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  • MikM Mik

    @Renauda said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

    Like Phibes, I have no issue with the physical annihilation of Hamas and its leadership. That would also include Salafist imams who stoke the fanatical cadres of Hamas through religious psychological corecion and bloodthirsty propaganda.

    That does not equate to the physical extermination or ethnic cleansing of Arab Palestinians. There is no moral justification for either, both are indefensible and reprehensible.

    There you go again, making sense. Both the imperatives and the moral implications are quite clear here. Where it gets tricky is the manifestation of both. We expect Israel to walk a very fine tightwire, but I think they are capable of it.

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    @Mik

    We expect Israel to walk a very fine tightwire, but I think they are capable of it.

    I am confident they can and will.

    Elbows up!

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      Ta Nahisi Coates visited Palestinian territories expecting to need to study and observe and think deeply about the situation, but was struck by how obvious the immorality of the situation was. Why is he wrong?

      Link to video

      Education is extremely important.

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        The camera guy takes it too far but interesting to watch all the same.

        Only non-witches get due process.

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          Fafo. Principles should have consequences. First time in either of those two’s lives that a principle had a consequence. They didn’t like the taste.

          Education is extremely important.

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            I first thought the guy on the left was a woman, without paying close attention. But the aggression was the tell, even more than the voice or the subsequent closer look.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              I first thought the guy on the left was a woman, without paying close attention. But the aggression was the tell, even more than the voice or the subsequent closer look.

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              @jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

              I first thought the guy on the left was a woman, without paying close attention. But the aggression was the tell, even more than the voice of the subsequent closer look.

              I thought so too. But the body language was also unmistakably that of a man who has no physical capacity to back up the tone of voice.

              Education is extremely important.

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                Hilarious.

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  Hilarious.

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                  @jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                  Hilarious.

                  Writing is simultaneously less sophisticated, but funnier and far more aware than anything SNL has done in the past decade.

                  Please love yourself.

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                    @jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                    Hilarious.

                    Writing is simultaneously less sophisticated, but funnier and far more aware than anything SNL has done in the past decade.

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                    @Aqua-Letifer said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                    funnier and far more aware than anything SNL has done in the past decade.

                    You meant "century."

                    Also, I didn't find it "funny" in a SNL sense of "funny." I found it a bit disturbing in the sense that is reveals how ignorant these asshats are.

                    But, kudos to SNL for having the balls to air this.

                    I wonder what the pushback will be.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        Fafo. Principles should have consequences. First time in either of those two’s lives that a principle had a consequence. They didn’t like the taste.

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                        @Horace said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                        Fafo. Principles should have consequences. First time in either of those two’s lives that a principle had a consequence. They didn’t like the taste.

                        @Horace said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                        Fafo. Principles should have consequences. First time in either of those two’s lives that a principle had a consequence. They didn’t like the taste.

                        I agree. If you have the thought to do the actions, then be willing to explain them.

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                          @George-K said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

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                          Hyperbole aside, if there is any, the Jacobins of the West are wholly ignorant of the reality of the Arab world. All they need to do is look. It’s quite plain to see.

                          Elbows up!

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                            https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-department-employee-accuses-biden-admin-being-complicit-israel-genocide

                            Maybe a soon to be ex-State Dept. employee. 🙄

                            If you are working for any Foreign Ministry, you follow the policy of the country, even if it differs from your personal view.

                            A woman identified as a State Department employee has used social media to accuse President Biden and his administration of being "complicit in genocide" toward the people in Gaza and warned that it could stifle his re-election chances in 2024.

                            Sylvia Yacoub, who has served for more than two years as a foreign affairs officer in the State Department's Bureau of Near East Affairs, according to her LinkedIn page, has outspokenly shared her opinions on the matter through a variety of posts to X, formerly known as Twitter.

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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              The camera guy takes it too far but interesting to watch all the same.

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                              @jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                              The camera guy takes it too far but interesting to watch all the same.

                              That was hilarious. FAFO indeed. I don’t think the camera man took it too far, especially if he put up the flyer. Btw the main thing I took away is this is such an American (or woke?) thing…being so passionate about a topic that has likely ZERO impact on your life. Funny how politics and debate are central to so many people’s identity.

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                              • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                Hilarious.

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                                @jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                                Hilarious.

                                I didn't read carefully (again).

                                This was NOT Saturday Night Live.

                                It was "Israel’s Saturday Night Live equivalent."

                                My hopes for a return of rationality to SNL have been dashed.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  Haha that “SNL” skit was actually hilarious. Imagine if they had a live audience to laugh.

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                                    I sent that to my friend in leadership at Columbia. She’s at wits end but says things are improving there. We’ll see

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      I’d imagine she’ll enjoy the laugh

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                                      • MikM Away
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                                        I don't know. If I lived that I might not find it nearly as funny.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          I thought she’d laugh too because we jointly made fun of the student position when I was with her weekend before last. But when I sent it last night she was more exasperated than anything else.

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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