For 1st Time, Fires Are Biggest Threat to Forests’ Climate-Fighting Superpower
Forests play a major role pulling planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. As the world heats up, some forests are becoming emitters in their own right.
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They're right. Greenhouse gases don't endanger people. In fact, life would be difficult without greenhouse gases present.
It's the production of an overabundance of greenhouse gases that's the problem. Humans started the imbalance, nature is adding to it as things warm up. Nature will do what it will do, it's up to us to get leadership that understands a head in the sand doesn't change anything.
Trump’s War on Cuba now targets many Cuban Americans
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Statement by the US-Cuba Normalization Coalition
For over 60 years, the U.S. government has imposed a harsh blockade along with economic and political warfare aimed at
destabilizing and overthrowing the Cuban government. As part of this project, it has also incentivized Cuban emigration by
offering special pathways to residency and citizenship if they made their way to the U.S. The narrative that they are "victims of
Communism" seeking freedom is misleading. In reality the hardships created by the U.S. blockade, more than political
differences, have fueled emigration. These bribes were intended to turn them into pawns in Washington’s war against Cuba.The blockade of Cuba is an extreme and highly political version of the more general U.S. economic sanctions and
interventionist policies whose devastating impact over decades has driven millions of working people to leave their homelands
to find economic survival in the U.S.
Thousands at Chicago Conference Vow to Fight back
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Cuba solidarity activists receive significant support from cities to form Hands Off Cuba committees and travel to CubaBy Mark Friedman, member, International Association of Machinists, Local 1484, Wilmington.
Chicago - July 4th weekend
More than 2,500 political activists from around the United States attended the Socialism2025 conference, their
largest ever reflecting a consciousness change among workers and youth and heightened interest in alternatives
to capitalism.There were hundreds of workshops dealing with labor, environment, women, LGBTQ, immigrants, Palestine,
Cuba, Marxism. A few of the most important for this reporter were workshops organized by anti-war vets from
Afghanistan and Iraq in the organization “About Face”, workshops by Jewish Voices for Peace and by
Palestine Youth Movement on Palestine solidarity and ending US military aid to Israel, and a presentation by
union professors from the American Association of University Professors detailing Trump's attack on labor,
research funding cuts and denial political freedom of speech on the campuses.
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China Rejects 300,000 Tons of Soybeans from Argentina Over Suspected U.S. Origin
China Rejects 300,000 Tons of Soybeans from Argentina Over Suspected U.S. Origin - Fundación Andrés Bello | China Latinoamerica
China returned 300,000 tons of soybeans to Argentina after lab tests revealed the shipment was from the U.S., raising traceability concerns.Fundación Andrés Bello (Fundación Andrés Bello | China Latinoamerica)
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Do they smell like hamburgers?
It's so strange. They article says they couldn't prove it was from the US but rejected them because they can't prove where they're from at all.
Lol soybean laundering was not a business I expected to exist. The Mafia needs to change with the times I suppose... Points for creativity.
laboratory analyses suggested the soybeans were in fact sourced from the United States. The tests included pesticide residue analysis, isotopic and DNA profiling, and soil trace examination
Murderers have been convicted for less
South Park targets Paramount after signing $1.5bn deal and skewers Trump: ‘He can do anything to anyone’
Show begins 27th season covering Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount and cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show, depicting Trump in bed with Satan
South Park has kicked off its 27th season with a blistering episode taking aim at Donald Trump and its newly minted parent company, Paramount, just one day after signing a $1.5bn deal with the network.
The premiere episode, “Sermon on the Mount,” sees Trump in bed with series regular Satan and covers topics including Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount, the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, wokeness, Trump’s attacks on Canada and more.
Unlike other characters, Trump is depicted as an actual photo of the US president on an animated body. There is also an extended scene featuring a hyper-realistic, deepfake video of Trump, completely naked, walking in a desert. There are repeated suggestions that Trump’s genitalia are small.
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It's not the neoliberals fault they sold FDR's party to billionaires! The only ones to blame here are people who make cartoons and pointed it out!
Because no one would have ever noticed shit sucks unless a couple stoners made a fucking cartoon about it....
