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The world has entered "post-capitalism"

jeudi 27 août 2020 à 02:00

Yanis Varoufakis says that the world has entered "post-capitalism": financial markets are decoupled from the economy of actual production.

DeJoy testified to Congress

jeudi 27 août 2020 à 02:00

DeJoy testified to Congress about his sabotage of the US Postal Service, but he didn't take it seriously.

Of course he should be replaced, but the board is controlled by Republicans and they know their mission just as he knows his. He agreed to restore the deactivated sorting machines if the USPS gets a billion dollars in extra funding, but since he's a Republican he would not hesitate to change his mind if that funding is approved. Not that the Republicans in the Senate would permit it.

The wrecker's plan to cut off Social Security

jeudi 27 août 2020 à 02:00

The wrecker's plan to cut off the payments to Social Security would destroy the system by 2023.

I've doubted for years that Social Security would still be functioning when it was my time to receive it.

Israeli court exonerated soldier and thug that murdered

jeudi 27 août 2020 à 02:00

An Israeli court exonerated the soldier and thug that murdered Haftom Zarhum, a refugee from Eritrea, who was passing by a place where a Palestinian had shot people earlier that day. They guessed, based on no information, that Haftom Zarhum was the killer.

It is crazy to legitimize such random acts of revenge. If they thought he was the killer, they should have held him, not killed him.

Israel is concealing a million old documents

jeudi 27 août 2020 à 02:00

Israel is concealing a million old documents that should have been opened to the public, because they give embarrassing information about the past lives and treatment of Palestinians.