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Pope laments ‘indiscriminate striking’ of civilians in Gaza and Ukraine wars It’s not enough to point out war crimes; we must also prevent them, says Pope Francis. https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-francis-ukraine-palestina-israel-gaza-denounces-indiscriminate-striking-of-civilians/

topic isn't about war crimes.

The far-right figures — notably ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir — harbor deep anti-Palestinian views and are resistant to U.S. proposals that they consider too friendly to the Palestinians. If they abandon Netanyahu’s coalition, he could lose his prime ministership, increasing his legal peril. That has made Netanyahu reluctant to take American advice on the war, and it suggests that U.S.-Israeli tensions will grow as Palestinians struggle to survive Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Ben-Gvir and Smotrich have gone further, reportedly calling for the supposedly voluntary migration of Palestinians out of Gaza and future Israeli settlement and occupation of the territory. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/08/netanyahu-israeli-leader-losing-control-00134146

A newly established code of conduct put in place by the Supreme Court may come back to haunt Justice Clarence Thomas as the court prepares to hear testimony on whether Donald Trump can be banned from the ballot in 2024. With the Colorado ballot case known as Anderson v. Griswold to be heard later in the year, Democratic lawmakers are putting Justice Thomas on the spot to recuse himself due to his wife's links to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the heart of the case. According to the letter delivered to the jurist from the Democrats, "A Justice should disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which the Justice’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned, that is, where an unbiased and reasonable person who is aware of all relevant circumstances would doubt that the Justice could fairly discharge his or her duties," later continuing, "The Justice knows that the Justice…or the Justice’s spouse… has a financial interest in the subject matter in controversy or in a party to the proceeding, or any other interest that could be affected substantially by the outcome of the proceeding.” https://www.rawstory.com/clarence-thomas-trump-2666895918/

Nope. The important part is did he orr didn't he do the deed and was she paid to do it. Who paid to do it just means another criminal if it wasn't prince charming himself who paid. His crime remains the same.

South Africa thinks there's more to it than that.

war excuses no war crimes.

Why are God's clergy so evil?

Trump wouldn't have thought to mention it if Nikki Haley hadn't flubbed the question. This is Trump's "good people on both sides" type of argument, dog whistling to racists.

I guess that's why the rich are getting massively richer year by year and why the supreme court has been protecting dark money to the hilt the last couple of decades?

Blatant whataboutery. The topic is about allegations of genocide against Israel, not about a littany of crimes in other countries.

Yes. it's because Trump mentioned it in a campaign rally and did his little god act.

irrelevant who paid.

I read a couple of years ago that he had a net worth of around 3.8 billion. I believe it may be lower than that now by some accounts.

They did negotiate. The terms were 1. No more slavery. 2. See condition 1. The south didn't agree to the terms so war became necessary to free slaves.

Forgiving student loans is a threat to democracy now? SAD.

His reasoning is not that he is threatening the SC to rule in his favor but should they happen to do so he wins big time because the message will become that he strong armed the SC into complying. His base will eat that stuff up big time.

I want to help my girlfriend get a tourist visa to come to Australia. I need to spend 2 years there to apply for an get portability of an old age pension. I will also have a part time job while there. Has anybody done this recently? She is 20's no kids and probably wouldn't pass a reason to return hurdle. What am I up against? Last time I did this was in 1982, it took 15 minutes and cost nothing.

Voltaire was being sarcastic. He means God WAS invented. In one of his many denunciations of priests of every religious sect, Voltaire describes them as those who "rise from an incestuous bed, manufacture a hundred versions of God, then eat and drink God, then piss and <deleted> God. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire

Sworn testimony is evidence. Lack of testimony is not evidence. It was open to prince charming to give evidence and contest her claim in court. He chose not to and paid up instead.

I was only having a cup of tea upstairs with the girls in that bar in soi 6.

Do you mean can travel WITHIN Australia during that 2 years? The govt site says the pension may stop if the person leaves Australia, presumably at all. As an ex public servant I also take that to mean a new application would need to be made upon return and the 2 year portability qualification period would start from 0 again.

Can't make yourself say it can you?

Yes or no. Did I mention the holocaust or concentration guards?

I'm quite willing to say that raping and killing of civilians is sick as well as guards wearing flak jackets and helmets shooting kids throwing rocks is just as sick. Are you?