A group of Ecuadorian fishermen survived a US drone strike, were detained at gunpoint, hooded, phones wiped, ship blown up, disappeared to El Salvador, then released without charge.
“They knew we were fishermen. Even the Salvadorian authorities said things had been handled very badly.”
“Parents must realize that refusing vaccinations doesn’t just put your own child at risk. It puts other children at risk.”
A reminder:
ANOTHER ICE SHOOTING‼️
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TIMES OF ISRAEL: “Commanders say the IDF is replicating its policy from Gaza in Lebanon”
NYU PROFESSOR: “This is what Israel has done to my hometown in southern Lebanon”
JD couldn’t understand Augustine’s ordo amoris any better than he understands Constitution’s Article I & II or the 4th or 14th Amendment. Philosophically, he’s Näive. Pyschologically, he’s Egocentric. Personally, he’s unlikeable. Socially, he’s weird. So weird.
Israel's military spending is roughly ~8.8% of its GDP, ~$46B. Iran's official military budget is estimated at ~2.1% of GDP, ~$8–$10B. US spends ~13% of GDP, ~900B (& wants $1.5T).
The eyewatering hypocrisy writes itself.
I would point to FAFO but these idiots can infect so many more without herd immunity. Get vaccinated!
WEAK ON CRIME?
Sanctuary Cities: Num 35:11-12
Loan Forgiveness: Deut 15:1-2
Vs Retribution: Mt 5:38-39
Forgive 70x7:Mt 18:21-22
No Vengeance:Romans 12:19
STRONG ON SOME CRIME:
Corrupt Merchants:Amos 8:4-6
Greedy Landlords:Isaiah 5:8
Indifferent Rich:Luke 16:19-26
Endangering Children:Mt 18:6
TRUMP WANTS TO SPEND $1.5 TRILLION ON THE PENTAGON WHILE CUTTING FUNDING FOR: * CANCER RESEARCH * INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL * ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS * PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT * FOOD FOR BABIES AND CHILDREN * SMALL BUSINESSES * HIGHER EDUCATION * K-12 SCHOOLS * NASA
Our federal budget is a statement of our values.
What's in Donald Trump's budget?
Cuts to cancer research and food for little babies.
And $1.5 TRILLION to the Pentagon to be sucked up by defense contractors and Trump's forever wars.
Hungarian Rhapsody. Literally, musically, socially, politically and etymologically stitched together. Music to my ears.
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Absolutely!
#BookSky
ChatGPT categorizes:
correspondence would best be categorized as personal communication.
It uses a casual greeting.
“Love, Melania.” indicates personal relationship.
The content is typical of private exchanges.
The tone is conversational.
It is a private, personal email, likely between friends.
Trump officials are unpleasant assholes. Period. Doesn’t matter who they’re meeting with.
If you havent seen this, make sure you read.
Daractenus @Daractenus With five days left until election day, the US vice president has arrived in Budapest to campaign for the pro-Russian kleptocrat that has essentially turned his country into an appendage of Russia and robbed it to such a degree that it is now the EU's poorest and most corrupt.
Why is the Thiel puppet meddling in the election of another country 😏
There is no more dangerous political idea than claiming another civilization must be annihilated to prevent the annihilation of your own civilization. This great replacement theory will lead to the annihilation of both civilizations, of all civilizations, of human civilization.
Poem in Your Pocket Day is April 30. I think all U.S. citizens are required, in the name of conscience, to memorize it and have it on your person. End of a civilization. Yes, it is.
Of The Empire We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness. - Mary Oliver
God this poem is haunting me again.
We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator.
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Anthropomorphism: A form of personification in which human qualities are attributed to anything inhuman.
Potential Drawbacks: It can lead to inaccurate, unscientific conclusions in research or daily life.
Media should be wary of using anthropormophic descriptions of Trump or members of his cabinet.
US reputation hits 'depths not seen this century' – and 'may never recover': Ex-diplomat
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All of our wars seem to be about supporting Russian oil exports. See my essay “Oligarchic Corridor” for thoughts
Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg.4h Does the @nytimes know what NATO stands for? A8 EG Attack on Iran THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2026 NEWS ANALYSIS By STEVEN ERLANGER A North American Treaty Organization Without America?
Can you imagine how many people approved it before publishing?
Shameful.
The Israelification of the US war fighting tactics continue
On the first day the US killed 175 children and teachers in a "double tap" bombing of a school, since then they have hit 497 more schools and 307 medical centres.
What do you call terrorists like this?
