Meanwhile on the International front....

Maybe they can find a Hamas-y appellate judge who can cut it down to 17.5 hostages and give them 10 extra days.

 

Awful.

 

Sez here there aren't 40 hostages because they've all been murdered.

 

The Israelis in the past have given 50 agorot on the shekel just for the remains.

 

Hamas' representatives at the negotiations:

 

Huge. Sure. What has changed anything in Russia? A failed war against a much smaller country, a farce of a democracy, opponents being jailed and killed openly, economic sanctions, a society in a downward spiral because of of a declining economy and population?

Russia has always been a backward nation that has an outsized influence on history due to its size and position. It should just fall apart.

 

This isn't.....good right?

https://www.foxnews.com/world/south-koreas-prime-minister-top-presidential-officials-resign-en-masse

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/11/iran-israel-washington-00151821

 

Been reading a little about this one over the last week or so. I think the wildcard is how we respond.

 

The Fox headline overstates the issue. The ruling party got trounced in parliamentary elections and, as they so often do, top party officials offered their resignation as a way to show contrition and take responsibility. It's particularly worrying for the ruling party as President Yoon Suk-yeol was starting to see some signs of life in his approval rating after years of being underwater, but now he's all but locked into lame duck status for the rest of his term.
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-parliament-election-8a538a2c99146aa6e2279d13b6a6ea3c