At best, inequality serves as an indicator of potential problems. At worst, obsessing about it distorts our priorities from what truly matters, such as the living standards of the least well-off. Inequality can sometimes be a reflection of some social ills. But it can be a reflection of social progress too, and some purported cures for it are much worse than the disease.
A given distribution of income or wealth does not fall like manna from heaven, nor is it pre-determined by government.
It is a reflection of millions of interactions, trades, decisions, inheritances and policies.
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“Every 15 seconds, a home is broken into. That’s why you need… United Nations Home Security”🤣🤣🤣
This is the best satire of who and what the United Nations truly is😂
PROS of the MOU
• Iran pinky promises not to develop a nuclear weapon.
• The Strait of Hormuz reopens, with commercial shipping passing toll free for 60 days.
CONS of the MOU
• Broad sanctions relief for Iran.
• Frozen Iranian assets are unfrozen.
• Hezbollah appears to be protected from continued Israeli military pressure.
• Enriched uranium remains inside Iran.
• No provisions addressing Iran’s support for terror proxies.
• No provisions addressing Iran’s ballistic missile program.
• No provisions addressing Iran’s systematic human rights abuses.
• No requirement for Iran to dismantle or disarm the Axis of Resistance.
• No commitment from Iran to end support for Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, or other proxy groups.
@apollo_news_de Dann ist Vergewaltigung ja völlig in Ordnung. War ja freiwillig.
Habt ihr noch alle Tassen im Schrank? Wenn ein Z-Promi virtuell „vergewaltigt“ wird, brennen allen die Sicherungen durch. Was verdammt noch mal läuft schief in diesem Land? Was ist falsch mit dieser Justiz?
With all due respect, Mr. Vice President, World War II is probably the worst example you could have chosen.
The whole reason World War II happened in the first place was because World War I ended with a deeply flawed post-war settlement. If anything, it is a warning about what happens when you fail to properly resolve the causes of a conflict.
And when World War II did happen, how did it end? Not through negotiations. It ended with a decisive military victory. In Germany, Allied forces were literally within meters of Hitler’s bunker. In Japan, it took two nuclear bombs before the Imperial leadership finally accepted reality and surrendered unconditionally.
I don’t even need to go digging through distant history or obscure corners of the world to find examples. Let’s stay in your own backyard. How did the American Civil War end? It ended with a decisive Union victory, the surrender of the Confederacy, Reconstruction, and accountability for those who had taken up arms against the Union. It did not end with everyone sitting around a table and agreeing to disagree.
The lesson from history isn’t that wars should end through vague compromises that leave the underlying issues unresolved. Quite often, the lesson is the exact opposite: unresolved conflicts tend to come back, usually bigger and bloodier than before.
🚨 Alert: Major escalation ahead!
We are finally decoupling.
1. Going to war against Iran with the US as a partner would be excellent militarily - but highly problematic under Trump.
2. In the end, it all depends on the IRGC. The enemy always gets a vote.
3. If the IRGC fires missiles at Israel, the response will be harsh.
It’s important to understand what the IRGC has been trying to achieve:
A. They could have waited for the deal to be signed, knowing Israel would respond in Dahya if Hezbollah fired missiles into Israel.
B. Instead, to demonstrate their strength - and believing they had Trump on their side because he desperately wants a deal - they ordered Hezbollah to fire. They knew Israel would respond.
C. Their goal was to maneuver Trump exactly where he is now: forcing Israel to stand down. Classic escalation.
But here’s what they failed to calculate:
**The decoupling between Trump and Netanyahu.**
The IRGC still hasn’t understood what Israel has become after October 7th:
1. We don’t really care what Trump says or what his personal financial interests are - the stock market, oil prices, or any deals of Mr .@SteveWitkoff can have in Qatar.
2. We care about our security. We care about our School and Kindergarten Children. (got That .@JDVance ?) - When Hezbollah fires rockets or even builds the capability to harm Israelis or invade (as they planned), we protect our civilians.
3. If the IRGC makes the mistake of trying to create a linkage - “If Israel responds to Hezbollah, we will hit Israel” — they will quickly discover what the IDF can do when the US isn’t tying one hand behind our back.
For anyone who still hasn’t figured out what the next few hours hold: as I write this, Hezbollah has again fired on Israeli civilians in Manara and Kiryat Shmona. An Israeli response is coming, and the IRGC will have to decide.
The enemy always gets a vote.
But so do we.
The only one decoupling himself from the situation is Trump.
We live in the Middle East. Israel does not have the luxury of being separated from the rest of the world by two oceans.
Therefore, we fight.
Encore une fois : le libéralisme est l'exact opposé de l'extrême droite.
Extrême droite = État partout + restriction des libertés + usage de la violence
Libéralisme = État minimal + libertés individuelles au dessus de tout + le marché règle les conflits.
Milei est libéral.
No. President Trump obviously has good intentions. I just understand how much of a cancer Islam is so I know Iran won’t respect any deal, and the Islamic theocracy of Iran will certainly never keep its word due to the Islamic blood lust of murdering infidels.
Iran is an Islamic regime. In order to have global Islamic domination, which is what they want, they need to fund their proxies.
This deal will last for one second. Trump is being very gracious but you can never trust the word of an Islamic regime.
This is a sexual assault—unknowingly captured by a mom filming her daughter’s wrestling match.
Kallie didn’t know her opponent was male. But she knew something was very wrong.
Today @ADFLegal helped Kallie sue the WA officials who placed gender ideology above her safety. 🧵⬇️
“Contaminated with apartheid and Zionism.”
The anti-Israel mob have officially stopped pretending this isn’t about targeting Jews.
Stickers calling to boycott Israeli goods were placed on a box of matzah in Sainsbury’s in Clifton, Bristol. However, the manufacturer – Rakusen’s – is based in Yorkshire.
This is not a product from Israel. This is a British kosher manufacturer, based in the north of England. Any pretence of this being about Israel has dropped.
They simply saw kosher products in a supermarket and decided that it was fair game to vandalise.
In the 1930s, Nazi propaganda used analogies which compared Jews to parasites, in an effort to dehumanise them and to justify the cleansing of German society from what was perceived to be an unhygienic, contaminating threat. Boycotts of Jewish goods and businesses were also an attempt to rid society of Jews. These stickers echo those disturbing ideas.
We understand that the store manager was alerted and that a police investigation is currently underway.
The targeting of Jewish goods, which bear no connection to Israel, in the name of activism only does one thing: it targets Jews.
@roblagnac@CDU_CSU_EP@EPPGroup@CDU@CSU Woher kommt die Zahl „70% Zustimmung ? Und die Forderung war ja wohl gegeb alle russischen Staatsbürger gerichtet und nicht nur „Eliten“ ( was auch immer dieser Begriff besagen soll )