DarkGamer

DarkGamer OP , 2 months ago to Politics in Jon Stewart on Israel - Palestine | The Daily Show

The Problem gave me emotional whiplash as the tone constantly went from serious to comedy and back again.

DarkGamer OP , 3 months ago to Politics in Ex-FBI official says GOP is telling agents: 'If you investigate our party, you are going to pay the price'

That was almost 40 years ago, it's doubtful the same people still work at the FBI. A lot of historically bad things happened at that organization under J. Edgar Hoover, but I wouldn't judge the modern FBI on that either.

DarkGamer OP , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Politics in Jon Stewart on Israel - Palestine | The Daily Show

Yes, it's clear you've made up your mind, good thing you're not a judge on the IJC misinterpreting the law.

I would say the most important thing Israel has to do is defeat Hamas, which means either destroying them or getting them to surrender, while not breaking the law. They have a responsibility to protect their own people and to honor their treaties. They're letting in 100 humanitarian aid trucks a day into Gaza on average, each one has to be searched, protesters are blocking many of them, and many humanitarian aid organizations have decided it is too dangerous to send trucks, if that is not legally sufficient they need to let in more.

Good day.

DarkGamer OP , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Politics in Jon Stewart on Israel - Palestine | The Daily Show

You're ignoring that first part, without which every military action would qualify under that statute:

with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group,

Israel's started intent is to destroy Hamas, which is none of those protected groups.

Plausible does not mean probable. The ICJ didn't order a cease fire, which would be odd if this was in fact a genocide.

DarkGamer OP , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Politics in Jon Stewart on Israel - Palestine | The Daily Show

Well, that was what Jon Stewart's plan was, to get the Arab League to enforce a demilitarized zone between Palestine and Israel and guarantee safety for both. That's what I was talking about.

Keep using the term genocide incorrectly and it will soon be meaningless. It doesn't mean a lot of civilians died from collateral damage, it means intentional extermination/destruction of a protected group, which is not happening.

DarkGamer OP , 3 months ago to Politics in Jon Stewart on Israel - Palestine | The Daily Show

It's more than "calling them out" when they helped create the situation. The Arab league invaded Israel with intent to destroy it and genocided and ethnically cleansed Jews from Jerusalem and the West Bank while they were at it, providing justification for the very annexations they claim is a major cause of all this violence and refusal of diplomacy. Or, how Egypt pretends to be concerned for Gazans while not letting them out.

DarkGamer OP , 3 months ago to Politics in Jon Stewart on Israel - Palestine | The Daily Show

I thought he presented a clever solution that could work if the political will were mustered. However, that's assuming all these concerned parties actually want a solution and not just to vilify Israel.

DarkGamer OP , 4 months ago to Politics in Billionaire Koch brothers-backed network stops Nikki Haley spending

One down, one to go.

DarkGamer OP , 4 months ago to Politics in Billionaire Koch brothers-backed network stops Nikki Haley spending

Put a fork in her, she's done. The GOP has finally and totally embraced Trump and dictatorship.

DarkGamer , 4 months ago to Politics in The king of dark money effectively controls the US supreme court now | Joel Warner

Earl Warren is spinning so fast in his grave they could use him to power the east coast

DarkGamer OP , 4 months ago to Politics in Opinion | As New York’s mayor, I watched Trump evade consequences for years — until now

I suspect there was good kompromat on the hacked GOP e-mail servers, which were curiously not leaked like they did with the DNC's.

DarkGamer , 4 months ago to aww in He's more beak than bird

That's a onecan.

DarkGamer , 5 months ago to aww in The littlest chimera

Very cute! I would name this little fella Harvey.

DarkGamer OP , 6 months ago to Politics in Michigan Supreme Court rejects ‘insurrectionist ban’ case and keeps Trump on 2024 primary ballot

So much for upholding the constitution, specifically the 14th Amendment. What good is it if not applied to insurrectionists?

The Michigan Court of Claims judge who first got the case said state law doesn’t give election officials any leeway to police the eligibility of presidential primary candidates. He also said the case raised a political question that shouldn’t be decided in the courts.
His decision was upheld by the Michigan Court of Appeals, which said: “At the moment, the only event about to occur is the presidential primary election. But as explained, whether Trump is disqualified is irrelevant to his placement on that particular ballot.”
The order from the Michigan Supreme Court was unsigned, and the court did not release a vote count.
Unlike in Colorado, the Michigan courts rejected the case wholly on procedural grounds. They never reached the questions of whether January 6 was an insurrection and whether Trump engaged in it.

Cowards, tacitly supporting anti-democratic fascism and not even signing their names to it.

DarkGamer OP , 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to Politics in Trump to install loyalists to reshape U.S. foreign policy on China, NATO and Ukraine

If he is reelected it will be a Brexit-like self imposed wound on the US that I fear we will never recover from. If we lose Ukraine and weaken NATO, America loses. If he installs cronies willing to break the law for the supreme dictator, America loses. 2024 elections are existential.