was justified. Wow. What a conscience you have. You'd be right at home in ICE. “They're the wrong color? KILL THEM!!! They did something to us somehow!"
It took very little time for criminal gangs to realize they could roam freely, armed to the teeth in stolen cars, terrorizing citizens, thanks to ICE doing, well, the same thing.
Because you don't know what the fuck a Nazi is.
PS> You do know what Dresden was in WWII, right? Or were you brought up in Gaza and didn't learn that?
I'd say prove you're not the world's biggest asshole but whoops! you've already proved you are. Hamas' stated mission is to kill all the Jews and Druze in Israel. They're the Nazis. Remember Dresden? Did that make the USAF into Nazis?
Yes, I did, about the event. Then you started throwing insults. There's been a lot of lying so far. Hamas arranges food drops in active military zones so it can claim Israel is targeting the innocent. They make it a show. Remember who murdered babies in front of their parents and started this.
The New York Times has been a cowardly bunch of fools for quite some time, always bowing to power... I don't know where it got its reputation, but it hasn't deserved it since Reagan.
And you sound like an asshole loser who attaches himself to the IRA and any other terrorist group he can find so he can be REALLY BRAVE on the webs.
Oh, you are SO smart, leaping to conclusions in a single bound like that doesn't make you a COMPLETE ASSHOLE. Well, I know everything about you from your one line comment. Go back to masturbating about being a terrorist. Accurate? Had enough fun throwing insults?
Re your comment: assholes gotta asshole, I guess.
Sounds like the soft launch of an announcement of a dictatorship to me.
The infants Hamas murdered by hands, in front of their parents... who were they?
Ah, you found a real case. Notice the reaction. Investigation, we will find out what happened. NOT the usual Hamas "THEY ARE EVIL AND WANT GENOCIDE" ramblings. Well, I guess I owe you an apology, pending the investigation. IDF individuals can do evil things, like anyone else.
And sited the latrine right next to the well, for convenience.
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And we believe this “story” why? Are these “journalists” coincidentally also soldiers?
Yup. I did look up Wikipedia on this topic. Crazy how long it was used routinely and released to atmosphere. I think Russia’s trying to increase global warming to get their warm water ports! ... but then, human life is not a core Putin value.
I have to agree with their decision. Who wants to get a $10 part with an $85 tariff bill?
A quick note to those who said all Jews, all white people, and/or I should be killed. You people learned to hate without knowing anything but press releases from terrorists. So fuck you, you're no better than Trumpers or Nazis. And you're the FIRST to cry Nazi.
Do you now what genocide is? This is a war Hamas started, not a genocide. Genocide is what Hamas has in its charter - death of all Jews in Israel. You think Israel should sit and let civilians and babies be murdered? Most Hamas supporters do. That's why I get so many death threats.
Wouldn't it be nice if perjury was a thing they prosecuted consistently and ruthlessly?
It worked. Mainstream media's headlines were variations on Trump Proved Innocent!!! (Okay, they were more careful, but that was the gist. Not, “Trump refuses to provide full transcripts.”)
Typo. Or should I say, Tyop.
Most Israelis are brown, asshole. You fucking hypocrites don't know SHIT about what you're whining about.