Ukraine peace talks could be held this winter, says Polish PM
France and Poland to discuss troops in Ukraine
Peace negotiation expectations were raised by Donald Trump’s vow to end the warThe Telegraph
After Another US Security Council Veto, UN General Assembly Votes for Gaza Cease-Fire
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/23483174
Brett Wilkins
Dec 11, 2024
After Another US Security Council Veto, UN General Assembly Votes for Gaza Cease-Fire
The General Assembly also voted 159-9 with 11 abstentions in favor of a resolution supporting UNRWA.brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
That didn’t work at Nuremberg, either, and it’s not so uncommon for the CEO to be on the board.
It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.
Hey, let's not discredit the amazing work that Brian Thompson accomplished as CEO! Before his joining UnitedHealthCare in 2022, their denial rate was 8%. Then, only one short year later, he managed to successfully drive that denial rate up to almost 28%! As the UnitedHealthCare conglomerate served some 122 million Americans that year, you can easily discern that Brian Thompson was directly responsible for ensuring that ~24 million Americans had their claims denied. Imagine how much less UHC would have made for their investors if they had to pay an addition 24 million American's health care claims!
So before giving all the credit to the board members and share holders, let's take a moment to understand exactly how hard Brian Thompson worked to ensure some ~24 million Americans went without doctor-approved medical support that they previously were entitled to.
All this data is publically available on Wikipedia, by the way.
Just billionaires/millionaires?
If it's a matter of culling parasites, everyone down to about middle-manager level should be included IMHO.
The White House Gave Israel Coordinates to Save an American’s Family. Then Israel Bombed Them Again.
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/29096257
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The Alsayed brothers lost their mother in the first bombing. They thought the White House could help save the survivors.
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just move here, here healthcare is public, you prepay it with your taxes so its free (you dont pay it twice: youre already paying for the public things whenever you buy something)
oh so is education (mostly (also here public schools tend to be better quality than private schools))
and this is the situation in most of the eu (in fact in most of the (non-english speaking) europe even if not in the eu iirc)
oh btw did you know the us technically meets all requirements to be considered a failed state? it isnt because bruh. currently its literally a superpower...yeah at least here you dont have to worry about being shooted (plus you can actually move around on foot here)
edit: if you ask how i know all this even though im only 14...i had to research this for a school project
Murdoch Outlets and Bezos’ WaPo Demand More Sympathy for Health Insurance Execs
Murdoch Outlets and Bezos’ WaPo Demand More Sympathy for Health Insurance Execs
Many news outlets’ pontificators were incensed that anyone would voice frustration with health insurance when an industry CEO has fallen.FAIR
Murdoch Outlets and Bezos’ WaPo Demand More Sympathy for Health Insurance Execs
Murdoch Outlets and Bezos’ WaPo Demand More Sympathy for Health Insurance Execs
Many news outlets’ pontificators were incensed that anyone would voice frustration with health insurance when an industry CEO has fallen.FAIR
Amazon air hub employees push for union after years of organizing efforts
Amazon air hub employees push for union after years of organizing efforts
Amazon workers at KSBD, the company’s largest West Coast air facility, launched a union drive to join the 1.3 million-member Teamsters Union after years of grassroots organizing.Christopher Salazar (The Frontline Observer)
Scientists are no longer sure the Universe began with a bang
Scientists are no longer sure the Universe began with a bang | Aeon Essays
It was thought that science could tell us about the origins of the Universe. Today that great endeavour is in serious doubtDaniel Linford (Aeon Magazine)
This article was about 20 times longer than it needed to be. Here’s the ultimate point:
no amount of data can sufficiently determine spacetime’s global properties. It is likely that there are no theorems strong enough to determine whether our Universe began in a past cataclysm. The Malament-Manchak theorem shows that we can’t know how time began – or even if it began.
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AntennaPod creates yearly summary on my device
How cool is that?! AntennaPod creates a summary and stats of my year listening to podcasts directly on my device without sending it to the cloud!
My year 2024 in podcasts.
PeerTube mobile app: discover videos while caring for your attention | JoinPeerTube
PeerTube mobile app: discover videos while caring for your attention | JoinPeerTube
Today, at Framasoft (bonjour!), we publish the very first version of the PeerTube Mobile app for android and iOS. A lot of care went into its concepti...JoinPeerTube
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Israel Exploits Assad’s Fall to Expand Into Syria
Israel Exploits Assad’s Fall to Expand Into Syria
Israel violated the terms of a 1974 agreement by rolling its tanks across the Syrian border — less than 40 miles from Damascus.Jonah Valdez (The Intercept)
Why do you always say: dictator, murderer, enslaver, etc. What can you theorists know about this?
Do you even know how people lived under Saddam Hussein, the most developed medicine, complete tolerance of religion, there were no Islamic states, Houthis, etc., one of the highest standards of living and its quality in the region, the same thing happened in Libya during the time of Gaddafi, Muammar's state flourished and what is happening now in both states? Islamist's, states torn to shreds, complete lawlessness... Should I continue...
China?! How is this not a dictatorship? And that your computers are made in China, iPhones, cars... nothing?!
Were you in Syria in 1995? Of course not and you don't know or wouldn't want to know how they lived, and they lived very well, better than now, for example, the Baltic countries, etc.
Dictator, dictator... You have to think sometimes!
If anyone wants to know how to spot when someone has a clear and extreme bias, one can spot it very clearly in the comment above.
When someone lists a group's (religion, race, ethnicity) existence as a negative along with things like "lawlessness, state torn to shreds", you now have a firm understanding of who they're willing to dehumanize to make their points.
Еverything was fine with them, they lived as they could and as they wanted... What now? You are the judge who gave you the right to judge.
Hezbollah is an ambusher fighter, not an offensive fighter, though
Besides, don't wanna get in another Syrian quagmire
I mean they should've started their attacks on Tel Aviv and northern settlements again to draw the IDF into a fight on their southern flank. though with said flank under defended by Israelis ATM they could probably kick them out of the remaining occupied towns in S. Lebanon.
They wouldn't need to engage in Syria beyond maybe cross border attacks on IDF troops and convoys if they were taking this threat seriously. Either way it's clear Israel intends to bypass the southern fortresses and break the ceasefire deal very soon
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