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  1. Tragic Israeli Troops Accidentally Kill Three Hostages Israeli troops mistakenly shot and killed three Israeli hostages during combat with Hamas in northern Gaza on Friday, the Israeli military said. The shooting took place in Shejaiye, a densely populated community that Israeli officials have identified as a Hamas stronghold. Israeli forces “mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat,” the military said in a statement. “As a result, the troops fired toward them and they were killed.” “During searches and checks in the area in which the incident occurred, a suspicion arose over the identities of the deceased,” it added. “Their bodies were transferred to Israeli territory for examination, after which it was confirmed that they were three Israeli hostages.” The military identified the three as Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz, who had been taken from Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the Hamas-led assault on Israel on Oct. 7; and Samer Talalka, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Am. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief spokesman for the Israeli military, expressed “deep sorrow” and said the military was investigating. “This is a sad and painful incident for all of us, and the I.D.F. bears responsibility for everything that happened,” he said, referring to the Israeli Defense Forces. The incident occurred “in a combat zone in which the troops had engaged” with terrorists in recent days, including Friday, the Israeli said. Soldiers had encountered what the military said were terrorists without guns and, according to Admiral Hagari, had been involved in situations “in which terrorists tried to deceive our troops and to lure them into a fire trap. “A short time after the tragic incident,” Admiral Hagari said, a second engagement occurred with terrorists near the site of the incident.” He promised “full transparency” and said that troops were given “lessons” for identifying hostages in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to prevent such mistakes. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents those kidnapped on Oct. 7 and their relatives, issued a statements on Friday evening, saying it shared in the “profound grief" of the families. Mr. Talalka was working at a chicken hatchery near Kibbutz Nir Am on Oct. 7 when he was abducted. He had spoke with his sister on the phone, telling her he was injured by terrorist gunfire, before the call was disconnected, according to the group’s spokeswoman, Liat Bell Sommer. He was “an avid motorcyclist who loved to ride around the countryside,” she said. Mr. Talalka was from Hura, a Bedouin Arab town in southern Israel. He was one of several Bedouin hostages, members of a low-profile Israeli minority. At least 17 of the roughly 1,200 people who were killed in the attack on Oct. 7 were Bedouins. Mr. Haim was a drummer who had been slated to perform at a “metal music festival” in Tel Aviv on Oct. 7, Ms. Sommer said. Mr. Shamriz was a “lover of life” and basketball player and fan who had been accepted to college and was about to start a course of study in computer engineering, Ms. Sommer said. The office of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, released a statement calling the killings “an unbearable tragedy” and expressing empathy for the hostages’ families along with support for Israeli soldiers “who are devoted to the sacred mission of returning our hostages, even at the cost of their lives.” “Even on this difficult evening,” the statement said, “we will bind up our wounds, learn the lessons and continue with a supreme effort to return all our hostages home safely.” Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet, said in a statement on social media that his heart was broken. Addressing the three hostages’ families, he said, “The whole nation of Israel is crying with you.” Families of hostages have been pressuring Mr. Netanyahu to prioritize the captives and “pay any price” for their release. Some marched last month from Tel Aviv to his office in Jerusalem to protest his handling of the situation, and protests outside his office have continued. Government officials, including Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in comments this week, have argued that the intense fighting in Gaza will create the conditions for the hostages’ release. But pushback from those who disagree is bound to intensify after Israel’s admission that it had killed hostages in error. On Saturday, the hostages’ relatives will address the “terrible disaster,” Ms. Sommer, from the family forum, said in statement, gathering at what is now known as Hostages Plaza in Tel Aviv. Hostages released in deals with Hamas have thanked the protesters for keeping up the pressure on the Israeli government. Mr. Netanyahu is also under pressure from one of Israel’s staunchest allies, the United States, to fight more surgically and end its ground invasion of Gaza. American officials have also been urging the Israeli government to resume the indirect negotiations with Hamas that led last month to a weeklong pause in the fighting, the release of more than 100 hostages and an increase in humanitarian aid entering Gaza.
  2. From the article: U.S. and Ecuadorian authorities have traced the cinnamon to Negasmart, which supplies Austrofoods, the food manufacturer in Ecuador. Ecuadorian authorities say that Negasmart’s cinnamon exceeded the country’s allowed levels of lead. According to the FDA, Negasmart, which supplied the cinnamon, is under an “Ecuadorian administrative sanctions process.” https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=negasmart s.a.&origin=CLUSTER_EXPANSION&sid=gDb
  3. I understand that and was just wondering out loud as a simple layman to what extent they can collect and how much. I've never been sued, so I don't have a good perspective on this. How aggressive can they get?
