China has begun its second day of military drills targeting Taiwan, in what it says is punishment for “separatist acts” after the inauguration of its new president on Monday....
The ministry said China sent 19 warships around Taiwan’s perimeter, 16 marine police vessels and 49 warplanes, of which 35 crossed the median line, the de facto border between China and Taiwan.
Lol, that’s it? Taiwan is bigger in area than 9 US states and has 24 million people. It’s taken China more than 19 warships and 49 planes to conquer uninhibited islands.
The IRA were terrorists who killed their own people. They literally killed other Irish people, including other IRA sects. Look up the IRA leaders; a lot of them died in IRA-ordered bombings or assassinations. There was no unified IRA.
That’s why the president of Ireland is denouncing them. That’s what the article is about. The British being bad doesn’t mean the IRA was good. They can both be bad and there are more than two parties in every situation.
You might be wondering why this information isn’t public already. Republicans passed a law to keep this information private. Yes, they’re protecting the identity of criminals selling guns to cartels.
Beijing say the drills are a “strong punishment” for “separatist acts,” three days after Taiwan’s new President Lai Ching-te was sworn in. Taiwan has condemned the “irrational provocations.”...
They’re conservatives. They care about hierarchy. They’re the “good Latinos”, and dislike others who didn’t just get into the country automatically when they stepped onto dry land.
Honestly Mexicans are more conservative and it’s pretty dumb of the Republicans to cater to random white racists. I bet as Mexicans in the US gain wealth the Republicans will just pretend to have loved them all along. “Those were other Republicans, not real ones like us.”
Don’t waste your time. He values hierarchy and emotions, not words or policies. Words are just excuses for conservatives. They will never be convinced by them.
Original conservatives were not fighting for George Washington in the American Revolution. They were Loyalists, Monarchists. They fought against change. All the eloquent words of the Founding Fathers didn’t convince them because they didn’t care about words.
Conservativism is literally anti-American. Don’t use words. Vote. Convince other liberals to vote. Volunteer for a candidate that you like and support their candidacy in the primary.
The weird system of… predictable elections? Because that’s what we’re talking about. You can have predictable elections with a parliamentary system.
And any government is only as good as the people in it, as we can see from Brexit. They threw away their future because of a non-binding vote, which was very close and done only once.
There’s no reason why the current government should be able to pick the date of the election. What’s the reason behind that besides “The Prime Minister wants it that way”?
If your campaign is only 6 weeks, you have to be campaigning all the time too. Do you think people just say “oh there’s an election in 6 weeks? Maybe I’ll run for office!”? They have to have everything ready to go immediately. All politicians are campaigning all the time.
Biden’s and Trump’s records show sharp differences in what types of judges they would choose. And the winner of the fall election could appoint more Supreme Court justices....
That won’t relax them. Other NATO countries don’t want to pay for defence. They want the US to organize it and do most of the defending so they can pay for social services.
While 42 percent of Republicans said they would reconsider voting for any politician who said what the former president reportedly did, their concern dissipated when the remarks were attributed to Trump.
On getting that piece of information, 42 percent of Republicans said they would be more likely to vote for the former president as a result, and just 12 percent that they would be less likely to vote for him.
Don’t try to convince Trump voters. Just get your friends to vote, instead of staying home. Fucking vote.
I think this is also a good indicator of how loud Trump voters are. They really want to shout “Trump!” as loudly as possible, because he represents freedom from repercussions. Polls right now are balanced because Trump supporters are shouting as loud as they can. Biden voters barely pick up the phone.
Just vote. Ignore the few loud losers yelling their opinions. Vote.
I knew that shit was going down when they cleared the courtroom. Like “please remove the jury so I can verbally slap this witness”.
The judge is being extremely careful to not give the defense grounds for an appeal. From the description of what the jury is paying attention to, they sound like they are going to throw the book at Trump.
Yes, because government pensions have been replaced with essentially a 401k. You would force them to invest only in real estate or individual businesses, which would be much easier to hide bribes.
