First they came for the Palestinians, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Palestinian.
So we're going to stop supplying Israel with weapons, money, and international cover, right? RIGHT?
insufferable
“Not having to get up and go to a 9-to-5 has been tough on my mental health,” Coppage said.
Sounds insane to me, but whatever, different strokes for different folks.
You wouldn't know the players, they go to a different school.
What's really crazy is that via PACs and the like, the politicians themselves could not even know what corporations sponsor them.
So "not tearing society down" means piss or shit on the street instead of in a toilet? Am I understanding correctly?
Hmm, I seem to recall US Intelligence swearing that Saddam Hussein definitely had WMDs and was definitely about to use them on his own people and we definitely needed to invade Iraq to stop him. US Intelligence is not a fact or truth seeking operation; its purpose is to further American imperial interests all else be damned.
Two things not mentioned it that article:
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Why would anyone want to fight for a country that is so callously disinterested in the welfare of it's citizens?
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In the last quarter-century it has become extremely apparent that the US Military is not the "global force for good" that it wants to portray itself as. Most young people probably aren't interested in joining up to commit war crimes in the name of making money for the military industrial complex.
You hate to defend Trump, but that's absolutely fucked. As far as I know you can't refuse a mugshot, so you're essentially compelled to release the rights to your likeness if you're charged with a crime. I could see the logic if you're convicted (under the 13th, which is still fucked), but that's crazy before a trial/guilty verdict.
Anyway, just a layman's take. Would love to hear what an actual lawyer has to say.
Japan, you were supposed to deliver us to our train powered future, not leave us in Tesla tunnels.