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[Radwin Bodnic]

We also say this in America. Maybe it's exaggerated, but Paris started burning when there was a proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. In America, the retirement age is 65 and we sit back like cattle as the government muses cutting Social Security all together.

They used "non lethal weapons" en masse and without following the guidelines during these protests. A lot of people have lost their hand or their eyes or a kidney because of these non lethal weapons. No one is going to protest anymore because of the fear of being mutilated. And they did put the retirement age at 64 after that.

 

[bellona0544]

Reminder that an annual membership to the Socialist Rifle Association is $36, there are tons of chapters all over the country, and they do all kinds of emergency preparedness training for things like de-escalation and stemming bleeding and first aid, plus my chapter does monthly food distributions. And they will help you keep yourself armed.

Note to the FBI agents trawling this thread: I would never advocate violence against any institution, and simply enjoy exercising my constitutional rights to firearms.

 

[florduh]

Socialist Rifle Association

I like the idea behind the SRA. I especially like the protest training you're referring to. But I am very worried about having my name on the registry of a group with "Socialist" and "Rifle" in the name. I'm already wondering if my past political activities will get me deported.

Advocates warn Trump’s threat to deport pro-Palestine students harms all

Critics say Trump’s attempt to combat anti-Semitism on campus \ promotes fear and repression among immigrants.

www.aljazeera.com

Not that I'd mind a free plane ticket out of here at this point. But I'm a fourth generation American. My great grandparents came from 6 different European countries. So... would I go to Guantanamo?

President Trump sends first US migrant detainees to Guantanamo Bay

The US president last week announced plans to expand the detention of migrants at the base in Cuba.

www.bbc.com

Reminder that the government has only shown evidence of a criminal record for a tiny percentage of detained immigrants. For that Colombia deportation flight Trump was crying about, Colombian officials said NONE of the deportees had a criminal record.

For the dipshits who say "Staying in the country as an ILLEGAL is a CRIME" no it isn't. Being undocumented is a civil infraction. Why don't we throw your dumb ass in a cage for having a taillight out on your F150.

 

[MHL]

@MHL no offense but the UK isn't in the top 100 countries I'd want to move to

No offence taken! That's why we're skipping the joint in 6 weeks to go somewhere sunnier and more sensible

That raising of the pension age... I couldn't think of the example in the prev post... but that's the one exactly. Our jolly hockey sticks overlords are now considering 67 I believe.

 

[anome]

Sanctions against the ICC, there oughta to be a law.

 

[florduh]

Sanctions against the ICC, there oughta to be a law.

America is the premiere perpetrator of war crimes on this planet so I can see why we hate the ICC. I'm honestly not sure why the rest of the world doesn't treat us like we're Russia, given that we're objectively worse.

Trump signs order sanctioning International Criminal Court

The order accuses the Hague-based body of creating a "shameful moral equivalency" between Hamas and Israel, the White House says.

www.bbc.com

The White House accuses the Hague-based ICC of creating a "shameful moral equivalency" between Hamas and Israel by issuing the warrants for the Israeli leaders and a Hamas commander at the same time, according to a fact sheet circulated by the White House earlier.

I agree with the White House. There is no equivalence between Hamas and the IDF. Hamas is clearly less evil by an order of magnitude. If, like me, you believe October 7th was a terrible war crime, I'm not sure how you can excuse the terrorist organization that did somewhere between 60 and 500 "October 7ths" over the past 15 months. Unless you failed 1st grade math.

Of course, the reason we don't view the IDF as worse than Hamas is we don't view Arab Muslims and Christians as humans. After 9/11 we turned around and did 300-500 "9/11's" to multiple totally unrelated countries.

