what do you mean by 'whackadoos'

i assume they mean the two assassination attempts (so far)

Now, an anthropologist is likely to dedicate some paragraphs of his work to just talk about the history of the terms and how they are applied and then choose, either arbitrarily or in accordance to what their teachers do, what meaning they want to ascribe to it. Which means it, funnily enough, kinda depends on where you're from.

Some traditions/places will claim that both clans (families) and tribes are tied to a common ancestry (which is either real or invented). The difference there being a matter of clans being sub divisions of tribes.

Other places will claim tribes as a cultural subgroup, somewhat similar to the older european notions of 'nation', while clan is what's driven by common ancestry.

If this sound arbitrary it is because it is. These words - tribe, clan, ethnicity, nation, etc - are arbitrarily translated between languages and cultures. Tribal belonging for the native tribes in the United States is a concept of their own, which exists for their own needs. Tribal belonging for an arab levantine in a modern nation state is, likewise, different from tribal belonging in the valleys of Afghanistan. Notions of cultural ties, commonalities and ancestry are essentially in a spectrum and they affect which word is used. And then there's what we used to have in industrial and post industrial societies, 'cultural tribes' forming around aesthetics and fandoms.

the thing is that sinwar didn't hide oct 7. israel was perfectly aware of it. the intelligence and military services were all sounding the alarm. israeli civilian leadership chose to let it happen and it's not at all clear wether it was solely due to hubris, or if netanyahu just needed a good excuse to stay in power.

haven't watched the video, but right now in Brazil legalized sports gambling is such a menace that its driving a substantial portion of the poorest into debt. influencer driven online scams are one thing, but sports gambling goes to the heart of what little community we have left via sports.

many molecules inside those ship's hulls are russian in origin

In the Danish city of Odense, the mayor is malding that he can't ban ships from legally and peacefully docking in the local harbour:

Oh, dense.

However, the Danish leader knows what to do, the "international community" should simply "take over and say that this is not just a matter for the middle east, it is a matter for the entire world and therefore we must force a two-state solution through."

Someone should have followed up with asking which army will evict Israel and its settlers from the West Bank.

We know they can make good sims games because they made 2 and 3

You see, that's kind of a problem right there. Game companies are like the ship of theseus. The people and, more importantly, the teams who made Sims 2 and 3 are not there any more.

There are entire slum complexes in Rio de Janeiro under the control of evangelical syndicates who call themselves the armies of Israel, and who repress any religion other than their church.

This is the afterglow of project 'damn, 1960s America is too woke, lets preach in the third world'.

am I correct to surmise that the modern world can be brought to its knees when actual cyberwarfare comes into play?

Kamala's husband tested positive for covid 10 days before Joe.

All hail Queen Kamala. She's getting rid of two rabbits with one stone.

I think we can all agree that the funniest thing about the Trump Trial is that he was basically convicted for being bad at corruption.

Why the hell did he use campaign funds for hush money lmfao.