When Israel says something warlike (although the truth is usually just in Hebrew) believe them. They’ve made up their minds that they want a wider war in the WA/NA region and will do whatever is necessary to start one. But they have an image to keep up, that’s critical to their national strategy, of acting like the perpetual victim… so they can’t straight up invade anyone.
Other than that EVERYTHING is on the table.
A conversation with an actual higher up in the American DoD that I know in my personal life has succinctly stated that the US is in a bind that really doesn’t seem capable of overcoming. The power of the US is the dominance of the US dollar, which allows the US to buy actual goods and services with pieces of paper that is printed out of thin air.
When the American Empire overstretched itself trying unsuccessfully to crush Korea and Vietnam, the gold standard became impossible to maintain. Then it decided it could just maintain the petrodollar… but that would mean that Israel, Saudi Arabia and to a lesser degree the other bribed petrostates have to stay in the US’s power bubble. Western Asia/North Africa (commonly known as “The Middle East”) needs to stay poor, crushed and divided to keep oil prices cheap and sold exclusively in US dollars.
What is happening is that Israel and Saudi Arabia were fine allies for the American Empire when the US was strong but as its power is waning, its becoming increasingly impossible to keep Israel and Saudi Arabia content with just being an American pawn knowing that the US needs them so desperately. The truth is that it’s inevitable that Israel, that is openly a belligerent fascist state is going to drag the US into a WW3 scenario, because they know that if their neighbors aren’t annihilated they will inevitably go the way of Rhodesia and apartheid South Africa… there were some voices in those nations who also advocated for broad African genocide but they lacked the hard and soft power to do it.
Israel is a Western cultured and loyal ally of the US willing to do whatever Uncle Sam needs in the region, now other than peace, in the MOST important region for American power. The US’s back is against the wall and CANNOT abandon Israel no matter how much world and domestic upheaval is against them.
Israel will spell the end of American power.
Because most Americans have been fooled into thinking that all possible scenarios in politics are found by the two parties, as right as humanly possible are the Republicans and left as humanly possible are the Democrats with “moderates”* in between…
So any attack on Kamala means that you are literally MAGA.
Reminds me of Kim il Sung that said, “It’s better to close up like a clam until the war is over.”, very wise words to live by.
It’s crazy how much of the American tech industry are all these unprofitable endeavors being propped up by investors with no hope of profit in the near future. I feel like it is going to end with a DotCom bubble bursting but a million times worse.
For the love of God, don’t the Ukrainians get that they’re being used as pawns to bleed Russia in a war that they have no hope of winning? Ukraine as a nation is on an IV drip of poison.
I would however love to hang out in that steamroller.
A few lunatics, sure, but not the average population.
The second debate should just have both Biden and Trump die of old age on air.
But Xinjiang is part of China…
What’s the difference?
Thank God that Biden isn’t a lying, racist, narcissist like Trump, right? Right?
The only reason I have a modicum of faith is that JT Chapman aka Second Thought is a member of the CPUSA and is attempting to go up the ranks of the party. They are THE official communist party and have so much history that it’s a shame to give up on it if possible. He’s proven many times that he’s not afraid to stick his neck out even if he risks everything by being so public about his beliefs.
The only good thing is that after his failure of a presidency he can’t be blamed for being “too moderate” like Mauricio Macri. Argies tend to give presidents a year “chance” to do something before they rebel. Let’s see what happens.
We already know Joe is a hyper-liberal scumbag… for all we know, she can be better. Literally he brags about being the biggest Zionist. Obviously the difference might be tiny, but it’s (slightly) better than nothing.
Edit: I’m still either voting Green or PSL regardless, but still.
So basically Trump’s election is guaranteed. Not even a question, a declaration.
Javier Milei is going to try to start some war against a “communist state” to attempt to be a protectorate of the US, I know it. Like invade Venezuela or some shit.
The US State Department is thrilled with how the “Ukrainian Model“ has worked, debt trap “friendly” nation A to the gills and also drain “enemy” nation B of blood and treasure… evil but effective.
This is why I’m afraid of any broad leftist front in the US, in 2024 in practice both liberal parties are basically indistinguishable.
A proud martyr.
I live in NYC, I have never personally done this but I know people who have struggled, and the best thing is to maybe not dress in a suit but your nicest clothes, showered, and groomed enough so people think you’re middle class plus going through one unique moment of poverty and not someone chronically poor… and just go to a food place (not a restaurant, somewhere that sells food… deli, grocery store, maybe even a food cart) ideally in a nice neighborhood. Ask to see the manager or ideally the owner (since they have way more leeway than employees) and without giving this huge sob story, politely ask for food.
They will almost never say no, and in fact you might get lucky and be given a month’s worth of food. It sucks that we have more sympathy for a moment of difficulty for the better off than a lifetime of suffering for the poor but here we are. It reminds me of the state Senator in Wisconsin or Michigan or wherever arguing against free food in schools because kids that don’t get enough sustenance in their youth have a lifetime of reduced intelligence and even charisma and if they gave every kid food, “we’d have no mechanics or bricklayers!”.