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How Biden Can Win on the Economy: Stop Mass Layoffs (I don't think that Biden can win this way because he's too corrupt, but it's an interesting thought exercise) by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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It’s worth keeping tabs on the various elements of elite disconnect with the lives of those they regard as the masses. An obvious one has been the economy, where pundits insist the meal is the menu, and because their preferred measures of labor market health look perky, and inflation has moderated significantly, those who dare say that the natives are unhappy with Biden policies are wrong and/or trying to foment discontent.

Never mind that even if food prices aren’t increasing by much in the US these days, they’ve risen by so much that many still have not adjusted to the higher baseline. Housing is not-to-barely affordable for many. Health care is too pricey and getting more so. And that’s before getting to health care shrinkage via service degradation, such as substitution of less-trained medical professionals for MDs.

Basically everything is falling apart for the working class, and the Democrats want to pretend it's a "messaging" problem.

How Biden Can Win on the Economy: Stop Mass Layoffs (I don't think that Biden can win this way because he's too corrupt, but it's an interesting thought exercise)

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from nakedcapitalism.com

The Bad Faith Olympics - Kunstler by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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You tell me what conceivable way Ukraine can prevail in this proxy war now without just tripping off the civilization-ending nuke exchange? America does not have enough tactical missiles and artillery shells at hand to send over there. What we did have is gone. NATO never had much to begin with. Ukraine has run out of available cannon-fodder to conscript from its dwindling population. Despite Mr. Macron’s recent bluster, NATO can’t raise a credible army, or even agree on which country would send what. Nobody is riding to the rescue. Instead, Russia is fortifying its home-grown armaments industry and its military while systematically turning off the electricity all over Ukraine by blowing up the power stations. Very soon, Ukraine will be reduced to medieval living conditions — no lights, no phones, no Internet, no shopping, no ability to conduct modern warfare. End. . . of. . . story.

That's the whole revealing thing about all of this - the US has been exposed as a paper tiger.

After that, America and the rest of Western Civ can get on with the collapse of their financial system and very likely a period of profound political and economic chaos in which governments fall, nations change boundaries and shapes, and their populations suffer dramatically from an imploded standard of living. That process may actually play out somewhat slower than the end of the Ukraine war over the coming years. It will look like a combined game of musical chairs and hot potato, with the opportunities to get a seat steadily fading, and the losers left holding things they can’t handle.

Yep - the elite will desperately try to sling onto power.

The Bad Faith Olympics - Kunstler

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from kunstler.com

World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers (I think that 2% is way too low, but at least they are talking about it now) by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Keep in mind that most of this wealth is not "earned" - it's stolen from the rest of us.

World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers (I think that 2% is way too low, but at least they are talking about it now)

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from theguardian.com

Pentagon Confirms Delayed Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops From Niger by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The irony of this is that they should have negotiated with Niger to pay market prices.

Here’s What Student ‘Boycott, Divest, and Sanction’ Activists Are Demanding by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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At Pitzer College, the College Council, which is made up of students, faculty, and staff members, adopted a resolution calling on the college to cut all ties with Israeli universities. Strom C. Thacker, president of the college, vetoed the measure, saying it violated Pitzer’s commitment to academic freedom. The college also closed its study-abroad program with the University of Haifa in Israel, but maintained that it wasn’t in reaction to student protests.

Ultimately, universities are run by people who serve the rich. Otherwise they wouldn't be given roles in senior education management.

Here’s What Student ‘Boycott, Divest, and Sanction’ Activists Are Demanding

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from archive.ph

Pentagon Confirms Delayed Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops From Niger by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The US was never going to voluntarily withdraw from Niger without a fight to try to persuade the Nigeriens to keep the troops there.

Pentagon Confirms Delayed Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops From Niger

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from moonofalabama.org

Forget the AI doom and hype, let's make computers useful | Machine learning has its place, just not in ways that suits today's hypesters by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The reason why I think this won't be done is because it won't make people who are already rich even more rich.