That’s not going to happen because they don’t have the experience to manage a pension fund. It doesn’t manage itself, so they’ll have to pay someone to manage it.
Do you want Goldman Sachs to get their hands on a pension fund for the US Government? Does that sound like a good idea?
The main issue is that religion is something that makes you feel better when you have emotional pain, like a loved one dying. Like any painkiller, it has a purpose and if you abuse it you can deaden your response to actual issues that need your attention.
Originally Christianity was mostly about helping the poor, sick, dying, etc. That genuinely makes you feel better about yourself. Judaism has a lot of references to remaining strong in the face of adversity. Religions are just mental tools. What you do with that tool is up to you. If you hurt other people, it’s your fault.
Do you realize that you are comparing the crappier parts of the US to Afghanistan? It’s like you’re shitting on yourself. You can move to Afghanistan if you like that culture. We’re not going to give away human rights to protect your feefees.
Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China this week was a show of strength. It was a chance for the Russian president to prove to the world that he has a powerful ally in his corner....
Nah, that doesn’t give Trump any advantage. He can just go on Fox any time he wants and have a “pretend debate” with no one. There are still rules to the reality Trump supporters have in their heads.
Basically, Trump supporters want to see him as better than someone else. So that other person has to play along. If you notice, the Republicans who support Trump have to pretend that he’s better than them when they give speeches. It’s just a modern monarchy (a conservative form of government).
Biden doesn’t play along, so he actually doesn’t look weak. Trump was begging for a debate and was ignored (looks weak). Biden said “let’s debate” and Trump accepted. No one ever accepted Trump’s debate on Fox, so rejecting it actually makes Biden look more powerful.
Yes, they “have the authority” because Biden and Trump agreed to have them host the debate. RFK Jr. (big emphasis on Junior) is intentionally excluded because he’s nuts, and that’s before the brainworms.
Yesssssss. It’s about looking powerful. These are people who drive big trucks and don’t use them. A powerful image is important to them.
They value hierarchy and rules that don’t apply to them. Without anyone who plays along, they don’t feel good. They need someone to be upset at their giant Trump flag or there’s no point to it.
Exactly. Russia is not going to nuke anyone because they are not an ideological state like the USSR. They are a kleptocracy. Generals will not allow their grift to be interrupted, and it makes no money if you nuke something.
Guinan’s main “power” is convincing people of things by listening to them and chatting with them. I suspect she could just convince everyone to ignore Q, and that’s the last thing he wants.
It’s kinda like how the most powerful force in the TNG universe is Picard yelling about duty or the Prime Directive or something. He’s stopped Romulan warbirds in their tracks and the entire Klingon High Council (multiple times). He destroyed a Borg cube with a single word.
And despite the prevalence of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the issue does not seem to be the driver of Biden’s base or electorate troubles.
“Defections over Gaza make up a little over 1 percent of Biden’s 2020 vote share. That’s not nothing, but also that’s such a small share. If you want to look at why Biden is sliding, the bigger reason is obviously the economy,” Jain told me. “If you look at people defecting over Gaza, 17 percent of them think that it’s because he’s been too favorable to Palestine.”
This is more of a warning to not listen to pollsters. 10% of voters are definitely not going to vote for this guy, maybe one or two percent. Clearly the polls are way off.
Don’t even listen to them. Vote. Help your favored candidate. Donate if you want to. Help get out the vote.
That’s the definition of meaningless. All these polls ask “if the election were held today…”. It’s not being held today, and everyone acts based on that.
There’s no GOTV push yet, and campaigns structure their spending based on when the actual election is. Voters almost always vote based on something that happens near the election when they are paying attention.
House Speaker Mike Johnson describes himself as a Christian before anything else. He has said his “faith informs everything I do.” He has told people curious about his views to “pick up a Bible.” His wife reportedly runs a counseling service whose operating agreement, which he himself notarized, states, “We believe and...