  4. So, how exactly does it work when a jury awards more than what the defendant has? Do they get all his worldly possessions, including any stocks, pensions, and whatnot? Is he completely ruined and living on the streets?
  5. Wordle 909 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #187 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟨🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Daily Quordle 690 8️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 690 7️⃣8️⃣ 9️⃣🔟 m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, December 15 Letters: G I N O P S T My score: 338 points My longest word: 11 letters 🌹 🌸 💮 🏵 🌼 🌻 🌷 🌺 💐 🌹 🌸 #Worldle #693 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #366 (5/10) ✅✅✅✅✅ https://imois.in/games/travle/ ClickWord.org Daily 314: 488 points (top 30% 🎉) 11 words: 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟧🟨🟨🟨 💪 Best word: 72 points 🔥 Streak: 1 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily314
  6. I dunno. If the seasons were much longer, there'd be risk of losing the plot. I like this pacing.
  7. Never heard of Fritz the Cat? Seriously, Blue Eye Samarai is some quality adult entertainment and not just for the sex scenes at the brothel.
  8. I 100% agree with you but feel like you didn't read (or carefully read) the Op-Ed. Otherwise, I feel like you would've responded differently. The author explains how anti-Zionism can quickly turn into anti-Semitism. He says he'd normally support the ongoing protests because he opposes the Israeli government's policies in the occupied territories, but many of the protesters are taking it way too far by saying that's not enough. He must also be opposed to Israel in its entirety, which he cannot do. There's more to the Op-Ed, but I'm not going to summarize the whole thing because I wouldn't be able to do it justice. I found it a worthwhile read and agreed with most of what he wrote. For whatever reason, it struck a chord and felt like a fresh perspective.
  9. For those of us who are more pro-Palestinian in terms of a two-state solution but are totally not on board with any of the anti-Semitic shit, this is a good Op-Ed. 'Good Jew' vs. 'Bad Jew': Why pro-Palestine Protests Have a Problem
  10. Looks like we were on the same wavelength, starting with the initial mistake.
  11. If I were to name just one Republican from the 1990s as an inspiration for Trumpism, it'd be Pat Buchanan.
  12. Wordle 907 3/6 🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #185 🟪🟨🟩🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Daily Quordle 688 6️⃣9️⃣ 5️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 688 5️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣9️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, December 13 Letters: D G N I O R W My score: 306 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌻 🌷 🏵 🌺 🌸 🌹 💮 🌼 💐 🌻 #travle #364 (4/9) ✅✅✅✅ https://imois.in/games/travle/ #Worldle #691 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr ClickWord.org Daily 312: 566 points (top 20% 🎊) 12 words: ⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟥🟧🟧🟨🟨 💪 Best word: 108 points 🔥 Streak: 1 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily312
  13. Apologies to you and the rest of the board for flying off the handle last night.
  14. Not to be a dick, but your hands are not clean on this as a long-time supporter of and fundraiser for RPT, yeah? Hell, wasn't it just a few weeks ago you were talking about hobnobbing it at TPPF? The writing's been on the wall for well over 30 years in this state that this shit was coming from your party. Don't act surprised when the chickens come home to roost. Shit, you keep berating us for not voting in TX GOP primaries to somehow moderate your fucking fascist party, when none of you actually has the backbone to do that shit yourselves because taxes or some shit. Maybe think of your daughter(s) the next time you get that invite to 9th and Congress.
  15. The dude's last name is Braun, meaning Brown auf Deutsch, ergo his reasoning must be flawed and should hold no sway since he's ipso facto inferior. Deport him.
  16. Having voted Kinky Friedman for governor once, I kind of get being that desperate.
  17. Why the neg, Icono? You've said all of those things. Do you simply prefer your past political commentary not to be known? Does it hurt your feelings that your feeble ruse with the name change has fooled no one on this board? Do you really presume you're smarter than everyone else? Are you really that arrogant and out of touch?
  18. Whitelist vs blacklist is a great example of common vernacular terms that could be perceived as being associated with race that had never occurred to me. I just looked it up, and that doesn't appear to be the case.
  19. My ex-wife got her masters in Library Sciences at UT in the late 1990s. She was a freak when I met her while she was an English/Art History undergrad at Tech, but she later completely lost her libido after we had our kid.
  20. Tracks that King of the Incels Elmo would think a former "pick-up artist" is a journalist.
  21. To make sure you're aware, the poster to whom you're responding has expressed the following sentiments on this forum: Desire to shoot migrants at the southern border. Wish that Tucker Carlson would run for president. Remorse that the US doesn't have a monarchy. So, yeah, you could say his political judgment might be a bit suspect.
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