okDude, just stop lying!! He knows you by former screen name. Hell, you told me your old name in a PM (I kept it private but can't anymore, because you are NOT honest)!! Just STOP!!
Oh and you WERE banned. That's what you told me in the PM!
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by foraging he means he’s sitting on his horse while pointing at the mushrooms his peasants need to pick?
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Is there a more caucasian activity?
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At first glance it's very strange to see him so invested in what has traditionally been a progressive cause
That is until you remember all of the antisemitic idiocy he's promoted over the years
Then it makes more sense
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He’s in his feelings because he got kicked out of the Israel thread for whining about getting kicked out of the Ye thread for “Jews control the media” conspiracy nonsense. People are expressing justifiable criticism towards skewed coverage of atrocities committed by the Israeli army in Gaza, which he thinks exonerates him because he can’t differentiate between the the Israeli government, Zionists, and Jewish people generally.
His last post in that thread was about the recently discovered tunnel in Crown Heights, which is related to Gaza only because it involves Jewish people.
I put him in time out, so now he’s pouting and cursing me out because he feels like I’m on the George Soros payroll or something. He’s outraged that NikeTalk stubbornly denies “free speech” to people whose very serious views are in complete overlap with Gryopers’.
It’s strange: the elders of respectability politics are all about “accountability” until it comes to their own behavior. The young people need to pull their pants up and stop twerking on the Tik Tok, but unjust message board rules about insults/hate speech are made to be broken. What Would Joe Clark Do?
I guess now he’ll have to get his news from blue checks on a site owned by a DEI hating, discriminatory mine heir who thinks the word “decolonization” is antisemitic hate speech. But hey, at least they both like Dave Chappelle.
People are giving Rex a hard time over this, but if cherry-picked results from one poll are all that’s needed to evaluate the merits of someone’s policy positions now:
John Fetterman's support collapses among younger voters
Fetterman is substantially more popular with Pennsylvanians aged over 65 than those between 18 and 34, according to a new poll.
www.newsweek.com
When it comes to a refusal to compromise, moderates are the real radicals.
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I found it funny. Just a classic right wing tactic to bring up someone’s past or unrelated policy to justify something that’s wrong
“Sure the black guy was wrongfully killed by the cop but did you know he Had 8 DUI in the past”
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Trump posting Vlad clips lmao.
Vlad TV x Trump was an inevitability
Vlad TV x Trump was an inevitability
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I'm convinced some of these internet folks would put David Duke in the "good guy" pile just because he opposes Israel and is pro-Palestine
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Oh how cute, she thinks she has real power and influence
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I know you thought this comment was gonna be a banger when you hit that "post reply" button
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I'm thinking it's time for the 11th Circuit to do another reprimand! If anyone says she isn't obviously biased, they are blind!
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Well, it was the Republicans who changed the rules to allow 1 single member to start the process to vacate, hence how Matt Gaetz got rid of McCarthy. I say go ahead and do it. Let the American people see just how of a clown show the Republican party really is.
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Here's an interactive map of all Houthis attacks in the article below:
The question is, why did the US shoulder the responsibility of protecting worldwide shipping lanes anyway, and why do they need to respond to Houthis' attempts at destabilizing commercial shipping in the area?
Long story short: having a single entity monitoring and insuring the openness of maritime shipping lanes has pretty much eliminated privateering and piracy. This is especially important in international waters, where warfare on commercial ships was common prior to the rise of the British navy due to the inherent territorial neutrality of the oceans. While the UN has a convention pertaining to the rules governing the use of the seas and oceans (UNCLOS), it is not an enforcement body, and they cannot enforce these laws without the cooperation of the US.
It should be noted that the US has not yet ratified the treaty (even though they have helped draft it) because they object to Part XI of UNCLOS III (and we have the usual suspects - the GOP - to thank for being at odds with the rest of the international community, just like with the US ratifying the Rome Statute).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea
For the US, the obvious benefit of this arrangement comes in the form of a significant amount of global influence, and the tradeoff is the monstrous costs associated with maintaining and improving a fleet that's larger than the next three largest navies combined. For other countries, including China, this arrangement allows them to participate in global trade while bypassing the costs needed to create and maintain a blue water navy and to protect their commercial fleet of tankers/container ships. That's why most countries generally don't reject American military operations that aim to thwart disruptions to global trade.
Finally, some interesting points have been made here regarding the future of the US as guarantor of global trade:
rexanglorum
you mentioned freedom of navigation and the Israeli blockade, so I found this 2010 article that covers its legality:
The question is, why did the US shoulder the responsibility of protecting worldwide shipping lanes anyway, and why do they need to respond to Houthis' attempts at destabilizing commercial shipping in the area?
Long story short: having a single entity monitoring and insuring the openness of maritime shipping lanes has pretty much eliminated privateering and piracy. This is especially important in international waters, where warfare on commercial ships was common prior to the rise of the British navy due to the inherent territorial neutrality of the oceans. While the UN has a convention pertaining to the rules governing the use of the seas and oceans (UNCLOS), it is not an enforcement body, and they cannot enforce these laws without the cooperation of the US.
It should be noted that the US has not yet ratified the treaty (even though they have helped draft it) because they object to Part XI of UNCLOS III (and we have the usual suspects - the GOP - to thank for being at odds with the rest of the international community, just like with the US ratifying the Rome Statute).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea
For the US, the obvious benefit of this arrangement comes in the form of a significant amount of global influence, and the tradeoff is the monstrous costs associated with maintaining and improving a fleet that's larger than the next three largest navies combined. For other countries, including China, this arrangement allows them to participate in global trade while bypassing the costs needed to create and maintain a blue water navy and to protect their commercial fleet of tankers/container ships. That's why most countries generally don't reject American military operations that aim to thwart disruptions to global trade.
Finally, some interesting points have been made here regarding the future of the US as guarantor of global trade:
rexanglorum
you mentioned freedom of navigation and the Israeli blockade, so I found this 2010 article that covers its legality:
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