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In the late 1700's a Native American shaman stated that the US would die do to
Wed Oct 18, 2023, 05:30 AM Stargazer99 (2,262 posts) In the late 1700's a Native American shaman stated that the US would die do to corruption in government....by the looks of the present he may not have been wrong... 2 replies Author Time Post In the late 1700's a Native American shaman stated that the US would die do to (Original post) Stargazer99 52 min ago OP It was always thus. Nations fall due to government corruption that breaks the social contract.
U.S. government agrees to settlement with migrant families separated at the border
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 06:19 AM sl8 (12,986 posts) U.S. government agrees to settlement with migrant families separated at the border Last edited Tue Oct 17, 2023, 07:58 AM - Edit history (1) https://www.npr.org/2023/10/16/1206135260/u-s-government-agrees-to-settlement-with-migrant-families-separated-at-the-borde U.S. government agrees to settlement with migrant families separated at the border Updated October 16, 20237:18 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Jasmine Garsd The U.S. government has...
Under international humanitarian law, war crimes are not contingent on the behavior of opponents
Fri Oct 13, 2023, 11:30 AM bigtree (84,587 posts) Under international humanitarian law, war crimes are not contingent on the behavior of opponents Kenneth Roth @KenRoth (Former executive director of HRWatch) Under international humanitarian law, war crimes by one side do not justify war crimes by the other. The duty to spare civilians as much as possible the hazards of war is absolute, not contingent on the behavior of opponents.
For American family trapped in Gaza as bombs fall, there's no way out
Fri Oct 13, 2023, 11:19 AM Nevilledog (48,499 posts) For American family trapped in Gaza as bombs fall, there's no way out https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/12/boston-family-trapped-gaza/ For Abood Okal and his family, the nights are the worst — and each night is worse than the last. When it grows dark, the bombing in Gaza intensifies. Sometimes there is an explosion every few minutes, close enough to make the house shake. In the morning, they feel fortunate to be alive.
2022 saw the highest rate of recorded antisemitic incidents in the US.
Fri Oct 13, 2023, 08:21 AM BumRushDaShow (119,408 posts) 2022 saw the highest rate of recorded antisemitic incidents in the US. Source: CNN Published 6:07 AM EDT, Fri October 13, 2023 CNN — Jon Rettinger has not let his children wear their yarmulkes in public this week, afraid they could be targeted for being Jewish.
Law enforcement steps up patrols of Jewish houses of worship, businesses
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 08:17 PM BumRushDaShow (119,388 posts) Law enforcement steps up patrols of Jewish houses of worship, businesses Source: NBC News Oct. 12, 2023, 1:26 PM EDT Local and federal law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are stepping up their patrols of Jewish houses of worship, Jewish-owned businesses and Israeli diplomatic buildings as calls for attacks on the Jewish community in the U.S. intensify online.
WaPo: Biden and other officials have not seen footage/photos of beheaded kids.
Wed Oct 11, 2023, 08:52 PM WhiskeyGrinder (20,993 posts) WaPo: Biden and other officials have not seen footage/photos of beheaded kids. Text is from the article headlined "Netanyahu says ‘every Hamas member is a dead man’ in televised speech". “I’ve been doing this a long time,” Biden said at the White House.
About tragedy, horror, trauma and augmentation.
Trauma comes in several varieties.
Hippo charges wildlife photographers
Tue Oct 10, 2023, 08:04 PM milestogo (16,355 posts) Hippo charges wildlife photographers 3 replies Author Time Post Hippo charges wildlife photographers (Original post) milestogo 2 hrs ago OP They kill people all the time. Cute and adorable when tiny though. Solly Mack 1 hr ago #1 Usually people are safe in a safari vehicle because milestogo 55 min ago #2 One could have stood up in the vehicle for a better shot.
11 US citizens dead in Israel conflict, Biden says
Source: CNN Politics Updated 4:34 PM EDT, Mon October 9, 2023 Washington CNN — Eleven US citizens have died in the conflict in Israel, President Joe Biden said Monday, and an unknown number remain missing. “As we continue to account for the horrors of the appalling terrorist assault against Israel this weekend and the hundreds of innocent civilians who were murdered, we are seeing the immense scale and reach of this tragedy,” Biden said in a statement.
Rising book censorship is also targeting public libraries, American Library Association says
https://www.wgbh.org/news/national/2023-10-04/rising-book-censorship-is-also-targeting-public-libraries-american-library-association-says It’s Banned Books Week. More than 2,500 books were challenged last year, according to the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, which tracks book-banning attempts. That’s up almost 40% over the previous year, and it shows no signs of abating in 2023.
