tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82564372070075510882024-03-28T08:11:20.219-04:00Tuesday Night Buzzlots of crapUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4515125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-3412117344701826612024-03-28T08:10:00.003-04:002024-03-28T08:10:38.704-04:00US and Israel <p>The Pro-Israel-All-the-Time fever may be breaking.</p><p>Most Democrats and most independents disapprove of Israel's military action.</p><p>We need a Democrat who will run on that.<br /></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX51R4SpMYiO1r-okiKFhLcvIAq9vlitq9dDDcRcZQE-P7apS9TRzMQFyUzX4f3EAUu-mUXKpDhwrtMic8rZhQbaoOJdjoGoS0PmBv-3fkugAUu9313nPHB9-wmhE23n_i7VstGJ7El0bbyq401HhHKhtg0a9fnt4ILGfPqYoms7lABdwR5z4KGlJQ0A/s409/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-28%2008-05-43.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="409" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX51R4SpMYiO1r-okiKFhLcvIAq9vlitq9dDDcRcZQE-P7apS9TRzMQFyUzX4f3EAUu-mUXKpDhwrtMic8rZhQbaoOJdjoGoS0PmBv-3fkugAUu9313nPHB9-wmhE23n_i7VstGJ7El0bbyq401HhHKhtg0a9fnt4ILGfPqYoms7lABdwR5z4KGlJQ0A/w400-h211/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-28%2008-05-43.png" width="400" /></a></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Found here: <a href="https://www.eschatonblog.com/2024/03/popularism.html" target="_blank">Popularism!</a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-80560096553919496952024-03-27T08:08:00.001-04:002024-03-27T08:08:13.681-04:00Evangelicals<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnd-JS91y-rBWyx7Y1bMZGxvVKQaDkcFbpUiVDCbRitSW4ANVkSXVy1em2ljLMjflZQnk7V8vo9g7uHaXJUxWJff-JRd0n6a0fHgxw3Ev0IIrKW_qm1FK8FD9TvLE5bhauz2ldeGSze2gwhJznR5pqP5EBArDgcO0lPYIdZ5WzNW2Vyl_7voJ3XFZsA/s408/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-27%2008-06-36.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="407" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnd-JS91y-rBWyx7Y1bMZGxvVKQaDkcFbpUiVDCbRitSW4ANVkSXVy1em2ljLMjflZQnk7V8vo9g7uHaXJUxWJff-JRd0n6a0fHgxw3Ev0IIrKW_qm1FK8FD9TvLE5bhauz2ldeGSze2gwhJznR5pqP5EBArDgcO0lPYIdZ5WzNW2Vyl_7voJ3XFZsA/s320/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-27%2008-06-36.png" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-9518790895903780292024-03-19T09:06:00.000-04:002024-03-19T09:06:02.636-04:00Trump's Predictions<p>About as good as his promises.</p><p>The Rude Pundit: <a href="https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2024/03/regarding-bloodbaths-lets-remember-what.html" target="_blank">Regarding Bloodbaths: Let's Remember What Trump Said Would Happen If Biden Was Elected in 2020 That Didn't Happen </a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-82192927073554578832024-03-16T08:23:00.007-04:002024-03-16T08:23:51.559-04:00Misinformation<p>Hey Google, </p><p>How can anything from Sean Hannity be at the top of any news feed?</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqkxoOIm2oXbuFCB5Ba_sonfxFIc6dNogwuU7trSYsdz3ixQeYgTkBDuazc78QmCH-n4mmnzi6Qfec5g0I5h2c-U1iO0xanvosiC14FLdszArxX19hai5pY-_Egh8CDmslv7pnOhcdkcbGydtbP2tZBvOEaSfoLZkVeCXTY_Li_e3FccFFg6UON2n5Q/s764/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-16%2008-20-52.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="764" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqkxoOIm2oXbuFCB5Ba_sonfxFIc6dNogwuU7trSYsdz3ixQeYgTkBDuazc78QmCH-n4mmnzi6Qfec5g0I5h2c-U1iO0xanvosiC14FLdszArxX19hai5pY-_Egh8CDmslv7pnOhcdkcbGydtbP2tZBvOEaSfoLZkVeCXTY_Li_e3FccFFg6UON2n5Q/s320/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-16%2008-20-52.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-50259134326115561562024-03-15T08:07:00.000-04:002024-03-15T08:07:08.218-04:00Israel, AIPAC and the US.<p><a href="https://prospect.org/world/2024-03-14-aipac-talking-points-revealed/" target="_blank"> AIPAC Talking Points Revealed</a></p><p><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-03-13/ty-article-magazine/.premium/netanyahu-didnt-tell-biden-the-whole-truth-about-israelis-and-the-gaza-war/0000018e-389b-dc74-adbe-bcbf118b0000" target="_blank">Netanyahu Didn't Tell Biden the Whole Truth About Israelis and the Gaza War </a><br /></p><p><i style="color: #660000;"></i></p><blockquote><i style="color: #660000;">Netanyahu told Biden, and AIPAC, that Israelis overwhelmingly back his wartime policies, omitting the public's plunging faith in his leadership and promise of 'total victory' in Gaza. The question is when, and whether, Israelis will starting calling for an end to the war </i></blockquote>Netanyahu, right-wing Israelis and AIPAC are not our friends. <p></p><p>Netanyahu and right-wing Israelis use AIPAC to keep US support of Israel front and center.