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Given that this dissatisfaction, if such a tepid word is adequate, has nothing to do with the settlement policy, or the rest of Israel's generally abusive policy towards the Palestinians, we can expect to see more of the same in the future. And since the rising generations of Israelis are far more harshly disposed towards the Palestinians and Arab Israelis than are their elders, if anything, Israeli policy towards Palestinians is more likely to be more severe.

From Lewis Carroll's great nonsense poem, The Hunting of the Snark "Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried, As he landed his crew with care; Supporting each man on the top of the tide By a finger entwined in his hair. "Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true." https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Hunting_of_the_Snark

All of this partisan infighting is stalling our agenda.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and and guess that this "Look, you don't Jew's, that's up to you" is an accusation of anti-semitism. If I'm right, then most likely what I'm seeing here is a case of doublethink. When Jewish people in the diaspora are murdered as a way of showing hatred for Israel, such actions are quite rightly denounced. After all, Israel is a country, not a religion, and just because a person happens to be Jewish in no way means that they are responsible for Israeli policy. Israel does not speak for all Jews. But when Israel is criticized for its policies, that is somehow anti-Semitic. Try to keep in mind that Israel is a country, not a religion, and just because its leaders and most of its populace are Jewish, that doesn't mean that criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic. Mort Sahl once told a joke about an actor with politically unpopular views that it was possible to dislike her for herself. It's equally possible to dislike Israeli policy for itself. As for the terrorist bit. we heard the same judgements pronounced against various ethnic groups that revolted against oppressive regimes. And it's true. Members of those communities committed horrible acts. That doesn't excuse what they did but denying that the various regimes didn't create the toxic conditions for such people to flourish is just self-righteous denialism.

This from David Remnick who reports from Israel: "After many conversations in recent days with Israelis and Palestinians, after visiting the sites of the October 7th massacre, I find it difficult to convey the over-all sense of dread and rage, the intensity of the demands for vengeance. The atmosphere here is, in certain ways, reminiscent of the atmosphere in the United States in the days after 9/11. The urge not just to mourn, to protect, to defend, and to strike back but to “eradicate,” to “flatten,” to “end them” is, on the most primal level, almost inevitable. But it must be resisted." https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/bidens-middle-east-burden Good luck with that resistance. As polls show, the younger an Israeli is, the harsher their view of the Palestinians. Frontline troops tend to skew younger. Combine that with a desire for vengeance, and I don't see how a bloodbath can be avoided.

Well you must be a mind reader if you don't speak Spanish yet knew Chomper Higgott meant "balls" when he wrote "cojones". And your grasp of English also seems to be imperfect since you don't understand the idiomatic use of either "cojones" or "balls" in this context.

Actually it was "cojones" and you took that literally, did you? More evidence of obsession.

"Influence peddling"? Really. What do you think an abundance of ex officials do when they leave office? One or way another, they use their connections to advance the interests of those who hire them. Even if Biden did put in a good word for someone and was paid for it, and there's no evidence of him doing anything, is that unusual for ex-politicians?

False:

To start with, while the headline of the article trumpets "mud and grass huts" there actually is no mention of them in the UN report. Which was to be expected considering that this came from wattsupwiththat.com, one of the leading online sources of human-caused climate change denialism.

I thought Mike Pence was the vice-President in 2018. Was it really Joe Biden? Is this a QAnon thing?

Isn't this a state trial, not a federal one?

Well, Powell certainly could afford a defense: Sidney Powell’s nonprofit raised $16 million as she spread election falsehoods https://archive.ph/eDnxC I haven't been able to find anything about Chesebro's funding. But I did find this:' "But friends said his politics seemed to shift after he reaped sizable returns from his investments in cryptocurrency in the past half-decade. He began to stake out more-libertarian positions in legal briefs, especially in his home state of Wisconsin, where he started donating to Republicans and working with a former judge, Jim Troupis, who Chesebro would later testify under oath had brought him into Trump’s orbit." https://archive.ph/XY5YX So maybe money wasn't the reason. And a big reason that the Feds have such a high conviction rate is that they don't like to bring a case except if they have extremely strong evidence. (It's a strong indication of how politically inspired John Durham was that the 2 cases he developed both failed miserably in court.)

Here's a direct link to the study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629623003365?dgcid=author

Plummeting prices for solar power and storage make global climate transition cheaper than expected In just the past ten years, the cost of electricity from solar has fallen by 87 percent, and the cost of battery storage by 85 percent. Wind power, heat pumps and other fossil-free technologies are also experiencing a sharp drop in prices. A study now compares the corresponding findings from innovation reports with the standard model-based scenarios on climate transition. It shows that, although the fight against global heating remains an enormous political challenge, new, cheaper pathways are opening up. The study was led by the Berlin-based climate research institute MCC (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change) and published in the renowned journal Energy Research & Social Science. https://www.mcc-berlin.net/en/news/information/information-detail/article/plummeting-prices-for-solar-power-and-storage-make-global-climate-transition-cheaper-than-expected.html

So, is this good news or bad news for Trump? To resolve that question I turned to my infallible test. Does it appear on the Foxnews.com home page? And the answer is no. Of course, Trump fans might claim that there just wasn't room for it on their home page. Not when there's important stuff like the following to share with the world: Former McDonald's chef says Walmart sells product 'almost identical' to iconic Big Mac sauce https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/former-mcdonalds-chef-says-walmart-sells-product-almost-identical-iconic-big-mac-sauce

Judge Threatens Trump With Jail "On October 3d, in one of his more manifestly stupid acts, Trump doxxed on his Truth Social site a clerk in the NY court where he is on trial for civil fraud and falsely claimed that she was Chuck Schumer's girlfriend. The post was also used in millions of fund raising emails sent to Trump followers. The furious judge quickly ordered the post deleted and imposed a gag order against Trump commenting on members of the court staff." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/20/2200559/-Judge-Threatens-Trump-With-Jail?utm_campaign=recent I would have substituted "vicious" for stupid or maybe have written "vicious and stupid, but the point is clear enough.

Still, Hamas hardly poes an existential threat to Israel whereas Russia clearly does to Ukraine.

What makes this unlike previous technologies that harness geothermal energy is that it doesn't depend on hot springs or any particular locale. Drill down deep enough and the rocks will naturally be hot. There's a certain irony in that fracking technology will be used to bore laterally through those rocks and harness the heat therein.

Actually, someone already beat them to it https://time.com/6302342/fervo-fracking-technology-geothermal-energy/

What makes his comment particularly bizarre is that it's Trump supporters who are still whining about the "stolen" 2020 election.

Another visitor from the future. Can you share with us who's going to win the World Series in 2024?

His comment does betray a certain lack of self awareness.

It takes exactly 2 words to explain what happened: Powell blinked.

The reason why the NDAs aren't binding should be obvious. These people weren't employees of Trump. They are employees of the US government. According to your way of thinking, transparency in government should take 2nd place to a private interest. It's true that Trump thinks that these government workers are his personal employees - just reference his statements re the justice dept - but they're not.