In rational times, those who think that some boss is innocent might have a few qualms when the boss's underlings plead guilty and turn state's evidence. But these aren't normal times. The TOFF's supporters have guzzled the Kool-Aid and they will be with him until the day he dies. Then they'll shift their allegance to one of his dissolute sons.
The Associated Press looked at the video evidence of the strike on the hospital in Gaza and concluded that the rocket that hit the hospital was fired by the Palestinians. That won't make a bit of difference to those who blame Israel for it. The only use for that factual finding is that, when someone repeats the lie, you'll know which side they are on.
Pro-Palestinian activists are feeling a backlash. Most of them don't acknowledge that when they moved from being pro-Palestinian to cheering on mass murder, they crossed a line. The mass killing of civilians wasn't a by-product of Hamas's plans, it was a main goal. If you want to stand up and publically support deliberate and planned mass-murder of civilians, then you have no legitimate cause to complain if there are people who don't want to be associated with you.
Of course, Fox News had to drag their Anti-Tranny crusade into this, as if any of that bullshit is relevant. Fox News is nothing but evil. Everyone who is associated with Fox News probably would have worked for Der Stürmer without a qualm.
I watched the first two episodes of the second season of Bosch: Legacy. The source of this tale isn't from the books, as far as I can remember. No, it basically proves that plaigarism is alive and well in Hollywood. The same plot was in an earlier season of The Rookie (Young female cop gets drugged, abducted and buried alive in the California desert with a video feed from inside her coffin for all the world to see.) Maybe the rest of the season will go back to mining the two dozen or so books about Harry Bosch.
Newspapers want to be paid by OpenAI for their stuff that OpenAI has used to train its eventually-humanity-killing AI. And they should. If you take somone else's stuff in order to make moeny, you should pay them. (This is why I never cooperate with opinion surveys.)
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Israel says Islamic Jihad rocket misfire caused blast near Gaza hospital
ReplyDeletehttps://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-islamic-jihad-rocket-misfire-caused-gaza-hospital-blast/
I did Bellingcat before this came out. They concluded the crater in the parking lot was consistent with a Palestinian rocket and inconsistent with Israeli munitions. They have a Discord server if you want to discuss in real time:
https://discord.com/channels/709752884257882135/710991734246473809
You might have to go to the main site first to get an invite https://www.bellingcat.com/
Bellingcat's article about that.
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree on the general tenor, I dislike retroactive pressure like on UPenn for a Palestinian Writer event the week before this kicked off. With Palestinian writers, you will get some anti-Semitic rhetoric from a some, but moving to put all this pressure on the school for that is symptomatic of the extent of cancel culture reaching too far. Diversity of positions and discussion was, and is, critical at healthy Universities. Exposure to some positions can effectively vaccinate people against some of them and make them more critical of all of them.
ReplyDeleteFree speech, which should generally exclude hate speech, will sometimes make us uncomfortable and unhappy, but if you’re a huge donor to a school and want to play that game, you’re damaging a school you profess to love. That being said, I would support, for instance, letting the Nazis speak, and show their colors to those there. Just my opinion.
Many of those demanding repercussions for those speaking out for Palestinians or Hamas are some of the same people who earlier have decried “cancel culture“.
ReplyDeleteI guess it all depends on whose ox is being gored.
Generative AI in response to a blog question posed to all engines:
ReplyDeleteBard was pretty useless when I asked it about the Ryder Cup and Sheepshead. The others here answer in the same stilted way is the short answer. Not all that coachable. Even if you tell them where to look, they don't always. It was like pulling teeth to get Bard to find all of the recent pipeline and telecom damage between Finland and Estonia. I'm certainly not going to depend in its LNG estimates for Latvia.
https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7057513503103873024/
The gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia, another NATO member that also borders on Russia, started leaking at the weekend, and people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday the investigation is proceeding on the basis that it was sabotage. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told reporters that it was caused by an “external source” as he declined to speculate who may be responsible.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/finland-pipeline-sabotage-proof-draw-084858558.html
SISKO: I do. And as for Gul Dukat, I assure you we're taking all possible steps to locate him.
ReplyDeleteNECHEYEV: Good. Keep me informed of your progress.
SISKO: I will. But Admiral, there's a bigger issue here than rescuing Dukat.
