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"Ah, my friend - you're a gentleman, and a scholar, and a fine judge of scantily-clad women."
Darren to Brian, RIFTS: Sonic Boom - Chapter 3
#i just really enjoyed this line#rifts#palladium#palladium books#adam chilson#rifts rpg#post apocalypse#science fantasy#the coalition#the coalition states#ttrpg#ttrpg novels
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he wants YOU
#voltron#voltron: legendary defender#vld#voltron coran#coran hieronymus wimbleton smythe#coran coran the gorgeous man#Voltron coalition#voltron fanart#fanart#digital art#okay so the idea for this came from me talking about my voltron rewrite#the conversation started with those religious billboards you see in the states#and we somehow got to uncle coran
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Gabe Fleisher at Wake Up To Politics (10.07.2024):
This morning also marks the beginning of the Supreme Court’s 2024-25 term, which will be the focus of today’s newsletter. The court’s last term was marked by highly charged political cases, several of them decided with the six conservative justices in the majority and the three liberal justices in the minority, including Trump v. United States (which set the standard for how presidents can and can’t be prosecuted) and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (which significantly reduced the power of the regulatory state). The court also weighed in on disputes over racial gerrymandering and bump stocks for firearms (also along the same 6-3 battle lines), as well as cases involving January 6th, social media, abortion pills, opioids, pollution, and Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for the White House (all of which were decided along more mixed ideological lines). [...]
That’s the context in which the nine justices will appear from behind the bench this morning to hear their first oral arguments of the term at 10 a.m. ET. The term ahead does not — yet — have as many controversial cases on the docket, but there are still several high-profile disputes. Here are some of the key cases to watch this term:
United States v. Skrmetti: After years of the issue roiling the country, this will be the Supreme Court’s first formal foray into adjudicating transgender health care. The case stems from the federal government’s challenge to a Tennessee law banning puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender-transition surgeries for minors. The court’s decision will have broad national ramifications, likely carrying over to the 24 other states with similar prohibitions on the books.
Garland v. VanDerStok: Like last term, which included multiple gun control cases, the Supreme Court will take up another Biden administration gun regulation later this week. This one involves “ghost guns,” firearms that are put together with kits at home — and therefore don’t have serial numbers and are untraceable by authorities. In 2022, the Justice Department unveiled a rule requiring vendors who sell ghost guns to treat them as fully completed firearms; gun rights groups are now challenging the regulation.
Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton: Another hot-button culture war issue is at the center of this case, which involves challenges to a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify their users’ ages. The Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry, is arguing that the law violates their First Amendment rights, while Texas says the statute protects children. As in 10 other states with similar laws, the site Pornhub has opted to block access to users in Texas rather than comply with the requirements.
Other cases involving the death penalty, nuclear waste, and vaping are also poised to reach the court.
SCOTUS will have some big cases on the docket this term:
United States v. Skrmetti (gender-affirming care)
Garland v. VanDerStok (ghost guns)
Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton (age verification)
#SCOTUS#United States v. Skrmetti#Garland v. VanDerStok#Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton#Glossip v. Oklahoma#FDA v. Triton#Texas v. New Mexico
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The fact that science is not at the base of everything is so baffling to me. Everyone is just claiming things and arguing without any backup and meanwhile We Can Know Stuff. I’m not sure if anyone told you guys but there are ways to find out this stuff
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White WomenTM love the shit about the princess saving herself and being a girl boss but then turned into shocked pikachu and fucking flounder when they actually have to do something to help themselves
#all the white women asking black women what to do in the current political climate this is for you ❤️❤️❤️#disrespectfully#figure it tf out the resources are there build your own damn communities and coalitions#maybe it’s the queer person from a red state of it all but i’ve been living under the belief of ‘no one is coming to save you get tf up’#for fucking years now#and i need the rest of y’all to get with the damn program!!!#american politics
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Verified charities and aid organizations with their websites if you want to donate to help Palestinians. If you cannot afford to donate, please share this post.
