A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.

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I wonder if they screw up the world cup badly enough then the Olympics might move.

The USS Vincennes incident comes to mind, shooting down an Iranian civilian airliner in the 80s and they ended up giving the Captain a medal.

Imagine if they took on the Pope for real. Catholic zealots would be coming out of the wood work everywhere.

We like to lie to ourselves and to be lied to.

China Unveils the World’s Longest Outdoor Escalator, Revolutionizing Urban Transit Rising 905 meters, the Wushan Goddess Escalator in Chongqing stands as the world’s longest outdoor escalator, revolutionizing urban transit.

Monday's Most Read # 1 - China Unveils the World’s Longest Outdoor Escalator, Revolutionizing Urban Transit link.theoverheadwire.com/twnv8 Parametric Architecture

That's cos AI ain't that trustworthy or reliable.

Well the AFL wasn't going to change their behaviour unless forced to.

Daily Mail headline says "Drill, Ed, Drill"

Translation: Net Zero threatens the value of our proprietor's investments. The world must cook for the sake of his portfolio.

Not a hope in Hades of developing a middle power block that is of any note unless they were willing to actually act together and looking at the EU as an example that is clearly impossible.

Guys like this really should get decades in prison. This is just weak.

We had bottles delivered but it was by an open van.

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

Soccer games just fall back to clogging up the middle. And teams just score on the error of the defense. It's pretty dull when neither side is all that skillful. At least Irankunda added some flair.

AFL are touting this new set of rules to speed up play and increase scoring. Well that failed as soon as the ball got wet.

I watched 2 games of football tonight. A soccer friendly Australia v Cameroon 1:0 and an AFL Collingwood v GWS a low scoring affair to Collingwood. Both were utterly dull affairs.

Actually your right that's true he was all 1st division back then. My bad.

Both Denmark and Iran made preparations to repel a ground invasion from the United States during the past month.

32 more months of this shit.

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Peter Shilton might disagree
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Hong Kong grants police power to demand phone and computer passwords The new provisions allow police to seize items with 'seditious intention', bypassing judicial authorisations.

As has been obvious for some time you have no rights in china or Hong Kong
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It's been over done

What could go wrong?

What next after 100 years of nationalism in SA? SA’s colonial-era economic model and century-long nationalist politics have left the country with a moribund mining-driven economy, high unemployment, and deep inequality. Reforming political power an...

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Great article on South Africas political economy today. Some suggestions I disagree with like direct presidential elections but mostly sound

6 day work week, its not for everyone.

The next Governor of Cuba

What you do when the person in question has the attention span of a sparrow is say yes you will help and then do nothing and if he notices say the ship is on the way and send it to England and park it saying it's refueling etc. Basically lie, he won't notice.

Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember
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It was a lot to do with the failure of neo liberal economics to cater to the interests of the lower classes.