Originalism would be better named “selective originalism” because it cherry picks specific parts out of context and ignores the rest. A religion of legality.
As early as October 9 top Israeli officials declared that they intended to block the delivery of food, water, and electricity, which is essential for purifying water and cooking. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s words have become infamous: “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly.” The statement conveyed the view that has seemed to guide Israel’s approach throughout the conflict: that Gazans are collectively complicit for Hamas’s crimes on October 7.
This was my turning point as well, when it became completely obvious that the goal was the direct suffering and punishment of civilians collectively with government officials dehumanizing Palestinians openly. The repeated evacuations to “safe zones” that were then attacked just reinforced this, along with cutting off or murdering journalists to hide the genocide.
Yes, Hamas escalated the situation knowing the Israeli government would retaliate on this level, but that does not justify the IDF taking the bait.
Prosecutors made the unusual decision this week to remain almost entirely mum about the order in which they planned to call their first witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York....
The real solution would be for the judge to issue a gag order that would automatically result in Trump being thrown in Riker’s if he violates it. He has had more than enough unenforced warnings across his trials that immediate contempt of court and incarceration would be reasonable in a just world.
Unfortunately we live in this one where he will only get a limited amount of time to intimidate witnesses.
Was just talking at dinner with family, and it seems a logical action to ban circumcision, as in most cases, doesn’t have consent, and is a major (genitals are important) body modification. Can we ban it at the state level? Just a thought.
As someone whose circumcision worked out perfectly fine and can’t imagine myself without one, I still think it should be banned for babies and children under 18 for any reason other than medical necessity. Even a slight risk of problems outweighs the ‘my dad did it and he turned out fine’ or religious tradition arguments.
It should not be banned for adults who voluntarily choose it for themselves though.
That part of the body, like your mouth, has features that greatly reduce the chance of infection because they are the entry and exit points for foreign objects or waste. It is complicated how it all works, but in short your body really needs those parts to bot get infected, so it adapted ways to keep that from happening.
That was the explanation I got from the doc when mine first showed up.
Dougan, a former Marine and police officer, fled his home in Florida in 2016 to evade criminal charges related to a massive doxxing campaign he was accused of launching against public officials and was given asylum by the Russian government. Most recently, Dougan has posed as a journalist in Ukraine’s Donbas region, testifying...
It is unreasonable to dismiss his ethically based release of information because of more recent events. He ended up with Russia because other countries were not willing to grant asylum, and even though he is a stooge now because of that outcome it does not mean he was always a shithead.
Which is important to keep in mind since people keep trying to equate ‘oops, here you go’ by Biden with Trump’s intentional refusal to turn over documents leading to it being necessary to have his home searched with a warrant and then claiming the documents were really his.
The White House on Tuesday indicated an Israeli strike that killed dozens of Palestinians in Rafah did not cross a “red line” that would lead to a change in U.S. policy....
It is extremely disappointing that the Biden administration continues to be complicit in genocide by not cutting off all military aid to Israel until they agree to and follow through with a ceasefire.
The Summary reads as something that bans cloud seeding, which is a real thing, and not the same thing as chemtrails which is a made up conspiracy theory about intentionally spreading toxic chemicals.
Public libraries are supposed to be places for communities to gather and learn, with an important focus on being a place for kids to gain access to information. But thanks to a moral panic in the GOP about “indoctrination” in libraries, it seems that at least one library has decided to shut its door to children....
Hasn’t the failed war on drugs shown the narrative that drugs cause the homelessness and crime and are not just another symptom of the underlying problems is a lie?
For those that weren’t around at the time, this was like the jump from prop planes to jets. Such a large leap from what had come before.
Reading the resolution and FPS numbers it doesn’t seem that impressive, but doubling both FPS and pixels and adding a bunch of new things like reflections and water at the same time was just incredible.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people....
<span style="color:#323232;">is war justified?
</span><span style="color:#323232;">what is civilian to military kill ratio (basically to see if civilians are killed without care)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">what are the goals of the war, what are post war plans
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For the first question, I do not know how anyone with straight face can say that the war is not justified when a neighbor attacks you and purposely and barbarously kills 1300 people and takes about 200 hostages.
For those of us with calendars that go back past October 7th the question about justification is a lot more complicated. Don’t forget that Israel has killed more than 10x as many women and children than were killed on October 7th, and have destroyed medical support and denied food and housing to the CIVILIAN population of Gaza as retribution. Also, Israel continues to colonize Palestine violently both as the government and as settler groups supported by the Israeli government.