#anera#hidden humanity#eyewitness Palestine#humanitarian coalition#islamic relief#unrwa#united nations relief and works agency#launch good#pcrf#apartheid#save palestine#ethnic cleansing#israel is an apartheid state#free palestine 🇵🇸#genocide#illegal occupation#israel is committing genocide#israeli war crimes#humanitarian crisis#humanitarian aid#please donate#please share#please help#repost#spread the word#donate if you can#donate for palestine#medical aid for palestinians#defense for children international#palestine children's relief fund
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"A ceasefire should be imposed on Israel. There is no other way to stop this carnage in Gaza..."
- Francesca Albanese, UN Rapporteur
#I agree
#I volunteer
#peacekeepers#un peacekeepers#international coalition#icj#ceasefire#unsc#palestine#palestinians#gaza#genocide#ww3#free palestine#free gaza#israeli atrocities#rogue state#pariah state#collective psychosis#centcom#nato#turkiye#egypt#jordan#morocco#ksa#spain#portugal#ireland#south africa#military operations#war crimes
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#youtube#news#Bipartisan Coalition#Immigration Reform#Bipartisan Agreement#Bipartisan#National Security#Congress#Homeland Security#Border Security#Politics#Democrats#United States#Immigration#Legislation#Republicans#Group#Government#Border Control#Border Wall#Border Protection#Policy#Biden#House of Representatives#Joe Biden#News#Senate#Border Crisis#Immigration Policy#Border Alliance
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I often wonder what the world would look like if pressing local or state level issues people claim to care about generated the same kind of action and enthusiasm that massive national news stories with complicated power mapping do. Idk even when I'm 100% with the people who are up in arms. Like what if just as many people in MA had turned out for the ROE act as turned out to protest the overturn of Roe after the fact? What if the rent control actions were as well attended as the ceasefire actions? I have had many instances where I am trying to get progressive people who regularly go to big demonstrations to show up for something state level they have said they care about and they just won't. And what I'm left with after that is the conclusion that where their interests actually are is feeling like a part of something big and heady rather than accomplishing a concrete goal and that's. Demoralizing.
#i am glad lots of people turn out for the big actions#demanding an end to the assault on gaza is very important#but theres a type of guy (gn) who goes to the big demos#about national or international stuff that the demo itself#doesnt actually put meaningful pressure on#goes to big marches in DC that are mostly symbolic#and never turns out for local or state level stuff#even if its urgent and we have a fighting chance#and its the same kind of thing they just went to dc about#idk im thinking of the difference between the like#sunrise climate “strike” turnout#vs coalitions trying to get new gaslines here stopped or banned#if all the sunrise ppl had shown up for that? maybe!#but it wasnt on cnn or whatever so they didnt
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the worst part of mostly making up your own fanon is that if something doesn't exist you just have to make it up yourself.
by which i mean, i'm trying to think what shape dwemeri spycraft and intelligence takes (especially in the late first council era), what those organisations (if any) look like, how centralised they are, how observant and privacy-impeding they are, all off the cuff just to make a very stupid joke
#the dwemer obviously have spies#and they obviously impede any modern notion of civil liberties#but i think they might be the sort of hypocrites to claim they actually respect said rights.#more and more i think my dwemer are really modern in an insidious way that i find interesting#'oh we reject divine right of kings in literally every sense of the word. here's some dystopian modern statecraft surveillance instead.'#i think the complicating factor is the clan system. we're talking about a recent coalition of disparate city states who did not#necessarily cooperate prior to the first council
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something I wish more people understood is that wanting palestinian independence and anti-zionism are distinct political positions.