They were put in a box by Trump’s refusal to admit any guilt, even for things that are not crimes.
Any normal defense attorney would admit the fact that their client cheated on their wife and tried to cover it up. Those are not illegal, and are pretty defamatory, so you can have the judge exclude any testimony about the act.
Then it’s just a boring documents case. The jury doesn’t pay as much attention when the evidence is less interesting, so the prosecution’s case seems weaker.
Did you miss the entire occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan? Billions were spent on rebuilding those countries, but the Taliban and Iranian backed militias destroyed a lot of it.
I noticed that you mentioned Syria, which was a civil war that no one mentions anymore. It was part of the Arab Spring and didn’t really involve the US. The only people who care about Bashar Al-Assad are his cronies in Syria, his Iranian supporters, and the Russian government (which supported him because they have a navy port in Tartus).
It’s funny because his lawyers are in court right now arguing that Michael Cohen did not act on Trump’s behalf. Meanwhile, there’s a parade of losers outside clearly acting on Trump’s behalf.
The defense lawyers don’t really have a coherent argument, but part of their strategy is to pretend Michael Cohen used his own home equity loan to pay off Stormy Daniels for no reason. As if that’s totally normal. We’ve all (at some point) acted in Donald Trump’s best interest, not at his direction, right?
This is the actual answer. Don’t look at them in the face and try to leave ASAP. Philosophical questions are usually very simplified to illustrate a point, and there are usually more than two choices.
In a real life “trolley” scenario, you should wave to the driver and get them to stop. There should be zero people tied to the tracks. And that’s only what should happen if you think quickly enough. In real life you may actually just freeze and do nothing.
There are almost always better options than the given ones. I remember an answer to the “Ship of Theseus” problem a friend gave; he recommended calling it a different ship once more than 50% was replaced. I asked why and he said that all definitions are just made up, and you have to draw a line somewhere.
That’s what people do in real life. They don’t just sit there perplexed by a “paradox”.
Workers for some suppliers of Chinese fast fashion giant Shein are still working 75 hours a week, despite the company promising to improve conditions, a report suggests....
This is how it works now, but it doesn’t have to. Look on AliExpress and you’ll see how cheap these clothes actually are. You can buy a decent collared shirt for $5 - $10. And that’s the consumer price, not wholesale. It’s actually incredibly cheap and fast to make clothes.
The producers could cut hours in half and still make good money. Their buyers are marking the items up like 80%. Essentially you are paying for the brand and the rent in the store in the West.
They’re not paid that much, but these are decent jobs compared to subsistence farming in rural China. These people are supporting their families. I believe clothing manufacturing is actually moving to Vietnam because China is getting more expensive.
Working a modern sewing machine is detail oriented but not backbreaking labor. Rice farming is probably worse. It just doesn’t take that long to make a shirt nowadays, and the cotton is relatively cheap. If a shirt can be made in 10 minutes or less, why should it be expensive?
Russia already has nuclear warheads on its own soil that are close to Ukraine and NATO countries, but by basing some in Belarus, the Kremlin appears to be trying to accentuate its nuclear threat and bolster its nuclear deterrent....
Trump’s response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being...
China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan (www.theguardian.com)
China has begun its second day of military drills targeting Taiwan, in what it says is punishment for “separatist acts” after the inauguration of its new president on Monday....
Taoiseach tells Israeli public: ‘IRA was never the people of Ireland and Hamas is not the people of Palestine’ – The Irish Times | Ghostarchive (ghostarchive.org)
Hacked data reveals which US gun sellers are behind Mexican cartel violence (www.usatoday.com)
China holds military drills around Taiwan as a 'punishment' (www.dw.com)
Beijing say the drills are a “strong punishment” for “separatist acts,” three days after Taiwan’s new President Lai Ching-te was sworn in. Taiwan has condemned the “irrational provocations.”...
