As Palestinians pushes for statehood, Israel finds itself more isolated
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Oh BTW SIX, I came to the realization that what SECOND does is, sooner or later, turn every thread into a discussion about himself. You may THINK he's virtue-signalling on a topic or bagging on "the other", but what he's doing is reminding HIMSELF how just how important he is and how much "better" he is than anyone else and how he's going to live forever.
But what does it say about anyone if they have to come to a no-account website and bang on endlessly, anonymously about how important/ perfect he is and how meaningless everyone else is, except that he gets no recognition in real life for who he TRULY is? Is he living a 100% lie, presenting himself to his family and the world as one kind of person, and only letting his real, dark self loose on an anonymous website? That would explain his constant inveterate lying: it's an essential part of his nature bc his image of himself demands it.
Anyway enuf of SECOND. Just thought I'd share.
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Quote:If you are wondering why I am here it is because I have an intense hatred of thieves but it is problematic for me to publicly oppose thieves who have yet to be convicted of a crime. Israelis stole the Holy Land and justified the theft with the fake claim that their God Yahweh gave them the land. Russians are stealing Ukraine and justifying the theft with numerous fake claims. Trump is just a thief, a plain and simple faker. He is the closest to being convicted of a crime.
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Anyway enuf of SECOND. Just thought I'd share.
Just thought I'd share.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:
If you are wondering why I am here it is because I have an intense hatred of thieves but it is problematic for me to publicly oppose thieves who have yet to be convicted of a crime. Israelis stole the Holy Land and justified the theft with the fake claim that their God Yahweh gave them the land. Russians are stealing Ukraine and justifying the theft with numerous fake claims. Trump is just a thief, a plain and simple faker. He is the closest to being convicted of a crime.
Okay. Sure, bitch.
Why don't you litter Haken's boards today with more links to pirated copyrighted work.
Or perhaps you have another book or article that you'd like to copy and paste here and present as if they're your own thoughts?
I don't even understand how you function on a day to day basis. Everything you say is diametrically opposed to your actions.
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Quote:I'm sure you don't understand the difference between being a thief and the reporting of a theft. That's no surprise since you don't understand the similarities between being an unconvinced criminal, such as Trump, and being a lowlife criminal who can't pay a fleet of lawyers a million dollars per week to keep himself out of jail.
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Originally posted by second:
If you are wondering why I am here it is because I have an intense hatred of thieves but it is problematic for me to publicly oppose thieves who have yet to be convicted of a crime. Israelis stole the Holy Land and justified the theft with the fake claim that their God Yahweh gave them the land. Russians are stealing Ukraine and justifying the theft with numerous fake claims. Trump is just a thief, a plain and simple faker. He is the closest to being convicted of a crime.
Okay. Sure, bitch.
Why don't you litter Haken's boards today with more links to pirated copyrighted work.
Or perhaps you have another book or article that you'd like to copy and paste here and present as if they're your own thoughts?
I don't even understand how you function on a day to day basis. Everything you say is diametrically opposed to your actions.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Israel Readying Risky Plan To Flood Miles Of Gaza's 'Terror Tunnels' With Sea Water
Israel's military has reportedly put in place controversial and high risk plans to flood Gaza's vast network of underground tunnels used by Hamas with sea water. High powered pumps have already been set up at key locations in the Gaza Strip.
The plan is to force Hamas militants above ground or else drown them, utilizing a series of pumps to pull water from the Mediterranean Sea, which are expected to provide enough water to fully flood the tunnels within weeks. According to details in The Wall Street Journal, US defense officials have been briefed on the 'option' - and with pumps now in place - but it's not believed that the Israelis have pulled the trigger on it yet.
MORE AT https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-readying-risky-plan-floo
d-miles-gazas-terror-tunnels-sea-water
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Oh BTW SIX, I came to the realization that what SECOND does is, sooner or later, turn every thread into a discussion about himself. You may THINK he's virtue-signalling on a topic or bagging on "the other", but what he's doing is reminding HIMSELF how just how important he is and how much "better" he is than anyone else and how he's going to live forever.
But what does it say about anyone if they have to come to a no-account website and bang on endlessly, anonymously about how important/ perfect he is and how meaningless everyone else is, except that he gets no recognition in real life for who he TRULY is? Is he living a 100% lie, presenting himself to his family and the world as one kind of person, and only letting his real, dark self loose on an anonymous website? That would explain his constant inveterate lying: it's an essential part of his nature bc his image of himself demands it.
Anyway enuf of SECOND. Just thought I'd share.
Well, to be fair to him, I've stated before that this is my political toilet where I let all those political demons out. I don't go out of my way to hang around with people who think completely different than I do in real life, but if you want to maintain relationships with family who doesn't agree with you, there's no sense in arguing any politics with them.
