tradethedelta

Israel consistently flaunts international law, has been accused of war crimes by the Hague, and the UN has found it most likely has committed and continues to commit genocide in Gaza. So I am not surprised that dealing with the country's Defense apparatus would lead to ethical concerns. Every international company should think twice about doing business with the Israeli government or companies rooted in defense and cybersecurity.

I think it's the contrary. "Never again" means by any means necessary we will prevent another genocide of our people, even if it means committing genocide unto others. That much has become clear.

The perpetual fight is mutually beneficial to all. The extremist right would not have been able to claim large swaths of land had they not had the air cover to raze Gaza. Now there is serious talk of going back into Gaza. And talk by Trump to turn it into a seaside resort has the settler movement giddy.

Funny how easy it is to forget that guerilla terrorist actions were introduced to the region by Zionists in the 1940s: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing

Just to name a notable event amongst many.

Many of the masterminds of the early Zionist insurgency later became top Israeli government officials.

Sad to think that Jews and Arabs lived ok side by side. Right wing radicals realized their destiny could only be completed with Palestinian displacement.

Benzinga has probably 40 writers or so. And they do syndicate out to other platforms. They also sell their real-time web traffic and ticker attribution data to hedge funds who will trade on the info.

Total joke and misinformation that the IDF would call an entire building worth of people on their cellphones to warn them. Think about how difficult it is to do this accurately. And even if they had the technical capabilities to pinpoint cellphone users in a single building, how many are they calling? How many are answering?

Total BS propaganda from the Israelis

Yes, legislative actions will magically get rid of racism and discrimination.

> It's just much, much harder to get a pile of AN to go off

Which is why Hezbollah is complicit in the Beirut port explosion of August 4, 2020. AN that's just sitting there for years doesn't simply explode for no reason.

If you live the sword, you'll die by the sword. So yes you should be terrified of the UAE but you shouldn't have any illusions about what this country is about.

Unfortunately, Lebanon is a complete basket case of a country. So many well educated Lebanese are forced to find work in Gulf countries with repressive regimes. They pay well to buy your silence.

Nothing new - if there was 1% of the oversight on the markets that there is in the US, 90% of traders on the Saudi market would be put in prison for some sort of insider trading.... Rampant pump & dump has been going on for years.

> Why are certain things getting so much more expensive? > Why do there seem to be more examples of rapidly-completed major projects in the past than the present?

These two questions, IMHO, are inter-linked. Projects are slower because things are more expensive in general. I think there are some answers to be found as well in the populist uprisings we've seen in the US and in other parts of the world. Here are some random thoughts that are all-related to these questions:

- We are worse off today than our parents were in the 60's and 70s - in terms of purchasing power and quality of life. See the trend of 20 and 30-somethings staying or moving in with their parents today. How easy is it for someone in this age group to buy a house in the USA versus back then?

- Wage disparity has grown immensely: the rich get richer - the poor move sideways or get poorer. Capitalism, though massively positive for humanity, if unchecked leads to social unrest.

- The US government was "richer" back then - or at least had more power to engage in bold new projects. See the American New Deal (WPA). NASA. Today, space exploration seems relegated to the whims of the new gilded-age billionaires (Musk, Branson, Bezos).

- Current administration will continue this shift of power away from govt into the hands of elite. Its not the government's job to dole out food stamps - let communities or society decide how to help the poor.

- Author cites rise of healthcare costs... See unfettered Capitalism comment. No govt checks on what the price of a drug is leads to silly games with insurance. Example: family member was once medivacced on helicopter for 20 minute ride at cost of $65k - but insurance only paid $5k and we ended up paying $1k of that. They're fine now - but why even propose a $65k price tag if you're going to be OK with a 90% price cut? Gaming imbalances between people who have power and those who do not - and also propensity to pay. Needs strong regulation to fix.

- In a similar point made by Author: 2nd Avenue Subway line is most expensive cost per mile of any subway in the world to-date. Why? See good NYT article on answer. Labor Unions. Hiring 30 people for a task that only needs 10. Why? Bad allocation of resources since you can't hire anyone else. This is an attempt at thwarting unfettered capitalism. On the other hand you end up with cheap day laborers (slaves) like the poor migrants who built Dubai. There's gotta be a balance in between. Govt needs to step in.