@clashreport A story of self-importance from a time long before people figured out that the Earth is round and the sun and stars above don't actually revolve around them.
Also, IIRC, many/most Jews emigrated from that land because of how poor it was compared to Egypt, Greece, and Persia.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:
There is no Jewish terror in the West Bank. I’ve canceled that term.
Terror is whoever acts to commit terror against the State of Israel.
Reminds me of a fake anecdote about north Korea, along the lines 'We accuse them of having concentration camps but they'll respond with just "No, because we don't use that term for our facilities."'
@clashreport If Chinese warships are sent to escort their tankers through the region, the US won't risk a confrontation and will back down, similar to that already seen when Russian warships are present to escort "shadow fleet" tankers targeted by NATO.
I don't know these things but one detail I always thought odd was that the agents didn't ruffle Trump's hair at all whatsoever for what should've been an immediate assessing of his head for the severity of the supposed shot during that dogpile on stage.
JD Vance on the Butler assassination attempt against Trump:
Trump turned his head, the guy fired the bullet. Crazy coincidence, right?
It is just so obvious to me that coincidences like that don’t happen without the hand of providence.
There was some higher purpose at work, because this guy was milliseconds and millimeters simultaneously from dying.
Source: Bryce Crawford Podcast
@clashreport Seems like Western elections don't really matter much to other states. It's typically still the same people pushing the same foreign policy regardless.
I've seen some in the anti-war commentariat previously claim that Vance is the supposed 'voice of sanity/skepticism' on this war within the administration, but every time I've seen him speak about the war, it seems always as awful and dumb as the rest of his group.
JD Vance on what he’s learned since the U.S. started a war in Iran:
“These guys are really, really crazy. And they are willing to do anything, and I think not with a whole lot of strategic wisdom behind it, in order to accomplish as little flow of oil and gas as possible.”
@MajToure Fauci. THE expert in the right place and time to be a hero during a global crisis ...and he instead actively misled literally all of humanity.
Epstein, otoh, seems rather unimpressive relative to serial rapists but had opportunities and protection due to influential benefactors.
Mother's car failed state inspection, said she needed to replace an entire tail-light assembly. Dealership said the same. NAPA online misunderstood, sold her the wrong part twice. NAPA store said she only needed a bulb. She did another inspection elsewhere, passed w no repairs...
@clashreport /Shrug. One can be amicable to individuals encountered/associated with directly yet still hold rather negative views about their group(s) generally. That's rather common.
@clashreport "I'm against the imposition of rules and laws that are contrary to what we've come to accept in the West" IE he supports the current establishment-dictated status quo, which is to be expected given that he personally benefits greatly from it.