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sarker
It isn't happening, and if it is, it's a bad thing
1d ago
But how is starving babies supposed to deal with Hamas?
oats_son
1d ago
As I said in another comment, this is a really hairy situation to have the functional equivalent of the Taliban in your backyard, and every option for dealing with it looks ugly. The United States could not stamp out the Taliban. Of course, starvation is an awful thing, but what do you think should be done about Hamas? Or should anything be done about them? Should Israel stop worrying and learn to live with Hamas?
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
1d ago
Gonna echo mister Hale and say this is an amazing write-up! Mere Christianity was quite important for my own conversion and I whole heartedly recommend it as well. You're making me want to get the audio version at some point now...
coffee_enjoyer
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1d ago
Along the lines of my thesis “it’s literally that Israeli leaders are evil”, they are funding gangs to pillage and monopolize aid. These are the ones most likely involved in the theft of aid:
We in the humanitarian community have repeatedly stated that Hamas is not stealing our aid. That is not to say that looting has not always been a massive challenge; it has. But it was largely being carried out by armed gangs that emerged in the lawlessness and that operate in the Israeli-controlled “red zone” wastelands. I wrote about this in a CNN op-ed as far back as a year ago. Much of that looting was taking place at the Kerem Shalom or Karam Abu Salem crossing in southern Gaza. We had long speculated that the only way for armed gangs to exist in this area would be with Israel’s knowledge. In June, Netanyahu admitted himself that Israel has been arming gangs, most notably a notorious clan operating in the Rafah area, where much of the looting takes place. He defended the decision, stating these clans were helping in the fight against Hamas
yunyun333
1d ago
The first article quotes IDF officials praising the UN system as effective in distributing aid and having found no proof that Hamas was systematically stealing aid from the UN, although they did steal from smaller organizations that didn't always have boots on the ground. It's been widely reported that various armed gangs have formed in the power vacuum to steal and resell aid at extortionate prices.
Gillitrut
Reading from the golden book under bright red stars
1d ago
FYI the post you're replying to is Filtered.
A family member recently discussed pellet smokers with me; he recommends the Weber Searwood 600 for $999 (Weber is known for its quality), and he also listed the Green Mountain Grills Trek Prime 2.0 Wifi Pellet Grill for $399 (it is pretty small). I think Pit Bosses are considered okay, similar to Blackstone. They may not have existed long enough to have a whole lot of sentiment on forums. Check Amazing Ribs to get good reviews on smokers.
They can get pretty pricey, compared to a charcoal grill, but maybe worth it, if you like to cook a lot of briskets. Briskets are hard to do well on regular smokers or grills, but apparently a pellet grill can nail them consistently, and it's automated, so you can set it before going to work and then come back and have tasty brisket, whereas other smokers would require a free weekend. On the other hand, I wouldn't trust a pellet grill to "grill" anything.
Personally, I'm just going to stick with stuff I can do on the Weber 22 inch kettle grill for now. I did a pork butt on one a couple weeks ago. My uncle took the Weber Smokey Mountain approach, which is much better at smoking, and he claims you can take out one of the grates and just use it as a regular kettle grill if you want; he got the larger of the two models. Check Facebook Marketplace for both because they're both significantly discounted when used, and they're big hunks of metal that typically outlast their owners, so used is basically as good as new in most cases. If you want to smoke with a kettle grill, definitely pick up the Slow N' Sear.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
Yes, but recognizing one entity's claim to a territory that another entity controls isn't unprecedented at all.
netstack
Texas is freedom land
1d ago
I think most attempts to characterize “this place” are misguided. General agreement with a principle isn’t enough to make that principle representative, especially where political coalitions are involved.
I also think that, compared to the vast majority of people who want to generalize about “this place,” you’ve put more effort into doing so politely and constructively. It’s a good post. The least I can do is answer for myself.
On the first point of argument: that’s not what I would call “individualism,” which normally refers to the weighting of individual interests as opposed to collective ones. What you’re describing is like the opposite of “collective punishment.” Perhaps “personal responsibility.”
