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Then why did you introduce the UK into the topic? What made you believe it was relevant?

What else can I assume from your comment. I never mentioned the UK so why would you think bringing up the UK was relevant if you didn't believe that the UK was the only nation with a parliamentary form of government?

Nor did I claim that they were. Or do you believe that the UK is the sole nation with a parliamentary system of government? Or perhaps you can share with us what debates previous Presidents engaged in apart from election debates? How about the previous occupant of the office? Or the one before him?

True or not, I don't see how that undermines the validity of the case. But, given the weak nature of her defense, invoking racism as the reason for the accusation, rather than denying their accuracy, it doesn't look so good for her.

I got news for you. Presidents aren't the same as Prime Ministers. The US doesn't have a parliamentary form of government. So Presidents don't really have the occasion to engage in debates in the course of their duties.

Are you trying to make a liar out of Morch? Not so long ago he told me in no uncertain terms that the information I posted had already been extensively discussed. Yet here you are apparently entirely ignorant of this. Well, given that you clearly ignored what I posted, it may be that Morch's claim is true and that you ignored the subject back then too. I do suggest that you go back and read the 2 articles I linked to. Or at least read the 3 sentences from each one that I posted. One of them links to an article in which the ex Chief of Staff of the Israeli military and current observer to the Israeli war cabinet said: “we should say bravely that it is impossible to return the hostages alive in the near future without an agreement [with Hamas]”. Eisenkot said Israel should consider halting the fighting for a “significant” period of time as part of any such deal.

Just don't say that there's no solution to the Hamas issue because then you'll be accused of supporting terrorists.

What don't you understand about the fact that views are changing. As long as the economy continues on its current upward track, voter's view of the economy will continue to ameloriate. If that's the case come November, it will help the incumbent.

I think it's most accurate to call you a broadband denialist. When the data doesn't comport with your biases, that means the data is wrong. You've got nothing.

Well, this thread is about Netanyahu rejecting the US push for a Palestinian state. And even before the October 7 massacre, support for it wasn't a real popular position among Israelis Israelis have grown more skeptical of a two-state solution Following recent violence in the West Bank, some experts on the Israel-Palestine conflict have expressed concern that the prospects for a two-state solution are fading... Only 35% of Israelis think “a way can be found for Israel and an independent Palestinian state to coexist peacefully,” according to the survey, which was conducted in March and April, prior to the latest violence in the West Bank. That represents a decline of 9 percentage points since 2017 and 15 points since 2013. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/26/israelis-have-grown-more-skeptical-of-a-two-state-solution/

Well, it doesn't seem to have had any effect at all on Bkk Brian's rather strident take on the of situation.

Nostalgic much? Pining for the good old days of October 2023?

On the other hand From the start of this war, I've wondered how exactly waging this war will bring the hostages home. Well, at least home alive. Seems I'm not alone in this: In Strategic Bind, Israel Weighs Freeing Hostages Against Destroying Hamas After more than 100 days of war, Israel’s limited progress in dismantling Hamas has raised doubts within the military’s high command about the near-term feasibility of achieving the country’s principal wartime objectives: eradicating Hamas and also liberating the Israeli hostages still in Gaza. Israel has established control over a smaller part of Gaza at this point in the war than it originally envisaged in battle plans from the start of the invasion, which were reviewed by The New York Times. That slower than expected pace has led some commanders to privately express their frustrations over the civilian government’s strategy for Gaza, and led them to conclude that the freedom of more than 100 Israeli hostages still in Gaza can be secured only through diplomatic rather than military means. https://archive.ph/zc8tC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/20/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-hostages-strategy.html Split in Israel’s war leadership breaks into the open A sharp divide in Israel’s war leadership has broken into the open after former military chief Gadi Eisenkot called for elections within months and said the government was not being truthful with the public about its offensive against Hamas. A blunt television interview, in which Eisenkot also declined to say that he trusted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marked a widening split over key questions such as how to secure the return of hostages held by the Palestinian militant group and planning for after the war... As well as echoing a call from the opposition for snap elections, he added in the interview, which was recorded over recent weeks, that “we should say bravely that it is impossible to return the hostages alive in the near future without an agreement [with Hamas]”. https://archive.ph/RQYzX https://www.ft.com/content/e1a54af7-2ee7-416c-af2b-e4af42621556

On the other hand, given the trend, backers of Israel shouldn't be encouraged by the trend.

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.