Democracy is that political system whereby a bunch of slave owners with wealth rule over anybody who doesn't have wealth, right? Also they do a lot ofremoved of the slaves. I think even without wearing a toga Epstein falls solidly in the democracy lane.

a lib who got lost and wandered into hexbear once did the "read a book" thing about China, so I asked them what book they recommended and they recommended a completely unrelated novel and asserted they just meant read any book, not a non-fiction book about China

We have a tradition of representative government and more honest leadership

When you don't have a coherent worldview it's very uncomfortable to think about the questions people on the left ask you, so refusing to think about it is the easiest solution. Calling people commies and reds and pinkos used to work but the bozos who came up with those are all obviously buffoons and liberals know it, so they stole "tankie" from leftist infighting and slap it onto anybody whose questions make their brain feel weird.

I do not understand a lot of the political fundamentals.

this fascist has more self awareness than most voters in the USA

Run For Their Lives, which organized the walk, said, "This is not a protest; it is a peaceful walk to show solidarity with the hostages and their families, and a plea for their release."

The journalist gets an F for not immediately asking what this person thought the best way to free the hostages would be. Guarantee it wasn't ceasefire now.

Most foreign airlines halt flights to Tel Aviv after ~~Houthi~~ Ansarallah missile hits airport

Major foreign airlines, including German carrier Lufthansa, France’s Air France, US carrier Delta and Hungary’s Wizz Air, on Sunday canceled their scheduled flights to Tel Aviv, after a ballistic missile from Yemen struck inside the grounds of Israel’s main airport, Ben Gurion International.

By Sunday late afternoon, only a few foreign airlines were still confirmed to be flying.

but for planes

NYT says Trump vetoed Israels plan to strike Iranian nuclear facilities

Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by President Trump in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program, according to administration officials and others briefed on the discussions.

I haven't decided whether I think Biden would have green lit this or not.

It is 2015. The air offensive against Ansarallah backed by the US war machine is failing.

It is 2025. The air offensive against Ansarallah backed by the US war machine is failing.

Hey would ya look at that, Tik Tok is back and it's tamping down on pro-palestine content like the rest of the American social media companies are.

It seems like the newsmega has a lot fewer of the regulars recently. I miss the input from the users who are actually proximate to the conflict in Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon. Their input was extremely valuable.