Malcador

Clever approach to market Ukraine aid as an indirect stimulus for the US economy, heh. Rest of the speech was eh. I was puzzled at people praising it, but remembered a lot are just Slava Ukraini types, hah. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/politics/transcript-biden-speech-israel-ukraine.html

That's bold of them to try it at that distance

Fun day at work when a mission critical server is identified as compromised for some reason and blacklisted from network. Then everyone who logged in to check the issue is also blacklisted. Obviously our security team is led by Ripley

Avoids enraging their people further. If you're mad about Gaza, having the US president freshing from fluffing Bibi visit isn't going to enhance your calm. Besides any real work is done by lower level people, I think, before hand. But at least some aid will get in, conditional on Hamas not seizing it. Which will be observed and proven by Israel or the US I suppose. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/19/gaza-aid-rafah-crossing-joe-biden-israel-egypt-agreement

US isn't really a fair mediator being a solid ally to Israel, though. And makes sense, given the rage that explosion provoked

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-vetoes-un-security-council-action-israel-gaza-2023-10-18/ I thought for sure this one would have avoided the veto

https://www.theonion.com/the-onion-stands-with-israel-because-it-seems-like-yo-1850922505

Israel needs to hire Ukrainians on how to run the info war.

Maybe, people are on media for reporting "Hamas claims.." as if that doesn't already make people skeptical. I guess they should have said "Explosion in Gaza.." just to be extra clear, as everyone are morons. Given the IAF working over Gaza, and they did hit the same hospital on Oct 14, people suspecting an Israeli strike weren't out to lunch as well. Speaking of media my mom likes watching MSNBC, coverage was having a good wank over Biden's visit, was pretty funny. Although I guess not really sure what the point of it was, Blinken already fluffed up Israel plenty.

Going from lvl 1 to 5 just walking to the first quest objective was amusing. Mount is nice and fast now.

You find it difficult to believe Hamas would want to blame Israel immediately for a lot of civilians dying ?

Given that his memories are probably BS from what Alt says, I'm not sure Johnny really did all that much.

Feel it was a fallen rocket, either short or intercepted. It is funny to see calls for cool heads and waiting to see in this case, though. Death toll of 300 or so do seem plausible, people trying to put an upper limit on it from calculation but I think that's just this OSINT fetish for doing things by math. But regardless true or not, raised temperature everywhere.

No proof yet though either way

Ukraine used ATACMS to hit an airfield apparently.

Another carrier group, Eisenhower's, going to support Israel. Guess Hezbollah rates that high.

https://news.yahoo.com/israeli-president-says-no-innocent-154330724.html?guccounter=1 “It is an entire nation out there that is responsible,” Herzog said at a press conference on Friday. “It is not true this rhetoric about civilians not being aware, not involved. It’s absolutely not true. They could have risen up. They could have fought against that evil regime which took over Gaza in a coup d’etat.” Not a very productive thing to say in the current climate.

Did the new ending, was worth it to tell Johnny off.

Not sure Israel needs ATACMS to deal with Gaza. Yet.

Best of luck Shady. One of my uncles is probably going to die soon. That's 3 of my mom's siblings in as many years if so.

Interesting additions to Gamepass soon?

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/13/israel-gaza-hamas-evacuate-un-ground-operation Well, not a practical warning. But it will suit the rules based order.

Well IDF using WP sooner than I had thought. Sort of funny to see people fainting about the Russians using it in Avdiivka (the RF really likes incendiaries)

Fired up Warhammer 40k Inquisitor Martyr. It's...ok so far, have to say the combat feels a bit flat, especially how the mobs die. Glad I got it 90% off