NECHEYEV: And what is that?
SISKO: The Maquis.
NECHEYEV: The Maquis are a bunch of irresponsible hotheads.
SISKO: These hotheads are responsible for the bombing of the Bok'Nor.
NECHEYEV: I'm aware of that, Commander. We never should've allowed those colonists to remain on the Cardassian side of the Demilitarised zone.
SISKO: Well they're there, Admiral, and they're not leaving.
NECHEYEV: What about Commander Hudson? He's lived with these people. What's his analysis of the situation?
SISKO: I'll have to ask him. (Ed note—Hudson is a member of the Marquis.
NECHEYEV: You do that. And Commander, I want you to find the Maquis. Talk to them. Remind them that they're citizens of the Federation. That it is imperative that we preserve the treaty with the Cardassians.
SISKO: A treaty the Cardassians may not be honouring.
NECHEYEV: Are you questioning Federation policy, Commander?
SISKO: All I know is that the situation in the Demilitarised zone is deteriorating rapidly.
NECHEYEV: Personally, I think you're overstating the problem. Establish a dialogue with the Maquis. They're still Federation citizens. I'm sure they'll listen to reason. Good luck, Commander.
(Necheyev leaves and Kira comes up the stairs)
SISKO: Establish a dialogue? What the hell does she think I've been trying to do?
KIRA: Commander?
SISKO: Just because a group of people belongs to the Federation it does not mean that they are saints.
KIRA: Excuse me?
SISKO: Do you know what the trouble is?
KIRA: No.
SISKO: The trouble is Earth.
KIRA: Really?
SISKO: On Earth there is no poverty, no crime, no war. You look out the window of Starfleet headquarters and you see paradise. Well, it's easy to be a saint in paradise, but the Maquis do not live in paradise. Out there in the Demilitarised zone, all the problems haven't been solved yet. Out there, there are no saints, just people. Angry, scared, determined people who are going to do whatever it takes to survive whether it meets with Federation approval or not.
KIRA: Makes sense to me.
SISKO: I'm glad someone understands.
ST:DS9. The Marquis, Part 2
I'm still waiting for an answer to this question: Did Palestinians have a right to defend themselves against Lehi and Irgun terrorists? (Such a defense does NOT include permission to commit war crimes, as Hamas did on October 7, 2023, and Lehi and Irgun did on April 9, 1948.)
ReplyDeleteThe Israeli government is paying Ezra Yachin, one of the Lehi terrorists who committed genocide at Deir Yassin, to advocate for killing Israeli citizens today.
'"Every Jew with a weapon should go out and kill them. If you have an Arab neighbour, don’t wait, go to his home and shoot him," Yachin said.'
With respect, Sam, asking if someone has a right of self-defense borders on being stupid. Since you're not stupid, I'm not sure what your game is.
ReplyDeleteHow far back do you want to go? Maybe we can argue that is the Palestinians who are the interlopers, the people who moved in when the Romans destroyed Judea and dispersed the Jews in the early part of the First Millennium. But what does that get you?
Some argue that the Palestinians are descendants of the Philistines, who were there before the Jews moved in. That doesn't get you anywhere, either.
ReplyDeletePoint #1: Every rhetorical point you make can also be applied to the actions of Lehi and Irgun terrorists, and against Israel. Growing up, I kept hearing how Israel was the poor victim in 1948 - BUT - if any response against terrorists is justified, no matter how many civilians are killed, then weren't the invaders in the right?
Sorry, but you don't get to play double standards here. If you would have rejected mass murder of Jewish civilians as legitimate self-defense against Lehi and Irgun - as I do, and I think you do, too - then you don't get to turn around and praise mass murder of Palestinian civilians as legitimate self-defense against Hamas.
Point #2: There's a difference between saying "Palestinians have a right to resist occupation" and saying "Hamas was right to murder civilians." Eli Valley has a nice cartoon showing the differences in how Ukrainians and Palestinians are supposed to resist occupation.
Point #3: I would prefer a single multi-ethnic state in the region, similar to the one that apologists for apartheid said could never exist in South Africa. When the Israeli government hired a civilian-murdering terrorist (Ezra Yachin) to advocate for genocide, it's a pretty clear indication of what that government really wants, and it's as much self-defense as the Ottoman Empire's actions against Armenians in 1915 was.