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Which part?
Ugh. Grow up kids.
The host is an adult, seems to be middle aged.
2·2 days agoArchive Link: https://archive.is/C9Ewo
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Migrants trying to avoid arrest set fire to blankets and mattresses at a camp in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua during a raid by government forces to clear the site in the early hours of Saturday.
About 250 Mexican officials, including National Guard military police in anti-riot gear, surrounded the encampment at around midnight, according to a Reuters witness.
Migrants began setting fire to mattresses and blankets in protest, the witness said, and tried to slip out of the site carrying babies and belongings.
No deaths or injuries were reported in the blaze, which was extinguished in under an hour.
A migration official, who was not authorized to speak to reporters, told Reuters that the goal of the operation was to bring the migrants to Mexico’s southern border, where they would be told to return to their home countries.
Many among the 150 migrants were Venezuelan families who had stopped at the camp in Chihuahua city, about 220 miles (360 km) from the border city of Ciudad Juarez across from El Paso, Texas, as they headed north to the U.S.
Venezuelan migrant Daniel Barrios, traveling with a woman carrying a baby on her back and a child with a sparkly blue backpack, said they were taken aback by the sudden police presence.
“Tell me, is it logical to come with this whole police and military force, supposedly to do an inspection at a camp, when they could do it during the day?”
Another family that also fled the camp said they were confused and frightened. A woman sobbed as she clutched two children close to her, and two men held toddlers in their arms, as red smoke rose high into the air behind them.
“The police came, and migration officials. We got to this shelter today, and we don’t know what’s happening,” said one of the men. “We’re disoriented. We’re scared.”
121·2 days agoThe shot is at a steep angle where it hits the helmet, ricocheting. You can see another hole a few inches back from the initial ricochet.
Saving Private Ryan - Lucky bastard! | 00:11 | https://youtu.be/bTmQA4DKYkg
Is The US Army’s New Helmet a Complete Disaster? The IHPS | 18:17 | https://youtu.be/SwDoWSkiGZ4
Notable comment:
@nurse-dude | 1 year ago
Another fantastic demonstration of how a ballistic helmet’s primary function is NOT protection from rifle/pistol rounds but rather a secondary function. They are primarily designed to protect from shrapnel and blunt force trauma.
Just to make sure you understand, this article was written by Ethan Dodd, not the Zionist Bari Weiss.
Ethan Dodd is a journalist who lives in Washington DC and focuses on business and economics.
She did create The Free Press, though.
About The Free Press:
The Free Press is a new media company founded by Bari Weiss and built on the ideals that once were the bedrock of great journalism: honesty, doggedness, and fierce independence. We publish investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is—with the quality once expected from the legacy press, but the fearlessness of the new.
1·5 days agoSince emerging in America from seemingly out of the blue in 2020, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has become one of the trans-Atlantic establishment’s most effective tools for censoring online speech. Its founder, Imran Ahmed, has nurtured close ties with the Biden White House since moving to Washington DC, targeting its political enemies with calls for their removal from social media. Back in his hometown of London, Ahmed was an influential advisor to the neoliberal wing of UK Labour, helping sabotage the leftist insurgency of Jeremy Corbyn and place his ally, Keir Starmer, in charge of the party.
Ahmed has been embroiled in controversy since journalists Paul D. Thacker and Matt Taibbi published internal CCDH documents showing he held private meetings with influential Democratic lawmakers throughout 2024 to advance a plan to “kill Elon Musk’s Twitter.” The billionaire Twitter/X owner and his allies in president-elect Donald Trump’s inner circle retaliated by accusing the British operative of violating laws against foreign interference in American politics.
However, internal CCDH emails obtained by The Grayzone reveal that while Ahmed nurtures ties to the Labour government in Britain, the self-styled “anti-hate” campaigner also enjoys a secret, “collaborative” relationship with a rogue foreign government whose leadership currently stands accused of genocide by the International Court of Justice, and is wanted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.
