The speed at which he was turned into a hero and merchandise was made is a testament to the efficiency and responsiveness of capitalism.

Archiving doesn’t work with some sites, someone got another trick?

His friend Strom Thurmond lived to be a 100. These racist ghouls tend to live long.

Israel is nothing without the continued support of the US and other Western countries.

Words are meaningless, he is still sending weapons to Israel.

India is playing both sides, good for them

There’s a cost to maintaining old technology, at some point it becomes higher than transitioning to new technology. People have known that since ancient times, that’s why the Neo-Assyrian Empire chose to switch from Akkadian to Aramaic.

When I was in Japan a decade ago, email was still rare, the electricity bill requires someone to come to your home and calculate it each month, the ATM wouldn’t work on weekends after certain hours or on holidays, a lot of paperwork to do anything, and other little gotchas like that, that made it feel far behind at times.

They are still far ahead when it comes to baths and toilets though. The infrastructure is also superior to anything anywhere else except perhaps China.

How can the laws be so lax in Italy that this would happen?

From the streetcar conspiracy to this. GM sure has an illustrious history.

Impressive. Solar has gotten to be really competitive.

Did they condition their recognition of Israel on it having an effective government that accepts Palestine’s right to exist?

The G7 is a nursing home.

When the camel falls the knives are many. Old Arabic saying, I think relevant here.

It can absolutely happen. Nothing stopping a republic from becoming a dictatorship. If it happened once in history, it will happen again. This thing in particular has happened multiple times. The US may show more resilience but in the end, it is a human system run by humans, and it will be broken by humans.

We told you back in November but no one listened.

I still won’t buy Italian cars

I like the idea of a maximum wage

I hope this encourages them to leave, they threatened they’d rather die, leaving should be an option for them now. Not sure what the long term ramifications will be for Palestinians and the survivability of the occupation, but I’m hoping for the best.