View original postAnd how much of that is because Egypt doesn't want them and won't allow them in?
That's a factor, sure, but it doesn't exonerate Israel from its responsibility. And I'm sure you remember how long the IDF blocked the Rafah border post completely, then restricted the movement through it.
View original post"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress."
View original post"I never can think of Judas Iscariot without losing my temper. To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature, Congressman."
View original post"Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can."
View original postAll attributed to the great Samuel Clemens.
Having a healthy dosis of scepticism towards government is one thing, but if you take that attitude too far, you get the self-fulfilling prophecy of many in the Republican party, who do everything in their power to sabotage effective government so they can more easily build their arguments to privatize everything instead. And now these last few years, so they can install a would-be dictator who can do whatever the hell he likes if he wins the next election.
The false narrative of the double standard
- 09/12/2023 02:33:25 PM
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ok *NM*
- 09/12/2023 07:27:01 PM
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Is this a good summary, NYT?
- 10/12/2023 01:20:47 AM
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They dug their own graves
- 11/12/2023 12:24:16 AM
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There was an op-ed in the Washington Post claiming that antisemitism meets the Brandenburg standard.
- 11/12/2023 01:01:39 AM
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Re: They dug their own graves
- 11/12/2023 03:15:59 AM
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rhetorical question Mookie (it does not matter the answer)
- 11/12/2023 03:45:11 AM
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There's a lot of double standards involved, aren't there?
- 11/12/2023 07:02:06 PM
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We could go on and on with this
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Yep, I know.
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Re: Yep, I know.
- 12/12/2023 08:04:57 PM
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Re: Yep, I know.
- 14/12/2023 01:33:53 PM
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Where do you get your stats ?
- 14/12/2023 07:09:02 AM
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the Hamas Ministry of Stats is likely an under-count
- 14/12/2023 12:57:46 PM
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Given the nature of Hamas, the numbers are likely an overcount
- 14/12/2023 01:16:00 PM
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whatever
- 14/12/2023 02:50:53 PM
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Given the choice between believing a Democracy and an Autocratic Terrorist Gov
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Chora I believe both are capable of lying
- 14/12/2023 04:16:14 PM
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Obviously, anyone is capable of lying.
- 14/12/2023 04:30:29 PM
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You know that Roland is incapable of stating that the terrorist org Hamas is more likely to lie
- 14/12/2023 04:38:30 PM
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What stats are you contesting, exactly?
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Re: What stats are you contesting, exactly?
- 17/12/2023 02:34:34 PM
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Yeah, I'm still confused what you're trying to claim about the numbers
- 17/12/2023 10:51:00 PM
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Because no one in the Arab world wants the "Palestinians"
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From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free
- 13/12/2023 03:01:21 PM
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The idea is free from foreign oppression - internal freedom is, indeed, another story.
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Re: The idea is free from foreign oppression - internal freedom is, indeed, another story.
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Re: The idea is free from foreign oppression - internal freedom is, indeed, another story.
- 14/12/2023 03:39:55 PM
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From my perspective,
- 14/12/2023 04:09:31 PM
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Well that's how it was at first... but I don't think you can go back there now.
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Re: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free
- 14/12/2023 03:32:17 PM
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Is the point to imply that 'pre-1948' meant no Israeli state at all?
- 14/12/2023 03:56:59 PM
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So Claudine Gay, Harvard Pres resigns
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