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Couldn't sleep, guess I'll have to nap a bit on the bus down

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https://www.rt.com/russia/586535-ekaterinburg-russia-snow-penis/

Hezbollah says they targeted the HQ of the IDF battalion in the Zabdin barracks, in the occupied Shebaa Farms, with two suicide drones filled with a large amount of explosives

This is the first time that Hezbollah has officially claimed the use of suicide drones in its battle against Israel since October 7th.

Sometimes reality supplies perfect metaphors

Genocidin' with Biden

I edited this so it's the entire update.

What did we learn from the IDF's Daniel Hagari?

A few moments ago we heard from IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari who was giving the Israeli military’s daily press briefing. Here’s a summary of what he said:

• Israeli fighter jets attacked the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, resulting in senior commander Ibrahim Biari being killed

• Several other Hamas members who were with the commander in the building and underground were also killed

• The attack also caused the collapse of Hamas’s underground infrastructure – the purpose of this infrastructure was to carry out terrorist activities against the Israeli forces

• Hagari said Hamas continues to use the civilian population as shields intentionally "and in a very cruel and brutal manner"

• Hagari repeated the IDF’s call for people in the north of Gaza to head south

 

As a reminder, the BBC is not able to immediately verify most battlefield claims

- BBC

Rant - the BBC update page is fucking shit.

Over 50 heads of state and 600 CEOs attended.

so basically we 'av all our rotten eggs in one baskit

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Saw a video of an alt-righter harrassing Dan Crenshaw for supporting Ukraine. It was very telling how Dan would smugly chuckle off being called a war monger or caring more about Ukraine than domestic issues, but getting called a dwarf was what caused him to snap.

From here

https://archive.ph/PWzd2

Insulting propaganda and whitewashing from the nyt

The aircraft are MQ-9 Reapers operated by U.S. Special Operations

The unarmed surveillance flights are not supporting Israeli military operations on the ground, according to the Defense Department officials. Two officials said the goal was to assist in locating hostages, monitor for signs of life and pass potential leads to the Israel Defense Forces.

What a joke.

Israel current diplomatic situation:

Broke Diplomatic Relations: Bolivia, Bahrain

Recalled diplomats: Chile, Colombia and Jordan

“I wouldn't take in an Israeli refugee because…”: Comedian Phil Chapman

video - https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1720517429028114432/vid/avc1/480x852/kaVvsuW6FUBWHU6_.mp4?tag=14

Gazans react to the video released by Al-Qassam Brigades: https://nitter.cz/AoR3138/status/1720904709777527277

This conflict has gotten me interested in learning more about the early history of Islam & how it expanded to become the dominant religious force in the middle east, but one thing I've inadvertently learned along the way is that Amman, the capitol city of Jordan, used to be named Philadelphia until the 630s AD. The city was originally the capitol city of the Ammonite Kingdom, but was renamed to Philadelphia after the Macedonians conquered the region, and then renamed again to Amman once the Muslims conquered it.

(I guess this is all just to say that I never really realized that Philadelphia was a Greek name and/or that I never realized that there were other cities named Philadelphia before the one in the US lol)

David Frum is on CNN and besides ridiculously spinning Biden's numbers to make them seem not that bad - he actually just said "Maybe there's something in the voters and not the candidate."

Israel’s UN ambassador said Sunday that he wore a yellow star at a recent Security Council hearing to “shock” the body into condemning Hamas, after his action drew rebukes even from home.

Gilad Erdan’s choice a week ago to wear the badge, which has come to symbolize the oppression of Jews since its imposition in Nazi-occupied Europe, was swiftly criticized by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial, which urged him to wear the Israeli flag instead.

“This act disgraces the victims of the Holocaust as well as the state of Israel,” the memorial’s chair Dani Dayan said in a Hebrew-language post on X, formerly Twitter.

Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Erdan defended the move and denounced the Security Council again for its “silence” over the unprecedented attacks by Hamas Palestinian militants against Israel on October 7.

“I just want to emphasize that my goal was to first of all shock the Security Council,” Erdan said of his controversial choice to wear the star.

