Quote from: smallcleanrat on April 24, 2024, 06:47:32 PM[. . .]
Why is the short version rude?
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Where do all these rules and protocols come from anyway?
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Quote from: dismalist on April 24, 2024, 11:12:48 AMQuoteI can't think of any example where a superior military power was actually able to dislodge a rag tag militia that can hide among the populace, take a few pot shots, and disappear back into the crowd.
It is forgotten that the French military won the Battle of Algiers and, indeed, controlled Algeria. Algeria gained independence because of support from outside. This was called "the internationalization of the conflict". This strategy has been imitated by the PLO, and now Hamas. Placing armed fighters among the civilian population is intended to cause lots of civilian casualties, which are then thought to stimulate outside support.
I don't think it will be successful because the Battle for Gaza is being fought by a neighboring, independent country with an existential interest in complete victory, something that metropolitan France never had -- French soil was not seriously threatened by the NLF.
Less dramatic historical memory surrounds the Malayan Emergency [1948 - 1960] because the British defeated the insurgents.
Quote"Well, the bell is about to ring and I have a science midterm. I don't want to be late because I've been late five times this semester and I don't want to get in trouble. My professor gets really uptight when people show up late and I don't want to make her mad right before an exam. So I better get going."
QuoteSlowly look away as if you're distracted by something. When you look away, make sure that you don't look all the way behind you. Instead, look to one side or the other or look at a personal item such as a mobile phone.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 24, 2024, 08:29:44 AMSome T1, some refereeing.
Quote from: apl68 on April 23, 2024, 07:10:33 AMI've heard of the old poem "The Face on the Barroom Floor." This kind of takes things to a new level.Now we have the updated version: The Mandible on the Bathroom Floor
QuoteHouse Speaker Says White House Should Act as Campus Protests Spread
Speaker Mike Johnson faced boos at Columbia as he criticized protesters after meeting with Jewish students. He invoked the possibility of bringing in the National Guard and cutting funding to universities.
QuoteNew York governor tells Speaker Johnson to stay out of Columbia tumult
QuoteHochul said Johnson would be better off taking up the bipartisan border security bill that, she said, would help deal with the ongoing situation involving migrants in the state of New York.
"It seems to me there's a lot more responsibilities and crises to be dealt with in Washington," Hochul said. "I'd encourage the Speaker to go back and perhaps take up the migrant bill, the bill to deal with closing the borders, so we can deal with the real crisis that New York has."
Republicans have been blasting the presidents of several elite East Coast schools for months over their handling of protests and the protection of Jewish students.
New York's House delegation this week called for the resignation of Columbia's president.
Quote from: Ruralguy on April 24, 2024, 01:05:53 PMI'm going to stick with my original statement.