For additional context, tensions are already high surrounding the US ambassador after he directly insulted multiple Belgian politicians and also attempted to interfere with local criminal judicial proceedings.
"In three medical papers done in Israel, Canada, and the US, oral suction following circumcision was suggested as a cause in 11 cases of neonatal herpes " lovely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League#Circumc...
When Iceland tried to ban it, the ADL had some very choice words about the potential consequences.
> Greenblatt sent Iceland's Parliament a letter regarding a proposed infant circumcision ban in that country, arguing that the ban should be rejected due to circumcision's religious significance and health benefits. Greenblatt also said that if the ban passed, the ADL would report on any celebration by antisemites and other extremists, asserting that this would deter tourism and harm Iceland's economy
It's scary stuff.
A perceived attack on circumcision is an attack on the fundamentalist religion that the Americans currently in power claim to follow.
No one here is getting arrested for doing a normal at-home bris, even if it's technically illegal.
If everything is antisemitism then nothing is antisemitism.
One of the mohels was from the US, it was viewed as asking for US citizens to have special treatment in the Belgian legal system.
As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.
Also Congress was meant to be the democratic representation of the people. Technically, the president is elected by the states.
* https://noscommunes.ca/petitions/fr/Petition/Details?Petitio...
From Wikipedia:
«In February 2026, French authorities restricted Kushner’s direct access to government ministers after he failed to attend a summons from Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, sending a senior embassy official in his place. The French foreign ministry cited an "apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission".»
It somehow seems like a huge number of people are working to throw America down the drain faster.
One almost wonders if the US admin is actively trying to get one of its ambassadors declared persona non grata.
This is incorrect. A pardon is not an expungement. The conviction remains a usable historical fact and could still be referenced in later legal procedings.
Exact ramifications vary between innocence-based pardons, rehabilitiation-based pardons, and pure discretionary clemency.
This is part of the reason why people will sometimes not accept a pardon.
Is that not a commonly misunderstood myth? You do not have to sign anything admitting guilt.
different courts have said different things. the more recent courts have said it only removes the punishment
you were still found guilty, so the guilt is still there
Like if a pardon is issued before trial, under normal circumstances the prosecutor will drop charges and the pardonee does not need to accept it. Further, a prosecutor won't go after charges when someone is pardoned.
These are the cases where a pardon wouldn't imply guilt.
But generally speaking, pardons happen after a conviction and not before. Accepting a pardon ends appeals.
I also even stipulated that people could not be made to forget about it. Yet, you then reiterate that after telling me I was incorrect.
Politics became a social media-based reality show, replacing policy with vibes.
That's what they want you to think. See the gent sitting down next to your elected VP? That is a "prince", a scion of an Arab FAMILY. The grifter twit standing over them? Another "prince", this time of a Jewish FAMILY.
They have goals; they have policy preferences, I assure you. Trillions of dollars are involved.
Let's just call a spade a spade: this is the emergence of Oligarchy International, sold to us as "a time of confusion because of media chaos".
You elected a sexual predator and conman with a cult of personality as president, twice
It reads like a low-level mafia guy from New Jersey. The only thing missing from the story was faking his death.
Example:
> [Charles] Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, arranging to record a sexual encounter between the two and send the tape to his sister.
Since we are talking about American ambassadors, Mike Huckabee, American ambassador to Israel, doesn't seem like to work for America, it feels like he is an ambassador for Israel
I wish that was a joke, but its not, and it's terrifying.
So: Jewish holy book? You're correct. Christian holy book? Answer is dependent on the sect of Christianity you are talking about.
The earliest Christians thought that Jesus would return while they were still alive.
Other people have read all kinds of things into the texts which aren't really there.
Probably Epstein files on Trump, some sort of equivalent awfulness for the rest.
The opposing side hates them, so naturally, because we are all semi-developed monkeys, you need to support them. No matter what.
> I feel the nation should be supported and deserves to exist
this is to say, you believe that israel should be supported in what it does, and that the inhumane stuff deserves to happen.
you arent in conflict with the conservative party.
if you said the same about nazi germany - that the nation should be supported and deserves to exist, that would be a very explicit support for the genocide.
the government is doing the things you want it to
Except you purposefully cut off where I said they're doing inhumane things that are not defense. I DO support their right to exist, but not their tactics. They're slaughtering tens of thousands of innocent people for every terrorist they get.
> you arent in conflict with the conservative party.
I assure you, I am. In most ways.
> if you said the same about nazi germany - that the nation should be supported and deserves to exist, that would be a very explicit support for the genocide.
Does Germany have a right to exist? Yes. Did Germany have a right to exist in 1918 and in 1939? Yes. Did it have the right to start two major wars and slaughter tens of millions? No.
You CAN support someone's right to exist without also supporting EVERYTHING they might ever do. That's a ridiculously extreme statement.
> the government is doing the things you want it to
Again, no, it's not. You ignored half of what I said and then decided supporting existence equals supporting genocide.
I regret this reply already, this was not a serious attempt at a conversation on your part.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_warrior_diplomacy
This kind of antagonism comes from the top. China mostly toned it down recently because it is ideology-driven counter-productive, we will see how long it takes the US to do the same.
I at one point took the FS exam and planned to go into the FS (and therefore know the process, how career progression works, and know people who did end up joining). I know how the US system works, but not anyone else's.
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Top. Men.