 

[CANtalk]

USA: Sanctions against International Criminal Court betray international justice system​

US sanctions against ICC staff betray the international justice system

They seek to damage the Court's independent pursuit of international justice

www.amnesty.org

Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out ‘anti-Christian bias’ and urges ‘bring God back’​

After prayer breakfast, Trump creates task force to root out 'anti-Christian bias'

President Donald Trump says at a private religious group's Washington prayer breakfast he's forming a commission on religious liberty.

apnews.com

“Trump’s Justice Department shutters specialized FBI team combatting foreign election interference threats”​

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=148505

The US is ‘no longer the America we used to know,’ warns Germany’s Merz​

The US is ‘no longer the America we used to know,’ warns Germany’s Merz

“The way they’re pardoning people who have been sentenced to years in prison, that will have consequences for America,” Merz cautioned.

www.politico.eu

I Was a Member of the the NLRB. What Trump’s Doing to It Now Is Very Illegal.​

I Was a Member of the the NLRB. What Trump’s Doing to It Now Is Very Illegal.

This extraordinary act, which was not only contrary to statute but clearly unlawful under a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent.

slate.com

Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI​

Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI

Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.

slate.com

Attorney General Pam Bondi to pause all federal funding for sanctuary cities​

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/othe...eral-funding-for-sanctuary-cities/ar-AA1yupfa

Member of Elon Musk's DOGE team resigns after racist posts resurface​

One of Elon's DOGE Boys Just Resigned After His Incredibly Racist Tweets Were Discovered

A 25-year-old staffer for Elon Musk's DOGE has resigned after the Wall Street Journal reached out over racist social media posts.

futurism.com

And

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5289337/elon-musk-doge-treasury

”Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed​

”Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed

Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.

arstechnica.com

Sounds like everyone needs more drugs.

Cocaine "no worse than whiskey," would be "sold like wine" if legalized worldwide, Colombia's president says​

Cocaine "no worse than whiskey," would be "sold like wine" if legalized worldwide, Colombia's president says

Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whose nation is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[bulllee]

 

[florduh]

Cocaine "no worse than whiskey," would be "sold like wine" if legalized worldwide, Colombia's president says​

Cocaine "no worse than whiskey," would be "sold like wine" if legalized worldwide, Colombia's president says

Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whose nation is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[anome]

Begins to feel like 1812 all over again

 

[florduh]

Begins to feel like 1812 all over again

 

[macbill]

Trump evangelicals are going after Christian institutions that take federal funds.

Thousands and thousands of Christian organizations, including Trump acolyte Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse, have taken federal money to help advance

currentpub.com

 

[florduh]

Tough on crime America loves welcoming wanted international fugitives. This time, Yoav Gallant is here. And he's singing like a birdie.

Ex-Israeli war chief confirms issuing Hannibal Directive to kill own civilians, soldiers on 7 Oct

Israeli forces used attack helicopters, drones, and tanks to kill their own civilians and soldiers while blaming the deaths on Hamas

thecradle.co

The former Defense Minister admits the IDF killed Israeli civilians on October 7th to prevent them from being captured by Hamas. There needs to be a full third party investigation. How many of the 10/7 victims were murdered by their own government?

Gallant says hostage deal was ready in summer, fewer murderers would have been released

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www.haaretz.com

Gallant goes on to confirm Israel, not Hamas, were the ones who refused a ceasefire for nearly a year. Joe Biden and multiple Administration officials went on TV to spread the lie that Hamas was refusing to commit to a ceasefire. No, it was our client State.

Many Biden Admin officials deserve to spend the rest of their days in prison.

 

[macbill]

Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties

9 cases are confirmed and 3 are probable. Officials says more are likely to come.

arstechnica.com

 

[vapviking]

Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties

9 cases are confirmed and 3 are probable. Officials says more are likely to come.

arstechnica.com

Don't worry because it's a hoax and besides, we'll reach herd immunity over the next four years. It will be beautiful, probably the most beautiful thing anyone has ever seen, really.

 

[macbill]

Exclusive | Trump rules out deporting Prince Harry: ‘He’s got enough problems with his wife’

Prince Harry can breathe freely in Montecito, because President Donald Trump has ruled out deporting the self-exiled British royal.

nypost.com

 

[florduh]

Former National Labor Relations Board member who was fired by Trump speaks out

Gwynne Wilcox is suing the president, arguing that he had no legal cause to fire her.

www.cbsnews.com

For the first time in 90 years, a NLRB member was fired by the President. Because she was black/DEI. And too pro-labor.

