Jews have continuously lived in the Levant for millennia, long before Islam was even a religion. By contrast, there has never been a Palestinian state at any point in history. Are you and "End Times" Christian? While I was theoretically raised as a Presbyterian, I would say that I'm an agnostic and...

Jews have continuously lived in the Levant for millennia, long before Islam was even a religion. By contrast, there has never been a Palestinian state at any point in history.

You mean people might dare to suggest that she doesn't have a right to exist? Heck, some of those callers might even demand that she and her family should move away from where they currently live. Boy, those would be totally outrageous things to say.

Yeah, I think if you are literally holding a press conference, you've put your identify out into the public. I would note that in terms of defamation law—which distinguishes between people who are "public figures" and people who are not and applies a higher burden proof for defamation of public figu...

I generally keep around and somewhat regularly consume: (1) Diet Rite cola; (2) Zevia ginger ale; and (3) various Giant Eagle (barely) flavored seltzers. None of those have sugar or caffeine, and all of them also work as mixers.

This is like an SCTV skit.

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if I was a Shystery lawyer, I’d argue that Ace was sexually assaulted because Finkle “forced” a kiss, which is bad enough, but also did so under false pretenses and Ace never consented There are some states (I don't think PA is one) that have laws against "rape by deception" or "rape by fraud" or s...

Volcanic lightning!

Been watching Fallout, and it's pretty decent, but they really need to do some sort of reference for the legendary bugginess that so often rears its head in Bethesda games. Like there should be a scene where the main characters come across a body that's halfway sticking out of a wall, or someone in ...

The point isn’t that they’ve had X number of successful launches. The point is that it takes 1 failed launch/explosion to irradiate everything for probably hundreds of miles. Well, yeah. I wasn't saying that trying to launch nuclear waste into space was a good idea. It's a staggering bad idea, both...

Outside of test flights, when is the last time a launch vehicle exploded in the atmosphere? And it's not like these would be orbital missions. Literally, fire that s**t into the sun. Space X seems to have a pretty poor record. Even the shuttle program had its issues. I’m not going to argue and die ...

I remain both surprised and annoyed that water-cooled video cards aren't really a thing yet. There are some cards out there with water blocks, but most of the ones I've seen are set up with connectors only such that you have to run your own custom pump and radiator. And the handful that are set up w...

Not really. Compared to the waste byproduct from virtually any other kind of power, it takes up very little room and is pretty safe if done properly (deep underground, lead walls, etc.) It can also be reprocessed to greatly reduce the amount of waste. Right now, the cost of obtaining more uranium f...

Elon should have used this one, which IMO is better and more accurate.

What are you doing on that beast that requires such high horsepower? Ha, nothing. I know it's currently way overpowered and over-memoried, but I did that with the hope that I wouldn't need to touch that hardware again for many years. Plus, that laptop CPU has a lower TDP than desktop chips that AMD...

I also decided to recently upgrade my Linux machine. The Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 case has mounting spots both for a full-size ATX mobo and for a mini-ITX. My Linux machine is now a Minisforum BD770i mini-ITX that uses an integrated laptop AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX (8C/16T). I put in 64GB of memory, and that ...

Mrs. 'Om wants a PC to play her stuff on, so I told her she can have mine since I was going to start building a new one anyway. Checked out r/buildapcforme and this balanced option they have pinned looks nice: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Photonman1/saved/Py42kL Anyone else build a new rig recentl...

Good to see that they have gone beyond that milquetoast statement since It was an accurate statement. Ms. Morey said, "General reminder that force used to disperse peaceful protesters engaging in civil disobedience should be proportional and reasonable." Acts of "civil disobedience," by definition,...

The passengers on Lufthansa 456 from Frankfurt to Los Angeles might need a trip to the dentist to re-seat their fillings.