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Posted in: Trump aides defend Gaza takeover proposal but walk back some elements See in context

In the end, money always talks, we have already seen a lot of cave-ins from tariff threats and aid funding, so give it time.

Canada and Mexico didn’t “cave” to Trump’s tariffs, their actions were already in place before his administration. This was just a show for MAGA fans to make it look like he's racking up wins. Smart move, but he’ll need all the wins he can get because the real economic problems facing the U.S. are immensely difficult to tackle.

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Posted in: Trump aides defend Gaza takeover proposal but walk back some elements See in context

Heres an idea.

Gaza reconstructed sector by sector with the Palestinians remaining in Gaza, the one group returns to live in the reconstructed area

But you forgot one thing, how is this good for Israel?

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Posted in: Trump aides defend Gaza takeover proposal but walk back some elements See in context

Best case scenario, Trump comes out with this totally ridiculous plan in the hope that a slightly less ridiculous plan seems more reasonable. For which he will likely settle.

Worst case scenario, The US somehow accepts the whole of Israel as part of the United States, not just Gaza, allowing the US to "defend itself" against any haters in the ME.

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Posted in: AI model could use heart rhythm data to detect premature aging and cognitive decline See in context

And immediately update your health insurance provider allowing you to pay far higher premiums. win-win.

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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context

They will kill every person??

This isnt what ethnic cleansing means.

Are you deliberately confusing ethnic cleansing with a genocide?

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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context

Well, the other tried and failed, miserably

What does this even mean?

You accept that Israel IS in the process of ethnic cleansing Gaza?

You believe that Hamas actually had the means to ethnically cleanse Israel?

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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context

I disagree, to an extent you are right, but overall, when we refer to systematic ethnic cleansing, we refer to it as a final solution, relocating and removing…..more difficult argument to make.

No, "The final solution" (holocaust) was a genocide. The forced displacement of millions of people from their home IS ethnic cleansing.

It is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.

Ethnic cleansing doesnt have to be violent, but in this case it has already been very violent, and the forced eviction of the Gazan population will definitely lead to even more bloodshed.

It is a sad sad state of affairs when we find ourselves trying to cover for one of the worst crimes against humanity.

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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context

They want one and only one thing: To butcher the other ethnic group.

One state is actually in the process of ethnic cleansing the other

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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context

Wrong. Wrong President and wrong party. One reason why the establishment hates Trump so much is because they can’t control this guy, they tried, but he’s definitely not moldable the way Biden was

The guy has been back in office for less than a month, and he has all but agreed to the ethnic cleansing of over 2 million people. This doesnt come across as a policy he came up with by himself does it?

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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context

US-endorsed ethnic cleansing

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Posted in: Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico, Canada after they pledge to boost border enforcement See in context

The U.S. has a long-standing crisis of economic insecurity, untreated mental health issues, chronic pain, and social isolation. Without fixing those, even if fentanyl disappeared overnight, another drug would just take its place. Alcohol is responsible for almost double the number of deaths as fentanyl in recent years, and has been a leading cause of death for decades before fentanyl even existed.

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Posted in: Israelis and Palestinians rejoice after more hostages and prisoners are freed See in context

What was terror group Hamas' justification for kidnapping 31 Thai people - after ruthlessly slaughtering another 39? Despicable.

Absolutely no justification, and some of the most horrific footage released from October 7th involved Hamas hangers-on committing the most heinous crimes against Thai labourers.

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Posted in: Israelis and Palestinians rejoice after more hostages and prisoners are freed See in context

At first I questioned it, but it seems that Hamas are the real winners here.

They are still as strong as ever.

They are still as popular as ever, if not moreso.

The surviving Israeli hostages were alive and well on release.

Thousands of Palestinian hostages have been released from Israeli custody.

The borders between Egypt and Gaza will inevitably have blockades lifted for reconstruction to take place.

Israel has never been in such an unpopular position.

I cant say for certain, but I sure doubt Trump will let the conflict breakout again so early in his second term.

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Posted in: Tens of thousands return to devastated northern Gaza as Israel lifts its closure under truce See in context

Here is an interesting post I saw on Reddit that shows the extent to which the IOF has been trying to make Northern Gaza unliveable.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Palestine/comments/1iazuvl/farmland_destroyed_in_northern_gaza_google_earth/

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Posted in: Trump threatens Russia, others with tariffs if Ukraine deal not reached See in context

The US is still buying Uranium, titanium, fertilisers, and a bunch of other strategic resources from Russia. You stick tariffs on them, US ends up paying more.

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Posted in: Trump sworn in as 47th president, emboldened to reshape American institutions See in context

FDR served 4 terms.

