Outlets like MSNBC, CNN never show the atrocities committed by the Palestinians.

When talking about this topic, it is important to use more language; language that doesn't castigate "large" groups of people for the actions of a few. When you reference "atrocities committed by the Palestinians" are you referring to atrocities committed by Hamas or some of the other groups that have snatched hostages? Not all Palestinians have participated in atrocities or support Hamas and it is unfair to lump them in with the Oct 7 murderers and kidnappers.

Imprecise language can easily lead someone to think that the post is anti Palestinian. Similarly, it is important to distinguish the actions of the Israeli government from that of Jews. Otherwise, a person runs the risk of being labelled anti-Semitic.

I think that the human brain is incapable of conceiving how you can "get something from nothing". And, until that hurdle is overcome, coming up with a non religious theory as to "universe" came into being is pure science fiction. BTW: by universe I am referring to everything that ever was, is and will be i.e. pre and post big bang.

I don't understand why the suit was to deny Trump's name on the "primary" ballot. The republican party is a private entity and can do whatever they want with their ballot.

I think a better suit would have been to deny state resources to support the republican primary IF Trump's name was on the ballot and/or a suit to deny Trump from the general election ballot.

Judges need to make sure they get it right on this one. If they let Trump get away with maligning court staffers, other defendants will soon follow suit.

In any event, I expect to see a lot more criminal defendants running for president.

Musk will suffer a fate similar to Trump's; the better you get to know him, the less you think of him.

And a lot of progressives are incapable of processing the idea that non-white people can be racist.

While your statement is true, it largely depends on your definition of "a lot". I think it more likely that history should be a better guide to understanding how non-whites "in general" feel about whites. I suspect that the collective memory of colonialism and slavery are better sources to inform people as to why many (most?) non-whites feel about whites.

Because of historical events, Non whites, generally speaking, understand oppression. They know oppression when they see it. Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank are oppressed. Furthermore, caging up people, be it behind bars, or in an "open air prison" leads to aberrant behaviors. Though not on the same scale of the Oct 7th atrocities committed by Hamas, CNN's Jake Tapper reported atrocities committed by Israelis.

People have long memories and will seek revenge when the opportunity presents itself. Jews having experienced the Holocaust have rightly vowed "Never Again". However, this vow is blinding them to the potential of them creating the same sentiment in Palestinians.

the melting down of a statue of the Confederate general Robert E Lee: "They absolutely want your extinction." Replying to a tweet from @libsoftiktok, who he restored to X, which read: "Racism against white people

How is it that the melting down of confederate general Robert E Lee's statue racism against white people? Lee was a traitor and since when are traitors honored?

There Is No Cure for Your Cognitive Dissonance

IOW: "You can't fix stupid"

Brandeis University says seven people were arrested Friday during a demonstration on campus in Waltham, Massachusetts.

This was an unnecessary escalation and things are only going to get worse. College campuses are notoriously soft targets and disaffected people will seek revenge.

"Nakba" refers to the mass displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948

Much has been said about the "River to the Sea" comment but that vision is share by many Israelis. They consider it to be their "manifest destiny". It can only be realized by the elimination of Palestinians; either by ethnic cleansing or they willingly abandon the land they call home.

If Biden was running against a "reasonable" republican, Biden would lose. But, in the age of Trump, a reasonable republican can't even get nominated.

Pope Takes Bishop

This is what authoritarianism looks like.

Any American with any assets should be terrified of living in a country ruled by an dictator, especially someone as greedy and morally bankrupt as Trump. Things may start out ok, but at some point, he will take whatever it is you hold dear as Bill Barr and others that have crossed him can attest to. In a dictatorship, you can't pay off enough people to protect you. Also, moving out of the country will not protect you as enemies of Putin can attest to.

The ONLY people that will be left alone under a dictatorship are those that have nothing to lose; as long as they stary out of the way i.e. invisible.

Jesus, the devaluation is based on redlining because the neighborhoods are predominantly black. They point out that comp homes in predominantly white areas are valued far higher.

Yes. But are those home owners in predominantly white areas paying higher property taxes? Generally, property taxes are based on square footage, number of bedrooms, size of lot, etc.

Systemic racism is not a real thing.

There is no way to discuss in any comprehensive way how America came to be the way it is without discussing systemic racism. Now, for some, not discussing American history in all its glory (good and bad) is a good thing. That works for some but not for others. If you're happy with the status quo, it probably works for you. You get to unashamedly keep and build upon the entitlements and collective wealth of generations. However, if the status quo is not to your liking, you're likely to feel disenfranchised and not fully integrated into American society. I don't think anyone would agree that having millions of people feeling and being left out is a good thing. It breeds contempt and nothing good ever comes from contempt.