Amazon's Whole Foods asks agency to set aside the results of a union win at a Philadelphia store

Amazon-owned Whole Foods is asking the National Labor Relations Board to set aside the results of a union election that led to a labor win.

apnews.com

Amazon is using this firing as cause to overturn a free and fair union election. Related... I went to a screening of this movie a few weeks ago and it was so fucking good:

Trump and his corporate cocksucking lackeys are trying to get rid of the NLRB. This will cut both ways. Because before the NLRB, this is how labor disputes were handled

 

[cybrguy]

 

[florduh]

Super Bowl halftime performer detained after unfurling Sudan-Palestine flag

A performer in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained on the field and could face charges after unfurling a combination Sudan-Palestine flag with “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on it.

apnews.com

 

[macbill]

Report: Elon's cybertrucks are deadlier than infamous Ford Pintos

It's just the latest reason to be skeptical of the car's safety record.

www.motherjones.com

 

[florduh]

Report: Elon's cybertrucks are deadlier than infamous Ford Pintos

It's just the latest reason to be skeptical of the car's safety record.

www.motherjones.com

The Godfather of our planet's ruling philosophy Neoliberalism, Milton Friedman had some interesting thoughts on Ford purposely murdering their customers.

Libertarians (extremist Neoliberals) watch this same clip and think Friedman was really cooking here. Ford determined it was cheaper to lie to customers about the Pinto being a deathtrap and simply pay out settlements to survivors. Capitalists see this as good business.

I don't feel like explaining why everything this scumbag said is both stupid and evil. But I do want to make one point: cars exploding on highways don't just affect the consumer who made a "bad economic choice". This is what these dipshits never understand. Corporations never have to pay for many (most?) of the negative externalities their "hard-nosed business decisions" cause.

 

[bellona0544]

The Godfather of our planet's ruling philosophy Neoliberalism, Milton Friedman had some interesting thoughts on Ford purposely murdering their customers.

Libertarians (extremist Neoliberals) watch this same clip and think Friedman was really cooking here. Ford determined it was cheaper to lie to customers about the Pinto being a deathtrap and simply pay out settlements to survivors. Capitalists see this as good business.

I don't feel like explaining why everything this scumbag said is both stupid and evil. But I do want to make one point: cars exploding on highways don't just affect the consumer who made a "bad economic choice". This is what these dipshits never understand. Corporations never have to pay for many (most?) of the negative externalities their "hard-nosed business decisions" cause.

"Instead of answering your question, let me make up absurd hypotheticals that don't apply to show things about imaginary principals rather than debating the material conditions in front of me. Oh, and every consumer should be investigating every product they purchase to see if it costs $13 less for a 1% greater risk of dying, since every consumer has time and resources to investigate every purchase they make, and this is TOTALLY a good faith argument."

 

[florduh]

"Instead of answering your question, let me make up absurd hypotheticals that don't apply to show things about imaginary principals rather than debating the material conditions in front of me.

This is Conservative Debate Tactics 101. If you suggest raising the minimum wage to $15, they'll respond, "oh yeah well why don't you make it a BILLION dollars per hour then???? ". Well, why don't you shut the fuck up?

Milton Friedman's bullshit about the Infallible Free Market doesn't map on to actual reality. That's why he has to use absurd hypotheticals. His only goal is to ensure his preferred social order, with Business Idiots at the top of the pyramid, is preserved. He'll say anything to achieve that goal.

Update:

Super Bowl halftime performer won’t face charges after unfurling Sudanese-Palestinian flag

A performer in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained on the field and could face charges after unfurling a combination Sudanese-Palestinian flag with “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on …

www.chicagotribune.com

I didn't know what they were gonna charge him with. Being a very cool guy?

 

[cybrguy]

 

[CANtalk]

Scientists Simulated Bennu Crashing to Earth in September 2182. It's Not Pretty.​

Scientists Simulated Bennu Crashing to Earth in September 2182. It's Not Pretty.

Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would be in for, hinting at what it'd take for us to survive such a catastrophe.

www.sciencealert.com