If you want to talk retribution, guess what led to October 7th? Both sides are doing horrible shit, but one side has enough power to stop the current ongoing atrocity against the other side’s civilian population and that side it Israel. If they stopped attacking civilians in the ‘safe zones’ and actually let aid and food then I might have some sympathy for them.
For the second quested, it is urban warfare, and if anyone cares to check, the ratio of 10 to 1 (civilian to military) is quite typical. In this war, Israel achieves ratio of better than 2 to 1, which says to me that IDF is really careful not to kill civilians unnecessarily.
Trump being worse deosn’t mean we can’t criticize Biden right now as the sitting president. I have been very supportive of the need to vote for Biden over Trump, but the Democrats need to stop doubling down on denying the atrocities in Gaza already.
Like they aren’t even using nuance or anything at this point. Threateninng the ICC is absolutely ridiculous.
You made a long ass post about people not being civil when you promote violent public state sanctioned murder. Your terrible opinion does not deserve civility any more than someone promoting lynching, which are the non-state sanctioned version of the same thing.
Asking if lemmy has peaked because of people criticizing your shitty opinion is the most butthurt thing you can do.
LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN HUSH-MONEY CASE (www.nytimes.com)
edit: I have changed my title to match the new NYTimes headline. Sorry about the all caps, I guess they are really excited about this lol...
How Originalism Ate the Law: America is captive to a legal theory that dictates our laws on guns, abortion, and so much more. We need to act. (slate.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/originalism-ate-the-law-what-no…
Human Rights Watch Co-Founder Says Israel Is 'Engaged In Genocide' Of Palestinians (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants women to stop tempting Christian men (www.newsweek.com)
Trump trial: Prosecutors withhold witness lineup from former president’s team (gazette.com)
Prosecutors made the unusual decision this week to remain almost entirely mum about the order in which they planned to call their first witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York....
If we can ban trans medical procedures, why haven't we banned circumcision?
Was just talking at dinner with family, and it seems a logical action to ban circumcision, as in most cases, doesn’t have consent, and is a major (genitals are important) body modification. Can we ban it at the state level? Just a thought.
If hemroids are common and can openly bleed, and people poop with hemroids, how do people not get infected buttholes all the time?
Texas Supreme Court rules against women who say their lives were endangered by state abortion ban (www.salon.com)
John Mark Dougan, former marine and police officer, now living in Russia to evade criminal charges (sh.itjust.works)
Dougan, a former Marine and police officer, fled his home in Florida in 2016 to evade criminal charges related to a massive doxxing campaign he was accused of launching against public officials and was given asylum by the Russian government. Most recently, Dougan has posed as a journalist in Ukraine’s Donbas region, testifying...
Biden Interview Transcript Reveals Some Flaws in the Hur Report (www.lawfaremedia.org)
YouTube videos are skipping to the end for users with adblockers (9to5google.com)
White House signals Rafah strike doesn’t cross ‘red line’ (thehill.com)
The White House on Tuesday indicated an Israeli strike that killed dozens of Palestinians in Rafah did not cross a “red line” that would lead to a change in U.S. policy....
Tennessee Senate passes bill banning chemtrails (eu.tennessean.com)
The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill targeting “chemtrails.”...
Beemats allows you to create floating wetlands of hydroponic plants (www.beemats.com)
The Science Behind It...
Instead Of Banning Books, Idaho Library Decides To Ban Kids In Response To New Law On ‘Inappropriate Books’ (www.techdirt.com)
Public libraries are supposed to be places for communities to gather and learn, with an important focus on being a place for kids to gain access to information. But thanks to a moral panic in the GOP about “indoctrination” in libraries, it seems that at least one library has decided to shut its door to children....
Tragedy Strikes After Malfunctioning Wind Turbine Spills Wind All Over Farmer’s Field (thehardtimes.net)
San Francisco ties welfare to drug-screening, boosts police powers in stunning tough-on-crime shift (www.latimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/san-francisco-welfare-drug-scre…
3dfx Voodoo - the graphics card that revolutionized PC gaming (www.pcgamesn.com)
Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic mistake' (apnews.com)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people....
Someone stop the ride, I want to get off (midwest.social)
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