I was watching some European news channel in English about 30 minutes ago: The talking head guest is defending Israel and bemoaning Putler. The interviewer starts asking good questions. She’s pro-Kiev but points out the hypocrisy. She pointedly asks if the sanctions are working against Russia, and he hedges, well, yes. And she says then why not sanction Israel. And he says, we cannot apply logic here, it’s about principles.
I will spare you the full version of my rat story. But a mutual came over with her rat terrier. She did not come to play. It was kind of a beautiful thing how precise and efficient she was. Also I srly believe it was the most humane end compared to other methods.
(I have had rats as pets but nature and all. Not looking for discussion. I tried live traps.)
I kept getting an ad on FB that literally said, Support Israel by purchasing this product. I reported it as inappropriate political content. I got a Support Messsage today that read, “We didn’t remove the ad.”
e - meant to post in the mega but whatevs
Agree, but please allow or forgive this rambling response.
85 US military bases and more than 52,000 US soldiers in Japan
While shocking on the face of it, I imagine sharing this with my “politically inclined” US acquaintances of D R and I stripe and hearing something like: “Well it’s either that or another Pearl Harbor/Nagasaki.”
When confronted with truths these people say: IF the US are the police if the world that’s a good thing.
Getting facts out in the open doesn’t seem to change opinion maybe because secretly people already know. Except we do see some resistance in the youth writ large who can see the horror in their feeds but I do not see much give in “polite society.” The most I get is a “yeesh, too bad about the situation in Palestine” and that’s ONLY if I know the person well.
A while back. I was telling one of my rad lib (and solidly Dem) acquaintances that Biden/US very likely blew up the pipeline. He agreed it was the likeliest scenario, but thought it was a “good thing that “we” did it.”
I watched hours of the RNC and I cannot stomach more than a couple minutes of the DNC.
I agree about Obama. His image is precision curated and he limits his public appearances which adds to his mystique. Michelle comes off masterfully too. They’ve got it.
Not an allegation but the best I got:
So horrified was he by the Tiananmen Square incident that he chose the date for his checks notes wedding day
<<Indeed, Mr Walz has often spoken publicly about his horror at the crushing of the Tiananmen protests, and in 2009 he co-sponsored a resolution in Congress marking its 20th anniversary.
<<His wife Gwen has said that the events had such an effect on Walz, that he chose 4 June - the day Beijing sent the troops in - as the date of their wedding five years later. She said that “he wanted to have a date he’ll always remember”.>>
BBC reporting
I think you were looking for this
I don’t think there’s much there there beyond an ever-flexible lib narrative and squishy journalism. This is the pull-quote: “Throughout the war, U.S. officials have assessed that President Vladimir V. Putin is loath to expand the war beyond Ukraine’s borders.”
They are doing a Law & Order parody on the DNC right now.
Donald Trump. Guilty. Dun-dun.
I got recommended this YouTube video (Venezuela’s most dangerous beach) and this hype man gets on a packed bus speaking rapid spanish and he says “the last one to greet me with enthusiasm is a Maduro supporter.” He draws a few chuckles.
Im shit-talking but who is the main negotiator for “Israel”?
Of course, but there’s a good chance the person who made this community note is voting for Kamala.
TIL there’s a place called Mayo. (Sorry Irish hexbears)
Was the food (fruit) a flex too?
In my head and heart I imagine a massive coalition is building
Good to know. I either didn’t know or remember that.
The Samantha Bee episode came out in Oct 2016.
The development of that segment is described here.
Random thought. The first time I encountered the Russian Meddling story was on the Samantha B show. I was still a lib (rad-lib whatever) and took it mostly at face value. I did think to myself that seems like a cool gig in a region where opportunities are limited. But how the hell was Samantha B the one to “break” this. I assume it was fed to her and the show’s producers.
I just had dinner with a friend from there. Midtown where a couple of these hotels are, like the Roosevelt.
Friend is supposedly Democrat but sounds Republican on so many things.
He was like, I support immigration (migrants and asylum seekers) but why should we have to pay for it!! He said there were extra taxes and surcharges in NYC, like for the subway I think. (I looked it up and couldn’t find evidence of this.)
He said there’s increased crime, specifically drug dealing.
Oh and he mentioned the cut-backs on library spending.
Remember Adams closed them all on Sunday a while ago.
Meanwhile they spent blobs on surveillance tech that was probably made in Israel.
He is first gen Indian immigrant. Naturalized citizen. He said everyone in his neighborhood shares his POV.
Would Greenwald and Taibbi also fit in the last category?
I hate this so much (CW: NSFL photo)