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It is Nakba Day tomorrow.

Just want to express my admiration for the national identity of a people who did not exist when the rejection of compromise was swift and the attack on Jews in their ancestral homeland was immediate. At that moment”Palestians” were Jews. The evidence is ample. If the coalition of Arabs had not been such fuck-ups they…[Read more]

“He blew the scene.”

Check this Enco.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828

Enco,

I did not know. Figures though. Screw up a wet dream…

Strega,

Factually i don’t think it was only the terrorists who were injured/killed. Primarily Hezbollah killed and injured though.

Psychological impact was predictably potent. Without any preconceived notions about the enemy that shit is frightening. Pagers? Boom! Walkie talkies? Boom! Now throw in the indoctrination and obsession with Jews as…[Read more]

Jake, why was the pager incident a turning point?  People in my various circles thought it was an ingenious way to target only the terrorists rather than scatterbombing.

Words of wisdom, Enco.

I lack direct knowledge but i’d be willing to wager that the pager incident on Hezbollah brought out the worst fears/superstitions about Jews. Pull off a few more of those and the capitulation queue is filling rapidly. Use the delusion against the deluded. Trying to reason with fully indoctrinated Jihadists/Islamists is…[Read more]

The article concerning religious motivation for war is ok until the last syllable of recorded time. No, wait, that is too far back.

“The U.S. needs to fight fiery religious beliefs, not with more bombs, but with bullets of information that weaken those beliefs.”

Brilliant! That ought to stop the IRGC and its terrorists proxies in their tracks.…[Read more]

Reg?  No

Thanks, Reg!

@regthefronkeyfarmer Oh well, now I’m de-modded maybe @unseen will talk to me again 😜

Enco, there was one day when the boys decided to drive into town (there are no actual roads to the marae, you just drive over scrubby sandy bumps till you get to a road) to get Fish & Chips and sliced white bread. The fish was covered in thick batter so I opened one up and ate the white meat inside the batter case. One of the boys eyes lit up, he…[Read more]

@regthefronkeyfarmer Apparently I’m no longer a moderator (!) so you’re on your own if anything gets rowdy 🤣

Thanks Strega.

Good read unspoiled by a walk. And yet i love to walk and conduct internal talk utilizing internal clock. Tick tock metronome block.

I thought of mantra and how one college class on religion the first day professor said here we are AGAIN. There was some recent notion in astronomy or cosmology that indicated life might just repeat…[Read more]

Thanks, Reg!!

Reg, one of these days that’ll be a reality 🙂

Enco, Jake…. I’ve spent thirty minutes deciding how to choose a small window into profundity. I’ve landed on a Māori experience.

Each tribe has its own “marae” which is their sacred community building where they attain a sense of ‘belonging’. It is prohibited for non-tribe members.  I was adopted as sister, and embraced into the shared flow of…[Read more]

Strega,

Any stories you care to share i am all ears.

Also, how did your experiences alter your world view?

Enco,

Here is AI response to “Do chimps have culture?”

Yes, chimpanzees exhibit culture, defined as behaviors that are socially transmitted rather than genetically inherited or caused solely by ecological factors. Different chimpanzee communities across Africa possess unique traditions—such as specific tool usage, grooming techniques, and c…[Read more]

@Enco the tribes I lived with were NZ Māori, Fijian Pacific Islanders and a little with the Aborigines in Australia. Not part of any group or organisation – I went by myself, and bearing in mind the potential risks, I probably ought to be dead several times over, by now.

Stories about all of them, that changed my perceptions of almost…[Read more]