If dust is the problem then you start at the top and work your way down. Ie Clean ceiling fans, Dust, then wipe surfaces then vacuum.

So like if I post “Cease fire now!” and my employer is “embarrassed” I can get canned?

Bad PR because they don’t pay teachers enough or bad PR because sex work isn’t considered legitimate by some?

Exec laughs in accountability and fires people

For most eras, how hard it was to make a good sandwich. And I’m not just talking about the past.

They low key tell you that the reason you’re not closer to your family is because you’re too close to society. The sort of person that appeals to has a very fearful psyche, perfect for the lead role in a cabin horror film.

In this case I don’t think it would hurt to have a popular vote decide (the next president)

It also explains why he treats the GOP the way he does, he’s remembering a much older Senate.

The Abraham Accords is often cited as an escalation towards the situation we are now in that it tried to politically isolate Hamas: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Accords

Maybe the orange man wouldn’t make a difference on the arms front, but he is really good at planting seeds for conflict.

Maybe I would receive your arguments with more grace if it wasn’t laced with personal judgements.

If we have so little influence over Israel than that undermines your argument that we’re getting “power coupons” in return. I’m not even debating you on the morality of Kissinger, I’m meeting you where you stand: if we don’t exercise our influence then we are going to lose it (and Kissinger agrees with me on that at least)

The argument is that we’re not using our strongest influence by virtue of not threatening to withhold arms (even though it would be in US interest to do so to preserve influence in the region). I am not arguing that the US controls Israel like some vassal state.

If the US has no influence over Israel in regards to this conflict than that sounds like a critical policy failure and a huge geopolitical risk.

Edit: I’m curious what potential Israel allies you speak of that are not aligned with the US? Our own allies are distancing themselves from this clusterfuck.

If you don’t see how Israel is undermining America’s soft power then idk what to say.

You talk about how foreign policy is about power and influence - I am saying Biden doesn’t understand how influence works as evidence by him not using his power to influence Israeli policy even though it is leading to a more volatile middle east and lower approval ratings at home. In other words, he is undermining his own influence. But go on and tell us how we’re children for expecting more.

I wonder if there will be another lawsuit over bombing / shooting the hostages. Just horrific.

I think their goal is to displace 90% into Egypt and kill the rest. Still genocide.

Yeah, we totally reined in their terror by giving them everything they wanted. Biden thinks if he is nice enough they will return in kind. He tends to use the same tactic when negotiating with Republicans 🤦‍♂️

Not sure how Solipsism contradicts atheism or anything else for that matter… I see it more as punting the question. If my mind is the only way for me to know what exists, and my experience is such that atheism is true, then that’s the end of the discussion. Not sure why I am arguing with myself on this one. /S

You should familiarize yourself with project 2025, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025

The plan would perform a swift takeover of the entire executive branch under a maximalist version of the unitary executive theory

This should be bigger news, but I guess with everything else going on it gets lost in the noise…