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[US-built floating pier that will allow delivery of humanitarian aid has been anchored in Gaza]

US-built floating pier that will allow delivery of humanitarian aid has been anchored in Gaza

The floating pier that will allow for humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza from the sea has been anchored to a beach in Gaza, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).

Personnel anchored the pier at about 7:40 a.m. local time, “supporting the humanitarian mission to deliver additional humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians,” CENTCOM said in a statement. The pier had traveled on Wednesday from the port of Ashdod, about 30 miles away, to the Gaza beach.

Trucks are expected to begin moving the humanitarian aid ashore in the coming days, while the United Nations will coordinate distribution within the besieged strip, CENTCOM said, adding that no US troops had entered Gaza.

The Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) system consists of two parts: the floating pier where shipments will be offloaded and the causeway to transfer the shipments to the distribution point in Gaza.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/politics/us-gaza-pier-moving-construction/index.html

This is purely performative and won't actually help the people of Gaza.

As someone sympathetic to the campus protests, it's more than what those students have done.

Maki is the only chance to reignited any left-wing change in the state of Israel.

So can we safely conclude that "no one except alt-right incels hate Marvel movies" is an incredibly mind numbing f[inks]ing moronic take?

Yeah that's basically it. Like come on, how in God's name is Marvel a partisan issue? Marvel makes superhero movies. Come on now. I personally think Marvel is a little overrated, but personally I really enjoyed watching the Avengers movies in the theater, especially Infinity War and Endgame. You know, the movies about a big purple guy trying to destroy half the world, while a ragtag squad of an all-American supersoldier, a Norse pagan god, a billionaire with an iron armor, and a big green guy who likes to smash things, trying to fight the big purple guy. If you're watching something that silly and the first thing that comes to mind is politics and partisanship, I can only assume there is some kind of mental illness at play.

Sorry for the enlightened centrist stuff, I'm solidly conservative but also a Canadian who does his level best to avoid the American culture war rabbit hole. Why can't you people just be freaking normal and enjoy the less serious parts of life without making it all political? Or if you don't enjoy it, ignore it without trying to make it an existential ideological fissure? Not everything has to be political. Jesus.

It's an obvious error, but these things do happen from time to time. I remember looking at some minor-party primary in New York a few years back, and there was a glaringly obvious error in one county that nobody caught, presumably because nobody cared about the results of the Reform Party's LG Primary (or whichever election it actually was).

Why?

Jury will probably be deliberating this day so he needs to be in NY in case they come back.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1791651238301282518

I’d say it’s a bit more hackish to claim you’re a gold star family than misrepresent your primary share by, what? 5%?

Off by up to 12% in states after Haley withdrew, and around 25% in the average state in which she ran an active campaign.

If they want to watch pro-Russian propaganda they should have that right. I wouldn't banned Fox News for its conservative slant or CNN/MSNBC for their centrist/liberal shtick if such legislation came to the States.

Not a bad move by Trump but let’s see how it turns out

Update: I had a root beer float last night.