</p><p>We may be Israel's staunchest ally but they are not ours.</p><p>They do what they want and are dragging us into pariah state status along with them. <br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-85349131033321979062024-03-10T10:00:00.001-04:002024-03-10T10:00:10.784-04:00Republicans<p>Shit like this is why I don't vote Republican any more.</p><p><a href="https://digbysblog.net/2024/03/09/the-msm-finally-catches-up/" target="_blank">Add Katie Britt to the list of liars </a></p><p>The R's have become a reality show masquerading as a political party.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-67201916917450309192024-03-10T09:48:00.003-04:002024-03-10T09:48:51.797-04:00Misinformation<p>Mish working on the title of Misinformation Mish. </p><p>Yesterday with <a href="https://tuesdaynightbuzz.blogspot.com/2024/03/misinformation_9.html" target="_blank">this</a>, and again today with this.<br /></p><p><a href="https://mishtalk.com/economics/medicaid-expansion-was-supposed-to-pay-for-itself-instead-hospitals-are-closing/" target="_blank">Medicaid Expansion Was Supposed to Pay for Itself, Instead Hospitals Are Closing</a><br /></p><p>He's a small government libertarian so he's going to promote this kind of stuff but offering this as a valid study is misinformation.</p><p>The "study" is from The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA). Here's what Wikipedia has on them. <br /></p><p><i style="color: #660000;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Government_Accountability#References" target="_blank"></a></i></p><blockquote><i style="color: #660000;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Government_Accountability#References" target="_blank">The Foundation for Government Accountability </a>(FGA) is a conservative American public policy think tank based in Naples, Florida. The nonprofit organization primarily focuses on reducing the welfare state, reducing restrictions on teenage workers, and blocking the expansion of Medicaid at both the state and federal levels. FGA conducts policy research and its experts recommend free-market policies intended to promote work, reduce dependency, and increase opportunity. The organization was founded in 2011 by Tarren Bragdon, who now serves as FGA's CEO and president. The group's "emphasis on policy messaging and marketing...has differentiated the group from traditional think tanks."[3]</i></blockquote><p></p><p>So the study is by a conservative, anti-government think-tank/marketing firm which has one of it's goals as "blocking the expansion of Medicaid at both the state and federal levels".</p><p>Do you think the study is legit? Do you think they looked for any other reasons why hospitals in these states are losing money? I doubt it. </p><p>Our health care system has a lot of problems and this could be an issue but you are not going to get a fair picture from an organization who's goal is destroy the thing they are reporting on.<br /></p><p>Anyway, Mish has a decent finance site. He's the second site listed on this <a href=" https://www.intelligenteconomist.com/economics-blogs/ " target="_blank">Top 100 Economic Blogs</a> listing and I read him every day, but he's a hard-core libertarian who is automatically against anything, any government does. </p><p>He posts a lot Fox News-like stories that blame big scary government for problems while ignore other possibilities. <br /></p><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-26248681988731014102024-03-09T09:37:00.001-05:002024-03-09T09:37:15.297-05:00Misinformation<p>Libertarian Mish wails against growing government jobs.</p><p><a href="https://mishtalk.com/economics/huge-percentage-of-job-gains-are-related-to-taking-care-of-immigrants/" target="_blank">Huge Percentage of Job Gains are Related to Taking Care of Immigrants</a></p><p>While this is technically true, the number of government jobs as a percent of all jobs has been falling for years.