I was watching some European news channel in English about 30 minutes ago: The talking head guest is defending Israel and bemoaning Putler. The interviewer starts asking good questions. She’s pro-Kiev but points out the hypocrisy. She pointedly asks if the sanctions are working against Russia, and he hedges, well, yes. And she says then why not sanction Israel. And he says, we cannot apply logic here, it’s about principles.
Omg. The people who just stop when they are walking in front of me or a 2-3 person impromptu chat in the middle of a walkway or entryway. It happens all the time. I’m going to lose it.
similarly, wanting me to make a choice when I have no information or influence on budget, timing, etc. If our budget is $10 and I don’t know if it’s $2 or $50, I have no idea what an appropriate suggestion will be.
I was meeting a new friend the other day and we had to pick a spot. I texted, wherever you want, and she replied, anywhere you want. So I picked a normal coffee shop in a central location. She replied: what are you, rich, lol, how about the beach?
pore/pour
I have mostly overcome my prescriptivism, however, two that get me are: liberry (instead of library), and my biggest one is unnecessary apostrophe’s. They are everywhere.
This. It’s the equivalent of “I could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue” but it’s the US.
I will spare you the full version of my rat story. But a mutual came over with her rat terrier. She did not come to play. It was kind of a beautiful thing how precise and efficient she was. Also I srly believe it was the most humane end compared to other methods.
(I have had rats as pets but nature and all. Not looking for discussion. I tried live traps.)
I kept getting an ad on FB that literally said, Support Israel by purchasing this product. I reported it as inappropriate political content. I got a Support Messsage today that read, “We didn’t remove the ad.”
e - meant to post in the mega but whatevs
Agree, but please allow or forgive this rambling response.
85 US military bases and more than 52,000 US soldiers in Japan
While shocking on the face of it, I imagine sharing this with my “politically inclined” US acquaintances of D R and I stripe and hearing something like: “Well it’s either that or another Pearl Harbor/Nagasaki.”
When confronted with truths these people say: IF the US are the police if the world that’s a good thing.
Getting facts out in the open doesn’t seem to change opinion maybe because secretly people already know. Except we do see some resistance in the youth writ large who can see the horror in their feeds but I do not see much give in “polite society.” The most I get is a “yeesh, too bad about the situation in Palestine” and that’s ONLY if I know the person well.
A while back. I was telling one of my rad lib (and solidly Dem) acquaintances that Biden/US very likely blew up the pipeline. He agreed it was the likeliest scenario, but thought it was a “good thing that “we” did it.”
I watched hours of the RNC and I cannot stomach more than a couple minutes of the DNC.
I agree about Obama. His image is precision curated and he limits his public appearances which adds to his mystique. Michelle comes off masterfully too. They’ve got it.
Not an allegation but the best I got:
So horrified was he by the Tiananmen Square incident that he chose the date for his checks notes wedding day
<<Indeed, Mr Walz has often spoken publicly about his horror at the crushing of the Tiananmen protests, and in 2009 he co-sponsored a resolution in Congress marking its 20th anniversary.
<<His wife Gwen has said that the events had such an effect on Walz, that he chose 4 June - the day Beijing sent the troops in - as the date of their wedding five years later. She said that “he wanted to have a date he’ll always remember”.>>
BBC reporting
I think you were looking for this
I don’t think there’s much there there beyond an ever-flexible lib narrative and squishy journalism. This is the pull-quote: “Throughout the war, U.S. officials have assessed that President Vladimir V. Putin is loath to expand the war beyond Ukraine’s borders.”
Oh the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone
They were waitin’ for me when I thought that I just can’t go on
And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song
Oh I hope you run into them, you who’ve been travelling so long
They are doing a Law & Order parody on the DNC right now.
Donald Trump. Guilty. Dun-dun.
I got recommended this YouTube video (Venezuela’s most dangerous beach) and this hype man gets on a packed bus speaking rapid spanish and he says “the last one to greet me with enthusiasm is a Maduro supporter.” He draws a few chuckles.
Im shit-talking but who is the main negotiator for “Israel”?
Of course, but there’s a good chance the person who made this community note is voting for Kamala.
TIL there’s a place called Mayo. (Sorry Irish hexbears)
I hate this so much (CW: NSFL photo)