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1. 1 day ago on Jeff Danziger

   If they were selectively going after terrorists, that would be one thing. They are not. They are bombing the entire area, and Netanyahu has also declared intent to put more settlements in Gaza. There are members of his administration who have said outright that the only kind of medical aid they should provide are bombs.

   Netanyahu is planning to exterminate the Palestinians, and take their land for Israel. Period. That’s not helping them against “the terrorists,” either, since Arab nations (who are happy to use the Palestinians as a political football as well – they certainly aren’t allowing refugees to cross their border) can whip up more hatred against Israel to distract from their own vicious governments.

2. 4 days ago on Lalo Alcaraz

   He unquestionably had brain damage. He said himself that he experienced severe memory loss and mental fog, and said in 2010 that his earning power had been negatively affected by the cognitive issues, the Times reported.

   Around the same time, the Times said, he suffered from mercury poisoning, which can lead to neurological issues such as loss of peripheral vision, muscle weakness and issues with movement, hearing and speech, as well as memory loss.

   He may have healed from most of this (brains can re-circuit), but that does not necessarily mean he does not have side effects.

3. 4 days ago on Ted Rall

   So let me get this straight: you think that Israel should be wiped out, because it is inherently a criminal enterprise?

   Your logic is faulty at best. In case you hadn’t noticed, the entire map of Europe was redrawn after WWII – LITERALLY war changing the land. If you are applying it to Israel and no one else in Europe, you need to ask yourself why.

   If you think I approve of the extermination going on, you are 100% wrong. It needs to stop now. But by the same token saying the only way to stop it is to eliminate the state of Israel is also 100% wrong.

4. 5 days ago on Bill Bramhall

   Fair point. I meant that she overreached even compared to this radical and radically stupid batch of GOP representatives.

5. 5 days ago on Clay Jones

   Worth it.

6. 5 days ago on Bill Bramhall

   First the Republicans had to support it. The Democrats are happy to let the GOP tear itself apart rather than saving people who wouldn’t do the same for them. This time, MTG overreached.

7. 6 days ago on Ted Rall

   I really, really hate oversimplification and absolutes. ANY discussion of the area of Palestine/Israel that includes phrases as “absolutely no right” is simply wrong. The real issue is that the history of this area is incredibly complex, and includes all sorts of crimes by every group in the area, and most of them around the area. (For example, note that the Arab nations seem perfectly happy to abandon the Palestinians in order to use them as a political football against Israel.)

   You have left out a LOT of history here. The Balfour Declaration, the British Mandate, the United Nations establishment of the two states, various assertions of support by all parties – there was a group of Palestinians that fought WITH the Jews in WWII, which no one really wants to talk about now for their own reasons. Many of those who established modern Israel post-WWII did so because it had been made savagely clear to them that the only way to establish their rights was by violence, because theirs had been taken away by violence, and never fully restored. Many have kept that attitude, and whether I think they are wrong or not, it is certainly comprehensible. And when you talk about who gets to kill everyone who gets in their way, that is NOT “the Jews.” That is one category of Jewish extremist. You might as well refer to “the Muslims” when you mean “Hamas” or “Islamic extremists.”

   The history is fraught, and the actions of Zionist and radical Islamic terrorists and/or governments certainly isn’t helping.

   There just isn’t a simple solution here, and claiming there is one plays into the hands of the politicians like Bibi Netanyahu, whose plan is clearly one of extermination, right in line with the Biblical taking of Israel, against the wishes of the majority of Israelis AND Jews worldwide. Yet another reason to look out for the fascists, regardless of their religious persuasion.

8. 6 days ago on Ted Rall

   Let’s not forget that Israel only exists because the Allies couldn’t be bothered to try and set things right after WWII. Israel was explicitly founded as a state for the Jewish people. Giving everyone the vote would potentially turn it into a different, secular state. Unless you plan to demand the same plan of all the Arab states under the control of radical Islam, I rather think that’s a nonstarter. Especially since currently many Jews are saying that you have two choices: go to Israel as an emigrant, or as a refugee. They see Israel as their only safe place – “safe” being relative, of course, given history.

   Do I agree with what Netanyahu has done? Absolutely not. But at this point it is actively dangerous for Israel to give up its sovereignty entirely, and it is foolish to think otherwise. There’s a reason the two-state solution has been pushed by parties on all sides.

9. 6 days ago on Robert Ariail

   His lawyer attempted to have the case thrown out because her testimony was prejudicial. Because it said he was an aggressive, lying rapist, who needed to pay her off to stop her testimony? That’s judicial, at this point.

10. 14 days ago on Clay Bennett

    You and @aristoclesplato9 really hate scientists, don’t you?

    If you really cared, try checking out animals being used to test something like, oh, makeup. Or maybe stop eating meat.

    But when science is being done, there is an ethics committee passing judgment on projects and preventing cruelty to animals.

    And even if it had been done – and obviously it was not – it does not compare to Noem’s willingness to shoot a young dog – in front of witnesses, yet – just because it was inconveniently untrained, and then bragging about it. And that’s a dog, which doesn’t know better, and which even Republicans like. What does this suggest about her attitude toward humans which might disagree with her?

    Oh, yeah, she wanted them to die of COVID…