<br /></p><p>from Wolf Street "<a href="https://wolfstreet.com/2024/03/08/job-trends-in-manufacturing-construction-oil-professional-information-healthcare-retail-leisure-finance-transportation/" target="_blank">Employment Trends in Manufacturing; Construction; Oil & Gas; Professional & Business Services; Information; Healthcare; Retail; Leisure & Hospitality; Finance; Transportation… </a>" <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknC15Lza3xT5EN_8Gj54b0E1cAOTrm2tq0mMrh7Y9bxqNGZjS8M9QuppX85Mo68aJZJrGegzlmS04HW0andG2qjznZ66j0ZUfGKFUaaUmtnBEF3TQje4xSYn_YbdauFl5GxStBz5TY9of1XnPzJ8CLhdKlIVFgREriFG4ecFgEXs2iq1n1p0uwZSt2A/s703/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-09%2009-31-05.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="703" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknC15Lza3xT5EN_8Gj54b0E1cAOTrm2tq0mMrh7Y9bxqNGZjS8M9QuppX85Mo68aJZJrGegzlmS04HW0andG2qjznZ66j0ZUfGKFUaaUmtnBEF3TQje4xSYn_YbdauFl5GxStBz5TY9of1XnPzJ8CLhdKlIVFgREriFG4ecFgEXs2iq1n1p0uwZSt2A/s320/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-09%2009-31-05.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Immigration helps an economy grow.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-44864956607501313362024-03-08T07:38:00.004-05:002024-03-08T07:38:48.683-05:00Palestine<p>How long before Israel bombs it? <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68506356" target="_blank">US to set up temporary port on Gaza coast for aid delivery</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-6308917772442852962024-03-05T08:40:00.003-05:002024-03-05T08:40:29.848-05:00US - Israel<p><a href="https://www.breakingnews.ie/israel-hamas/cracks-widen-in-netanyahus-government-as-top-political-rival-arrives-in-us-1596236.html" target="_blank">Cracks widen in Netanyahu’s government as top political rival arrives in US </a></p><p><i style="color: #660000;"></i></p><blockquote><i style="color: #660000;">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuked a top cabinet minister arriving in Washington on Sunday for talks with US officials, according to an Israeli official, signalling widening cracks within the country’s leadership nearly five months into its war with Hamas</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Maybe the Biden administration is trying to show that even though Netanyahu and AIPAC have a stranglehold on the Democratic administration they can put the same kind of pressure on Netayahu's coalition?</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-76526423497096332392024-03-04T08:35:00.000-05:002024-03-04T08:35:07.152-05:00US support of Israel<p>Here's what happens if a US politician doesn't support Israel. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/03/aipac-israel-spending-democratic-primaries-00144552" target="_blank">AIPAC uncorks $100 million war chest to sink progressive candidates </a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-12102794139815371822024-03-04T08:22:00.002-05:002024-03-04T08:22:21.740-05:002024 Election<p>2024 is going to be a shit-show. <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68440150" target="_blank">BBC: Trump supporters usung AI to fake photos of him with Black folks </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="706" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMg1kkwzMly0kdrUBuTwlQbF6PtWdnpQjpAAJeNrfB9sjH1HbinZjqAE1EU156Sp3RVqyjf06WqgXkluJ51_P6GSl2yH0XDTG7TZaH4Zmvn7oCIVC7JHotQ_mRd_lRtiMmKBnX57PCSZc8X-Y5t8ecWGC0DhPW5VApLABwsoxdEkYPPUOvZWmQiepAg/s320/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-04%2008-21-18.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660000;"></span></i></p><blockquote><i>A creator of one of the images told the BBC: "I'm not claiming it's accurate."<br /><br />The fake images of black Trump supporters, generated by artificial intelligence (AI), are one of the emerging disinformation trends ahead of the US presidential election in November.<br /><br />Unlike in 2016, when there was evidence of foreign influence campaigns, the AI-generated images found by the BBC appear to have been made and shared by US voters themselves.