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| 2009/1/9-13 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:52346 Activity:high |
1/9 What You Don't Know About Gaza:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/opinion/08khalidi.html?em
\_ "As the occupying power, Israel has the responsibility under the
Fourth Geneva Convention to see to the welfare of the civilian
population of the Gaza Strip."
Rubbish. Hamas, as the elected government, is responsible for the
welfare of the civilian population. Now, if you want to make the
case that Hamas is severely hampered in this by the Israelis,
that's a different thing.
\_ I thought Isreal does not recognize them as the legitimate
government, so refuses to negotiate with them.
\_ Israel has negotiated ceasefires with them before.
"The targeting of civilians, whether by Hamas or by Israel, is
potentially a war crime.... In contrast, there have been around a
dozen Israelis killed, many of them soldiers."
Firing rockets indiscriminately into a country _is_ targeting
civilians, no matter how unsuccessful the attacks are. You don't
get a by on war crimes just because your aim is bad.
"Negotiation is a much more effective way to deal with rockets and
other forms of violence. This might have been able to happen had
Israel fulfilled the terms of the June cease-fire and lifted its
blockade of the Gaza Strip."
Or Hamas might have gotten its hands on more long range rockets
and shelled more civilians in Israel. Or the Easter Bunny and the
Mahdi might have arrived and opened a sushi restaurant. The latter
is more likely than Israeli negotiations stopping Hamas launching
rockets.
\_ What you don't know about Hamas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1M4eH9Kk7I
\_ How would I not know this? The US media is full of anti-Hamas
propaganda. Aren't they still officially a "terrorist"
organization, according to the Bush Administration?
\_ I would think so. What part of Hamas makes them NOT a
terrorist organization? I mean, they do commit acts of
terrorism and all.
\_ What is your definition of "terrorist organization"?
Are you the same guy above who states that Hamas is the
elected government of Gaza?
\_ Nooo.... they took over Gaza by force. Again, not seeing
how this makes them NOT a terrorist organization. A
terroist organization is an org that uses terrorism
to achive their aims. Hamas' "humanitarian" arm doesn't
really change that fact about them.
\_ What is "terrorism", by your definition?
\_ You have trouble using a dictionary or something?
Pretty much everyone, including the EU, agrees
Hamas engages in terrorism by any common
definition. Why don't you answer my question?
How is Hamas not a terrorist org? While were at
it What's YOUR definition of terrorism?
\_ I don't know what the definition is of
terrorism, which is why I avoid using the word.
I think it is amusing that you like to throw
around terms you can't even define.
\_ I think it's amusing that you don't know
how to read a dictionary. You can even
google for definitions now. Can you google?
\_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
"At present, there is no internationally
agreed definition of terrorism."
"The concept of terrorism is itself
controversial because it is often used
by states to delegitimize political
opponents, and thus legitimize the
state's own use of terror against
those opponents."
See, you learned something new today!
\_ "Common definitions of terrorism
refer only to those acts which are
intended to create fear (terror),
are perpetrated for an ideological
goal (as opposed to a lone attack),
and deliberately target or disregard
the safety of non-combatants.
Some definitions also include acts
of unlawful violence and war."
And yet, all the difinitions cover
Hamas. Again, what exactly is your
point? I mean, aside from having
your own little pedanticness
championship.
\_ My point is that calling someone
a "terrorist" really doesn't do
anything to describe them and in
fact is a way of avoiding
discussion, rather than actually
having one. The point of having a
dicussion is to communicate,
having one. The point of
communication is to communicate,
right? Unless you are just typing
to make yourself feel good, in
which case, carry on Sir!
which case, carry on Sir! Your
definition as stated above makes
many US military commanders
"terrorists" including whoever
ordered the firebombing of Tokyo,
so I personally find it
unsatisfactory, though perhaps
this is fine with you. Regarding
Hamas specifically, there is the
question as to whether they
qualify as a "State Actor" or not,
which I do not have the answer to.
Who decides what is a legitimate
government or not? Do you?
\_ So you didn't watch the video of them killing other
palestinians for singing at a wedding?
\_ You know the EU designates them as such as well, right?
\_ So you believe that the EU is the final authority in the
topic of terrorism?
\_ What a moron. When you build and launch rockets from a civilian
school, you're responsible
http://israelisoldiersmother.blogspot.com/2009/01/images-they-show.html |
| 2009/1/9-13 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:52347 Activity:kinda low |
1/9 I want to share maybe 100 photos with close family only. I don't
want anyone else to be able to see them, not that they are naughty
or anything. I want to then take them offline and replace with
more photos in 6-12 months (no need for permanent online storage).
I use iPhoto for my photos on my Mac. I don't want to pay for this
service. It would be nice if the s/w could compress images
automagically so that they aren't all 10 MB each and I don't have
to bother with that myself, but I'm not sure if that exists. What's
better for me? Flickr, picasa, photobucket, or something else? I
have no experience with any of these, not even as a viewer of photos.
\_ JPG and GIFs are by nature already compressed, so there isn't
a lot of bang for bucks when compressing something already
compressed. You'll gain at most 1-2% compression and in some
\_ This is a really stupid comment.
\_ Care to explain why the op is stupid with a more
intelligent response?
