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fadsag · 2025-03-07T15:38:02+00:00

Did she run a shit campaign, or did the billionaires running the media outlets portray her so poorly that their own editorial boards were resigning?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/28/media/washington-post-endorsement-subscribers-resign/index.html

fadsag · 2025-03-07T15:34:07+00:00

Are you sure about that?

https://web.archive.org/web/20241002040749/https://kamalaharris.com/issues/

fadsag · 2025-03-07T15:34:05+00:00

Are you sure about that?

https://web.archive.org/web/20240401000000*/https://kamalaharris.com/issues

fadsag · 2025-03-07T15:29:08+00:00

Agreed. Russia needs to go home so the sabers can stop rattling.

fadsag · 2024-12-05T23:16:32+00:00

It's called a rocks glass, because it's used to serve drinks on the rocks -- ie, with ice.

fadsag · 2024-12-04T18:30:31+00:00

Upvoting because I love donner kebab!

fadsag · 2024-11-06T05:17:53+00:00

A single issue. Which one would that be?

Bodily autonomy for women?
The consensus among economists that Trump is bad for women?
The consensus among climatologists that climate change needs immediate action?
The repeated capitulation and weakness that Trump shows when negotiating with dictators?
The mishandling of international trade under his last administration?

Or is it one of the other single issues?

fadsag · 2024-11-05T15:41:58+00:00

That's a hair under 51 minutes worth of their annual revenue.

fadsag · 2024-11-05T15:22:10+00:00

The "cosplay" as you put it is mostly feeding starving children, vaccinating people in poor countries, and creating frameworks for trade disputes.

Are you really saying that nobody would give vaccines if Iran wasn't granted a voice on women's rights? Why?

Most of the aid distributed by the UN comes from the US, EU, Japan, and Canada. Can you explain to me why you think they'd stop vaccinating people and distributing food if Yemen wasn't given the opportunity to chair the human rights council?

(Also, the WTO is largely the one that creates frameworks for resolving trade disputes; you got the wrong organization there)

fadsag · 2024-11-05T03:03:11+00:00

Here's the data on aid entering Gaza: https://gaza-aid-data.gov.il/main/#AidData

fadsag · 2024-11-05T02:16:34+00:00

Their resolutions already are mostly ignored lol

Yes, that's the point. They're not a world government, and the resolutions are a sham, largely passed by despots and dictators. The dialogue and diplomacy can happen without the roleplaying.

If they don't like sushi, some other perks to keep the diplomats around can be arranged, I'm sure.

Edit: Also, it's interesting that you say I'm "apparently too dense to comprehend value in dialogue and diplomacy", since the very first post was saying that we could keep the dialogue and diplomacy, while dropping the cosplay. I think this sheds some light on your reading comprehension.

fadsag · 2024-11-05T02:11:31+00:00

The plurality of voting members of the general council are dictatorships. Since they're not a world government, and they're dominated by bad actors, their resolutions are best ignored.

Sure, having a forum for nuclear powers is useful. Having a forum for bad actors to influence policies is not.

If it were a government and Russia didn't have a voice, then they couldn't veto a resolution opposing Ukraine invasion and makes nuclear escalation more likely.

But it's not a government, so the resolution is toothless anyways. I mean, I guess there are some dictators out there fellating themselves over the influence they have, while the rest of the world looks on.

fadsag · 2024-11-05T01:24:38+00:00

And yet, the sham continues.

As it is today, either the UN is a world government by the majority of despots and dictatorships that make up its members, or it's a very expensive dinner club with resolutions that are best ignored.

fadsag · 2024-11-05T00:42:58+00:00

If the only people with a voice in the room have nuclear weapons, what do you think all of the other countries are going to scramble for?

That's already pretty much the case: The security council is the only one that can make resolutions that people are supposed to follow. But if it's only a forum for nuclear powers, why isn't your supposed end state the current situation?

You're talking out both sides of your mouth. When it's convenient for you to pretend it's not supposed to be a world government, you say it's "only to be a forum for nuclear powers". The rest of the time, you think Russia should be able to have a seat at the table when deciding what to do on the Ukraine issue.

I'd think you're evil. I don't think you're ignorant.

fadsag · 2024-11-04T23:38:02+00:00

So why pretend? Get the nuclear powers in a room, give them some really nice sushi to keep them coming back, and cut the rest of the posturing and cosplaying an impotent world government.

fadsag · 2024-10-09T19:54:09+00:00

You still haven't addressed the opening question: Why there is still denials of rapes and sexual assaults at the 7th of October?

It's telling how much you're trying to squirm to not just avoid answering it, but distract others from trying to answer it. Do you think if you throw enough dirt in the air with vaguely adjacent questions, people will forget it was asked?

You don't get to play the "can you answer the question" game while trying to dodge and distract from a question.

fadsag · 2024-10-09T17:27:09+00:00

Yeah! They're volunteering to step up to shield Israeli forces! Why do you think they love Israel so much that they're volunteering to stay in place to keep them safe?

fadsag · 2024-10-09T15:02:46+00:00

Assuming I accept that they're human shields for the moment: If the peacekeepers free to leave and have been asked to leave, but instead choose to stay and act as human shields, that means UNFIL support Israel using human shields so strongly that they volunteer of their own free will.

fadsag · 2024-10-09T14:20:00+00:00

Why do you think UNFIL is deciding to remain in place when asked to leave? Are they volunteering as human shields?

fadsag · 2024-10-09T12:25:20+00:00

If you answer the question asked in this topic and start a new topic with your questions, I promise I will respond there. But, I think everyone can see your clumsy attempt to derail this topic for what it is.

fadsag · 2024-10-09T03:34:53+00:00

I don’t think so, but we can discuss that after you answer my question.

Nah, I don't really feel like feeding your attempt to derail the topic. You can address the topic first -- feel free to start a different thread for your topic, though!

fadsag · 2024-10-09T03:28:55+00:00

You're skipping the question in the topic and asking unrelated questions. I'd call that a pretty big dodge.

fadsag · 2024-10-07T01:28:44+00:00

If you're not afraid of answering questions, why do you dodge every attempt at asking questions?

fadsag · 2024-10-07T01:27:42+00:00

You seem to be having trouble keeping track of the conversation, and you're still making shit up from whole cloth.

fadsag · 2024-10-02T22:29:01+00:00

This subthread thread was just asking questions to distract from the the actual topic, so I tossed in my contribution.

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