<br /><br />One of them was Mark Kaye and his team at a conservative radio show in Florida.<br /><br />They created an image of Mr Trump smiling with his arms around a group of black women at a party and shared it on Facebook, where Mr Kaye has more than one million followers.<br /><br />At first it looks real, but on closer inspection everyone's skin is a little too shiny and there are missing fingers on people's hands - some tell-tale signs of AI-created images.<br /><br />"I'm not a photojournalist," Mr Kaye tells me from his radio studio.<br /><br />"I'm not out there taking pictures of what's really happening. I'm a storyteller."</i></blockquote><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-22367514073631458902024-03-02T08:33:00.004-05:002024-03-02T08:33:52.897-05:00Life as a Palestinian<p>A good thread on what it's like being a Palestinian in the Israel-controlled West Bank.</p><p><br /></p>
<p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When I was in the West Bank settlers attacked olive pickers, saying they were Hamas agents. IDF soldiers used the same pretext to stop the harvest. One soldier told me picking olives was a “political act.” A thread on things I saw while reporting for The New Yorker: <a href="https://t.co/9EANd8CKdR">pic.twitter.com/9EANd8CKdR</a></p>— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) <a href="https://twitter.com/shane_bauer/status/1763211878086697324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-57987701308993551172024-03-02T08:31:00.006-05:002024-03-02T08:31:51.434-05:00Israel-Palestine<p><a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/us-blocks-algeria-condemnation-gaza-aid-massacre-un" target="_blank">US blocks Algeria condemnation of Gaza aid massacre at UN Security Council</a></p><p>US was the only vote against. </p><p>14 to 1. </p><p>14 to fucking 1!<br /></p><p>Democratic leadership hammers MAGA for trying to destroy NATO while votes like list are going to destroy the UN.</p><p>Have some balls. What's wrong is wrong. </p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-14081766293475775242024-03-01T07:53:00.005-05:002024-03-01T07:53:33.297-05:00War<p>Our leaders know it's wrong but can't/won't do anything about it. <br /></p><p><a href="https://aje.io/qh5196" target="_blank">More than 25,000 women and children killed in Gaza: US defence secretary</a><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #660000;"></span></i></p><blockquote><i>Austin’s estimate, in answer to a question by a congressman, is highest-level acknowledgement of Gaza’s huge death toll.</i></blockquote><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-43258776583684390182024-03-01T07:50:00.007-05:002024-03-01T08:48:06.094-05:00Misinformation<p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-03-01-24/index.html" target="_blank">Devastation in Gaza as Israel wages war on Hamas</a></p><p>CNN gets it wrong. </p><p>Israel's war is on the Palestinians. </p><p>More on CNN slanting it's Gaza coverage.</p><p><a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/the-guardian-exposes-how-cnn-slants-the-gaza-news/" target="_blank">The ‘Guardian’ exposes how CNN slants the Gaza news </a><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/04/cnn-staff-pro-israel-bias" target="_blank">CNN staff say network’s pro-Israel slant amounts to ‘journalistic malpractice’</a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-15104446324663991972024-03-01T07:47:00.011-05:002024-03-02T08:34:51.593-05:00Which Side ... <p>... of this history would you want to be on? </p><p>from <a href="https://aje.io/6b1i2q" target="_blank">Al Jazeera 20024.03.01</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRgWexq5m7BrfKBFRngj8_1L3Y-sNXCllwmnEDUyE4GpuSahyphenhyphenc3gFT31b_cQopluhLSIFp3RsHkkn9H6Y7KL_iikX8FmXA_G9G_fboeMH-ExAa1bzY6IMCuIRJap3RxqvVHzIU8uhBo1nUFLfFaT1pEYMj6qB6C4NZ3Breh1i-S87EK4nIKKtUZytgQ/s530/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-01%2007-45-25.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRgWexq5m7BrfKBFRngj8_1L3Y-sNXCllwmnEDUyE4GpuSahyphenhyphenc3gFT31b_cQopluhLSIFp3RsHkkn9H6Y7KL_iikX8FmXA_G9G_fboeMH-ExAa1bzY6IMCuIRJap3RxqvVHzIU8uhBo1nUFLfFaT1pEYMj6qB6C4NZ3Breh1i-S87EK4nIKKtUZytgQ/s320/Screenshot%20from%202024-03-01%2007-45-25.png" width="296" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More on the genocide.