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Why is Biden engaging in disinformation on Gaza? ( www.aljazeera.com )

This fact came back to me as I watched the Israeli terror unfold in al-Shifa Hospital, eight weeks ago now. I became fixated on the 39 premature babies there, the ones who were evacuated from the neonatal intensive care unit into two beds, wrapped with foil. I pictured them gasping for breath, slowly dying....

Montana fire chief who had refused vaccine mandate in Washington state charged in Jan. 6 riot ( apnews.com )

Prosecutors say that Frank Dahlquist sprayed “an orange-colored chemical agent” directly into the face of one officer and later sprayed a second officer as supporters of former president Donald Trump attacked the Capitol building in Washington D.C., according to court documents unsealed Wednesday....

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You're right. America's media just can't bring themselves to call Jan 6 what it was.

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An insurrection.

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Let's look at the data, shall we?

  • the top 4 planet heating polluters of 2022 are China, India, the USA and the EU ... responsible for 82% of emission in 2022
  • China may be the biggest emitter overall, but the average American is responsible for nearly twice as much climate pollution as the average person in China Source
  • historically the USA is the top CO² polluter ever, contributing over 400 billion tonnes since 1751 ... more than twice what China has contributed
  • the EU is second to the USA at 300 billion tonnes since 1751 Source
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America knew in the 70's there was going to be problems and did nothing to stop it.

Yelling at other nations who were simply trying to catch up with the standard the US set is pointless.

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Is Biden an idiot for blindly supporting Israel? Yes.

But every fucking President since Truman has done the exact same thing ... including Trump.

So sit down and shut up already.

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Not my electoral system. I'm not American. Just sick and tired of shitty people hashtagging stupidity.

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I replied to someone hashtagging Biden, not SA's report to the ICJ that I happen to agree with.

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Trump announced in effect, “Let the constitution and democracy burn down,” Gershman said.

That should be on his headstone for all the world to see.

Australia bans Nazi salute, swastika, other hate symbols in public as antisemitism spikes ( www.cbsnews.com )

Australian lawmakers have banned the performance of the Nazi salute in public and outlawed the display or sale of Nazi hate symbols such as the swastika in landmark legislation that went into effect in the country Monday. The new laws also make the act of glorifying OR praising acts of terrorism a criminal offense....

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China arrests who they want for any number of reasons they often can't (or won't) support with evidence ... so I take this news with a pound of salt.

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This link is about the two Michaels so I'm unsure why you're linking it here.

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Don't sign = don't get on the ballot.

Seems simple to me.

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Israel is playing a dangerous game here.

I really have to wonder if they've gotten some kind of pre-emptive support from Biden that is making them believe they'll suffer no harm from retaliatory Lebanese strikes.

Iowa's Christian conservatives follow their faith when voting, and some say it leads them to Trump ( apnews.com )

“We thank you for the upcoming election, Lord — or caucus, as we call it in Iowa,” said Hundley, speaking from the sanctuary of his evangelical Christian church in his slight Texas drawl as his parishioners bowed their heads....

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WWJD?

According to these people He'd lie, cheat, steal and rape his way to power - then He'd con a few people into beating and murdering others while committing insurrection against a democratically-elected gov't.

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Of the estimated $690 million annual loss, buses accounted for the largest share with $315 million, subway evasion cost $285 million, about $46 million was due to drivers avoiding tolls and commuter rail evasion totaled $44 million, the report said. Source

Subway losses were $285 mil (41% of the total you quoted) and "the state reimbursed the city for about $62 million" of the $151 mil OT pay (leaving $89 mil).

Overall, there were 48 fewer serious crimes like murder, rape and robbery reported in the subway system this year than in 2022, according to NYPD data. The biggest change was 65 fewer reported robberies, where someone stole property by using force or the threat of force. There were also seven fewer reported rapes this year and four fewer murders, according to the newly released data shared with Gothamist. Assaults were an exception, rising by 5%. There were 26 more assaults this year than 2022, according to data. Source

So numbers are the same.

And then there's this gem ...

The vast majority of New Yorkers ticketed and arrested for fare evasion this year – 82% and 92% respectively – were not white, according to NYPD data. That’s a pattern that’s stayed consistent since 2017, when the NYPD first started publicly reporting fare evasion arrest data. Black New Yorkers are 10% more likely now to be ticketed for fare evasion than they were six years ago.

Tell me again how "good" the NYPD is.

