Lula is set to choose as his running mate a center-right austerity-supporting neoliberal, Geraldo Alckmin, whom he and his party have spent 20 years calling fascist, racist and eager to steal food from poor people to give it to his banker-funders. Here's Lula's rationale for it:
So, a fun art history fact! Flies are used to represent rot, wasting away, decay, death, melancholia.
A fly hovering over a church official or nobleman indicates disfavor with the king or corruption and dereliction of duty.
More than 200,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 and President Trump is still casting doubt about the effectiveness of wearing a mask – and mocking Democratic nominee Joe Biden for doing so himself. #Debates2020 https://t.co/085ZKO77ki
Last week's $740 billion military spending bill wasn't enough. Senate Republicans want $29 billion more for the Pentagon as they try to slash weekly unemployment benefits from $600 to $200 for 30 million Americans who lost their jobs.
"Pathetic" is too mild of a word for this.