I didnt know that. Thank you for enlightening me.

Trump may be the first to serve three terms since FDR*

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Posted in: Trump sworn in as 47th president, emboldened to reshape American institutions See in context

I suspect the economic devastation covid caused and continues to do so on hardworking US families will take decades to mend.

Covid exacerbated existing problems. The US is coming to the final stages of multi-decade debt cycle, if Covid hadnt led to mass inflation, something else would have. Its just what happens.

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Posted in: Trump sworn in as 47th president, emboldened to reshape American institutions See in context

The economy needs to be fixed. This man can do it!

He can try. The US is nearing the end of a long-term debt cycle, and it requires radical changes to prevent debt spiralling out of control. Filling the pockets of his mates, and scapegoating are not going to cut it. I hope he succeeds.

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Posted in: Trump sworn in as 47th president, emboldened to reshape American institutions See in context

The only reason why this happened is because racism and sexism teamed up together

It is because Democrats allowed the US to stagante, pandering to tiny minority groups rather than tackling more fundamental issues like the cost of living crisis. Democrats have themselves to blame.

If Democrats are "lucky" Trump will be unable to fulfil his promises in the next 4 years. On the other hand, if he does manage to deliver I think you might see the first ever third term president.

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Posted in: Trump sworn in as 47th president, emboldened to reshape American institutions See in context

America going back to its roots

The Wild West Part Deux

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Posted in: Are you optimistic about Japan's economy this year? See in context

The real economy, the situations millions of ordinary Japanese people face in their day-to-day lives, will not improve in the near future. However, this is not unique to Japan. People across the developed world are experiencing similar crises. Governments have been irresponsible in their spending, failing to invest in sectors critical to maintaining a prosperous and productive society. Eventually, they will be forced to tax the rich, assuming the wealthy haven't already moved their assets to tax havens like the UAE to protect their fortunes.

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Posted in: Japan's tourism boom prices out business travelers See in context

there is always a bar open somewhere

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Posted in: Guards 'systematically and casually' beat New York inmate to death, lawsuit says See in context

The video is brutal

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Posted in: Gaza ceasefire deal reached between Israel, Hamas; truce to begin Sunday See in context

Interesting how the pro-Hamas types just last week were moaning about their territory "being bombed to oblivion", having "no functioning hospitals" and "47,000 Palestinians being killed" - but are now heralding this as a "total military victory" for Hamas. Really?

Right. Prisoner release was one of their outlined goals, but at the human cost of this conflict i dont think anyone could call it a victory. Besides that, Gaza is still under blockade, which will be even worse with Israel in control of the Egypt border. Military operations in the West Bank have also increased significantly so no victory there. Goodwill towards Israel is at an all time low, but what does that matter when the world superpower is still providing them with cover.

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Posted in: Gaza ceasefire deal reached between Israel, Hamas; truce to begin Sunday See in context

Also, the reports that 70% of Gaza's dead are women and children 

Which corresponds exactly with the population of Gaza who are women and children. With half the total population being minors, and half the adult population being women.

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Posted in: Gaza ceasefire deal reached between Israel, Hamas; truce to begin Sunday See in context

Netanyahu capitulates.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-13/ty-article/.premium/trumps-mideast-envoy-forced-netanyahu-to-accept-a-gaza-plan-he-repeatedly-rejected/00000194-615c-d4d0-a1f4-fbfdce850000

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Posted in: Gaza ceasefire deal reached between Israel, Hamas; truce to begin Sunday See in context

Thankyou Donald Trump for speaking in the only language that Hamas could ever understand. The game was up, it was that simple. The new administration simply couldn’t be played like you did the last one. You couldn’t get a clearer picture of what works and what doesn’t in this world full of thugs and jihadists hiding behind their disastrous hate filled politics that has brought an insane amount of death, violence and destruction since October 7th.

You realise it was netanyahu who capitulated to Trump, not Hamas, who have been trying to organize a ceasefire for months.

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Posted in: Gaza ceasefire deal reached between Israel, Hamas; truce to begin Sunday See in context

Then to have planned, trained for and carried out the slaughter of 1200 innocent civilians

800 civilians

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Posted in: Gaza ceasefire deal reached between Israel, Hamas; truce to begin Sunday See in context

Bass4, Trump will get more political hell at home,than he can mead out on the Palestinians

It would be hilarious if Trumps first days in office are spent purging the neocons he humoured to get his job back.

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Posted in: Gaza ceasefire deal reached between Israel, Hamas; truce to begin Sunday See in context

Biden gets some credit

Why?

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