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From the get-go, the Trump Administration â via DOGE â has been hell bent on causing destruction and havoc across the federal government. But why? There
The purpose of this essay is to create a broader political dialogue in order to get the US, and with it the world, out of the policy messes that the US is
Britain is in piecesâpolitically, economically, socially.
The countryâs existential mess has deep roots, dating back to Thatcher. Under her catastrophic reign, market fundamentalism and privatisation took hold, society was dismantled, and the foundations of the welfare state were eroded.
Britain is in piecesâpolitically, economically, socially, and in terms of national identity. The countryâs existential mess has deep roots, dating back to
Nichts verweigern StaatsrĂ€sonisten konsequenter als ihren âFreunden" tatsĂ€chlich mal zuzuhören und sie beim Wort zu nehmen. fnordon.de/@mspro/114872535315âŠ
Underneath the memes, podcasts, and tradwife fantasies lies a dangerous agenda: train young men to reject equality, fear womenâs power, and embrace authoritarianism disguised as masculinityâŠ
President Theodore Roosevelt often referred to the term âbully pulpitâ to mean he would use the countryâs highest office to present his program. âBully,â
Whether Labour likes it or not, we will move on taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/0⊠Labour wants to live in the neoliberal past. We all know that philosophy is failing us. That means that there is nothing Labour can do to prevent us from moving on. Unless it, too, changes, it is part of history now and has no role in the future.
George Monbiotâs article on the nationalisation of water in The Guardian yesterday concluded with what I think was an exquisitely crafted and profoundly poignant paragraph, in which he said:
Itâs a simple test: does the government operate in the intâŠ
Sube al chirigoto, baja del chirigoto.Este juego es para limpiar el paladar entre The Case Of The Golden Idol y el siguiente let's play, que empezarĂĄ la sema...
The new Florida concentration camp, likely the first of dozens that will be funded by Trump and congressional Republicansâ Budget Reconciliation Bill, is already notorious for overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and human rights abuses.
The DUP are one party that have a cheek to accuse anyone else of lacking political maturity after they were told not to vote for Brexit and then voted for it, against their own interests.
Also, Sammy says 16 year olds will focus on one issue when they go to vote. A DUP MP said that with a straight face, every election is about the union for them.
BelfastTelegraph.co.uk: âYoungsters are not really mature enoughâ: DUP MP says party wonât back move to lower voting age
The European Central Bank's latest strategic assessment ignores critical lessons, perpetuating a harmful economic myth and undermining labour's vital role.
Railroad tracks are obscenely expensive to build/maintain, and having them doesn't absolve you of the need to have roads, so you have to pay twice.
Rail has its place when you need to move bulk goods and you don't have the benefit of water access, but for that you don't need to go very fast and you can run over garbage tracks. That said, trucking STILL manages to compete with rail in places where rail should be absolutely safe.
IMO the most rational way to improve transportation in the US is to just make flying less of a hassle. If the carbon emissions of aircraft really bothers you, just plant some trees. I highly doubt that any carbon is ever saved by doing something less cost-efficiently anyway...
@cjd I wouldn't change the US rail freight system much though, it's really efficient and to be honest, I'd like to see so much cargo transported on rail in Europe, I think only in Switzerland the cargo percentage is nearing the one in the US and they have a lot of incentives to avoid trucking even if truck is a norm for that kind of cargo anywhere else (even big-box stores have sometime railway siding as a main delivery route).
@cjd And you know, it's not quite a fair comparison in costs and subsidies if the roads are managed and paid for by the taxpayer, but rails are not, just sayin'
@cjd I am not 100% sure, but I think that LGV network is, at least in maintenance etc., financed by the operator fees only. And TGV services costs are 100% covered by the fare, I think it even brings profit. So for the time being, it's actually economical too, just state owned (not ideal, but taxpayer is fine).
Plus we're talking about the US, where the opposite is really true đ
@cjd Well, yeah, but you spent a shit tonne of money for motorways and the results are⊠well, not the best really. And frankly, the way American cities are built is by any means financially viable for the taxpayer. High sprawl levels mean that the infrastructure is used inefficiently â you still need to get the pipes, roads etc., but they are used for smaller number of businesses per length measure etc. If the same pipe and the same road could handle a 4-storey apartment building with a shop in the ground level, if you just use it for a single-story building with a parking lot, the tax burden needs to be much higher. And with less sprawled city, any public (public as in used by many people at once, it doesn't really have to be state-owned, even if it's often is, and it doesn't have to be mostly funded by the taxpayer â actually, there is a correlation with the density and PT self-financing and if you add some real estate portfolio of the transport company (a model very popular e.g. in Japan or HK or Far Eastern Asia as a whole) it can be nicely profitable) transport will be used more often.
