I was thinking the exact same thing, which is why I put this in its own thread instead of the Israel one.
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- 2024-05-21 10:52am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi crashes, search under way
- Replies: 6
- Views: 247
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- 2024-05-20 01:57pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
- Replies: 593
- Views: 49370
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Benjamin Netanyahu's fears comes true as ICC seeks arrest warrant How times can change. Thirty years after Shimon Peres reached the pinnacle that is winning the Nobel Peace Prize, his immediate successor as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, today took a step closer towards the nadir of n...
- 2024-05-19 10:31pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi crashes, search under way
- Replies: 6
- Views: 247
Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi crashes, search under way
Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi crashes, search under way DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were stru...
- 2024-05-15 08:05pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
- Replies: 593
- Views: 49370
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Netanyahu's strategy for Gaza: A perpetual cycle of conflict to keep his power As someone who has covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for almost a quarter of a century, I’m starting to see Israel’s plan for Gaza and it’s grim. Forget a post-war vision, it’s more war in perpetuity. The Sunni-le...
- 2024-05-14 01:33pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
- Replies: 538
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TIL that "Alfons" is Polish for "pimp".
- 2024-05-13 05:20pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6427
Michael Cohen testifies Trump saw Stormy Daniels story as 'total disaster' for 2016 campaign
Michael Cohen testifies Trump saw Stormy Daniels story as 'total disaster' for 2016 campaign Michael Cohen, the attorney and fixer for Donald Trump for a decade, told a Manhattan jury on Monday that his former boss regarded pornographic movie actress Stormy Daniels’ story about Trump having an extr...
- 2024-05-11 10:09pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6427
Trump’s use of dodgy accounting on Chicago tower means he could be $100m in red, IRS probe reveals
Trump’s use of dodgy accounting on Chicago tower means he could be $100m in red, IRS probe reveals Former president Donald Trump could end up owing more than $100 million to the Internal Revenue Service after he used a dodgy accounting tactic to claim improper tax breaks on his Chicago building, ac...
- 2024-05-10 10:23am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
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- Views: 49370
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On a related note, protestors for both sides turned up in Sweden because of Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, in last night's semi final they qualified. As a result as you would expect the protestors will double down for tomorrow's final.
- 2024-05-08 12:23pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
- Replies: 593
- Views: 49370
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Honestly I'm surprised they didn't do this on day 1 of their ground offensive if their goal was to lay siege to Gaza.Israeli forces on Tuesday seized the main border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in Rafah
- 2024-05-07 10:56pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
- Replies: 1
- Views: 122
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
Less than three months away now
- 2024-05-07 12:45pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
- Replies: 593
- Views: 49370
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How do you know if someone charged with a crime is 100% guilty? When they start making violent threats against the court and prosecutors -and their families. Case in point: Twelve senators signed an open letter threatening the International Criminal Court with military action if they issue arrest w...
- 2024-05-07 12:42pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
- Replies: 593
- Views: 49370
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How do you know if someone charged with a crime is 100% guilty? When they start making violent threats against the court and prosecutors -and their families. Case in point: Twelve senators signed an open letter threatening the International Criminal Court with military action if they issue arrest w...
- 2024-05-06 02:21pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
- Replies: 593
- Views: 49370
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Hamas accepts Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal Hamas says it has accepted a ceasefire proposal brokered by Egypt and Qatar to pause seven months of war with Israel. On Monday a statement from Hamas's leader Ismail Haniyeh said he had informed Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s intelligence minist...
- 2024-05-03 03:26pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
- Replies: 538
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Today I (re)learned that job interviews make my guts churn
- 2024-05-03 12:19pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
- Replies: 815
- Views: 406506
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I heard about Boris, talk about Hoist by His Own Petard
- 2024-04-29 11:10pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
- Replies: 538
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TIL that contrary to appearances, the reason ITV news presenter Rageh Omaar continued his broadcast despite becoming visibly unwell and struggling instead of handing over to another presenter who was on standby while one of the reports was played was that, being ever the professional he was determin...
- 2024-04-25 08:01pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Harvey Weinstein: fall of Hollywood player they once called ‘God’
- Replies: 152
- Views: 86697
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I can actually understand why allowing testimony in not related to the charges would require a re-trial. (Doesn't mean I like it). Now, the question is - If those woman that testified (and are now being disallowed) had Weinstein charged in the districts it happened, and he was convicted before the ...
- 2024-04-25 02:16pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Harvey Weinstein: fall of Hollywood player they once called ‘God’
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- Views: 86697
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial New York’s highest court overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction on Thursday. It found the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with "egregious" impro...
- 2024-04-23 01:42pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
- Replies: 815
- Views: 406506
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Rwanda Bill to become law - what is the policy and what happens next? After two years of legal and parliamentary wrangling, the government’s controversial Rwanda Bill is to become law. After the Bill passed its final hurdle in the Lords on Monday night, ending the parliamentary deadlock, the govern...
- 2024-04-22 11:02pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Twitter board agrees to $44 billion sale to billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk
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Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes
Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes X's chatbot Grok is supposed to be an AI engine crunching the platform's posts to surface and summarize breaking news, but this week, Grok's flaws were once again exposed when the chatbot got confused and falsely accused an NBA star...
- 2024-04-22 01:51pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
- Replies: 538
- Views: 128845
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It's like the CAD program used to design the thing had an extremely low polygon limit and nobody thought to use a better one.
TIL that using an air duster to clean a keyboard is more effective if you first stand the keyboard vertically so all the crap is blown out instead of being moved around
TIL that using an air duster to clean a keyboard is more effective if you first stand the keyboard vertically so all the crap is blown out instead of being moved around
- 2024-04-21 05:40pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
- Replies: 593
- Views: 49370
Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
All I can say is, better late than never. Are you fucking serious? You support more money & arms for Israel so it can better carry out its genocide of the Palestinians? I don't even know what to say to you, that is how fucked up you are. I actually find myself agreeing with Aerius on this one. ...
- 2024-04-21 03:49pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
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Then why, pray tell, are you posting that in this thread? I know the Ukraine thread has been locked for the moment, but you already posted the same thing there before that happened. It doesn't mean the same thing posting it here . This thread is about Israel, not Ukraine. The most disturbing thing ...
- 2024-04-21 03:41pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
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All I can say is, better late than never. Are you fucking serious? You support more money & arms for Israel so it can better carry out its genocide of the Palestinians? I don't even know what to say to you, that is how fucked up you are. I would prefer the Israel money to go on their Iron Dome ...
- 2024-04-21 03:11pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
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Oh definitely, they're not all of equal importance.