#Palestinian independence is a noble cause that I agree with#anti-zionism mostly is concerned with dissolving Israel as a state which is… a lot of bad things are going to happen when you do this to a#state that has nukes#Israel needs significant political reform so fringie-y orthodox nationalist voices aren’t so overrepresented#people bitch constantly about the US two party system but at least we don’t have a coalition government#That bends to the whim of the crazy freaks. bibi is a dishonest plebe and he shows it in his policy#god fuckin damn dude
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Daniel Marans at HuffPost:
Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, summed up the Republican pitch to Jewish voters succinctly in his speech to the Republican national convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday evening. “My message today to the Jewish community is clear: There is only one pro-Israel party, and it’s the Republican Party,” Brooks declared, as Jewish convention attendees waved yellow signs with the words, “We are Jews for Trump.” In keeping with their historically Democratic leanings, in 2020, the overwhelming majority of Jewish voters opted for President Joe Biden over former President Donald Trump.
And Trump, whose daughter Ivanka converted to Judaism before marrying Jared Kushner, has even disparaged Jewish Democrats, claiming they “hate Israel.” But Trump’s allies apparently see an opening following Hamas’ deadly terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Democrats remain divided on support for the ferocious invasion of Gaza Israel launched in response, which has killed more than 38,000 Palestinians, the vast majority of whom are civilians. Brooks’ message got greater amplification on Wednesday — the theme of the day’s programming was “Make America Strong Again,” and it focused heavily on foreign relations and the military. The lineup of primetime speakers included, in quick succession, Orthodox Jewish campus activist Shabbos Kestenbaum; Orna and Ronen Neutra, the parents of an American citizen, Omer, captured by Hamas while serving in the Israeli military; and former Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Jewish Republican who ran an unexpectedly spirited race to unseat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in 2022.
Kestenbaum, a recent graduate of Harvard University, has already made national waves with his criticism of pro-Palestinian campus activism, which he has said veers into antisemitism. He is now suing Harvard for allegedly violating his and other Jewish students’ civil rights. [...] Kestenbaum, a registered Democrat who was so progressive in 2020 he posed with then-congressional candidate Jamaal Bowman, told the Forward earlier this week he still supports many domestic progressive policies, such as raising the minimum wage and the Green New Deal, but said progressives’ abandonment of Israel and refusal to take antisemitism seriously had pushed him to accept Republicans’ invitation to speak at their convention. In his remarks on Wednesday, Kestenbaum sounded every bit the true believer in Trump’s second term, listing the ways in which he believed Trump would stand up for pro-Israel Jewish students and what he sees as the anti-American streak in higher education.
[...] In fact, Biden, who has expressed pro-Israel views dating back to the 1970s, has angered many on the left, as well as Arab American and Muslim voters, with his refusal to impose material consequences for what many human rights groups and Western governments have determined are Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Biden showed his dedication to Israel by shepherding a foreign aid bill through Congress in April that included $26 billion in military and economic assistance to Israel, along with $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Palestinians. Like other recent presidents from both parties, Biden has instead mostly expressed his disapproval of Israeli decisions in conversations with Netanyahu. He won some progressive praise in May for pausing a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, on the grounds that those munitions pose unnecessary danger to civilians in dense areas, but he has yet to follow through on promises of a broader weapons cutoff in the event of a massive Israeli invasion of Rafah.
[...] Brooks might have been overstating the case. But given how divided rank-and-file Democrats are on the topic of Israel, many national party leaders would just as soon avoid the topic. It is hard to imagine a speaker making a similar request of the crowd at the Democratic national convention in Chicago this August, let alone getting that kind of positive response.
With Jewish speakers (including lifelong Dems) being featured at the RNC, the GOP sees a play to win over Jewish voters incensed at the fairly still pro-Israel Democratic Party’s increasingly pro-Palestinian turn, especially after October 7th.
#2024 RNC#Judaism#Israel/Hamas War#Israel#Israel Apartheid State#Campus Protests#Jared Kushner#Shabbos Kestenbaum#Orna Neutra#Ronen Neutra#Lee Zeldin#Ivanka Trump#Matt Brooks#Republican Jewish Coalition#Gaza Genocide#Joe Biden
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There are already 14 countries in the 'drone coalition' founded by Latvia, and after a decision made by the government April 16 Latvia will send the first significant cargo of drones to Ukraine, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity) told the media after a cabinet meeting Tuesday.
