The rush to judgment articles and posts I saw yesterday are just aging like warm milk. Preliminary reports are already showing:
The IDF targeted two senior Hamas terrorists it had tracked by aerial surveillance to a Hamas compound in Rafah
The IDF confirmed no women or children were in the compound before striking
The strike took place more than a mile (1.7 km) outside the Al-Mawasi designated humanitarian zone and more than 0.1 miles (180 meters) from the shelters that caught fire
The strike was carried out using 17 kg (37 lb) warheads — the smallest munition IDF jets can use; the IDF munitions alone could not have ignited such a large fire
The IDF is continuing to investigate the cause of the fire, including the possibility that Hamas had stored weapons in the area that the IDF was not aware of and which exploded due to the strike
satellite photos there was at least one Hamas rocket launcher near the compound that was bombed, which was outside the designated humanitarian zone.
@Bam far to many people expect immediate clarity to emerge from the fog of war, and are all too ready to blame Israel for anything and everything when it doesn’t
So much Trump Campaign can argue on this to fit their narrative. Instead, they go ridic “washed up actor” line w legend who can get as much work as he wants whenever he wants it
A. Parkhomenko:
The best we cd do is roll out Robt De Niro & the best they cd do is roll out Jason Miller? HAHAHAHAHAHA
Baragona:
De Niro literally got an Oscar nomination this yr
Miller: The best that Biden can do is roll out a washed up actor. Don’t worry, my remarks will be shorter than The Irishman
@GottaLaff not that anyone is going to change their mind about Trump, but how many of Trump’s MAGA gun nutjobs have stuck a pistol in their pants and stood reciting De Niro’s lines from Taxi Driver in front of a mirror? Seems likely to be a lot.
Here’s an excellent article about important lawsuits just filed on behalf of Uvalde families who lost loved ones to a mass shooting there. The families, represented by the same attorney who represented the Sandy Hook families, are suing Daniel Defense, the maker of the AR-15 used by the shooter, as well as the publisher of Call of Duty video games and Meta. (I am quoted in the story.) https://wapo.st/3R1Y9LA#LawFedi#GunViolence
@heidilifeldman thanks for your summary of the filing. The video game component seems fairly tenuous, however, and wondering if that’s the case in the actual claim? I’m rather skeptical of claims about video games triggering violence, compared to the actual selling and marketing weapons of slaughter.
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge was the first RPG I ever played, and I was obsessed despite being unable to escape the first few floors of the dungeon. I used to read the hint book like a novel.
I completed parts 7 and 8, and that trilogy is one of my all time favorites.
The first game was a bit too primitive and before my time, so I am elated at a quality-of-life graphical remake built on top of the original engine. I hope they do 2-5.
@schwa my film experience was with a family heirloom Rolleiflex, and one time I was playing with high-ISO black and white (Ilford 3200). Only twelve shots on the 120 film, but basically put the camera away during daylight hours while that roll was loaded.
Though not serving as Trump’s attorney when he appeared as a witness today in Trump’s trial for criminally falsifying business records, Robert Costello is a lawyer, bound by New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct. Costello repeatedly showed his ethical unfitness, violating the most basic principles that inform the entire code. I’ve screenshot the very first paragraph of the entire code, highlighting the most pertinent phrases. 1/ #LawFedi#Ethics#LegalEthics
@heidilifeldman given there are two attorneys on the jury who saw Costello‘s behavior, might it not impact their view of his testimony to see how he’s treating the process?
Ex-Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark — the lawyer central to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election — has been spotted in the overflow room at Trump's criminal trial #TrumpTrial
First reaction to reading on the Verge about a new vertically integrated and attractively designed heat pump system with closed, non-Google/Apple smarts from some xooglers is: "well I'm not buying that, it'll probably be shut down or unsupported within 5 years"