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The DP World Tour have been warned against making an ‘utterly bizarre’ mistake with several LIV players
Follow us on Google Discover Eddie Pepperell has hit out at the idea of the DP World Tour…
#Golf #DPWorldTourChampionship #CharlesHowellIII #dpworldtour #EddiePepperell #livgolf
https://www.europesays.com/golf/82832/
Taxpayers Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG): “We Will Not be Intimidated!”
Article republished by Jerry Alatalo | October 25, 2026
[Editor’s note: The non-responses of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to this significant international law development have been widely described by veteran world affairs observers as being akin to deer-in-headlights. Please share the article far and wide. Please feel free to respond in the comments. Thank you very much. Peace.]
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We Beat The Trump Administration In Court
October 24, 2026
Tariq Ra’ouf, Mondoweiss.
Now we’re going to the ICC to hold the U.S. accountable for the Gaza genocide.
A recent lawsuit successfully challenged the Trump administration’s assault on the International Criminal Court. Now, families like mine, whose relatives have been killed with U.S.-supplied weapons in Gaza, might finally have a chance at justice.
Over the course of the last three years, my family has lost 49 family members in Gaza. Their bodies were torn apart by shrapnel, crushed by falling buildings, and mutilated by bullets and munitions made and provided by the United States of America. Now, the U.S. is trying to dismantle the International Criminal Court, the only international court that can criminally prosecute U.S. officials for aiding and enabling genocide, by sanctioning the Court and attempting to intimidate anyone, including U.S. citizens, from working with them. So, in response, I joined others to sue this administration in order to take them to the very court they’re trying to destroy.
I’m a Palestinian-American organizer, and I helped establish Taxpayers Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG), which recently partnered with Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) to sue the Trump administration so we can continue much-needed legal and advocacy work. Over the course of over a year, TAAG worked with an international legal team to prepare evidence against top U.S. officials for aiding and enabling the genocide of my people, but up until now, we haven’t been able to submit our evidence to the ICC because of this administration’s attacks and sanctions on the court and its judges.
Thankfully, that will now change after we successfully challenged the Trump administration in court. On October 13 we won a preliminary injunction that blocks this administration from being able to target our groups for working with sanctioned parties, clearing the way for us to proceed to the ICC. For the first time since the genocide started, I am beginning to see a glimmer of hope that justice will be found for the dozens of family members I have lost in Gaza.
The Trump administration’s war on the ICC
Long before the Trump administration sanctioned the entirety of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on October 9, it first enacted Executive Order 14203 in February of 2025. This executive order granted administration officials the ability to sanction foreign nationals for supporting the ICC’s investigations into U.S. and Israeli parties guilty of committing war crimes and their complicity in genocide. Under this Executive Order (EO) , the Trump administration also sanctioned leading Palestinian human rights groups al-Haq, al-Mezan, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), as well as the UN Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights Situation on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Francesca Albanese, along with other ICC officials.
What many people don’t know is that the EO that allowed the administration to sanction these parties doesn’t only go after foreign nationals, it also makes it a federal offense — punishable by a $1 million dollar fine and/or 20 years in prison — for anyone, including American citizens, who provides or receives a “service” to or from a sanctioned party. This provision of the EO is exactly why TAAG and DAWN took this administration to court: Our lawsuit argued that the EO violates our First Amendment rights as American citizens to speak, associate, and engage in Palestine-related human rights advocacy with these parties. As a founding member of TAAG, I can tell you firsthand how these sanctions have prevented us and organizations like DAWN from being able to continue our work sharing evidence and advocacy ideas with people like Albanese and ICC officials, because the definition of “service” is so broad and undefined — the US can interpret it as being anything that confers a benefit to the recipient.
In an October 9 video of Marco Rubio announcing the actions against the ICC, he tries defending the administration’s actions by calling the ICC a “rogue court,” which the U.S. is “not subject to the jurisdiction of.” But Rubio leaves out a fundamental principle of international law: A country does not have to join the ICC for its nationals to fall within the Court’s jurisdiction.