</p><p><a href="https://www.juancole.com/2024/03/thursday-massacre-civilians.html" target="_blank">Black Thursday: Israel’s Great Flour Massacre in Gaza kills over 100 Civilians, wounds Hundreds</a></p><p> </p><p>The world order crumbling because we, the US won't stop this.<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.juancole.com/2024/03/israel-complying-genocide.html" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="https://www.juancole.com/2024/03/israel-complying-genocide.html" target="_blank">Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case</a><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-30300067819735623742024-02-27T09:00:00.003-05:002024-02-27T09:00:50.429-05:00Saving Coal<p></p><p>The title could be "Trump was lying again". <br /></p><p>Remember when Trump was telling the coal workers about how he was going to save coal.</p><p>Coal use for electricity production fell faster under Trump than under Obama.</p><p>He was just making it up.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MEqu8Th8pBX_KQYGsuSeu5IrmKuifF5oUpIGURg-i2GuKYvSl_Q-kG6ZLEl4I1DdFcLr4hno9NV15E981ZgRqrkbfs8DM5zX-f5eXXsEtywt4kRQjrQbcD3EQNan1c1x1JXR560q1W-jtswlg1tB8RZ-pmACzQ7RSA6LxK51Q3mCDxN_apHJ0mm7Aw/s621/Screenshot%20from%202024-02-27%2008-55-56.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="621" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MEqu8Th8pBX_KQYGsuSeu5IrmKuifF5oUpIGURg-i2GuKYvSl_Q-kG6ZLEl4I1DdFcLr4hno9NV15E981ZgRqrkbfs8DM5zX-f5eXXsEtywt4kRQjrQbcD3EQNan1c1x1JXR560q1W-jtswlg1tB8RZ-pmACzQ7RSA6LxK51Q3mCDxN_apHJ0mm7Aw/w400-h300/Screenshot%20from%202024-02-27%2008-55-56.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A good article on where US electricity comes from. <br /></p><p><a href="https://wolfstreet.com/2024/02/27/u-s-electricity-generation-by-source-in-2023-natural-gas-coal-nuclear-wind-hydro-solar-geothermal-biomass-petroleum/" target="_blank">U.S. Electricity Generation by Source in 2023: Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear, Wind, Hydro, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass, Petroleum </a> <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-51553715401948894672024-02-27T08:53:00.002-05:002024-02-27T08:53:32.847-05:00Fox Propaganda<p>Here Fox is priming the pump for 2024 stolen election conspiracy theories. </p><p>The Dems will do anything to win, hints at election interference by prosecuting Trump, changing voting laws, new Russian hoax, boat loads of money. </p><p>Basically, the Dems are getting ready to steal this election too.</p><p>Democracy may not survive Fox News.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuv4JD4TfUm-tREeu2PNtwwaerF8T_v2qVMbDKQAQ2KbOmQnlsi3AKevPnBr7hbzYrW1nmpZf9kIfpk0vy1kq4tF7_3BVT53mXO0K8vsqHIA_WG_6g6o_myM0geg4tNlhQtFBqxs3-6z7rBfeB6NDa-E5wmLugxJ5FOYHCDrcaRxjU5tvCgmnfL-fEg/s365/Screenshot%20from%202024-02-27%2008-45-05.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="365" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuv4JD4TfUm-tREeu2PNtwwaerF8T_v2qVMbDKQAQ2KbOmQnlsi3AKevPnBr7hbzYrW1nmpZf9kIfpk0vy1kq4tF7_3BVT53mXO0K8vsqHIA_WG_6g6o_myM0geg4tNlhQtFBqxs3-6z7rBfeB6NDa-E5wmLugxJ5FOYHCDrcaRxjU5tvCgmnfL-fEg/w200-h184/Screenshot%20from%202024-02-27%2008-45-05.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-democrats-anything-stay-white-house-3-tracks-plan-take" target="_blank">Biden, Democrats will do anything to stay in the White House. Here are 3 tracks they plan to take </a><br /></p><p> </p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-74494396522413741242024-02-24T10:51:00.000-05:002024-02-24T10:51:43.150-05:00A Few LinksBalkinization: <a href="https://balkin.blogspot.com/2024/02/increasingly-brazen-article-v.html" target="_blank">Increasingly Brazen Article V Convention Advocates Smell Victory Even as States Reject Them </a>- Changing the Constitution in a time of high partisanship, out-of-control
social media and lots of guns!? Sounds like a short path to a real