In an email dated June 12, 2024, Ahmed thanked Efrat Hochstetler, the Public Diplomacy Counselor of the Israeli Embassy in the US, for his “continued support of [CCHD’s] work.” He then introduced himself to Marco Sermoneta, Israel’s consul general in San Francisco, to “emphasize the importance of our collaborative efforts in combating hate and lies online.”
Ahmed appears to enjoy a working relationship with at least one figure who fits this mold. He is Trevor Chinn, a multi-millionaire British auto industry baron who is a top funder of Israel lobby activities in the UK.
As Paul D. Thacker and Matt Taibbi revealed, Ahmed emailed Chinn on June 4, 2024 – one day after he met with the Israeli embassy’s Hasson and Hochstetler – to set up a rendezvous. Copied on the email was Louise Jacobs, a British Zionist activist who serves on the Board of Governors of the Israeli government-controlled Jewish Agency for Israel.
Posing as a grassroots “social movement” composed of anonymous citizens concerned with misinformation, Ahmed’s group successfully knee-capped one of the most popular pro-Corbyn, antiwar outlets, The Canary UK, by organizing a boycott of its advertisers.
In 2021, CCDH registered as a non-profit in the US, and its founder settled down just a few blocks from the US Capitol in Washington DC with his new American wife. He quickly homed in on the enemies of the Biden White House, branding influential critics of its Covid restrictions as “The Disinformation Dozen,” and earning a shout-out from then-White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki as she successfully clamored for Facebook to ban their accounts.
CCDH’s report relied on the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA)’s notoriously expansive definition of antisemitism, which equates condemnation of Israel’s discriminatory system of apartheid with hatred of Jews. Among the examples of antisemitism listed by the IHRA is, “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.” The definition has been exploited so rampantly by the Israel lobby, that its author, Ken Stern, complained that “right-wing Jews are weaponizing” his work.
Ahmed has made no secret of his far-reaching censorship objectives. He has disclosed to journalists his “five-year plan” to demonetize any content creator who engages in what CCDH defines as “hate speech.” As his report attacking pro-Palestine Facebook groups makes clear, he sees little distinction between expressions of “hate” and advocacy for the rights of Palestinians living under siege and bombardment.
What Ahmed has failed to tell the public is that his crusade to censor and punish online Palestine solidarity activism is an outcome of his secret collaboration with the state of Israel – and that it may have been financially incentivized by the Israeli government as well.
Crumbs don’t make politicians union supporters, especially when they continue to hinder and block a union’s right to strike for better benefits and sick days.
Please, raise your standards.
I shared the post below with another fellow Lemmy user.
IMO: a well done video about the Railroad Strike and Biden, https://lemmy.world/post/24263602
11·6 days agoWow, awesome!
If interested, you should look into the billionaires that own a good amount of California water, and the politicians that help them.
Videos:
More Perfect Union, 08:08: https://lemmy.world/post/24266937
Sabby Sabs, 33:29: https://lemmy.world/post/24258142
Briahna Joy Gray, 30:26: https://lemmy.world/post/24260706
TIL
YOU CAN’T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS! is a catchphrase originating from the video game Sim City 2000, where it is shouted towards the player (the mayor) by the transportation advisor if he attempts to cut transit funding.
While it isn’t the character’s name, he is sometimes referred to as “Norm” due to his similar appearance to Norm Abram of This Old House.[9][1]
This Old House, The New Yankee Workshop, and Ask This Old House are great shows to learn DIY skills!