Forget the AI doom and hype, let's make computers useful | Machine learning has its place, just not in ways that suits today's hypesters

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from theregister.com

Ted Postol’s Analysis of Iran’s Missile Attack on Israel by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Anyone who advocates a defense approach for their country should be able to show that they have a fully reasoned argument, which includes information about the effectiveness of the strategy and its affordability.

Wishful thinking, like what has happened in Ukraine, will at best be a recipe for tremendous expenditures for little capability.

Well, our ruling elite is full of wishful thinking with no basis in reality.

Ted Postol’s Analysis of Iran’s Missile Attack on Israel

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from sonar21.com

So German police now undertake dawn raids, confiscate all electronic devices, and follow up with criminal prosecution for using the term "Gaza Holocaust," under the pretext that it "trivializes the Holocaust" committed by earlier Germans who also staged dawn raids to suppress political dissent... by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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They've given up on even pretending to be a democracy.

So German police now undertake dawn raids, confiscate all electronic devices, and follow up with criminal prosecution for using the term "Gaza Holocaust," under the pretext that it "trivializes the Holocaust" committed by earlier Germans who also staged dawn raids to suppress political dissent...

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from twitter.com

Russia: moves children away from war zone to prevent their death Verdict: WAR CRIME China: re-educate terrorists so that they can reintegrate as useful members of society Verdict: GENOCIDE Israel: Mass executions, 30,000+ killed with air strikes VERDICT: You’re antisemitic by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Orwellian Western propaganda strikes again.

Russia: moves children away from war zone to prevent their death Verdict: WAR CRIME China: re-educate terrorists so that they can reintegrate as useful members of society Verdict: GENOCIDE Israel: Mass executions, 30,000+ killed with air strikes VERDICT: You’re antisemitic

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from twitter.com

US facing back-to-back setbacks in crucial part of the world: WaPo | As the formerly colonized nations boot out their colonizers, Russia and China are welcomed to the Sahel region. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The report included a new poll from Gallup that recorded strong approval for Russia and China in many parts of the Sahel. “Last year, China recorded its highest approval rating in Africa in over a decade,” Julie Ray, managing editor for world news at Gallup, said. “It picked up substantial support in countries in Western Africa — which helped nudge it ahead of the US by two percentage points.”

Keep in mind that the US is in control of propaganda too, so for China to edge ahead in the polls would suggest a major win on China's part.

US facing back-to-back setbacks in crucial part of the world: WaPo | As the formerly colonized nations boot out their colonizers, Russia and China are welcomed to the Sahel region.

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from english.almayadeen.net

The Art of War: Different Thinking Systems | Just as the West failed to understand Russia, and was taken by surprise, so it is that the White House firmly ignores the Biblical ‘End of Times’ dimension to the Israeli ‘way of thinking about war’. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The West thus slips back into old default colonial tactical responses to what they observe (i.e. towards the Iraq’s Hash’d A-Shaabi, or Ansarallah in Yemen), viewing them merely as ‘rebel’ or ‘mutinous’ disconnected eruptions, to be put down with a firm smack of firepower -- i.e. as discontinuous, tactical events.

The issue is that in the modern world, the world sees what the West really is and stands for.

The Art of War: Different Thinking Systems | Just as the West failed to understand Russia, and was taken by surprise, so it is that the White House firmly ignores the Biblical ‘End of Times’ dimension to the Israeli ‘way of thinking about war’.

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from english.almayadeen.net

Edward Said Warned Against Anti-Palestinian McCarthyism | Said’s legacy reads today as a scathing condemnation of the hypocrisy of U.S. liberal institutions, their moral corruption, and the hollowness of the very values that they profess to teach. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The more the US clamps down, the weaker the arguments are that the US is a legitimate democracy.

Edward Said Warned Against Anti-Palestinian McCarthyism | Said’s legacy reads today as a scathing condemnation of the hypocrisy of U.S. liberal institutions, their moral corruption, and the hollowness of the very values that they profess to teach.

