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I have a probllem with the headline of this article. It says "More Than a Third of US Adults..." I think it should read Most of America's Crybabies

You did everything but address the comment from the IDF about the right action, The IDF also explained that the third hostage was shot because the shooter didn't hear the order not to shoot because there as some loud noise going on in their vicinity. Why would they need to hear an order if there were the rules of engagement that prohibited this? "Commanders declared a cease-fire to try to identify the third person, who called out for help minutes later. Another cease-fire was ordered and the person “came out of a structure toward the force,” the IDF said. But two soldiers who had not heard the order to hold their fire “due to noise from a nearby tank” shot and killed the third person." https://archive.ph/Ao8Px#selection-759.0-759.345

"The Chief of Staff determined that the hits on the hostages could have been prevented,” the investigation results read. “Alongside this, the Chief of Staff clarified that there was no malice in the event, and the soldiers carried out the right action to the best of their understanding of the event at that moment.” https://archive.ph/Ao8Px#selection-427.0-427.74 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/29/hostages-killed-idf-investigation/ So the killing of the 3 hostages by the soldiers was a right action because it was carried out according to the best of their understanding..

Which does nothing to support your claim made for the reliability of UN Watch.

Overly stringent checks on trucks at the Rafah crossing from Egypt into Gaza were slowing the flow of humanitarian aid to a "dribble" as hunger grows among Palestinians there, UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain told Reuters on Thursday. The Rafah crossing, which is controlled by Egypt and does not border Israel, has become the main point of aid delivery since Israel imposed a "total siege" of Gaza in retaliation for an attack by Hamas from the coastal strip on 7 Oct. https://www.tbsnews.net/hamas-israel-war/un-food-chief-criticizes-strict-rafah-crossing-checks-limiting-gaza-aid-727486

Fox News, among others, is also considered to be a credible source on these pages.

Maybe you should look at the history of UN Watch a little more closely: "After Abram died in 2000, David A. Harris, Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, was elected Chairman of UN Watch. In 2001, Harris announced that UN Watch had become a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Jewish Committee." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Watch#cite_note-UN_Watch,_AJC_Seal_Partnership-14 And I'm not the one who originally invoked the Bias in Media Fact Check reports. Hung by your own petard much?

From the same source UN Bias Fact Check: These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using an appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage conservative causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy Overall, we rate UN Watch Right Biased based on information and political positions that favor the right and Mostly Factual due to the use of poor sources that have failed fact checks. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/un-watch/ These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information reporting that may damage conservative causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. Overall, we rate the NGO Monitor Right biased based on support for the right-wing Israeli government. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting based on the consistent promotion of pro-Israeli propaganda.https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ngo-monitor-bias/

Thanks for the correction. So essentially Israeli merely dropped about the same number of bombs in 2 months on Gaza as the US did for all of Iraq in one month. Allies provided about 9% of bombs. During the Iraq War 62% of bombs dropped were smart. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine Documents/2003/July 2003/0703Numbers.pdf Over a decade later, Israel actually dropped a lower percentage. And I notice you've left uncommented on the massive destruction wreaked on Gaza. don't know what this sentence is supposed to mean: "The paywalled WSJ article and you were unaware, or your quoting?" I guess it has something to do with the link and something else. Usually I remember to put an alternative link. Here's a tip so you are never thwarted again in attempting to follow WSJ links. Copy WSJ URL. Go to archive.today. Paste URL into blank field. Press enter

First you cite COGAT as a reliable source and now your info comes from 2 organizations that are way over the top in their support for israel. As for the reliability of Hamas figures. If you want a far less biased look at how the information is gathered you'll have to look up the Reuters report dated dec 9 which is an explanation of the death toll offered by the Health Authorities in Gaza. If anything it's an undercount since only bodies that make it to the hospitals are counted. There the names, age and ID card number is recorded.. And an unnamed Israeli official concurred that the figures are more or less right.

You might want to read this interview in the New Yorker with the chief economist of the World Food Program. He explains how reports from Gaza are created. It's a laborious process and involves many agencies. https://archive.ph/a5Ybu https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/gaza-is-starving Here's a quote from him: "I’ve been doing this for the past two decades, and I’ve been to all kinds of conflicts and all kinds of crises. And, for me, this is unprecedented because of, one, the magnitude, the scale, the entire population of a particular place; second, the severity; and, third, the speed at which this is happening, at which this has unfolded, is unprecedented. In my life, I’ve never seen anything like this in terms of severity, in terms of scale, and then in terms of speed."

I would have my doubts if these reports had come from some agency connected to the Israeli government instead of an independent agency like COGAT....oh wait a minute... The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) implements the government's civilian policy within the territories of Judea and Samaria and towards the Gaza Strip. COGAT is responsible for implementing the civilian policy within Judea and Samaria and towards the Gaza Strip, in coordination and cooperation with officials from defense and government offices in various fields. https://www.gov.il/en/departments/coordination-of-government-activities-in-the-territories/govil-landing-page Funny how COGAT cites a list from the WFP without a link to source to give context but absolutely contradicts the WFP when it comes to the food situation in Gaza: "Everyone in Gaza is hungry! Skipping meals is the norm, and each day is a desperate search for sustenance," WFP said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. "People often go the entire day and night without eating. Adults go hungry so children can eat." https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/everyone-hungry-gaza-now-un-humanitarians And here's a report from the WFP dated dec 20 Gaza on the brink as one in four people face extreme hunger https://www.wfp.org/stories/gaza-brink-one-four-people-face-extreme-hunger

More nonsense and ludicrous denialism from you. Here's somethingfrom Nov 7 "UN agencies such as the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and UNICEF, and other international agencies such as the World Health Organization have deplored the situation in the territory and called for increased supplies to be transferred, but have not stated that there are shortages of critical supplies." https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-theres-no-lack-of-food-water-and-humanitarian-supplies-in-gaza/ So, it hasn't been claimed several times by the responsible agencies. Buit as time goes by and Israel allows only a fraction of food supplies to enter Gaza, what to you think is going to happen? But please, share with me the reports that say Israel is allowing adequate amounts of food to be shipped into Gaza. The only people making such claims are the Israelis. Have food prices in Gaza have rocketed because there's enough? And by the say, you also asked back when, if the Israeli goal was to make Gaza unlivable,, why wasn't Rafah bombed? Another question of yours that hasn't aged well.

