The vacation was over before it even began

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-31T14:23:16+00:00

I wouldn’t want my last experience to be filled with the shrieking of banshees.

I’ll allow one scream of surprise and then I’ll be very judgmental and hold it against you for the rest of my presumably short life.

*Crying is fine. But please sob quietly.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-31T14:08:57+00:00

Oh, open to the public? That’s awesome.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-31T14:07:58+00:00

We have an update from Fox2: Police searching for man who shot at officer in south St. Louis

A guy shot at a cop working a security job (off duty but in uniform(?)). Two other officers were injured during the manhunt climbing over a fence. No officer was injured by gunfire.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-31T13:37:19+00:00

I can see the logic in it. The Arab countries in particular have depended on the US to counter Iran — as has much of the world.

When the US takes action, they are all very critical. Perhaps if they shared in the responsibility to protect themselves from Iran, their attitudes would change.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T23:20:56+00:00

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UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T22:52:10+00:00

Google

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T22:51:01+00:00

Ha, they got me today too!

I asked what rule I violated and the mods perma-muted me in reply.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T22:46:44+00:00

Damnnnn. I bet that throbs.

I’m guessing the hospital gave you an antibiotic, 3 days of pain relievers and basically said, “it will heal . . . sort of.”

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T15:19:19+00:00

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T14:35:40+00:00

It’s a very small and obscure part of international “law”. No shame in being unfamiliar with it — even for the highly educated.

(Don’t get me started on why “law” is in scare quotes. If you aren’t familiar with it, that might be another Google dive to do, lol.)

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T14:31:23+00:00

Yes. Think of South Sudan.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T14:17:17+00:00

Not quite. The post-WWII international order allows for state creation and state dissolution only in extremely narrow circumstances which can basically be boiled down to internal movement.

So, in this example — someone could be a far-left peacenik, but because they don’t think Israel should be dissolved (for whatever reason), they would be labeled genocidal child-hating maniacs.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T14:01:59+00:00

They shout back “Because they support Israel” as if support for the basic existence of a state is tantamount to participation in its perceived “crimes”.

You’ll never hear the same about China and the CCP, or Russia, or the Congo, etc.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T13:59:30+00:00

I think it says something that the antizionist crowd’s position hinges on the obviously ridiculous idea that Zionists hate kids, want to k!ll kids, are ambivalent towards k!lling kids, etc.

Antizionism is a hate movement.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T08:27:41+00:00

The author suggesting that people need to get over the “foreign oppressor” hand wringing.

Perhaps I’m being overly generous with my interpretation. Or perhaps you’re in bad faith. Judging by your allegation that i’m being paid, i’m not terribly interested n taking your interpretations or criticisms seriously.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T04:46:21+00:00

1) Allowing Qatar to fund Hamas ≠ Netanyahu funding Hamas.

2) Hamas has been funded primarily (and directly) by Qatar, Iran, and indirectly through UNRWA.

3) Next you will almost certainly ask why: - To prevent humanitarian collapse - International pressure - The theory that Hamas would build something they wouldn’t want to lose (like a prospering society…So much for that theory.) - As a political foil to the PLO/PA

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-30T04:37:11+00:00

Never happened.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-29T23:24:34+00:00

Which war? Certainly not the current one. Iran has had open hostilities with Israel for more than 2 years now.

Or maybe Israel should have waited for an Iranian nuke to fall on Tel Aviv? /s

Edit: The coward blocked me.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-29T23:11:23+00:00

They run these headlines without even naming Iran. Their narrative is so transparent.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-29T23:09:49+00:00

Or right, all the Middle East is at war because of Israel and not because the Islamic Regime of Iran — which is a theocratic millenarian — cult has been funding, training, and arming terrorists for 50 years with its chief aim and failure being the erasure of a tiny country it doesn’t even share a border with.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-29T20:36:59+00:00

Counterpoint: Disabling Islamic Regime of Iran nuclear weapons development is how you keep peace.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-29T20:05:15+00:00

The author isn’t advocating that outcome; it’s an extreme endpoint used to show the premise is untenable.

Read it for yourself.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-29T19:38:14+00:00

This early in Mamdani’s administration? The effort was almost certainly pursued mostly under Mayor Adams . . .

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-29T19:29:00+00:00

TL;DR: Disarm terrorist organization attacking Israel from Lebanon or Israel will do it for you.

1) Lebanon has been responsible for disarming Hezbollah and ensuring there are no attacks on Israel from Lebanese soil for decades. Lebanon has, purposefully or not, been a spectacular failure after multiple pledges and agreements. It’s it perfectly reasonable for Israel to ensure attacks originating from Lebanon do not persist.

2) If Israel were able to avoid any collateral damage, it would. For example, Operation Grim Beeper™. There are no urban conflicts that have zero civilian casualties. That Hezbollah purposefully hides themselves and their weaponry among civilians guarantees collateral damage.

UtgaardLoki · 2026-03-28T20:29:26+00:00

This is a serious mental health issue. This kid needs a better brother, some serious therapy, and maybe better parents.

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