For those interested in Norm:
On May 19, 2022, it was announced that after 43 years, Abram would retire from the show. A one hour special titled The House that Norm Built aired online and on PBS stations on October 3, 2022, surveying his career with the program.[11][12]
In 1988, Morash planned to launch a spinoff of This Old House called The New Yankee Workshop, featuring Abram. They needed a convenient place to videotape, and used the shop in the small building that Abram built in 1979 in Morash’s backyard.[10] The shop’s layout and equipment were expanded and adapted to match Abram’s preferences, in a space measuring 36 by 26 feet (11.0 by 7.9 m).[13][14] The New Yankee Workshop was first aired in 1989 with Abram as the host.[4] The program showcased furniture or other projects and emphasized classic, elegant designs, made using a combination of simple handtools and newer power tools and equipment.[4] The show aired for 21 seasons on PBS, then was suspended indefinitely as Abram decided to focus on other projects.[10][15][16]
He has also contributed to efforts to train younger students in the building trades, such as the Generation NEXT apprenticeship program.[10]
More recently, he bought a new old house in Rhode Island near the coast, where he plans to build a new woodworking shop, and he is also interested in learning shipbuilding.[16][23][2]
He is still going strong, yt video 3 days ago:
Website: https://www.newyankee.com/
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@newyankeeworkshop
Edit: fixed last quote, and fixed second citation format
13·6 days agoOh…
Well, thanks for being honest about how you came to that conclusion!
Awesome.
Thank you for asking questions!
11·6 days ago
Source: Anadolu Agency
Here is a link, interview, Opinion: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/opinion/interview-brazil-s-bid-to-prosecute-israeli-soldier-challenging-israeli-war-crimes-through-universal-jurisdiction/3444958
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-soldier-flees-brazil-amid-investigation-war-crimes-gaza
Pro-Genocide update, Brazil:
https://jpost.com/international/article-836966
Brazilian Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro played a pivotal role in securing the dismissal of war crimes allegations against Israeli soldier Yuval Vagdani, who returned to Israel on Wednesday after Brazilian authorities officially closed the investigation.
Here is a different case, this time in Sweden:
Anti-Genocide update:
Evidence submitted includes photographs, videos, and witness testimonies, “corroborated by reports from international human rights organizations and reputable journalists.”
According to the organization, Ben David posted images of himself on March 1, 2024, using a sniper rifle in Gaza City. Witness accounts and journalistic reports indicate that civilians, including women and children, were killed in these operations, it said.
How did you come to that conclusion from watching this video?
Please elaborate; thank you.
I am not a fan of Zionist Barry Weiss, but I thought the article was informative.
I posted a Jimmy Dore (some cannot handle his views/commentary, so be warned) critique of Barry Weiss once I saw her association.
Thanks for the Axios article; it does not mention:
A final irony: On the same day Biden blocked the Nippon Steel deal on “national security” grounds, the U.S. approved the sale of $3.6 billion worth of air-to-air missiles to Japan.
Axios:
President Biden blocked Japan’s Nippon Steel from buying U.S. Steel last week, earning the approval of the United Steelworkers union, which desperately wanted the deal crushed.
The Free Press:
The far more likely result, however, is that Pennsylvania steelworkers will soon be out of work, as U.S. Steel had vowed to move to non-union Arkansas if its deal with Nippon Steel were turned down.
Local union leaders from two of the three Mon Valley plants supported Nippon, with Jason Zugai, vice president of USW Local 2227, saying that 95 percent of the union members at his Irvin Works support the deal. U.S. Steel’s corporate executives, elected officials, and hundreds of workers rallied to show their support in late November.
In other words, in kowtowing to a union leader who has been a long-time political ally, Biden ignored the wishes of an important ally, Japan; members of his own cabinet; and the union workers themselves. He is also hurting the country, which would be far better served if Nippon Steel reinvigorated U.S. Steel, something it is uniquely positioned to do.
It reminded me of when Biden helped crush the railroad strike and the union’s opportunity for the workers to get better benefits and time off.
IMO: a well done video about the Railroad Stike and Biden, https://lemmy.world/post/24263602
I agree, the duopoly acts like they are for the working class while doing the bidding of the owner class; giving crumbs to the working class does not make them union supporters.
It is more about having higher standards for politicians instead of being apologists and celebrity worshipers of them.