They definitely are strangers to destruction on this scale: 'An assessment by the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence found that Israel dropped 29,000 weapons on Gaza in a little over two months, according to U.S. officials. By comparison, the U.S. military dropped 3,678 munitions on Iraq from 2004 to 2010, according to the U.S. Central Command.' https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/gaza-destruction-bombing-israel-aa528542 I can remember when you asked me if Israel is trying to dispossess the Palestinians, why haven't the Israelis attacked Central Gaza? Not a question that has aged well. And there's this: Israel-Gaza war: Half of Gaza's population is starving, warns UN https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67670679 I've no doubt the Gazans are strongly attached to their land but they are not superhuman.

Given that Gaza has basically been rendered uninhabitable, certainly for all 2 million of its people, the desire to survive is a powerful incentive. And who says that the opposition would oppose this "voluntary" expatriation?

Genocide, no. But making Gaza so uninhabitable that its people will have to leave? "By mid-December, Israel had dropped 29,000 bombs, munitions and shells on the strip. Nearly 70% of Gaza’s 439,000 homes and about half of its buildings have been damaged or destroyed. The bombing has damaged Byzantine churches and ancient mosques, factories and apartment buildings, shopping malls and luxury hotels, theaters and schools. Much of the water, electrical, communications and healthcare infrastructure that made Gaza function is beyond repair." https://archive.ph/r6pXX https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/gaza-destruction-bombing-israel-aa528542 Later in the article it's pointed out that the estimates of damage are probably underestimates. And I know there are some who claim that the wild talk among a few right wing politicians about ethnic cleansing is not significant... Israel in talks with Congo and other countries on Gaza ‘voluntary migration’ plan The “voluntary” resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza is slowly becoming a key official policy of the government, with a senior official saying that Israel has held talks with several countries for their potential absorption. Zman Israel, The Times of Israel’s Hebrew sister site, has learned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition is conducting secret contacts for accepting thousands of immigrants from Gaza with Congo, in addition to other nations. “Congo will be willing to take in migrants, and we’re in talks with others,” a senior source in the security cabinet said. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-in-talks-with-congo-and-other-countries-on-gaza-voluntary-migration-plan/ Such folks are clearly not aware of a concept called the Overton Window: "The Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time.[1] It is also known as the window of discourse." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

It was 4 Republicans and 2 independents who brought the issue to the court. Among them are: "The lead plaintiff, Anderson, 91, is a former state legislator who served as a Republican in Colorado's House of Representatives and state Senate. Kafer is a professor and columnist for The Denver Post who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, according to Sherman. https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/why-4-gop-voters-filed-the-lawsuit-that-eventually-disqualified-trump-from-the-colorado-2024-primary-ballot/articleshow/106199241.cms

I quite agree with you actually. As I pointed out, much misplaced blame is also dogging Biden. But whatever the justice of the case that's how Brexit is seen.

That something is evasiveness.

That fact that this company actually was one of the few that gave an edge to Grexit kind of vitiates your point. And that their predictiohs about the 2019 elections was one of the 2 most accurate polls. You set an impossible standard because the fact is you've got virtually nothing. When I gave you links to actual evidence you just ignore the evidence but instead natter on about wikipedia.

Defenders of Brexit claim that the EU is out to punish the UK. All the EU has done is in many ways to treat the UK like any other country that is not a member of the EU or affiliated with it. It's really up to those people who claim EU malice to show how the UK is treated differently from other unaffiliated countries. As I have pointed out, the UK still does enjoy some special privileges with the EU.

Tariffs on electric vehicles avoided as UK and EU extend trade rules The UK and EU have agreed to extend trade rules on electric vehicles until the end of 2026 to keep costs down for manufacturers and consumers, the Prime Minister has announced today (Thursday 21 December). https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tariffs-on-electric-vehicles-avoided-as-uk-and-eu-extend-trade-rules#:~:text=Press release-,Tariffs on electric vehicles avoided as UK and EU extend,today (Thursday 21 December).

The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) , which provisionally entered into force on 1 January 2021, provides for zero tariffs and zero quotas on all trade of EU and UK goods that comply with the appropriate rules of origin. Rules of origin are an important aspect of any free trade agreement such as the TCA. https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs-4/international-affairs/third-countries/united-kingdom_en#:~:text=The EU-UK Trade and,agreement such as the TCA.

For your first question, refer to the third post from the bottom of page 1. On the one hand, you accuse pollsters of giving the answers the people who pay for them want, but on the other you say that pollsters don't skew the results. Do you understand what "skew" means?

Do you read what you write? "The poll has nothing to do with the actual impact of Brexit. It only intends/pretends to show what the public's perception of what the impact of Brexit has been." And you make this ridiculous generalization without offering any evidence. In fact, if polls were faking it, there would be no relation between the actual results of elections and what polls predicted. Please share with us the evidence that poll results are bought and paid for. More on this below.