Unlike others here who have argued that you should use any opportunity to change people's minds, I realize that there is barely any circumstance in your life where you're presented with a genuine opportunity to do so. That goes for politics or virtually anything else under the sun. It's not my job to change anyone's minds. I'm here to argue, plain and simple. I'm here to get that shit out of my system so I don't have those thoughts floating around in my head when I'm socializing and I don't say anything that I'll regret when I do.
Back in my drinking days I ruined quite a few relationships, and without a filter that most people enjoy when they're sober, I got into political disagreements with people that I never should have and ended up saying things that I can never take back.
I probably don't need this site as a crutch anymore after nearly 8 years of sobriety, but even being sober it does help.
I would NEVER talk to somebody in person the way that I talk to people on this site. But the reverse side of that is that nobody in real life would ever talk to me the way that I've been talked to on this site either.... Unless I provoked it, like I did on more than one occasion back when I was drinking and I didn't have a filter.
I do my own fair share of bragging here too, which well... yeah... I do show off my work IRL. But I don't go around IRL telling everybody how lousy they are with money everyday or brag that I don't have to go back to work this week when they're doing the everyday grind.
If an opportunity presents itself, I do try to use my own ability to lead by example and help people get a better handle on their own spending habits, but I don't pressure anybody or try to manipulate them into changing their behaviors. And in this rare case, I do get presented with opportunities like this from time to time because people notice how I live and wonder how the hell I actually do it.
For instance, my aunt recently got a not-huge-but-not-so-tiny inheritance when my Grams passed earlier this year. Her first thought was to run out and buy a new car (at the time when new car prices were at their peak). Instead, I convinced her to put another $500 in her long paid off Toyota by explaining to her that if she bought a new car right now she'd either burn a large majority of that windfall on a car that might not even last her the rest of her life, or she'd be making monthly payments that were at least as much as the repairs she needed done, with a huge extra amount going to pay down the interest, and she&#
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I convinced my sis to repair her old car too. That will give her the time that needs needs to shop around. Considering depreciation and payments, an old car is worth repairing until it costs about $2000/ year (including car rental) altho in her case I have to re-estimate that bc she'd be buying used.
And one of our previous care-givers, I convinced her to set aside $5/ week. She worked for us for a long time. At one point, they needed a newer van and $1000 down. She asked me for a loan, and I checked her savings (BTW paid interest on it too) and told she had the $ already saved up. She was so happy, and it was a very positive lesson on saving bc even a little bit adds up.
As you say: Do right, be right.
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I convinced my sis to repair her old car too. That will give her the time that needs needs to shop around. Considering depreciation and payments, an old car is worth repairing until it costs about $2000/ year (including car rental) altho in her case I have to re-estimate that bc she'd be buying used.
Depends on how you calculate your mileage, I suppose (pun intended).
Since I've never bought a new car in my life and don't ever intend to, my per-year threshold is much lower than $2k. I bought this car back in 2008 for only $2k. But I do need to decide soonish how much I'm willing to spend on it to get it to pass emissions or look for something else. Especially when you consider that the main reason I'm afraid I won't be able to pass it this time is I have an after-market nylon tube for a fuel line now and if I were to pour 2 gallons of lacquer thinner in the tank to pass like I did last time it would almost surely melt that line away completely.
If I knew, or had a mechanic that could guaranty 100% that simply putting in a new catalytic converter would fix the issue, that's a fix I'd be willing to pay for. But nobody can tell me for sure if that will even make my car pass the emissions test. And at this point it's not just the oil leaking, but pretty much every fluid in the car except for gasoline. Even my wiper fluid leaks now.
IF spending the money for a new CAT fixed the issue and I knew I wouldn't have to worry about emissions test the rest of the time I had the car, I'd be willing to pay not only for that, but to have somebody fix all my leaking issues, including putting a new seal on the manifold to finally stop that oil leak.
But that's a huge barrier to entry for me. It's going to cost me at least $500 to have that CAT replaced in today's economy. (I priced it at my aunt's shop last year) Since I'm only willing to spend $4k and preferably only $3k on another used car next year, that alone would be 1/6th to 1/8th of what I'm willing to spend on a new car just to possibly pass the test.
The one thing to consider here though is that if I fail the emissions test first before trying to fix the CAT, I can apply for one final 2 year extension on the car and worry about replacing it over the next 2 years. But I'd still be driving around a car that leaks all the fluids because I'm not willing to pay to fix any of that if I can't pass emissions.
