Meanwhile on the International front....

Every bumpkin in Oklahoma doesn’t get hours and hours of live coverage on the 24/7s.

And maybe this is my flyoverness showing, but I don’t think it is the biggest story in the USA.

 

It's getting the most airtime because we're dealing with shithead college kids who suffer from affluenza and whose concept of the real world is severely flawed. It fits into every neat liberal stereotype that's out there.

 

WTF? When did Hibbing become one of the nation's biggest cities? Everyone has a connection there.

 

Just when you think the takes can't get hotter... These fucking idiots aren't calling for the destruction of Israel because Daddy bought them a Porsche for their 16th birthday. They are being taught to hate Jews and tacitly support terrorists by their professors, "activists" and "progressive" politicians.

 

That story's getting plenty of coverage, too.

 

Which one? The Trump trial? That’s not a hot topic here in the sticks either.

 

Thank you for giving voice to the Trumpist screech machine. Now please let the rational human being continue the discussion.

Some of the protests come from a place of hating Jewish people, but if you don't think a big percentage of the protestors are spoiled college kids who simply have no clue about the history and reality of the situation, you are even more ignorant than I ever imagined.

 

hahaha. A few years ago, my tickets for Ducks hockey games in Anaheim were behind this other couple. One night before the game started, the guy was on his phone and I looked over his shoulder. He was on a website that had Hibbing news. I told him I apologize for looking over his shoulder, but I noticed he was on a Hibbing website -- my wife's brother lives there. He said he is from there but has been in California for a long time. He still has family there and goes back occasionally. My brother-in-law's wife worked for Northwest Airlines before it merged with Delta. They were in L.A., but NW was going to close its L.A. reservation office. She was given the choice of where to transfer -- Seattle, Miami, Minnesota -- or face a layoff. She decided on Minnesota because she thought it was the least-popular choice and didn't want to face a layoff again. They didn't realize it wasn't in Minneapolis/St. Paul, but in Chisholm, which is the next town over from Hibbing. They live an hour from Canada.

 

Did I miss something? I love The Button.

 

Don't discount regular old college age blind idealism. Israel went into the Palestinian areas with shelling and 500 lb bombs. From before day one, there was no way in hell that they could run the campaign they proposed without causing a shitload of civilian casualties. I fully understand the barbarity of the Hamas attack, but the Palestinian to Israeli casualty rate is now what, 30 to 1 or more? I have supported Israel's wars since 1967, but this campaign has been ham fisted as hell, and frankly, I don't think that there is any doubt that the IDF has committed war crimes. Sure, so did Hamas, but they're a terrorist group, not a national government or a professional army. I don't hate Jews, but at this point my distaste for Bibi is enormous, and some of the right wingers surrounding him are as bad or worse.

Don't get me wrong. I'm fine with finding and killing Hamas. I don't like it, but I can live with a Hellfire missile smashing a car with a couple of innocents in it, or a legit attempt at a surgical strike that causes collateral damage as long as it kills a high value target. Sometimes good eggs get broken with the bad. When it gets to the level of bombing entire neighborhoods flat on the principle that they're in there somewhere, though, that's when words like "war crime" begin apply. You can't just blow up all the egg trucks.

 

How many Palestinians would have to die before you might say, “alright Israel, that’s a bit much”?

 

Might be worth remembering that a 20-year-old American - with or without college - is going to have a much different view of Israel than a 40-year-old or a 60-year-old American.

And I suspect most of the kids on the quad at the University of Minnesota didn't drive a Porsche to get there.