Hanaguma

I would say partially responsible. The market and investors anticipating the upcoming market boom due to rational economic policies. I am certain, that had the market tanked between the election and the inauguration, many on the left would have been crowing about how it was Trump's fault. Apologies if the message upset you so. I will copy it here so that others can see what make you so angry... Nice to meet ya! Hey there my friend, no need to be so mean and nasty. I get that you probably aren't a fan of the Bad Orange Man, but don't let it consume you so much.

Jan 17, Friday, Biden's last day, DJIA was 43,487. Yesterday, 44,193. More to the point, it was at 42,052 the day before the election in 2024. So since the election, it is up more than TWO thousand points. S and P is the same. 5,712 points day before election of Trump, 6,345 now. An 11% bump in less than a year. Winning.

S and P was a touch under 6000 when Trump took over. Yesterday closed at 6345. Dow is up a thousand points. NASDAQ up about two thousand. Winning.

Yes, and it is a terrible thing. Even more terrible would be the estimated 10 MILLION Japanese deaths that would have resulted from an amphibious invasion of the Japanese home islands by the allies. Just look up the casualty estimates for Operation Downfall, the planned attack in late 1945. And from 1.5 to 4 million American casualties. No President could allow that to happen if there was any way to avoid it.

No they weren't. They were taking a sad but necessary step to end an unimaginably brutal war. Japan had been given myriad chances to surrender, and refused. Truman warned them explicitly after the Potsdam Conference about what was to come, and was ignored. The only viable options other than the a-bombs were blockade/starvation, and land invasion. Both would have resulted in millions more casualties on both sides. I should know- my wife is Japanese and we talked to her grandparents about their war experiences. Grandpa was a navigator on a Betty bomber. His plane was practicing very low level flight, in preparation to join the kamikaze. Grandma was 17 years old and worked in a factory that made military uniforms. She was doing daily drills with a bamboo spear in preparation for defending her town against the Allies. Either way, far worse.

You want a solution? It's pretty easy- stop shtupping your cousin. And using your so-called "holy book" to justify it. Come and join the 20th century at least. And as usual, you traffic in generalizations and emotion rather than the salient point- that Hamas has used children with birth defects as props to enhance their starvation narrative. And that such children tragically are easy to find in a place where cousins marry, and have for generations. Instead, you try to play language policeman and cultural defender to excuse an outdated and horrid practice. And let's not even begin to talk about forced marriages and child marriage, which accounts for 3 in 10 marriages in Palestinian areas...

Cousin marriage is frowned upon in modern Christianity and Judaism. Historically it was more common, but not anymore. The statistics bear it out. Yet in many Muslim areas it is still de rigeur. And yes, the number of goofy looking and mentallly weak offspring is directly related to the practice. It isn't racial at all. Gazans aren't a race. Muslims aren't a race.

Never said AUTOMATICALLY, stop strawmanning. And, just to be accurate, all the famous folks you are promoting MARRIED their cousins, they were not the product of cousin marriages. Different situation entirely. And again, what I am saying is accurate.And based on culture. So yes, I will judge a culture that promotes unhealthy activity. And one that also uses children born with birth defects as their "poster children" for starvation. Reprehensible.

Exceptions do not disprove the rule. Or do you think there are no consequences of marrying close family members? And no laws should exist to prevent it?

The data is clear. More than 40% of marriages are between relatives. Which makes a lot of the kids kinda goofy looking. And physically or mentally weak. The cultural backwardness leads to biological flaws. I notice you didn't dispute the facts, just got outraged by them.

Those groups are not doctors, and depend on hyped claims to drive donations. As I said, a lot of what the Gazans are suffering is self inflicted. Generations of marrying your family members will create weak, sick, and damaged children. I am waiting to see photos of young Gazan men looking like they have missed any meals. But somehow, all the images that come out show healthy looking parents and suffering kids.

One German journalist spoke a very controversial truth, and was excoriated for it by the UN's resident mouthpiece. Tobias Hutch noted that more than 40% of marriages in Palestinian areas are between close relatives- cousins to be precise. This leads to increases in birth defects that easily show up as looking like malnutrition to untrained and uncurious eyes. Now consider that this has been happening for generations and it is no wonder that the situation seems so grim.

Yes, eliminate the only functioning democracy in the area. The only country that protects womens' rights. The only country where LGBT people are safe. Yeah, who needs a country like that, when you can have yet another misogynistic, bigoted kleptocracy?

For a famine, I see a lot of suspiciously healthy looking young men chasing after food trucks. And healthy people clutching their supposedly starving children. What mother or parent would let their child starve, while continuing to feed themselves? The photos are Hamas propaganda, that is clear.

Go try that in Free Palestine, see how you get on.