I agree that ending arms shipments to Israel is the correct action. But don’t labor under the illusion that the US can “force” Israel to do anything. I can think of numerous instances in the past where Israel defied and betrayed her patrons. And not just the US, but also the UK and the Soviet Union.

I can only think of one instance where Israel backed down due to pressure, and that was the Suez Crisis. And that took the combined influence of the US, the Soviet Union, and the UN. (as well as help from Canadian diplomats.) Not to mention that Israel was a partner of the UK and France for this adventure and thus didn’t have the final say.

I lost a lot of faith in Burns after he heavily featured some lost-cause dilettante in his Civil War series. After I saw him pictured on one of the retreats that Clarence Thomas was bribed with, I plain don’t trust his judgement about American History.

Never mind that genetics can’t reliably predict IQ. The important thing is that IQ can’t reliably predict intelligence.

1. IQ Intelligence is colloquial and subjective. It can’t be objectively measured anymore than beauty or since of humor.

2. IQ depends on their only being one kind of underlying intelligence.

3. IQ hews to cultural categories in defiance of biology and genetics.

I suspect that this is a smart TV being used as a monitor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojZVpb0cVkE

The music industry is a microcosm of capital exploiting labor that everyone intuitively understands. Even children have a sense of outrage when they find out Taylor Swift doesn’t own her old songs or that Prince had to change his name to release music.

Bachelors and Toddlers everywhere are inconsolable.

If you multiply the HUD estimated census of homeless people by the average cost of housing it comes out to $11B annually, if by the average cost to incarcerate, then it’s $30B/year. What’s reasonable for administrative costs? Even if you figure 25%, that’s $38B per annum max to house pretty much anyone who wanted it.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has a budget of $40B. So just like healthcare, we already paying for it, we’re just not getting it.

Since it’s Halloween, there is a music video about anal prolapse. I’m not going to link to it because it literally gave me nightmares, but search for it if you dare.

If we’re going for shock value, did you know Big Bird was almost on the Challenger? The picture in my mind is an NTSB workers on a boat fishing yellow feathers out of the Atlantic.

Are you telling me that people show up to dealerships and pay to trade in a car? The repo man will come to your house and pick that pile up for free.

I thought the car lease was the worst deal on the lot.

Yea. Not only that, when you hear about “dead people voting”, this is often the explanation.

This illustrates the strain that’s developed between the Biden admin and the Israeli regime.

honest bro, no war crimes frfr.

MMW: Israel has made a historic, perhaps fatal mistake by allowing American support for her to become a partisan issue.

The core of this nonsense is the conservative frustration that the hurricanes may not hurt the incumbent party. The worst hit areas (Northern Florida, Eastern Georgia, and Western North Carolina) were in the bag for Trump anyway, dashing the hopes of those who were looking for the next Andrew or Katrina. And make no mistake, the damage and suffering visited upon conservative Americans is no concern to the people who think this way. (many of whom have nothing but contempt for rural people in private)

I knew I had heard of Greenwood County SC before. It was the county that saw the highest portion of it’s population fall into poverty after the 2008 financial Crisis.

Anyway, when South Carolina is first in anything, you know it’s fucked up.

I’m glad that the US is putting pressure on Iran against a wider war. I wish we had that kind of leverage with our ally Israel.

A literate person takes grammar and spelling seriously - - - writers prefer clarity and creativity over conformity.

Frankenstein’s monster doesn’t deserve any sympathy; he’s pure evil. I know this contradicts the opinions of the characters in the book. He does suffer mightily and unfairly despite all efforts at kindness.

The problem is that his solution is to create another to suffer as he has. He even instructs the Doctor to make her hideous like him so that she’ll have no choice but to be his companion. The doctor wonders if this will be enough to stop the “bride” from going rogue.

These are the only two times in the novel anyone considers that the “bride” might have motivation or pathos of her own.

He also refers to his potential bride as the “female” which, well ya know.

It’s risky to Summon women to DC. If there is the slightest break in the salt-circle the women will be able to attack without making a deal first.