Your use of “meritocracy” is more agreeable, though I don’t know how many people would limit “personal virtue” to avoiding self-interest.
With that out of the way,
I think the people whose ancestors fought in the Civil War [Group R] have a hell of a lot more claim over America than the people who say they don’t belong [Group D].
If Group R gets privileged based only on the deeds of their ancestors, then that’s corrosive to meritocracy, to personal responsibility, and to individualism.
If the two groups start out with equal claims, but Group D has thrown theirs away by rejecting the American ethos, then it flips. Now meritocracy demands we prefer Group R, since at least it isn’t trying to wreck the project. We’re supposed to hold Group D responsible for their individual actions.
Guess which of these is closer to the modal Republican worldview?
Vance’s dogwhistle motte and bailey is consistent and defensible to his intended audience. It’s actively hostile to anybody who doesn’t already agree. I don’t think he cares.
VoxelVexillologist
Multidimensional Radical Centrist
1d ago
Even with that, the PA doesn't really control Gaza anyway.
Gillitrut
Reading from the golden book under bright red stars
1d ago
The dam is finally breaking on western support for Israel as the justifications for its post-10/7 actions have become increasingly deranged. "We must starve babies in Gaza, for the security of Israel. For they are part of an evil race tribe and would surely strangle every Jew if only their tiny baby hands had the strength."
oats_son
1d ago
The assertion you start this post off with has got some heavy caveats to it.
Of the 156 incidents of loss or theft reported, 63 were attributed to unknown perpetrators, 35 to armed actors, 25 to unarmed people, 11 directly to Israeli military action, 11 to corrupt subcontractors, five to aid group personnel “engaging in corrupt activities,” and six to “others," a category that accounted for “commodities stolen in unknown circumstances,” according to the slide presentation.
There's no evidence that Hamas took aid! Well, the people who took the aid were aligned with unknown forces and not wearing any uniforms, similar to how Hamas operates, but they didn't say they were Hamas into convenient nearby microphones, so I am going to heavily imply that there is no Hamas theft with sleazy lawyer-like framing. Feel free to uncritically quote me, Israel haters!
That's just appalling reporting. And USAID said this? Isn't that the one getting dismantled? I was neutral about their being dismantled, but after seeing this kind of shit, I am glad. Holy hell. They're not even an intelligence agency... The information war is real. You can't trust anyone.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
I believe Israel recognizes the Palestinian Authority's claim, but they don't recognize the PA as a state.
MathWizard
Good things are good
1d ago
My go to strategy as a kid was to walk through the library looking for Unicorn stickers (which signaled fantasy) in the children and/or young adult section (and later the adult section when I became a teenager). And then look at the cover, read the synopsis, and pick out books that sound interesting. (I eventually picked up intuition based on the cover art too, since that's correlated with... something something target demographic and sub sub genre, but I can't really articulate any of that in words other than to avoid books which look too much like other books you've read and disliked, and try to read books that look like other books you really liked).
However this was like 20 years ago and I have no idea to what extent the woke has penetrated fantasy. And also don't know what your niece's preferred genres are. So my actual advice is 1: have her just browse through the library and pick things out, and 2: don't be afraid to go slightly over age range. A Precocious 9 year old can handle books intended for 14 year olds, they're unlikely to have anything truly inappropriate, it's mostly an issue of word complexity and character age.
ArjinFerman
Tinfoil Gigachad
1d ago
One of the milestones I set for myself is to have a replacement for my Nitter instance, which has been acting up lately. The road was quite bumpy, between the retarded SQL performance, and my brilliant idea to first import the Twitter data over the API, and then present it in chronological order. I thought I was saving myself duplicated code by fetching and rendering data the same way, whether I'm browsing the Twitter API, or the more generic entries of my application, but I recently realized this was doomed to failure, as Twitter does not return data chronologically. So I opted for rendering the API data directly, while importing it in the background. It went faster than expected, and things have never ran smoother. A few more tweaks and I might reach my milestone.
