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    Are all the Pro-Palestine, anti Israel protests helping or hurting the Democrats?

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    2 hours ago, Le duke said:


    Lebanon has been a US ally for a long time. Iranian proxies are able to infiltrate and stage military actions from their territory, but that does not mean the Lebanese government hosts them.

    They literally send officers to US military schools. I attended one with about a dozen of them. Ironically, a roughly equal mix of Christian, Jewish and Muslim guys who all smoked cigarettes and drank with each other.


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    There are elements of irrelevance here.  Hezbollah has a significant presence there, and are afforded much latitude as long as they don’t attract too much of Israel’s ire.  Then they lose their popularity and privilege, but don’t really suffer much consequence over that brought by Israelis.   There is also some evidence that intelligence has been passed out of Lebanon that aided in attacks on U.S. military installations.  That military guys can relax and socialize is nothing new, even if they’re enemies.  There’s probably nothing that’ll take the fight out of you like the military. 

    Are all the Pro-Palestine, anti Israel protests helping or hurting the Democrats?

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    54 minutes ago, Husker_Du said:

    Lebanon is particularly complicit. And i'd say Egypt's actions, although non-violent, have made things increasingly complex/unfortunate. 

    I include Lebanon (hezbala) as Iran proxies.  Egypt doesn’t want the trouble that follows the Palestinians wherever they go.  Syria and Jordan cooperated in Israel’s hit on Iran.  Saudi Arabia is still wanting to normalize relations with Israel.  Biden policies are absolutely stunning. 

    Are all the Pro-Palestine, anti Israel protests helping or hurting the Democrats?

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    2 hours ago, uncle bernard said:

    2) no that’s the standard every country should be held to. and the only reason it’s not is because the US has veto power in the UN and is the global superpower. two wrongs don’t make a right.

    and yes, hamas also commits war crimes! but we’re not funding and supporting hamas. i would hope we agree we should hold our allies to a higher standard than a terrorist group. 

    i constantly have to say i don’t support hamas, but none of you ever admit that israel has done *anything* wrong in this conflict. so who is the fundamentalist here?

    We are, and have been funding Hamas.  There’s little, if any, difference between Palestinian and Hamas.  There are a few muslim countries paying lip service to the war, but other than Iran and their proxies, most silently support Israel.  Not recognizing the college students as funded and led by those same instigators is a bad look.  The old lady in the video looked smarter than that, but alas, she wasn’t. 

    Border Wars

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    Biden Admin Expands Paths to Muslim Refugees with USCIS Announcement
     

    "Opening these field offices establishes a USCIS presence and expertise in critical locations in the Middle East and is part of our commitment to the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to facilitate safe, lawful, and orderly migration and family reunification. Our presence in Qatar and Turkey expands USCIS' footprint outside the United States, supports our humanitarian mission, and strengthens the integrity of the U.S. immigration system." 

    Under Biden, U.S. immigration policy seems more concentrated on making it orderly and easy than lawful and safe. In his May 2023 press conference, Mayorkas clarified current immigration policy, which focuses on "lawful, safe, and orderly pathways" for migration to the U.S. The reality is that this administration has made it much easier to come here and stay.

    It is also likely that this administration seeks to minimize or hide the numbers entering illegally by structuring its policies so that it can cleverly claim more pathways as "legal." One such example is the expansion of humanitarian parole supported by this administration. The way asylum law is interpreted under Biden's humanitarian parole programs is unprecedented and, arguably, nearly completely lawless.

    https://www.uncoverdc.com/2024/04/25/biden-admin-expands-paths-to-muslim-refugees-with-uscis-announcement

    CA's 20 Dollar Minimum wage already killing jobs and shuttering companies.

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    1 hour ago, Husker_Du said:

    i almost included in my previous post '...and please don't use those current inflation numbers that remove housing, transportation, and food'

    but i didn't think anyone would.

    silly me. 

    One of the differences Summers pointed out in the inflation calculation is that in the ‘70s and ‘80s was that they included the interest on house and auto payments, now they don’t.  Just like the job numbers, the GDP estimates, virtually everything the government puts out is smoke and mirrors. 

    Are all the Pro-Palestine, anti Israel protests helping or hurting the Democrats?

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    1 hour ago, uncle bernard said:

     

    Like I said, I seriously encourage you to stop by a protest. You don't have to join! Just watch and maybe talk to a few people. I think you'll be pretty surprised at what you see. It's not what the media wants you to believe.

    Thanks to videos it’s well recognized that many of the people at the protests in the U.S. don’t know what they are protesting, or why.  They, like you, wouldn’t last long in Gaza. 

    CA's 20 Dollar Minimum wage already killing jobs and shuttering companies.

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    2 hours ago, ThreePointTakedown said:

    What is the current inflation rate? 

    I have it at 3.5%, down considerably from previous years.

    Also, inflation isn't like putting a hammer to a nail. What influences inflation are things that happen, sometimes years before the rate actually spikes. 

    You still have not made your point or provided evidence to support an opinion. Just saying two things, one of which is open to interpretation, does not a point make. 

    Larry Summers recently explained that if inflation was still calculated the same way it was in the ‘70s, it would be double what is reported. 

    Border Wars

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    12 minutes ago, Tripnsweep said:

    Weird because I live in a state that borders it and nobody complained until it was politically expedient to do so. Easy to blame the ills of society on people who have no voice. 

    Operation Wetback was conducted during the Eisenhower administration.  Tell me you don’t know what you’re talking about without telling me you don’t know what you’re talking about.  

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