Kent Willard

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Retired to NC mountains. I write, read, and cut wood. I'm wrong a lot. No expertise in pandemics, warfare, or AI.

We can't have more immigrants. They're taking all of our kids' jobs!

From #JohnFry https://onlabor.org/march-26-2024/

News & Commentary: March 26, 2024 ✦ OnLabor

Florida weakens child labor laws; Volkswagen workers will vote soon in Tennessee; SoCal hotel workers secure raises; UAW local rejects House subpoena

Used to be that if a giant bridge collapsed, you'd be able to hop on Twitter and read all about it, the rescue efforts, what happened, all as information was being uncovered. It was the place to go for a major news story, people would be tweeting new info and it would all be gathered under the heading 'Francis Scott Key Bridge'...
The revolution is starting

Could the US be any more pathetic? Urging Ukraine to leave Russian oil refineries alone

https://archive.is/T4kre

Not every mass killing is genocide. Most are mass murders, massacres, and war crimes.
I don't want to be pedantic, but scale the noun, or else you wear out the big "G" when you really need it.
Trump doesn't speak in paragraphs, he speaks in phrases without conjunctions, ambiguous pronouns, and non sequiturs. He communicates in emotion, not logic. It is absurd when read, and can only be understood when heard and seen.
The legal definition of rape vs sexual assault isn't the debate that I think Trump would want, but okay.
Trump is the King of Debt. So
perhaps his properties are mortgaged to the hilt and all his cash is in hidden offshore accounts. If so, then it will take the residual value of many trophy properties to equal $450 million.

Julia Davis reports that Putin's friends celebrate his "re-election" by showing photos of mass hanging on Russian national t.v.

She writes,

" Images of Russian 'traitors' being executed were shown on state TV in a chilling warning about the next six years of the 'Supreme Commander.'”

#Putin #violence #repression

https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-friends-celebrate-re-election-with-photos-of-mass-hanging

Putin’s Friends Celebrate Re-Election With Photos of Mass Hanging

Images of Russian “traitors” being executed were shown on state TV in a chilling warning about the next six years of the “Supreme Commander.”

The Daily Beast

Definition:

Conspiracy Theory

- A belief that the overwhelming consensus of the scientific community, who have spent their lives researching the subject, missed something you figured out in two minutes due to your superior Google researching skills.