I don't mind it being a priority, only it being the top criteria. Someone who says it's their most important priority displays a significant lack of awareness for what's happening in the country and in the world.
And you're ignoring literally everything else I said, which is exactly my point.
What the fuck is wrong with people. Number one criteria for president is dealing with a small scale civil/proxy war.
Meanwhile in Sudan, Ukraine, China, Myanmar, etc. there are millions more people being killed/impacted by genocidal governments and these don't even make the list of anyone giving a shit when it comes to presidential choice.
Meanwhile the entire world economy is falling apart for the average person.
Meanwhile there's a drug epidemic (somewhat related to the last one) killing around 100,000 Americans a year.
If your number one criteria is the Palestinian war you are either Palestinian(totally okay) or you have no idea how to prioritize your life in a rational manner and should not be allowed to vote.
The easy answer is no.
The long answer is, you don't actually own the game.
Just goes to show how little people know about how people die.
I'm just going to point out that trump is only 3 years younger, and has far more risk factors for heart attack and strokes.
Why does everyone seem to think Biden is the one who will die first.
National Christians
NatC for short.
Well, the biggest problem with this situation and using the term "innocent" is that the vast majority of Gazans support Hamas and supported the attack on Oct 7th.
72% support for the attack.
I don't consider those people innocent.
So they're pretty much on target.
Life isn't fair.
There isn't some sort of right to fairness.
What's the diplomatic solution? Give in to terrorists and let them attack again?
That's exactly what happened in Ukraine with Crimea and we've all seen how that turned out.
These groups both want the same land. Somebody has to not get their way.
This is directly contradictory to other super obvious evidence. Like the fact that conservative states have much lower life expectancy.
I think there's some tomfoolery with this study.
What a fucking click bait title.
When you attack someone stronger than you, it usually does not end well. They can try, but there will be further consequences.
It took a few hundred thousand middle eastern civilians dying after 9/11 before anyone started complaining and even that did not lead to this level of protest.
People are ok with violence if its their country that has been attacked.
Do I should let them take my family with no consequence because they're using human shields?
No, my side is strong enough to get them back. Screw the terrorists and those that harbour them. They can try to retaliate, and they can die until they won't fight back anymore.
People these days seem to think there's a diplomatic solution for everything. They need to go read a nonfiction history book, because they are currently in the fiction section.
Because they're overweight and a bunch of the fat ended up there and it makes them unhappy when they look in a mirror.
Theres a reason most fat males keep their shirts on at the beach.
To me, if my children or wife had been taken hostage. There would be no limit to the ratio I would be willing to accept to get them back.
Hamas still has hostages captured that day they are tying to use for negotiations.
The difference between my opinion and yours is that you consider it incidental murder, while I consider it a war that Palestinians are losing. War kills people, and acceptable casualties (enemy, friendly, and even innocents) are literally part of the calculations made by every single country that has ever participated in a war.
Nah, we're far too resourceful to be killed by climate change.
It may take out large chunks of the global population, but we will adapt with technology to be able to still sustain billions of humans.
Humans are social animals, you're the odd one out here from a social perspective, not that you're not entitled to that choice but choices have consequences.
I'd suggest just ignoring them. You aren't going to find a better work environment anywhere else unless you literally have no coworkers.
Innocents don't murder journalists...
Hamas killed four Israeli journalists on Oct 7th during the attacks.
"but Israel is doing it worse"
How many people are they allowed to kill in retaliation for Oct 7th? Zero? 1:1? 10:1?
No country in the world would get attacked and not retaliate if they had the means.
Ride-hailing company Uber is slamming the British Columbia government's decision to impose minimum wages and basic labour protections for gig workers, saying the province is set to drive up costs for residents and drive down demand for local businesses.
Uber's reply to the new laws.
Since-deleted posts by Damon Scrase, who was nominated in January, include a 2022 post calling some Pride parade participants “degenerates”
Surprise surprise, a Conservative who's got a past full of hate.
Awakening Chinatown showcased cultural diversity of Chinese Canadian society
This is the true Canada, open to all ideas. Let's keep it this way.
The board plans to invite commissioner Kasari Govender to an open board meeting to hear a presentation from VicPD and the mobile youth service team
Personally, it seems stupid not to have a liaison in high schools. This is where teens establish "bad" patterns, and every single one they manage to save early is one less problem for decades in the future.
Boy, 11, dies after being struck in neck by puck at hockey practice in Saint-Eustache, Que.
Extremely unfortunate situation.
Vancouver Canucks forward Nils Hoglander was assessed a match penalty and ejected from the game against the San Jose Sharks for intent to injure forward Kevin Labanc.
Intent to injure?
Based on that call, any sort of pushing or shoving should be called.
The leader of the federal Conservative Party of Canada has wrapped up a two-day tour of Vancouver Island, trying to swing votes in an NDP stronghold well ahead of any mandated election in October 2025.
Unfortunately, it looks like he's going to elected in a couple years. I just hope people remember after a term of the Conservatives cutting important environmental policies like the carbon tax, that they will have failed to make like more affordable AND fucked up the environment more.
The conservative parties that won in the UK didn't manage to make things more affordable, the conservative party that won in Australia didn't manage it either, no party anywhere has managed it.
This crisis isn't caused by local government zoning policies, approval red tape, or anything else that the parties are talking about. It's caused by landowners (including people who own only one property) using a home as an investment.
You cannot have homes appreciate in value faster than inflation (investments) and also have affordable housing. It's impossible. That's literally just a pyramid scheme.
Until the government starts implementing policies that start reducing existing home prices, this will not be fixed. Building more units doesn't do this unless you build impossibly (literally impossible) large numbers.
So stop voting with your emotions and vote with your brain.
Island Farms milk products were in short supply in some capital region grocery stores over the weekend
In case anyone was wondering what happened at the grocery stores over the last couple days.
The regional district says it will work with local First Nations and consult the public in developing a long-term management plan for the 27-acre property, which is adjacent to Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park
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The 30-unit community of shipping containers provided temporary housing for those at risk of homelessness for the last two years
Milking spiders to make guitar strings in Madagascar
I love Mattias Krantz and his wacky music projects.
Motorists looking for a shortcut to the Malahat end up on the road, which is filled with surprise inclines and a hairpin turn or two.
$1.2B Colwood development(Royal Beach) renamed the Beachlands
Land in the development is still being set aside for a potential ferry terminal, a commitment that will last another three years or so, the developer says.
Because reasons?
High land prices and rising building costs due to inflation and other factors have combined to drive construction of apartments rather than single-family homes
Somewhat clickbait title, it went from 80% to 89% of new unit starts for this one month period compared to last year.
Apartment units have been the majority of new units for more than a decade now.
BC Ferries cancelled two sailings between Metro Vancouver and Victoria Monday and warned further departures may be in peril due to a mechanical issue.
More technical issues. The ferries are starting to become a real issue here on the island.
Police in Saanich are warning the public to be cautious near PKOLS (Mount Douglas Park) after recent cougar sightings in the area.
Sue Johanson, beloved Canadian sex educator, dead at 93
What a lady she was, helping shift all of us forward in a normally taboo subject.
The replacement and redevelopment of the B.C. SPCA building in Duncan will include space for a new animal behaviour centre, marking a national first for the non-profit.
A Greater Victoria municipality is warning residents that a highly toxic and potentially deadly mushroom is once again growing in the region.