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Trey and Matt were vocal libertarians for a long time and only recently realized it's a morally bankrupt political position.
For example they mocked Gore for warning about global warming. There was no "both sides are to be mocked" in that episode. It was, "Gore is a complete idiot." That was season 10. 12 years later they realized their mistake and made an apology episode where they showed Gore was right all along.
So yeah, good for them for finally coming around but the OP isn't wrong that they lead their libertarian mob towards the cliff.
This is the 3rd comment I've read about South Park being "both sides".
No shit they are both sides. Everyone is fair game for them, no ones safe from satire or mocking. It's the whole point of the show.
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That said they were duped by the "both sides are flawed" rhetoric for longer than they should have been. A Gen X myopia.
I forget which episode it was where they made it clear they understood they'd been duped, but it was after J6 as I recall.
No shit they are both sides. Everyone is fair game for them, no ones safe from satire or mocking. It’s the whole point of the show.
They pick who to mock and how thoroughly. I haven't watched the show in probably a decade, but up until this they were using Mr Garrison to portray "Trump".
Theoretically, nobody's safe, but in practice anything left of GWB is portrayed as a whiny baby, a stupid hippy, or whatever.
At least they seem to realize that "left wokeism" isn't the top threat in the country anymore, even if they were suckers for buying that it was in the first place.
Edit: I don't know what to tell you guys, they even have characters in this episode that are like "just because wokeism went too far in one direction doesn't mean we should go too far in the other". They really do seem to believe that because liberals are annoying to them that they're just as bad as concentration camp Trump.
in practice anything left of GWB is portrayed as a whiny baby, a stupid hippy, or whatever.
Yeah, no shit... they're making fun... they aren't going to portray anyone in a good way. That's the point. Bring it on!
Have you considered the way they portray anything right of GWB? If you just want to laugh at others but get mad when it makes fun of characters you relate to, that's a you problem.
they even have characters in this episode that are like "just because wokeism went too far in one direction doesn't mean we should go too far in the other"
Said by their stereotype redneck character that uses slurs every line... use your brain.
Have you considered the way they portray anything right of GWB?
Yeah, like the loggers clearing out the jungle. They portray them as heroes. Or the one where the tobacco companies are portrayed as heroes.
It's not out and out libertarian propaganda because I think there's a lot more emphasis on the jokes. But it's pretty fucking close.
like the loggers clearing out the jungle. They portray them as heroes. Or the one where the tobacco companies are portrayed as heroes.
🤦 Watching lemmy users discover how a joke works in realtime. Amazing. Are you familiar with the concept of satire? It's a really tough one to grasp, apparently
they even have characters in this episode that are like "just because wokeism went too far in one direction doesn't mean we should go too far in the other".
This sentiment drives me up the fucking wall... No, it didn't go too far. Shut the fuck up.
That will directly download for people who don't realize.
Also, that is in the actual show, it isn't cut at all. I streamed it a little bit ago.
South Park: Smaller, Shorter, and Cut
Normally don't like making dick jokes, but they already laid that one out
With so much to make fun of him for, it kind of feels tacky to punch down on people that have to wear diapers to me, idk. I don’t think we should make fun of people for medical conditions, that’s a quick slide into making fun of people with disabilities etc.
But on the other hand he’s obviously insecure about it and I’m on board with bullying trump about anything he’s insecure about, so I’m stuck in this ethical quandary here.
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On one hand, this is pretty 'leopards ate my face.' On the other hand, I fully expect them to get their pound of flesh, and then some on this issue.
Update: 9 minutes into this episode. Yup. I approve.
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They certainly aren’t blameless in the story of how we got to where we are now, but I do appreciate and think it’s commendable that these two have realized the danger we’re in and changed their tune. It’s not exactly on brand for them to portray anyone real as outright evil besides Streisand and Saddam. Debatably John Edwards
Granted I haven’t watched the show since right before Randy started selling weed so maybe I’m remembering South Park wrong
They championed the cause of the Enlightened Centrist Vaguely Libertarian Bro-Dude for decades. That simply has an effect on the society when you're creating something as popular as South Park.