It's BTW basically what the whole Strong Towns (strongtowns.org/) initiative is all about.
Yeah, I think the origin of this was the Brits and Americans made fun of the French because they sat out WW2. But when you when you realize the Brits and Americans died for an oligarchy which then proceeded to demolish their countries, the French don't look that bad.
To my knowledge, most of the historical animosity was on account of the French not fighting the Germans in WW2. Then that was somewhat compounded when they refused to follow the US into Iraq in the early 2000s...
On 17 July, Belarusian Industry Minister Andrei Kuznetsov met with Russian Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov. Taking part in the talks was Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik, BelTA learned from the Industry Ministry.
Reflexión de buena mañana tras el 1230 incidente con perro suelto por la calle. Mi duda es ¿entra dentro de "adaptarse a NUESTRAS costumbres, la de los españolitos de bien que vienen de la ciudad de vacaciones al pueblo y deciden llevar a los perros sueltos por la calle (es un pueblo y younonau) sin respetar a lxs que vivimos aquà todo el año y tenemos las zonas de paseo habitual (normalmente donde no pasa nadie) y cuando pides por favor que "cojan al perrito que viene ladrando como un loco hacia el tuyo" te miran mal o te contestan y siguen sin hacerte ni puto caso??? Digo, serån esas costumbres o solo valen para los que Alpiste y NaziOkupa señalen como "los malos"??? #Perros #costumbreshispaniolas
Persistent Activity: Despite the U.S. demand, multiple Israeli officials told Newsweek that intelligence gathering continues. They claim it's a long-standing practice and vital for Israelâs national security.
Strategic Importance: Israeli officials argue that monitoring the U.S. is necessary to understand potential threats from Iran and other adversaries. They see the U.S. as a crucial intelligence source.
âHabitualâ Practice: The article quotes sources describing the spying as a âhabitualâ practice, suggesting it's deeply ingrained in Israel's intelligence apparatus. Biden Administrationâs Concerns: The Biden administration is reportedly worried about the scope and nature of the surveillance, particularly regarding potential misuse of information.
No Change Expected: Despite the diplomatic exchange, sources indicate that Israel is unlikely to immediately cease its intelligence activities.
I feel that I am reaching a personal limit of my making any attempt to get my head around the inaction by governments as Gaza is flattened and the Palestinian people murdered in their tens of thousands. Do these politicians not see? Do they not have families of their own? What is being done is intolerable and inhuman and yet our leaders offer tacit (and often practical) support to the murderers. How can they turn a blind eye? How can anyone who has a shred of decency?
Iâm left wondering just how far can Israel go before *anything* is done? What *would* our leaders do if the IDF rolled out gas chambers? More expressions of concern or would they take military action to stop it? In all likelihood theyâd probably find ways to explain it away.
@Ryan This is all DIRECTLY parallel to the wholesale destruction of our planet.
There is no line they won't cross. None. They will burn everything and everyone. Those who hold power and profit sacred above all else, don't have a single shred of decency or love.
Fortunately there aren't very many people like that-- the tricky part, is their lackeys. The people who may still have shreds of decency, but can only muster love for a very few people closest to them, and whose fears outweigh everything to the point they are willing to delude themselves and carry water for depraved planetwreckers just to curry favor in hopes of being spared the hell they're helping unleash on everyone else.
That's what we're up against. True monsters, and the morally bankrupt cowards who serve them.
Most of the so-called leaders who are supposedly normal, decent, upstanding citizens-- the faces on television, the smiling politicians and businesspeople and celebrities, successful and proud and so fond of brunch-- simply do NOT have functioning consciences.