If a country that is not a State Party to the Rome Statute commits a war crime on the lands of a country that is a state party, the perpetrator of that crime can be investigated. Given that Palestine is a State Party to the Rome Statute, and that Gaza (and the West Bank) are classified as Occupied Palestinian Territories by the United Nations, the ICC has every right to investigate and prosecute the United States and Israel for the insurmountable war crimes committed against my family members and thousands of other innocent civilians.
It is clear that the only “protections” this administration are seeking are for the citizens responsible for aiding and abetting war crimes, which after three years, we have plenty of evidence of. Anthony Aguilar, a retired US special forces officer and whistleblower who resigned from his work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centers in Gaza, has gone on record saying he saw the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shooting at crowds of Palestinians, and in an interview with the BBC says he saw Israeli and American military forces of the GHF using an “indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population.”
Rubio consistently mentions the idea of “protecting American citizens” from investigations by the ICC, but the citizens he is referring to are the ones committing the war crimes he doesn’t want investigated. What about American citizens whose families have been killed with U.S.-supplied weapons? Who protects our right to seek justice?
In sanctioning the entirety of the ICC, the Trump administration is not only trying to cripple any attempt to hold them accountable for their war crimes, but they’re also telling American citizens like myself that if you dare to seek justice for the family members you’ve lost, we’ll imprison you.
The struggle for accountability moves forward
Now that the courts sided with us in our lawsuit, we are finally able to prepare for the next steps ahead.
With the injunction in place, TAAG is now moving forward to finalize its evidence submission and plans to imminently send this to the ICC. We are also rallying support, within the US and beyond, for human rights organizations and advocates for the ICC to act responsibly upon this massive collection of evidence, in hopes that more parties take appropriate legal actions where possible. We fundamentally believe that grassroots movements like ours, and so many throughout the world, are the ones who must step up where our leadership has failed, and build the democratic, popular power capable of ensuring that legal action against genocide is taken and enforced.
We also hope that our actions inspire more American citizens to speak up against this administration and the priorities of our government. I helped found Taxpayers Alliance Against Genocide because I’m sick of our tax dollars being used against my own family in Gaza, while our communities here in the U.S. suffer from a lack of housing, education and healthcare. Those of us within TAAG recognize that we have a duty as American citizens to hold our nation accountable for the war crimes they commit, not just in Gaza but all over the world. We will not rest until we’ve exhausted every avenue to seek justice and accountability for these war crimes. We will continue collecting evidence, and pursuing every available legal avenue, moving forward with our crucial evidence work for a prospective submission to the ICC and advance our efforts to hold U.S. officials accountable for crimes against humanity.
We will not be intimidated into abandoning our work, our families, or the principle that no one is above the law.
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(Source/credit: ScheerPost.com)
#DonaldTrump #GenocideProsecution #InternationalCriminalCourt #InternationalLaw #PoliticalScience #TAAG #WhatIsTheInternationalCriminalCourt
The first version of a gift card balance often looks like one database column: balance = 70. It works until someone asks a reasonable question: why is it 70?
Was a purchase completed? Is part of the value temporarily held? Did a failed checkout release its hold? A single number cannot answer those questions on its own.
I find it more useful to think of the balance shown to a customer as a projection of events. The events explain how the card got there; the number is only the current view.
A small example
Imagine a card issued with $100 of value:
The reservation changes what can be spent right now, but it does not mean $20 has been redeemed. That distinction matters when a checkout times out or a payment is abandoned.
If the checkout succeeds instead, the $20 hold becomes a capture: reserved value falls to zero and unspent value falls to $50. The available amount stays at $50 because it was reduced when the hold was created.
Make each transition explicit
One possible event model is:
type Event =
| { kind: "issued"; amount: number }
| { kind: "redeemed"; amount: number }
| { kind: "hold_created"; amount: number }
| { kind: "hold_released"; amount: number }
| { kind: "hold_captured"; amount: number };
function project(events: Event[]) {
let available = 0;
let reserved = 0;
for (const event of events) {
switch (event.kind) {
case "issued": available += event.amount; break;
case "redeemed": available -= event.amount; break;
case "hold_created":
available -= event.amount;
reserved += event.amount;
break;
case "hold_released":
reserved -= event.amount;
available += event.amount;
break;
case "hold_captured": reserved -= event.amount; break;
}
}
if (available < 0 || reserved < 0) throw new Error("Invalid ledger state");
return { available, reserved, unspent: available + reserved };
}
This reducer is a way to read the history, not a complete transaction system. In production, the write that creates a hold has to be atomic with the check that enough value is available. Each hold also needs an identifier, so a release or capture applies to the right checkout rather than merely subtracting an amount from a shared bucket.
