Support for Hamas or the Palestinian people, who voted for Hamas?
When you get down to it, Hamas was voted into office, and currently has the support of 80% of the citizens of Gaza. Gaza is Hamas is the Palestinians; they are synonymous as in one and the same. Also the only support that Hamas / the Palestinians has in the Arab world comes from Iran and its proxies. The rest of the Arab nations wish they did not exist, which is why you see none of them offering refuge or aid. The Iranians only see them as cannon fodder, which Hamas has no problem in offering up its citizens as by using them as human shields and stealing the aid meant for the citizens of Gaza.
Biden would disagree with you. While he came down against the antisemite protests he also came down on the people who don't support Hamas.
He did what Trump did only in reverse essentially saying that there are bad people on both sides instead of saying that there are good people on both sides.
And, while those who called out Trump over and over again for his remarks, I have heard no one call out Biden for doing what is exactly the same thing.
i'm not sure i saw that?
Support for Hamas or the Palestinian people, who voted for Hamas?
Biden would disagree with you. While he came down against the antisemite protests he also came down on the people who don't support Hamas.
He did what Trump did only in reverse essentially saying that there are bad people on both sides instead of saying that there are good people on both sides.
And, while those who called out Trump over and over again for his remarks, I have heard no one call out Biden for doing what is exactly the same thing.
When/where did Biden do that?
Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they share this in common: They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy â completely annihilate it.
Hamas â its stated purpose for existing is the destruction of the State of Israel and the murder of Jewish people.
Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people. Hamas uses Palestinian civilians as human shields, and innocent Palestinian families are suffering greatly because of them.
Biden would disagree with you. While he came down against the antisemite protests he also came down on the people who don't support Hamas.
He did what Trump did only in reverse essentially saying that there are bad people on both sides instead of saying that there are good people on both sides.
And, while those who called out Trump over and over again for his remarks, I have heard no one call out Biden for doing what is exactly the same thing.
Well thatâs because itâs not exactly the same thing. The Palestinian people being killed by Israel are mostly innocent bystanders, other victims of the actions of Hamas.
The crowd that Trump couldnât repudiate werenât bystanders at all. He shouldâve been clear instead of supportive.
Ironic that the officers cracking down on college admin protestors are likely the children of the generation that…protested in college admin offices.
Perhaps...but were they also rallying support for Viet Cong? I get the protests against Israel, but not the support of Hamas.
Biden would disagree with you. While he came down against the antisemite protests he also came down on the people who don't support Hamas.
He did what Trump did only in reverse essentially saying that there are bad people on both sides instead of saying that there are good people on both sides.
And, while those who called out Trump over and over again for his remarks, I have heard no one call out Biden for doing what is exactly the same thing.
Ironic that the officers cracking down on college admin protestors are likely the children of the generation thatâ¦protested in college admin offices.
Perhaps...but were they also rallying support for Viet Cong?
I get the protests against Israel,
but not the support of Hamas.
Ironic that the officers cracking down on college admin protestors are likely the children of the generation thatâ¦protested in college admin offices.
I told my parents to watch "The Big Lebowski"—"great movie, hilarious!". Two weeks later I tuned into the movie on cable, just in time to watch Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) smash up a car while bellowing repeatedly, "This is what happens when you F&VK a stranger in the ass!"
Ultra cringe. Actually, my parents loved it. Dad giggled like a schoolboy at that scene...
The Simpsons Kills Off Longtime Character After 34 Years
The episode, titled "Cremains of the Day," premiered on Fox on April 21. In the episode, Larry Dalrymple died on his barstool in Moe's Tavern. While the character was a barfly who was largely delegated to the background, mostly seen somberly drinking at Moe's, his lengthy run on the series still may make his death shocking to some longtime fans. The episode follows Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Moe hoping to honor Larry's legacy by scattering his ashes in a way he would have wanted.
The Simpsons Kills Off Longtime Character After 34 Years
The episode, titled "Cremains of the Day," premiered on Fox on April 21. In the episode, Larry Dalrymple died on his barstool in Moe's Tavern. While the character was a barfly who was largely delegated to the background, mostly seen somberly drinking at Moe's, his lengthy run on the series still may make his death shocking to some longtime fans. The episode follows Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Moe hoping to honor Larry's legacy by scattering his ashes in a way he would have wanted.
The Simpsons Kills Off Longtime Character After 34 Years
The episode, titled "Cremains of the Day," premiered on Fox on April 21. In the episode, Larry Dalrymple died on his barstool in Moe's Tavern. While the character was a barfly who was largely delegated to the background, mostly seen somberly drinking at Moe's, his lengthy run on the series still may make his death shocking to some longtime fans. The episode follows Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Moe hoping to honor Larry's legacy by scattering his ashes in a way he would have wanted.
You are deliberately ignoring the real reason stores are closing. Crime / unabated and unprosecuted theft. There are intentionally no deterrents anymore. Period. End Of Story.
You ended your story a little early.
A) Scott's anecdote is from decades ago, the mass shoplifting trend is recent. And the food desert problem has been an item of discussion for decades as well.B) I've lived in food deserts.
I've been part of well-meaning but misguided (and doomed) attempts at alleviating them. In the end the people buying the food have all the power, and the solutions have to work for their needs and circumstances. It's the height of arrogance to impose a solution that they have demonstrated doesn't work for them. The boutique food model that works for trust fund kids in Brooklyn doesn't work in the barrio or skid row, and I find the hostility toward low-end retailers appallingly patronizing and classist.
A) I know that.
B) I have too, in Cleveland and less than 20 years ago, not to mention having worked a cash register in one way or another for well over 55 years.
Regarding A) This is the cycle of urban decay. This would be the third in my lifetime. The first began with The Watts Riots in 1965 of which I have memories with my parents at the fringes. They were house hunting in the OC staying at my Grandmother's house in Long Beach. Six blocks away, 6 packs of empty coke bottles were being filled with gas at the pumps for making Molotov Cocktails. They had to wait to get out of there because they were shooting at planes flying in and out of LAX. The second was the Rodney King incident in 1992 and now we are in the third after George Floyd of which we are in the middle of.
The mass shoplifting is a new twist as you state, yet the result is the same as before. Crime is the last straw that will make business say enough is enough and walk away from their operations in certain areas. At first, it is one or two in an area. This time around it is turning into a stampede.
I have to disagree with your statement that ones buying the food have all of the power, when in the end these people are left behind in these abandoned areas with nowhere nearby to spend their money. Those with the means to escape, both businesses and residents leave. Those still stuck there and unable to leave are left with a festering mess. They have money, enough to survive at some level, but must travel far away to a safer place to spend it.
I don't know how we have a heavy discussion like this subject would require here at RP. It is a worthy discussion but this thread is certainly not the place. And I doubt that few could be serious about it for very long, if at all. Like how long would it take for Ronald to show up for example ?
I dunno. The future does not look good anytime soon. This time the anarchists might actually win. They are so far.
