Recent content by roostra

I am also completely comfortable calling their actions war crimes, which they are.

Right, that makes sense. I had forgotten that he had no eligibility left. Clearly haven't had enough coffee today.

Did I miss discussion about Jae'lyn Withers entering the portal (or was this super old news)? Just noticed him on the IC portal list as of yesterday..

I'm getting a little verklempt...

It says that she has not been convicted of any felonies and Trump has.

On the IC free board. Someone posted a tweet. Haven't done any research to confirm.

I had read somewhere that he switched to lead guard by the end of the season and that stats for that period were pretty good.

I will admit that I have an incredibly shallow understanding of the laws surrounding habeus corpus, but those dissents were very well-written and an enjoyable (if not frustrting) read.

Damn.

They are no frills, but not awful to fly on. I love them because they have a direct flight from Oakland, CA to RVA (a flight I make a lot to visit family). They don’t have that flight every day, which can be a pain. Maybe 2-3 days a week.

Again, no, it is not amazing. They could be prosecuting this war according to US military guidelines and be killing FAR fewer civilians. Your argument is tantamount to: the LAPD kills far fewer civilians in accidental crossfire shootings per day than the gangs kill on purpose per day, so we...

I know - you're right. But damnit, I just can't help myself sometimes. There are fleeting moments when he seems to be willing to listen to reason.

Yes, but they haven't. I fully concede that this is not charity. But Hamas does not equal the Palestinian people. And Israel has continued to kill civilians.. The numbers of deaths are horribly disproportionate.

No, it literally doesn't. Yes, Hamas intended to kill those folks and that was fucking evil. But they have not continued to do so. So we have a very simple math problem. 1100 plus innocent Israeli dead versus 50000 plus innocent Palestinian dead. There is no comparison. And before you say...

Only 50k deaths? Seriously? I don't think the IDF is intentionally trying to maximize civilian casualties, but they certainly are not doing much to minimize them either