@violetmadder Sadly I have to agree with you. Both in politics and in that tiny group of people who capture and sit on their grossly excessive wealth. đą @Ryan
#BBC #Scotland donât usually report on any figures from Scotland which paint our nation in a good light, but now theyâve found a new tactic. If official figures show Scotland in a better light than England, then the accuracy of those figures must be questioned. Even if they are right about this, notice how they donât question figures which show Scotland in a bad light. Do not trust the BBC #Politics #Media #IndependenceIsNormal Why employment figures aren't up to the job bbc.com/news/articles/cgk34xl3âŠ
Iâm sorry, but this sounds like more of the same failed ideas which have brought us no closer to becoming a normal country. I want #Scotland to be independent, but I canât see how this will make any difference. Westminster will never agree to a referendum because they canât afford to lose our natural resources which they can take for free while we remain under their control. #Politics John Swinney sets out 3-point plan for fresh independence push thenational.scot/news/25322319âŠ
@Kellys We certainly need something, but Corbyn was very much against Scottish independence when he was Labour leader. Of course, he probably knew nothing about Scotland so just went along with what his advisers told him to say. But he didnât seem to worry about the hypocrisy of wanting independence for Palestine but not for Scotland. Iâm not sure I would trust him any more than I trust other WM politicians.
Thereâs no way we will get another shot and even within the Independence movement there is division. We need to unite under some kind of Socialist alliance and if we could trade support for Corbyn for a ref it may give us some chanceâŠâŠ.fed up waiting!
Neuralink filed on April 24 as a "small disadvantaged business" that could give it preferential access to federal opportunities, before being valued at $9B (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
No digais " La Casa Real enviarå a la paråsita pequeña a estudiar al extranjero" Mejor diga "los españoles se gastarån un pastón en enviar a la Paråsita pequeña a estudiar al extranjero"
I remember my mother asked our friend from India if she could give her receipt for curry, and her response was, for every grandmother in India, there is a variety of #curry
SANAA, July 17 (YPA) - Sayyed Abdulmalik al-Houthi, Leader of Ansarallah in Yemen, on Thursday warned international shipping companies against violating the Yemeni ban on Israeli shipping.In his speech on the latest developments this evening, Sayyed
They shut their eyes with their hands, close their ears with one finger each and shout "Lalalala" in order not to hear unpleasant truth. It's a problem that a big instance like .social is so unfair and biased. Just wondering if I'm still visible there ... @israel @palestine
One of the infuriating parts of the Epstein stories is that one of his main enticements for victims was social and economic mobility. He preyed on smart and ambitious teens. He told them and their parents he would support their studies, introduce them to important people, and help them on their career path. Poor and middle class people were just raw material for him and his companions, and as a billionaire he could pick the ones he liked out of the crowd to do with as he willed.
A critical Citrix NetScaler vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5777 and dubbed "CitrixBleed 2," was actively exploited nearly two weeks before proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits were made public, despite Citrix stating that there was no evidence of attacks.
This might seem like real small patatoes to the Fediverse, but it's the first time I ever make a bootable USB, or use a non-Big Tech OS on my own device. So yeah kinda happy.
@GRA3432 I hear you. I was recommended Ghost BSD because the setup is partially easy, and comes pre-loaded with many useful apps. Solid WiFi connectivity too. I can send you details if you'd like.
Gaza (Quds News Network)- An Israeli strike on Gazaâs only Catholic church killed two Christian women and injured several others, including the priest, on Thursday. The Israeli strike on the Holy Fami
Itmar Ben Gvir Israeli Minister of Internal Security: I call on #Netanyahu to stop the negotiations and issue the necessary orders to completely occupy Gaza and encourage #immigration and #settlement construction.
I, as a NEET sperg virgin, have never had sex, therefore I have never raped a child. this automatically makes me, a NEET sperg virgin, far superior to the average american male in politics. NEET SPERGIN MASTER RACE!
What are they gonna do with those hats and shirts?
Seriously though this just feels like a bunch of absolute NOTHING but fiddling to get nowhere further than where you started and nothing cool to play with but a new obligation
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said the IDF claimed that the strike was âby mistakeâ but âwe are not sure about this, they hit the church directlyâ.
In my many decades long career I have met many people who are unable and will remain unable to function in society. These people are extremely dangerous. Barely trainable animals. They come in all colors, sizes and shapes. Not all nightmares are locked away in cells. Many walk free. Some in my neighborhood and some in your neighborhood. You see them nightly in the local news.
Example: I call him the Mojo Man. He tried to burn up eight people at home and succeeded in destroying their home and all their possessions. WHY? Because a juvenile female would not talk to him at three in the morning. He did a couple years and released. He has been arrested and charged with violent crimes three times just this year. He is at the mental hospital every few months, off his meds and on a coroner's PC for 72 hrs. A good dose of Haldol injectable a bottle of Seroquel and Cogentin and off he goes. Booked in to the local jail until OR'ed out.
