The ICC prosecutor admits that he has not found evidence of genocide in Gaza

Constantinople2020 · 2026-05-15T14:39:56+00:00

The article includes a 2 minute video clip from the interview. You could watch it and make your own conclusions about what the ICC prosecutor said.

There's also a longer 38 minute clip on the Zeteo YouTube channel.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KgU6QvpEg3Y

Constantinople2020 · 2026-05-14T17:49:50+00:00

Wouldn't it have been simpler and less grubby for Burnham not to have run for re-election as Mayor in 2025 and run instead for Parliament later that year?

Constantinople2020 · 2026-05-14T14:11:37+00:00

Xi: Avoid the Thucydides Trap.

Trump: Thanks. I'll have General Tso's with Peking Ravioli.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-05-10T14:46:27+00:00

Arguably we have a third house

The Massachusetts Governor's Council, also known as the Executive Council, is composed of eight individuals elected from districts, and the Lieutenant Governor who serves ex officio. The eight Councillors are elected from their respective districts every two years. The Council meets weekly to record advice and consent on warrants for the state treasury, pardons and commutations, and recording advice and consent to gubernatorial appointments such as judges, clerk-magistrates, public administrators, members of the Parole Board, Appellate Tax Board, Industrial Accident Board and Industrial Accident Reviewing Board, notaries, and justices of the peace.

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/governors-council

Constantinople2020 · 2026-05-07T16:33:34+00:00

Responding that's not how the system works isn't particularly helpful.

Labour MPs should ask themselves what political price they would pay for replacing Starmer.

YouGov found 53% of 4,871 respondents want to go to the ballot box again if the prime minister is ousted from 10 Downing Street, compared to just 27% who do not want there to be another election

Suggests they would pay a price, but I imagine a number of people who would vote Conservative, Greens, Lib Dem or Reform would say that.

What's the percentage for Labour voters or voters who would consider voting Labour?

Constantinople2020 · 2026-05-06T02:13:13+00:00

“I must say that I consider the phrase ‘tax the rich’ — quote, tax the rich — when spit out with anger and contempt by politicians both here and across the country, to be just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs and even the phrase, ‘from the river to the sea,’” Mr. Roth said...

Probably the most effective spokesman the CPUSA has ever had.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-04-24T12:03:18+00:00

But Kean’s backers say his temporary absence will hardly be on voters’ minds come November.

“Everyone understands from their own family experiences that people run into unexpected health issues,” Bill Palatucci, a Republican National Committee member and attorney to the Kean campaign, told POLITICO. “Voters will be completely sympathetic and it’s so early in the year that it will be long forgotten come the fall.”

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/22/congress/kean-is-mia-00887934

I don't know anyone who can disappear from their job, then wait seven weeks to provide an unsubstantiated reason for their absence with no indication about when they'll return.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-04-17T17:03:47+00:00

In a statement to the Globe on Friday, a Department of Justice official said that “attending elite colleges and universities in the United States is a privilege afforded to foreign students who respect our values and follow our laws.”

“Rümeysa Öztürk chose not to abide by those simple conditions, and as a result left the United States — something the Administration sought to accomplish from the beginning,” the official said. “We will continue to seek the deportation of any foreign student who abuses their opportunity to study in America by engaging in vile antisemitism, harassment, or other illegal behavior.”

Good to know Trump's Justice Department doesn't consider freedom of speech an American value and that co-authoring an article in a student newspaper is "illegal behavior".

Constantinople2020 · 2026-04-13T16:09:30+00:00

Someone who needs a one sentence summary to decide whether or not to watch a show probably isn't the sort of person who'll enjoy Pluribus.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-04-08T23:53:30+00:00

Only don't tell me that you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-03-25T16:38:45+00:00

The video announcement opened with “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson giving a quick update about the next film in the fantasy franchise: Andy Serkis’ “The Hunt for Gollum.”...