Sure, they joined all the other actually rational libertarian bro-types but it turns out there were never that many of those.
Honestly the enlightened centrist path doesnt look too shabby when you realize 1. The Corporate class owns american politics 2. Americans are brainwashed beyond belief and 3. The only path to a successful revolution in the US is AFTER the Bonapartist Trumpers break everything anyway (5 to 15+ years)
I dont blame people for saying fuck this and just living their lives. It's all done now any way, if we held everyone to their past decisions and positions not sure we would gain many comrades nor be progressive in any way.
If you zoom out, trump is actually historically progressive. He is single handedly heightening the crises of capital, proletarianizing the petite bourgeois and lumpen, destroying american influence globally and obliterating faith in bourgeois democracy while simultaneously intensifying the contradictions within society between the propertied class and bourgeoisie and the working masses. Name me a democrat who can do that? Funny tho i can name plenty democrats who deported immigrants, locked up people in jails for nothing, and committed atrocities in the name of capital.
I remember this book being pumped for a while there, even - it was called South Park Conservatives.
The Guardian has contacted the Stone, Parker and the White House for comment.
Nice.
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PBS FTW, been digging their stuff since I was a toddler watching Sesame Street lol. Their PBS Eons channel (on YT...) is great, when I was watching more video content I enjoyed their streaming service for a range of stuff too, can't remember what it was called now though.
So yeah give em some bucks folks and watch cool stuff, they really need it.
Brazil joins list of plaintiffs against Israel at ICJ
Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 09:32 UTC
Brazilian authorities announced Wednesday the South American country's formal decision to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people.Itamaraty said in a statement that the government was outraged by “recurring episodes of violence against the civilian population in the State of Palestine,” extending beyond the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
Brazil joins list of plaintiffs against Israel at ICJ
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33604842
Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 09:32 UTC
Brazilian authorities announced Wednesday the South American country's formal decision to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people.Itamaraty said in a statement that the government was outraged by “recurring episodes of violence against the civilian population in the State of Palestine,” extending beyond the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
Brazil joins list of plaintiffs against Israel at ICJ
Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 09:32 UTCBrazilian authorities announced Wednesday the South American country's formal decision to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people.Itamaraty said in a statement that the government was outraged by “recurring episodes of violence against the civilian population in the State of Palestine,” extending beyond the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
Trump ‘clearly furious’ that summer victory tour has been swallowed by Epstein saga
Trump ‘clearly furious’ that his summer victory tour has been swallowed by Epstein fallout, insiders reveal
‘It’s the first time I’ve seen them sort of paralyzed,’ one person close to the White House saidKelly Rissman (The Independent)
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Let's leave the conspiracy theories to the far-right lunatics, please. The attempt killed an innocent bystander and the shooter was a right-winger. Even if they were cynical enough to stage the first part on purpose (and honestly, I wouldn't put it past them), the shooter being one of their own completely undermines the entire point of staging something like that to begin with.
Besides, this administration is way too incompetent to keep a secret. With the way Trump has been blundering his way through the Epstein accusations, do you really think he could keep his mouth shut about staging an assassination attempt?
If Trump doesn't know about it, how do they do the blood on the ear? Not even elite marksmen can reliably hit someone's ear at that distance without risking actually hitting their head. If it were fake blood, Trump would have to be in on it.
And again, the shooter being right-wing almost entirely negated the propaganda advantage the GOP could gain from it, it doesn't make sense for it to have been staged.
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I mean..... If you're a giant piece of shit there's been a lot to celebrate this year.
Congress has been dog shit as always, but the courts have significantly expanded the power of the executive and seem as though they are going to continue to do so. Once the justices got away with basically ignoring the concept of precedent with roe vs wade they've basically been handing down vibes based rulings since.
It's going to be interesting to see how the current court stands by their rulings if we ever get anyone slightly left of George Bush back in the White House.
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Hey I have an idea, how about Trump serves 20-25 years for multiple counts of statutory rape and then we’ll stop talking about how he raped kids.
He held down teenage girls and forced his tiny mushroom penis into them, then threatened their lives for snitching after what he would call sex.
