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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • They haven’t waited for a green light since Obama left office.

    He actually put his foot down. And Biden as VP wouldn’t shut up about how the only way to deal with Israel was to give them everything they want and beg for what we want.

    Biden recounted in private that when he was vice president in 2014 and Israel mounted a military assault on Gaza, Obama and his staff rejected his belief, held for decades, that the best way to approach the Israelis is to hug them close but not criticize them, the people familiar with his comments said.

    Instead, they said Biden has noted, Obama publicly admonished Israel’s actions and voiced concern for Palestinian civilian deaths early into the 2014 conflict. As a result, Biden has argued, Obama squandered any ability to influence the Israeli government as it invaded Gaza, said the people familiar with his comments.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-obama-divide-closely-support-israel-rcna127107

    Trump’s loyalty costs some bribes and nice words, but Bibi could call Biden a bitch to his face and Biden would have thanked him for his time.

    But it’s been almost a decade since Israel had to ask America before doing something



  • If you’re 99.99% behind far right authoritarian governments, they consider you just as against them as if you were trying to overthrow them…

    Back in the day in what is modern day China, a jailor was transporting prisoners. He ran into issues, and was going to be late. The punishment for showing up late was public execution , so he freed his prisoners, who became his first followers and eventually he overthrew the whole fucking empire.

    Because when any tiny sleight is treated with the same punishment as revolution, revolution starts sounding like a pretty good idea



  • Treat him like a grown up.

    Be honest that some people need peace and quiet and while you enjoy spending time with him you can’t handle it all the time.

    He’s old enough to understand it, and you’ll do a better job explaining it than some 10 year old he knows from school.

    Kids are sponges and learn social cues like that really quickly, but someone has to tell them what’s going on. There is absolutely nothing wrong with telling a kid that age to chill out







  • OP is ignoring what got the insults…

    Its inappropriate for any member to rise, rip a bill in half and start to yell like an animal during a session. Its a modern civilized country with rules and laws, you must act like a normal person.

    If you get to yell and scream and do whatever you want, what kind of a county are you creating.

    But, those are all relatively recent comments on an old thread, if no one reports it, mods will likely never see it.

    It’s not like they just constantly refresh every post looking for new comments.