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[florduh]

WH wants $105B to help Israel, Ukraine, border

Biden makes the case for support for Ukraine and Israel in an Oval Office address as the White House has been preparing a $105 billion foreign aid proposal

abcnews.go.com

and another $7 billion in assistance for the Indo-Pacific region, which includes Taiwan.

U.S. positions 12,000 sailors off Israel with second carrier

10 American ships from 2 strike groups are intended to deter a wider conflict

asia.nikkei.com

I got news for the warmongers out there. If China doesn't invade Taiwan within literally the next week....it ain't ever happening.

 

[Marlon Rando]

I'll leave this here... Marinate on that..

 

[florduh]

I'll leave this here... Marinate on that..

 

[CANtalk]

Billions of crabs went missing around Alaska. Scientists now know what happened to them

Billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death.

www.yahoo.com

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/us/st-louis-missouri-legends-football-league-parent-shot-coach

 

[FlyingLow]

Israel and Hamas trade blame after Gaza City hospital explosion

Hundreds of Palestinians had taken refuge in al-Ahli and other hospitals in Gaza City in past days, hoping they would be spared bombardment after Israel ordered all residents of the city to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip.

www.pbs.org

Let me be clear: 100% of these deaths (seems to be mostly children) are Joe Biden's fault. He gave the greenlight for this with his full chest.

Remember, that motherfucker not only voted for Bush's illegal Iraq War, he whipped votes for it. He went on TV to manufacture consent for it. Gotta be honest, it seems that Catholic Joe, who looks like he's about to die at any second, is trying to get a fastpass into Hell in his waning days.

The IDF is trying to shirk responsibility by saying "they don't target hospitals" which is a bald faced lie. They literally announced their intention to bomb the hospital 3 days ago.

Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured

As the United Nation’s agency responsible for public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns Israel's repeated orders for the evacuation of 22 hospitals treating more than 2000 inpatients in northern Gaza. The forced evacuation of patients and health workers will further...

www.who.int

They're calling out their shots like Babe Ruth, yet the media is taking the IDF at their word. These people are literally The Great Bambino of bombing hospitals. From 2021:

Israeli airstrikes kill civilians and damage MSF clinic in Gaza

MSF urges Israel to stop these attacks on Gaza

www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Also a good reminder that history did not begin on 10/7/23.

Given all the information at your fingertips, how can you still believe Israel fired that rocket?
You are a fucking clown shoe and have lost any and all credibility...

 

[florduh]

Given all the information at your fingertips, how can you still believe Israel fired that rocket?
You are a fucking clown shoe and have lost any and all credibility...

At the time? Because the IDF literally said "everyone should leave the hospital because we're gonna bomb it" days before the explosion.

Plus....the IDF is like the GOAT of dropping bombs on hospitals. Did you happen to miss the article I posted from years prior to 10/7 where Doctors' without Borders were like "IDF....please stop dropping bombs on our doctors!"

This is like if Ted Bundy said "I'm gonna cut the throat of a Delta Delta Delta sorority girl next week." Then that Tridelt shows up with her throat cut. Would you get mad at someone for thinking Ted Bundy cut her throat even if it turns out the knife found at the scene doesn't exactly match the one Bundy usually uses?

So...sure. Israel dropped 6,000 bombs on an area the size of Manhattan in the span of 7 days. But maybe not that particular bomb. Feel better now?

And I stress maybe because we still don't know for sure what happened.

 

[macbill]

Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way?

Neuralink has implanted a chip in its first human brain. But it’s pushing a needlessly risky approach, former employees say.

www.vox.com

 

[florduh]

Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way?​

This seems like a self limiting problem as anyone who was willing to let Elon Musk chip them was brain damaged to begin with.

 

[Trajectory.]

The 'Fuck Hut'

Paul Newman's 'naughty' letters to Joanne Woodward discovered by daughter: 'I can't put this in the book'

Melissa Newman, the daughter of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, has written a book about her famous parents. The "Butch Cassidy" actor died in 2008 at age 83.

tinyurl.com

 

[cybrguy]

The devil went down to Georgia all right, but he neglected to string his violin... https://post.news/@/nycjayjay/2XAbDsyyqFVy5c8aniJEJDrgEwE

 

[florduh]

Academic Journal Editor Fired for Sharing Onion Article

Michael Eisen said that the satirical site had greater “moral clarity” than academic institution leaders.

www.thedailybeast.com

Eisen, a very sweet nerdy dude, is Jewish, btw. Here's the Tweet he was fired over.

Dying Gazans Criticized For Not Using Last Words To Condemn Hamas

GAZA CITY, GAZA—The complicity of each and every Palestinian in the violent actions of their militant ruling authority was reportedly on full display Friday morning when dying Gazans received justified criticism for not using their last words to condemn Hamas. For example, instead of issuing a...

www.theonion.com

I love that anything short of full throated support for the wholesale murder and ethnic cleansing of every Palestinian civilian is "antisemitic". Very cool stuff. Not deranged at all.

 

[Canna Chameleon]

https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/1716819018412437860?s=20

 

[Abele Rizieri Ferrari]

is Jewish

Why do you mention this?

 

[florduh]

Why do you mention this?

It's important context. Pretty absurd to fire a Jewish guy for antisemitism or "supporting Hamas", no?

His quote from the article:

“Every sane person on Earth is horrified and traumatized by what Hamas did and wants it to never happen again,” he wrote. “All the more so as a Jew with Israeli family. But I am also horrified by the collective punishment already being meted out on Gazans, and the worse that is about to come.”