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And one of our previous care-givers, I convinced her to set aside $5/ week. She worked for us for a long time. At one point, they needed a newer van and $1000 down. She asked me for a loan, and I checked her savings (BTW paid interest on it too) and told she had the $ already saved up. She was so happy, and it was a very positive lesson on saving bc even a little bit adds up.
Haha. Yeah. That's funny. The reverse side of somebody not knowing anything about money is if somebody gets them to save some somehow they usually forget about it and it's a big surprise to them when they realize how much they saved. That HR person I mentioned that got my aunt to join the credit union must have got her to sign up for some sort of 401k alternative plan and she wasn't even aware she had been putting money in there for a couple years. When she found out she had over 5k in there she paid the rest of her car off with it.
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As you say: Do right, be right.
Yup.
You ain't going to always do right. And you ain't going to always be right...
But the rewards for doing and being right whenever you can manage it tend to pay you back with dividends as long as you're not seeking them in advance.
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From Israeli Defense Force to Israeli Occupation force — Conduct Unbecoming
Shooting kids...
https://sonar21.com/from-israeli-defense-force-to-israeli-occupation-f
orce-conduct-unbecoming/
In reality, I had a Jewish co-worker, a "young kid", and he visited Israel. Altho he's very Jewish and pro-Israel he gave me a "warts and all" summary about 8 years ago, and even then IDF considered themselves something between an occupation force and riot police. Also, they were very open about stealing Palestinian land and Syrian water from the Golan Heights.
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Israel’s Failed Bombing Campaign in Gaza
By Robert A. Pape | December 6, 2023
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israels-failed-bombing-campaign-
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Since October 7, Israel has invaded northern Gaza with some 40,000 combat troops and pummeled the small area with one of the most intense bombing campaigns in history. Nearly two million people have fled their homes as a result. More than 15,000 civilians (including some 6,000 children and 5,000 women) have been killed in the attacks, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run Ministry of Health, and the U.S. State Department has suggested that the true toll may be even higher. Israel has bombed hospitals and ambulances and wrecked about half of northern Gaza’s buildings. It has cut off virtually all water, food deliveries, and electricity generation for Gaza’s 2.2 million inhabitants. By any definition, this campaign counts as a massive act of collective punishment against civilians.
Even now, as Israeli forces push deeper into southern Gaza, the exact purpose of Israel’s approach is far from clear. Although Israeli leaders claim to be targeting Hamas alone, the evident lack of discrimination raises real questions about what the government is actually up to. Is Israel’s eagerness to shatter Gaza a product of the same incompetence that led to the massive failure of the Israeli military to counter Hamas’s attack on October 7, the plans for which ended up in the hands of Israeli military and intelligence officials more than a year earlier? Is wrecking northern Gaza and now southern Gaza a prelude to sending the territory’s entire population to Egypt, as proposed in a “concept paper” produced by the Israeli Intelligence Ministry?
Whatever the ultimate goal, Israel’s collective devastation of Gaza raises deep moral problems. But even judged purely in strategic terms, Israel’s approach is doomed to failure—and indeed, it is already failing. Mass civilian punishment has not convinced Gaza’s residents to stop supporting Hamas. To the contrary, it has only heightened resentment among Palestinians. Nor has the campaign succeeded in dismantling the group ostensibly being targeted. Fifty-plus days of war show that while Israel can demolish Gaza, it cannot destroy Hamas. In fact, the group may be stronger now than it was before.
Israel is hardly the first country to err by placing excessive faith in the coercive magic of airpower. History shows that the large-scale bombing of civilian areas almost never achieves its objectives. Israel would have been better off had it heeded these lessons and responded to the October 7 attack with surgical strikes against Hamas’s leaders and fighters in lieu of the indiscriminate bombing campaign it has chosen. But it is not too late to shift course and adopt a viable alternative strategy for achieving lasting security, an approach that would drive a political wedge between Hamas and the Palestinians rather than bringing them closer together: take meaningful, unilateral steps toward a two-state solution.
LOSING HEARTS AND MINDS
Since the dawn of airpower, countries have sought to bomb enemies into submission and shatter civilian morale. Pushed to their breaking point, the theory goes, populations will rise up against their own governments and switch sides. This strategy of coercive punishment reached its apogee in World War II. History remembers the indiscriminate bombing of cities in that war simply by the place names of the targets: Hamburg (40,000 dead), Darmstadt (12,000), and Dresden (25,000).
Now Gaza can be added to this infamous list. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has himself likened the current campaign to the Allies’ fight in World War II. While denying that Israel was engaging in collective punishment today, he pointed out that a Royal Air Force strike targeting Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen killed scores of schoolchildren.
What Netanyahu left unmentioned was that none of the Allies’ efforts to punish civilians en masse actually succeeded. In Germany, the Allied bombing campaign, which took of
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