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No worries, it was on me. Having reread what I wrote I can see how it sounded like that's what I was saying.

I can see how you thought that's what I was saying, but it's not what I meant.

You're right that he would feel different if his family was bombed by the IDF.

But then you have to consider how he would feel if his family were kidnapped, raped and murdered by Hamas.

This is a textbook cycle of violence.

What if there is no solution to mutual hate, which is why this conflict has been going on for decades?

Edit: to be clear I'm not advocating for genocide here, I'm saying that there probably is no simple solution to peace in the middle east.

A home, for sure.

Expanding my business a bit would be reasonable.

Probably a car, even though it's not always financially a great idea.

Any other big purchase that would enrich my life in some way (for example, broadening my education, getting a piano, traveling, putting together a family, etc.)

7 degrees of Kevin Bacon blaming the US for all of the world's problems.

philanthropic

?????

I'm don't think I am.

The internet had a ton of legitimate and potential users too, but that didn't prevent the dot com bubble from bursting.

Not only is AI built on a shakey house of cards of stolen IP and unlicensed writing, artwork, music and other data, but there are also way too many players in the space and an amount of investment that, in my opinion, goes way beyond the reality of what AI can achieve.

Whether AI is a bubble or not has more to do with the hype economy around it than the technology itself.

AI is looking like the biggest bubble in tech history and stuff like this really ain't helping.

Part of my core philosophy is to never let other people define you. Define yourself and let other people define themselves too.

I'm not conflating anything. Just posting well-sourced and unbiased, objective historical record. Kind of odd how riled up that made you... (Remember, you're entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts.)

Frankly I'm not really interested in your interpretation of that history, especially since you don't seem to have a very good or nuanced grasp of it in the first place. There are plenty of smart, informed and qualified people who have written on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. No offense but I'll probably check out what they have to say before I check in with you.

Anyway, have a good one!

Are you under the impression that the Palestinians invaded Israeli lands in 1948, killing thousands of them?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948Arab%E2%80%93IsraeliWar

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArmyoftheHolyWar

bass-slap.mid

Were you out sick the time Trump assassinated a top Iranian general in Iraq and almost caused WW3 over it?

Islam empowering bad actors.
Absolutely iconic duo.

It really shouldn't be... And personally I think it makes zero sense for the DEA to both schedule substances and police them, because it creates an obvious conflict of interest that got us here in the first place. But here we are.

That certainly sucks.

With regard to the scheduling, to be fair to Biden, there is a set process in which the final scheduling is determined by the DEA. This process goes back to the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 (when a lot of our stances on drugs became fucked up).

https://www.dea.gov/drug-information/csa

Biden has called on Cannabis scheduling to be reexamined, now HHS has done their internal study and they think it should be stopped to a lower schedule, and now it's the DEAs turn to act on their recommendation or not. (They are expected to, but who in the hell knows.)

It could be argued that maybe Biden could do it with an executive order, but they're probably not going to do something that can be seen as circumventing the administrative process (since Republicans are more than happy to tear all of these agencies down, or at least they say they are.) EOs are pretty fragile things too.

The only other option in that case would be for Congress to pass or amend a law legalizing Cannabis and/or reforming the CSA. But Congress are pretty damn unreliable to say the least.

On one hand, Kissinger was undoubtedly effective at achieving America's foreign policy goals and was undoubtedly one of the most influential Secretaries of State in US history. Unfortunately on the other hand, his brand of "realpolitik"--working pragmatically towards concrete policy objectives without concern for ethics or ideology--meant doing things that prolonged and worsened wars, knowingly propped up autocrats and dictators, etc.

Objectively speaking, Kissinger was a powerful diplomat who accomplished a lot of what he set out to do. At the same time, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should, and a lot of us can only look back and judge him harshly for the long term effects of his decisions. Kissinger is the perfect example of a person who is highly intelligent and objectively effective at what they do, but because he had so little concern for simple human concepts like right and wrong, it's hard to look back at any of his "achievements" today with anything other than harsh judgement and disdain for the soulless husk of a man.

Netenyahu, security mastermind.