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The piece says they dropped the charges against him, so I guess he's free to travel about the globe. I know absolutely zero about the case or allegations that were leveled against him. I might be confusing the two courts (ICC, ICJ), but wasn't this case against Israeli & Hamas leadership initiated by South Africa? If so, could it also be that other countries haven't accused other world leaders of war crimes? In other words, would one have to submit a case to the ICC for them to investigate charges for other alleged war crimes? Anyway, I need to hit the road and won't be back online again until tonight.

Think I found the poll you're probably talking about. https://news.gallup.com/poll/653495/half-ukrainians-quick-negotiated-end-war.aspx

Here are other world leaders charged with war crimes. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has joined a short list of sitting leaders charged by the International Criminal Court. The warrant announced against him on Thursday puts Mr. Netanyahu in the same category as Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the deposed president of Sudan, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. As part of their membership in the court, countries are required to arrest people for whom it has issued warrants, though that obligation has not always been observed. Here is a closer look at some of the leaders for whom warrants have been issued by the court since its creation more than two decades ago. Vladimir Putin of Russia The court issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Putin in March 2023 over crimes committed during Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, including for the forcible deportation of children. A warrant was also issued for Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights. Mr. Putin has since made several international trips, including to China, which is not a member of the court. His first state visit to an I.C.C. member since the warrant was issued was in September, to Mongolia, where he received a red-carpet welcome. Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan The court issued warrants in 2009 and 2010 for Mr. al-Bashir, citing genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the western region of Darfur. The court has also charged several other Sudanese officials, including a former defense minister, Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein, with crimes in Darfur. In 2015, Mr. al-Bashir traveled to an African Union summit in South Africa in defiance of the warrant, but was not arrested. Mr. al-Bashir, 80, was deposed in 2019 after three decades in power, and also faces charges in Sudan related to the 1989 coup that propelled him to power. He could receive the death sentence or life in prison on those charges if convicted. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya The court issued arrest warrants in 2011 for Libya’s then leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, along with one of his sons and his intelligence chief, accusing them of crimes against humanity during the first two weeks of the uprising in Libya that led to a NATO bombing campaign. Mr. Qaddafi was killed by rebels in Libya months later and never appeared before the court. His son remains at large. William Ruto of Kenya The court dropped a case in 2016 against William Ruto, then Kenya’s deputy president, who had been charged in 2011 with crimes against humanity and other offenses in connection with post-election violence in Kenya in 2007 and 2008. Mr. Ruto was elected president of Kenya in 2022. Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast The former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, was also indicted by the court in 2011 over acts committed during violence after the country’s elections in 2010. Mr. Gbagbo and another leader in Ivory Coast, Charles Blé Goudé, were acquitted in 2021.

Yes, it's enforceable. Netanyahu is subject to arrest if he travels to any nation that has signed the Rome Statutes, the same as Putin. Here's the link from where I got the map that @Captainant quoted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_parties_to_the_Rome_Statute

Bibi is now subject to arrest in any of the green countries under the Rome Statute if he visits any of them.

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He must be one of them thar San Patricios or sumthin'. See, he's talkin' Mexican!

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No, seriously. If old people just buy this one pill that I happen to have invested in and also makes me rich, everything will be just fine. Trust me.

Oh, yeah, that's right. You moved up to the Pacific Northwest. That checks out.

Ain't that the truth. Both of my parents grew up pretty damned poor. My dad, whose father was murdered about a month before he was born in 1937, was raised by a school teacher/single mom. My mom was born in 1941 to poor dirt farmers (her dad also drove trucks for Santa Fe RR) and didn't have running water or electricity until they built the "new place" on the farm in the late 50s around the time she graduated from high school. Even though we weren't poor when I was growing up, these were very frugal people who eventually retired quite comfortably on teachers' pensions. Hell, my mom kept a cabinet full of old, plastic Country Crock containers rather than going out and buying that fancy Tupperware shit. I'm not nearly that extreme in my frugality, but I could easily and happily live on refried beans, government cheese, and HEB tortillas for daaaaays...before going to fucking McDonald's. I also fully understand even that isn't terribly frugal in comparison to some.

I'M BEING ROBBED!!!

Curbside price right now at my local HEB.