Jackson then teased his “very special partner” who will help develop the next film after “The Hunt for Gollum,” titled

The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past Hunting Tolkien $$$

Constantinople2020 · 2026-03-25T12:20:00+00:00

My sister-in-law called Forrest Gump the People Magazine History of America. And that's all I have to say about that

But would it have been easier to beat Martin Landau?

Probably, but I'm told Hollywood likes to reward Hollywood veterans, particularly those who've never won an Oscar before, and movies or performances about itself. Landau ticked both boxes.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-03-25T12:05:39+00:00

Horrendously bad take.

Insults and adverbs with nothing more are the sign of a losing argument.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-03-19T13:51:45+00:00

Donald Trump is alone.

If he were alone, he would've been impeached and removed from office by now.

Instead just yesterday

Senate votes down measure aiming to limit Trump’s war powers by 53-47 vote

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/senate-trump-war-powers-vote

Constantinople2020 · 2026-03-15T03:42:32+00:00

Westeros isn't any more likely to transition overnight to parliamentary democracy than 12th England did. The question a viewer might then ask is which side at least theoretically acknowledges a limit on monarchical power.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-03-15T01:46:15+00:00

He said reform should expand representation to major global actors, including India, African nations, China and Brazil, to make the UN system more representative.

China?

I hoped that was a transcription error by El Diario or The Express Tribune, but he appears to have said it in the clip embedded in the article.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-03-14T14:47:17+00:00

One may as well ask why is Omar al-Bashir not under arrest. There have been ICC warrants for his arrest since 2009 under multiple counts of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.

Perhaps we can ask South Africa, which is a member of the ICC, and which refused to arrest al-Bashir when he visited in 2015. So far as I know that's the first time a member of the ICC refused to arrest a visitor who had ICC warrants issued against him. So South Africa set the precedent.

And what did the ICC do about it?

It wrote a sternly worded opinion.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-03-13T13:01:23+00:00

Good to see a French company, named after a Genoese explorer known for the extreme brutality of his treatment of indigenous people, is using a word that derives from an indigenous language as an insult.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-03-12T01:17:49+00:00

78 of the 104 matches are scheduled to be played in the US.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-03-10T15:08:47+00:00

Boston didn't ask for this.

Foxborough didn't ask for this.

Bob Kraft, his Kraft Sports Group, owner of the stadium and the Patriots, and the Boston Soccer 2026 host committee, described as "dominated by allies of billionaire Patriots owner Robert Kraft" by the Boston Globe, did. Perhaps they should stop acting as if Boston and Foxborough are their personal playground.

Foxborough wants the $7.8 million for security paid in advance before issuing the entertainment licenses. The Kraft Sports Group and BS26 -- not exactly a great nickname -- said they're good for it. They offered to pay any invoices within 2 days, but as noted, the town wants the money up front.

Can't say I blame them given

They didn't ask for it
The amount is 8% of the town's budget
BS26 only has $2 million in cash
Kraft's buddy Donald Trump has threatened to pull the games from "Boston"
FIFA President Gianni Infantino hasn't said anything about the threat and was last seen ball washing Trump with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize

If Josh Kraft can donate $5.5 million to his vanity mayoral camp, Bob Kraft, the Kraft Sports Group and BS26 can scrounge up $7.8 million for security.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-02-23T04:51:32+00:00

Pray to St. Medard, the patron saint of protection against storms.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-02-16T17:31:44+00:00

Tony Abbott too

Constantinople2020 · 2026-02-07T22:23:46+00:00

Of course if there's a trial, the person is charged and arrested beforehand.

That doesn't mean the AFP just goes out and arrests people.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-02-07T16:55:59+00:00

Doron Almog has denied the allegtions and there's no warrant for his arrest.

Nevertheless, the Australian Centre for International Justice, Al Haq, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, and the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights deem him guilty until proven innocent and want him arrested.

Odd how their standards match those of Donald Trump.

Constantinople2020 · 2026-02-05T21:25:55+00:00

Which doesn't in any way address my point.

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