JCM 10/12/2023 6:50:07 AM

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A break from the Mid-East...

AI could prove energy hog that uses more electricity per year than some small countries: study

Oh! AI can save us!

oh! AI is going to kill us!

JCM 10/12/2023 6:59:20 AM

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The obvious has been spoken.

Hamas Spokesperson Admits Iranian Involvement in Attack on Israel

Ghazi Hamad, a Hamas spokesman, meanwhile told the BBC that the group had direct backing for the attack from Iran.

Iran should absolutely be on the strike list.

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 7:07:16 AM

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I hear an interview on BBC World this morning with a guy who's a former IDF soldier, in charge of security for a kibbutz.  He said, "I got my pistol; as the terrorists were trying to force their way through the fence around our kibbutz, I shot them in the head, one by one." 

That's how you do it. 

vxbush 10/12/2023 7:54:50 AM

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In #3 Occasional Reader said: He said, "I got my pistol; as the terrorists were trying to force their way through the fence around our kibbutz, I shot them in the head, one by one." That's how you do it. 

It's certainly effective. Hey, if the terrorists want to be martyrs, I'm not going to stop them. 

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 7:55:58 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 4:

The same guy then said (quoting from memory): "I don't want IDF soldiers to go into Gaza, it will be full of traps.  Instead I want Gaza flattened."

Jib/cut/newsletter, and all that. 

vxbush 10/12/2023 7:57:53 AM

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In #5 Occasional Reader said: The same guy then said (quoting from memory): "I don't want IDF soldiers to go into Gaza, it will be full of traps.  Instead I want Gaza flattened."

That may not be pretty, but it's sound. I mean, the whole goal of our Navy is to flatten things from afar for exactly the same reason. 

JCM 10/12/2023 8:20:48 AM

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Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 8:34:21 AM

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Reply to JCM in 7:

In a sense, I don't care.  Whether Hamas is allied with ISIS, or is their own, entirely self-contained brand of vicious evil... not relevant, morally (though perhaps, tactically).  Eliminate them both (among others). 

JCM 10/12/2023 8:58:06 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

Agree.

We all "know" they are linked. Evidence based confirmation is always icing on the cake.

JCM 10/12/2023 8:59:24 AM

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We here Gaza doesn't have water because of the evil Juice!

Really?

EU funded water pipelines despite Hamas boast it could turn them into rockets

Boast?

The video shows them doing it.

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 9:07:40 AM

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Reply to JCM in 10:

Priorities. 

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 9:08:26 AM

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In #10 JCM said: Boast?

I think the word we should more have issue with there is "could". 

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 10:27:06 AM

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vxbush 10/12/2023 10:33:14 AM

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Republican Congressman Cory Mills Rescues 32 Americans Trapped in Israel.

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 10:45:23 AM

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Report: Israel bombs Damascus airport runway, preventing the landing of a plane with Iranian officials and weapons for Hamas.

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 10:47:48 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 14:

Nice contrast there with Cory Booker.

Whoops, sorry, I mean: With the fiercely heterosexual Cory Booker. 

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 10:58:47 AM

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In #15 Occasional Reader said: and weapons for Hamas Hezbollah.

@PBJ3 10/12/2023 11:12:27 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 13:  

Good news, thanks for contacting her.

JCM 10/12/2023 11:28:30 AM

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US, Qatar agree to stop Iran from accessing $6 billion fund after Hamas attack

IMAO we need to turn off Iran's main source of funds, blockage ports, close down air traffic, and destroy refineries.

And any and all nuclear related facilities.

JCM 10/12/2023 11:33:35 AM

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My irony meter just broke.

Fetterman mocks fellow lawmakers on late-night show: 'America is not sending their best and brightest' to DC

vxbush 10/12/2023 12:19:41 PM

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In #20 JCM said: Fetterman mocks fellow lawmakers on late-night show: 'America is not sending their best and brightest' to DC

Wow. Just, wow. 

vxbush 10/12/2023 12:30:01 PM

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Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 12:42:45 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 22:

Um... "it depends"? 

JCM 10/12/2023 1:54:12 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 22:

Not once does he mention training.

How much does a person train? Cops in reality are not required to do much, an exceptional agency requires 100 round certification quarterly.

I researched NYC and they require 50 round qual twice a year.

Many gun owners shoot much more.

Then is the type of training. Sitting on a range and target shooting is far different from tactical training.

For most situations I'd say he's accurate in his assessment, but there are variables.

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 2:00:41 PM

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In #24 JCM said: I researched NYC and they require 50 round qual twice a year.

Great Scott.

That makes me Serpico, Popeye Doyle and Ralph Friedman, all rolled into one...

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JCM 10/12/2023 2:56:32 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 25:

Seattle is the same 50 rounds twice a year.

Most of the cops I know practice a lot more, than that.

What kills me is that good shooting, judgement and accuracy takes practice, that is time, the facilities, equipment and supplies.

But when a shooting occurs because of the lack of those things, the cry is defund the police.

You want better policing? Then pony up for the training, the extra officers to maintain staffing while others train etc.

Kosh's Shadow 10/12/2023 4:38:25 PM

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In #8 Occasional Reader said: Whether Hamas is allied with ISIS, or is their own, entirely self-contained brand of vicious evil.

They are both full-on jihadis, Sane thing

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 4:38:53 PM

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I hope to be singing a few months from now….

They paved Gaza Strip, and put up a parking lot. 🎶

Kosh's Shadow 10/12/2023 4:39:43 PM

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In #15 Occasional Reader said: Report: Israel bombs Damascus airport runway, preventing the landing of a plane with Iranian officials and weapons for Hamas.

They should have shot down the plane, too.

Kosh's Shadow 10/12/2023 4:44:09 PM

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In #28 Occasional Reader said: They paved Gaza Strip, and put up a parking lot. 🎶

++++++++++

But all the Israelis forcibly removed from Gaza get to go back after it is emptied of Arabs

Kosh's Shadow 10/12/2023 4:46:38 PM

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I am so fucking tired of "innocent people on both sides" bullshit.

Does this mean we shouldn't have bombed the shit out of Germany and Japan because there were people who were at least going along with their lives? No, you have to beat the shit out of places like that so they don't do it again.

As for those gloating that Netanyahu might be gone - consider, if Meyer Kahane, who wanted to expel all the Arabs, came back to life, he could quite possibly win after the Gazans show what monsters they are.

Kosh's Shadow 10/12/2023 4:47:28 PM

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And I have to interject with a joke 

Whe Moshiach comes and the dead are ressurrected, are the life insurance companies going to ask for their payouts back?

Occasional Reader 10/12/2023 5:29:23 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 29:

I think this was basically a warning shot.

Kosh's Shadow 10/12/2023 6:04:11 PM

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In #33 Occasional Reader said: I think this was basically a warning shot.

The warning shot to Iran should be a pig bomb on Qom