Siliņa said the first batch of drones requested by Ukraine is ready, according to LSM's Latvian language service, without quoting her directly(..)
P.S. Considering the failure of the Americans deliver what they promised in Ukraine, it is critically important for the other democratic countries to develop their own military industry and reduce their dependence on the armaments produced by US companies!
The current slogan in the military industry today: "Made in Europe!!!" In crisis situations, in the case of Israel and Ukraine, the behavior of American politicians shows that they cannot really be trusted! European countries must learn from the painful experience of Israel and Ukraine and develop their own national armament industry much more actively...
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Coalition IAR-2 Abolisher Robot
Originally released on p. 35 of Rifts Sourcebook 1
The Abolisher, Infantry Assault Robot (IAR-2), is another giant vehicle that is part of the Coalition States' military forces. Unlike the UAR-1 Enforcer, which is designed specifically to combat ground troops in an urban/city environment, the Abolisher is a frontline infantry unit with long-range capabilities and heavy firepower for obliterating enemy troops. The focus of its armaments is anti-robot and anti-tank, hence the six heavy cannons bristling around what appears to be the head. The rim of cannons has given the 30 foot (9 m) robot the nickname 'Thorn Head."
The heavily armored bot is a massive, humanoid shaped, all terrain assault vehicle designed to withstand heavy bombardment. However, in keeping with the frightening Death's Head motif, the Abolisher is designed to look like a massive skull with arms and legs. The two eyes are infra-red and conventional light searchlights for night assaults. The upper skull body can rotate 360 degrees and is operated by a five-man crew. Two soldiers are gunners operating three cannons each, the pilot and the copilot/communications engineer (either the pilot or copilot can fire the small, forward facing, dual laser turret) and the top hatch gunner, usually a SAMAS.
The big guns are devastating weapons that can blast an enemy from all sides simultaneously. The robot's arms and hands are powerful and lethal in hand to hand confrontations (can rotate 180 degrees at the shoulders). On top of the behemoth is a Gunner's Hatch which allows a SAMAS or soldier to perch himself on the head and fire at the enemy from the top of the robot. An inner hatch locks automatically, preventing the enemy from easy access should the top gunner be killed; the inner hatch can only be opened by one of the pilots.
The only real disadvantage to the 30 foot (9 m) giant is that its incredible weight and large size reduce its speed and maneuvering capabilities. Although great in the field as an outer perimeter defense or as an infantry assault unit (tank with arms and legs), its speed and size make it an easy target (hence the heavy armor). Unless one wishes to destroy a city, the bot is not well suited for city conflicts. Its weapons are too powerful for use in the city, able to demolish an S.D.C. skyscraper in mere moments, and its size and bulk makes maneuvering through narrow streets difficult. Still, it is excellent for city defense, being able to be placed wherever needed, and ideal for infantry combat.
IAR-2 Abolisher: Size 9 (Huge), Crew 5+2, Strength d12+10, Toughness 60 (36), Pace 14+d10 (70 MPH)
Notes: MDC Armor, Shoulder STS-Cluster -4 to hit and 24 Hardness.
Weapons:
6 x C-144 Auto-Cannons (Spaced 360 degrees around the crown of the bot; Range 100/200/400, 5d12+5 Mega Damage, AP 12, RoF 1)
Anti-Personnel Lasers (belly gun)
Black Market Cost: 80 Million credits, Rarity -4
#Palladium Rifts#Savage Rifts#Savage Worlds#ttrpg#homebrew Savage Rifts#ttrpg homebrew#coalition states#robot vehicle#Abolisher#IAR-2 Abolisher#homebrew vehicles
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This isn't the first time. Back in 2010 the Freedom Flotilla for Gaza turned into a massacre when the IOF murdered 10 of the participants and imprisoned the rest. This time they can't even get out of Turkey due to 1 bogus delay after another. They are trying to bring food and desperately needed supplies to those in Gaza.
