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  • Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel

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  • I'm not sure what your point is.

    I understand that this is in a real sense the US's war, and that Biden is not being dragged into it, he's fully committed to it. I'm not sure what that changes about my observation that it's weird that Harris appears to be facilitating an electoral hit job on herself.

  • Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel

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  • That's a good question. Is your friend an evangelical Christian? A lot of people don't know this, but the actual biggest plurality of political Zionists in the US are not Jews, but Evangelical Christians who support Israel because they believe it is a chess piece in bringing about the end of the world (which is a good thing in their dogma).

    They also happen to often like the idea of ethnofascism, which is a very sad state of affairs.

  • Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel

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  • I know this is a dumb question, but is that based on anything? Like a paraphrase of something? Or just headcanon?

  • Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel

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  • This is a weird thing to say, but I actually don't think that there's any indication that Harris or Trump would do anything substantially different with regard to Israel, but the biggest change is that if Trump wins, I suspect that coverage of this will disappear behind all the coverage of his domestic chaos. At least if Harris is president I think there is a chance we see the press maintain a modicrum of interest in covering this.

    Either way, words can't describe my anger that Harris appears to be prepared to throw the election over her support for genocide. It is an unreal situation to watch.

  • Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel

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  • This is actually a persistent myth: there is no evidence that they are beholden to a constituency that would punish them for any actions that curtail Israel.

    Israel's actions are wildly unpopular across the electorate. They are unpopular with nearly all Democrats as well as most independents and a very large plurally of Republicans. I have seen numerous polls that show that there is a very significant number of voters that Harris is losing over this, and I have seen absolutely nothing to indicate that there is any measurable cost to her speaking out against Israel at all. Which is really sad. Because it means that this is absolutely a moral choice on her part. This is not an electoral choice at all.

    https://truthout.org/articles/poll-endorsing-israel-arms-embargo-would-boost-harriss-support-to-49-percent/

  • Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel

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  • There is a lot about this that is nuts, but one thing that really jumps out at me.

    It seems like Netanyahu is planning an October surprise to shank Harris. And it seems like he is doing it in broad daylight. It certainly seems like a massive offensive strike on Iran one or two weeks before the election is a straightforward way to throw a close election to Trump.

    But with this I have to ask: are Biden and Harris assisting with a plan that is clearly intended to cost Harris the election?

    I want to say that they surely must've told Israel not to launch anything before election day. But based in their actions so far, it doesn't seem like they're imposing a "no election interference against us personally" requirement as a condition of their assistance.

    I guess we'll see.

  • UNIFIL: Israeli forces crossed Blue Line, ‘destroyed’ main base gate

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  • 'Surrender or starve': Attack on Jabalia hints at controversial Israeli plan for northern Gaza

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  • This tool is like a piece of dark comedy.

    It's like someone made a robot of Jonathan Greenblatt.

    Beep! Booop! This article is describing direct genocidal intent expressed by Israeli commanders! Calculating false information... 100%: if this information were true, it would mean Israel is committing genocide, which cannot be. Calculating bias: 100%: a reasonable observer would conclude Israel is the aggressor and Palestinian civilians are clearly their victims, which is an uncomplicated premise and cannot be! Antisemitism confirmed! (Initiating drone strike....)

  • 'Surrender or starve': Attack on Jabalia hints at controversial Israeli plan for northern Gaza

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  • Agreed.

    This plan is forced displacement, ethnic cleansing, and annexation via mass extermination.

    This is horrifying. And it cuts both ways: these generals are drowning what is left of Israel's credibility, international goodwill, and social fabric. They're killing two countries.

  • Dice holder for kiddo.

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  • That looks very pretty. How old is the kid?

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    Are you REALLY a part of Britain plundering egypt in 1800 though? Did you really have anything to do with any history ever or did your parents just have sex...

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  • Can I offer some constructive critique?

    This meme is getting downvoted because it is both a fairly dumb concept but also a very unsatisfying execution.

    You need to take your idea and communicate it in a meme response. It could be a meme representing confusion or sarcasm, but adding "Breaking New..." as bottom text is really not going to go well even if everyone thought your opinion was good.

  • it's talk tuah tuesday

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  • Whenever people say this, my first response is: you should support building mixed use/mixed density.

    You would have an easier time affording a single family home if there were a couple of duplexes, quad plexes, and low rise apartments around, with some small shops in the ground level.

    Fewer people competing for the same single family homes and close access to bodegas and bistros. Easier time finding babysitters and dog walkers too.

    We don't all have to love like Manhattan. Most of the nicest neighborhood in America are mixed density.

  • Eric Schmidt: Build more AI datacenters, we aren't going to 'hit climate goals anyway'

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  • I'm not surprised he'd think this. But I am that he'd be dumb enough to say it.

  • My solar powered everyday carry electronics

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  • This is cool. When I get a chance, I wanna submit one of these too.

  • Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first

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  • This is so exciting. I worked in a lab where we were trying to do this, and so I was very aware what a gold rush we were in. I'm so glad to see that it's actually happening.

    This is truly a watershed moment in science. This is going to mark a major turning point in cellular medicine from theory to commonplace care. Eventually, this will end the pharma industry's insulin cash cow.

    But it's even bigger than that. Because once we can engineer cells that produce a natural product, the next step is to engineer cells that produce synthetic medicines. Antidepressants, birth control, hormones, weight loss drugs, boner pills... The frontier is huge, lucrative, financially disruptive for pharma companies and life changing for patients. This is a big moment in history, and we all need to be fighting harder than ever to end for-profit healthcare. Otherwise we're going to end up with subscription licenses to our own bodies.

  • Solar punk summit

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  • Oh! I was very much confusing those! Thanks for the disambiguation.

    I do not know anything about the summit. If anyone goes, please report back.

  • Solar punk summit

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  • I think they posted a lot of their presentations on YouTube.

    I have not. I thought about it, but I'm generally disinterested in fully remote conventions, so I haven't attended. But I like the idea.

  • Israel Bombed Lebanon Today, Killing Hundreds. The U.S. Is Sending More Bombs.

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  • I'm sorry, but this narrative so completely exonerates Biden and Harris for their direct responsibility for risking the election over this.

    The notion that Harris is in a bind is an absolute fiction. The overwhelming majority of Americans want an arms embargo with Israel. It has broad bipartisan support, including with an overwhelming majority of Democrats. And in top of that, she chose to not even let a popular Palestinian American lawmaker from Georgia give a vetted speech endorsing her at the DNC.

    She is risking this election. That is a personal choice. I hope she wins, but if she loses because she didn't have votes she made clear she doesn't want, that is not on Jill Stein, that's a Harris decision.

  • Gov. Newsom signs new laws cracking down on oil industry in California | Cities, counties and local voters will be able to block new oil and gas wells in their communities

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  • Finally! As an Angelino I can tell you that this took a lot of organizing and was a long time coming.