The bigger problem is that failing to fully incorporate millions of people into American society leads to a short fall in the number of people with the knowledge and skills necessary to run a vibrant and robust economy. Out corporations are so eager for talent that it has to depend on immigrants. Government at all levels fails to invest enough in the physical and intellectual infrastructure to equip the typical American child with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet corporate demand. We would rather hold onto those investments and entice immigrants whose countries paid for their education and training.

Tuberville's ability to hold up the Senate highlights the absurdity of the Senate rule that allows him to do so. However, senators won't change the rule because they like having the POWER that they, personally, can bring the country's business to a halt. When you think about it in a bit more detail, senate rules seem to favor the minority and are geared more at stopping bills from coming up for a vote rather than enabling them.

corporations have no choice but to maintain margins by raising prices and increasing productivity by laying off workers / automating in response to rising costs

I agree that corporations will react in their best interests. That is why the fed needs another arrow in its quiver i.e. low/no interest loans to manufacturers that increase their production and sustain that production level for X number of years. This won't have an immediate impact on inflation but will lay the seeds to reduce future inflationary pressures.

Same as Pence hide from the insurrectionists who wanted to kill both her and Pence!
Sure, everyone was in hiding while the capitol was being assaulted. But once order had been restored and the electoral count resumed, it would seem that, as Speaker, Pelosi had a role to play if she felt that the process had been corrupted. Could the Speaker hold up the process if she felt that Grassley, substituting for Pence, was acting unconstitutionally?

If the is a role for the UN, securing post war Gaza is it.

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I've heard a lot about Pence's role. Now you're saying that Grassley would have been a Pence replacement. Under what authority? Also, what was Pelosi's role as Speaker and how do you think she would have responded if the process was going off the rails?

Hunt Hamas down to the ends of the earth
Indeed! In fact, instead of killing thousands of innocents, Israel should go after Hamas leader ship; wherever they are. That makes to much sense but Israel won't do it because it doesn't drive Palestinians out of "Israel". Israel can't realize its manifest destiny with Palestinians occupying Gaza and the West Bank.

If Israel is so hell bent on killing Hamas leaders, why don't they go into Qatar where many Mamas leaders are operating in plain sight? No, they would prefer to bomb an effing refugee center!

Israel is creating a Palestinian holocaust.

MFA

So, what does work?

To defeat terrorist groups, it is crucial to engage in long campaigns of selective pressure, over years, not simply a month (or two, or three) of heavy ground operations, and to combine military operations with political solutions from early on.

Indeed, the very effort to finish off the terrorists in just a month or two militarily with little idea of the political outcome " as Israel appears to be doing now " is what ends up producing more terrorists than it kills.

The only way to create lasting damage to terrorists is to combine, typically in a long campaign of years, sustained selective attacks against identified terrorists with political operations that drive wedges between the terrorists and the local populations from which they come.

The ferocity of Israel's attacks seems to suggest that the elimination of Hamas is not its only motive. It suggests that Israel has a hidden agenda to drive the Palestinians out of Gaza and eventually the West Bank to --lfill its "manifest destiny".

Middle class people will flee Florida. Florida will be largely occupied by the rich who can self insure and the poor who have nothing to lose.

It is obvious that existing laws regarding reporting of emotional issues to prevent gun ownership isn't working. It is time to adopt an "all of the above" strategy to deal with the epidemic of gun violence i.e. in addition to background checks, yellow flag laws, etc., prevent the sale of "military style" weapons, high capacity ammo clips, etc.

Some supporters of Israeli bombing in Gaza say that the Palestinians there deserve it because they support Hamas. While that is true, many do not. They then say, well those that don't support Hamas had 17 years to rise up and fight Hamas. That same reasoning can be applied to oppressed people every where and during other time periods; the 1940's in Nazi Germany comes to mind.

Oppressed people are ill equipped to rise up; that is why they are suppressed. Some violent uprisings are successful (American Revolution), others aren't (slave revolts in US). However, to heap lethal consequences on those that are oppressed as Israel is doing is morally bankrupt.

Well, what should Israel do now? Israel's choices, at this point in history, is very limited because of decisions that they have made throughout their existence. To deal with the present threat imposed by Hamas, they must go in an root out Hamas recognizing that many, many, innocent civilians are going to be killed. Where I fault Israel is it had plenty of time to nurture and cultivate a better relationship with Palestinians but they haven't. A better relationship might have led to Palestinians hostile to Hamas being strong enough to kick Hamas out of Gaza.

Finally, under no circumstance is it okay to accept as collateral damage, the killing of children.