Bernie Sanders (AFAIK) has done two 12 hour sessions of this in the past week or so. It feels surreal to watch an American politician at his age show such an impressive feat of stamina and determination to fight for the American people. I’m eternally grateful for that man and his lifelong efforts in working for the interests of the working class.
Why? This is the kind of “reporting” we always see after the US bombs people.
It says the “bad people” are “allegedly” doing something we think might be scary. It aims to plant seeds in our minds that the houthi’s are the new terrorist group of the year and our tax dollars need to go towards bombing them out of existence. Personally, I’m tired of the working class funding a war machine, that only serves imperialist interests, while we’re left trying to live off of scraps.
Right. The US does 1000x more of this kind of stuff, but we’re supposed to read this propaganda piece like “OoOOoh these brown people 10k miles away might be doing something scary! Better support our gov indiscriminately bombing them!”
Nice try propagandists. We are not our parents and grandparents.
That seems to be the going right wing ideology these days. Convince people they have struggles that they don’t really have so they let the government create real struggles for people that are actually vulnerable. I’ve never seen people with their heads so far up their own asses.
I live in a major city in Texas, I’m autistic, and I’ve been told this by several people throughout my life. The last guy that told me that (during a debate about if vaccines cause autism) told me I was his best employee in many years and tried to get me back for years after I left his business. These people don’t know what autism is, what autistic people “look” like, but they know it’s the worst thing ever… That same guy told me he would disown his son if he were gay. I think these people are just bad parents who didn’t want kids in the first place.
The Texas grid is just better.
As a Texan who has lost power, for weeks at a time, 4 times in the last 10 years, I disagree. I live near a major city and we lose power almost every time there’s strong wind, rain, or sub-freezing temps. Maybe you’re just lucky to live where you live? I’ve lived all over my city, and it’s surrounding suburbs, and it’s been pretty much the same everywhere.
A lot of us wage slaves live in areas that are too spread out to bike, have no public transportation, and we can’t afford to move to a higher COL area that has those amenities. For example, my commute to work is typically 70ish miles, one way. There aren’t better job prospects within my niche industry that are available to me. I’m working towards moving closer to work, but I’ll be moving to a smaller town that is even less bike-able/walk-able. IMO, your position requires an amount of privilege I don’t have.