Why am I skeptical of a philanthropic organization called “Galt?” 🤔

Any body who has read the knife defense handout that used to be a staple of judo academy advertising could disarm and immobilize this man.

It’s just descriptive of reality, but mocking.

The people claiming they want to protect a democracy that doesn’t exist act like Viktor Orban.

Blaming voters for not voting for a politician who makes it clear they won’t oppose fascism in any meaningful way only shows that Dems are fascist too.

What he “wanted” is irrelevant because he never did that.

Thank you for speaking the truth.

This is wrong and stupid. It is not how democratic politics works and I’m forced to conclude that you do not understand representation or mobilization. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets

UN humanitarian chief: “For every day of this conflict, $2bn is being spent. My entire target for a hyper-prioritised plan to save 87 million lives is $23bn. We could have funded that in less than a fortnight of this reckless war.”

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This kind of gutter racism ends up being fed by our jingoistic foreign policy, which in turn is then driven by racism.

This is how Larry Summers and Bill Gates feel about Africa, and this is why Silicon Valley’s favorite African President is Paul Kagame of Rwanda.

This is the Platonic form of 'every accusation is a confession'.

Gutter racism in US Congress is now the norm. America is a wretched nation, a true blight on the world.

Yes, but that’s irony and irony is different. 😉

a little girl is hugging a blue monster from monsters inc Alt: a little girl is hugging a blue monster from monsters inc

That fucking sucks.

Veronica: “Hi Leo.”

Logan: “I think Piz is back there too. Piz?”

It’s very true.

Lol I saw that, destroying doctors is also v on brand for Israel.

Someone managed to link threads in the grand tapestry of our media…

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Smells like Whig history.

THIS IS WHY THE STUDY OF HISTORY MATTERS.

Because this is ahistorical NONSENSE. Just agit-prop tarted up as scholarship by a person who knows nothing. The New Deal was WILDLY POPULAR.

Read real historians, not this garbage.

One sex work myth busted; Asia Carrera has a higher IQ than Elon Musk. 🙃

Former adult film star Asia Carrera makes career turn after passing Texas bar exam to become attorney Carrera, born Jessica Steinhauser in New York City, shared the news this week after sitting for the notoriously tough test in Waco in February.

Congratulations to her!

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I missed the ironic usage, which is a good point.

At 6’1, Tiny Archibald was too small to be called “Tiny” ironically and too big to be called “Tiny” unironically anywhere but the NBA. 😉

I just always thought that was a thing people did for big guys. They either get a huge big guy name or they get called tiny.

There is the ironic aspect, which is a good point.

At 6’1, Tiny Archibald was too small to be called “Tiny” ironically and too big to be called “Tiny” unironically anywhere but the NBA. 😉

His first name was “Nate,” as it happened.

Only in the NBA can a man over 6’ tall be nicknamed “Tiny.”

Correctt, thank you

They are so many Trotskyists in America because America is where Trotsky actually founded Trotskyism and it is in many ways an American movement.

Trotsky’s personal secretary was very involved in post-WWII American socialism for many years. Michael Cannon (founder of the SWP) was a Trotsky protege

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