#Glasgow Palestine Human Rights Campaign#free palestine 🇵🇸#freedom flotilla#turkey#save palestine#let Palestine live#free gaza#famine#starvation#apartheid#israel is an apartheid state#ethnic cleansing#genocide#seek truth#spread awareness#collective punishment#humanitarian crisis#humanitarian aid blocked at every turn#this was never about hamas#israel lies while Palestine dies#israeli apartheid#israel is a terrorist state#israel is committing genocide#israel is a war criminal#zionism is nazism for the 21st century#akdeniz#political interference#freedom flotilla coalition#please share#donate if you can
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hello im the same anon as before i just learned about the new attack which was indeed premeditated. i thought the post was talking about what happened with the soccer fans. im very sorry!
tbh i considered ignoring this and obviously do not know who you are anon + i am leaving out the first message i got, because i do not want to drag any other blogs into this:
do not come into my ask box and tell me that i shouldn't reblog xyz's posts because they are a zionist
if the current posting trend on tumblr wasn't so particularly dire i'd use the "woman putting box on shelf meme" with the word zionist on it, but as it stands
i obviously do not vet all blogs in a reblog chain when i agree with the content of a post; i do not mind people coming to my dms/ask box to tell me that someone i reblogged from has posted heinous shit and that i should check whether i want to reblog them
however, that means pointing out that they actually said something specific (e.g. having no compassion for the people in gaza) and not just sending a dm with "btw blog xyz is zionist"
10 times out of 10, the people who contact me like that have first heard of zionism a year ago and have never done any reading beyond the english wiki since then +
any time i have seen posts like that on my dash they weren't even directed at zionists but jewish bloggers talking about the antisemetic bs going down on this website and in general
as for amsterdam:
it boggles my mind (not really) that people cannot comprehend that making fun of dead children in gaza is vile stuff but also doesn't justify people going on a 'jew hunt' in the streets.
i am beyond making presumptions, but i cannot help but feel that the activism in support of palestine by people who message me like this extends to just that - messaging me or others - and then never engaging in actual activism.
it is calling out racism and antisemitism when you encounter it, especially among your peers, giving money to organisations that actually try and provide help to people in gaza, it means calling and writing to politicians to make your voice heard (i've decided to mainly post on tumblr about the antisemitic attacks going on in europe etc. because i feel like some people on here do not want to accept the fact that antisemitic hate crimes are globally on the rise. as for the support for palestine: i do that offline, because i do not believe there is anything helpful i can achieve on this platform).
so, i reblogged that post not just because of the "new" attack, but also because of the attack from the day before.
#ctlyuejie writes#i/p#antisemitism#maybe deleting the additional tags but this is just bonkers#it should be easy to condemn the violence on part of the football fans without justifying ppl in amsterdam explicitely going on a “jew hunt#idk why i have to explain on this website that it is also not acceptable to collectively punish a group of people even if someone wants to#claim they weren't hunting jews but just retaliating against maccabi fans in general#how is this helpful in any way?#not the most fucked up thing but it is indeed exhausting when your own government has bs policies re: israel and palestine (hence me arguin#with politicians and ppl in my own party) but also exhausting that i was only able to join one protest for palestine because all the others#i checked out did chant blatently antisemitic slogans at one point or another#(e.g. i happened to be in the city when there was a protest in my hometown so while i considered joining spontaneously and googled the#organizers they started chants of 'burn down israel')#how is this helpful? does this help end the violence in the region? does this protect palestinians living here? does this help change#the minds of politicians who could actually pressure netanjahu? does this build a broad coalition that could sway public opinion and polici#s?#absolutely not#only made the sister chapter of my party hold a vigil explicitely for the state of israel and doing microaggressions in a groupchat#against a party member from jordan which in turn made me do angry phonecalls#like it is bonkers when it shouldn't be difficult to support palestinians without being antisemetic and support jewish people#without being racist#and i know that like clockwork i will get a message for some fundraiser in my askbox that is plain spam#this got much longer than intended
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