yesman

I had a fruit fly problem over the summer and felt guilty about the cruelty of the glue traps. But when it comes to mosquitos, roaches, and wasps, I'm Hitler. I would favor genetic alterations that expanded their capacity for suffering.

Obviously her strategy in the closing days is to court the political right. I hope it pays off, but gross.

This illustrates the strain that's developed between the Biden admin and the Israeli regime.

honest bro, no war crimes frfr.

MMW: Israel has made a historic, perhaps fatal mistake by allowing American support for her to become a partisan issue.

The core of this nonsense is the conservative frustration that the hurricanes may not hurt the incumbent party. The worst hit areas (Northern Florida, Eastern Georgia, and Western North Carolina) were in the bag for Trump anyway, dashing the hopes of those who were looking for the next Andrew or Katrina. And make no mistake, the damage and suffering visited upon conservative Americans is no concern to the people who think this way. (many of whom have nothing but contempt for rural people in private)

It's important not to let cynicism become conspiratorial ideation. This is not a ploy to get troops killed as a rationale for American involvement. This is a defensive anti-missile anti-drone anti-aircraft battery. The soldiers operating it may be the safest people in Israel, at least from Iranian attack.

I'd go further and speculate that Iran would avoid deliberately attacking this high value target to avoid escalation. I'd go further still and speculate that Iran is counting on her missiles being shot down so that she can attack Israel without doing enough damage to spark a wider war.

I don't count Iran as peaceniks, their behavior so far looks like a Nation keen to save face, while avoiding a war it's not ready for.

The real rational for sending troops is that there is no time to train up IDF soldiers to operate it.

I don't get it. The RoK is hyper-capitalistic. The authoritarian nature of her history is why capitalism was adopted so thoroughly; you couldn't speedrun industrialization in a democracy. And today she has a toxic work culture to rival Japan married to a consumerism that may surpass America.

The tragic thing about Nader was his activism basically proved to General Motors and later large American corporations in general that political engagement and and public opinion was vital. The corpos learned to fight grass roots activism with astro-turf until they were just as skilled as Nader's acolytes, only with orders of magnitude more resources.

Every time I see an Oil company do a commercial about their commitment to the environment I think of Ralph.

Layoffs: that one weird trick to solve all business problems, the working class hates it!

I knew I had heard of Greenwood County SC before. It was the county that saw the highest portion of it's population fall into poverty after the 2008 financial Crisis.

Anyway, when South Carolina is first in anything, you know it's fucked up.

I'm glad that the US is putting pressure on Iran against a wider war. I wish we had that kind of leverage with our ally Israel.

It's neat because this seems about half-way between an East Asian dumpling and an western European savory pie, and it's about half-way geographically too.

They will happily throw it out even if it has good uses.

Your comment is passive aggressive criticism without any substance. I'm going to challenge you to back up that claim. Name the good uses.