Icewind Dave

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Minnesota

In Google emoji kitchen yellow heart plus yellow heart becomes some sort of repulsive hairy heart
A geriatric shih-tzu with sleepy eyes and his tongue blepping out of his mouth
Google translate korean "Source laquer taste"
Google Chinese translation "Caiyuan paint smell"
Conor Lamb, Oct 8 2023: Thank you @bariweiss for this informative, factual, nonpartisan episode during such a difficult time. Well worth the hour to better understand the brutality of Hamas and the situation Israel faces as it defends itself
Because the American political system is heavily biased against third parties, the best path for pursuing this agenda lies with the kind of intra-party factions that have been common throughout U.S. history (of which the Progressives were one). In the long term, we can hope that many of the politically homeless elements that used to be firmly ensconced in the Republican Party will reemerge as a political force around their own version of Abundance rather than under the exhausted banner of Reagan-era fusionism. In fact, members of Congress like Sen. Todd Young of Indiana have already been leaders on many abundance-related issues. However, given Donald Trump’s hold on the GOP, in the short term, it is hard to imagine such a political faction emerging around these issues anywhere other than the Democratic Party. For now, then, the factional action on Abundance will be among the Democrats. The table is set for just such a faction to
Google's emoji kitchen: yellow heart + yellow heart produces some sort of hairy ballsack looking heart
But beyond a lack of awareness of the vast devastation, many Americans also haven’t heard what it has to do with the United States, and with the Democratic Party in particular: the fact that, in the year following October 7, the Biden administration sent nearly $23 billion to Israel with no red lines; that it vetoed four UN Security Council resolutions demanding a ceasefire; that Secretary of State Antony Blinken ignored the U.S. government’s own determination that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza when he delivered a statement under oath to Congress last May; that the United States has violated its own laws—including the Arms Export Control Act, Section 620i of the Foreign Assistance Act, and National Security Memorandum-20—conditioning U.S. military aid to state belligerents on their compliance with U.S. and international laws of war; that the United States has undermined the authority of both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC); and that 107 members of Congress sent a letter to the United Nations two weeks before the election threatening to withdraw U.S. funding and support for the organization if it allowed its members to unseat Israel, as the General Assembly had done with the South African apartheid regime in 1974.
many Americans also haven’t heard what it has to do with the United States, and with the Democratic Party in particular: the fact that, in the year following October 7, the Biden administration sent nearly $23 billion to Israel with no red lines; that it vetoed four UN Security Council resolutions demanding a ceasefire; that Secretary of State Antony Blinken ignored the U.S. government’s own determination that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza when he delivered a statement under oath to Congress last May; that the United States has violated its own laws—including the Arms Export Control Act, Section 620i of the Foreign Assistance Act, and National Security Memorandum-20—conditioning U.S. military aid to state belligerents on their compliance with U.S. and international laws of war; that the United States has undermined the authority of both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC); and that 107 members of Congress sent a letter to the United Nations two weeks before the election threatening to withdraw U.S. funding and support for the organization if it allowed its members to unseat Israel, as the General Assembly had done with the South African apartheid regime in 1974.
Joe Biden saying "Roses are red, violets are blue, embrace genocide... or the muslim ban's on you"
Naomi Watts, David Lynch, Laura Harring, in a meme I saw this morning
Gibson (Shih-Tzu, 15) wearing his body warmer and insulated harness, standing next to his winter jacket
Cenk Uygur posting his Nephew, Hasan Piker, asking where the ladies are at
A ShihTzu with long ear hair tossed over his head like a combover
Usopp after eating a spicy grape
Chopper looking through binoculars
Sunrise over dock
One piece eye bulge gag
A small gremlin gazes at you, hoping for his nighttime medicine, wrapped in a delicious treat