If we're going to do the realpolitik analysis, why does nobody ever mention that a democratic Israel or any sort of Palestinian state would be unfriendly at best toward the US? Or in other words, helping the Palestinian people would do nothing to further the interests of the US.
I know it's gross to think in terms like that, but we're already framing this as a problem for American elections. Soooooo
This Adams MFer tried to book a trip to Easter Island through Turkish Arlines because they were giving him free flights everywhere else he went.
Did you know that sometimes, when Israel catches a terrorist, they make him Prime Minister?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing
Now ofcourse Irgun and Menachem Begin are responsible for numerous terror attacks on Palestinians, but I know that you don't count those people as human.
I for one, have been worshiping the old gods all along.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
I predict the swastika will be redeemed before the toothbrush mustache.
Psychologists are trying to get in on the act with 'evolutionary psychology'. An exciting new field of unfalsifiable just-so bullshit.
Logic and epistemology give us the tools to create proofs and algorithms, and it’s basically the foundation of modern mathematics.
Not that I disagree, but logic and mathematics have a rocky relationship. We thought we could marry them forever with set theory, but when they asked if anyone objected, Bertrand Russel stood up.
People pick on Batman because he's a billionaire, but most superheros are pro-cop, pro-establishment, and pro-government. They don't use their abilities for societal change, choosing instead to solve all problems by punching.
Show me a hero arc where the goal is anything but a return to the status quo.
Bitching online while still pre-ordering that shit is not activism lol
Your comment is a perfect example of what OP is talking about. You believe that if gamers changed their purchasing decisions on mass, then companies would have to change. What is that if not activism? You're treating capitalism as though it were a democracy.
And you're wrong btw, Game companies make games for investors, not gamers. If you don't believe me then please explain why so many live service games get made even though gamers have clearly voted against them with their wallets.
97 pounds of fentanyl
I think the feds can charge you with an upgraded felony if the amount of drugs can be expressed in imperial units.
Jon Stewart hasn't changed, and that's the problem. As far as his comedy, no notes. He's undeniably funny. But his politics just leave a sour taste. His enlightened centrist voice of reason shtick hits different now.
He's defended people like Rogan and Chapelle. And I get it, they're his buddies. He doesn't see them as public figures, but as flawed individuals. And that's a valid perspective, just a rarefied one.
His first guest upon his return was the editor of The Economist magazine who gushed about Reaganomics and Thatcherism. She framed the rise of right-wing politics in the West as first and foremost a threat to the neoliberal world order as Jon nodded along. And we all know that progressiveism is just the other side of the horseshoe to people who think this way.
I'll be watching Stewart, and I really do admire him. But never meet your heroes I guess.
So this guy is charged with making a donation to an ISIS front, and buying rifles (from the FBI).
I think the reason they do this is because to convict someone of a conspiracy, the State has to show you completed an "overt act" in furtherance to your plan, so you can't just convict a person of terrorism because they like to talk out of their ass.
It's concerning how common it is that the FBI is directly involved in facilitating that overt act by being the arms dealer, hit-man, or bomb-maker themselves. If you examine many of these cases you'll find that the most competent and dangerous person in the conspiracy was just play-acting for the Feds. And I'm not just talking entrapment, but also the opportunity costs of focusing on the low hanging fruit. And this goes for the militia people as well as the Jihadis.