In racist rant, Trump claims his hush money judge "hates" him: "Look at where he comes from" (www.salon.com)
Haley says she will vote for Trump over Biden (thehill.com)
Rishi Sunak announces UK general election for Thursday 4 July (www.bbc.co.uk)
Joe Biden nears 200 judges, highlighting stakes for the courts in the 2024 election (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden’s and Trump’s records show sharp differences in what types of judges they would choose. And the winner of the fall election could appoint more Supreme Court justices....
Additional classified records found in Trump’s bedroom after Mar-a-Lago search (thehill.com)
Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump (apnews.com)
Tucker Carlson launches show on Russian state TV (www.newsweek.com)
Trump pitch to oil companies turns off two-thirds of likely voters, poll finds [Saul Elbein | 05/21/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15647864...
Judge rebukes witness in Trump N.Y. trial: "Are you staring me down?" (www.axios.com)
Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock amidst anti-trans boycott effort (www.lawdork.com)
'People got betrayed': Cardi B says she's not voting in the presidential election (www.msnbc.com)
Tacos. (lemmy.world)
‘We don’t have a democracy’: why some Oregonians want to join Idaho (www.theguardian.com)
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping: No longer a partnership of equals (www.bbc.com)
Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China this week was a show of strength. It was a chance for the Russian president to prove to the world that he has a powerful ally in his corner....
Donald Trump is barely holding it together at trial — no wonder Republicans are afraid of a debate (www.salon.com)
Trump tantrumed and even quit a debate with Joe Biden in 2020, but now he’s even more emotionally volatile...
EU suspends 4 more Russian propaganda outlets (kyivindependent.com)
Russia lacks 'numbers for strategic breakthrough' in Ukraine: NATO (www.euronews.com)
Moscow says it will keep pushing its offensive in Ukraine, though NATO doubts Russia has the resources to make a significant breakthrough....
Trump brushes off Haley primary voters: ‘Those voters are all coming to me’ (thehill.com)
Tiger claws! (lemmy.world)
Pathetic Trump Already Trying to Weasel Out of Debating Biden (newrepublic.com)
The silver lining in a very bad poll for Biden (www.vox.com)
Niger Speaker halts plan to marry off 100 orphans, accuses Minister of interference (dailypost.ng)
RFK Jr. accuses Biden and Trump of 'colluding' to exclude him from debates (www.nbcnews.com)
Teen walks at graduation after completing doctoral degree at 17 (abcnews.go.com)
Biden vs. Trump: Who is leading the polls? (www.reuters.com)
Are We Really Going to Let Trump Come Back to Fail Again? (www.nytimes.com)
For many millions of Americans, time seemed to move differently under President Donald Trump....
Devout Christian Mike Johnson shows up to hush money trial to defend a guy accused of cheating on his wife with a porn star (www.vanityfair.com)
House Speaker Mike Johnson describes himself as a Christian before anything else. He has said his “faith informs everything I do.” He has told people curious about his views to “pick up a Bible.” His wife reportedly runs a counseling service whose operating agreement, which he himself notarized, states, “We believe and...
Russia must pay for Ukraine rebuild, Blinken says (www.bbc.com)
Speaking in Kyiv, Mr Blinken said Washington has the power to seize Russian assets in the US and will use them to help rebuild Ukraine....
Live Updates: Cohen Says Trump Approved Payments at White House Meeting (www.nytimes.com)
A new trolley era (lemmy.world)
Shein suppliers still working 75-hour weeks, report says (www.bbc.com)
Workers for some suppliers of Chinese fast fashion giant Shein are still working 75 hours a week, despite the company promising to improve conditions, a report suggests....
Satellite Images Reveal Where Russian Nukes Could Be Stored in Belarus (www.nytimes.com)
Russia already has nuclear warheads on its own soil that are close to Ukraine and NATO countries, but by basing some in Belarus, the Kremlin appears to be trying to accentuate its nuclear threat and bolster its nuclear deterrent....
What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view (www.theguardian.com)
What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign (www.msn.com)
Trump’s response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being...