How do you "violate" an international space? They weren't even in national waters, detaining them was piracy.

And second - I would not want my tax funding atrocities, or my leaders defending atrocities - regardless of religion. I support sanctions on Russia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, India and everyone else who did crimes against humanity.

First - while I think homosexuality should be legal, I believe people's right to life and property are more important. If one side kills homosexuals, and the other kills the gays, straights, children, elderly and everyone else - they are both bad but one is significantly worse. Israel is far worse.

Israel is slowly pushing Palestinians out of their homes in the West Bank, concentrating them in ever smaller regions. This just sped up after the genocide began.

The "if it was a real genocide there wouldn't be any Palestinians left" is very similar to Holocaust denial arguments.

"if we nominate trump, the GOP will be destroyed and we will deserve it".

Not this exact quote, buy this message and I can't be bothered to find exact wording.

He tried to close Gitmo every year in his Presidency. Congress specifically voted to stop him. The issue was that Obama is not a dictator like Trump and did not go over their authority.

The genocide is funded by US tax dollars. And measures to stop it are being vetoed by US diplomats and politicians.

Israel has ethnically cleansed Palestinians before Hamas existed. Unless Israel is stopped, they will continue the ethnic cleansing after Hamas is gone. There needs to be accountability and justice for both sides if you want peace, and Israel has seen no accountability for decades if ever.

What has that to do with anything?

And "free" is a vague term that everyone defines differently. Republicans will tell you Europeans are not free, even though here in the EU we can do things you can't do in USA.

There are a ton of PACs trying to do the same thing. Since AIPAC is now high profile, I suspect they will move the donations to some other path with similar effect.

My point is not to give up, but don't declare victory because donations from this PAC are way down.

Hamas exists because Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinians - has been for decades.

The genocide is funded by US tax dollars, and measures to stop it are vetoed by US diplomats.

She is also running on local issues, her campaign is not Gaza focused, but it is nice she stands up on this topic.

It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.

Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.

But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.

Thanks!

Well, akcshually in the first Alien movie, the facehugger went right through the guy's spacesuit helmet. But in general - yes, protective gear usually helps.

That hypocrite didn't spend money fighting against unfair maps in red states, didn't speak about unfair maps in red states. But countermeasures in Cali he will spend tens of millions to fight...

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

This is not about the sensitivities of war criminals. It is about what leads to arguments online, and what leads to actions. "Ethnic cleansing" is more likely to lead to actions, compared to "genocide".

While I believe it is accurate, the term "genocide" bogs down into arguments of definition, intent and so on. All that distracts from actually stopping the perpetrators. Thus it is coutnerproductive.

"Ethnic Cleansing" is much harder to argue against, so we can move on to stopping it.

International laws don't apply to the powerful nations and their friends. Never have.

The ones who dismiss the concept of due process think of it as something that stops them prom punishing their enemies. They never think of something they need for their own protection. Only when it impacts them directly do they change their minds. Typical Conservatives.

"If we declare X is a member of a Y organization, we can deprive them of the chance to prove they are not actually a member, and punish them directly"

That seems quite easy to abuse. Maybe we just need to declare than Vance is a cartel member. Then he would not need due process either, right?

YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel

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The trade wars. Especially the on-and-off tariffs. They are not good for business.

Obama tried to be a great unifier, and not offend the other side. Change the system from within. So the old guard politicians if both parties blocked and poisoned most everything he tried.

Who will enforce the laws? Who will arrest him?

The executive power is in his hands. Legislative is in his pocket. Seems to me the US system as a whole simply does not work any more.

He had me fooled for a second that he was worried about declining fertility.

The issue is that Trump plays 'chicken' with Democrats, and winning so far. Trump started an insurrection and attempted a self-coup, lost, and dems did not dare put him in jail with clear violations. There was only one lesson Trump could learn from that - 'go harder', he loses nothing either way.

Just read it again and again and again. Lifehack.
Yeah, it doesn't hit you like it did the first time. But I've heard the same said about drugs, and it doesn't make quitting them any easier.