It seems very likely that the shooter in the recent assassination attempt wasn't politically motivated. He had done internet searches on appearance schedules for several politicians, including Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland. He had also searched on major depressive disorder.
That said, he possibly viewed an assassination attempt as being not such a big deal given all the rhetoric about the potential that political situations would have to be resolved with violence.
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This afternoon I witnessed the grossest moment I have ever seen in American politics as hundreds of Members of Congress stood up to applaud a man who has murdered tens of thousands of civilians, many of them children. The years will not wipe away the stain, nor the passing of time let us forget the names of those who stood and cheered for genocide. The pernicious words of Prime Minister Netanyahu - his warmongering, his lies, his spurious attacks - will, after wreaking their damage on the fabric of our nation, fade into history and be forgotten, but what will remain will be the scar of this uniquely shameful moment in the contemporary history of this nation under the bipartisan greetings of our elected representatives.
True, over 100 Members of the House and Senate skipped the speech entirely, and one cannot but note with admiration the fortitude of our sole Palestinian-American Representative, Rashida Tlaib, draped in a keffiyeh, as she sat with incredible patience through a course of despicable lies and false attacks on the millions of Americans who have protested Israel's actions, from college campuses across the nation to the very steps of the Capitol. At the end of the day, what Prime Minister Netanyahu most demonstrated today is his own fear: his fear of justice, his fear of accountability, his fear of an America whose people are seeing the truth and are disgusted by their complicity in his inhumanity, and, most of all, his fear of the truth itself.
True, over 100 Members of the House and Senate skipped the speech entirely, and one cannot but note with admiration the fortitude of our sole Palestinian-American Representative, Rashida Tlaib, draped in a keffiyeh, as she sat with incredible patience through a course of despicable lies and false attacks on the millions of Americans who have protested Israel's actions, from college campuses across the nation to the very steps of the Capitol. At the end of the day, what Prime Minister Netanyahu most demonstrated today is his own fear: his fear of justice, his fear of accountability, his fear of an America whose people are seeing the truth and are disgusted by their complicity in his inhumanity, and, most of all, his fear of the truth itself.
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That is very eloquent. Your own words?
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Of course not; look at all those silly commas.That is very eloquent. Your own words?
Not to mention hyphens.
It is in need of some copy editing. Remove adjectives,
It was written in a hurry.
My summary: BN is a tube.
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Israeli strike on aid convoy result of 'serious failures' - Australia
https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/202 ... za-israel/
https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/202 ... za-israel/
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Meaning ... that's the first thing to be targeted for elimination -- ?
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Kamala Harris is a descendant of an Irish slave owner in Jamaica
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024 ... n-jamaica/
Hamilton Brown, from Co Antrim, was paid equivalent of €11m in compensation by British government to free slaves after ban
How will Dublin work this narrative?
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024 ... n-jamaica/
Hamilton Brown, from Co Antrim, was paid equivalent of €11m in compensation by British government to free slaves after ban
How will Dublin work this narrative?
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Ah! Robbie Burns. I wasn't aware of this song.
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On Biden's Watch
Israel approves new illegal settlement on UNESCO site near Bethlehem
https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/occupied-west-bank/
“No anti-Israeli and anti-Zionist decision will stop the development of settlements,” said Smotrich, who also heads civil affairs at the Ministry of Defence, on X. “We will continue to fight against the dangerous project of creating a Palestinian state by creating facts on the ground.”
Israel approves new illegal settlement on UNESCO site near Bethlehem
https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/occupied-west-bank/
“No anti-Israeli and anti-Zionist decision will stop the development of settlements,” said Smotrich, who also heads civil affairs at the Ministry of Defence, on X. “We will continue to fight against the dangerous project of creating a Palestinian state by creating facts on the ground.”
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DoubleSpeak from Nancy
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According to one 1859 account, the native proverb that the "white man spoke with a forked tongue" originated as a result of the French tactic of the 1690s, in their war with the Iroquois, of inviting their enemies to attend a peace conference, only to be slaughtered or captured.
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth.
Doublespeak is most closely associated with political language.
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth.
Doublespeak is most closely associated with political language.