For my understanding, the general meaning of the word "Zionism" is vastly changed throughout the eras. And there isn't a homogeneous kind of Zionism anyway. What kind of "Zionist agenda" the people/government living in the land of "Israel/Palestine" in the 30-50s to today had in mind and pushing for is totally different. Let's be concerned with today's general definition of Zionism, as mostly defined by the Likud and the other far-right/Nationalist parties in today's Israel shall we?

Also, I can't imagine there are a whole lot of countries that would deny Israel's right-to-exist (like, physically, wholeheartedly want to wipe them of the face of the earth kind, NOT the expedient, political rhetorics for their own domestic consumption kind). And those that could really be crazy enough, like Iran, I constantly (naively?) felt the Ayatollahs would rather opt for silent, staus-quo relations than go to war with Israel (they must see the Ukraine invaison and see Russia/Putin isolation as a lesson, they can't afford to put themselves in the same position as Putin's in a Israel/Iran war. The Ayatollahs don't have even Iranian people standing behind them).

The good is that for Israel vs. the Arab countries, trust building is possible, but incredibly slow -- it only takes one wrong step to negate a mile of trust building -- but still, the past few years have seen some Arab countries opening up bilateral embassies with Israel along wiht increased trades & direct flights, etc.

The no good, very bad news of the statehood issues, daily IvP conflict, land grabs and from low-level militray incursions to the occasional missiles trading military operations, are happening far too often. Thus making hard-core Zionism, support of Hamas, the isolation of the Palestinian people & economy, etc. all the more severe. None of these are paths towards peace and/or creating the conditions for mutually agreeable settlement. All the flashpoints needs to be addressed in an even-handed way. But we just don't see balance in the media and/or the world political arena.

i am deeply ashamed i ever got dragged into this profoundly stupid conversation. clearly i refuse to learn the lesson that the internet is not actually a place to share ideas.

Lesson learned with relatively small price to pay. Although the potential PTSD you are left with could be an issue.

That Martian hydrazine scene bugged me too, having received a number of hydrazine safety lessons. "Don't breathe anything green" is good advice. My rule is to just not breathe anything you can see.

rats.

stuck - like a bug on a windshield - trying to come up w/one.

anyway...bet the driver received some training on not crossing the bigger guy. tough lesson but maybe they're on the right track now. 'tho one might ever know...the driver might have been loco. no motive to do what he did.

oops. gonna go. my jam is on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sROSe31vV2s

Another instance of “better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
A lesson @bobknigh33 has not learned.

Not smart for some/ most, agreed. Most people let some one else manage their $. Most people don't watch day to day.

I've been buying stocks for last 20 years. Took a lot of lumps. My main goal was to not to loose my shirt. A lot of lessons learned, mainly what not to do.

Main lesson learned was to find a Amazon.Target, Starbucks or Apple just as they become trendy. If you had bought and hold any of these for the last 10 years, you would be doing just fine. Tesla fits this model. Its 20 years old and finally over last 2 really planted its stake permanently as a auto maker. They are the EV leader.

That being said Tesla is easy to follow and see. There is enough active YouTube channels people reporting daily from around the world on Tesla. A person can fully understand this business and what is going on.

Other companies are more secretive and also no one really cares.


My final thought is this. IMO Tesla is at the same point as when Steve jobs introduced the iPhone in 2006.

Dont you wish you loaded up on apple back in 2006 @ $7 bucks a share? Apple close Friday was $168.

Its about the long game.

So many lessons to be learned here.

Hence what I think is the best lesson from the Bible….”Treat others as you would have them treat you.” The rest is all unnecessary filler I can do without.

I like ice cream! Huzzah!

Unfortunately, I think his summation is correct.
Law enforcement will take the wrong lesson and continue to act criminally, claiming she was convicted because of 1) her truthful statement (taking the lesson they should never accept any responsibility verbally) or 2) politics (absolving her of any wrongdoing so taking no lesson at all).
Until this is the norm every time an officer shoots someone, meaning they must prove in court it was justified (and not just to their boss/friend), criminal police won’t reform.

Talk about not learning your lesson. It's called a parking brake buddy. Use it!

*promote life lessons

Suggests a new survival skills lesson: How to speed-walk backwards with a load in your pants.

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