On meds he is a quiet zombie, off his meds a crazed murderous maniac. He has no soul. Just a walking crazed corpse that don't know it is dead yet. This is the best he can expect, forever.
They are always classed as mentally ill and so never do significant time in prison. Released to maime, rape, and slay. Wash, rinse, repeat. There is nothing humane about allowing them to walk free. There might be a time to consider euthanasia, however, I would not want that decision to make.
Once... Prison was a break for society from the criminal. Prison was a punishment for the guilty.
Now... Prison is a bus stop to the next victim. Three meals a day, satellite TV, gyms, free healthcare, breakfast in bed and laundry service. The neighbors suck though. đ
#70s Don't you think the time is right for us to find All the things we thought weren't proper could be right in time? And can you see which way we should turn, together or alone? I can never see what's right or what is wrong Craig Fuller, American singer-songwriter (Pure Prairie League) is 76 youtu.be/lPgNbFni0oI?si=wc7OpuâŠ
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"At a time when international cooperation provides the key to preventing a variety of global calamitiesâincluding nuclear war, climate catastrophe, and massive starvationâitâs tragic that major nations, ruled by nationalist, rightwing parties, are on a collision course with the organizations that
âWe must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.
It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of this false idea that everybody has to be employed at some kind of drudgery because, according to Malthusian-Darwinian theory, he must justify his right to exist. [...]
The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living.â
â R. Buckminster Fuller (March 1970, _New York_ magazine)
"The clocksâ vibrating gears- â A booksâ final page: The sounds softly pillow-pocketed in the mind: Quietly, passages and time vanish before closed eyes: I dreamed about what, I do not know: The forever dreams continue: The visual captures navigated ahead and behind: Moments are called- -The Hushâ. The White Spirit Bear whispered in silence: More The post Architecture of
The clocksâ vibrating gears- - A booksâ final page: The sounds softly pillow-pocketed in the mind: Quietly, passages and time vanish before closed eyes: I
#Slovenia announced that Zionazis Ben-Gvir and Smotrich will be declared persona non grata for inciting "extreme violence" and committing "serious violations of #Palestinian human rights" through "#genocidal statements".
I can't see a reason why #warcriminal Netanyahu is exempt from this, except Slovenia want to avoid #US anger
House Passes Trump-Backed Rescissions Package Slashing $9 BILLION in Bloated Spending â FOREIGN AID, NPR, and PBS on the Chopping Block â Two Republicans Voted âNoâ
      House Republicans passed a sweeping $9 billion rescissions package late Thursday that delivers a knockout punch to globalist pet projects and leftist propaganda machines like NPR and PBS.
What a lovely tribute to a remarkable lady indeed. Your aunt sounds like a true force of nature, one of the ones whose passing leaves a gap in the universe.
I hope you and your cousins find comfort in sharing fond memories of her.
She sounds like a wonderful woman. A Marine to the end. We were all lucky to know her through you Rick, thank you. God bless! I know you'll miss her. Be feisty for her. Pass it on. đđ»đđ»đđ»
On Wednesday evening, the official signing ceremony of rising Spanish football star Lamine Jamal took place for a new "professional" contract with his team, Barcelona. This contract will remain with the Catalan club until 2031.
Today I made a major improvement over at Roscoe's Story, my brother blog to this one. An improvement that will save me time and will make it easier for visitors to read.
I fill my days with maybe more prayers and devotions than many other old boys. Being mostly home bound with my arthritis, there's not a whole lot more I can do that is both constructive and edifying.
I have a daughter and a sister back home in Indiana, both of whom are curious about what I'm doing down here in Texas. How I'm taking care of myself. How I spend my time, etc. And I'm NOT a telephone person. Never have been. Ask anybody.
So to keep them informed, years ago I started my Roscoe's Story blog, listing and posting every day how I spend my time, etc.
Anyway, rather than list each individual prayer and the specific time I pray it every day, I now have a summary page that explains my prayer regimen. Linking to that summary every day will save me lots of time, and it will make for a much less cluttered blog page than has previously been the case.
I've got some great Linux swag from Ubuntu Korea, but I've been looking to buy new clothes lately and would love to rock more FOSS.
I see a couple websites that sell FOSS branded clothing, but does anyone have good experience buying high quality hats/tshirts/sweaters/active wear from any of these online retailers? Bonus points if the retailers donate proceeds to development
If only they sold coffee mugs! Every time I look somewhere for swag, even if they do have coffee mugs, they're just these diddly little 10 oz things--not big enough for this coffee achiever!
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