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by settrans 2y ago
You're changing the topic. Nobody is talking about ceding land, we're talking about re-establishing a nation in the historic homeland of the Jewish people. And besides, no Zionist demanded land or induced anyone to cede their land
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by settrans 2y ago
Given that the Jews were forcibly expelled from their homeland by the Romans, by definition, any Jewish self-determination would need to take place in a land that is at least partially[0] already inhabited. You now have two choices: 1. Deny
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by settrans 2y ago
1. Hamas bears the moral responsibility for all of the suffering in the war they started on October 7th, and the Palestinian people bear the moral responsibility of electing and supporting them (and participating in the invasion, and not re
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by settrans 2y ago
"The antisemite does not accuse the Jew of stealing because he thinks he stole something. He does it because he enjoys watching the Jew turn out his pockets to prove his innocence." Although I laud your unassailable argument highl
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by settrans 2y ago
Not only are delivery vehicles levied an additional toll of up to $32.40 under congestion pricing, but every employee, service provider and vendor who travels by car is also assessed the fee.
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by settrans 2y ago
Although marginally better traffic might be a side effect of congestion pricing, its primary effect is a wealth transfer from lower- and middle-class residents of Manhattan, who must buy goods locally at higher prices, to MTA contractors an
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by settrans 2y ago
I don't see anything in those articles that describe a plan or even the framework of a policy to annex the territories. There just isn't a workable path forward to accomplish it. The Arabs who live there harbor irredentist fantasi
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by settrans 2y ago
I have little desire to defend Smotrich (nor would Israelis, as his extremist party is currently polling at ~3% support), but even he wouldn't dare claim support for something as far-flung as the alleged "Greater Israel" ideo
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by settrans 2y ago
No, it won't be. Israel doesn't want to grant citizenship to the 3 million Arabs who live there, the vast majority of whom would like to annihilate the state of Israel. There is no plausible path forward for Israel to annex Jenin,
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by settrans 2y ago
The alleged patch suggests that there is some Israeli ambition to conquer all of the Levant. There is no such Israeli settler movement. As far as Lebanon, there is no mainstream support whatsoever to settle north of the Blue Line. The artic
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by settrans 2y ago
So, the "Shrinking Palestine" graphic is a famous example of misleading Arafat propaganda. The instance you linked displays 4 maps, ostensibly comparing the area of "Palestine" versus "Israel". Each map is wron
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by settrans 2y ago
Controversial, as in almost certainly made up anti-Israel propaganda? Ryan McBeth presents his thoughtful analysis and debunking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8HWJ2v0R6k
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by settrans 2y ago
I ended up downgrading my chunky Supermicro server to a cheap Chinese AOOSTAR with an Intel N100 for $199[0], and slapped in an NVMe drive and extra RAM. Since I only need 8-9TB of storage, a zpool mirror worked perfectly for my use case. T
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by settrans 3y ago
In fact, public opposition to Hamas[0][1] is frequently cited[2] as a primary motivation for the 10/7 attack. Gazans widely viewed Hamas as corrupt and the main reason for their destitution, and overwhelmingly preferred Fatah leaders o
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by settrans 3y ago
@rsync's story from 9/11 is an excellent illustration of the event and absolutely worth the read: https://web.archive.org/web/20041208005336/http://www.cultde...
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by settrans 3y ago
To say nothing of your other points, MacOS is demonstrably UNIX. It's certified UNIX, in fact: https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/
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by settrans 3y ago
Yes, Americans should go back to England to their ancestral Anglo-Saxon homeland, and cede the country they stole from the indigenous people! Except that the Angles, Jutes and Saxons stole their country from the Romans in the 5th century! S
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by settrans 3y ago
Rephrasing your argument slightly: "of course the government can't pay only $30. They need to pay $30 for the trash can, and $49,970 for unaccountable value destruction!" Keeping people employed for no positive economic benef
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by settrans 3y ago
I find this sanctimonious _I know better than you_ attitude shocking and inappropriately condescending. Just because these people are earning less than minimum wage, what makes you think you know better than them what's good for them,
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by settrans 3y ago
Disappointed this isn't related to `M-x eww`.
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by settrans 4y ago
That, and the unfathomable sovereign wealth courtesy of nature's generous bequest of oil.
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by settrans 4y ago
> you will not kill someone if you ride after a night drinking (other than yourself)
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by settrans 4y ago
Short selling on its own is trading on the hope that a stock goes down by borrowing shares from someone who owns them and immediately selling them. Your broker will match you to an owner who is willing to lend the shares if there are any av
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by settrans 4y ago
I _thought_ I knew a lot about capital gains taxes until filing my own taxes this year. After firmly boarding the tax-loss harvesting hype train, I had fallen prey to the intuitively appealing idea that short-term capital losses could offse
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by settrans 4y ago
Indeed this is HWFO's core thesis: https://hwfo.substack.com/p/an-illustrated-guide-to-plastic-...
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by settrans 4y ago
Only if it increases demand for oil. Realistically, this oil would replace oil that would otherwise have to be pumped from the ground.
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by settrans 4y ago
I (obviously) lack the data to back up GP's assertion, but anecdotally I've seen very similar things happen in South Brooklyn: the husband working a low-paying blue collar job on the books, while the wife worked at a nail salon of
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by settrans 4y ago
In case you're not being facetious, Sam was the single second largest donor to the Democratic Party.
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by settrans 4y ago
People tend not to react to parking violations by taking the law in their own hands with capricious, violent aggression because in general, Americans tend to be civil and respect the rule of law. Less so in NYC, but still broadly true.
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by settrans 4y ago
I wouldn't hold your breath, at least in San Francisco: https://sf.curbed.com/2019/8/2/20751966/dolores-651-lighthou...

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