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Color portrait of a man in a Navy uniform with a medal. The text "above and beyond the call of duty" is at the top. Bottom left corner reads "Doris Miller Received the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor, May 27, 1942.

On December 7, 1942, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dorie Miller manned anti-aircraft artillery & tended to the wounded under heavy fire; he was awarded the Navy Cross, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. Navy at the time. This American hero of Pearl Harbor was killed in action 2 years later.

Excellent point, Grudgie.

I do recognize that AI has potential to do great things for humanity. It is its sinister applications already used against humanity that have me weary.

FIFA cited Trump's "exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world," referencing his role in the Abraham Accords (from his first term) and the recent Gaza ceasefire in his second term.

The Abraham Accords were arms deals.

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There is no ceasefire in Gaza.

By and large, I have agreed with the selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Not this time.

I work in some of the most impoverished areas of the world and when I tell them there are American people who are hungry and who stand in lines for food, they think I'm joking. When they realize I'm not joking, they cannot believe that could happen in the United States. And frankly, neither can I.

Ugh. I'm unfollowing you for an hour for ruining my day. You know what a punctuation geek I am, lol.

Only the John Robert's Supreme Court would have even granted certiorari in this case. You spend your life staunchly believing certain things. For me, one of those things was the non-corruptibility of the U.S. Supreme Court. Shattered.

This book dives in re: how Palestine provides the Israeli military-industrial complex a place/people to test weapons & to refine systems of control, surveillance & repression. Then they're sold to various governments/regimes, including authoritarian ones, for use in suppressing dissent & more.

That is the key. When companies and governments choose not to do the right thing--we the people still can.

Never believe that a group of thoughtful, committed citizens can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

I literally learn something new and cool every day from this account!

@admirablewomen.bsky.social

It's unclear (imagine that) if all the strikes have been in international waters. If any were in territorial waters, no one would bring forth a potential case while the current regime is in office (they might strike the Netherlands in response)--but there is no statute of limitations on war crimes.

Russia is not a state party to the Rome Statute either, but the ICC issued a warrant for Putin's arrest for war crimes because they occurred in the territory of a member state, Ukraine. This would apply as well to any crime perpetrated in a member state's territorial waters (v. internat'l waters).

What a shocker. The Trump administration backing corporations' profits over the health and safety of the American people. Again. #resist

After 5 years, he could apply for citizenship.

It's good for my soul to hear that you got that dissertation. Not a lot of that going on at the moment (things good for my soul).

As a war crimes investigator, I should have known better (considering the character limit) than to comment on a war crimes post, lol. I'm going to have to resist in the future.

In any event, our common ground: we agree these acts are unlawful.

The key here is that there is not one iota of wiggle room for legal maneuvering w/the 2nd strike. In addition to US domestic law(s), international law is clear: anyone who is shipwrecked, wounded, or surrendering is protected & deliberately killing them is a war crime of wilful killing or murder.

It's actually both. A declared war is not a requirement for an act to be a war crime--just an armed conflict (which applies even when only one side is armed/killing). Based solely on public info, these acts are both war crimes & extrajudicial executions (formal way of saying state-sponsored murder).

YouTube video by KREM 2 News Hegseth cites 'fog of war' in defending follow-on strike on alleged drug boat

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0AN...

Advance to 00:47.

"A picture is worth a thousand words" was meant for images like this...

This one I cannot even watch in clips. What a disgrace to the rule of law, the United States, and women. *retch*

A PBS News tweet explains how two laid-off USAID employees created a website to match donors with canceled programs, keeping nearly 80 projects running in 30 countries. Below the text is an image of two people—Caitlin Tulloch and Rob Rosenbaum—appearing in a split-screen video interview, each seated in their respective rooms.

Meet two heroes of our times.

💯

This is one of the repugnant things I ever heard her say--and that's saying a lot.

War crimes.

Not only is she fine with with war crimes overall & good with extrajudicial executions--but she has the wanton desire to see people suffer? That is a sadistic, depraved, twisted mind & black heart. I will never understand.

Mark Kelly sure seems like an American fit for the presidency.

I'm with you on this. Of those I am aware of, he seems the best potential candidate.

Black-and-white Pittsburgh Post-Gazette front page from April 14, 2017, with the headline “Soul of the Steelers” over a full-page photo of the late Dan Rooney standing alone on the Three Rivers Stadium field, hands clasped behind his back, facing the empty stands. The obituary banner reads “DAN ROONEY | JULY 20, 1932 – APRIL 13, 2017.” A post from Blitzburgh on X above the image reads: “The Great Dan Rooney passed away in 2017. That was the last time the Steelers won a playoff game. He was really the Soul. #Steelers #NFL”

I agree with Blitzburgh.

#Steelers #NFL #Renegade #Tomlin #HereWeveGone