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1. about 6 hours ago on Bill Bramhall

   Fair point. I meant that she overreached even compared to this radical and radically stupid batch of GOP representatives.

2. about 20 hours ago on Clay Jones

   Worth it.

3. about 20 hours ago on Bill Bramhall

   First the Republicans had to support it. The Democrats are happy to let the GOP tear itself apart rather than saving people who wouldn’t do the same for them. This time, MTG overreached.

4. 1 day ago on Ted Rall

   I really, really hate oversimplification and absolutes. ANY discussion of the area of Palestine/Israel that includes phrases as “absolutely no right” is simply wrong. The real issue is that the history of this area is incredibly complex, and includes all sorts of crimes by every group in the area, and most of them around the area. (For example, note that the Arab nations seem perfectly happy to abandon the Palestinians in order to use them as a political football against Israel.)

   You have left out a LOT of history here. The Balfour Declaration, the British Mandate, the United Nations establishment of the two states, various assertions of support by all parties – there was a group of Palestinians that fought WITH the Jews in WWII, which no one really wants to talk about now for their own reasons. Many of those who established modern Israel post-WWII did so because it had been made savagely clear to them that the only way to establish their rights was by violence, because theirs had been taken away by violence, and never fully restored. Many have kept that attitude, and whether I think they are wrong or not, it is certainly comprehensible. And when you talk about who gets to kill everyone who gets in their way, that is NOT “the Jews.” That is one category of Jewish extremist. You might as well refer to “the Muslims” when you mean “Hamas” or “Islamic extremists.”

   The history is fraught, and the actions of Zionist and radical Islamic terrorists and/or governments certainly isn’t helping.

   There just isn’t a simple solution here, and claiming there is one plays into the hands of the politicians like Bibi Netanyahu, whose plan is clearly one of extermination, right in line with the Biblical taking of Israel, against the wishes of the majority of Israelis AND Jews worldwide. Yet another reason to look out for the fascists, regardless of their religious persuasion.

5. 2 days ago on Ted Rall

   Let’s not forget that Israel only exists because the Allies couldn’t be bothered to try and set things right after WWII. Israel was explicitly founded as a state for the Jewish people. Giving everyone the vote would potentially turn it into a different, secular state. Unless you plan to demand the same plan of all the Arab states under the control of radical Islam, I rather think that’s a nonstarter. Especially since currently many Jews are saying that you have two choices: go to Israel as an emigrant, or as a refugee. They see Israel as their only safe place – “safe” being relative, of course, given history.

   Do I agree with what Netanyahu has done? Absolutely not. But at this point it is actively dangerous for Israel to give up its sovereignty entirely, and it is foolish to think otherwise. There’s a reason the two-state solution has been pushed by parties on all sides.

6. 2 days ago on Robert Ariail

   His lawyer attempted to have the case thrown out because her testimony was prejudicial. Because it said he was an aggressive, lying rapist, who needed to pay her off to stop her testimony? That’s judicial, at this point.

7. 9 days ago on Clay Bennett

   You and @aristoclesplato9 really hate scientists, don’t you?

   If you really cared, try checking out animals being used to test something like, oh, makeup. Or maybe stop eating meat.

   But when science is being done, there is an ethics committee passing judgment on projects and preventing cruelty to animals.

   And even if it had been done – and obviously it was not – it does not compare to Noem’s willingness to shoot a young dog – in front of witnesses, yet – just because it was inconveniently untrained, and then bragging about it. And that’s a dog, which doesn’t know better, and which even Republicans like. What does this suggest about her attitude toward humans which might disagree with her?

   Oh, yeah, she wanted them to die of COVID…

8. 11 days ago on Jeff Danziger

   The facts and details certainly matter. After failing to train a dog, she wanted it to perform in very specific ways, and when it did not – enjoying itself instead doing what dogs do, which she herself described – she took it aside and shot it. No attempt at training, no attempt at discipline, just put a bullet through it. When she was rightly challenged on this, she decided to double down and talk about how she had to shoot more animals, because “it had to be done.”

   Sure, right. She is proud of her actions, and of course some nitwits are supporting her on this.

9. 11 days ago on John Deering

   Wow, nice subtle anti-Semitism there with your comments.

10. 11 days ago on John Deering

    Certainly don’t vote for Ms. “I Don’t Care – Do U?” Melania! (Besides the fact that she is not a native-born American, like, say, Obama.