civil war. <br /><p> <br /></p><p>The Rude Pundit: <a href="https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2024/02/get-your-filthy-faith-out-of-our.html" target="_blank">Get Your Filthy Faith Out of Our Secular Legal System</a> - I agree. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conversable Economist: <a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/02/22/puzzles-about-immigration-and-crime/" target="_blank">Puzzles about Immigration and Crime</a><br /></p><p> </p><p>Ted Gioia: <a href="https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-state-of-the-culture-2024" target="_blank">The State of the Culture, 2024</a> - Close to just an old guy yelling about the kids and their newfangled things of today but still pretty good. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stumbling and Mumbling: <a href="https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2024/02/on-unequal-sympathy.html" target="_blank">On unequal sympathy</a><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-33446999761176424572024-02-24T08:24:00.006-05:002024-02-24T10:55:33.939-05:00Israel vs The World<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/24/us-says-new-israeli-settlements-inconsistent-with-international-law" target="_blank">US says new Israeli settlements ‘inconsistent’ with international law.</a></p><p>"inconsistent" ? </p><p>I think "against international law" would be a better description.</p><p>Also, <a href="https://www.vox.com/24055522/israel-hamas-gaza-war-strategy-netanyahu-strategy-morality" target="_blank">How Israel’s war went wrong </a>- pinning the blame on Netanyahu. I'd agree he is the driving force right now (along with the Israeli far right) but thirty plus years of fucked up US support made this possible.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-43668112010776023722024-02-21T08:57:00.004-05:002024-02-21T08:58:32.766-05:00Immigration<p>Those old immigrant-hater's social security checks may depend on those immigrants working and paying taxes. <br /></p><p>The US population is not growing fast enough (not enough babies) while the over 65 (social security) group is exploding. (see link and charts below) and ...</p><p>Immigrants don't really take "our jobs" they allow the economy to grow.</p><p><a href="https://www.epi.org/blog/immigrants-are-not-hurting-u-s-born-workers-six-facts-to-set-the-record-straight/" target="_blank">Immigrants are not hurting U.S.-born workers</a><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmGzNBfAohoQvslGYj6DjHXV0UOjnR0VJucbaEH3BCEfhRutJc5T2L6f7bQaLBKcxVzkU634ybplM6E6zM3UxzmaOvTz5TTkqDlw1hSJb51ON-5vW5snmCrExkuvslV6-DSSbqSsumA3KeEREdwTOXW01Xo4M66SCAEqQWicPJqFC1yYCSNxB8Ga7uw/s556/Screenshot%20from%202024-02-21%2008-55-16.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="81" data-original-width="556" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmGzNBfAohoQvslGYj6DjHXV0UOjnR0VJucbaEH3BCEfhRutJc5T2L6f7bQaLBKcxVzkU634ybplM6E6zM3UxzmaOvTz5TTkqDlw1hSJb51ON-5vW5snmCrExkuvslV6-DSSbqSsumA3KeEREdwTOXW01Xo4M66SCAEqQWicPJqFC1yYCSNxB8Ga7uw/w400-h59/Screenshot%20from%202024-02-21%2008-55-16.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> <br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/02/20/three-snapshots-of-where-us-population-is-headed/" target="_blank">Three Snapshots of Where US Population is Headed</a> <br /></p><blockquote><p><i style="color: #660000;">"Back around 1950, there were six Americans in the traditionally working-age population from 25 to 64 for every American who was 65 and older. The ratio fallss over time, but when the “baby boom” generation that was born starting in 1946 started turning 65 in 2010, you can see the drop-off in the ratio become more severe for about 25 years, before it more-or-less levels out again. We’re now at a ratio of 2.9 25-64 year-olds for every person over age 65, headed for a ratio of 2.2 by 2054. Many of the fundamental financial issues for Social Security and Medicare stem from this this shift."</i></p></blockquote><p><i style="color: #660000;"></i></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkCO7oHyLeG2VpBIAXUiq3_ocR70QxJQX6m88Lljc_Lpqr_fh4o_jgmmMWUBOSRM0X2kVr63DUFTgDwLmcJCVwwYnbmWtYNSCmWc11IPdsGzoMZrHNlpmyIldatmrqkdPRGLhxm_ZkvTzuuOifmh3-qPUfNpJe6_pNVMvNFOxz9c9ZLTGX5L5AaQ4uw/s768/image-15.