On one hand yes, but on the other hand Putin is getting his money's worth anyway so I doubt he's too upset.

I'm not saying they need to run a coop but also they just shouldn't be doing any of what the current administration is telling them to do.

Or basically any other administration, frankly.

I want to note at the outset that I'm not necessarily trying to convince you that the Exodus happened. I mean I believe it did, but the part about the weakness of ancient sources was what I actually wanted to say here. That said, since you responded along these lines I might as well, so instead my argument is that Exodus is a plausible interpretation of the available evidence. Also for clarity's sake I'll be working off the Islamic narrative, which differs from the Biblical one but not by much (mainly the lack of outlandish numbers, or indeed any numbers at all).

You'll notice my opinion of apologists are rather low- this kind of lie is common, and either they're to ignorant not to believe it or it's intentional.

They didn't strike me as the most trustworthy, but still: The text says the things they say it says (CTRL+F "Jew"), which is what I wanted to get at with that link. That's one way we might expect the Exodus to appear in a native Egyptian secondary source.

Things like the trash heaps that have pork bones in them- or no pork bones- or the kinds of weapons, tools, and armor, the vehicles, the remains of humans themselves, the fossil record. all that kind of stuff.

The ban on pork postdates the Exodus, and I'm not sure how you want the other stuff to be distinguishable from the stuff locals leave behind (assuming it survives, which weapons and armor at least almost certainly won't).

It was built by the Hyksos in the 1600's and served as their capital city; where as Osareph and Amenophis were probably in the mid 1400's.

Cities outgrowing their walls isn't exactly unheard of, but more importantly I think we ought to forgive the guy on stuff like that given that he's writing more than a thousand years later. The narrative is bound to get a little (or very) jumbled up.

Neither do we have any evidence at all that the 80,000 were forced to work in stone quarries...

With the obvious caveat that we can't trust the numbers here, what kind of evidence are you expecting? Slaves are notoriously archaeologically invisible.

Which is ludicrious to imagine that the Kush would have harbored them. the Kush and the Egyptians did not get along particularly well. (that is to say, they absolutely hated each other.)

I mean, while it's possible that Manetho or his sources are confused or lying (in particular it sounds like something the Kushite pharoahs would want on the books), and while this isn't necessary for my point, Nubia isn't fully unified in this time period, so it's plausible that the Egyptian pharaoh had an ally or similar in the region.

It's absolutely ludicrous that you would expect us to believe that 2-3 million Israelites somehow managed to live in the nile delta (where the population at the time is also estimated to number 2-3 million....) without leaving so much as a trace.

And here's where I play the Muslim card, because yeah that's right, and in any case they'd have starved on the way.

for the visually impaired who use screen readers for example.

I understand that, my question is why include it twice. Presumably screen readers will catch the second, so there's no reason to include the first.

Your claim that 4chan isn't necessarily fascistic is... Unfortunately ahistorical. 4chan has been so central to neonazi recruiting and propaganda, so many times, that it's not even funny anymore.

That's also a non-sequitur. 4chan being used for fascist purposes doesn't make anything that comes from 4chan fascist. The fact that 4chan is/has been used a lot by neonazis doesn't make 4chan inherently fascist, because only people can be fascist. 4chan has been used a lot for fascist propaganda, but so have radios.

Finally a post that fits the community. Those are rare these days.

People often join the military in the US because they have zero options to get out of poverty otherwise.

IDF soldiers are conscripts and we (or at least I) hate them all the same so shrugs. Their economic opportunity doesn't trump others' lives.

Fair enough, but then why include the first?

Uh... no need to describe the image twice? But also damn got me, my sinister plans have been foiled.

I think you should research a topic in Slovenia specifically more deeply.

No, you should back up your assertions with data. Assuming what you're saying is true, though, let's try this:

If you have a few kids social support in slovenia is comparable to minimal wage. [...] Would you work if you would get the same money if you did not?

Then the question becomes: Why is the money they'd get if they worked minimum wage? That's your problem right there.

And with our prisons full, lots of crime was reduced to fines. So criminals in those communities were never punished.

Yeah that sounds like a problem. Nothing to do with social welfare though.

And allow yourself to put words like "dirty Gypsie" in my mounth.

I didn't put them in your mouth; I put them in the mouth of wherever you're getting your information. You seem to be well-meaning, but the stereotypes you're parroting (which, again, show up everywhere, so this isn't something unique about Slovenia) do come from the kind of people who would be mad at dirty Gypsies for stealing their tax money.

The meme format/characters originate(s) from 4chan and therefore has deeply fascist roots.

That's... that's a non-sequitur? Not that I care about what its roots are to be honest, but you're implicitly assuming 4chan is somehow inherently fascist.

Russia yes, China probably no. Russia exports oil so Hormuz getting blocked is good for them, but China imports oil and would much rather oil prices stay low until they can fully decarbonize. The US squandering its soft power is probably a cherry on top for Russia and a silver lining for China, but the latter would probably still rather have fuel for their factories.

That sounds like a both-sides argument to soften the garbage and lies Trump has perpetuated.

My tolerance for this kind of bullshit has been low lately, so if you're going to continue this assuming I'm an undercover MAGA just tell me so I can do something better with my time.

Biden was having talks starting in 2021. Needless to say, Iran both refused to agree on terms

The original JCPOA took 18 months to negotiate, and the Iranian elected government (which, yeah, it's not very powerful but they have one of those) was run by moderates at the time. Trump reneging on the JCPOA helped the hardliners win the next election, and the Iranians of course lost what little trust they had in America for the same reason, so by all means it was going to be harder than the original run. Biden did not do a better job, or even the same quality of job, as Obama. For example you have him refusing to walk back Trump-era escalation requested by Netanyahu and reneging on his own word to back up Israel. And, of course, he did nothing (or whatever he did wasn't very successful) to restrain Israel from escalating with Iran in this period, which can't have helped him earn the Iranians' trust. In short, he thought he could play hardball when he had to earn back the Iranians' trust that his predecessor had squandered.