Kevin McCarthy removed as House speaker in historic vote
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 04:46 PM Source: CBS News House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his leadership position in a historic vote on Tuesday after a far-right revolt over his reliance on Democrats to pass funding to avert a government shutdown earlier this month. It's the first time a House speaker has been removed in a no-confidence vote. Now someone from a secret backup list McCarthy created in January will likely serve as a temporary speaker overseeing a new election.
Brilliant cover of BeeGees How Deep Is Your Love
Brilliant cover of BeeGees How Deep Is Your Love This is the best thing I've watched in ages. ?si=Pwld_58It5Xkh7qo
Panel finds 9/11 defendant unfit for trial after CIA torture made him psychotic
A military judge at Guantánamo Bay has ruled a 9/11 defendant incompetent to stand trial after a military medical panel found that the man’s sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier had rendered him lastingly psychotic. A military medical panel last month diagnosed al-Shibh as having post-traumatic stress disorder with secondary psychosis, and linked it to his torture and solitary confinement during four years in CIA custody after his 2002 arrest.
Earthquake in St Andrew and Kingston minutes ago
Response to pdxflyboy (Reply #2) Thu Sep 21, 2023, 08:47 PM Heard that train sound, nothing fell. No power outage, no damage. “ Look at the link That was really close to the eastern end of the island - St Thomas, Kingston, St Andrew and St Catherine - 17kM from St Thomas. Port Royal must have had a serious shake and Norman Manley airport as well. PHEW - we’re way overdue for a big one. Not today😀😀 Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
Operation Underground Railroad Child-Rescue Missions Were Based on Psychic Intelligence
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bpda/operation-underground-railroad-child-rescue-missions-were-based-on-psychic-intelligence It was a tense day in February 2016 for Tim Ballard and operatives working for Operation Underground Railroad, the anti-human trafficking group he founded. They were on what would prove to be a bumbling and ineffective mission to save a trafficked child Ballard believed was being held in a village on the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
***September Photo Contest Finals--Summer***
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Oh shit, I just laughed so hard I almost puked.
There's a sub-reddit on Reddit called "deadhead circle jerk". This post caught me off guard. The title of the post is "My friend just said her hamster looked like Bob Weir". The picture in the body of the post is shown below. Probably not funny to anyone else, but the more I look at this picture, the harder I laugh.
"An acute threat to white privilege": Tim Wise on why MAGA is "losing their s**t right now"
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:48 AM "An acute threat to white privilege": Tim Wise on why MAGA is "losing their s**t right now" The right-wing also has a backup plan By CHAUNCEY DEVEGA Senior Writer PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 5:45AM (EDT) (Salon) August 28 was the 60th anniversary of the iconic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Justice, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech about the struggle to create a real multiracial democracy and humane society in the United...
Melania discovers a love for Christmas decor, if she can peddle $45 "patriotic" brass ornaments
Response to highplainsdem (Original post) Thu Sep 14, 2023, 03:46 PM https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/melania-trump-tapes-christmas-migrant-children-stephanie-winston-wolkoff Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
My oldest son just got engaged!
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5 million US kids fell back into poverty in 2022... This was a choice by republicans
Response to bigtree (Original post) Tue Sep 12, 2023, 03:11 PM Their owners (as is bought and paid for) found a way around the Constitution with their friendly (bought and paid for) SCOTUS. Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
Now alligators are leaving Floriduh
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The unconstitutional plan to stop women from traveling out of state for an abortion, explained
https://www.vox.com/23868962/texas-abortion-travel-ban-unconstitutional More than a year ago, anti-abortion activists appeared eager to prohibit anyone seeking an abortion in a state where it is banned from traveling to another state where it is legal. Indeed, many lawmakers appeared so eager to enact such travel bans that Justice Brett Kavanaugh, of all people, attempted to cut off these laws before they could be enacted.
'America Is The Greatest Country On Earth,' Says Man Who Spends 6 Hours A Day Posting About How Ever
‘America Is The Greatest Country On Earth,’ Says Man Who Spends 6 Hours A Day Posting About How Every City Third World Hellhole' https://www.theonion.com/america-is-the-greatest-country-on-earth-says-man-wh-1850818582 MOORESVILLE, IN—Purporting to be proud to reside in the U.S., local resident Jeff Chapman, who spends six hours a day posting about how every city in the nation is a third world hellhole, reportedly stated, “America is the greatest country on Earth,” Monday.
Aaron Rodgers should do his own research...
Response to ExciteBike66 (Original post) Tue Sep 12, 2023, 01:12 PM SOP Discuss politics, issues, and current events. Posts about Israel/Palestine, religion, guns, showbiz, or sports are restricted in this forum. Cannot reply in locked threads Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
At my funeral, I want someone to throw the bouquet off the casket into the crowd to see who's next!
