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  1. Lol, of course you also sympathize with Hezbollah. I don’t really give a shit either way, it’s fun to see F-35s conduct this type of complex strike.
  2. Either way Hezbollah has fired thousands of rockets since October and they got fucked up in response.
  3. Hezbollah has been launching projectiles at Israel more or less constantly over the past months (including one that hit a soccer field and killed Arab-Israeli citizens). There are some fairly obvious indicators of preparations, particularly when a major attack is planned and underway. The idea that Israel “instigated” by destroying tubes and infrastructure left-of-launch is a fairly laughable assertion. You’re allowed to attack missiles and bombers on the ground.
  4. I am disappointed in Gavin deBecker, who I thought was an intelligent and serious person. I still plan to have my daughters read “The Gift of Fear” when they are old enough. (Central thesis: If a woman is creeped out by a man she doesn’t owe him anything and should trust her judgment and not second guess). I read his son died of leukemia during the pandemic and that likely really messed him up.
  5. Over 100 jets in a massive left of launch attack.
  6. An announcement that “Muslim Women For Harris Walz” is not actually “For Harris Walz” got by far the most digitally and traditional media attention of anything the group did. The cynical among us might think the group was created to unendorse.
  7. Checking in to see how big of a blow this is going to be.
  8. It’s both refreshing and disheartening to see that our politics now really can be boiled down to insane and stupid vs. normal and coherent. Real mask off moment.
  9. Kamala delivered an elegant summary of the current administration policy and goals, and was perhaps a bit more rhetorically forward leaning on Palestinian self-determination although a two-state solution has been policy for several administrations. She noted Israel’s right to defend itself, she highlighted the administration’s push for a ceasefire, and the unacceptable loss of civilian life. That IS the administration policy. There was no way that anyone inside the DNC was going to open up the main stage to debate foreign policy even at the nuanced level at the convention. It’s all downside.
  10. Kamala delivered an elegant summary of the current administration policy and goals, and was perhaps a bit more rhetorically forward leaning on Palestinian self-determination although a two-state solution has been policy for several administrations. She noted Israel’s right to defend itself, she highlighted the administration’s push for a ceasefire, and the unacceptable loss of civilian life. That IS the administration policy. There was no way that anyone inside the DNC was going to open up the main stage to debate foreign policy even at the nuanced level at the convention. It’s all downside.
  11. The Dems do well (for that matter the GOP) making about vibes. Obama, Biden won with better vibes and a kinder and inspiring vision. Hilary’s most qualified ever pitch didn’t work.
  12. Funniest thing ever would be if it’s Garth Brooks but he’s appearing as Chris Gaines.
  13. Clearly it’s going to be JFK Jr who will announce he’s joining forces to unleash Storm and capture the all important Q demographic.
  14. It’s a “yes and” thing. Harris is the Vice President. She’s going to stake out her own ground on this, maybe, but like any candidate it will for sure be on her own terms. It’s contained within your post. Harris IS the administration. And her coronation party is not the place to criticize any policy that she is currently implementing. It’s a place to stay on message. And refusing to commit in advance does precious little to convince people you are going to do that.
  15. But usually you pledge your support first and then ask for time. Which is what happened here, they believed their endorsement was going to be more valuable than it is. The goal here was to use the platform to criticize the administration and then box in a potential Harris administration on a thorny and incendiary foreign policy issue. The tactics pursued shifted from threatening to throw the primary or even general, to protests, and then to bargaining for airtime. No candidate is going to agree to that, because why would they? They want cheerleaders up there. There’s a lesson here about aligning tactics to capabilities that is relevant beyond the DNC.
  16. The group pushing for this speaker has very publicly announced that they are “Uncommitted Delegates.” That is, they are not willing to commit to the Democratic nominee and Vice President. Are you all insane? Do you know what the convention and all the speeches are for? On what planet would anyone agree to give space to someone who is uncommitted to the candidate?
  17. Has nothing to do with that, really. Firearms are expensive and potentially dangerous tools that aren’t needed outside of a training environment or combat. Same reason people don’t stroll around base with a javelin or tool about in an MRAP. Or wander around with maintenance equipment for that matter. So it isn’t misused, broken, or go missing. Bases are very safe environments and people are there to work. LEO SWAT teams aren’t just chilling in the office with their full kit either.
  18. I looked these things up and they cost between 90-200 bucks on Amazon. Imagine buying a kitchen device and then paying the entire sales price every year to get full functionality. Unreal.
  19. Cross posting from the steak thread. This has all the elements. Subscription model for a kitchen appliance. Selling consumers something that works and then breaking it so you can try to squeeze more money from them.
  20. Subscription based kitchen appliances are a sign of the apocalypse.
  21. A key thing to remember is that these criminal complaints are closer to a police report than they are to criminal charges— they oblige prosecutors and investigators to respond to the filing but they have not overcome any threshold. This is a citizen claiming they have been victimized by a crime, unlike criminal charges in the U.S. which means that the state has decided a crime happened and that you probably did it. They are extremely low-cost and in many countries it’s a popular pastime to file complaints of various degrees of seriousness against political or even entertainment industry rivals mostly to create headlines.
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