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I wouldn't say she's talentless, but she isn't a generational talent. She's a pretty decent popular music artist who creates music that is at least listenable without the same amount of auto-tune Ariana Grande might need.

Lol. I put the wrong react in.

No, it doesn't. First of all, You can't compare the actions of a woman who is minding her own business with a government who is creating a hostile environment for their own people. Second, no one is suggesting that the Israeli citizens that were tortured, kidnapped and murdered deserved such a fate. Neither point addresses the fact that Israel has generally played a hands-off approach to Gaza even though it was effectively sealing Palestinians in a ghetto. Which brings me to this point.... Why would you suggest that Israel has "... no obligation to provide water, food, or any sort of aid to the people of Palestine..."? Gaza might be ostensibly under separate authority, but it does not have international standing, nor does it have means to provide for its own food, water, electricity, or petroleum. You only have to look at a map to see that, which makes me wonder what it is you actually understand about this situation. You further point out that Israel has been giving the Palestinians all this aid that Hamas is stealing all or most of it while tuning underground water supply lines into terrorist tunnels. If any of that were true (and there is little information to suggest that it is given the strong backing of Iran), that would suggest it is, in fact, Israel's fault for not being hands on when supplying aid and developing infrastructure in Palestine. Naturally, I don't agree with your assertion that Hamas is stealing aid and coopting infrastructural projects, so I consequently don't think Israel deserves blame for not better managing their aid. That doesn't change the fact that the aid isn't working well enough to make a difference and that Palestinians not affiliated with Hamas are being increasingly sidelined by poverty while Hamas continues to benefit from funding and material support by the likes of Iran and fellow bad actor states. If that's TL;DR for you, let me simplify the basic problem: Israel has to done enough to bolster Palestinians in the face of growing global terrorism, and that has limited their ability to both head off terrorist attacks and fight back against terrorists when the time arrives.

I hate that so much, and I can't pinpoint any one reason.

This Taylor Swift hate is kind of surprising to me. I don't really care about her either way and the coverage is silly for the most part, but I do like the fact she's bringing attention to the sport by people who aren't normally football fans for reasons that are nefariously my own. A sport as violent as professional football can only evolve if enough non-fans watch it and force it to make changes. It also builds up a non-football fan base for guys like Kelce and humanizes them.

I’m pretty sure even Neil himself thinks it’s an awful song.

She get pinched by the fuzz yet? if not… Happy Birthday!!!!!

How is it legal to hold a player, shove him into his own man, then recover the ball?

You were thinking about what the sex doll head said back to me right when the flight attendant handed me a bag of stale snacks.

It’s sneaky fascinating. This elementary school soap opera shit masks an entire industry that, crudely, is an off shoot of prostitution. It’s a way for people searching for a kind of intimacy that isn’t necessarily physical to feel like they’re connecting. Stupid as this all is, it seems to fill a need most of us wouldn’t think was there.

And, no, I’m not sending her money.

I’m good, Ghosty. None of these people are likeable, but I’d rather look at Aliyah being unlikeable than any of those dudes.

The MAGA caucus screwed itself when they allowed Gatez to go rogue. In the event a speaker is eventually elected, he or she isn't going to have enough time to negotiate a deal within the GOP conference to begin with - they''ll have to make a coalition with their own wing and Democrats to get it through before we face another shutdown which would damage the GOP as a whole far more than this current circus.

I agree. The next nominee will have to basically work with Democrats on the rapidly approaching debt deal anyway, so the only likely path forward is a bipartisan deal.

This isn't about right or wrong, it's about what will work. The biggest issue is that the Israeli government painted itself into a corner through years of neglecting their Palestinian neighbors. To be clear, neither the current regime (awful as it might be) nor the countless Israeli citizens victimized are responsible for Hamas being created, neither are they responsible for fostering terrorism. The fighters are all radicalized and irrational - nothing could be done to change them once that radicalization takes hold. That doesn't change the fact that the IDF has continuously responded with equal or greater force every time one of these radicals has launched rockets. The Israeli government has also done nothing to foster any kind of connection with the vast number of Palestinians who are not associated with Hamas and who do not sympathize with their extreme goals. There is effectively no way to distinguish between terrorists and innocent people from outside the walls of Gaza. Aside from the fact that Israel should have known the attack was coming given it's been suggested the planning might have been a year in the making, the IDF wasn't selective and precise when dealing with Hamas up to this point. Now, the only option to eliminate the threat Hamas faces is to either level Gaza or rely on diplomatic overtures from allies and neighbors to broker an effective ceasefire. The former is only going to result in a collapse of the Jewish state in the long run because it will require far more resources than they can provide, even with help from the US. It will also permanently and fatally damage what little hope there is for having Palestinians and Israelis coexist. Israel was not responsible for the craven acts of deranged ideologues, but it is responsible for limiting its ability to respond to terrorism and protect its people.

I'm pretty sure all of the innocent Palestinians caught between Hamas and the IDF have an appetite for ceasefire, as does the Israel's Western partners. We have not gotten an explanation as to why Israel either didn't see the intelligence about Hamas planning this (possibly up to a year) or ignored it. Regardless, I don't think we should take this lapse to mean that IDF and Israeli government aren't in control of the situation for the time being. However, the more damage the IDF does to Gaza, the more likely this devolves into a scorched earth situation for both sides, and the more likely Israel reaches a point where it can no longer defend itself without outside interference.

I'm just glad anyone is talking. It's like a fucking church in there sometimes.

That’s what it is. Ultimately, the entreaties for YouTube to deplatform her are themselves disingenuous- the bullshit they complain about is the bullshit they rely on to get attention, and she’s an easy target. Every single one of the follow-ups is as intellectually bereft as the jackfilms first, and they’re all doing what they accuse SSSniperwolf of: pandering to their fans to whip up anger.

Every successive commentary is worse than the one prior to it. But, staying on the topic of misogyny, @ghostrek - you're right in that objectifying women is generally misogynistic in the context that it infantilizes them. Joking about her tits isn't so much that given she's clearly using them as part of her persona, there is still a fine line when it comes to doing so because it's a fairly narrow context entirely defined by intent. The bigger problem with this entire ridiculous controversy is that it's building up nefarious intent around what amounts to immature behavior by SSSniperwolf triggered by equally immature behavior by Jacksfilms, and that is a known hallmark of misogynists and bigots. Jacksfilms is echoing cancel culture in a cynical way as misogynists tend to do, as in she's violated a rule therefore she needs to be punished by being deplatformed. He's also (like the above dude) weaponizing how she uses her modest sexual appeal by suggesting she's intent on using her army of fans to destroy him without explicitly saying that's what she's doing. None of this means she's innocent, just that commentary on her intent focuses heavily on her gender and less so on the direct consequences of her actions.

I mean, her whole schtick is to look sexy while doing next to nothing, so it's hardly misogynistic to reduce her online persona down to her anatomy. That is quite literally what she's selling. The dude spending that much time going after her for content stealing, though, is exhibiting misogynistic tendencies based on how he's going about criticizing her and then gaslighting her over her supposed "stalking" and "doxxing."

Personally, I would have gone with smartest melons in the bunch, personally.

Nothing?

Also, he’s a douchebag too.

That guy is head banging to his own news flash.