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Washington teens create app to help those seeking abortions find a place to stay
BELLEVUE, Wash. - They’re too young to drive and not even close to voting age, but a group of middle schoolers and high school freshmen have an award-winning app concept that’s both a hot-button political issue and a road trip planner. The first-of-its-kind tech helps users locate the closest legal abortion providers and a place to stay if they’re coming from a state where the procedure has been banned.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders proposes carve-out of Arkansas public records law during tax cut session
Source: Associated Press Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders proposes carve-out of Arkansas public records law during tax cut session BY ANDREW DEMILLO Updated 5:40 PM EDT, September 8, 2023 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday proposed shielding a broad range of records about her administration, travel and security from public release as she called for a special legislative session next week focusing on additional tax cuts.
Pennsylvania school district requires social studies classes to incorporate right-wing propaganda
https://popular.info/p/pennsylvania-school-district-requires Last Monday, the Pennridge School Board, located outside of Philadelphia, imposed a new social studies curriculum that will require teachers to incorporate lessons from the 1776 Curriculum, a controversial K-12 course of study developed by Hillsdale College, a private Christian institution that promotes right-wing ideologies.
LA-GOV: Louisiana residents have until Sept. 23 to register to vote in gubernatorial primary
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It appears Vivek Ramaswamy is a fraud. I've obtained a copy of the opposition research on him.
It appears Vivek Ramaswamy is a fraud. I've obtained a copy of the opposition research on him. (Original post) It appears Vivek Ramaswamy is a fraud. I've obtained a copy of the opposition research on him. (Original post)
WTH!? Some guy I never met just called and told me my girlfriend thinks my thing stinks.
Response to Midnight Writer (Original post) Tue Sep 5, 2023, 12:46 AM Some guy just called me Said he'd been talking to my girl Said he just wanted me to know So sit back, listen, hear these words This is the message that I bring Your girl is telling everybody There's a smell that can't be denied That thing between your thighs Stinks so bad it makes her cry. Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
For those of you who read about the Pride Event at Maryville College tomorrow
Fri Sep 1, 2023, 03:48 PM and the activist DA who was looking for things to arrest people for a law that does not really apply. Both the ACLU and Blount Pride asked for a temporary restraining order to prevent him from sending in people to observe and arrest. Today the District Court of East TN ISSUED THAT RESTRAINING ORDER. I will let you know if he violates it.
Tucker Carlson probably won't be sleeping very well for quite a while....
Thu Aug 31, 2023, 11:12 PM Russian Propagandist Says Tucker Carlson Is a ‘Dead Man Walking’ ...snip.... On Thursday, Russia’s most prominent propagandist, Vladimir Solovyov, even more pompously predicted that soon there might be another potential victim: former Fox News host and current X (formerly Twitter) podcaster Tucker Carlson.
Before coffee, I hate everybody...
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Do you prefer Miracle Whip ? I like Miracle Whip . I Thought I would start a
Response to roamer65 (Reply #1) Thu Aug 31, 2023, 12:38 PM I bought some regular Duke's a while back thinking it might be good for pimento cheese and other sandwich salads. After trying it in chicken salad, I tossed the bottle. I'll stick with the Olive oil mayo even if my pimento cheese doesn't taste the same as when I was a kid and super loved pimento cheese. Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Mitch McConnell is 'not fit for office' after he appeared to freeze up...
Source: NBC News McConnell appeared to freeze Wednesday during a gaggle with reporters in Kentucky, pausing for more than 30 seconds after he was asked whether he would run for re-election. Aug. 31, 2023, 9:24 AM EDT / Updated Aug. 31, 2023, 10:22 AM EDT By Summer Concepcion Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. R-Ga., said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is “not fit for office” after he appeared to freeze up for a second time at the podium in recent weeks when speaking to reporters.
This Texas town has about 250 people. It has 50 sworn police officers.
Wed Aug 30, 2023, 10:59 PM https://www.khou.com/article/news/investigations/coffee-city-texas-police-officers/285-4220e73c-90d4-474e-b59e-2033270cd8e9 *snip* Coffee City’s budget shows the town collected more than $1 million in court fines last year. That came from more than 5,100 citations officers wrote, the most in the state for a town its size according to the Texas Office of Court Administration. But there is more to this story than a small town writing a bunch of speeding tickets.
Just taking a leisurely drive on the highway in Nebraska...