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from scheerpost.com

Will Zionism self-destruct? | Israel’s strategy from past decades will continue with its hope of achieving some Chimeric transformative “de-radicalisation” of Palestinians that will make ‘Israel safe’. | Alastair Crooke by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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When exhaustion (and defeat) finally settles in, and the parties ‘scrabble in the drawer’ for new solutions to their strategic distress, the truly transformative solution would be for an Israeli leader to think the ‘unthinkable’ – to think of one state between the River and the Sea.

And, for Israel – tasting the bitter herbs of ‘things fallen apart’ – to talk directly with Iran.

The smart option would be for Israel to have talks now. Of course given the leadership of Israel, that is very unlikely.

Will Zionism self-destruct? | Israel’s strategy from past decades will continue with its hope of achieving some Chimeric transformative “de-radicalisation” of Palestinians that will make ‘Israel safe’. | Alastair Crooke

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from strategic-culture.su

The Iran Attack — What did the U.S. Know and When Did It Know? by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The US and Israel clearly were not successful in their defense against the Iranian counter retaliation for the attack of the Iranian Embassy.

The Iran Attack — What did the U.S. Know and When Did It Know?

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from sonar21.com

Another Small Emerging Economy Just Dealt Another Big Blow to the Global ISDS System | Ecuador was one of the first countries to reject international investment arbitration, back in 2008. Its new ultra neo-liberal government just tried to reverse that. Voters refused to let it by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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https://archive.is/fCUt8

Keep in mind that the Ecuadorian government was recently regime changed by the US. There seems to be a lot of resistance against the government.

Another Small Emerging Economy Just Dealt Another Big Blow to the Global ISDS System | Ecuador was one of the first countries to reject international investment arbitration, back in 2008. Its new ultra neo-liberal government just tried to reverse that. Voters refused to let it

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from nakedcapitalism.com

Billionaire Families Lose Hope for Tax Cut After Korean Vote by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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If anything, the rest of the world needs to increase its inheritance taxes.

Billionaire Families Lose Hope for Tax Cut After Korean Vote

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from archive.ph

No prison time for developer who bribed city officials for 18 years ¦ Sia Tahbazof and his compatriots paid city inspectors in order to get special treatment on his projects. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Seems like the rich always get a slap on the wrist, if even that.

No prison time for developer who bribed city officials for 18 years ¦ Sia Tahbazof and his compatriots paid city inspectors in order to get special treatment on his projects.

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from sfstandard.com

The Long American Counter-Revolution | Historian Gerald Horne has developed a grand theory of U.S. history as a series of devastating backlashes to progress—right down to the present day. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Seems like there is a backlash cycle today. It's important to understand though that race is merely a distraction by the ruling elite to keep a class unity coalition from forming against the rich.

The Long American Counter-Revolution | Historian Gerald Horne has developed a grand theory of U.S. history as a series of devastating backlashes to progress—right down to the present day.

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from bostonreview.net

Mapping America's Birthweight Crisis by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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To be honest, they are often related. Obesity is often a crisis of malnutirtion.

https://deeply.thenewhumanitarian.org/malnutrition/articles/2017/12/15/obesity-and-malnutrition-two-sides-of-one-crisis-2

It's been argued that poverty causes obesity.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/09/poverty-causes-obesity-low-income-families-need-to-be-better-off-to-eat-well

The Nation's Homeless Population Is Aging Dramatically by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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https://archive.ph/U81kb in case the load screen is annoying

It seems that more and more senior citizens just can afford to make ends meet and end up on the streets.

The Nation's Homeless Population Is Aging Dramatically

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from governing.com

Mapping America's Birthweight Crisis by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Underweight newborns are at an increased risk of long term health challenges, lower IQ scores, and developmental delays. New data shows that the frequency of this problem is rising with more than 300,000 newborns now experiencing low birthweight. This public health and equity issue is increasingly common in low-income communities, communities with poor access to healthy foods, and homes that are near high-polluting sites.

Keep in mind that this is all because the rich are hyper greedy. There's no reason why the young of America have to be in this state.