We must always be highly critical of those with power and influence, especially the duopoly.
You should read the article before commenting…
Biden supports unions the same way Trump does.
They both act and talk like they are for the working class, but in reality they continue to only help the owner class while giving crumbs to the working class.
He did so by blocking Japan’s Nippon Steel’s proposed $14.9 billion purchase of the once-iconic, now-declining U.S. Steel. The ostensible rationale was “national security.” As Biden put it in a statement Friday morning, “It is my solemn responsibility as president to ensure that, now and long into the future, America has a strong domestically owned and operated steel industry.” He added, “And it is a fulfillment of that responsibility to block foreign ownership of this vital American company.”
If only. Blocking the deal is just going to hurt the U.S. steel industry, and everyone in the industry, including the workers themselves, knows it. The real reason Biden stopped Nippon Steel from buying U.S. Steel was politics—a combination of placating his union allies and a misguided belief that U.S. Steel must remain in American hands at all costs. The irony is that this economic nationalism and union nostalgia could kill 3,000 union jobs and push U.S. Steel out of Pittsburgh.
During the election, the proposed takeover of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company became a heated issue in Pennsylvania. While Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris cited national security concerns, Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that the tariffs he planned to place on imported steel would revive the industry. The far more likely result, however, is that Pennsylvania steelworkers will soon be out of work, as U.S. Steel had vowed to move to non-union Arkansas if its deal with Nippon Steel were turned down.
“If there’s no company, what good are tariffs?” said Andy Macey, a mechanical repairman at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Works. Macey, 70, was a steelworker in the 1980s when U.S. Steel, unable to compete with cheap foreign imports—much of it from Japan—began shutting down factories. “When I walked out of that steel mill with my coworkers, we had tears in our eyes,” he said, remembering the daily food and unemployment lines. Macey said that a locker buddy committed suicide the night he was laid off. He pushed for the Nippon deal because he didn’t want younger steelworkers to suffer the same fate.
Nippon Steel promised to invest $2.7 billion in U.S. Steel’s aging union facilities, including $1 billion in the Mon Valley. The Japanese even sweetened the pot with a $5,000 bonus for workers if the deal passed.
Local union leaders from two of the three Mon Valley plants supported Nippon, with Jason Zugai, vice president of USW Local 2227, saying that 95 percent of the union members at his Irvin Works support the deal. U.S. Steel’s corporate executives, elected officials, and hundreds of workers rallied to show their support in late November. That same month, Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba warned in a letter to Biden that blocking the deal would “cast a shadow on the achievements you have accumulated over the past four years,” weakening an alliance critical to countering China.
Shortly before Christmas, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which is part of the executive branch and includes representatives from a number of cabinet departments, found itself unable to come to a unanimous decision about whether or not the Nippon Steel deal should be stopped. According to the Financial Times, the three most important committee members—the Treasury Department (which leads the committee), the State Department, and the Pentagon—found no security risks. In other words, in kowtowing to a union leader who has been a long-time political ally, Biden ignored the wishes of an important ally, Japan; members of his own cabinet; and the union workers themselves. He is also hurting the country, which would be far better served if Nippon Steel reinvigorated U.S. Steel, something it is uniquely positioned to do.
A final irony: On the same day Biden blocked the Nippon Steel deal on “national security” grounds, the U.S. approved the sale of $3.6 billion worth of air-to-air missiles to Japan.
Thanks, you made me look into her a bit; it seems her merchandise is produced in questionable ways (similar to the status quo, so as to maximize profit), not too much information though:
There’s a reason why Taylor Swift’s merchandise is made in Honduras, and not to mention that she’s a notorious carbon polluter with her total flight emissions for 2022 at 8,293.54 tonnes or 1,184.8 times more than the average person’s total annual emissions[1]
While many speculate that Swift’s merchandise is unethically manufactured in Honduras, her collaboration with UMG seems to dispel these rumors. In their “Modern Slavery Statement” from 2023, UMG holds that they’re adamant about “preventing slavery, human trafficking,” and other unethical labor forms within their distribution centers.