Response to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #8) Wed Aug 30, 2023, 10:24 PM I did they two goats that liked to ride in our trailer. They were great friends, our neighbors loved them as well. Poppy and Casper, still miss my girls. Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
"Marry someone you can laugh with, you'll be together forever." (Sound all the way up)
Response to Nevilledog (Original post) Wed Aug 30, 2023, 10:29 PM I did marry a man I could and did laugh with. After 25 years of marriage he met another woman he decided he'd rather be with. Sigh. So laughing together is no long-term guarantee, trust me. Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
Abortion ban exceptions are a lie
Wed Aug 30, 2023, 09:36 PM https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/08/30/hospitals-close-lipped-on-post-rape-abortion-policies/ Indiana’s largest hospital systems are opaque on their policies for post-rape abortions — or flatly deny the prospect as “elective” — drawing into question the effectiveness of the rape exemption written into the state’s newly effective abortion ban. Hoosiers seeking abortions after rape can legally access the procedure at hospitals up to 10 weeks post-fertilization.
The long version (2 min) of Mitch McConnell's statue prank. his poor aid. She wanted to drag him off
Response to brer cat (Reply #2) Wed Aug 30, 2023, 09:30 PM .... and trDumpie finagles his way back into the Oval Office,.. Mitch might be able to sneak a few more Christian Fascists on the Supreme Court. Like a previous poster mentioned,... maybe they could soak old Mitch in a nitrogen bath,... keep him in a frozen state until January 2025.
Wildfire in Tiger Island Louisiana burns on after leveling 30,000 acres of land
Wed Aug 30, 2023, 07:56 PM One of the largest wildfires in Louisiana history is continuing to spread and threaten rural communities. The Tiger Island Fire, which started about five miles east of the Texas state line, doubled in size over the weekend, growing to more than 33,000 acres – accounting for more acres of burned land than the state usually has in an entire year. It was 50% contained on Tuesday. “This is not done. We expect a dry September.
homeless family living at the hotel we are vacationing in up in Milwaukee!
Response to Aristus (Reply #7) Wed Aug 30, 2023, 08:42 PM Will be learning electric and mechanical stuff. Is in his second year. Company is paying for his training as long as he does well. I don't know if the company is putting them up here at the long-stay hotel or not because is it not cheap. I assured him he will get there and keep at it. They do seem to be a great family. Has a wife and a 12 yr-old daughter also. Wife works. Haven't met them. You get the rug pulled out from under and you carry on.
73-Year-Old Woman Dies In Arlington Jail, The Eighth Death In 8 Years
Wed Aug 30, 2023, 03:06 PM 3 replies, 501 views Reply to this thread Back to top Alert abuse Replies to this discussion thread 3 replies Time Post 73-Year-Old Woman Dies In Arlington Jail, The Eighth Death In 8 Years (Original post) 5 hrs ago OP 4 hrs ago #1 4 hrs ago #2 4 hrs ago #3 Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post) Wed Aug 30, 2023, 04:00 PM I won't make any references to "two-tiered justice" and "defendants charged with considerably more serious crimes roaming around the country...
Enrique Tarrio sentencing has been called off,
Response to emulatorloo (Reply #13) Wed Aug 30, 2023, 10:33 AM Maybe stop the sentencing clock and put all his cards on the table to help the prosecution land the big-big fish. ○●○●○●○●○ Secret police informer past of Proud Boys leader: Enrique Tarrio worked undercover to help prosecute more than a dozen people in drugs, human smuggling and gambling cases, records show Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
Shooting at White Sox ⚾️ game - gun got in park in lady's belly fat. Accidentally discharged.
Response to Kaleva (Reply #4) Wed Aug 30, 2023, 09:24 AM Yes, most "accidental" discharges are negligent trigger pulls. But I have had, once, a very well-worn 1911 truly and accidentally discharge when I racked it (it was immediately unloaded and taken to a gunsmith); that's why you always point it in a safe direction. Reply to this post Back to top Alert abuse Link here Permalink
Sitting with my cat just waiting for hurricane idalia to pass.
Response to BOSSHOG (Reply #1) Tue Aug 29, 2023, 09:05 PM 90 mins north of Port Charlotte, and we are only now feeling the outer bands and having some rain with a nonstop drumbeat of thunder in the far distance. She seems to be staying pretty much out in the Gulf running parallel to our west coast. At 8pm she made a 1 degree turn to the east, however, she is moving fairly quickly so that's good news for your friend and for us in St. Pete.
Eastman: "We did nothing wrong"
Response to struggle4progress (Original post) Tue Aug 29, 2023, 08:05 PM ... Out of the 62 lawsuits filed challenging the presidential election, 61 have failed, according to Elias. Some cases were dismissed for lack of standing and others based on the merits of the voter fraud allegations. The decisions have came from both Democratic-appointed and Republican-appointed judges – including federal judges appointed by Trump.
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