My position is based on international law.

Per United Nations Security Council resolutions 242, 338, et al the two sides are to sit down and work out borders, RoR, etc and until that happens, the legal occupation will continue, and the Palestinians will not have the country they supposively want.

In the meantime, Israel has every right to defend themselves from attacks by Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, Yemen and ANY other Jew hating country.

Its time for the Palestinians to shit or get off the pot.

Iran's killing of protesters reached level rarely seen, emergent count shows

Iran’s sweeping crackdown on anti-government demonstrations left more than 6,800 people dead, the vast majority of them protesters killed last month, according to an advocacy organization tracking and confirming the fatalities. The level of violence against protesters has few recent parallels, human rights groups say.

The Human Rights Activists News Agency, a U.S.-based advocacy organization for rights in Iran, says the figure is expected to climb, with more than 11,000 cases under investigation as of Tuesday as researchers seek to gather and cross-check reports from family members of the dead, data from hospitals and other evidence. That task is made more difficult by the government-imposed internet blackout at the height of the crackdown, which slowed the travel of information within Iran and to the rest of the world.

Although The Washington Post has not independently verified the death toll, videos that have surfaced from the protests show evidence of widespread violence, as do accounts from the ground.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/02/03/iran-protests-deaths-crackdown/

Richard Jefferson explains what is a clean "gather step"

Perfect example.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTb6kPZj3ra/?igsh=Ymw3dWsxNXR2M3Rn

Roman Doman, Murray State

Kristy Noam Press Conference

Fate of Colorado River hangs in balance as political battle brews

For a life-sustaining natural resource relied on by tens of millions of people and fought over by seven states and two countries, the fate of the Colorado River often flies under the national political radar.

The struggle over how to share the dwindling river has mostly been hashed out in the insular world of water managers, experienced technocrats who often keep their jobs as governors come and go. Alliances among Colorado River Basin states cross partisan lines. And even though the federal government controls the flow from reservoirs, the White House generally stays out of the fray.

That may be changing.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Friday is expected to host most of the governors from the Basin states, a rare if not unprecedented gathering during the past two decades of haggling over how to address the drought and warming temperatures that have drained the country’s biggest reservoirs to near disaster levels, according to participants.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/30/colorado-river-governors/

Look, if you comment is along the lines that Phoenix, LV etc should be emptied and abandoned please just move along. Farmers are using the bulk of the water, not residents, so you people can have cheap(er) broccoli and romaine. Want to fix the problem? Move farming back to Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas and pay the price at the register. Arizona top crops: lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, melons, tomatoes all made possible by CAP water.

Genetics play a larger part in lifespan than previously thought

A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published Thursday in the journal Science.

Using data from human twin studies, an international team of researchers arrived at the conclusion that the genetic contribution to how long we’re likely to live is as high as 55%.

This new finding is strikingly higher than previous estimates, which have calculated the role of genetics in lifespan could range from 6% to 33%. It’s likely to intrigue — and perhaps disappoint — the fast-growing community of longevity influencers and self-described biohackers touting longer lives through supplements and customized drug regimens.

The study authors said they arrived at this very different figure by separating out what they termed extrinsic mortality (defined as deaths from external factors such as accidents, homicides, environmental hazards and infectious diseases) and intrinsic mortality (deaths caused by internal biological factors such as age-related diseases, genetic mutations and the general decline of health with age).

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/longevity-genetics-play-large-role-lifespan-study-rcna256502

Nearly 3 dozen arrested during ICE raids at Valley Zipps Sports Grill locations

Nearly three dozen people were arrested during Monday's federal raids at Zipps Sports Grill locations across the Valley.

A spokesperson with the Department of Homeland Security announced 35 people suspected of being in the country illegally were arrested.

The department has not provided details on those individuals.

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/nearly-3-dozen-arrested-during-ice-raids-at-valley-zipps-sports-grill-locations

She planned to sell her old pot for $20. It just fetched $32K at auction.

A 30-gallon stoneware crock sat in the corner of Lois Jurgens’s back porch for nearly three decades, collecting dust through Nebraska summers and snow through the winters. Her late husband used it as a makeshift table to rest grilling tongs and platters. They almost never thought of it.

On Jan. 10, that same crock sold at auction for $32,000.

“I just couldn’t believe it,” said Jurgens, who turned 91 on the day the crock was sold. “It’s the biggest thing I’ve ever gotten on my birthday.”

The crock was manufactured by Red Wing Stoneware, probably between 1877 and 1900. The nearly knee-high crock features molded side handles and a cobalt blue butterfly, along with the company name stamped twice. Unlike later models finished with a smoother zinc glaze, the crock is salt glazed, giving it a coarser texture. Despite its many years outdoors, it is still in good condition.

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