Seriously. If working class wages go up by a sustained 3% per year, I’ll eat my hat. Still, I’m envious from over here where California limits it to a whopping fucking 10% per year (and landlords also see it as an open invitation to press the limit).

See my comment.

Ironically Russia was the only country to vote no in 2023 on the U.S. General Assembly adoption of the (1997) Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (the “Ottawa Convention”). Ukraine voted yes, and the U.S. abstained.

Also, neither the U.S. nor Russia are direct parties to the Ottawa Convention, but Ukraine is. In 2016, as a response to Russia annexing Crimea, Ukraine implied that if anti-personnel land mines were used in Crimea or Donbass that it was totally Russia doing it and not Urkaine, and/or (gotta love passive legalese shit all over the place—whatever) admitted it might commit war crimes by violating the convention (“The application and implementation by Ukraine of the obligations under the above Convention, as applied to the aforementioned occupied and uncontrolled territory of Ukraine, is limited and is not guaranteed.”). Then in 2018 it claimed it had been “finding” such mines but it was all on Russia (“Shortly after the commencement of the military confrontation Ukraine started to discover on the liberated territories the mined areas containing anti-personnel mines, originated from the State, which is non State party to the Ottawa Convention. Ukraine has been regularly reflecting such facts in its annual declarations since 2015.”).

TeCHniCaLLy ( ), I guess Genocide Joe isn’t telegraphing his commission of war crimes here, because the U.S. rarely agrees to legally “take options off the table”. But this is undeniably the U.S. openly encouraging Ukraine to commit (more) war crimes, because Ukraine is a party.

Russiagate WAS a partial success. The Democrats didn’t back him into a corner and force his anti-Russia belligerence as much as they thought they would, but it still had a very notable impact.

NewsGuard has consistently rated official propaganda from the Communist Party of China as more credible than American publications.

LOL doubt

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Ironic that I am posting something with this title as an anarchist, but apparently its use of the word is also somewhat ironic. LOL. Anyway, very good discussion: Tankie Therapy Session #26: Liberals are the problem

I especially appreciated the discussion of how the liberal establishment is hell-bent on exacting revenge for the community defense done in Amsterdam.

He’s promising that that one shipment (out of many hundreds) of arms that was delayed slightly under GenoJoe will not happen again. As if his sheer incompetence won’t cause more delays than that out-of-the-box. LMAO.

Best debate tactic when fascists are around.

His asst scheduled a call for 3pm. Not clear if it’s still happening? I don’t have twitch but maybe one of you could ask in him in the chat

Did Destiny cancel to give himself time to do (really pathetic) homework again, just like with the Fink?

EDIT: Oops. No, I guess it actually happened.

EDIT 2: Oh. No. A stream happened in which they agreed to debate on Adam’s show or something. Pretty fun little watch, TBH: Adam Friedland Trolls Destiny in awkward call…

What about “Zionazi”? Did they do that one?

I don’t see much point when the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that cops don’t have an obligation to protect people. I doubt their opinion on the matter has changed much recently, or in the right direction.

But good for them anyway, I guess. Maybe it’ll raise some attention.

I think both 2 and 3 can be true.

I have invented a new word: reactionize (-izing, -ized)

I am sick of people using the word “radical” to mean picking up extreme/out-of-the-box reactionary ideology. Fuck that. Don’t let them have our adjective, even in a verb or participle form.

Pretty sure this counts as news, as it is at least novel. I used this word for the first time a few minutes ago on Reddit, and I guarantee you that—unlike every other thought I’ve ever had that turned out to be a duplicate of someone’s previous one—this is unique and never-before-seen and I will not accept information to the contrary.

This has been my Bread Talk. Thank you.

Two words, Trump: pope mobile. Do it!

Wikipedia: Dunk tank

Can’t wait for Democrats to help pass this, and then for liberals to blame it on the election outcome and Republican-majorities that won’t actually be in office until next year.

Both. He’ll encourage Trump to go after China HARD, but gain some kind of exception to the tariffs, bans, etc.

There’s no longer a (close) election for which to pretend. Not that he was pretending much before, having enacted the fascist anti-immigration bill via executive order that Congress refused to (so as to avoid giving him credit).

It’s called a “mandate”, sweaty.