The question I'd put on the dashboard
Instead of showing only “Balance: $50,” I would show “$50 available” and, when relevant, “$20 pending.” The support view should show the event trail behind both figures. If a customer says a purchase failed but their balance dropped, there is now a concrete place to look.
This is the kind of small systems detail I pay attention to when writing about gift cards at CardNaro. The interesting question is rarely just what is the balance? It is what happened to it?#database #typescript #fintech #architecture #software #coding #development #engineering #inclusive #community
A Gift Card Balance Is a Projection, Not Just a Number
The help people need most urgently is help in admitting that they need help.
The #ElPresidioRealdeSantaBárbara or #RoyalPresidioofSantaBarbara opened on April 21, 1782. You can find other #Presidio in #SanDiego, #SanFrancisco and #Monterey, #California. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #trivia #funfacts
The best tortilla in Wisconsin, a reality dating show novel and a new spot for pho | Food & Drink https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/62600/ #apple_news #ArtsAndTheatre #FoodDrink #Wisconsin #WisconsinDining #WisconsinFood #WisconsinGroceryStores #WisconsinRestaurants
The October Revolution began OTD in 1917 (as per the old calendar) in #Russia https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/russia/moscow.html?s=mb #travel #history
Lots of articles showing up aboout how people think they've identified the first corporate psychopath. Well, OK, but how about instead we end all corporate psychopaths.
"The Grapes of Wrath" took first place, while "The Philadelphia Story" took second.
Both advance to the Final Round.
Australian GP 2026 MotoGP rider rankings
Yes, the 2026 Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island didn't quite happen. But we've still found a way to grade an extremely incomplete weekend
#MotoGP #Motorsport
https://www.the-race.com/motogp/2026-australian-grand-prix-motogp-rider-rankings/
Protect us, My Lord, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, as we stay awake;
watch over us as we sleep, that awake, we may keep watch with You, and asleep, rest in Your peace.
"7. Before I sleep, help me bring my heart to You patiently and remember that You hear my cry (The Loose Canon, Pastalm XXI, Verses #1–2; “I waited patiently for his Noodliness; he turned to me and heard my cry.”)"
🍝 The Flying Spaghetti Monster be with you.
😋 And with your noodle.
🍝 Let us pray.
May the all-powerful Lord, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, grant us a restful night and a peaceful death.
2026-10-26T00:10:39+09:00
#FlyingSpaghettiMonster #FSM #HolyNoodle #TheMeatball #TheSauce #Spaghetti #Ramen #Pastafarian #NoodlyAppendage #FSMism #FSMist #Pirate #DivineOffice #DailyOffice #Breviary
#날아다니는스파게티괴물님 #성면 #면발 #스파게티 #라멘 #파스타파리안 #해적 #성무일도 #성무일과 #매일전례 #시간전례
낮 동안 우리를 활기 있게 하신 저의 주님, 날아다니는 스파게티 괴물 님,
당신과 함께 있으리니, 자는 동안도 지켜 주시어 편히 쉬게 하소서.
"2. 잠들기 전 제 마음을 가라앉히시고, 밤새 평안을 누리게 하소서 (The Loose Canon, The Acts of the Apastals, Chapter 1, “The Tale of Ichiban Bach,” Verse #40; “Be at peace, Bach.”)"
🍝 날아다니는 스파게티 괴물 님께서 여러분과 함께.
😋 또한 주교의 면발과 함께 하소서.
🍝 기도합시다.
저의 주님, 날아다니는 스파게티 괴물 님, 이 밤을 편히 쉬게 하시고, 거룩한 죽음을 맞게 하소서.
