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escott

@escott@babka.social

#Jew :: #Zionist :: #Liberal :: #Writer :: #Software #Entrepreneur :: Father אבא :: Husband :: Martial Arts Student :: Permanently OTD :: Not a doctor, not a lawyer (sorry, mom)
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escott, to Israel
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"We don't hate , only !"

https://www.jta.org/2024/05/30/global/for-the-second-time-in-a-week-shots-fired-at-a-canadian-jewish-school?mpweb=1161-73030-465139

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rabbijill, to random
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Perhaps it’s important to say, for those of you not in the same loop I’m in, that my friends & colleagues in Israel are in the streets demonstrating against the war and the corrupt Netanyahu government every day. The families of the hostages are also out in the streets demanding new elections. Every death - Palestinian and Israeli - is heartbreaking.

And for anyone thinking that trump is going to be a great friend to Israel, he’s not. Netanyahu and trump are bit from the same cloth. Both are dangerous.

escott,
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@rabbijill Bibi aside (he's a pig): yes, every death is a tragedy. But the equivalence ends there, because of course Israel is acting in self-defense (perhaps clumsily, granted) while our enemy are simply ethnic-cleansing mass murderers.

(Hi Jill! 😀 )

escott,
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@rabbijill War is a terrible thing. The deaths of non-combatants are tragic but impossible to avoid. It looks right now like this war has so far produced the lowest non-combatant to combatant mortality ratio in modern history. How many Israeli soldiers, I wonder, have died simply because Israel follows international laws of war and their enemy does not.

I believe even a center-left Israeli government would have fought this war in much same way it’s currently being fought. The terrorists hide among civilians and in UN facilities; they build operational centers under hospitals and place missile launchers in schoolyards. Every dead Palestinian child promotes their cause.

I hope this war is over tomorrow. And it will be, if #Hamas returns the hostages (or more likely their bodies) and puts down its arms. Every casualty on either side is a casualty of Hamas and its continuing devotion to death and disregard for Palestinian lives.

escott, to random
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[With the link this time]

In which the comes to the astonishing conclusion that the guy who tried to ban people from entering the country based on their religion, who put children in cages, and who conspired with our enemies, may actually not be very nice.

Welcome to the party, gray lady.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/us/politics/trump-trial-verdict.html?unlocked_article_code=1.u00.zue8.NM3pmtf6-20C&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

idoubtit, to random
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There is NO good reason to drink #rawmilk. If you are doing this, you have been seriously misinformed or uninformed about how pathogens work. Seek help now, especially if you have children, because you have really upped your chance of hurting or killing them. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/anti-pasteurization-crowd-reaffirms-love-of-raw-milk-despite-bird-flu-outbreak/

escott,
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@idoubtit @merileedkarr
Evolution in action.

escott, to random
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Headline rewrite:

Perfectly healthy #parasite enters #RFK Jr.'s brain, takes one bite, and dies.

8124, to random Assamese
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Taxpayers should demand divestment from Northwestern University, this is outrageous. Joined by the dean of students.

"Protest organizers insisted on the university severing ties with Hillel, a century-old nonprofit operating Jewish community centers globally, including at Northwestern."

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-799304

escott,
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@8124 Just like universities forced cut ties with Muslim student organizations in 2001. . . oh wait. . .

escott, to Israel
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More evidence, as if any were needed, that people have lost their goddamned minds.

“Oh sure they brutally murdered those women. But did they abuse them? We demand to know!“

Never mind this was one of the most thoroughly documented atrocities of all time.

I’m old enough to remember when these Hamas cockroaches sent a 22-y-o kid to blow himself up at a party primarily attended by teenaged Russian Jewish émigrés. (2001) Is there no degradation, no foul act, to which one could not imagine them stooping?

But credulous American academics want to wash the blood off of their hands. has made these people insane. Or the other way around; can’t say for sure.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/04/29/new-york-times-oct-7-journalism-professors-letter/

escott,
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@libramoon

Yeah no.

Every injury, every death, every new widow or orphan on either side, are all 100% due to Hamas, who not only committed an horrifying act of genocide, but have also had the keys to stop the fighting at any point.

