Marianne

Trump keeps losing in court, so I wonder how long it will take for him to simply ignore court orders and go full dictator.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
an oppressed class in need of coddling and reparation

What coddling? What reparations?

I now have “a mind-bending virus” if I don’t agree that Israel should “defend” itself by a program of eradicating and ethnically cleansing Palestinians(?).

I don’t disagree that Israel is entitled to respond to Hamas, but their response seems only vaguely aimed at just Hamas.

Anyway, Israel now finds itself in service to Trump’s agenda of…[Read more]

Some USAID programs might be viewed as a waste of American tax dollars and a poke in the eye to people with socially conservative values. They ask how do programs such as these benefit the United States?

USAID’s Transgender ProgramsTransgender Opera in Colombia: USAID allocated $47,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia, aimed at promoting…[Read more]

PopeBeanie wrote:

Unseen wrote:
The strategy is one of overloading the defenses along the lines drone swarm attacks.

You guys beat me to post this insightful video. I’ll just add, Scientology cult creator L Ron Hubbard taught “The best defense is an offense”.

Hubbard may have taught it, but the concept goes back at least as far as Sun Tzu’s…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Sorry, my bad. I thought I had shared that link to State Capture above. Please try it again here.

That works. I have a lot of time on my hands and look at many sources of information and viewpoints. However, at the same time I have a small budget that is not keeping up with inflation. As a result, I simply don’t have…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Some commentary on “State Capture“.

Paywall. I think they used to let you have a certain number of free articles per month. No more.

Summarize, perhaps?

Trump is officially nuts:

Probably wants to turn Gaze into a Trump resort with a hotel and golf course throwing  away American soldiers’ lives to do so.

CDC Orders Its Scientists To Withdraw New Papers To Hunt Out ‘Forbidden Terms’

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered government scientists to withdraw or pause the publication of all papers set to appear in medical or scientific journals so the Trump administration can review the material for “forbidden terms” such as “gend…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Hamas has expressed the aim of killing Jews in its founding charter and public statements. The original Hamas Charter of 1988 contained explicit antisemitic rhetoric, including references to the destruction of Israel and religious justifications for violence against Jews. Article 7 of the charter cited an Islamic…

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@Jake

The ideology of extremist Islam allows for terrorism and targeted assassination.

The ideology of the State of Israel allows for the subjugation and extermination of the Palestinians.

Not much to choose between them.

jakelafort wrote:
I still can’t get over how stupid the lefty ideologues are protecting Islam as an idea.

If you’re talking about “stupid lefties” like me, first don’t mischaracterize our position. At least in my case, I’m for treating human beings like human beings. It has nothing to do with their stupid theology which is no better than the C…[Read more]

Subtext of Trump, the GOP, and their ilk: any govt hires should first meet two basic requirements:

white

male