“I’m not a paranoid person,” a QAnon spokesman said, “but it almost seems like a conspiracy.”
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As a conglomerate entity, which the Fourteenth Amendment clearly defines as a singular person, I would like to cast my vote for socialism. For me. But not for everyone who works for me.
The system I support is quite clear. If I drop the proverbial ball, it should be at your cost. If I’m straight up ballin’ for a whole quarter, I receive the full dividends. Because I’m a person, and I’m not made of you in any way, except when I fail, in which case I am made of not only all of you but every American taxpayer who isn’t even you or me.
If you want to know why the money doesn’t trickle down, it’s because it does, once you get about two-thirds of the way down. See, we have you under the capitalist system, so all the money you own will trickle out of you. But as for me, I am under socialism, which means that your tax money is handed out to me for such purposes as bailouts, government contracts, and that one sweet COVID deal where I was supposed to pay for your extra sick days.
McCarthy declared that he would be happy to serve as Speaker again in order to make sure that Israel aid is funded I’m sure Vladimir Putin will be very happy to hear that. No doubt Ukraine has even less chance of support in the current circumstance: Rep. John Duarte (R-Calif.) said Monday that Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s commitment to Israel makes him ideal to return as speaker of the House even if he was just voted out. In an interview on “Fox & Friends” Duarte called for the House to reelect fellow Californian McCarthy when it reconvenes this week so it can approve military aid to Israel as soon as possible. Without an elected speaker, the House would not be able to vote on a funding package, he said. “We have one of our strongest allies in the world under attack, and we are dilly-dallying around with a leadership struggle in the House that should have never occurred,” Duarte said, expressing fear that Israel could run short on artillery. McCarthy said later on Monday he would step in again as speaker if he’s wanted after declaring days earlier he would never run again.
The BBC shared some details on what Doctor Who fans/iPlayer subscribers can expect when November 1st rolls around - and it's impressive.
“Deescalation is not possible when they are taking hostages,” the Massachusetts Democrat said — both acknowledging the hostages and disregarding their fate.
The post Rep. Jake Auchincloss Supports Gaza Bombing Despite Captive American and Israeli Civilians appeared first on The Intercept.
With apologies to J. R. “Bob” Dobbs Donald Trump must be really pissed that the Hamas attack on Israel over the weekend knocked him off the front pages. Of course, The Gray Lady had seen fit the day before to bury on Page A13 news of Trump blabbering U.S. submarine secrets to his Mar-a-Lago guests. Remarkable that this story is buried on Page A13 in today’s New York Times. pic.twitter.com/U0F5Ra33Td — Robert Loerzel (@robertloerzel) October 6, 2023 Digby’s comment on this mental midget is so good you should see it again: We are in the midst of an international crisis and the putative nominee for the Republican nomination is whining about Forbes Magazine, Stormy Daniels and Rosie O’Donnell. That’s the man Republicans want to put back in charge of America’s nuclear arsenal (which he is blabbing about to his Mar-a-Lago customers.) The point can’t be made strongly enough. (See what I did?) Thank heavens, Joe Biden is president at a time like this. Donald “very stable genius” Trump lugs around a visceral fear that somebody, somewhere is laughing at him.
The next stage of this struggle will be a massive campaign of industrial slaughter in Gaza by Israel, which has already begun. Israel is convinced greater levels of violence will finally crush Palestinian aspirations. Israel is mistaken. The terror Israel inflicts is the terror it will get.
The post Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them appeared first on MintPress News.
Much of what we know is unspeakable, and language is but one expressive medium.
It is unclear what direction Netanyahu will choose. But either way, no matter what will happen in the coming days and weeks, Israel has, in many ways, already lost the war.
The post Netanyahu’s Humiliating Reality Check: Israel’s ‘Invincible’ Army Falls Short appeared first on MintPress News.
The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism can plunge mortal souls is incalculable. It should come as no surprise then that oil company executives and the officials of petrostates like Saudi Arabia have so assiduously lied to us about the catastrophic effects of climate change. After all, the executives of tobacco firms have been perfectly content to sell consumers a product long known and virtually guaranteed to cut their lives short, while lying about its harmful effects for decades. Likewise, the courts have now made the pharmaceutical industry’s responsibility for and grasp of the opioid crisis that killed half a million people all too clear. In both instances, state attorneys-general played an important role in seeking redress. Now, Rob... Read more
The MVC team interviews the screenwriter of the radical pro-labor comedy.
Americans can imagine themselves there Accounts of the killings and kidnappings from the Israeli border with Gaza are horrific. Especially from the attack on unarmed civilians at a music festival. Americans can easily imagine themselves in a similar situation. Americans were in a similar situation in October six years ago in Las Vegas when a lone gunman murdered 60 concertgoers and wounded over 400. The New York Times has video shot as the attacks began. One striking image from TV accounts shows a destroyed car shot full of holes like Swiss cheese. Israeli retaliatory airstrikes on the Gaza side of the border are killing and wounding unarmed civilians there, don’t forget. With the district locked down and out of power, Palestinian victims’ stories are trickling out more slowly. Their stories will likely never be told. I’m not qualified to do more than react. But this clip of retired United States Navy rear admiral John Kirby of the National Security Council choking up on live television is arresting. It’s a sobering image. Why, given daily events in this country, is hard to express.
In 1978, the civil rights veteran James Yates reflected on what led him to travel thousands of miles from the United States to fight for the Spanish Republic. Writing of the atmosphere of the thirties – of “mass unemployment, great demonstrations, strikes, intense organisation” – he wrote of how his generation of African Americans were […]
Doctor Who has its most nuanced "Big Bad" in Davros, the mad scientist behind the Daleks who was obsessed with creating a master race.
“As many as 30 percent to 40 percent of online reviews are fabricated or otherwise not genuine…” — The Washington Post
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The Trojan Horse
Best brought inside impregnable outer walls
Thought it was a scam, but once we brought it inside our impregnable outer walls we really began to receive favor from Poseidon.
Great Horse
Shipped fully assembled with zero guys in it.
Sturdy!
Sturdy design withstands all the bumps and jolts on the path from outside the city’s impregnable walls to the vulnerable city center. City had big party, and afterward my husband and I made love for the first time in a while.
works grat
love my big horsey
Sword of Damocles
Sharp!
Note: Don’t throw away the package after you take the sword out. There is a single horse’s hair in there so you can suspend the sword over your head all day long.
In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: SAG-AFTRA/WGA, Our Flag Means Death, Doctor Who, Monk, Invincible, Daryl Dixon, Star Trek: Lower Decks & more!
The automaker’s Business Resource Groups have responded to the company’s call for volunteers at plants affected by the UAW strike.
The post Stellantis Diversity Groups Mobilize to Provide Scab Labor at Auto Parts Plants appeared first on The Intercept.
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