Yes, the ones here (California) can be set to keep pumping automatically until the tank is full and then stop.

“UNRWA should continue to exist but it shouldn’t have any funding.” Such bullshit. These people are despicable, and that includes those in other governments who made the decision to withdraw their support.

Everyone knows pro wrestling is all staged performances but I’ve never heard that said of boxing. As far as I know those are real.

I guess they could shoot the airliner down if it starts flying toward any towers.

I am pretty skeptical of that number. As of a month ago, even the Russians were ‘only’ claiming to have inflicted 383 thousand casualties (https://tass.com/defense/1723781), which we can take as an upper bound on the reasonable estimates.

Find a way to work a small amount of exercise into your daily routine. Walk places instead of driving, do some jumping jacks in the morning or before bed, something simple that you can get yourself to do without much stress or planning. If you do it consistently, even 10-20 minutes of exercise a day can make a big difference in the long run.

If you google “electric lighter” you can see a wide variety of lighters that work by either making an arc of electricity or just getting really hot.

We have it the same as you. I never really gave it any thought.

Google “Pentagon audit” to learn more!

Right-wingers are always surprised to face consequences for their actions.

I’m honestly surprised he’s still alive. I know executions aren’t legal in Norway, but I would have thought that someone would have killed him by now.

For anyone confused about this excellent reference

Yup, Spiritfarer is my answer too. I played up through the first person to pass on and then couldn’t keep going.

It is difficult to get people to see things they don’t want to see.

Encouraging Jews to leave “voluntarily” was Hitler’s first step, too. Then when most people don’t want to leave their homes, you justify your escalation by saying you gave them a chance.

The implication being that Ukrainian intelligence was responsible?

Calling Hamas “democratically elected” is a huge stretch. Hamas recieved 44.45% of votes in the last election, which was in 2006. They are absolutely not in any way accountable to the people they rule. The average Palestinian has about as much chance of freeing those hostages as I have of breaking people out of Guantanamo.

Why would Hamas surrender? This is great for them. They need war to justify their existence, and they don’t care about the civilians of Gaza much more than the IDF does.

I mean, he kind of has to say that, but the fact is the US betrays allies all the time. Abandoning the Kurds in Syria a few years ago, for example.

Au contraire! Isreal has been working hard to end the humanitarian crisis by the simplist possible method: getting rid of all the people.