thaibeachlovers

You are too amusing! How long do you think it will take to replace all the billions of diesel powered vehicles on the planet?

So what? Nothing stays the same. Only the willfully blind think nothing changes. Any species that can't adapt will die.

Thanks for that. I hope to never have to use W11, but does that work for W10 as well? W7 was the best IMO.

Yes indeed. I despise MS for their desire to get even richer by forcing people to use a new operating system when old ones are perfectly OK. Then they put out garbage like W8. I use different computers for different tasks, This one is W7 and fine for stuff like the forum. I use a W10 one as it has an adequate photo editing facility. Not as good as Photoshop, but good enough for basic editing. However, I had to get my friendly computer guy to stop MS updating W10 every other day as the long waits while it updated were a pain in the ****.

If people want to go cashless I couldn't care less. What I care about is the wet dream of authorities/ banks to make everyone cashless. I won't use shops that don't take real money, but how long before i have no choice is unknown.

Yeah, I'm often having to wait while some idiot causes a hold up with their electronic device that doesn't work. Real money always works.

I agree with everything except the last sentence, as I don't think Russians are superior, but there are more of them, so they will win, in the end, short of the west giving Ukraine nukes, IMO. The end was IMO obvious from the start, but some believe the western propaganda.

When will Israel be held accountable for their violations of International law? Collective punishment and building illegal settlements on Palestinian land is illegal.

Israeli military killed unarmed civilians and children in their last invasion of Gaza. As you say it is a war crime, but not one Israeli has been prosecuted for it. Even when they murdered an unarmed reporter no Israeli soldier has been charged. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/11/1175403626/palestinian-american-journalist-shireen-abu-akleh-was-killed-a-year-ago A year ago today, Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while doing her job, reporting in the West Bank. ................................ A new report from the group says at least 20 journalists have been killed by Israeli military fire since 2001. And it says, quote, "to date, no one has been held accountable."

Didn't he put harris in charge of the border? Why do we hear nothing from her on this subject?

Errrr, the illegals have legs and have walked a long way to get to the border. I'm sure they can walk a bit further to get to "remote wilderness areas" as well. At the moment they don't have to as the Federal border agents are even cutting the razor wire to let them through ( as seen on Al Jazeera ).

Sooooo, who was it that promised "not another foot of wall" during the election campaign? Perhaps he should have been more careful before telling lies.

Massive support for the offensive in the west bank. The Israelis better hope they don't go on the attack as well. Israel is bombing residential areas of Gaza, as seen on Al Jazeera.

I guess that you missed that Gaza has been under Israeli siege for years. Treat people badly for decades and eventually they will rebel.

Yes, I saw on Al Jazeera the Israeli tanks burning and the crews being dragged away. Many Israelis are hostages. Cutting electricity to all of Gaza is collective punishment and is IMO illegal under international law, but Israel has been flouting that for decades with it's illegal occupation and land theft. I fully expect Israel to indiscriminately bomb Gaza with the usual toll of dead children and innocent citizens.

They have no chance of winning. Israel may release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the hostages, and the situation will continue till the next confrontation. The Gazan's have no where else to go, and even Israel can't go too far in revenge, I hope. I wonder if the UN back in 1947 knew what they were giving to the world, if they would still take Palestinian/ Jordanian land to give to the zionists?

Perhaps they decided that going out with a bang is better than dying the death of a thousand cuts under the Israeli seige. Neil Young said it best "It's better to burn out than it is to rust"

If the aggression actually happens, as it does, they can either whine about it or go kill Israelis. Which would you prefer?

Some of us know that is not the reality, but then some of us don't support extreme right wing governments that illegally occupy other people's land.

Biden just seen on Al Jazeera saying that the US has Israel's back and that "the world is watching". Biden should be aware that the world will also be watching if Israel goes too far in revenge for this, as I suspect they will. They have been carrying out illegal collective punishment for decades, which has been ignored by the US and EU. IMO the US government and the EU will be turning a blind eye to any Israeli atrocities. Perhaps the rest of the world will not.

For an IMO less biased news source go to Al Jazeera.

and Israel has been killing unarmed Palestinians for years. If it's a crime when Palestinians do it, it's also a crime when Israelis do it.

If this causes Arab nations to rethink the "normalisation" of relations with Israel, that would be the only good thing to come out of this situation, IMO. I guess a lot will depend on what Israel does in Gaza after the attacks are ended. If they go all out destruction, even if western countries look the other way, Arab nations may find that their citizens don't want to be friends with Israel.

I never thought I'd ever agree with you, but this has to be a first!

LOL. Hamas fighters are attacking on multiple fronts, at least 25. I've been watching it on Al Jazeera. Some Israeli military installations are under attack. Tanks are captured and destroyed. Soldiers taken hostage. I've been saying for ages that Israel has sown the wind, and now it is reaping the whirlwind. IMO the only thing not known was when the assault would take place. For too long the Israelis have been attacking Palestinians with impunity, and the present situation has been just a matter of time. Of course the Americans and the EU are coming out in support of Israel, and overlooking that THEY have been excusing Israel's appalling treatment of Palestinians, so IMO blood is on their hands too. Seems that Hamas was able to avoid Israeli spies, as it has apparently been a stunning surprise to Israel. Those guys will fight to the death, as they have nothing to lose. Israel has left them with no other option but revenge attack. The response has been the usual attacks on civilian population in Gaza that has been under siege for many years, with cowardly air attacks on civilian infrastructure. One wonders if the West Bank Palestinians will also rebel and take revenge against settlers. Inevitably, this assault will fail, and the Gazans will pay a terrible price for it. Perhaps netanyahu is happy that now he will have an excuse to invade Gaza and take revenge while the western world washes it's hands and looks the other way. The interesting question is what the Arab nations say or do in response. Hopefully the Saudis will stop their move to normalise relations with Israel, but that may depend on how far Israel goes in revenge. Just watched Israeli tank crews been taken hostage, and tanks burning. Those soldiers should be afraid that Palestinians will do to them what Israelis have been doing to Palestinians for decades. Hamas has taken many Israelis hostage and is reportedly holding them in tunnels. They are demanding that all Palestinian prisoners in Israel should be released.