While many forgive Swift for her seemingly “detached” role in the merchandising process, others hold her accountable. “Taylor is a good role model… but her merch roll-outs can be ‘fast fashion-ish’,” one Reddit contributor said. “I don’t trust those ‘modern slavery statements.’ Artists like Billie Eilish and Lorde seem to be more involved in making sustainable and ethical merch. Taylor seems to be using polyester and labels made in low-wage countries — I find the lack of transparency alarming.”[2]
Skepticism of fans is not without reason, as Tiktok users voice their concerns about the lack of information on how Swift’s merchandise is sourced. Tiktok user and Swift fan @Hailey commented, “I don’t love that a good portion of her money comes from merch. Like we don’t need eight copies of the same exact thirteen songs. Wasteful!” Additional comments cited the lack of transparency around who is making the merch, what compensation the workers receive and what the working conditions are like.[3]
[1] https://medium.com/politically-speaking/is-taylor-swift-an-ethical-billionaire-6e746a6607c5 ↩︎
[2] https://www.yourtango.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-fans-claim-first-ethical-billionaire-people-dislike-her ↩︎
[3] https://spartanshield.org/37108/arts-entertainment/taylor-swifts-billionaire-status-highlights-ethical-issues/ ↩︎
54·16 days agoChina is set to smash international forecasts and Beijing’s official targets with domestic EV sales — including pure battery and plug-in hybrids — growing about 20 per cent year on year to more than 12mn cars in 2025, according to the latest estimates supplied to the Financial Times by four investment banks and research groups. The figure would be more than double the 5.9mn sold in 2022.
At the same time, sales of traditionally powered cars are expected to fall by more than 10 per cent next year to less than 11mn, reflecting a near 30 per cent plunge from 14.8mn in 2022.
Meanwhile, EV sales growth has slowed in Europe and the US, reflecting the legacy car industry’s slow embrace of new technology, uncertainty over government subsidies and rising protectionism against imports from China.
“They want to electrify everything,” said Liew. “No other country comes close to China.”
While the pace of Chinese EV sales growth has eased from a post-pandemic frenzy, the forecasts suggest Beijing’s official target, set in 2020, for EVs to account for 50 per cent of car sales by 2035, will be achieved 10 years ahead of schedule.
They also highlight how the rapid rise of the Chinese EV industry now threatens the national manufacturing champions of Germany, Japan and the US.
As China’s EV market tracked towards year-on-year growth of near 40 per cent in 2024, the market share of foreign-branded cars fell to a record low of 37 per cent — a sharp decline from 64 per cent in 2020, according to data from Automobility, a Shanghai-based consultancy.
“While China’s domestic EV sector is clearly flourishing, it is also facing slowing growth — from a very high base — models oversupply, intense competition and a price war,” she said. “The longer-term direction of travel is clear — China’s EV juggernaut is unstoppable.”
HSBC estimated about 90 new car models had been planned for release by manufacturers in China in the fourth quarter of 2024 — about one a day — and nearly 90 per cent were EVs.
But he added: “We anticipate . . . a strong surge in purchases at the end of 2025, driven by the expiration of subsidies and the imposition of a 5 per cent purchase tax on electric vehicles in 2026 — compared to 0 per cent until the end of 2025.”
Yes, that is the difference between those that are revolutionaries instead of reformists.
A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates for, a revolution. The term revolutionary can also be used as an adjective to describe something producing a major and sudden impact on society.
Reformism is a political tendency advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution.
234·16 days ago“The ultimate test of a society’s freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it’s how it treats its dissidents.” - Glenn Greenwald
Tribalism, it comes down to if you’re with our group, you must hate the other group.
This kind of thinking helps keep the working class divided and fighting over scraps while the owner class continues to rake in all the important resources.
George Carlin, comedian, has spoken about this:
“Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.”
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