It's going to get out one way or another. A hacker is said to have gained access to a file with damaging testimony about Matt Gaetz. An unidentified hacker has gained access to a computer file shared in a secure link among lawyers whose clients have given damaging testimony related to Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman who is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be attorney general, a person with knowledge of the activity said. The file of 24 exhibits is said to include sworn testimony by a woman who said that she had sex with Mr. Gaetz in 2017 when she was 17, as well as corroborating testimony by a second woman who said that she witnessed the encounter. The information was downloaded by a person using the name Altam Beezley at 1:23 p.m. on Monday, according to the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly. A lawyer connected to the case sent an email to the address associated with Altam Beezley, only to be informed in an automated reply that the recipient does not exist. The material does not appear to have been made public by the hacker. The documents include information that is under seal with the Justice Department, which investigated Mr. Gaetz but did not file charges, and the House Committee on Ethics, which has completed its own inquiry into the former congressman. The Ethics panel’s members are scheduled to meet on Wednesday to decide on whether to vote to release material it has gathered. But the hacked trove of documents stems from an altogether different source: a civil suit being pursued by a friend of Mr. Gaetz’s, Christopher Dorworth, a Florida businessman. Mr. Dorworth filed the suit against both the woman who says she had sex with Mr. Gaetz when she was a minor and Joel Greenberg, an erstwhile ally of Mr. Gaetz who is serving an 11-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to federal sex trafficking charges involving the woman. Mr. Dorworth has claimed that he was defamed by Mr. Greenberg and the woman, both of whom had told federal authorities that Mr. Dorworth hosted parties where he, they, Mr. Gaetz and others took drugs and openly had sex. In mustering their defense, lawyers for Mr. Greenberg and the woman have solicited sworn statements from others who they say were witnesses. The 24 exhibits were attached to a motion prepared by lawyers for Mr. Greenberg and the woman in response to Mr. Dorworth’s suit. In addition to the depositions from the woman who was a minor at the time of the encounter and the woman who said she was a witness, the hacked information also includes sworn testimony from Mr. Dorworth and his wife, as well as testimony from Michael Fischer, Mr. Gaetz’s former campaign treasurer, who is also said to have attended the party. It also contains various supporting material, such as the gate logs showing who entered the property of the Dorworth home on the evening in July 2017 when the two women said the sexual encounter with Mr. Gaetz occurred. The material apparently taken by the hacker is unredacted and includes the names and other personal information of the witnesses but is otherwise said to be more damaging to Mr. Gaetz than to his accusers, according to the person familiar with the hack. The hacker had not contacted the lawyers as of Tuesday morning, and it was not clear what motive the person might have.

You'll have to forgive him. He was tired, and it was near the end of his shift.

To be fair, Net Neutrality is only one item in that article to be worried about. I mentioned it because it's been a hot topic around here and was buried within the story.

Also, goodbye Net Neutrality. More below. https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lbcpirsnfk2r

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Now, imagine using a politicized military police force in non-emergency scenarios, and it's even worse. The purge of generals is coming. Look up "warrior boards" or just read this: https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/4800-the-gqp-trumpist-death-cult/?do=findComment&comment=6654253

One thing that bothers me about Threads is having it attached directly to IG and indirectly to FB. No, thank you. I don't want to interact with those idiots I knew in high school and would rather retain my anonymity in that type of space.

It really, really does. And that PTSD-type aspect about it is what makes it so bad. Once the thought enters your head that you're going to have a hard time sleeping, it's hard to shake, and, of course, the anxiety from that fear prevents you from falling asleep. Like I said on the previous page, sleep podcasts and the like have finally turned the corner for me. In addition to the ones mentioned, I've since discovered one called "Fall of Civilizations" by an English guy with a soothing voice. Each lasts 1+ hours, and he tells the story of various ancient civilizations from their rise to their fall. It works like a charm every time. Now, I do also take B12, magnesium glycinate, and melatonin close to bedtime, but I have been able to ditch other meds. I also tend to run a fan for the white noise with air blowing over my face/head. The combination of the podcasts, vitamins, and a fan has so far proven to be a successful combo over the last couple of years. Sometimes I'll throw in some THC-A if I'm feeling especially squirrely (i.e., anxious) before bedtime. Sorry about all your troubles, Troph.

I guess it's as good a theory as any. For me, the problem is that the coalition did not turn out to vote, rather than Trump supporters overwhelming the polls. Trump: 74M (2020) ----> 76M (2024) Biden/Harris: 81M (2020) ----> 74M (2024) Let's suppose that 2 million votes switched from the Dem side to the GQP side, and nothing else changed. That's bad, but Harris would've still garnered 79 million votes, or 3 million more than Trump. She likely would've won fairly easily in the Electoral College. But, no, there are 5 million who voted in 2020 and decided "fuck it" in 2024 and didn't bother.

100%

Hurray for a politicized and partisan military! So, apparently, Trump intends to create something called a "warrior board" to weed out generals/admirals from the military. This board will be comprised of former generals to do the dirty work and perhaps give himself a little political cover/plausible deniability. The new admin says they want to go after "woke" generals and anyone who was involved in Afghanistan, but you can of course bet they're looking to take out anyone who isn't loyal to Trump. For those naive enough to believe that the military will save us, keep looking for other heroes. We knew he was going to purge the military, but now we know what that looks like. Odds that Flynn is named the chair of this "warrior board?" SIAP. I don't recall seeing this last week. https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-draft-executive-order-would-create-board-to-purge-generals-7ebaa606

Don't forget Sweden. I seem to recall some reporting that they're going to provide air defense over the Baltics.