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@catturd2 Or bought

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@chs_teri @GeriPerna No Mexicans in my town. I was the most ethnic kid and I’m just tan. 😂 this was in Oregon in the 70’s

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@GeriPerna My grade school was all from scratch. The teachers would buy lunch instead of bringing their own. So good.

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@chs_teri @GeriPerna They were amazing with real mashed potatoes and real cheese. Bologna boats

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@GeriPerna Ooo. Bologna boats. ! Put a blob of mashed potatoes in this and melt some cheddar cheese on top. Don’t prefry the bologna. Put them in the oven and bake til the edges curl and the cheese melts. Trust me.

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@EYakoby Was it the president? Hmmm. Or his appointed person.? Hmmm. Makes it easier to back down and ‘save face ‘

[Chef Andrew Gruel @ChefGruel]

This is amazing. Every third video in my instagram is a tomahawk steak dipped in butter. I like steak. Seems you like…

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@ChefGruel @TheBabylonBee So not crockpot ?

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@MaryBowdenMD @EarthtoTami Or make a recipe from her. They never turn out.

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@GuntherEagleman Sure. Or he was never going to do it and this is his new way of not following through

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@ggreenwald They also get money before it even shows on the ledger that they never have to qualify.

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@SageOfTheMtn

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@Podrivel @RWMaloneMD Well said

[Steven Var 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇭🇺 @Podrivel]

I didn’t see the attached essay at first, but as an International Relations academic, I’ll respond with some consideration (and otherwise respect for you and your work).

Your essay reads like theorist Morgenthau who espoused Classical Realism. It basically says politics is ultimately about power. Morality matters, but only after survival.

Israel’s situation, however, more closely resembles Mearsheimer’s Offensive Realist framework. Offensive Realism assumes:
- states cannot trust others,
- security is never guaranteed,
- survival requires maximizing relative power,
- opportunities to reshape the strategic environment should be exploited.

Under this lens Israel isn’t just focused on survival, but on expansion. We also see now that October 7th wasn’t simply a terrorist attack. There is strong evidence suggesting it was allowed to happen and meant to be the catalytic event that allowed Israel to pursue strategic objectives previously constrained politically.

Those include:
- removing or reducing the Hamas and Gaza problem
- invading Lebanon
- weakening Iran's regional network
- expanding regional deterrence through expanded wars involving the U.S.
- permanent territorial expansion
- reshaping the Middle East balance of power

Clausewitz famously wrote: War is the continuation of politics by other means.
Your essay can almost be summarized as saying: Ethics is the continuation of strategy by philosophical means.

Whether intentional or not, your essay functions less as an exploration of Israel's security dilemma than as a post hoc philosophical justification for a grand strategy that appears to have preceded October 7. It assumes Israel's overriding objective remains survival and cohabitation, whereas its actions increasingly suggest an offensive effort to establish regional hegemony.

My core issue with your essay is that the ethical framework you've constructed risks providing moral legitimacy to a strategy that extends well beyond self-defense - and one that has brought the region, and the world, to an increasingly perilous point.

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

@RWMaloneMD Who is destroying whom?

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@GeriPerna Same. Add to that is the huge number of non Americans in the stores. Staring. And watching them fill their carts to overflow with money that isn’t theirs. That they shouldn’t be here. And knowing that I’m not as safe because of it.

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@TrailTimeJessie A great spot

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@MarioNawfal Yes. Almost like whoever started this (isr) knew this.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 "Virtually all" U.S. long-range precision missiles are gone… depleted by the Iran war.

Nearly half of global Tomahawks have been wiped out. Patriot interceptors down 65%. THAAD stocks gutted.

The war began in February and the Pentagon doesn't seem to have prepared for it to last this long...

CENTCOM reloaded from worldwide stockpiles… but the cupboard is increasingly bare.

What happens if China or Russia make a move?

Sources: Reuters / Writer: Jamie

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@SteveBakerUSA @DeptofWar Yet again they are pulling from conservative churches middle America. That’s who bears the worst of the loss in war.