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I wish they would realize that universal healthcare doesn’t mean they HAVE to get healthcare through the state, just that it is there. You can still pay millions of dollars out of pocket for your own treatment at a private hospital.

America actually has terrible healthcare compared to a lot of nations with socialized medicine:

American leftists, who have been fed for years that America is supporting Israel and it's evil: the evil (((Zionists))) are stealing our healthcare! We pay for it!

Nazis: you're right, these filthy Jews are responsible for every illness in America.

This site refers to at least three different measurements of healthcare quality, the USA sadly ranks low on all of them. Conversely, that still has nothing to do with Israel, and if we have decent healthcare I can promise you not a single dollar of American aid goes to that. Do you really think we'd want to have one of our most basic structures supported by a foreign power that can stop the aid whenever it wants? If you can't believe that this just makes no sense in any level, understand that it's not beneficial to Israel whatsoever if its healthcare is financed from outside.

a) yes, they did.

b) cool, YOU never heard it, so it didn't happen?

c) okay cool, they more often use terms like, "Israel heavily lobbies Congress and thus influences Congressional decisions--"

So does China and over a dozen Arab Muslim countries, yet I don't see you accusing Chinese or Muslim Americans of "controlling Congress" on those grounds.

In fact, you accuse anyone who does of being "Sinophobic/Islamophobic."

Showing you're all two-faced hypocrites.

d) And again, that's beside the point:

The Left claims to protect minorities.

The Left harasses and attacks Jews.

The Left claims Jews "don't count as minorities" because "Israel donates to Congress, so Jews are REALLY the ones with power--"

Except

1) Diaspora Jews =/= Israelis

2) You cowards never attack ACTUAL Trump Congress Officials or Trump fans at Trump Rallies, because you know deep down they'll actually hit back and/or legally retaliate with the full force of the law.

Thereby demonstrating with your COWARDLY ACTIONS who you REALLY think is in power.

You're not "punching up at those in power" when you harass and attack Jews, you're BULLIES AND COWARDS who're PUNCHING DOWN AT AN EASY TARGET.

Mike Johnson tactics before a double-back to allude bribe taking SPECIFICALLY by "An Israel Owned PAC" (AIPAC is American) over any other PAC while insisting you're NOT talking about a Jewish conspiracy? "I don't know about that" AND THEN the double-back? Objectively less competent than Mike Johnson.

The US/Western left is a Nazi bar. All those cute stories about Punk Bars and Punching Nazis? well. They decided they liked what the Nazis had to say, and if they called Jews/Israelis Nazis and said things like "Even the Nazis weren't this depraved" it wouldn't be noticed or called out, or affect people because they don't see Jews as people. They don't see Palestinians or Arabs or Muslims or Druze or Syrians or really anybody as people either, just elves or avatars to engage their fandom-religion over because it lets them 'punch up' Wil Wheaton posted this and a bunch of people felt very good about themselves and then he and a whole bunch of other people failed Jews and let Nazis into the bar because the Nazis slightly changed how they said what they said, and what they wore.

The DSA, Fight Agency, Ivy league nepobaby shitheads funded and supported by Neville Singham, the CCP and Russia (to fuck with US function because they're autocratic imperialists with their own interests) are doing their best to make the Democratic Party into a Nazi Bar after spending decades making the academic/protest left their useful idiots and disposable weapons. And a whole lot of people who consume activism as a faith-fandom because they're certain they don't need a faith or a church social group and are recreating it through some fuckers recruting them through HERO STORIES and REVOLUTION STORIES are primed to let them. Because they like the Good Things and so they are the Good People. And Jews are easy for loser populists to blame.

Punch Nazis, right? Anyway.

i also condemn Israel's genocide of the Palestinians.

it's very unfortunate that Israel has confused antisemitism with criticism of state actions. now when we hear antisemitism we don't know what it's referring to. what a disservice to efforts to combat antisemitism.

there is no world where criticizing a genocide, and wanting peace and freedom for all, could be antisemitic. everything I read about Judaism is life-affirming and just. wanting children to get to grow up could never be antisemitic. desiring that the geneva conventions be respected is not antisemitic. wanting an end to checkpoints and restriction of movement for Palestinians is not antisemitic. wanting children to stop being sniped is not antisemitic. wanting everyone to have equality under the law not antisemitic. it's not antisemitic to desire women and children and civilians to have medicine, food, and water.

proceeds to engage in a whole lot of antisemitism and disinformation

i also condemn Israel's genocide of the Palestinians.

it's very unfortunate that Israel has confused antisemitism with criticism of state actions. now when we hear antisemitism we don't know what it's referring to. what a disservice to efforts to combat antisemitism.

there is no world where criticizing a genocide, and wanting peace and freedom for all, could be antisemitic. everything I read about Judaism is life-affirming and just. wanting children to get to grow up could never be antisemitic. desiring that the geneva conventions be respected is not antisemitic. wanting an end to checkpoints and restriction of movement for Palestinians is not antisemitic. wanting children to stop being sniped is not antisemitic. wanting everyone to have equality under the law not antisemitic. it's not antisemitic to desire women and children and civilians to have medicine, food, and water.

proceeds to engage in a whole lot of antisemitism and disinformation

Gil Galad's chief councilors and source of headaches.