And he doesn’t want you to acknowledge that or talk about it or ask questions.
And your local politician likely supports him despite his known pedophilic tendencies because of financial benefits.
And your racist neighbors likely support him because he’s deporting brown people.
And the lead pedophile at your local church likely endorsed him behind the pulpit as a man of gawd.
And the media owned by friends of Trump refuses to show court documentation explicitly describing these rapes.
So as I see it, it’s our American duty to never let this conversation die.
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Everyone on the Epstein list deserves to face open justice.
If he’s innocent he could have just released the list and proven it to the whole world.
I don’t think anyone would even trust that now.
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Everyone on the Epstein list deserves to face open justice.
There's no Epstein "list". What we have are his digital Rolodex, his flight logs, his various alleged business associations, and the volume of blackmail that may or may not still exist.
And because Epstein was a major lobbyist and "philanthropist", the end result is different ideological factions cherry picking who they want to blame while waving off their friends as incidental.
Epstein is the pedophile's "Too Big To Fail"
That’s kind of just semantics and the frap the Trump admin is doing to say it doesn’t exist.
The FBI definitely has a file on this. They have the contents of his vault, his log books, etc.
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The FBI definitely has a file on this.
Almost certainly. But Mossad has files on the folks running the FBI, so everyone's at a stand-off.
They have the contents of his vault, his log books, etc.
A big part of their job is picking through all of that material and drawing out exactly who was a "client" and who was merely an acquaintance.
But (again, as the Trump freak-out demonstrates) a large part of that work is weeding out people that the FBI Director is friends with and focusing in on people who won't create any collateral damage. Because Epstein was in so deep with so many people, the only target they could really go after was Maxwell. And even she's got enough pull to make keeping her in jail hazardous to a lot of other high ranking bureaucrats.
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A third of the country has their fingers in their ears the whole time.
But now he's acting extremely guilty about the whole thing. A few are starting to catch on
He already got his parade. Or was that parade not good enough?
Maybe throw another one?
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I’ll do that only if you never post again. Preferably by drinking bleach
Really cool that you like to defend pedophiles though. Maybe because you have something to hide yourself
LOL, I had to read the article just to see what his "summer victory tour" was supposed to be.
This guy thinks he should be thrown a parade every day, but apparently that awful bill was supposed to be something he thought people were going to be celebrating?
Anyway, it's such a terrible shame that he's had to experience the most mildest of consequences for raping children.
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BBC News and news agencies warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation
"We once again urge the Israeli authorities to allow journalists in and out of Gaza. It is essential that adequate food supplies reach the people there."
In a separate joint statement, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Save the Children and Oxfam, said their colleagues and the people they serve were "wasting away".
But Israel, which controls the entry of supplies into Gaza, has accused the charities of "serving the propaganda of Hamas".
BBC News and news agencies warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation
News organisations say local journalists are increasingly unable to feed themselves in Gaza, facing the same "dire circumstances as those they are covering".Amy Walker (BBC News)
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BBC News and three leading news agencies have expressed desperate concern for journalists in Gaza, who they say are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families.
Did…did you read the first sentence in the article, or just the headline? Things are bad enough under Israel’s siege that news agencies are worried about journalists starving too.
But Israel, which controls the entry of supplies into Gaza, has accused the charities of “serving the propaganda of Hamas”.
when reality has an anti-IDF bias
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Hire some mercs. Drag her out and try her in public. In front of everyone.
And by trail I mean a trial. Witnesses documents everything. Unfortunately that won't happen.
Grill her for 11 hours straight like the BENGHAZI hearings. She won’t be able to handle it, not even slightly.
The playbook for blowing up a controversy was established long ago. Apply it to the Epstein files, which are the actual proof of pedophilia among the “elites.” They’re monsters, and they need to be exposed.
This was and always has been the biggest story there is.
