Crises precipitate change. That's no reason to induce a crisis, but you'd be a fool to let a crisis go to waste. Donald Trump is the greatest crisis of our young century, and the EU looks set to squander the opportunity, to its own terrible detriment.
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I hate sharing anything from Qalibaf that I remember personally from 1980s horrors.
But sadly he is telling the truth, much more often than the orange shitler.
US has asked Iran for help rescuing their pilot and "threat him in accordance to international laws".
The sad part is US and EU designated IRGC as a terrorist organization, German chanslor proudly announced that international laws don't apply to Iran. But the terrorists are expected to follow the laws that don't apply to them if they capture the American pilot.
It's perfectly logical, isn't it?
PS. I would love to see a reporter asking Shulz about this issue
#F15Down #Hypocrisy #GenevaConventions #PoWs #WarOfAggression
#RegimeChange #WarOnIran #EpsteinWar #WestAsia #Iran #tRump #WarForOil #Israel
I just think...
Uber doesn't have cars
Airbnb doesn't have houses
Netflix doesn't have cinemas
Amazon doesn't have any stores
Spotify does not own the rights to the music
The intermediaries are always the ones who profit the most.
#intermediaries #business #uber #netflix #airbnb #amazon #spotify #society #actuallyautistic
Its interesting that Iran shooting down one (or possibly two) US aircraft in its airspace is being treated as an 'escalation'.... Given Iran is clearly under attack from US/Israeli forces, defending its airspace is not so much an escalation as a perfectly reasonable defensive response (and certainly legal as far as international law is concerned).
But the narrative remains, whatever the media may think its doing, one that privileges the US's positioning on the 'war'!
A 1% annual wealth tax on billionaires in Illinois would, by itself, balance the budget.
A 2% wealth tax on billionaires would pay for universal single payer healthcare for everyone in Illinois.
Tax the billionaires.
L'argent des contribuables sert moins à financer les retraites et les services publics qu'à donner plus d'argent aux entreprises (exonérations, etc.).
On le savait déjà, mais c'est toujours bien de le redire...
Loin des discours dominants qui expliquent que le déséquilibre croissant entre le nombre de travailleurs et celui des retraités rend inopérant le modèle social français dessiné en temps de plein-emploi, l’économiste Anne-Laure Delatte, directrice de recherche au CNRS et coautrice du programme du Nouveau Front populaire pour les législatives de 2024, rappelle que le manque de financement vient d’abord du choix de réorienter l’argent public vers les entreprises.
Cory Doctorow
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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