@QMS I will read up, watch videos about this ruling, but I begin from the position that "something is better than nothing". Still, at first blush, bombing babies that have a full stomach is not genocide, whereas bombing babies who are starving is considered genocidal?
Anyway, I will study the ruling in depth after work this afternoon.
Please drop in any good links you come across.
Thanks, friend!

headline this morning:

ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza and allow in aid

The devil is in the details ..

However, it did not order Israel to halt military operations in Gaza, one of South Africa's key demands in the case it brought to The Hague earlier this month.

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Friday's ruling by the ICJ is legally binding, however there is little the Hague-based court can do to enforce compliance.

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For his part, Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted on social media: "Hague Schmague."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-gaza-icj-ordered-allow-aid

Not exactly a 'cease and desist' order, but a step in the right direction IMO.

@QMS to start in Texas.
Often criticism of uncontrolled border crossings that are not racist, are nevertheless called racist. It is similar to criticism of Israel and Zionism being called antisemitism.
The overwhelming flow of illegals come from Central and South America, and their language is Spanish.
I know when a white person bitches about Texas "looking different", that they are making a racist remark. When a white person goes into a big supermarket, and all aisle signs are in English and Spanish, and all customers are Spanish speakers, and they are the only white person in the store, and the only English speaker, that this is a store full of recent migrants who have not been here long enough to learn to speak English.
We have had Hispanic Texans since Texas became an entity.
This is very different. I dropped in a comment in last night's ebs that gives everyone a little taste of what we are trying to live through.

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It sounds like Texas is being flooded
not only by rain but also immigrants

I like your governor Abbot's stance against the fed.
Not sure if Biden's 24 hour notice is more than bluster?
Could be kicking a hornets nest there.

Good luck and thanks for the OT too!

@Lookout People then were shorter than now. The slope of the floor was slight and gradual, not the steep slope in modern auditoriums. The tall persons who sat in from of me and Dear One did obstruct our view. We did the head tilt thing for 2 1/2 hours. We were a bit sore in the neck and shoulder. Concert injury?
Also, the beautiful columns supporting the balcony obstructed the view on those seated behind them. We lucked out on that problem.
Lyle and his Large Band were on top of their game. These are some of the best set musicians on the planet. The music ranged from jazz to blues to country swing. Every song was a work of art.
We expect the T-storms and heavy rains to start in a couple of hours, and continue until 10pm this evening. It is causing a lot of damage to neighbors, but hasn't affected my acreage or office property. Fingers and toes are crossed to keep that good luck going.
Thanks for the video. I intend to dig into to the ruling this afternoon after work.
Well, don't get rained out, friend!

Rain, but no flooding here, I'm happy to report. Hope your homestead escaped without damage. I've got one little spot on the ridge to touch up next week when it dries out. One more dose due tomorrow, but at least we've had breaks between rains. Today is even sunny...at least for now.

The ICJ ruling though not what I had hoped, is better than it might have been, and the rulings were 18 to 1 or 17 to 2. Not only Israel, but France the UK and the US all said they would not abide by the decision...hey we make the rules and order YOU to obey. This of course will make the ICJ an international joke, but at least will provide some rationale for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions...if not by the west but by the rest of the globe (except those on the US Israeli tit). We'll see.
EDIT to add:
Craig Murray explains the ruling...

(25 min)

Take care. Hope last weekend's concert was a winner! Thanks for the OT.

@snoopydawg @snoopydawg @snoopydawg If that is even possible.
Those murderous mfers that supported Kirby and slammed SA should be charged as accessories to genocide. Let AIPAC pay for their defense attorneys.
Thanks for the info. I have a lot to study up on and assess this afternoon.
If you find something else about the ruling, please share it with us.

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As Heidi Matthew, an assistant professor of law at Harvard remarks:

The ICJ's written order and separate opinions will be released shortly. But my first reaction is that this is a big win for Palestinian advocates. Some will be disappointed that the Court stopped short of ordering a ceasefire. But...

... the fact that the Court ordered the measures it DID, including directing Israel not to commit or incite genocide, indicates it has concluded that it is (a) plausible for Palestinians in Gaza to claim protection from genocide, and (b) that the need for protection is urgent.

I think we can infer from this that *at a minimum* there is a serious risk that Israel will commit genocide. This is important because it puts *all states* on formal notice of the serious risk of genocide, which triggers states’ duty to take concrete steps to prevent genocide.

Among other things, this means that in order for states to fulfill their international obligations under the Genocide Convention they must *do something*. For e.g., states exporting arms or military technology to Israel must stop.

