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Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 10:21 AM
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Posted By Beelzebuddy
Afford bread? Luxury! We 'ad to get by on gruel...

Afford bread? Luxury! We 'ad to get by on gruel made from mulched Black Lives Matter signs!
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2024, 10:05 AM
Replies: 1,565
Views: 39,742
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Hey, woah there. What'd the poor devil ever do...

Hey, woah there. What'd the poor devil ever do to you to slander him so?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 14th March 2024, 08:42 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 720
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Hard to yadda yadda twelve thousand dead kids. ...

Hard to yadda yadda twelve thousand dead kids. If you don't want to hear about Israel killing them, get Israel to stop killing them. Do I really need to post the rule that says "don't kill kids,...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 14th March 2024, 08:27 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 720
Posted By Beelzebuddy
From rule 140 "All circumstances," not "most...

From rule 140

"All circumstances," not "most circumstances."
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 14th March 2024, 07:54 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 720
Posted By Beelzebuddy
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1...

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule140

The actions of Hamas do not excuse the actions of Israel.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 14th March 2024, 07:03 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 720
Posted By Beelzebuddy
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1...

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule149

Israel is to blame for Israel committing war crimes.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th March 2024, 08:20 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 1,325
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Boomers: Facebook Gen X: Whatever ...

Boomers: Facebook
Gen X: Whatever
Millennials: Juggling two jobs with kids and if they're lucky, a mortgage
Zoomers: TikTok
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th March 2024, 09:24 PM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,601
Posted By Beelzebuddy
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1...

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule53

tl;dr literally a war crime
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th March 2024, 09:52 AM
Replies: 600
Views: 8,111
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Counterpoint: if the Palestinian population of...

Counterpoint: if the Palestinian population of Gaza is effectively eliminated, whether by forced displacement, starvation or outright murder, there will be no one left to smuggle rockets in during...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th March 2024, 08:52 AM
Replies: 600
Views: 8,111
Posted By Beelzebuddy
That's not hard to separate. The casualty...

That's not hard to separate. The casualty demographics are a combination of indiscriminate and targeted casualties. I'm not using "civilian" and "combatant" here because the IDF has demonstrably...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 5th March 2024, 01:50 PM
Replies: 600
Views: 8,111
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Oh, it was! We went and started a war with...

Oh, it was! We went and started a war with someone else entirely on completely false pretenses. On an outright damn lie that Saddam Hussein was making weapons. When the UN and many other NGOs said...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 5th March 2024, 11:51 AM
Replies: 600
Views: 8,111
Posted By Beelzebuddy
I agree. As a point of comparison, the US...

I agree. As a point of comparison, the US conducted a strike in Baghdad less than a month ago, taking out Hezbollah's commander in Syria by hitting his car while in heavy traffic with no other...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th February 2024, 06:14 PM
Replies: 600
Views: 8,111
Posted By Beelzebuddy
You aren't aware of how the numbers are reported?...

You aren't aware of how the numbers are reported? When those hundred starving people were shot by the IDF for crowding a food truck yesterday, how do you think their deaths made it into the tally? ...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th February 2024, 05:46 PM
Replies: 600
Views: 8,111
Posted By Beelzebuddy
It's important to note how everyone is being very...

It's important to note how everyone is being very careful not to say that the death toll numbers are wrong, only that they could be.
Forum: USA Politics 29th February 2024, 10:25 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 2,198
Posted By Beelzebuddy
I do. Phrased less positively, of course: Obama...

I do. Phrased less positively, of course: Obama was an incoming disaster that would be an obvious blight on America's proud history, but at least Biden would help rein in some of the worst of it.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th February 2024, 10:15 AM
Replies: 600
Views: 8,111
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Well obviously some of those rice grains were...

Well obviously some of those rice grains were radicalized Hamas sympathizers, I mean when was the last time you heard even a single bowl of rice condemn Hamas's rocket attacks or the 10/7 massacre?
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 28th February 2024, 05:40 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,073
Posted By Beelzebuddy
You clearly haven't seen the movie. Watch it! ...

You clearly haven't seen the movie. Watch it! It's a good 'un.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 28th February 2024, 05:22 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,073
Posted By Beelzebuddy
I'm not a purist. It's in a film and it works,...

I'm not a purist. It's in a film and it works, watch it if you haven't. One that didn't work as well was Going Postal, but that's less to do with Pratchett and more the British idea that crappy...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 28th February 2024, 03:16 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,073
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Hogfather is a great adaptation. Pratchett's...

Hogfather is a great adaptation. Pratchett's digressions work fine with a narrator.

I've got high hopes for the Three Body Problem, because as imaginative as Liu's settings are, his characters...
Forum: USA Politics 28th February 2024, 12:37 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 334
Posted By Beelzebuddy
The perfect age for a presidential bid! That...

The perfect age for a presidential bid! That young whippersnapper's gonna get in there and clean house!
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 27th February 2024, 03:48 PM
Replies: 600
Views: 8,111
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Yes. See that? A clear and unequivocal...

Yes.

See that? A clear and unequivocal affirmative that doesn't add in new technicalities which each need to be clarified and quibbled over before a fringe reset.

Now your turn. Does a...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 27th February 2024, 06:19 AM
Replies: 600
Views: 8,111
Posted By Beelzebuddy
They've been over this in the other thread...

They've been over this in the other thread already. Doctors Without Borders are filthy Hamas sympathizers and nothing out of their anti-Semitic mouths is to be trusted, didn't you know?


Do you...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 21st February 2024, 08:35 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
You do one little genocide and everyone gets so...

