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Thursday, November 14th, 2024

    Time Event
    4:50p
    Vaccination and aid official's car in Gaza

    *Vaccination centre and aid official's car bombarded in Gaza, says UN.*

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    4:50p
    Living in Beit Iksa is like prison

    "Living in Beit Iksa is like living in prison." The only way in or out of that Palestinian village is through an Israeli checkpoint, and if the guards see fit, they can block an ambulance from coming for you while you die.

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    4:50p
    Democracy in intensive care unit

    What do you do when democracy is in the intensive care unit?

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    4:50p
    Military support for Ukraine

    People expect that the wrecker will give his pal Putin a gift by ending military support for Ukraine.

    If Ukraine is weakened that way, it might be sensible for Ukraine to seek a compromise peace that would be less disastrous than fighting and losing.

    However, Putin has the attitude of a cheap gangster: when a victim starts to talk about making a deal, that means perse is weak, so it is time to demand more. Putin would increase his demands to the maximum, figuring that he will get all he demands, sooner or later, whenever Ukraine can't hold a front line any more.

    But what if we imagine bizarre ideas with the sort of audacity that Putin has got away with? I have a few wild ideas.

    * Ukraine can attack Belarus and perhaps trigger a rebellion to overthrow the dictator, Lukashenko, who is a client of Putin. There is a chance this would free Belaris. At least, Putin might have to send a large army there, enough to interfere with the attack on Ukraine.

    * Ukraine can attack Hungary and remove Orban, who is a client of Putin. Maybe Hungary's government would flip.

    * The Biden can send several regiments to Ukraine, at Ukraine's invitation, then station them the way of Putin forces' advance, ordering them not to fight unless attacked. Putin will face the choice of attacking the US troops and bringing NATO into the war, or ceasing to pursue those lines of attack.

    If Putin does attack them, it would be hard for the wrecker subsequently to pull the US out of the fight. He would look like a coward and a traitor if he did. He does not want to look that way.

    If this does not save Ukraine, it will at least help ensure that Ukrainians can take refuge in NATO countries if their country is conquered.

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    4:50p
    (satire) America defeated America

    (satire) *America defeated America at the ballot box.*

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    4:50p
    Amazon, Meta and Apple congratulate Trump

    *Heads of Amazon, Meta and Apple swift to congratulate Trump as Musk celebrates and declares victory for himself.*

    I boycott all of those companies, as well as Musk's companies. You can join in!

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    4:50p
    Ethnic cleansing of North Gaza

    Netanyahu announced the ethnic cleansing of North Gaza.

    I must suspect that South Gaza will follow, but this is itself an enormous war crime.

    Biden can redeem himself morally by voting for a Security Council resolution to order Israel to take this back, and calling for sanctions otherwise.

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    4:50p
    Developer of encrypted messaging software leaves Australia

    An Australian developer of encrypted messaging software has moved to Switzerland to escape the hostility of Australian laws, including the law that allows the state to order employees to install backdoors in servers and in released software.

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    4:50p
    Judge bars purging of voters

    *US judge bars Alabama from purging thousands of voters before election.*

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    4:50p
    Change in intestinal bacteria by PFAS

    Evidence that PFAS cause changes in intestinal bacteria.

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    4:50p
    World's food production at risk

    * More than half the world's food production will be at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly accelerating water crisis grips the planet, unless urgent action is taken to conserve water resources and end the destruction of the ecosystems on which our fresh water depends, experts have warned in a landmark review.*

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    4:50p
    Reason for right-wing victory

    Arguing that the main reason for right-wing victory is the highly funded right-wing media that dominate "news" (including pseudo-news) in the US nowadays.

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    4:50p
    Children of two unauthorized immigrants

    The wrecker said he would wreak havoc by ordering that a child of two unauthorized immigrants no longer be considered a US citizen.

    Even the Extreme Court might reject the validity of such an order; but if it were to be carried out, it would result in a vast increase in deportations of people who never knew any country but the US, to places where they don't speak the language and can never fit in.

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    4:50p
    Rise in emissions of flights

    *Analysis of 19m flights between 2019 and 2023 reveals 50% rise in emissions, condemned as "gratuitous waste".*

    Any country can regulate private jet flights that begin in, end in, or cross that country.

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    4:50p
    Evidence the bullshitter lied about Project 2025

    When the bullshitter said Project 2025 had nothing to do with him or his plans, we suspected he was lying as usual. Now there is evidence of this.

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    4:50p
    Wrecker will give Israel a 'blank check'

    *[The wrecker] will give Israel ‘blank check’ which may mean all-out war with Iran, says ex-CIA chief.*

    If that happens, it could become a nuclear war if one side starts to lose.

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