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  • Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?

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  • Jury nullification exists precisely because there is often a gap between legality and justice. It's a way for the commoners to ensure justice when the nobility (CEOs and rich politicians, nowadays) make the laws in ways that exploit the commoners. It's not so much about law vs. feelings as much as it is about offsetting the power of the powerful.

  • Why isn't Putin receiving the same level of hate than people like Trump and Elon are?

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  • Recency bias. Also anti-semitism. I don't mean that in the sense that any criticism of Israel is necessarily or logically anti-semitic. I mean it in the historical sense. Any time Western societies starts hating on Jews, we really, really need to reflect hard on why.

    I know, we all think we are objective enough to separate the Jewish identity from the Israeli identity, but I'm not so sure. Jews are definitely not so sure. It would be interesting to see a study on the correlation between having general anti-semitic views and having negative opinions about Israel.

  • If trump appoints someone that doesn't last as long as Anthony Scaramucci do we measure that in fractional moochies or do we abandon the mooch system because it failed us?

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  • I enjoy listening to Katty Kay and the Mooch. However, I think we hit peak Mooch just before election day.

    I am still favour of using the Mooch system for measuring the length of appointments, just for the sake of nostalgia. We need to standardize it, though. Is it 11 days or 10?

  • Twitch regrets blocked Israel accounts

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  • What are you even talking about?

  • Twitch regrets blocked Israel accounts

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  • That's really inappropriate.

  • Twitch regrets blocked Israel accounts

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  • That's true, but my point was that the commenter was implying that Twitch was making some kind of political statement about Israel vs. Palestine, which it probably wasn't.

  • Twitch regrets blocked Israel accounts

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  • You know there is no country called Palestine, right? Twitch means that they blocked new accounts from the country of Israel, which includes the territories that may some day be called Palestine.

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  • Better stop buying anything made in China then, what with the slavery and human rights abuses. And you should stop using oil and gas products as well because climate change kills. Good luck with that.

  • Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second

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  • Samsung and LG are both South Korean.

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  • Is JD Vance required to wear the same outfit as Trump, except with a shorter, less girthy tie?

  • Youtube has fully blocked Invidious

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  • Not really. The term "content creator" is corporate speak. Google's ad-based business model has a binary classification: content and ads. It's not an inaccurate term, but using it implicitly endorses the corporation's binary world view.

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  • Yes, good point.

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  • Sure, but there was a very long debate about the implications of Brexit with both sides getting a comprehensive airing. I'm not defending Boris. Boris is an asshole and a corrupt, clownish demagogue, but the Conservative Party is more than just Boris. The people of the UK voted for Brexit in a refendum and kept the Conservatives in power for 14 years, including twice AFTER the Brexit referendum. Heck, the 2019 election was practically a second referendum on Brexit and the Conservatives got their largest landslide victory since Thatcher was PM. Boris may be an asshole, but the people of the UK have to own Brexit.

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  • Is Tusk similar to Boris? I mean, obviously Boris presided over Brexit which was a real fuck-up. Then again, was Brexit really Boris's fault? What with the referendum, democracy and all that good stuff. It seems to me that the people of the UK made their own bed in that regard.

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  • That dude has a good sense of humor. He seems like a good leader.

  • Lebanon’s health minister says 8 killed, 2,750 wounded by exploding pagers

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  • When I say "clever", I dont necessarily mean it was a good move toward their long-term goals. I mean that it was ingenious and skillfully executed, requiring the coordination of many parts, and displaying deft trade craft.

    Frankly, arguing whether "ethno-fascist Zionists" or "Muslim fundamentalists" are worse is kind of pointless. Neither is high on the list of things I support.

    Most Israelis are not "ethno-fascist Zionists" any more than most Gazans or Lebanese, or even Iranians, are Muslim fundamentalist theocrats. All of those populations are caught in bad situations that were set in motion decades ago. On balance, if forced to choose a side to support, I would support Israel, like most other Westerners. At least they have a functioning democracy and largely adhere to Western values. The Israeli religious right wing is extremely problematic, of course, but it looks to me like they are headed for defeat in the next election. We can't say the same about Hezbollah or the Iranian theocracy or any of Iran's other proxies.

    The bottom line is: FUCK ALL RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM. Doesn't matter whether it is Muslim, Jewish, Christian, or Hindu. They all suck.

  • Lebanon’s health minister says 8 killed, 2,750 wounded by exploding pagers

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  • Well sure. Modern war is all about adaptation. Exploding pagers were never going to be a knock-out blow, just a clever psy-op. One among many, I'm sure.

  • Lebanon’s health minister says 8 killed, 2,750 wounded by exploding pagers

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  • Good point. I should have qualified what I said by saying that the Israeli operation may have the effects I listed. But, as you say, it might backfire and have the opposite of the intended effect. I guess that is always a risk with these types of operations.

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  • It wasn't "stupid". As a psy-op, it further complicates Hezbollah's communications, sows fear among Hezbollah members, demonstrates Israel's far-reaching capabilities, makes civilians suspicious of Hezbollah officials, etc. If Israel does something similar a couple more times, Hezbollah will have to resort to bicycle couriers and smoke signals.

    It also undermines Hezbollah's credibility. The Lebanese people are not stupid. They know that Hezbollah is a shadow government allowing Iran to control Lebanon and use it as a staging ground for attacks on Israel. That leaves Lebanon in a permanent state of semi-war with Israel, not to mention its involvement in multiple other external conflicts. None of which is helpful for the health and prosperity of Lebanon.

    Lebanon is a natural trading nation and always has been. It is a beautiful country full of kind people with excellent commercial instincts. They are held down as a nation by the fact that Hezbollah has turned the country into a pawn of the Ayatollah.

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    Revisiting Dresden and parallels to Gaza

    www.mindingthecampus.org /2023/11/28/revisiting-dresden-frederick-taylors-eye-opening-account-and-its-contemporary-implications/
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    Palestinians support Hamas decision to go to war with Israel, survey suggests, with no political solution on horizon

    www.cnn.com /2023/12/21/middleeast/palestinians-back-hamas-survey-intl-cmd/index.html
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    Poilievre opens up 15 point lead over Trudeau on preferred Prime Minister tracking (Nanos)

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