@texan77581 @Busyisaworkshop That and all those piling on tells the truth, which is that the ability to pay ludicrous amounts for this work is a huge part of the problem. Capital worship ruins all.
@CrazyFenaker @justachemist002 @MikeSington The difference is that those other wars were engaged in with no real question as to their legitimacy. The Bushes’ wars probably should have faced more scrutiny though. Fundamentally though, other people’s actions (right or wrong) do not erase legal wrongdoing by someone else.
@CrazyFenaker @justachemist002 @MikeSington There are probably other military engagements I’m not considering.
Does trying to use military alliances for personal political gain resulting in war count? Because then perhaps we can tally Ukraine and Israel for Trump, too…
My brother and our cousins, who are Palestinian-American, were pulled off the airplane and held by airport security & police at the Minneapolis, MN (MSP) airport last night on their way home from a wedding and were not allowed to leave after questioning because a White woman (pictured below) on board "felt scared" and told the airline my brother and his friends were suspicious for taking turns using the bathroom and claimed they made a bomb threat directly to her.
My brother and cousins were speaking in Arabic and English and wearing Palestine necklaces. They are all in their early 20s.
In addition, security took several other Arabic speaking & Muslim passengers off the plane for questioning and held them preventing them from leaving as well. They were all racially profiled and treated as suspect.
After about an hour, security and police realized there was no basis to the woman's claims and they she was lying and so they sent everyone home. They refused to give my brother the name of the woman and refused to allow him to file a false police report against the woman.
The police told my brother to just go home and there is nothing to report on, "it's a she said, he said situation".
But this woman put my brother, our cousins and Arabic speaking passengers in danger. Anyone on the plane could've reacted to her allegation and became violent, even pulled out a gun on them or caused panick.
He, our cousins and the other Arabic speaking passengers were treated as suspect because they are Palestinian-American and this is without a doubt the result of mainstream corporate media dehumanization of Palestinian victims in Gaza that are being targeted by incessant Israeli bombs. Since October 7th the media has helped manufacture consent for Israel's genocide in Gaza that has killed over 20,000 Palestinians using US supplied bombs by parroting Israeli talking points that portray all Palestinians as subhuman.
We still don't know this woman's name and would like help identifying her.
@RareImagery@krassenstein What the staffer did is probably uncouth but not illegal. Sexual acts in public in front of children is an unconsensual sexual act which is abuse. You are not only biased but you are also lying to yourself.
@Calibos420@dcpetterson@BythePEOP Since I was presented the idea in the late 90s I’ve thought one of the most important causes was pushing to implement ranked choice style voting. Seems the best option to change the absolutism of the current system.