The deeply divided 15-member body has yet to adopt a single resolution on the attack or on Israel’s decision to launch a retaliatory war against Hamas.

“I wanted to shock them. I wanted to remind them of their silence and I wanted to convey a message that we - not like in the past - we are not weak as we were during the Holocaust,” Erdan said Sunday.

That's The Guardian quoting Agence France-Presse.

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I'd like to meet Gilad Erdan in private. And have a pleasant discussion about the yellow star and Minecraft.

UAW Wins Tentative Contract Deal With Final Big Three Holdout General Motors which means that, for now, the strike is paused until membership decides whether or not to ratify the agreements.

the clowns are clowning again. Is bojo as sycophantic a freak as scomo though

Realistically the odds of Nasrallah one day appearing on TAFS are greater than zero.

Video of Al-Qassam Navy launching a torpedo:

https://streamable.com/wrmqoq

UNICEF chief: Lack of clean water in Gaza is on the verge of "becoming a catastrophe"

The chief of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) issued a stark warning regarding water supply in Gaza on Monday, stressing that the situation is on the verge of “becoming a catastrophe.”

Catherine Russell, whose agency provides humanitarian aid to children, outlined to the UN Security Council the devastating impact of heavy bombardment of civilian infrastructure in Gaza.

“What little clean water remains in Gaza is quickly running out, leaving more than 2 million people in dire need. We estimate that 55% of the water supply infrastructure requires repair or rehabilitation,” Russell said.

“Only one desalination plant is operating at just 5% capacity, while all six of Gaza’s water-waste treatment plants are now non-operational due to the lack of fuel or power.”

She described the current situation as being on the “verge of becoming a catastrophe,” stressing that more civilians will likely die from dehydration and waterborne illnesses unless clean water supply is restored.

In addition to the difficult environmental conditions, Russell drew attention to the “terrible trauma” being experienced by both children in Israel and Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

“We are doing our best to reach every child in need, but the delivery of humanitarian aid – especially Gaza – is now extremely challenging. This is due to both the current siege conditions imposed on Gaza, and the highly dangerous circumstances under which our staff are operating,” Russell continued.

The official said that without “an urgent end” to hostilities she fears “deeply” for the fate of the region’s children.

“I implore the Security Council to immediately adopt a resolution that reminds parties of their obligations under international law … calls for a ceasefire … demands that parties allow safe and unimpeded humanitarian access … demands the immediate and safe release of all abducted and detained children … and urges parties to afford children the special protection to which they are entitled,” she added.

“Children do not start conflicts, and they are powerless to stop them. They need all of us …to put their safety and security at the forefront of our efforts,” she concluded.

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-10-30-23/h_b8d088017d4456bef8706ddd2fbc537a

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️ Israel stops offensive in residential areas of Gaza

Several Israeli tanks, which broke into the Gaza Strip and blocked the main road connecting the northern and southern regions, left the enclave. According to the press service of the Palestinian government, Israel is not conducting offensive operations in residential areas of the sector.

This is also from earlier and is probably related to the video the tank incursion attacking a civilian vehicle here.

⭕ الدفاعات الجوية لمصر والسعودية والأردن والبوارج الحربية الامريكية والبريطانية شاركت بالتصدي للهجوم اليمني على ايلات

Sisi, Al Saud, and King Abdullah should all be thrown in the cuckoit

Cooking a pumpkin soup this evening and used some Aleppo peppers and I couldn’t help but think of Gary Johnson’s “Aleppo moment”

This volatile dynamic along their borders resulted in the peculiar situation wherein Arab leaders often raised the question of Palestine because of popular pressure but refrained from actually doing anything about it, out of fear of Israel's might and the disapproval of the great powers. The Palestine issue thus became a political football exploited at will by opportunistic politicians, as each sought to outbid the other in proclaiming their devotion to it. Palestinians witnessing this cynical game eventually realized that if anything was to be done about their cause, they would have to do it themselves.

From The Hundred Years' War on Palestine.