but then also recognize why they can’t do these things;
It's a no win situation after all.
so within the framework of what they can and cannot do, are they not doing everything they strategically can do without jeopardizing the bigger picture of the election?
Sure, that is what they're trying to do. But the problem is that there is always going to be another election. They'll always have motivation to not rock the boat on this. I don't think there is any reason to hope they'll change their behavior in February.
A good example of this is the democrat convention:
They had an israeli speak at the convention, but when they were pressured to allow a palestinian to speak, they said no. Now I know the DNC/the people who run it and Kamala/Tim and the people that run their campaign are different. But I think this is a window into their psyche. It wouldn't have cost them the election to have a palestinian speak, let alone a palestinian doctor like they were asking.
So if they can't even do the right thing when it won't cost them an election, why is it going to be any different in February? Sure, AIPAC would most likelt throw a fit over it, but enough to throw the election? Probably not.
Leftists associating Biden and Harris with genocide ahead of the pivotal election is effectively shooting ourselves, and Gazans, in the foot.
I partially agree with you here. Yes, a lot of leftists are being short sighted and arrogant about this. But they have good reason to protest, because after all, our tax money is going towards turning palestinians into red mist.
Oh I agree that they're in a no win situation. I've been aware of that and never in denial.
But to say they've been trying hard for a ceasefire fire is misleading at best. That's the part I disagree with you on.
There is no convincing Bibi, that's been made clear. He is perpetuating this situation for his own power, and the land he wants to seize. The only thing that's gonna put a stop to it from our end is embargoes and sanctions, and even then that's only ever going to do so much.
Pretty obvious they’ve been trying heavily to get a permanent ceasefire.
Trying would have been ending the weapons deals, applying sanctions, etc.
I mean, what, do you actually believe Harris and Biden want to be associated with and commit genocide?
No, I don't think they do. But I also think their campaign managers are looking at the number of "we stand with israel" signs in people's yards (among other things obv) and they're realizing that taking a hard stance against Israel's genocide of palestinians would lose them too many votes.
So they're skidish about doing the right thing, and taking a half assed approach of trying to negotiate with a dude who's doing a genocide.
I haven't been making any posts about it, only comments, and even then fairly rarely. Maybe once a month or two. I haven't said or implied any hatred for Israel's people. If you can't even be honest about what I'm saying, the rate at which I am saying it, etc, who are you trying to fool?
And lastly I'll take your lack of condemnation of Israel's actions after being explicitly prompted to as support for their actions, as support for their genocide or palestinians. So much for the whole "jUsT SOmEoNE thaT THinks AnyoNE tHAt DiSAGREes ON AnyThING WIth THem muST suPPoRt genoCIde"
Nobody besides maybe some of the right wing brain dead mouthbreathers supports genocide.
That's odd, because DNC seems quite content to support it.
Weird we don’t hear the same outrage about the genocide happening there. That one doesn’t fit your narrative though does it?
Nobody is giving billions of dollars worth of arms to china to bomb civilians. So no shit people aren't as outraged. What the fuck does that have to do with any narrative? You're not making any sense.
Sure, it's not perfect, but there is still probably use cases there. For me personally, I prefer using roll20 to store my character sheets for D&D, and my peace of shit 15 year old laptop just isn't cutting it anymore. I don't think this is a $150 use case, but if the price of this tablet were to come down I'd have second thoughts.
If the Dem Party fails to inspire its voters, the fault lies with their candidates. Blame them, not the people who choose to vote their conscience.
That's bullshit. The spoiler effect is a result of the relative position of candidates, not the strength of inspiration.
Total voters: 765
The winner was favorable to 56% of voters
lachlan - 427
emma - 338
Total voters: 765
The winner was favorable to 44% of voters
emma - 338
lachlan - 312
omalley - 115
Any party or candidate can fall victim to this, no matter how strong or inspirational they are. This is simply the result of everybody voting for the candidate closest to them.
It isn't. Regularly drinking distilled water will cause you problems. Because the water has no mineral content, it collects minerals from you, which over time will leave you mineral deficient.
That, and as long as it's made publicly and widely known that there is an issue, it's not that big of a deal.
We have water boiling alerts for a reason, this is no different. Water distribution will always be a risk no matter what. Public health will always be a risk no matter what. But the benefits outweigh the risk.
There will be quasi-stable points in a halo orbits around the sun-facing side of L1 which could sustain a whole lot of these buggers.
I'll take your word for it then.
KSP is great, but it only does two body physics (unless you’re using the Principia mod – never tried it). So you cannot simulate things like lagrange points there.
Would have been a nice addition to KSP 2 if they hadn't fucked it up. I'll check out that mod at some point though.
Minimum wage should have been tied automatically to inflation rates. Even if it gets increased, 30 years from now we'll be in the exact same boat.