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Quote from: Loud Whispers on July 21, 2023, 11:22:22 pm

It is so lamentable the Labour party chose to eliminate Corbyn just to replace him with Keir. Labour party would be sailing to an easy supermajority if they actually offered something different than "we are the party that accepts megacorp donations" vs "we are also the party that accepts megacorp donations"

At least in the United States, our political parties are better at hiding that they're both "the party that accepts megacorp donations".
What is REALLY going in the United States is that a few politicians are finally realizing the crisis over global warming and trying to reduce carbon emissions by not buying fossil fuels.  That makes the Oil Companies VERY unhappy, so they fund the crap out of anyone that can keep the US buying fossil fuels.

Also look at NASA and the MegaCorp(s) that supply them.  For fun, track how NASA opened up its projects to more than just SpaceX and how Musk heavily backed the Republicans.  I'm curious which started "first", but it's clear that Bezos and smaller companies have benefited from Esucks not having the same loving relationship he had with Trumpy.  Of course, SpaceX is too big and imbedded in NASA, but you can make a parallel to the Oil Companies above.

And of course, there is the BIG Megacorporate interests that literally nobody ever talks about: Pharmaceutical companies.  They fund the crap out of everybody.

Literally all the Culture Wars bullshit is just white noise so people don't get what is going on.

Quote from: hector13 on July 22, 2023, 12:29:09 am

Not allowed left-wing folk to be in charge brah. New New Labour ftw.

What even is "left-wing"? Sounds like a smoke screen so nobody says "workers rights", "properly funded services", or "tax the rich".

Basically. Jeremy Corbyn was an old school Labour guy, an actual socialist. He came to power as Labour leader essentially by accident, as I think he needed to be endorsed by a certain number of Labour MPs i order to be put forward, and if I remember correctly, that only really happened so there was a spread of views in the leadership contest.

Evidently the party membership are still old school too, as they elected him their leader. The media essentially manufactured an antisemitism smear against him (despite te fact he’s campaigned for Jews in various ways for a long time, though he has also associated with folks who don’t like Jews, and is very well known for pushing for Palestine’s rights) which eventually resulted in Labor having their worst election results in 84 years and him standing down.

Now we’re back to the New Labour types that are Tory-lite, and appear to also be trying to remove old school socialists from the party.

Not allowed left-wing folk to be in charge brah. New New Labour ftw.

It appears Dunkin’ Donuts focuses more on coffee now than donuts, at least as far as the ads I used to see on TV went.

It’s typical nonsense. I assume the Dem leadership do it to avoid upsetting an ally in an area of the world in which allies are thin on the ground.

Genuinely is annoying that criticizing Israel is smacked down as anti-semitic, especially when it isn’t.

Quote from: hector13 on July 14, 2023, 02:35:15 pm

Quote from: TamerVirus on July 14, 2023, 02:30:39 pm

Quote from: hector13 on July 14, 2023, 02:13:00 pm

I am, funnily enough, neither a murderer or a drug dealer.

That's exactly what a murderer and drug dealer would say!

Damn you figured out I meant both I mean here take this *hands TV a white powder*

This isn't the White House!

It could be if you take this *hands EJ a little brown pill*

So much for laissez-faire, eh.

That’s the third different tabloid that’s been used to justify a position (and the second one selling a book bro, do you even read more than the headline and maybe a few paragraphs?)

The Washington examiner article uses “sources” (which, having recently read up o the phone hacking scandal in the UK tabloid media, could mean anything from someone who actually worked for the FBI to someone they have hired to dig through trash or illegally obtain material) and “alleges” (DON’T SUE ME BRO) that the owner of Burisma called Biden Big Guy.

So… yeah. Biden being photographed with his son and his son’s friends? Conspiracy to enrich his family secretly.

Starver covered Trump and the insurrection.

The FBI didn’t force those guys to do that, they could have just said “nah we’re just talked shit because then we’re frustrated.” and that would’ve been the end of it. Much like ignorance, incompetence isn’t a defense. I don’t have blind faith in the FBI, I do have blind faith that when a group of folks’ orange demigod undermines the impartiality and reliability of the electoral system, people think change can only come about through violence.

In addition to the other six things on the page:

4. Pressuring – and criminalizing – the work of election officials. Many new state laws don’t simply make it harder for citizens to vote, they make it tougher for non-partisan election workers to do their jobs. Georgia, Texas and Florida have created civil penalties and fines of up to $25,000 for minor, technical infractions – for the kind of help non-partisan officials offer when needed, or obstructing the view of partisan poll workers – and even opened them to criminal prosecution.

According to a Brennan Center and Bipartisan Policy Center study, a third of election workers report feeling unsafe in their jobs. As many as 25% say the toxic, bullying climate could cause them to leave their jobs. Their replacements, in positions that had once been non-partisan, non-competitive and volunteer? The big lie’s truest believers, seeking the offices some believe stole the 2020 election from them. This is a “five-alarm fire”, the Michigan secretary of state, Jocelyn Benson, told the New York Times.

Fakkharian being close to people doesn’t mean they approve of his views. I went to school with two people who have killed people, and I was at one point close to someone who dealt drugs. I am, funnily enough, neither a murderer or a drug dealer.

You have a fundamental misunderstanding - deliberate or otherwise - of what the masks were supposed to do and despite reams of posts on the forum correcting you, you still push this nonsense. Biden and Harris didn’t endorse witch doctors who believed some shite about demon sex in dreams making people gay or whatever madness that was.

Trump’s shutdown of travel from China was as xenophobic as it was ineffective because it didn’t apply to US citizens or permanent residents. Not much point in closing the door if you knock a hole in the wall eh.

Anyway. You’re… something. Not worth even the half hour I’ve spent on this, but yeah. Maybe find better sources than tabloids not selling their books?