Not necessarily a doormat, per se, but asian cultures are often associated with the feminine and demure. This mostly arose as a contrast to the hypermasculinity European powers were cultivating as patriarchal figures in the colonial era.

Makes sense. They keep him contained somewhere to ramble, while appropriately inducted and vetted comedians interpret, neutralize and transmit his bullshit and make it funny.

An oracle of comedy situation.

Those prices are absolutely bonkers if that’s JPY (¥). For reference, $1 ~ ¥150.

That’s a nice jacket Kim’s got. Do you think it’s bespoke or an ‘international’ perk of being at the top of a closed society?

Ehh, they have knock-on uncertainties. Especially if you are financially hurting.

He might have to send a proxy. I seem to recall Israel declaring him persona non grata.

Bah, VI or nothing.

Isn’t it just the permanent members of the UNSC with veto power?

I’m still fairly new. Where do I go for modlog drama?

You and I know that. The Knesset clearly does not.

But they could call it a Y’all garnet!

Do you just have quotes like this in a rolodex?

I loved the book, but cannot pull quotes for the life of me.

I agree that the swap will be disproportionate, but Israel holds a hell of a lot more Palestinians than Hamas does.

They’ll probably get most of the remaining Israeli hostages out for ‘many’ Palestinians. If it occurs, I’m predicting more Palestinians individuals released, but a smaller percentage of overall prisoners.

So the plan is to pay mercenaries to deliver aid, instead of the many, many NGOs and aid orgs already champing at the bit to coordinate and deliver?

Or does Israel just wanna try changing it up by bombing PMCs this time?

My pessimism leads me to believe that the US wants this, and is using Israel to get it.

The Israelis seem a bit preoccupied.

I believe getting rid of innate alignments was the right choice. The racism might have been why, but the issue I always took with it was the alignments being too broad and ill-defined.

The Final Fantasy random encounter sting played and bam!

Sphinxes or lamia. The cruel intelligence of man with the refined predatory abilities of felids/snakes. What a match!

On the other hand, a severe degradation of federal institutions would by necessity promote community-based cooperation. Like in any other disaster, natural or otherwise.

Nobody wants to see it happen this way, but it might be the catalyst we get.

Very true, I’m certain those who go into war zones are aware of the dangers posed to them. Keeping conflict journalists out despite their knowledge of and willingness to brave those dangers is suspect.