 

[Abele Rizieri Ferrari]

It's important context. Pretty absurd to fire a Jewish guy for antisemitism or "supporting Hamas", no?

His quote from the article:

I hadn't noticed the first link in your post.

 

[macbill]

eBay could be fined up to two billion dollars for selling 'rolling coal' defeat devices.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against eBay for selling devices and products violating the Clean Air Act. Rolling coal polluters modify diesel engines to emit clouds of black soot to annoy environmentalists. These aftermarket defeat emission...

www.dailykos.com

 

[florduh]

Excellent John Oliver segment about Mayor Pete's former employer, "McKinsey and Company".

Sorry, but I will never vote for a guy who chose to work for a company that advised the Sacklers to make "Pediatric Oxycontin". Literally one of the most evil things I've ever heard.

Besides being evil, I love how McKinsey is just a straight up scam. They make 15 BILLION dollars per year dispensing advice that exclusively falls into one or more of these three categories:

Incredibly Obvious

Fucking Stupid

Straight Up Evil

Amazing to me how much of our economy is just make-work for the children of rich people.

 

[cybrguy]

Nebraska Mom Gets Two Years in Prison in Abortion-Pill Case

The woman was accused of helping her daughter self-manage an abortion, which in itself is not illegal, and disposing of the remains.

www.thecut.com

 

[Bologna]

Holy shit... happening right now:

October 25, 2023 - Lewiston, Maine mass shootings

A manhunt is underway after a shooting rampage occurred in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, according to multiple law enforcement sources. Follow here for live news updates.

www.cnn.com

No need to guess the weapon...

 

[florduh]

Holy shit... happening right now:

October 25, 2023 - Lewiston, Maine mass shootings

A manhunt is underway after a shooting rampage occurred in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, according to multiple law enforcement sources. Follow here for live news updates.

www.cnn.com

No need to guess the weapon...

how fucking heartbreaking

outside of Stephen King novels, Maine always struck me as a peaceful place

Law enforcement officials in Maine tell CNN that Card is a certified firearms instructor and a member of the US Army Reserve.

In other words, the proverbial good guy with a gun.

 

[macbill]

First malaria vaccine slashes early childhood mortality​

In a major analysis in Africa, the first vaccine approved to fight malaria cut deaths among young children by 13% over nearly 4 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported last week.

 

[CANtalk]

 

[florduh]

Many such cases

Landlord fatally stabbed 6-year-old Muslim boy after listening to conservative radio, prosecutors say

Joseph Czuba appeared in Will County court Monday, two days after he allegedly attacked the boy and his mother, Hanaan Shahin.

chicago.suntimes.com

This dumb old fuck in Chicago had his brain so thoroughly melted by Right Wing radio that he murdered a Palestinian boy he was close with.

The boy saw this dumbass as a grandfather figure. He ran up to give him a hug and got stabbed 26 times. That’s how this 6 year old spent his last moments on earth.

 

[just_the_flu]

This dumb old fuck in Chicago had his brain so thoroughly melted by Right Wing radio

... you know when you say shit like this, if its true or not it dont fucken matter because it dont. BUT this only further divides "the people". pinning people on teams. pick a side. lets fight amongst each other its not the people vs the people, its the people vs the controlling entities... dont fall for their "divide and conquer" bullshit.... your taking the bait man... Classism is masked by racism... you want to know whos in charge, look at who you cannot criticize...


... to the quote, no one on "the other side" has done bad because their brain was melted by leftwing radio?



..."Together we stand, divided we fall" - do you want to unite the people, or help divide the people?

 

[florduh]

you know when you say shit like this, if its true or not it dont fucken matter because it dont. BUT this only further divides "the people".

No, I think it's important to point out exactly what caused this 6 year old boy to be violently stabbed to death.

The old man was previously very friendly with this Palestinian family.

Then the Right Wing Radio he listens to started loudly broadcasting that Palestinians and Muslims in general are violent, terrifying, subhuman animals who must be dealt with violently.

Then the old man stabbed a little Palestinian boy who loved him 26 times.

This isn't conjecture. This is exactly what happened. It's in the article I posted.

you want to know whos in charge, look at who you cannot criticize...

I don't know what you're implying here, but Billionaires are in charge. Right Wing media carries water for them too. Right Wing media gives cover to these billionaires by blaming the problems caused by the powerful on powerless immigrants, gays, and non-white people generally.

And just so there's no misunderstanding. Most of the billionaires who control this country and world are white Christians.

... to the quote, no one on "the other side" has done bad because their brain was melted by leftwing radio?

Sure. Too much news/propaganda in general can melt the brain.

But the difference is.... Right Wing propaganda demonizes regular every day people: Refugees, non-whites, non-Christians, gay people, trans people. The message is, "hate, or be afraid of everyone who isn't exactly the same as you."

One of my favorite Left Wing propagandists, Michael Brooks, died a few years ago. He always said "Be ruthless with systems, but kind with people". Fox News does almost the exact opposite. They ruthlessly defend our Capitalist systems by shifting blame for the problems they've caused on to immigrants, refugees, trans people, and various other minority groups.

..."Together we stand, divided we fall" - do you want to unite the people, or help divide the people?

Sure. But step 1 is turning off all media that teaches you to hate every person who isn't a straight, lily-white Christian.