Mapping America's Birthweight Crisis

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from time.com

Columbia Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Day After Omar Grills Its President | Omar had grilled Shafik about her characterization of pro-Palestine protests as antisemitic. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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I"ve been disappointed by Omar, but at least her daughter seems to be speaking out.

Columbia Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Day After Omar Grills Its President | Omar had grilled Shafik about her characterization of pro-Palestine protests as antisemitic.

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from truthout.org

Ukraine is Heading Towards TOTAL COLLAPSE | Scott Ritter by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Note how Scott talks about the close relationship the Chinese and Russians have near the end, along with the patriotic relationship the Russians have with their nation.

Ukraine is Heading Towards TOTAL COLLAPSE | Scott Ritter

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from youtube.com

Zelenskys unhappy NATO shot down so many Iranian Drones and Missiles "for" Israel Someone should remind him that Ukraine isn't in NATO (and likely never will be) and that Ukrainians don't control the political, financial, and media apparatus of the US (Unlike the Zionist lobby) by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Yep. The Israelis are not talking about it because they don't want the world to draw attention to the failure of the system.

The House has voted to approve unconstitutional, warrantless searches of Americans' communications. Now the Senate has too—late on Friday, after the media had gone home. Only the President can stop it from becoming law, and he won't—because he's the one that asked for it. 🦅🇺🇸 | Edward Snowden by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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It's obvious that the US is lying about civil liberties. Effectively it means that privacy no longer exists.

The House has voted to approve unconstitutional, warrantless searches of Americans' communications. Now the Senate has too—late on Friday, after the media had gone home. Only the President can stop it from becoming law, and he won't—because he's the one that asked for it. 🦅🇺🇸 | Edward Snowden

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from twitter.com

Putin wants to get closer to the Taliban | Afghanistan’s political-economic crisis and the Ukraine War sanctions on Russia give both sides something to gain by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The reality is that trying to isolate the Taliban won't work.

It's far more reasonable to integrate them into the world’s economy.

Putin wants to get closer to the Taliban | Afghanistan’s political-economic crisis and the Ukraine War sanctions on Russia give both sides something to gain

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from asiatimes.com

Zelenskys unhappy NATO shot down so many Iranian Drones and Missiles "for" Israel Someone should remind him that Ukraine isn't in NATO (and likely never will be) and that Ukrainians don't control the political, financial, and media apparatus of the US (Unlike the Zionist lobby) by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Keep in mind the main strike was the ballistic missiles, which were successful in defeating the joint US / Israeli defenses.

But the rest of the quote is quite true.

Zelenskys unhappy NATO shot down so many Iranian Drones and Missiles "for" Israel Someone should remind him that Ukraine isn't in NATO (and likely never will be) and that Ukrainians don't control the political, financial, and media apparatus of the US (Unlike the Zionist lobby)

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from twitter.com

Washington’s Political Capture of the Philippines: A Former Colony, Now a Future Proxy by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Keep in mind that the US doesn't care about the Philippines - they are using them as a human shield.

Washington’s Political Capture of the Philippines: A Former Colony, Now a Future Proxy

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from youtube.com

America’s Flailing Industrial Policy Can Take Lessons From China | Beijing’s experiences are a road map for both opportunities and traps. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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It's interesting that CHina's success has reached a point where the publications of the ruling elites are slowly starting to realize that they need to look at what China has done successfully.

This is also a refutation of the whole "China is collapsing" narrative and the idea that "neoliberal small government" is best. Neoliberals historically opposed industrial policy.

America’s Flailing Industrial Policy Can Take Lessons From China | Beijing’s experiences are a road map for both opportunities and traps.

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from archive.ph

Mike Johnson Enables Warrantless Spying on Americans. War Between Israel/US and Iran? PLUS: Lee Fang on Ukrainian Smear Campaign | Glenn Greewald by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Americans these days don't have civil liberties.

Disappointingly, Johnson seems to be folding like a wet tissue against Establishment demands.