The short story: this order on provisional measures will have an important and immediate impact on how states are required to act under international law. It will also radically shift the global conversation about what is happening in Gaza.

Another related point: I need to read the separate opinions, but my intuition is that it's a massive win that Israeli ad hoc judge Barak sided with the majority in ordering many of the provisional measures. He may have judged his own legacy as more important than Netanyahu's.

He also includes what Pepe Escobar said about it. A ceasefire would have been great, but others have explained why they didn’t go that far.

I hope that the 148 republicans and 62 democrats who wrote the letter to Blinken found piss in their cereal this morning. See the tweet I posted last night…

Yesterday 2 Palestinians teenagers were murdered by Israeli soldiers. The oldest one came out with a white flag to see if it was clear to move his family as ordered and he was shot. His brother ran to him and he was able shot. Pictures on the Twit showed both of them lying in the street cuddled together. The soldier who shot them should be charged with war crimes according to the decision…,but will they? Place your bets.

@soryang @soryang in a book case. A must read.
I hope I can watch the video about Cold Mountain. Very interesting.
And an interesting comment all the way around, friend!
I ate a full bowl of the travel bug, but the airplanes and pilots of today just keep me grounded.
One reason I have not gone to Egypt is the horror stories about women being hounded by swarms of aggressive street vendors. Well, that type of men ruined my trip to Morocco. They would completely surround me and actually lay hands on me! Local men would run them off so I could walk away.

...when I was doing the five dolla a day thing as a mere yute. I had studied European history and art history, that was my wasted education in the humanities. In any case, met other young people there doing the Europe on the cheap thing, who convinced me it was "cool" to visit Morocco, it was only a ferry ride away. Ms. So is still obsessed with travel. I'm done with my travel adventures, I think I'm ready for shady acres.

What I realize in retrospect, is how this impulse to travel and learn about other cultures (for me) was influenced to some extent by the so called beat generation, although before my time. I didn't know then some iconic members of the so called beat generation group were influenced by post war contact with Asian culture in the fifties, mostly Buddhism and Hinduism. There were copies of DT Zuzuki and Alan Watts books lying around the house, books of Koans, some of which I read, along with Japanese silk paintings and watercolors, whose style I used to try to imitate in my spare time. I had left all that behind after college, but it was always there in the back of my mind.

One of the major influencers in this regard, affecting the beat icons, was Gary Snyder, (never heard of him before) who translated the poems of Cold Mountain 寒山 a Tang Dynasty poet (or poets) who often presents a strong Buddhist theme. According to Dr. Gao's colleague, the translator Gary Snyder, was a colleague of Jack Kerouac, and a part of the beat crowd including Allen Ginsberg. All three are characters in the Dharma Bums, one of Jack's books. I found a free pdf copy on the web. I started reading it. It's entertaining. The part about translating Cold Mountain seems to suggest that Jack could read Chinese. I learned his native language was French from the Wiki.

This is the trailer from Dr. Gao's presentation with her colleague on Cold Mountain.

The wikipedia entry on Jack Kerouac was very interesting. Which was more interesting? Perry Mason or Route 66? Both? Jack thought the Route 66 story line or theme if you will was lifted from his work, On the Road.

Kerouac and his literary works had a major impact on the popular rock music of the 1960s. Artists including Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, The Grateful Dead, and The Doors all credit Kerouac as a significant influence on their music and lifestyles. This is especially so with members of the band The Doors, Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek, who quote Jack Kerouac and his novel On the Road as one of the band's greatest influences.[98] In his book Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors, Ray Manzarek, keyboard player of The Doors, wrote "I suppose if Jack Kerouac had never written On the Road, The Doors would never have existed."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kerouac#Legacy

Kick the tire, light the fire...

@snoopydawg back Abbott, with 10 of them sending their state guards to the Texas borders.
Abbott cannot back down. Biden is toast if he does, probably toast if he foolishly declares martial law and suspends our rights, and suspends the elections.
This is a game changer, Missy.

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Why is Bush, Obama, Clinton and Biden funding NGOs to help people come to America? If you want the answer read this.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/cultural-replacement-why-immigration-c...

The military pushed out people that it thought were too red necked and they also pushed out anyone who refused to take an experimental gene therapy and then after the mandate was rescinded congress refused to allow them back in. And Hochul actually gave the game away when she said that if nursing levels got too low she would hire foreign nurses to take their place.
Y’all seeing the big picture yet?

Will the Texas situation become the new Fort Sumpter? Stay tuned…