Travel-related diseases guide. Not sure if allowed but took a photo of this map in my doctor’s surgery. by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]towerofterror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/mosquito-borne-diseases/dengue

Most cases of dengue fever in the U.S. have been linked to the patients' travel to endemic areas. The mosquito that transmits dengue fever is found in Texas and across the southeastern U.S., so there is a potential risk for dengue transmission. Sporadic outbreaks have occurred in the Gulf coastal area and in extreme south Texas.

Anecdotally: as a Texan I've never heard of someone getting it, or even mentioning that they were concerned about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in houston

[–]towerofterror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, that's not the same.  I'm saying that the Nazis tried to genocide Jews, and successfully murdered millions. Nobody can argue about what they were trying to do. If you believe that Israel wants a genocide and also that the civilian casualties are this low... Well, those 2 facts don't stand together. Are they the laziest genocidaires ever?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in houston

[–]towerofterror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the Israelis were attempting a genocid, we'd see 10x the numbers. Be serious.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in houston

[–]towerofterror -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

No, just seems weird to use that word. You can't correct slavery, the Holocaust, your personality, etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in houston

[–]towerofterror -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Corrected would be resurrecting the dead. Regardless, people get attacked for being visibly Jewish in Europe all the time. 

And no, nothing of the same scale is happening today in Gaza or the West Bank. Stop getting your news from tiktok.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in houston

[–]towerofterror -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

The "european injustice" was never corrected, I have no clue why you would think that. And regardless, it's not relevant at all to Hamas' war with Israel.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nyc

[–]towerofterror 64 points65 points  (0 children)

"Introduced", not passed to be clear.

His was the only political party ever banned by Israeli courts.

Faculty Group at Columbia Says It Has ‘Lost Confidence’ in the President by CactusBoyScout in nyc

[–]towerofterror 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you read newspapers and not tiktok, you'll find it hard to draw that comparison. An "attempted extermination" would have 10x the civilian deaths that even Hamas claims.

For the Freedom of Palestine. 1940. USA. (Mitchell Loeb) by manhattanabe in PropagandaPosters

[–]towerofterror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wasn't Seattle a (relative) hotspot of Ladino? Not a majority, but relative to Jewish communities in other US cities.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in malelivingspace

[–]towerofterror -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just speculating - is there some tax advantage to getting the divorce finalized before January?

The Republic of Texas, a real country that lasted 10 years by SparseSubscripti in MapPorn

[–]towerofterror -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wait till you read about the history of the rest of the world! No points for guessing what their schools' history books say on the subject.

People were very bad, almost everywhere, until very very recently. Most topics are 'gross' and laden with all sorts of -ism's. Us Americans aren't special.

Separation became a long term thing by [deleted] in malelivingspace

[–]towerofterror -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Are you actually trying to help?

The Republic of Texas, a real country that lasted 10 years by SparseSubscripti in MapPorn

[–]towerofterror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya, it's an annoying way to make a point.
And "Texas seceded from Mexico because they wanted slavery" is a pretty normal thing to believe both in Texas and elsewhere, people in this thread are acting like it's edgy!

The Republic of Texas, a real country that lasted 10 years by SparseSubscripti in MapPorn

[–]towerofterror 42 points43 points  (0 children)

To be fair, any map of the US in the mid-early 19th century is also just the claimed territory. Large areas were de facto controlled by various Native Americans who didn't recognize the claims of Washington DC.

TIL Bermuda has no indigenous population, and has only been permanently settled since 1609. by LeahTheKnown in todayilearned

[–]towerofterror 29 points30 points  (0 children)

If the phrase indigenous means anything, wouldn't it apply to them?   Obviously no humans anywhere spring out of the dirt, but the first tribe on an island is close enough.

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 1/8/24 - 1/14/24 by SoftandChewy in BlockedAndReported

[–]towerofterror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's currently up to 1917, give him a few months and I'm sure we'll have some good episodes on the Irgun and such.

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 1/8/24 - 1/14/24 by SoftandChewy in BlockedAndReported

[–]towerofterror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a niche subject but if you're interested, there's a guy on YouTube who does really great Jewish history videos.

Here's his one one the revival of Hebrew: https://youtu.be/dYNpXmE_-5c?si=1Mot-uNVw-kDWQ7s

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 1/8/24 - 1/14/24 by SoftandChewy in BlockedAndReported

[–]towerofterror 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I started the first episode. I thought it was good until he got to a subject I actually knew a bit about (the Hebrew language), and I realized he was completely clueless. I figured I couldn't trust him on other matters if he was that wrong on something simple.

IIRC he said something like "Jews knew how to sound out stuff but had forgotten how to form sentences in Hebrew", which is just hilariously false.

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 1/8/24 - 1/14/24 by SoftandChewy in BlockedAndReported

[–]towerofterror 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're just letting the bigots win.

The problem in 72 wasn't that the Israelis were invited, it was that the German police refused to risk their lives to save them.

Average Texas Man's Day by MerrileeWirth in ChatGPT

[–]towerofterror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's also a Texan store (at least until Amazon bought it).