Gaza: Negotiations between the US, Israel, and Qatar over a mega yacht on the Costa Smeralda
Gaza: US, Israeli, and Qatar negotiate megayacht deal on Costa Smeralda
In Sardinia, a truce meeting was held between US envoy Witkoff, Tel Aviv minister Dermer, and the Prime Minister of the Emirates, Al-Thani.Redazione (Unione Sarda English)
This surrender to Trump is a symptom of our national disease
This surrender to Trump is a symptom of our national disease
The CBS merger deal illustrates everything that’s wrong with post-Reagan Revolution America. It’s not just another corporate merger: it’s a road sign on our accelerating march toward oligarchy, propaganda, and the collapse of honest media.Thom Hartmann (Raw Story)
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The US has been an oligarchy much longer. Wild propaganda, ranging from seeing negro-communist-marijuana smokers everywhere to the nonstop justifications for invasions, coups and mass slaughters outside the US has been integral to the US at least in the past one hundred years. American media has never been honest and always been a tool of propaganda, see manufacturing consent by Herman and Chomsky.
This has been going on well before Trump and unless there is an actual revolution, it will continue after Trump.
Germany Approves Deployment Of Two Taliban Diplomats To Berlin, Bonn as part of efforts to facilitate the deportation of Afghan nationals with criminal convictions
Germany Approves Deployment Of Two Taliban Diplomats To Berlin, Bonn
The German government has approved the deployment of two Taliban-appointed consular officers to Afghanistan’s diplomatic missions in Berlin and Bonn as part of efforts to facilitate the deportation of Afghan nationals with criminal convictions.Afghanistan International
India's illegal expulsions to Bangladesh target Muslims
India's illegal expulsions to Bangladesh target Muslims: HRW
A new Human Rights Watch report has found that hundreds of Bengali-speaking Muslims in India have been forced into neighboring Bangladesh. They told HRW that they feared for their lives if they did not comply.Mahima Kapoor (Deutsche Welle)
Governors Urge Japan Govt to Address Population Decline
Governors Urge Japan Govt to Address Population Decline
Aomori, July 23 (Jiji Press)--Japanese prefectural governors Wednesday urged the central government to give to…nippon.com
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Doesn't sound like they are:
Japan’s far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election, attracting many voters with its “Japanese First” platform that included calling for tougher restrictions on foreigners and the curtailment of gender equality and diversity policies.
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They're calling for effectively more immigration
That doesn't match with the recent election of hard anti-immigrant majority.
What I said was literally from the article. This is about an association of governors, not parliament.
Also, I'm assuming you're talking about Sanseito, which does not have a majority. The recent election just gave them more seats (which isn't great obviously, but is very different from them controlling parliament). Note that when I say "more seats," I mean it went from 1 to like 15 or something out of 250 or so.
Earth's population was meant to decline. Degrowth of a sort, because 8 billion is too many.
Why have children when their future is guarenteed to be fucked?
8 billion people isnt too many people if resources were used appropriately and we had less severe inequality. The real issue is that of the 8 billion people on earth, way too many of them are on the older side and no society has a good plan to deal with it. South Korea has been doing some interesting things with turning children’s infrastructure, like elementary schools and daycares, into daycare for aging seniors. Theres a lot of overlap in the need for physically safe environments and their recreational activities, so it makes sense. But its not a holistic solution
The world population is virtually guaranteed to cap out at about 10B people in 2050 or so before entering decline, and at that point virtually every country in the world will be dealing with the same issue Japan, South Korea, Italy, etc are dealing with right now. There wont be enough young people to care for the old people because the majority of countries are already seeing below replacement level births right now.
As much as people think overpopulation is an issue, we will never have to deal with that problem. The problem we will actually have to deal with is steep population decline, caused by periods in the past where some or almost all countries had birth levels well over necessary replacement levels
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I don't want my children or anyone elses to take care of me, or other old folks. No one should place that burden on our youth. When it's time, its time. I'm reminded of a friend who had to take leave off work because his dad was in a home and couldn't feed himself and they had insufficient staff to care for the old folks feedings and washings. What a disgusting way to live. I'll never be that burden on anyone.
I'll take care of myself and when I can't do that anymore I'll take care of myself. ಠ_ಠ
With any luck, society will learn sensible limits to eldercare.
