Defenders of President Biden argue that he has no culpability for Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank because Netanyahu, not he, makes policy. But he provides the weapons and the intel and the running interference in the UN.
They Can Have Our Trains
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DARPA, the Pentagon research agency, wants to build a railway on the moon. Here on earth in the United States, however, our rail infrastructure is execrable.
It Was Always About Kate
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The media is inexplicably obsessed with whatever is going on or not going on with Kate Middleton and whatever kind of cancer she has. Meanwhile, the oceans are burning, the ice caps are melting and we are sleepwalking toward fascism.
Baltimore Bridge Disaster: Choose Your Explanation
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The collision between a container ship and a bridge in the port of Baltimore provides an IQ test. Do you accept the obvious simple explanation, that the incident resulted from an accident and outdated bridge design? Or do you try to dredge up a bizarre conspiracy theory involving terrorism despite a total lack of evidence and the failure to pass the smell test?
It’s Not Even MY Business
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Biden and his Democratic allies attacked Special Counsel Robert Hur, who said he decided not to prosecute the president over mishandling classified documents because he was senile, for saying that Biden couldn’t remember which year his son Beau died. Biden said he refused to answer because it wasn’t “their damn business.” Now it turns out that it was Biden, not Hur, who brought it up.
New Dog, Same As the Old Dog
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The White House advance team, the network of White House and campaign aides tasked with coordinating, designing and staging Biden’s public speeches and events across the country people has become toxic and abusive. The culture within the office has gotten so bad that the White House Counsel’s Office opened an investigation, and a purge of top staff is underway.
Still Your Genocide Buddies
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At first, it seems strange that the United States is dropping food aid to the besieged people of Gaza at the same time Israel is dropping bombs made in the U.S. to kill them. Could it be that the U.S. is trying to fatten them up in order to make them bigger, easier targets for the Israelis?
Theoretical vs. Actual Bigger Evils
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Democrats often urge disgruntled progressives to support Biden on the ground that he’s the “lesser evil,” compared with Trump. But it’s Biden, not Trump, who has helped Israel to kill more than 31,000 Palestinians in occupied Gaza.
Another Casualty of the Cashless Society
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I live in New York City, where many homeless people rely on panhandling in order to get by. A few days ago I saw a Millennial woman turn down a request from a homeless man, saying, “I don’t carry cash.” I have long been concerned about the ramifications of our increasingly cashless society, like the ability of the government to lock down our bank accounts and ability to move freely. As usual, the poorest among us are paying the biggest price for what we’ve been told is progress.
Send a Consequence-Free Uncommitted Message, Sorta
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Don’t take a risk! Don’t take a chance! Don’t say a thing. Just pretend to care by joining a lame demonstration of protest that will not change a goddamn thing.
