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I had a cat a while back, and when I travelled for a few weeks, my sister, who lives in the same building would make sure she's fed and the litter cleaned etc and spend a bit of time with her. However, my sister told me that Pickett (cat) seemed depressed, and true enough when I got back she gave me attitude for a few weeks, and so I adopted Snowy for her. He basically taught her how to play again, since she'd been seemingly wanting to grow into old age and just sit on my lap and doze happily for hours.

But, I also had another cat in Dubai decades earlier, and she was quite happy being alone. In fact, she didn't like anyone but me (she was a rescue).

He's a prick at the end of the day, hence I said possibly ratings. I assume also he's seen the vast swing in public opinion and wants to make sure he's somehow on the "reasonable" side. In this specific clip though, he's on the money.

I absolutely detest him, but at least he has the guts (even if it's just for ratings) to ask these questions and make these genocidal maniacs look inept. The majority of "news" media just pander to them.

Ok, that made me laugh, the feathered equivalent of a honey badger. Bullies!

It's an extremely complex situation, and I will try and explain in briefly. During the 1950s onwards, South Lebanon (where the majority of the Shiites live) was long neglected by succesive central governments and were mostly menial workers and in poverty. Once the civil war started in the early 70's, variuos sects all formed militias, and one of the last to arrive on the scene was Hezbollah, funded and set up by the Iranian revoloutionary guard. During that time, they provided schools, hospitals, jobs, and most other basic services that were never supported by the central government in the south. Now add to that Lebanon was under Israeli occupation for over a decade, and it was Hezbollah's relentless resistance that finally drove them out in the year 2000 and at that point they enjoyed massive popularity among the entire population.

Several years later, they enter politics, miscalculate an attack on the border which leader to the 2006 war, and from there they lost their way. HOWEVER, they are still providing services to the poorest in the South, and the Shiite people are generally traibalistc and very loyal. So they will continue to show strongly in the polls.

(To add context, the leader of the Lebanese Forces group, a right wing christian group founded under a facist idelology, was convicted of war crimes, jailed, pardoned and is now again in politics, I make this example to show how fucked politics in Lebanon is, and every sect will hold onto dear leader regardless of the shit they've done. 80% of our political leaders were warlords during the civil war and they are still in power today).

Obviously Ive tried to simplify this as much as possible.

The Arab nations are a joke, pandering to whoever sells them weapons they don't know how to use (looking at you Gulf states). I'm writing this as a Lebanese who's sick of this non stop genocide. Strongly worded letters don't work, and now there's insanity in America, I can't see anything changes unless Europe somehow decide to sanction Israel on their own and hope other countries follow suit.

I don't think it's starting, I think the mask is just slipping off. Russia used violence, America has been using financial violence...

Israeli terrorists steal land and property of a subjugated people. Fixed the title for you.

Ban Russia from everything, but obviously Israel is a "special case" where the rules of humanity has been suspended so they may do unto others, what was done to them.

The Trump utopia, a stupid, unhealthy population working meanial jobs to enrich the class of people who don't need it. As an outsider I must say it looks like the majority of the population is indiferrent to what's happening and the damage done, not just to the American people, but to America's reputation as a global leader is going to need drastic action to rebuild trust on the international stage.

Ok, I giggled.

Never again (as long as they're white European stock or Jewish ) should be the new slogan.