You do one little genocide and everyone gets so upset for some reason.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 21st February 2024, 08:35 AM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,601
Posted By Beelzebuddy
You do one little genocide and everyone gets so...

You do one little genocide and everyone gets so upset for some reason.
Forum: USA Politics 19th February 2024, 01:39 PM
Replies: 1,336
Views: 48,378
Posted By Beelzebuddy
While actual judgments against Trump are welcome...

While actual judgments against Trump are welcome on principle in this the age of Finding Out, allow me to be the spirit of piss in the cheerios: so what?

Trump goes bankrupt, so what? We...
Forum: USA Politics 19th February 2024, 11:04 AM
Replies: 391
Views: 9,860
Posted By Beelzebuddy
It's an election year. Today's GOP are dumb,...

It's an election year. Today's GOP are dumb, they're really dumb, but I don't think they're that dumb.
Forum: USA Politics 16th February 2024, 06:11 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 990
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Empathy. There's lots of issues, but they're...

Empathy.

There's lots of issues, but they're really not that complicated. They boil down to one person trying to make things better for everyone, and another person trying to make things better...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 16th February 2024, 08:28 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Except they're upping the ante by bombing their...

Except they're upping the ante by bombing their own evacuation camps too, can't believe I didn't think of that.

[ETA]

Well, that's how blood feuds work. The tragedy is there really are genuine...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 10th February 2024, 07:04 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
There won't be a Gaza after this. The rhetoric...

There won't be a Gaza after this. The rhetoric is already moving to "welp it's all wrecked, time to plow it under. Sucks for the people used to live there if you could call that living." Try to keep...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 9th February 2024, 02:07 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
You say this like I give a crap what happens to...

You say this like I give a crap what happens to Hamas. I don't. And, I suggest, neither does Israel. They're just an excuse to wipe Gaza off the map, at long last.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 9th February 2024, 01:40 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
So?

So?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 9th February 2024, 07:36 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Nope! Theprestige goes on and on about how...

Nope!

Theprestige goes on and on about how every IDF attack is "proportional," no matter how many civilians die, so I ask him how he'd define a clearly excessive disproportionality. That...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th February 2024, 05:29 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Sure do!

Sure do!
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th February 2024, 12:41 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
While also directly funding Hamas to keep them in...

While also directly funding Hamas to keep them in power, don't forget that. Likud didn't want Hamas gone, they wanted them on a leash.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th February 2024, 10:50 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 1,059
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Free-market capitalism should be the biggest...

Free-market capitalism should be the biggest proponent of universal basic income. Economic progress relies on market disruption from entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs need to be able to pursue ideas in...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th February 2024, 10:06 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
You're right, it appears to be named after him...

You're right, it appears to be named after him instead.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th February 2024, 09:48 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
If you're looking for a timeline, this can get...

If you're looking for a timeline, this can get you started. It's from the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, founded by the Jewish lawyer who coined the term "genocide." So they'd know it...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th February 2024, 08:45 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Oh, cheer up! Auschwitz wasn't built in a day! ...

Oh, cheer up! Auschwitz wasn't built in a day! I know you're looking for those big-N numbers, but you have to remember they're all retrospective. These things take time. Killing 1% of the...
Forum: USA Politics 6th February 2024, 12:19 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 1,367
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Yeah, it sure does suck for millions of people...

Yeah, it sure does suck for millions of people trapped on the wrong side of a border in an area ruled by regressive theocratic jackholes elected decades ago who trample on their rights with no...
Forum: USA Politics 6th February 2024, 09:08 AM
Replies: 1,565
Views: 39,742
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Googling it, I'm not finding anything definitive...

Googling it, I'm not finding anything definitive but all the references to monetary appropriation are at the federal level. Pretty sure it's a Border Patrol/Homeland Security thing. How far down...
Forum: USA Politics 5th February 2024, 05:43 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 1,367
Posted By Beelzebuddy
They got through it by burning reproductive...

They got through it by burning reproductive freedoms to keep warm.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 5th February 2024, 11:01 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
It would also be different if the IDF did those...

It would also be different if the IDF did those things.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 1st February 2024, 10:50 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
He can't. He needs you to be an evil...

He can't. He needs you to be an evil terrorist-sympathizing antisemite because otherwise he's been wrong the whole time and innocent people are dying for no good reason.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th January 2024, 11:24 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Are the IDF normally intimidated by paralytics?

Are the IDF normally intimidated by paralytics?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th January 2024, 10:41 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Fear not, their reputation is unsullied. This...

Fear not, their reputation is unsullied. This was in the West Bank, so not Gaza, not a war zone, not hostile territory. They could have just arrested them like normal nations do but they would have...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th January 2024, 06:09 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
YES. The Geneva conventions. ...

YES.


The Geneva conventions.

https://www.icrc.org/en/document/protection-hospitals-during-armed-conflicts-what-law-says
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th January 2024, 07:45 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Hamas won't. The PLO would, which was why Israel...

Hamas won't. The PLO would, which was why Israel was directly funding Hamas, because there's nothing worse than a boogeyman who turns out to be reasonable.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th January 2024, 07:36 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Yes, of course, we all do. The number is higher...

Yes, of course, we all do. The number is higher now.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 28th January 2024, 05:05 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
What a ridiculous assertion. Several people in...

What a ridiculous assertion. Several people in this thread have stated that the Gaza population needs to be relocated to a nearby Muslim nation in order to preserve Israel's Jewish nature. The ****...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 28th January 2024, 09:34 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Beelzebuddy
Merely that "they have also attacked them- but to...

Merely that "they have also attacked them- but to a far lesser extent" still involves literally gunning people down in the street on a continued basis. The incident in link wasn't some past outrage....
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