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Zelenskyy is a better representative of the values that America stands for than America itself under its current regime.
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God has no hands but ours.
We are here for a reason. Not by accident. Not by mistake. We chose this time, this place, this life.
But what will we do with it?
The world is loud, full of fear and division. It wants to pull us into its drama, make us forget why we’re here. But we are not here to fight battles that were never ours. We are not h…
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My dad called me this afternoon to tell me that the field between our houses was covered with robins, that it wasn’t just one robin that arrived as a sign of spring but a whole field full.
What he didn’t say was that birds were my mom’s thing. She would have been the one to notice. He did in her stead and made sure to bring them to my notice, too.
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I love talking Vulture's annual stunt awards with Brandon Struessnig. Lots of fun stuff this year about FURIOSA, THE FALL GUY, those ads during the Oscars that featured stunt performers, and more.
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You really can’t understand our current moment without understanding the history of the American South.
Because you better believe that the bad guys understand it.
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This is the best short speech about Trump's desecration of our democracy since he's re-entered office.
Read it, absorb it, but most of all, share it.
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Put a chick in it and make it gay!
When it’s cold enough to see the melody
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Not sure if I’m supposed to say this here, but here goes:
Lamenting the loss of what once was on another site, I love “following” people here simply because I cannot get emails on the regular from all the ones whose wonderful work I want to see.
I also love that there is no follower/following count here (at least that I can see—I’m inept at such things). Who cares?
I also noticed recently that I can’t see how many likes, etc. there are on a note without a further step.
I know this place is for lo…
MICKEY 17 is, sadly, not very good. It's neither funny nor fun nor exciting, the central metaphor is unbearably belabored, and the movie jettisons all the interesting ideas from the book in favor of tedious timeliness.
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A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.
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Norway has just decided to increase its support to Ukraine for 2025 from 35 to 85 billion Norwegian kroner ($7,81 billion). Compared to the size of the population, the Norwegian aid equals $483 billion from the USA.
Tusen takk, Norge!
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Israeli Defense Intelligence Chief Amos Yadlin in 2007: "Israel would be happy if Hamas took over Gaza because IDF could then deal with Gaza as a hostile state", going on to downplay significance of Iran in Gaza "as long as they don't have a port." Wikileaks.
"Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas," Netanyahu told his Likud party's Knesset members in March 2019.
"This is part of our strategy" Haaretz
Nice try. These aren’t just any “Israeli chiefs”. One is the leader of the country.
I’m saying Hamas is an Israeli backed proxy army. There to give Israel carte Blanche to empty Gaza of Palestinians.
I can see you don’t really give a damn about the ‘hostages’ and ‘victims’ of 7/10……
I have friends on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Of course I don’t agree with taking babies hostage, but the Palestinian civilians are not to blame for that. Hamas oppresses them as much as they oppress Israeli citizens.
Hamas = Palestinian civilians. The majority of them…
Sorry for that but you have to realize that sharing sweets while death bodies of Israelis civilians dragged by civilians in Gaza putting them on the same side. BTW - can you please find me one Palestinian person that has been calling to free our hostages?
I’m seeing one of them this weekend! He’s been one of my best friends for almost 40 years.
No idea. I just answered your question.
So you’re saying it was like the German civilians during the Holocaust. The government gave them cover to express anti-Semitism, or encouraged them to do so.
Any group takes on the personality of its leader.
Not sure I’d go that far. I’m Jewish and I have a wonderful life here in the US. Sure, I’ve experienced anti-Semitism, but I’ve just laughed it off.
It mistakenly blames Palestinians instead of Hamas.
Because the former is a made up fantasy to combat the latter, a genocide, which is actually happening.
There is NO “Palestine” nor there will ever be.
Am Israel Chai 🇮🇱
Palestine is hundreds of years older than the state of Israel.
You bet. Not even a questions except in this totally fucked up topsy turvy world of egregious ridiculousness !
It’s terrorism
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Not only are they humiliating and murdering thousands of civilians and minorities in Syria right now
They are broadcasting their atrocities, like they’re proud of it
Some of the scenes from Syria right now are pure evil, ISIS like.
Yet again, the Pro palestine crowd, the media, the UN, world leaders
All silent!!!
I salute you 🫡 amazing IDF women who also made history during the October 7th genocide, when they participated in an active, heroic battle for 17 hours and eliminated numerous terrorists who had invaded Israel to murder innocent civilians.
I admire these female superheroes and the brave women throughout the Israeli security sphere, in an…
