American physician Dr. Saeed Rehman, speaking from Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza, described treating victims of today’s aid massacre. He pleaded with the Western world to wake up: “What we’re seeing here is an absolute annihilation of humanity — of children, of pregnant women. What we’re seeing here is an execution.”
Netanyahu has not allowed any food, water, or fuel into Gaza in two weeks.
Now he has resumed bombing, killing hundreds of people and breaking the ceasefire that had given Gaza a chance to live again.
NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.
Remember 9/11?
After the towers fell, American flags were flying on every street corner, and the US government had the unwavering support to justify invading any country, which has been followed by decades of war and military occupation.
Then down the line, we learned that what we were told about 9/11 was not the truth. The terrorists who committed the attacks were funded by our own CIA. Building 7 was demolished without being struck by a plane. Things were vastly different than they appeared on the surface level at the time.
Did terrorists really drive planes into the towers, killing thousands of innocent civilians? Yes. But were the US government innocent bystanders? No. They orchestrated the plot, and used it to justify attacking countries with resources they wanted. AND IT WORKED!
This is why I am cautious to immediately pledge my unconditional allegiance to the Israeli government, when we don’t know exactly what happened or which nefarious entities were involved in the Hamas attacks.
Did terrorists really murder and kidnap hundreds of Israeli women and children? Yes. But are the Israeli government innocent bystanders? I do not know.
Did the Israeli and/or US government WANT these attacks to happen? Did their Intelligence agencies know Hamas were planning this, and allowed them to carry it out so they could justify war? I do not know, but given we have seen the US use this exact playbook, and given Israel is essentially fully funded by the US, it’s naive to assume anything at face value.
If history has taught us anything over the years, its that things are NEVER as they initially appear.
Actors are on strike in America. The writers guild has been on strike since May2nd.
Actors and writers are beginning a strike just as AI tools that could reduce their importance (to a degree) come to the forefront. The strike may actually unintentionally accelerate the adoption of these new tools and displace the strikers more than otherwise.
In 2023, are strikes and unions still an effective way for employees to get better terms?
Anecdotally, it would seem like a tight labor market incentivizes companies to do more on comp and benefits than union pressure (see tech companies). It would also seem that the best non-unionized companies have more robust comp and benefits vs unionized ones (see Tesla).
Some data definitely suggests that non-unionized companies have better overall margins and performance (in the same industry) vs unionized ones.
“Market value and earnings are estimated to be about 10%-15% lower in an average unionized company than in a nonunion company, following extensive control for firm and industry characteristics.”
https://t.co/Qj0yaH2yRj
“The ROI for unions decreased because the market was providing this power to employees, whereas before it was unions that [provided] this power to employees,"
https://t.co/KNnXhiNZiv
“the average effect of a union win at a workplace is to decrease the market value of the affected business by at least $40,500 (in $1998) per worker eligible to vote, based on monthly stock prices for 24 months before and after a vote to unionize.”
https://t.co/LKBpoIZ1lV
The result is a multi-decade trend of weakening product-market fit for unions among workers…
Fwiw, I hope the actors and writers can hash out a deal with the studios…there are a lot of good shows on Netflix I’d rather not live without.
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Eagles key free agents this off-season: DT Javon Hargrave, DT Fletcher Cox, RB Miles Sanders, DB Chauncey Gardner Johnson, CB James Bradberry, LB Kyzir White, G Isaac Seumalo, S Marcus Epps, DE Robert Quinn, QB Gardner Minshew, OT Andre Dillard, DT Ndamukong Suh, DT Linval Joseph, WR Zach Pascal, RB Boston Scott.