\_ because later in the post the pp talks about how Flickr
"compress[es] everything". JPG is a compressed format,
but it is easy to shrink the file size plenty by adjusting
the quality. The OP didn't mean gzip when he was asking
for compression of his files. pp's comment was factual
if you're talking about zip but uninformative and misleading
if you're talking about zip but uninformative and
misleading
cases the compressed file is even bigger. If you use Picasaweb
it's 1G free and it's easy to make it private only. Flickr
on the other hand has a 100M/month upload quota, and they
compress everything for you so you don't get the orig size.
In summary: Picasa should be available on the Mac now and
you can upload easily. It'll downsize for you (if you wish)
before uploading it to Picasaweb. |
| 2009/1/9-12 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:52348 Activity:nil |
1/8 Whacky Berkeley Liberals on the loose waving American flags:
http://tinyurl.com/9zqnx4 (Boston.com) |
| 2009/1/9-14 [Reference/BayArea] UID:52349 Activity:nil |
1/9 more links than you can possibly want about recent oakland riots
http://www.abetteroakland.com/downtown-oakland-riot-link-round-up/2009-01-08 |
| 2009/1/9-14 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Korea] UID:52350 Activity:nil |
1/9 Korea's version of "Angry SysAdmin" arrested for "spreading false
rumors". http://csua.org/u/n8d
Lee Myung-bak (current SK prez) is completely bonkers. -jrleek |
| 2009/1/9-14 [Recreation/Dating] UID:52351 Activity:nil |
1/9 At what age do you start to find it boring to jerk off? At
what age do you decrease jerking off frequently? I'll start:
-31.5
\_ Married 9yrs and two kids. Haven't decreased yet.
\_ 32-33 for me_
\_ Married 9yrs and two kids. Haven't decreased yet. -- 38yr-old
\_ Not so far. -43
\_ I almost completely stop jerking off when I have a woman.
\_ How often do you have sex? I stop jerking off when I have sex
daily, but that never lasts for long.
\_ Normally, 2x/wk. I was, until recently, also in the habit
of doing much strenuous exercise, which reduces libido.
\_ Maybe you have a medical issue.
\_ Maybe. I don't find anything overly exciting or depressing
anymore. I drive a lot calmer. I don't get angry or anything
like that. I DID cut off alcohol intake completely, and
avoiding caffeine as much as possible. I avoid lots of
sugar, and zero soda/junk juice intake. So in a sense, I'm
pretty comfortable in the middle. I DO get more work done
and I have better concentration without wanting to jerk
off or have sex. At first I thought this is pretty natural
for getting older and treating my body better, but seeing
replies above, maybe not? -op
\_ My laboradore retriever was super hyper and disobedient
until he was about 2 years old. Maybe there is a
correlation between being older and being calmer?
\_ so hit the bars, now that you're not a horndog women will
flock to you. esp if they are over 30.
\_ When you go to a bar, aren't you self selecting a certain
category of women? Only certain women frequent bars.
\_ yeah fun ones?
\_ If you're not a horndog, why bother hitting the bars? -!OP
\_ Libido varies tremendously. If you are happy and your
so is happy, why worry?
\_ http://clips.camwithher.com help? |
| 2009/1/9-14 [Reference/Tax, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:52352 Activity:kinda low |
1/9 Karl Rove's Factually Challenged Housing Revisionism
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/karl-roves-revisionism
\- why exactly would anybody except anything from KROVE
except an ideological ad? this is like "ford ad's
american car quality historical revisionism" or Preacher Bob
Jesusfreak's critiques of evolutionary theory.
[not that i am not saying people shouldnt engage with KROVE
or it's not interesting to read these links]. the dems
can definitely learn from people like grover nordquist
[interitance tax = "death tax" instead of "billionare tax"]
"billionaire tax" is far less _/
accurate than "death tax"
inheritance taxes affect people
with relatively small inheritances
\_ Technically, they're both misleading;
it's actually an "inheritance tax."
\_ Actually, as is usual for the MOTD
you don't know what the hell you
are talking about, but wouldn't
think of letting that stop you.
It is an ESTATE tax, which is
"technically" different from an
an inheritance tax. If it was an
inheritance tax besides being more
fair and reasonable, it would also
make the term "Death Tax" actually
incorrect, as opposed to now, where
it is (again "Technically") correct.
-phuqm (the death tax supporter)
-phuqm (death tax supporter)
\_ And as usual, you manage to be
informative AND an asshole.
\_ aww shucks. Now I'm going
to feel all warm and fuzzy
all day.
\_ Mission accomplished.
stuff like this "contains an egregious combination of false
statements, crucial omissions and misleading assertions."
should read "karl rove is a notorious liar" ... he isnt a fool
so he cant believe any of this ... as for journalists and
publication which present him ... we must ask about them
"are they fools, unprincipled ideologues, paid hacks, or is
something else going on". it feels good to come up with nice lines
like "you are entitled to your opinions but not your own facts"
but in cases like this a stark "kar rove is a liar" is more accurate
and makes the point better. To wit, "false coyness" in lines like
"Rove somehow fails to note the GOP controlled Congress from
1994-2006, including the first 6 years of the Bush Presidency."
if you havent analyzed the GSE article in the last Vanity Fair,
you may wish to take a look.
\- this is more like it:
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2009/01/stupidest-party-alivetm.html |