Metro Man was not loved growing up in a way that mattered. His adopted father was clearly very absent, and while we don't know much about his family, their relationship seems superficial. Because of this, his sense of duty to the world is also superficial, hence his boredom.

Hal wasn't raised with power. He gained it and was shown how to use it by a 'space dad' who only taught him power and not love. Hence, he sees it only as a grasping means to an end.

-the first baseman had no reason to chase Baéz, if he just stepped on the bag he was automatically out

-theres two outs, so if hes out, the inning is over. even if the runner on second base gets home, the run doesnt count. its not until hes safe at first that the run scores

-theres no specific rule in baseball about running backwards from first, just that you “cannot retreat to home base” meaning so long as if you dont touch the plate, its fine

-Baéz ran backwards to kill enough to get the run to score, and then stole and extra base on the base on the bad throw

-HE TOOK THE TIME TO UMPIRE HIS OWN PLAY AND CALL SAFE

Javier Báez (the batter, a Chicago Cub, wearing blue) has just hit the ball. His job is now to run around the bases - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, back to where he started (“home”), at which point he will have scored a point. In practice, he will probably stop partway, wait for the next batter to get a hit, and try to make it home from there.

The Pittsburgh Pirates (in white) are fielding. Their job is to stop the Cubs from scoring by getting them out, by various combinations of catching the ball and tagging people or bases with it.

The scoreboard (top left) shows that one Cub has already made it to second base, so he will resume running now that Javy has a hit. It also shows that two Cubs are out. If a third Cub gets out, their turn to bat will be over, it will be the Pirates’ turn to bat, and the Cubs can’t score anymore (for now, but that’s not relevant).

The Pirate at first base (the first baseman) has the ball. All he needs to do is step on first base while holding it before Javy gets there, and Javy is out. This is probably the number one most common thing a first baseman has to do.

He does not do it.

For some reason he starts chasing Javy, presumably trying to tag him with the ball directly. This is a perfectly legitimate way of getting him out, but also completely unnecessary.

This has never happened to Javy before. Unsure what else to do, he just kind of… jogs backwards away from him.

Meanwhile, the Cub who was at second base (Contreras) has made it all the way back to home. Because the Pirates’ first baseman has helpfully walked the ball back home, he can easily toss it to the Pirate at home (the catcher) who will tag Contreras out.

The catcher doesn’t tag him in time.

The umpire signals that Contreras is safe (not out).

Javy also signals that Contreras is safe, just for fun. He’s never been nearby when a teammate makes it home before, and he’s enjoying himself.

Notice that the score has not changed, even though Contreras made it home. That’s because Javy is still technically running to first base. If he gets out before he reaches it, the Cubs’ turn to bat is over, and nothing else that’s happened since he hit the ball matters.

Javy remembers this, and heads back to first base. The catcher throws the ball to another Pirates fielder, who is frantically running to do the first baseman’s job.

He doesn’t catch it.

Javy is safe at first. Contreras scores (although the scoreboard won’t change for a second).

Javy notices how far away that ball landed, and decides he can make it to second base before anyone picks it up and tags him out.

An offscreen Pirate throws the ball to second base, where another Pirate is ready and waiting to catch it, tag Javy out, and end the Cubs’ turn to bat.

He doesn’t catch it.

Javy is safe at second. The video doesn’t show it, but he will go on to score as well.

This should have been a very easy out for the Pirates, but through two dropped catches and one truly bizarre decision from the first baseman, they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and turned it into two points for the Cubs.

“Back in my day we didn’t have any of these childhood protective things, we were smart enough not to do stupid shit on our own!” Except your little neighbour, who got the funniest idea at the age of seven, and got his skull pierced when he slipped?

“Back in my day nobody got divorced, we stuck together and fixed our problems!” What about your cousin, who was slowly killed by her husband because she had nowhere to escape him?

“Back in my day nobody had ‘mental problems’, we didn’t whine, we just toughed it out and endured life!” Hey remember that guy you used to work with, who seemed really friendly and normal, and then suddenly hanged himself ‘for no reason’?

“Back in my day we didn’t have any of this ‘gay’ or ‘transgender’ thing.” You did, but your family cut all ties with her before you were born.