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PIS bombs
Terrorists set off bombs in Iran at a memorial for General Suleimani,
who was assassinated by the US at the wrecker's orders.
That assassination was meant to ensure the US and Iran would not
reestablish the non-nuclear deal.
the deal has not been reestablished, and the world is worse off for
that.
I am no admirer of General Suleimani, or the oppressive regime he
served,
and I would not have gone to a memorial for him. Nonetheless,
there is no justification for murdering people for attending a
memorial; to do so is terrorism.
I hope that the guilt for that act of terrorism does not belong to the
US or Israel. It is a relief to learn that Iran suspects PIS.
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| 8:18a |
CNN IDF censor
All CNN coverage of issues relating to Israel, including the war in Gaza,
requires approval of Israeli state censorship.
Naturally that censorship infuses articles with bias in favor of
Israel or its interests.
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| 8:18a |
Putin and North Korean missiles
*[Putin] "attacked Ukraine with North Korea-supplied ballistic missiles."*
Russia makes its own ballistic missiles, and in principle doesn't need
to use North Korea's, but it's production rate is insufficient. I suspect that
Putin's reason for using some now is only to show that he won't hesitate
to use them.
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| 8:18a |
Jimmy Lai
Jimmy Lai's lawyers have accused China of torturing a former democracy
activist to make him confess to a so-called crime, and have asked the
UN special rapporteur on torture to take some sort of action.
I can easily believe that China did this, but I don't understand why
the article describes this as an "appeal" to the rapporteur. As far
as I know, neither that rapporteur nor the UN as a whole has any power
to overturn a Chinese court ruling. Chinese courts take their orders
from the Chinese state.
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| 8:18a |
Musk and National Labor Relations Board
Musk is retaliating against the National Labor Relations Board (for
enforcing labor laws) by suing to abolish the National Labor Relations
Board.
I wish this were an exaggeration, but it's not. With our partisan
Supreme Court it might actually succeed.
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| 8:18a |
Starmer's commitment to letting the environment die
Starmer reinforced his commitment to let the environment die rather
than borrow money to save it.
He is attacking a straw man, which is the idea of getting those funds
by borrowing. The real alternative, to get it by taxing the rich, he
does not even mention.
The only way to make Starmer Labour prioritize anyone but the rich
is to have a Green or Socialist party to keep mentioning it every day.
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