Mike Johnson Enables Warrantless Spying on Americans. War Between Israel/US and Iran? PLUS: Lee Fang on Ukrainian Smear Campaign | Glenn Greewald

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from rumble.com

2 more lost wars - Iran Strike Changes Everything | Garland Nixon by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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It's clear that the Iranians have sent a very clear message, even if the MSM is trying to portray this like Israel somehow won.

2 more lost wars - Iran Strike Changes Everything | Garland Nixon

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from youtube.com

Boeing engineer says safety concerns are ignored inside plane maker ¦ Whistleblower says he was told to ‘shut up’ after raising questions about 777 and 787 aircraft by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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More reports of Boeing acting in a very unethical manner.

Boeing engineer says safety concerns are ignored inside plane maker ¦ Whistleblower says he was told to ‘shut up’ after raising questions about 777 and 787 aircraft

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from archive.is

Greek journalists launch 24-hour strike over low wages | Greek radio and television carried no news and internet portals did not update their websites on Wednesday, as journalists staged a mass walkout to protest low salaries against the backdrop of higher living costs. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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I usually hate linking German MSM because it's a load of propaganda, but this one is interesting because workers are fighting back.

Greek journalists launch 24-hour strike over low wages | Greek radio and television carried no news and internet portals did not update their websites on Wednesday, as journalists staged a mass walkout to protest low salaries against the backdrop of higher living costs.

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from dw.com

Revolt in Northern England: No Ceasefire, No Vote by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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We are seeing more backlash, which is an encouraging sign. The UK government will no doubt clamp down.

Revolt in Northern England: No Ceasefire, No Vote

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The UK’s missing companies by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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If we did, we'd have fair competition, we'd have fairer taxation, and we'd stop this criminogenic environment existing which is undermining the fair trading of honest people in the UK. And we'd have a more vibrant economy as a result.

So why aren't we doing it? I just don't know because it would pay for a better society in every way that I can imagine.

The rich don't want those things and have lobbying power.

The UK’s missing companies

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from taxresearch.org.uk

BREAKING: Yanis Varoufakis BANNED from Germany for Palestine activism by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Germany is not a democracy and the mask has come off.

BREAKING: Yanis Varoufakis BANNED from Germany for Palestine activism

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from youtube.com

Despite Western Insistence that Iran Failed, Iran Did What It Planned to Do in Israel by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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I think that the MSM is desperately trying to cope. They did this to the Russians too and the made up stuff about Russia running out of ammunition. Needless to say, the US lied and Russia never ran out of ammunition.

Despite Western Insistence that Iran Failed, Iran Did What It Planned to Do in Israel

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from sonar21.com

US Cities Struggling With Office Vacancies: St. Louis in Doom Loop, New York Eyeing Residential Conversions | naked capitalism by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Nyc storefronts were vacant even before the pandemic.

EXCLUSIVE: US makes failed bid for Iran to allow 'symbolic strike' by Israel ¦ Washington used diplomatic backchannels to ask Tehran not to retaliate to an Israeli strike, which would allow Tel Aviv to 'save face' following the massive retaliatory attack launched by Iran by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The Iranian strike was supposed to be final. If Israel is dumb enough to escalate, there will be more strikes.

EXCLUSIVE: US makes failed bid for Iran to allow 'symbolic strike' by Israel ¦ Washington used diplomatic backchannels to ask Tehran not to retaliate to an Israeli strike, which would allow Tel Aviv to 'save face' following the massive retaliatory attack launched by Iran

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Activists trigger referendum that could end Swiss sanctions on Russia | Campaign seeks to tighten constitutional terms of country’s long-held neutrality in era of geopolitical and trade tensions by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Swiss neutrality is very strongly rooted in their heritage. So this is no surprise.

Activists trigger referendum that could end Swiss sanctions on Russia | Campaign seeks to tighten constitutional terms of country’s long-held neutrality in era of geopolitical and trade tensions

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Where Is America’s ‘Rules-Based Order’ Now? by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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It's looking like the Iraq War. They cheered it on and fired the dissenters.

