Hekate
Hekate's JournalA previous post of the OP's that turned out to be erroneous got a lot of attention before...
… being shut down by the OP. Many people believed on their say-so that MSNBC had fired their Muslim reporters/anchors, and got very angry. Many people also debunked the claim thoroughly, but every new respondent to the thread saw only the OP and joined the anger at the presumptive injustice. 138 replies ain’t chicken feed.
Note to Jury: This is readily available DU public record. I participated in that thread, having seen Ali Velshi reporting from the war zone many times in the previous days, obviously still in the employ of MSNBC.
My point is that once again the OP is being requested to verify their sources, and to examine said sources carefully. Once again, every person responding is having their emotions whipsawed. One of the more rational has pointed out that “the making and release of execution videos is an established terrorist tactic, but out of character for the IDF.” I think that’s well worth considering.
Second note to Jury: I think the issue of legitimate sourcing is also well worth considering. It’s in our TOS, after all.
Measurements of brevity: one Scaramucci, one head of lettuce, and one Scalise...
Help me come up with some more. 
Finally getting to listen to Joe's speech & he just gave me chills: "We can't not know!"
At their 14th birthday, he has taken each of his descendants to Dachau — kids, grandkids — because “WE CAN’T NOT KNOW” he said with great emphasis.
Chills — and tears.
Have I mentioned yet today how very fortunate we are to have Joe Biden just now?
As it happens I have developed a few work-arounds which I will be happy to share with you
Television:
Time of day (and time zone, since DUers are all over the map)
Station
Name of program
Name of person who said whatever it is you found interesting — anchor or panelist, it makes a difference
Radio would be exactly the same
Newspaper:
Pick a reputable one
Link
Title of article
Note whether the author is a columnist, someone from the editorial staff, or an Op-Ed contributor—it makes a difference
Four paragraphs only, due to copyright laws
Newspaper if your computer, pad, or the newspaper itself don’t give usable links (I have a problem with this):
All of the above, plus cite the date and page number
It’s not that difficult once you get the hang of it, and you will see the basics in the TOS. Do enjoy your time at DU.
Tuberville's "holds" have nothing to do with the competence of Biden's appointees nor that of those
…who are awaiting well-deserved promotions.
Tuberville hates women’s reproductive rights at all levels and wants those in the US military to have none.
Federal policy is that no money shall be spent for abortion, period. However, military policy has been that people in need shall not be prevented from obtaining one at their own expense — and further, if they are stationed in a state or country where abortion is forbidden/illegal, they shall be permitted to take leave to obtain this care.
Tuberville calls such travel “abortion vacations.” He’s 100% against the travel and the procedure.
So what the senator is doing is holding up all promotions — hundreds by now — until he gets his way. The term of office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has expired and he can’t hang around. The general who is supposed to replace him cannot do so without the approval of Tuberville’s committee. Therefore the position of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is vacant — and this country is in real trouble.
Siri's voice on my iPhone has decreased in volume & I don't know how to make it louder. ...
This is a problem when trying to follow map directions, as I can barely hear it over the car engine.
Help?
Oh deary deary me. Tell that to the children of Sandy Hook, Uvalde, & Marjorie Stoneman Douglas
There is a streak of ugly, ugly insanity that runs through this country’s collective psyche, and we are willing to sacrifice our children and people just minding their own business to a god that demands blood sacrifices on a daily basis. No other country on this planet does the same.
But you just just go ahead and tell us how this is a banana.
Am now watching the MSNBC panel we recorded & damn are they all good. Just saw Michael Steele
… and damn is he good — he scorched the GOP candidates raw.
Jen Psaki, Chris, Joy, Rachel, Steph Rule, Ari — I hope DU watched this.
You may have noticed that DU is not the MSM, nor are we terribly impressed with them
Here’s a thing you may have missed in your alienation: the war against Fascism and Naziism and the Axis was very present in the consciousness of the country when we, the Olde Boomers, were children. For those with a mind to absorb these lessons, they were around us in abundance. How else did you imagine we learned to recognize these abominations when they showed up here?
How can you imagine that the issues we have known all our lives are not still with us each day in 2023? I find that curious indeed.
Book burnings — my mom’s high school classmates included a Jewish refugee who witnessed first hand that horror in Germany. Photos abounded…
I’ve been conscious of overpopulation since at least 1970, over 50 years, and as a result, I determined to have 2 and only 2 children, and so it was.
I’ve been conscious of the importance of fresh water to the islands of the Pacific since, say, 1961, middle school, when my Science teacher described the lens of underground fresh water floating above the waters of the sea in our Hawai’ian islands. So fragile.
I studied what were then the Trust Territories of the Pacific in the 1960s, another remnant of our parents’ late war, and contemplate the utter fragility of the existence of Micronesia, the tiny islands and atolls — and decades later when the first signs appeared of the rising seas my heart broke for the coming extinguishment of cultures that had existed for millennia.
Nothing is wasted. Nothing is forgotten. You want something posted — post it. If you don’t want it to sink too fast, do a few self-kicks. If you really want it to hang around, pick a forum other than GD.
But don’t blame the rest of us for failing to make every post one of your choosing.
Okay, if you say so. When DU was founded, I recall a group of experienced resisters...
With the installation of BushCheney into the presidency by the SCOTUS, we were facing a national crisis. When 9-11 occurred, the crisis ratcheted up, as the PNAC crew took advantage of the opportunity to ram us into an oil war.
A lot of us were in what I think of as robust middle age at the time. There were some very young people here as well, and iirc they were welcomed and we shared what we knew about resisting fascism in these times. We brought a ton of experience to the table.
But you know what happens when you add a quarter-century to the young? They become middle aged, and have the concerns of the middle aged. And what happens when you add those same years to the middle aged? They become old and have the concerns of the old — like illness and death.
It doesn’t mean we have forgotten about the world and the country, about the environment and democracy. Where have you ever gotten that idea? We talk about these things all the time, and all of us are politically active to one degree or another to this very day, as we have been all our lives.
By all means bring in a coterie of high school and college age kids. We don’t bite, but we also don’t handle people with kid gloves in a serious debate. We have our TOS and don’t tolerate the trollery that goes on in a lot of places on the internet — I mean the misogyny and racism and anti-semitism that are so popular elsewhere will get called out.
If they want a special forum to talk about issues they think only they comprehend, I’m sure that can be accommodated under the usual DU rules.
As for calling young climate activists terrorists, I guess it depends on what they choose to do. Destroying priceless works of art to make a statement is as stupid when a white European or American kid does it as when Isis and the Taliban do it. Mm?
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