I didn't downvote you. You're Jewish (I stand side by side with Jewish brothers and sisters against Israel), you've expressed disagreements with the Israeli government. We're likely on a similar page then.

However:

> There are plenty of good things though - startups in the biotech/health/classic "tech" space.

Besides the point. I truly won't touch anything from that Apartheid, gen0cideal state.

c.f. the boycott of South Africa during Apartheid. Same principle.

Israeli designed/made chips are in phones, computers, all over the internet. Same with Israeli made software. Anyone using/posting to the internet is touching/supporting quite a few things from Israel.

Nazis made rockets and medical advances. That didn't make Nazi Germany positive in any kind of way.

You are very intelligent......

https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mister-gotcha-...

To be clear, the job of the ordinary citizen in this situation is not to opt out. I criticise China often and yet my phone has Chinese chips. Would you have me shut up about China?. And so it is with Israel.

The job of the ordinary citizen is to do what they reasonably can to protest the gen0cidal, N'azi behaviour of its current administration with the support of a significant percentage of its populous.

Given how the troubles have turned a significant number of the population into blood-thirsty land thieves, the country should be de-N'azified like they did to Germany after WW2.

You're welcome.

OMG, really?! Well then, because they did all those beneficial things, then I'm fine with Israel bombing hospitals, schools, and killing children by starving them while they sleep on the pile of rubble that was their home!

/S

.ph has been down (for me) the last few weeks ... but is up today.

.md is a good alt (for me)

Good point. Thank you.

Excellent.

Although, while I enjoy watching them lose. I don't appreciate the waste of time.

10T isn't cool... You know what's cool?

a gazillion bazillion dollars

Don't be ridiculous.

4.

Thinking too small. With grandma's pension we can get to at least 5.

I guess these days the saying is "if you aim for Jupiter you land on Mars"

Yes, I bet the Senegalese are loving it ...

Face it, the Trump World Cup is going to be a shit show ... appropriate for what they've done to the US ... turned it into, and I quote the orange dildo himself, a shit hole.

Seems like it's going okay...

https://x.com/FreddyLA7/status/2064514871685710295?s=20

"McDonald’s earnings beat estimates as chain’s value push pays off"

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/mcdonalds-mcd-q4-2025-earnin...

Same energy ... intensely successful at low quality produce.

Yeah, fck that piece of sh ... this particular World Cup has about the same amount of value to me as the FIFA Peace Prize.

Remember? ... Memories have a price. Nothing's changing any time soon while the elected represent money, and paid-for interests.

Of the dollar, by the dollar, for the dollar ...

Or they don't have a job opening at all and are just looking to bolster the database.

I remember the annual cycle back in the day. During quieter times of the year, I'd suddenly get a tonne of calls from various recruiters with a job (no company name) ... almost as if they'd been told, "ok, no one's hiring or placing right now, no point you sitting there on your arse while I pay you. So pick up the phone and get some qualified leads"