Hey, guess what? We’re fucked. This article is a solid (and depressing) read. Seeing the protections other countries have in place at the end just made me even more despondent. There’s no way we’ll get that here.
Hartmann is great. I’d recommend him more if he didn’t work with RT for a long time, which always made me skeptical of him. He’s still super smart and a great talk show host though
In most countries, you have many parties, each taking specific stances on issues. You can vote for a party knowing they would oppose aid to Israel. However, your party is unlikely to win an outright majority of seats in parliament, so they need to form a coalition with other parties to rule.
The thing about US Politics is that coalitions form into the parties. Just because you disagree with some high profile democrats doesn’t mean that other democrats don’t agree with you.
I have never looked at it this way, but I appreciate your take and will take it with me. The US is perpetually under a poorly functioning coalition government. This requires a different mode of operation from the voter's viewpoint I think.
It really is nuts that there is a poor occupied land half full of children that has lacked access to adequate potable water, sufficient food, hygiene, healthcare, etc for over half a year.
Then there is a rich country next to them committing colonial genocide with AI-powered weapons that we know are designed to accept about 20 civilian deaths for 1 rank and file member of Hamas death and 100 civilian deaths for a higher up.
And then you have one of the richest countries in the world giving $26 billion dollars in “aid” to top up Israel’s genocide fund.
It seems clear to me that the genocide in Palestine is largely being used as testing and funding grounds for US, Israel, and their other cronies (like google perhaps) to accelerate development of more advanced weaponry. They’re not just indifferent to the suffering of the Palestinian people/children. They’re (deliberately) profiting off that suffering.
I was with you until the last bit. They can develop advance weapons just for the sake of spending our insane military budget. They can stockpile them and not use them. Then they just get decommissioned. It’s not a conspiracy driven by the need for US spending or anything, it’s Netanyahu just being Netanyahu.
In general, AI requires a lot of data to build useful models. Warfare would be a unique opportunity to build those models. And the goal is not just spending money, but developing the most effective instruments of war (compared to say the US’ adversaries) to continue militaristic, profit, and geopolitical dominance
The attorneys general said they object to the Biden administration’s use of Title VI to “advance what it calls ‘environmental justice,’” and complained that the EPA aims to create “a condition in which no racially or economically defined group experiences adverse environmental impacts.”
And why is that bad? EPA’s whole purpose is to regulate industry so no one experiences adverse environmental impacts. They often don’t get it right, but they’re doing more than most. I don’t understand why these AGs and governors hate their constituents so much.
My roommate went on to work for environmental protection eventually reporting to the EPA. He left for a job with Michelin because he said it was really depressing playing Earth’s sin tax collector, putting a price on environmental damages that customers were more than happy to pay instead of actually fixing the issues.
“Your honor, the EPA is trying to make it so people don’t get cancer from the industries I represent, and that is a gal-dang TRAVESTY!” -Bible Thumping Republican AG.
Biden has won praise for some climate progress during his first term, particularly his recent pause on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. However, the Democrat has also come under fire for supporting the Willow oil project and Mountain Valley Pipeline, continuing fossil fuel lease sales, and skipping last year’s United Nations summit.
On Tuesday, the Biden administration approved the construction of Houston-based Enterprise Product Partners’ Sea Port Oil Terminal off the Texas Gulf Coast.
Sunrise called the move “very disappointing,” and pointed out on social media that the project is set to “be the largest oil export terminal in the U.S.”
Conveniently left out of the not at all biased article: the congress was canceled because it explicitly broke the conditions under which it was allowed to be held. They aired the live stream of a hate speaker who is banned from political appearances in Germany, because he has broken hate speech laws in the past.
The organizers were explicitly warned against airing this speaker and ignored it - can’t act surprised when the congress is cancelled.
The fucking Rector of the University of Glasgow is not some “hate speaker”. He is a god damn hero doctor who has had to operate without anaesthetics on children victims of IDF barbarity. It is understandable that someone might get a bit extreme in their expressions after such an experience. Just ask lt Aldo Raine.
I believe it’s because of this article he wrote. It’s him talking about his family’s history in Palestine, some background on the war, and him condoning the Oct 7 attack. He basically says the attackers had determination and courage, were “returning to their land” and he could have been one of them if he was younger and still lived there under the poor conditions.
Really goes to show how Nazi Germany is Banning anyone speaking the truth about how oppressed Palestinians are. And telling reality of the oppression has become illegal.
There is no free speech in Germany this is clear now.
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