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The hostages will be dead if that's true. Meantime, the UN, the US and the EU all believe that a 2 state solution is the only way forward. If you think their opinions don't count, think about how Israel got there in 1948.

The Ukraine issue and abortion are vote killers for non MAGA republicans. The 2020 vote should have been a lesson in extremism but they doubled down in 2022 and lost heavily. They still believe that God will do the right thing this time round.

What press? You mean the gutter social media lying sites? Why didn't you link to the wonderfully truthful press you mentioned? That was a rhetorical question, we already know. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/01/23/democrats-cant-vote-new-hampshire-primary/72323334007/

Even if he is convicted before the elections, it is very unlikely he would be sentenced before the elections. The sentencing hearings are a whole new battle.

Not quite. It's the economy. The US has record low unemployment while central America has big issues.

Indeed. 45% voting against Trump is very bad news for him. I would have expected to see him at 80% or better. This doesn't look good for Trump. It doesn't need many of those 45% to stay home and he's toast. It is NH though, the red state split will be more interesting. Haley won't be quitting real soon with those numbers though.

Did there? Was it enforced? Is it now? Did Trump jail himself?

Most fentanyl comes in through ports of entry by smugglers. The suggestion that a wall would stop it is a feeble joke.

Over the years I have suggested several times that the way to stop illegal immigration overnight without it costing a dime is to jail employers. Not one of the wingnuts has ever engaged with this suggestion in any way let alone explained why it wouldn't work.

Rubbish, nothing more than some local fences was ever proposed.

who refused funding for more border agents?

Not being prepared for war would increase the chances of it happening.

The destruction of a civilian house is a war crime. Was this house "by itself"? “Carrying out hostilities with the knowledge that they will systematically destroy and damage civilian housing and infrastructure, rendering an entire city – such as Gaza city - uninhabitable for civilians is a war crime,” said Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing. The expert said systematic or widespread bombardment of housing, civilian objects and infrastructure are strictly prohibited by international humanitarian law, criminal law and human rights law. “Such acts amount to war crimes and when directed against a civilian population, they also amount to crimes against humanity,” Rajagopal said. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/11/gaza-destroying-civilian-housing-and-infrastructure-international-crime

Reuters is just reporting that Israel has lost 21 soldiers today. They were apparently mining a house for demolition ( a war crime) when militants fired at a nearby tank, causing the mines to explode. There's a buddhist word to describe that.

gaa gaa goo goo bam bam. And they accuse Biden of being soft in the head. It's that accusation / confession thing again.

How then, do you explain the socio economic disparity between African Americans and whites in national statistics?

There won't be too many outside Russia crying over Russia's economy being in tatters. Right now, that's the goal.

They're separated into species when they don't interbreed. That basically translates into habitat ranges. Birds of a different color that could interbreed but don't due to geographical separation are a different species. In Australia we have rainbow lorikeets. They look a little like the bee eaters here but more colorful and larger as they are parrots. They extend all around the northern and eastern coasts of Australia and vary quite a lot in color in different areas but they are a single species. The reason for this is the birds do interbreed at the edges of their range and the total range is unbroken for thousands of miles. Within any given habitat there is little or no variation in colors. Then there is the Gouldian Finch. It has three main color variations but they all live together and interbreed. They are a single species. Black Cockatoos have 2 color variations with a habitat. I've never been able to figure out why and why one doesn't get bred out.

Apparently less rich than if he'd just put it into a blind investment fund. https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2021/10/11/its-official-trump-would-be-richer-if-he-had-just-invested-his-inheritance-into-the-sp500/?sh=2db8102b1c48

His faults are that he's a lying, self serving silver spooned entitled prat. Other than that he's probably a nice guy.

My recollection is 15 of 19.

I was saying that the opposition to a 2 state solution in Israel by the ruling party goes back that far. The policy of divide and conquer (funding off Hamas) may or may not be a Netanyahu invention. I'd say it was a consensus invention. Netanyahu was the Likud party leader as far back as 1993. It's reasonable to assume he held those views and was influential in the party well before that.

OK, it's 2 generations. a. The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable and is linked with the right to security and peace; therefore, Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/original-party-platform-of-the-likud-party

They are also seasonal in Australia but the birds are a different species and called rainbow bee eaters.