Something’s gotta be written about how quick libs are to want to make “hard nosed” decisions like murdering children is okay or whatever. Some weird psychological reflex. Maybe the conservative bullying of them being naive hits home and they jump at the chance to show they’re a real adult or something. But it’s just so strange because objectively the “hard nosed” decision they’re making is the absolute easiest one for them to support. It isn’t hard at all.
spoilerThe White House has told Congress it wants to send more than $1bn (£800m) in new weapons to Israel. This comes despite the US being opposed to a full-scale invasion by the Israeli military on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. It said last week it had paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over concerns civilians would be...
there’s a berniecrat house dem in my district who is coming up for re-election. Reading their website it’s like support for everything Bernie was going for in 2020 and more. Then I see they voted to give 20 billion dollars to israel and I’m like nah ain’t voting for this dickhead
I suspect most people go through at most two election cycles here as a politically-aware person before recognizing the nature of the game and tuning it out. Unless they’re a neoliberal pervert who gets turned on by the price stabilite policies or whatever
President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian of Iran have died in a helicopter crash. I’m sure this is mere coincidence of course
I mean they’re all hardline Islamists so we critically support from the position of anti-imperialism but hope once the anti-imperial struggle is resolved (or even before then) there is struggle for greater rights for women/gays/etc. to which this person would be an obstacle. Of course rights for women and gays (except for some tokens in the upper classes to parade to the west) would be much worse in whatever imperial client regime is set up if these guys fall so it’s a tough line to walk.
I do think the anarchists have the right idea with this one and everybody should rotate like 2-3 months of the year doing critical hard labor like this. No, your ordinary work is not “too valuable” for you to be exempted from it. If you don’t experience the work that goes into maintaining the basic conditions of your modern existence it’s easy to become ungrateful and alienated from the material realities of your society.
One of the greatest things to come out of the past six months is widespread realization that israel isn’t some bastion of equality in the middle-east but is actually a lightspeed-racist fascist shithole. I’m including myself in this realization btw I didn’t actually know their domestic attitudes were that open. They really are just brazen about it.
Where is the actual vote in both houses? I was trying to find this and was frustrated. Made me realize that none of the media outlets give the actual name or code of the bill, they refer to “a legislative package”.
I remember reading about this game heralding a new era where you could “play the news” (a hilarious phrase that has been rattling around in my head for over a decade now). I think I booted it up once and clicked around for fifteen minutes way back when. Anyway it’s associated with a deeply embarrassing memory from college...
This is not for sketchy reasons, I swear. All the primo spaces in our apartment building’s bike storage room are taken up by rusting rotting flat-tired cobwebbed piece of shit bikes that clearly haven’t been used in years. Half their owners probably moved out of the building and left them there. I have repeatedly asked...
I remember playing about half of DA: Origins before it began taking over my life so I had to stop. DA2 apparently sucked. This one got a lot of critical praise when it came out and people seemed to like it at the time but I haven’t heard a peep about it since then. Worth playing? Did it stand the test of time or get washed...
On one hand allowing obviously superior and cheaper Chinese EVs into the states at MSRP would obliterate the automakers which are one of the last bastions of organized labor. On the other hand getting cheap EVs into people’s hands is the outer limit of viable climate change action in this treat demon settler country....
The largest ever recorded leap in the amount of carbon dioxide laden in the world’s atmosphere has just occurred, according to researchers who monitor the relentless accumulation of the primary gas that is heating the planet....
‘Why Am I F*cking Listening to You?’ Bill Burr Berates Bill Maher Over Simple Solution for the Middle East (www.yewtu.be)
BATTLE OF THE BILLS...
Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel (www.bbc.com)
spoilerThe White House has told Congress it wants to send more than $1bn (£800m) in new weapons to Israel. This comes despite the US being opposed to a full-scale invasion by the Israeli military on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. It said last week it had paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over concerns civilians would be...
Just realized 2016 was just the warm-up for 2024 in terms of "Both candidates suck ass, who gives a shit" energy
Even that election had more passion than this dead fish we’re getting this time
Ain't no way 💀 (www.nbcnews.com)
President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian of Iran have died in a helicopter crash. I’m sure this is mere coincidence of course
ACLU Joins Trader Joe’s, SpaceX in Questioning NLRB’s Constitutionality (web.archive.org)
Breaking: Jeremy Clarkson embraces Mao Ze Dong thought. (hexbear.net)
{毛主义万岁|máo zhǔ yì wàn suì}
When supporters of le genocidal settler colony… are reactionary? (hexbear.net)
Sure is a wonder why Israel has so many friends from the likes of Bolsonaro and Milei supporters....
there are people who have played these games and somehow still missed the criticism of capitalism... (hexbear.net)
[CW: SA] The Worst Programming Language You Know also has the worst people you know in positions of leadership (patricia.no)
Yet another reason to never touch that piece of shit language ever again:...
New From Star Wars Lego: The Pole Playset (hexbear.net)
twitter.com/TheHorizoneer/status/…/1...
🐍🐍🐍 (hexbear.net)
U.S. Government Seeks “Unified Vision of Unauthorized Movement” (theintercept.com)
Much of this is powered by israeli company Elbit Systems, because of course it is.
Several prominent New York Democrats accused Johnson of "politicizing" the chaotic pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked Columbia for over a week (www.axios.com)
uhhhhh showing the world that we are fully 100% on the same side as a christian fascist is a bit too political, sweety
it's good, actually (hexbear.net)
Red Faction: Guerilla - Hey Ash Whatcha Playin'? (www.youtube.com)
[DIRECT ACTION] Two trans women shut down an Atlanta cop city contractor's construction site by climbing & locking themselves to a crane yesterday morning (hexbear.net)
Honestly in awe of their courage. Subjecting yourself to the carceral system in the south as a trans person is just unbelievably brave....
This game popped into my head for the first time in 15 years: PeaceMaker, a gov sim where you try to get a two-state solution (en.wikipedia.org)
I remember reading about this game heralding a new era where you could “play the news” (a hilarious phrase that has been rattling around in my head for over a decade now). I think I booted it up once and clicked around for fifteen minutes way back when. Anyway it’s associated with a deeply embarrassing memory from college...
Jeremy Corbyn: Why I'm Standing Against Labour After 40 years (www.youtube.com)
long-corbyn
How do I learn how to pick bike locks?
This is not for sketchy reasons, I swear. All the primo spaces in our apartment building’s bike storage room are taken up by rusting rotting flat-tired cobwebbed piece of shit bikes that clearly haven’t been used in years. Half their owners probably moved out of the building and left them there. I have repeatedly asked...
A Trip To The Theatre | Peep Show (www.youtube.com)
Widespread suppression of Gaza & Palestine topics on Mastodon (kolektiva.social)
Dragon Age: Inquisition is free this week on EGS (store.epicgames.com)
I remember playing about half of DA: Origins before it began taking over my life so I had to stop. DA2 apparently sucked. This one got a lot of critical praise when it came out and people seemed to like it at the time but I haven’t heard a peep about it since then. Worth playing? Did it stand the test of time or get washed...
So how do we feel about the Chinese EV tariff
On one hand allowing obviously superior and cheaper Chinese EVs into the states at MSRP would obliterate the automakers which are one of the last bastions of organized labor. On the other hand getting cheap EVs into people’s hands is the outer limit of viable climate change action in this treat demon settler country....
Technical debt (hexbear.net)
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere (www.theguardian.com)
The largest ever recorded leap in the amount of carbon dioxide laden in the world’s atmosphere has just occurred, according to researchers who monitor the relentless accumulation of the primary gas that is heating the planet....