All Internet Access Blocked In Pakistan ( english.alarabiya.net )

Internet and social media services in Pakistan faced severe disruptions on Sunday night as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, led by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, prepared for a massive online campaign ahead of elections. Khan and key PTI leaders were disqualified as candidates, alleging interference by the...

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Yup. Never forget Muskalog said he'd provide Ukrainians with Starlink service for free, then withdrew.

Dude's an asshole.

Judge blocks Trump lawyers from arguing about columnist's rape claim at upcoming defamation trial ( apnews.com )

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan made the determination in an order in advance of a Jan. 16 trial to determine defamation damages against Trump after a jury concluded Trump sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll but did not find evidence was sufficient to conclude that he raped her....

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Israel's lies ...

Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told the BBC's World This Weekend that "Israel does not deliberately target journalists".

"We're the only country in the Middle East that actually does have a free press. We're the only country in the entire region where the press can write bad things and criticise the leaders of government," he said.

"To say Israel deliberately targets the press is ridiculous, we're the only country that actually enshrines the free press."

The many lives of Trump Tower - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )

Trump first set sights on the old granite and limestone Bonwit Teller building at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 56th Street in the mid-1970s. It was a time of street gangs and violent crime, when New York City was known more for the Son of Sam serial killer than for glamour and style....

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Best quote from the article ...

We in the media were unprepared for anyone who lied as effectively and shamelessly as Donald Trump. Jonathan Greenberg, former Forbes researcher

Los Angeles County has thousands of ‘unclaimed dead.’ These investigators retrace their lives ( apnews.com )

Martirosyan acts as a living representative of those Los Angeles County calls “the unclaimed dead.” She is one of more than a dozen investigators who work for the Public Administrator, an understaffed and little-known branch of the county’s Department of the Treasurer and Tax Collector....

Auto dealers challenge new US FTC car-buyer consumer protection rules ( www.reuters.com )

The FTC said the new rules will ban bait-and-switch advertising tactics, prohibit charging for add-on costs that do not benefit consumers and require dealers to make key disclosures to consumers, including accurate pricing disclosures in advertising and sales communications....

Supreme Court agrees to weigh whether Trump can be kicked off ballot in Colorado ( www.nbcnews.com )

The justices will review a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that said Trump could be barred from the Republican primary ballot in that state, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruling is likely to have national repercussions, potentially setting guidelines that would determine how every other state would handle the issue....

Live updates | 6 killed overnight in an apparent Israeli airstrike on a home in southern Gaza ( apnews.com )

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says several thousand Hamas fighters remain in northern Gaza, where entire neighborhoods have been blasted into rubble. Heavy fighting is also underway in central Gaza and the southern city of Khan Younis, where Israeli officials say Hamas’ military structure is still largely intact....

For civilians or Hamas? 'Dual use' issue complicates Gaza aid efforts ( www.reuters.com )

Water purifiers, medical supplies and tent poles are among items Israel has blocked from entering Gaza on aid trucks, according to an Egyptian Red Crescent document seen by Reuters and sources in Gaza, but Israel denied blocking any such items....

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Withholding poles but sending tents means that Israel can say they allowed shelters to get through ... even if they're useless without tent poles.

Lies are still lies when they're of omission vs outright false info.

In Rafah, inside Gaza, Reuters reporters saw a pile of what looked like thick canvas tents, discarded on the floor in a corner of the Kuwait Hospital. This was because they had been delivered without poles, according to Dr Suhaib al-Hams, chairman of the hospital's board of directors.

A Gaza social affairs ministry official said he was aware of about 150 tents arriving without poles, out of 30 trucks loaded with tents.

Neo-Nazi podcasters sent to prison on terror charges for targeting Prince Harry and his young son ( apnews.com )

Christopher Gibbons and Tyrone Patten-Walsh espoused racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, homophobic and misogynistic views and encouraged listeners of their “Lone Wolf Radio” podcast to commit violent acts against ethnic minorities, authorities said....

Trump's Colorado appeal may force US Supreme Court to rule on his future ( www.reuters.com )

Former President Donald Trump's appeal of a Colorado ruling barring him from the ballot may force the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in directly on his 2024 election prospects, a case that legal experts said will likely pull its nine justices into a political firestorm....

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NAL but isn't Constitutional law a federal issue the must be ruled on by SCOTUS? Otherwise it seems that SCOTUS would, in effect, be redundant if states can individually rule on constitutional matters.

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