Then after when it served the Democratic Establishment, they critiqued it.

Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites – The Markup by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Makes you wonder if this was incompetence or malice at the school boards!

Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites – The Markup

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UN Says No Improvement in Aid Access in Northern Gaza - News From Antiwar.com by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The US won't allow aid to go in. That's the real bottleneck at this point.

UN Says No Improvement in Aid Access in Northern Gaza - News From Antiwar.com

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U.S. Engagement Hits 11-Year Low by [deleted] in WayOfTheBern

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When Americans know that they live on a society where the rich can exploit society, they are inevitably going to be less engaged.

Where Is America’s ‘Rules-Based Order’ Now? by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Now it's become obvious that the world is covered by double standards. The rules only apply for US geopolitical interests.

Where Is America’s ‘Rules-Based Order’ Now?

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Scrambling for a win, America's poorest households spend 33 times more of their income on lottery tickets than the rich by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The lack of social mobility I think is driving this. Without a real way for the poor to advance, they turn to the lottery as an act of desperation.

Scrambling for a win, America's poorest households spend 33 times more of their income on lottery tickets than the rich

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The Resistance Axis Penetrated The Zionist Security Screen by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Just ask yourself. What would happen:

if Iran were to strike without warning? if Israeli allies were unprepared or unwilling to counter a strike? if Iran would hit more valuable and/or non-military industrial targets?

Any such attack could be catastrophic for Israel.

Needless to say, the Western media isn't going to cover this.

The Resistance Axis Penetrated The Zionist Security Screen

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Why Immigration Is Now the No. 1 Issue for Voters | The topic—a weak spot for Biden—ranks as more important than inflation and the economy, polls show by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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It looks like the identity politics has badly backfired for the Biden administration, along with his war in Ukraine and now wars, if you will, in the Middle East.

Why Immigration Is Now the No. 1 Issue for Voters | The topic—a weak spot for Biden—ranks as more important than inflation and the economy, polls show

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US Cities Struggling With Office Vacancies: St. Louis in Doom Loop, New York Eyeing Residential Conversions | naked capitalism by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Unfortunately, due to the way the system works in the US, vacancies are often preferable to lower revenue from lowering the rent.

You can see this in NY when the storefronts remained empty.

Israel Suffers Major Blow as Iran Puts West on Notice by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The main thing to understand is that the Iranians are holding back.

If Israel and the US are dumb enough to escalate, then there will be far more powerful attacks to come.

Israel Suffers Major Blow as Iran Puts West on Notice

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Democrats bank on abortion in 2024 as Arizona and Florida push stakes higher by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Abortion certainly played a role in reducing the Democrats loss in 2022 during the Midterms, but the General Election is different. The midterm voters tend to be richer, whereas turnout in the General Election is higher.

I suppose that this was inevitable. What else does Biden have to campaign on? Bad economy, losing wars, and no major accomplishments.

Then again, Trump has moderated his views on abortion.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/1c1k08k/trump_moderating_on_abortion_is_bidens_worst/kz3nu4c/?context=3

Democrats bank on abortion in 2024 as Arizona and Florida push stakes higher

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Gulf states warn US not to launch strikes on Iran from their territory or airspace | Exclusive: Gulf monarchies question US basing agreements as they brace for Iranian retaliation against Israel by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Evidently, the rest of the Middle East doesn't want to get involved. The former US vassals don't want to fight on behalf of the US because they can see the US is a declining power.

Gulf states warn US not to launch strikes on Iran from their territory or airspace | Exclusive: Gulf monarchies question US basing agreements as they brace for Iranian retaliation against Israel

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I suspect this is due to the fact that Japan and the Netherlands are now aware that once they lose the Chinese market they won't get it back.. US sanctions are not beneficial, as I posted recently Korea are seeing a drop of their exports to China... In my opinion it's their own fault for adopting... by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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It is looking like the US allies are hurting economically from a sanctions war.

The insanity of this whole sanctions war needs to be made apparent.

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