As long as Hamas holds hostages, they will remain the biggest threat to the safety of their own people.

Want a @ceasefire? Me too: #FreeTheHostages @BringThemHomeNow

escott, to iran
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Something incredibly satisfying watching video of projectile after projectile get destroyed in the air by Iron Dome similar systems. #Iran #Israel

escott,
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@shekinahcancook I saw that too. But as @tjcasser noted, the Iron Dome detected when modules are headed for empty areas and lets them go.

escott, to random
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Thank you, #Jordan

Jordanian jets shot down dozens of Iranian drones flying toward Israel, sources say

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/jordanian-jets-shot-down-dozens-of-iranian-drones-flying-toward-israel-sources-say/

escott, to iran
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CNN: The US is intercepting #Iran drones. Well done!

Again: Joe Biden remains the best friend #Israel has ever had in the White HouseHouse

escott, to random
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Countdown to hearing from terrorist-hugging, ultra-leftist US college students on social media telling us how Iran is just defending the poor, oppressed Pals in 10. . . 9. . . 8. . .

escott, to iran
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#Iran launches limited attack on #Israel using #drones — is this just a preliminary to a broader #missile attack, or simply a way to tell their proxies “Look, we can hit the #Jews at will” while causing minimal damage.

escott, to writing
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This is a real click-through agreement that Google requires if I want to connect my scanner to Google Drive.

You must be frakking kidding me, Google.

#writing #privacy #contracts #creators #artists #royalties

escott, to Israel
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Imagine fighting an enemy that literally uses a maternity ward as an arms depot — and having the world call *you * the bad guy.

#Israel
#BringThemHomeNow

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-troops-seized-weapons-cache-hidden-in-beds-pillows-at-shifa-hospitals-maternity-ward/

escott, to Israel
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I don’t always agree with fellow Brandeis alum Tom Friedman. But he completely nails it here.

“#Israel’s long-term interests depend[] on Israel partnering with the non-Hamas Palestinian Authority based in Ramallah, in the West Bank, on the long-term development needs of #Palestinians and, ultimately, on a #TwoStateSolution. “

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/opinion/chuck-schumer-israel.html

escott,
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@shekinahcancook Unless you got somebody else lined up. Not ideal, certainly, but we’ve coexisted with Fatah, enjoyed security coordination with their police, etc.

Peace is made between enemies.

escott, to Israel
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I'm all for airdropping aid into #Gaza. Now the only question is: what are the odds that aid gets to the people who need it?

With luck, Hamas' ability to steal from its own people has been degraded sufficiently at this point so that aid might actually go where it's intended, for a change.

#Israel #Biden #BringThemHome

escott, to random
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Tragically, Bibi too never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/rebuffing-biden-cabinet-rejects-palestinian-statehood-as-reward-for-terrorism/

escott, to Israel
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"Whoa, #Jews, you guys were right about #UNRWA all along! We are so sorry we ever doubted you! Maybe we should be questioning some of our other misguided beliefs about #Israel and the #MiddleEast. . . ."

.We're waiting, world.

escott, to Israel
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I am curious, though, about the Ann Arbor school board’s position on freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. Oh and I’d love to hear all about their activism to save the Uighurs. What is their position in the situation in Ecuador? Or perhaps they could shed some light on the relative merits of plurality vs. ranked choice voting in large rural districts.

O enlighten us with your wisdom, school board of Ann Arbor!

https://www.jta.org/2024/01/18/united-states/ann-arbor-school-board-endorses-call-for-ceasefire-in-israel-and-gaza?mpweb=1161-67372-465139

#Israel #FreeGazaFromHamas #SendThemHome

escott, to Israel
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The board of Ben & Jerry’s and the Ann Arbor school board have weighed in in support of a cease-fire on the #Hamas - #Israel war.

Gee, the situation is so complicated! Before I decide anything, I’m going to need to hear from my third grade teacher, the Elks’ Club South Pasadena chapter, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3. I might also seek advice from my chihuahua.

#idiots

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