2026-10-26T00:10:38+09:00
#날아다니는스파게티괴물님 #성면 #면발 #스파게티 #라멘 #파스타파리안 #성무일도 #성무일과 #매일전례
#FlyingSpaghettiMonster #FSM #HolyNoodle #Noodle #Spaghetti #Ramen #Pastafarian #NoodlyAppendage #Pastafarian #FSMism #FSMist #DivineOffice #DailyOffice #Breviary
"The Great Dictator" easily took first place, while "Rebecca" held on to finish second.
Both advance to the Final Round.
The Bengals Are Protecting Joe Burrow Better Than Ever https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/1036786/ #Bengals #Cincinnati #CincinnatiBengals #CincinnatiBengals #Football #NFL
The tire's shape and the shadow made for an excellent composition. What say?
I shot these with my Nikon F-75 while driving to McLeod Ganj, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
The chemistry of taboo: Decoding Yoruba indigenous science
Bridging the gap between herbal and medical science and standing up for herbal science all the time puts…
#NewsBeep #News #Medication ##YorubaDrugLords #Africantraditionalmedicine #CA #Canada #COVID-19herbalmedicine #Ethnobotany #formerDeanoftheFacultyofAdministrationatObafemiAwolowoUniversity #Health #Newbouldialaevis #Pleiocerasbarteri #Spondiasmombin
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/945804/
The death toll from an Oct. 23 missile strike on a factory in Oryol, Russia, has risen to four, with 19 hurt and one missing, the governor says. Ukraine says the plant, Proton, supplies parts for Russian missile and air-defense systems. https://t.me/astrapress/129314
The #UK will invest £100m in an #AIBiosecurityLab supported by #OpenAI and #Anthropic credits. Additional funding includes £120m for the #AISecurityInstitute, £60m for a #NationalCyberShield and £70m for the #NERVCentre. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqdjv8xllvyyo?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews
"The analysis suggests that the poles are rising, with a rate of uplift between 2011 and 2015 of about 0.02 to 0.04 inches (0.5 to 1 millimeter) per year. At the same time, Earth’s equatorial bulge appears to be shrinking at a similar rate.
Today, it’s likely that those rates are even higher, as the findings suggest Earth is rounding faster with each passing decade. The rate of change between 2011 and 2015 was indeed higher than the rate between 1997 and 2000. It appears that every 10 years, polar uplift is accelerating by about 0.01 inches (0.25 mm) per year, and equatorial contraction is accelerating by 0.02 inches (0.4 mm) per year."
https://gizmodo.com/earth-is-getting-rounder-and-you-can-guess-why-2000829318 #EarthScience
The ending of Ocarina of time is more confusing and oddly written than I remember it being. Lots of little questions as I watched the end sequence.
The Guilty. The Harold Pinter Theatre. #westend #london #tickets #uktheatre #play #theatre https://www.uktw.co.uk/L1865502645/
Dirt cheap: welcome to the delightful Queensland town that can’t seem to give land away
By Joe Hinchliffe
Australia is in the grips of a housing crisis, but in the heart of the outback, the opal town of Quilpie is looking to expand its tiny population by giving away land and housing grants
#Housing #Queensland #Australianews #RuralandregionalAustralia #TheGuardian #JoeHinchliffe
‘Extremely disappointed’: WA government seeks reimbursement from Deloitte over flawed university report
By Krishani Dhanji and Josh Taylor
WA paid Deloitte $166,000 for flawed feasibility study on merging the University of Western Australia, Curtin university and Murdoch university
#WesternAustralia #Deloitte #Australianuniversities #Australianeducation #AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #TheGuardian #KrishaniDhanji #JoshTaylor
The magazine founded by abolitionists in 1857 just ran a story about a worker who calls his own situation exploitation, and it published that as a heartwarming hero story with a hat passed around for aristocratic gifts.
The world is unprepared for the drastic changes inexpensive rapid reusable heavy launch is about to bring. China's rockets, Blue Origin, and SpaceX are months away from making science fiction science fact on an industrial scale including lunar habitation and Martian exploration.