Agreed with all that except that I think 8 billion is way too damned high. 73% of the animals on this planet have disappeared since I was was born, and back then we had "only" 3.7 billion people. I've seen radical declines in my local ecosystem in just the last 5 years. That's in a hood on the very edge of town, surrounded by rivers, creeks, woods and swamps.
People blame global warming, but that's very recent and only the tip of the iceberg. Human activity is directly killing everything.
Thats something i think of daily, and i have 2 kids.
It was a mistake, i am sorry for them, for their future.
We don't have too many people!
We have too many greedy and sociopathic people. We currently have the tech and knowledge to provide (of course not over night) for every human... While also protecting and restoring the environment. We don't have a space or resource problem. We have a economic system(s) and morality problem.
Yes, we do have too many. While we could provide for 8 billion, that many humans is destroying our ecosystems.
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World population has more than doubled in my lifetime. Society might be able to support 8 billion, the planet cannot.
No more tech hiring in India, Donald Trump tells Google, Microsoft and others to focus on Americans
No more tech hiring in India, Donald Trump tells Google, Microsoft and others to focus on Americans
US President Donald Trump has sent a strong message to big tech companies like Google and Microsoft asking them to stop hiring overseas including in countries like IndiaAnkita Garg (India Today)
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We won’t and please do not speak for us. We will however keep the “remote” bit thanks very much
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In addition, Trump expressed dislike for the term "artificial intelligence" itself, saying he preferred a name that better shows the intelligence and power of the technology. “It’s not artificial, it’s genius,” he said.
So, like he wanted to rename Gulf of Mexico, now he will sign a decree forcing everyone to use GI (Genius Intelligence) instead of AI (or A1 if you ask his entourage)
I think I recently saw Microsoft put a request for 3x h4b visas more than the number of engineers they fired in the most recent firing wave.
Pretty sure it was rubber stamped.
North Korea's Kim Urges Troops To Prepare 'For Real War'
North Korea's Kim Urges Troops To Prepare 'For Real War'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged his military to be ready "for real war" as he observed a firing contest of artillery units, Pyongyang state media said Thursday.Barrons
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In other news water is wet.
Dont give fat kimmy more credit than he deserves.
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Trump’s hefty tariff on Brazil expected to push the country towards China
Trump’s hefty tariff on Brazil expected to push the country towards China
Chinese investments could play a crucial role in enabling Brazil to boost its industrial capacity and diversify economy.Eleonore Hughes (Al Jazeera)
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I mean Brasil will still get orders from the U.S., but it just tells the country to not depend on trade with the U.S. in the future because U.S. companies may not be able to afford to buy your products.
Edit: you guys know this is the entire point of Tarrifs right? To make it so your companies find other countries products are to expensive... So you find a way to make them cheaper in country. Just in this case they won't find them cheaper... So it will manipulate the amount sold from Brasil.. and hurt their economy unless they make trade deals elsewhere to sell any potential losses
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in reply to silence7 • • •Republicans won't investigate their own, but they will go after shitty neoliberals who act like Republicans.
Which is good for Dems.
Cut the dead weight "moderates" and make room for the progressives who will actually fix shit.
If a Dem breaks the law, I'm 100% fine with them being prosecuted, while I'd prefer Dems hold their own accountable, I really don't care who does it.
I'd rather they be in jail than dragging the party down with their baggage.
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in reply to silence7 • • •I’ve said it before and I’ll said it again. Texas’ top law enforcement official is a crook. Him bending or breaking rules for his benefit is par for the course.
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Felony charges against Ken Paxton to be dropped
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Unknown parent • • •I generally agree with you...but a congressmember whose home is far from DC doing the normal things that people obliged to spend half their time in two locations for work do isnt something that should be prosecuted, no matter which party.
Its a bit different when there is a third house, used as a vacation home a few weeks a year.
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in reply to silence7 • • •Who cares at this point. The law doesn't matter, they're trying to put homeless people in camps. They've already put legal residents in camps. Minors and citizens too
Just punish them all. They should have fought harder if they didn't want to get fucked by the state, as far as I'm concerned they were absent in DC