How have you been doing @Southkraut?
coffee_enjoyer
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1d ago
“Israel wants to starve innocent people in order to ethnically cleanse the land for Israelis” is the reasonable takeaway to me, because there is no evidence of Hamas ever taking aid (1, 2), Israel’s actions are entirely inexplicable unless they deeply desire to starve innocent people, nearly every independent international body paying attention to Gaza has called attention to the risk (and now reality) of starvation, important Israeli leaders like Ben-Gvir and Amichai Eliyahu have specifically advocated for destroying food supplies as a tool to get what they want, and an American retired green beret Anthony Aguilar who worked with the designated aid distributor has said that Israelis open fire indiscriminately on civilians seeking aid.
What I witnessed in Gaza at all four distribution sites — I didn’t just go to one for a photo-op. I didn’t go to one to watch a distribution and then say, “Yes, this looks great.” I spent days on end in Gaza at all four distribution sites, at Kerem Shalom, where the aid is loaded for distribution, and at both operation centers that control the daily convoys, logistics operations and distribution for the four sites. What I saw on the sites, around the sites, to and from the sites, can be described as nothing but war crimes, crimes against humanity, violations of international law. This is not hyperbole. This is not platitudes or drama. This is the truth.
The sites have not only become death traps, they were designed as death traps. All four distribution locations were intentionally, deliberately constructed, planned and built in the middle of an active combat zone. Some may argue, “Well, all of Gaza is a war zone.” That may be true, but there are parts of Gaza that are direct — or, determined to be active, operational combat zones where Israeli Defense Forces are operating. Those sites were built in the middle of those areas intentionally. It’s not by accident. That, in and of itself, to designate humanitarian distribution sites to service an unarmed, starving population, to build them deliberately in an active combat zone, is a violation of the Geneva Convention protocols. It’s a violation of humanitarian law. And in my opinion, it’s a violation of humanity in general.
The things that I just described are not just opinions, they’re facts. The sites were designed to lure, bait, aid and kill. The food that we distribute, nowhere near enough. To Mr. Johnnie Moore, shame on you for celebrating 92 million meals delivered into Gaza. Shame on you. It’s a very simple equation: 92 divided by 2.2 million people, divided by 3 million — or, three meals a day. That’s what GHF proclaims. We’ve been distributing aid since the 26th of May, 26th May to now the 29th of June, 64 days of continuous distribution, and we’ve only managed to distribute 92 million meals. When you break that down, again, it’s a simple equation. That’s 14 days of meals. So, out of 64 days, we’ve provided 14 days of meals to the entire population in the enclave of Gaza. That’s inhumane.
Aguilar was previously the Commander of Special Operations of the Central Asian Command. This is not some no name guy. His testimony is confirmed by Dr Nick Maynard of Oxford University, who treated malnourished children. Maynard also suspects that the IDF is deliberately shooting children for sport, which other doctors have said in the past (I wrote a post on this a year ago or so).
But why does Israel want to starve innocent people?
IMO there’s simple answer to this, and it’s the same reason that anyone commits a crime against another for personal benefit which they believe they can get away with. There’s an insufficient “love for one’s neighbor”, an inability to feel empathy or otherwise recognize the shared humanity in another person from a different tribe. This can also be called being evil, as in, Israel has fallen so far from the standards of reasonable goodness that they are closest to its opposite, which is evil. So Israel is doing this because they are evil, very far from good. It is advantageous for them to take the land from Palestinians. It is advantageous even to starve them if you can’t take the land, because this damages longterm health, fertility rates, and intergenerational health. There is no real cultural or religious pressure that promotes love for non-Jews in Israel. So, IMO, the leaders of Israel are evil, and that’s why they are currently starving children for their own benefit.
oats_son
1d ago
I think Hamas is suitably different enough that you can't really compare starving their people to the blockades of Germany or Japan. Hamas and other terrorist groups consider human suffering and death to be a good thing because of their religion. There may be no upper limit to how much death they will tolerate.
In light of this, I don't really know how you solve the Hamas problem. Maybe stop letting aid in and then also give everyone guns to turn the whole thing into a Syria-esque clusterfuck and hope the people solve the Hamas problem themselves? Is that why clusterfucks like Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, or Yemen happen?
