The Salish languages mostly use a phonetic alphabet, and if I recall correctly, only one has standardized an alphabet which only happened in the 1970s. So the written word got obliterated compared to the pronunciation. The ‘ge’ is meant to sound like ‘get’. But since ‘geo’ exists, we hear and read ‘Jee-oh’ before ever thinking ‘Geh-oo’.

/former geoduck farmer and language student where geoducks were the mascot.

I can offer up a story on it from a British Business magazine, if the Novara source seems biased or uncredible.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/un-report-systematic-sexual-violence-israeli-detention-1792474

That’s why there was a whole rest of the sentence.

That’s a better comparison, actually. Mitt very publicly doesn’t like Trump, but voted with him like 80% of the time.

If I were to Americanize it: This is essentially if Ted Cruz, or better yet Chris Christie, beat Donald Trump in the general election. Undeniably a good thing as it’d mean no more Trump and it’s kinda humilating for him.

But it means… yeah. One of them at the helm.

America supported Pol Pot in the U.N., yes, but the direct aid continues to be denied/mired in controversy, whereas the funding of Israel is an integral part of the American electoral system and not some backroom deal of the executive.

The difference in that alone, aid or not, is especially pertinent with Israel. It’s not a denial of aid to the Khmer Rouge, but the fundamental nature of the aid to Israel that is different.

Pol Pot and Rwanda weren’t directly aided and funded by most westerners tax dollars, nor committed explicitly and on daily video by their ‘allies’.

Nitpicking over such details doesn’t change the particulars.

They’re just referring to the martial law and white terror period that existed on the island for almost 4 decades. But it’s been almost as long since than it lasted.

It’s a pretty important period for Taiwan, but interestingly enough this shows that the people of Taiwan today are less inclined to maintain that stance despite that history.

However I wager that’s likely due to a rejection of association with the PRC than an identification with being Taiwanese alone.

The 0.01 holds 1.77 trillion so the distribution is skewed. Furthermore there are likely many thousands of accounts in the ‘small’ amounts of tens of thousands, ostensibly for every member of an extended family in things like trust funds, etc.

It includes all land between the Euphrates and the Nile. Portions of Egypt and Saudi also in the crosshairs.

It was a neat Warcraft 3 custom map.

Then it got weird.

Best bang for their buck placating a large and influential political body.

Places in Africa are finding out about this the hard way right now.

For the most part what’s happened is that China is not longer funding new and more Africa infrastructure. A lot of this is due to the infrastructure having now been built, and the economic benefits from said infrastructure being used to pay the loans back. As intended.

I also question if powering all of Cuba is really something even they could do in a span of weeks.

They utilize I think 20% solar currently, but the problem is also storage for nighttime power consumption. Even if they could generate 100% during the day they also need the infrastructure to store or generate for nighttime.

Neat! I am glad to have helped connect some dots! Your description fired some neurons and I had to think back to a Halloween party in maybe 1993 or so.

Shot in the dark here: “The Willies”. It’s kids telling horror stories and there’s one story about a bully killing monster “Bad Apples” is the story.

Really young Sean Astin.

Edit: found a trailer, excuse the youtube.

https://youtu.be/yT6lRRuMZyQ

Out of curiosity, was the monster humanoid and it dragged a teacher into the ceiling?

This war?

The best single pizza was a pepperoni pizza from a street vendor in Hawaii many years ago, with hot sauce I still special order from the islands.

However… if we’re just talling toppings a pineapple, peppercini pizza is my dark horse favorite pizzas. I first tried essentially on a bet. Never would’ve expected it to be so good, and have since determined it’s best (optionally) with chicken, feta, and/or roasted garlic.

There’s much less direct military funding and support fueling Sudan so most people have no real outlet or mechanism for addressing it beyond support for humanitarian aid efforts and the UN.

There’s not an easily identified or direct policy that can be pointed at, as if an actor were receiving billions direct military aid and support. Like, even Israel is split on which side they’re supporting. Ukraine and Russia alike have supported opposition to the RSF.

I have been online since the 90s in mostly gaming spaces. Misogyny and racism feels like the default state.

Spaces that are able to rise out of that are exceptional.