What I got from the new light novel backstories
Kunigami: learns to use his physical strength and finds his soccer weapon inspired by his older sister
Hiori: learns to navigate his home life and believe in himself with the help of Karasu
Niko: learns to play soccer better than his high school bully in 100 days with the power of autism and spite
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A Palestinian flag was brandished yesterday in the National Assembly in France by a left-wing congressman. He has been banned from the assembly for 2 weeks, which is more than what another congressman got when he did a Nazi salute.
Something a bit funny happened after.
Some context: we have this congressman who is Israeli (and French, because you have to be French to be elected) and pro-genocide. Like, he has yelled, with joy, in the assembly, after another congressman's speech about how many Palestinians had been killed (so, a speech calling the French gov to act to stop Israel): "And there will be more!". Meyer Habib has publicly call multiple times for the death of the Palestinians, and he also vocalized religious' reasons for politic actions, which is inexcusable. He should have been kicked out an eternity ago, and, imo, should be in jail (yes, what he did is illegal in France and can lead to jail time)
Anyway, another congressman, left-wing, David Guiraud, was interviewed live when the congressmen left the assembly, because of the flag (he is from the same political party as the brave politician on the picture). Habib came behind him, yelling to the journalists, "Why are you talking to them?"
Guiraud: What are you doing here? Go away.
Habib: Who are you talking to?
Guiraud: To you.
Habib: We didn't raise pigs together*, show some respect to-
Guiraud: It's you, the pig. You're bathing in the mud of genocide.
The congresswoman beside Guiraud joined him against Habib, saying he is guilty of "apology of a genocide", and told him "If there's a justice in this country, you will be brought to justice, Monsieur."
* "On n'a pas élevé les cochons ensemble" = literally, "we didn't raise pigs together. A French expression meaning that you aren't close enough to an individual for them to behave a certain way with you. Here, Guiraud wasn't using the correct pronouns while addressing Habib (you are supposed to use "vous" and not "tu" while addressing people you aren't close with, it's for politeness. People will drop the "vous" for "tu" if they don't respect the person they are talking to.) and his tone was also blasé, annoyed. Also, for our trans folks out there, yes people will complain you aren't using the right pronouns with them and you are too familiar, BUT will refuse to use trans folks pronouns, especially because every non-gendered pronoun is a neo-pronoun.
Later, Guiraud was invited on tv. He was asked if he regrets his words and would say the same thing again now. His answer: "No. Sometimes, words go further than our thoughts. I want to apologize to every pig in France, I never saw one of them defend a genocide."
Habib has since said it was antisemitic to call him a pig (I don't think it is an antisemitic insult, but even if it was, the context clearly demonstrates that Guiraud used Habib's words against him, he didn't choose "pig"), and that Guiraud attacked him (Habib touched Guiraud first, so no) and is a congressman working for Hamas. Yes, he said that. Now, we are all looking at Guiraud, waiting who him to sue his ass, because that's diffamation. (We already have a minister who is facing a diffamation charge for saying a football/soccer player is working for Hamas because he didn't tweet about October 7th. I wish I was joking, but it happened)
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the reasoning that spike gives buffy for stopping angelus bringing forth acathla is SO funny as he presented the judge to drusilla as a present. the judge. who incinerates humans and things containing humanity. whereas acathla would just consume the earth into a hell dimension that consists of great torture. “the truth is, I like this world. you've got dog racing, manchester united. and you've got people. billions of people walking around like happy meals with legs. it's all right here. but then someone comes along with a vision. with a real passion for destruction…” like your gift of the judge literally involves creating an armageddon of wiping out humans and humanity. just say you don’t like the fact that it’s angelus taking back his patriarchal role of the group and doing the destruction. and the fact that he also was a homewrecker. maybe you do have a thing for the earth and humanity but it wasn’t stopping you causing chaos when it was you and dru doing it. girl what about your happy meals on legs when the judge decimates them
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1 Samuel 7: The Ark Of God Is Retrieved and Stored In Kiriath Jearim
1 So the men of Kiriath Jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord. They brought it to Abinadab’s house on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.
2 The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim a long time—twenty years in all.
Samuel Subdues the Philistines at Mizpah
Then all the people of Israel turned back to the Lord.
3 So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
4 So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the Lord only.
5 Then Samuel said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the Lord for you.”
6 When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” Now Samuel was serving as leader of Israel at Mizpah.
7 When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid because of the Philistines.
8 They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.”
9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him.
10 While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the Lord thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites.
11 The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.
12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”
13 So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.
14 The towns from Ekron to Gath that the Philistines had captured from Israel were restored to Israel, and Israel delivered the neighboring territory from the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
15 Samuel continued as Israel’s leader all the days of his life.
16 From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.
17 But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also held court for Israel. And he built an altar there to the Lord.
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