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I think it's the only way this doesn't escalate into a war with Iran Meanwhile: ...

Is that what your hope is resting on?

If you say so. But I gotta say if I lived anywhere in the middle-east, except maybe Israel, I'd be pretty damn fearful, dare I say terrified,...

Gotta hope the Biden admin's backchannel comms with Iranian leadership are still active

Collateral damage is typically never considered terrorism. Terrorism is the deliberate targeting of civilians to incite terror for a political cause....

Is that the guy who was behind the Beirut marine base bombing when I was a kid? If so, been a long time coming... It blows my mind that Israeli...

I don't understand why people live in Florida. :)

Glad you're all right mate and jfc it's difficult to comprehend the scope of the destruction elsewhere.

Survived another hurricane, and 36 hours of shelter work in 2 days. But seeing the absolutely insane flooding that happened where I used to...

Israel killed Ibrahim Aqil in the attacks on Hezbollah. That?s fking awesome - we should send them extra munitions as a reward for taking out that...

https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken Indefensible crimes.

Fascinating seeing Israeli politicians and pundits bringing out the warmed-over genocidal rhetoric again, about a whole new country. Learn some new...

I was wondering what Cain was up to

Another time traveller.

Understood. But the key difference is that Hasina did this to ostensibly ordinary Bengalis with justification that those people who she brutalised...

I'm sure Israel will investigate and hold those responsible to account, just like they did for Shireen Abu Akleh, Rachel Corrie, Tom Hurndall, John...

You mean like the women raped and murdered or abducted and raped on October 7th and the Palestinians who did it? Demonstrably. Did they all...

"Israel asks Congress to press South Africa to drop ICJ genocide case" https://www.axios.com/2024/09/09/israel-gaza-icj-genocide-un Crisis...

You'd need to account for people moving their wealth abroad to make this work. Especially if the wealth taxes are high enough to offset current...

What, in your opinion, would be the effect of income tax on working being eliminated all together, and excess wealth above a certain threshold being...

My point is that Modi has already done most of the things Hasina was condemned for. And he's responsible for far more deaths.

People like Lewk want a worthless government so they can cut off funding to it. So they'd actually prefer a civil service dominated by political...

They are clearly okay with what she has done, which is why they gave her refuge. More likely than not, Bangladesh will have someone just as bad or...

The rise of a federal workforce? It was ALWAYS there. Stop eating the bullshit they shovel you. The change was the transition to a non-partisan...

No. Merit does not mean the same thing to you as it does to me or (I hope) to most people.

Incidentally, if the goal is to incentivize work, we should decrease income taxes and increase taxes on land, rent (received), and capital (i.e.,...

Itmar Marcus Hasbra. Do you ever manage to convince people with it? Just out of curiosity, did they have those hateful text books before the European...

Just for starters, Person A is incentivised to keep their way of widget creation a secret, instead of teaching it to Person B, thus resulting in...