Supah_Schmendrick
1d ago
I doubt it; IIRC the beepers were used to "call up" Hezbollah members for service. If Hezbollah was already engaged in an all-out invasion of northern Israel as envisaged/desired by Hamas, there likely would have been no need to use/carry the beepers after the fighters had assembled and gone into combat.
TowardsPanna
1d ago
I found the Golden Vow ash of war. Considering putting it on my sword or my flail.
It changes the str and dex scaling from d to e and introduces faith scaling: d. My Vagabond has 9 faith. And it reduces regular damage but introduces holy damage...? And has a hefty FP cost for its skill (40). Hmm. If I use that skill I wouldn't have FP left over for powerful spirits. Not sure what to make of this.
Supah_Schmendrick
1d ago
Sorry, newborn baby, you are an immediate threat to this poor defenceless country and have to be crushed before you can attack it
Correct, this is what a democratic theory of sovereignty means and has always meant since the French revolution at least. If the people are responsible for empowering their government, then if a country aggresses, the people are responsible for that too.
If you don't want your people to suffer the consequences of war, don't start one. It's really not complicated.
Supah_Schmendrick
1d ago
Neither will Israel starve Gaza into releasing the hostages nor will Hamas rape Israel into recognizing a free Palestine. Nor were either Nazi Germany or the UK ever going to bomb each other into submission.
And yet Germany was starved into submission in WWI, Japan bombed into submission in WWII, Tigray starved/bombed into submission in Ethiopia, etc.
Both phrasings imply that there is some level of suffering at which point the other side will give in, that the cruelty is instrumental to achieve another terminal goal.
Yes, it is a truism that war is politics by other means.
While this might even be technically true (i.e. once the last Gazan starves, nobody will stop the IDF from retrieving the bones of the hostages) I think that the implication "and we already have made progress into making the other side give in" is simply false.
Your strawmanning aside, that's a nice hunch you have there - a shame if someone were to...test it.
In reality there is no clever terminal goal for which starving Gazans or murdering Jewish civilians is an instrumental stepping stone, so we can conclude that the cruelty is itself a terminal goal.
Blind assertion without evidence. It's quite clear that murdering Jewish civilians is envisaged as an instrumental stepping stone to "liberating" Israeli territory for Palestinians - Hamas and other Palestinian organizations openly say so. And it's not as if there is any shortage of Israeli press squabbling about the blockade, food aid issues, and what the ultimate political program that Israel should be pursuing w/r/t Gaza is (downstream of "10/7 can never happen again" of course), none of which you discuss or cite.
phailyoor
1d ago
How would you accomplish this, per legality?
You could come up with a system similar to PDO that protects how the product is actually made.
Otherwise how do you tell the difference between a knock-off factory and a simple expansion of the business?
Check if the new product is substantially similar to the old one, versus something completely different. Companies shouldn't be able to sell something completely different under the exact same name and mark.
Asahi made the assumption that American audiences would be satisfied with Peroni and ... were right on the mark.
We don't have a counterfactual for this, so we can't really saw how satisfied the consumers are. The market share in the US is absolutely miniscule though, but I find it hard to check the exact numbers. On walmart.com Corona beer has 3550 reviews, while "Asahi" has a grand total of ... 3.
Anyways for companies that abuse brand value at the expense of consumers, it takes time for consumers to learn that the brand is fake, and stop buying it. During that time they can cash out.
Asahi Select (or whatever name)
Asahi Select isn't even real. It's just something that a domestic brewery that licensed the Asahi mark (in the old days) dreamt up to slap on some other domestic macrobrew. There was never a day in history that an Asahi owned brewery brewed a drop of product ever sold under the name "Asahi Select." Literally "Brew some coors, call it Asahi Select."
find its way from a Pacific tanker onto your grocery store at a significant mark-up from the regular.
Unfortunately when the execs decide on a strategy of plunder, this isn't going to happen. The more they devalue their mark selling completely different stuff, the less likely they are to bring in the genuine article in the future.
Fixed. Thanks.
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