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="768" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkCO7oHyLeG2VpBIAXUiq3_ocR70QxJQX6m88Lljc_Lpqr_fh4o_jgmmMWUBOSRM0X2kVr63DUFTgDwLmcJCVwwYnbmWtYNSCmWc11IPdsGzoMZrHNlpmyIldatmrqkdPRGLhxm_ZkvTzuuOifmh3-qPUfNpJe6_pNVMvNFOxz9c9ZLTGX5L5AaQ4uw/w400-h240/image-15.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aHRTZtwCNCb_N-WOcuXYz1HR9MB7Fc6n3-K4dUWhM2QDfA6X7Ccghyphenhyphen_AB_SSgcoIarn08tQXEkBJelC2riVTXk6zfmhBxq9jH-z8Fo1ITHJ_MB_jgNIbKggWBRkln81gjQ1mG-wJYLxgWsvAK_budJ1nYUdqiO3tf13zku4Fw_kxVGsR81wJGXYnJw/s768/image-16.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="768" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aHRTZtwCNCb_N-WOcuXYz1HR9MB7Fc6n3-K4dUWhM2QDfA6X7Ccghyphenhyphen_AB_SSgcoIarn08tQXEkBJelC2riVTXk6zfmhBxq9jH-z8Fo1ITHJ_MB_jgNIbKggWBRkln81gjQ1mG-wJYLxgWsvAK_budJ1nYUdqiO3tf13zku4Fw_kxVGsR81wJGXYnJw/w400-h238/image-16.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><br /><p> </p><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-28083903342661404042024-02-20T17:32:00.002-05:002024-02-20T17:32:50.066-05:00US and Israel vs The World<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/20/us-vetoes-un-resolution-ceasefire-israel-gaza" target="_blank">US vetoes Arab-backed UN resolution demanding ceasefire in Gaza</a></p><p><i><span style="color: #660000;"></span></i></p><blockquote><i><span style="color: #660000;">Vote in 15-member security council was 13-1 with UK abstaining, making it the US’s third veto of such a resolution.</span></i></blockquote><p></p><p>13 to fucking 1.</p><p>Everyone in the world is for a ceasefire but like an oblivious parent bailing-out their fuck-up teenager for the 100th time we veto anything that even hints at reining-in Israel's genocide.</p><p>The administration is in a pickle. In an election year, any move against Israel would be political suicide. The evangelicals and the right would wail. The media would hammer them. AIPAC money would instantly switch to Trump and the Republicans. The American people would end up with another Trump administration who would be even more pro-Israel. </p><p>This is a critical election. Netanyahu knows it and is driving it home.</p><p>Biden and the Ds know it so are playing along.</p><p>I'm sure they think they are saving us from the second coming of Trump but the hit to our world image by allowing this genocide could be worse.</p><p>This is what you get when for decades you let the media create a false image of a problem while you just take the money and ignore the real world situation. There is a point where you can't make a move and the whole phony image comes tumbling down.</p><p>It's time for a change. Time to break free of the Pro-Israeli hold on our politics. </p><p>Show some balls. Side with the world against genocide. Tell Netanyahu to shove it.</p><p>Come clean and sell the change to the sane voters as the right thing to do.</p><p>Break the pro-Israeli hold so we can get back to being a legitimate force for good in the world.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-41211508712107662532024-02-20T07:34:00.007-05:002024-02-20T07:34:53.903-05:00Israel-Palestine<p>War Crime headlines of the Day. </p><p>from Al Jazeera 2024.02.20<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-fears-explosion-in-child-deaths-in-gaza" target="_blank">Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israeli forces shoot at crowd waiting for food</a></p><p><a href="Without US backing, Israel wouldn’t be allowed to commit ‘genocide’" target="_blank">Without US backing, Israel wouldn’t be allowed to commit ‘genocide’ </a><br /></p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256437207007551088.post-69475612907430655992024-02-19T08:10:00.003-05:002024-02-19T08:56:31.514-05:00Israel-Palestine<p>Winning hearts and minds... <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-food-trucks-surrounded-as-hunger-spreads-in-gaza" target="_blank">Israel’s war on Gaza live: Over 29,000 Palestinians killed, hunger spreads</a></p><p>oh, and this will help.</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/18/us-signals-it-will-block-proposed-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-at-un" target="_blank">US signals it will block proposed Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN </a><br /></p><p> </p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0