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I don't think it will much of a game changer for Biden. Fortunately for him, his likely opponent was way over the top in his support for Israel.

I don't know that all that many are furious. Certainly, far more likely to take a dim view of Israel due to its treatment of Palestinians even before this war.

Well, if collective punishment is a war crime, then Russia has some 'splaining to do: The Expulsions of Ethnic Germans from East-Central Europe at the End of World War II The largest number of those forced migrants, expellees, in fact, were ethnic Germans who were forced out of their home communities in many parts of East‐Central and Eastern Europe as they fled from the advancing Soviet military forces or were deliberately expelled by the Soviet authorities and the new communist‐led governments in East‐Central Europe. That movement of ethnic Germans included between 12 and 14 million people, probably the largest single forced migration in modern history. Counting deaths due to starvation and disease as well as mob attacks and massacres, the casualties among the German expellees ran to between 500,000 and 600,000 people, as asserted in recent discussions—although some partisan observers have claimed that more than two million may have died. https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/178402/The Expulsions of Ethnic Germans from East-Central Europe at the End of World War II.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1

Unhinged much? I think most members posting in this forum would find it laughable to seem me characterized as someone who would cheer Netanyahu on. It may be that Netanyahu holds bigoted views of the Palestinians. He's certainly callous enough But if he does hold such views, he's too smart to voice them publicly. Whereas Hitler wasn't exactly reluctant to share his views about Jews and other groups he called subhuman and degenerate. Honestly, if you want to help the Palestinian cause, the best thing you could do for it is to refrain from posting.

Not going to happen for at least a while. In the US, unlike in all other economically developed nations, Israel is still favorably regarded: New Polling Shows How Much Global Support Israel Has Lost China, South Africa, Brazil, and several other countries in Latin America all went from viewing Israel positively to negatively. And many rich countries that already had net negative views of Israel—including Japan, South Korea, and the U.K.—saw steep declines. Net favorability in Japan went from -39.9 to -62.0; in South Korea from-5.5 to -47.8; and in the U.K. from -17.1 to -29.8. The U.S. remains the only rich country that still had net positive views of Israel. Net favorability dropped just 2.2 percentage points, from a net favorability of 18.2 to a net favorability of 16 from September to December. https://time.com/6559293/morning-consult-israel-global-opinion/

Godwin's law, short for Godwin's law (or rule) of Nazi analogies,[1] is an Internet adage asserting: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law Netanyahu is bad enough as he is.

What's laughable is how perceptions of the economy are skewed by political allegiances. This is a poll from Civiqs. https://archive.ph/hrEP0 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/opinion/economy-survey-republicans.html

Another video. I guess you have to use a video because the people espousing this nonsense aren't foolish enough to put their claims in writing. Which is far easier to factcheck. Here's what real scientists say about this: Antarctica Has Volcanoes, but There's No Link to its Current Ice Loss Seroussi notes the changes happening now, especially in West Antarctica, are along the coast, which suggests the changes taking place in the ice sheet have nothing to do with volcanism, but are instead originating in the ocean. Ice streams reaching inland begin to flow and accelerate as ice along the coast disappears. In addition, Seroussi says the tectonic plate that Antarctica rests upon is one of the most immobile on Earth. It’s surrounded by activity, but that activity also tends to keep it locked in position. There’s no reason to believe it would change today to impact the melting of the Antarctic ice sheet. So, in conclusion, while Antarctica’s known volcanism does cause melting, Ivins and Seroussi agree there’s no connection between the loss of ice mass observed in Antarctica in recent decades and volcanic activity. The Antarctic ice sheet is at least 30 million years old, and volcanism there has been going on for millions of years. It's having no new effect on the current melting of the ice sheet. https://climate.nasa.gov/explore/ask-nasa-climate/2982/fire-and-ice-why-volcanic-activity-is-not-melting-the-polar-ice-sheets/

What makes these photos really shocking is that before Biden became President, homelessness in the USA didn't exist.

Well, first off, that headline came from an article in the Washington post reporting on the latest polling. But, Charleskerins did make an odd choice in choosing The Post which has a firewall. So all he posted was a headline. Anyway here's an article on the topic that can be accessed by anyone: America's economic mood is improving fast: survey https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/us-consumer-sentiment-index-umich In a way, this poll reflects what Americans already were believing believe about their own economic prospects vs the prospects of the economy as a whole. Several different polls from different organization have results that show more Americans are optimistic about their own prospects than are pessimistic. But when asked about the economy as a whole, they were still believing it was in bad shape. Do I need to point out the contradiction here? This is like the results that educational surveys come up. When asked about the state of education as a whole in the USA, more believe it's in bad shape. But when asked about their local school systems, they mostly approve.

Could be. He's clearly not smart enough to see that Roy Cohn was a brilliant villain whereas Habiba comports herself more like a clueless thug. For Trump, attitude is everything.

Or what? You're going to keep on making extraneous posts?

Missing the point I was making is useless. I guess I have to spell it out for you. Hawaiian's scenario was obviously a contrary to common sense fantasy. I treated it with all the seriousness it deserved. Which quantity is none.

Maybe you should bring your services to bear on other fairy tales. That, in fact, the Prince and the Princess didn't live happily ever after. It turns out he was gay and she had a drinking problem.

You don't think just by itself, his push to defang the Supreme Court is enough to qualify him as an extreme rightist? And given the composition of the current government, does it even matter whether that term corresponds to what Netanyahu may believe?

So you think the coda I appended to Hawaiian's fairy tale was not realistic?

If the consequences of Netanyahu's alleged criminality had something to do with Hamas, it wouldn't be nearly enough for the man who in so many ways is responsible for the Oct 7, massacre.

You forgot the part how, after his resignation, instead of battling the charges against him in court, he pleads guilty to corruption charges and meekly serves out his time in prison.

Guess who disagrees with you? A fella named Donald Trump: (note that Trump wrote this in all caps on Truth Social: "A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE FULL IMMUNITY, WITHOUT WHICH IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM/HER TO PROPERLY FUNCTION. ANY MISTAKE, EVEN IF WELL INTENDED, WOULD BE MET WITH ALMOST CERTAIN INDICTMENT BY THE OPPOSING PARTY AT TERM END,” he wrote. “EVEN EVENTS THAT ‘CROSS THE LINE’ MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY, OR IT WILL BE YEARS OF TRAUMA TRYING TO DETERMINE GOOD FROM BAD.” https://newrepublic.com/post/178217/trump-chilling-new-interpretation-total-immunity-cross-line

The problem is it kind of guts their dismissal of the characterization of Trump as a wannabe dictator.

Do you understand what this thread is about? According to Trump, Biden as President can't be jailed for anything he does in office even after he leaves office. Unless he's impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate on whatever charges are preferred against him. Only then can he be prosecuted and only for criminal acts corresponding to those charges.

Because posting about Liz Truss's support for selling China military equipment that could be used to invade Taiwan in a thread about Liz Truss's support for selling China military equipment that could be used to invade Taiwan is obsessive? By your standard, all relevant posts are signs of obsessiveness. Your comment is ridiculous.

Do you understand what dual use means? It describes something that has civilian use as as well military use.. What's the civilian use of mine removers for China? Has someone planted mines on Chinese territory?

So now it's fine for Iran to have done that but you also back Pakistan's statement? Squaring the circle much?