Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism

I’m fiscally moderate and racially exterminationist.

Is that not Grand Central these US army troops are occupying?!

As “liberal order” realists go, he’s an outlier for sure.

His speech to the EU Parliament last year was a carpet bombing of inconvenient truths.

The only institutional failure was one of containment. The Palm Beach police investigation should have been shut down.

The ~80 cop cities were created in preparation for the breakout of civil disobedience.

Fencing response in da house.

I hope the streamer doesn’t get fucked by the system. In “duty to retreat” states in the US, this might not go well.

📺 ¡Nunca Pensé! featuring Mariachi Arcoiris

The empire isn’t in decay; it’s just on backorder.

It may have started as greed, but it’s becoming more out of necessity as the empire decays. They’re losing the ability to super-exploit the periphery and give us the scraps.

It’s only a dumb game for the people left holding the bag when the music stops, and that won’t be people like Sam Altman or early investors who’ve already cashed out.

I wonder how much of recent US stonk line go up is a reflection of the dollar’s line going down.

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Wow he double-dipped.

• Ukraine, 2004: Orange Revolution, with OSF [Open Society Foundation] and Western NGOs backing Viktor Yushchenko’s camp.
• Ukraine, 2013-14: Euromaidan protests, leading to the fall of Yanukovych. OSF support went to independent media and NGOs.

TIL they haven’t even finished razing the old bridge, never mind building the replacement.

Anti-fascism: “a full-on hate crime.’

FWIW, UPS drivers are unionized.

Two days ago: UPS Violates Teamsters National Contract With Plan for Buyouts

United Parcel Service (UPS) is expected to unveil an illegal plan later this month to buyout full-time employees represented by the Teamsters, a corporate scheme that will directly violate the union’s national contract protecting 340,000 delivery workers.

Not Darth Benedict, the one before him, JPII.

If I owned a TV, I doubt it’d be long before I’d throw something and break it. The last time I watched CNN was three popes ago.