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 Richard Medhurst explains: Apparently "being kicked out" and "ending military cooperation" means the same thing in French. 

 The US Senate moves swiftly to tackle the issue of a lack of an official dress code (for the men)!

 Interesting to note the country that triggers them versus the one(s) that don't:

  Story here . Basically: the company wanted their own private kingdom in Honduras and manipulated one administration towards that end; when the new administration came in, they nixed it, and the company got butthurt. Lee Camp reviews: The company is called " Prospera ." There's apparently a lot of companies that use this name, but only one was bold enough to brag about the lawsuit . 

 In terms of exploitation of the poor and working class and family betrayal, it's a fairly typical story of family fortunes .

The problem with Peter Daou acting as campaign manager for Dr. Cornel West's bid for president from within the Green Party is very simple. It's not that back in 2016, as a Hillary Clinton supporter he attacked Bernie Sanders (and his supporters) relentlessly (and disingenuously). After supporting both Clinton and Joe Biden following back-to-back primary losses,  Bernie Sanders has been revealed to be a tepid reformer at best. In hindsight, it wasn't the criticism, but the idea that Clinton would have made a better president. It's not that he was just recently working with the Marianne Williamson campaign. Williamson has unofficially claimed the mantle of the "Bernie Sanders candidate," but her foreign policy is just as mainstream (maybe more) than Sanders and she doesn't have an economic message that resonates the way Sander's did. And again, considering how far Sanders has fallen in the eyes of the American Left and the working class (his base is pret...

 Case in Point; Canada praising an Ukrainian immigrant who just happened to be an actual Nazi:  For the record, when some says they "fought Russia during WWII," please remember that during WWII Russia was allied with the United States and Great Britain against Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and Fascist Italy. Canada's leaders not catching this means they are either lying or very foolish.  UPDATE: I sraeli media may have tried to downplay the event, but even the commenters aren't falling for it . 

 Sadly, he's in the "gotta keep our powder dry" camp:

 

Just an FYI:   The nationwide emergency was declared by the Trump Administration on March 13,2020 . From that point on, the states were empowered to handle things as they saw best (and in some cases, the states passed that responsibility on to cities, towns, boroughs and counties). This made finding consistent regulation difficult at best. Nevertheless, there were enforcement measures, including: suspension of business operations/licenses, criminal enforcement, sentence enhancement/charge stacking . No one was really immune; even the red governor of a blue state was cracking down .  The Public Health emergency officially ended under the Biden Administration on May 11th, 2023 . Which means when Trump was on Twitter say this state or that state should be "free" and "open," and while the Biden campaign was guilting Democrats to vote in the primaries so he could beat Bernie Sanders, the country was still in the midst of dealing with COVID-19 health emergency. 

 While a lot of people (myself included) were expected a more comprehensive strike, Shawn Fain has opted for something more incremental:

 Maybe not:

 Normally this would seem to be some cinematic production, but alas, it was a real bear . 

 Apparently, Bill Maher and Drew Barrymore didn't believe that the SAG strike applied to them: Now to be fair: pushback/feedback has led both to rethink their moves , but the fact remains that they were oh-so-quick to cross the picket line. 

 Whether we want it or not:

 

  Good to hear : The United Auto Workers union will strike against the Detroit automakers if the sides don’t reach labor deals by an 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday deadline, UAW President Shawn Fain said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Fain’s comments came the morning after he outlined plans to local union leaders about implementing targeted strikes at certain General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis plants, if agreements aren’t reached by Thursday. “As it stands right now, all three are most likely to be struck unless we get a deal by Sept. 14 at midnight,” Fain said Wednesday to CNBC’s Phil LeBeau when asked whether Ford  is the less likely to be struck. “All three are expected to deliver for their workers and if they don’t, there will be action.” Targeted strikes refer to work stoppages only at certain plants, related to local contract issues that many, if not most, facilities have. That differs from national strikes where all union members exit plants, which occurred four years...

 Black Power Media discusses:

 Richard Medhurst talks about the new Silk Road:

 In this case, about the Writer's Strike:

 

 Looks like a very positive move : Singapore launched a research facility on Thursday to find long-term solutions to protect it from the rise in sea levels from climate change that could put the country's low-lying land at risk of inundation. Singapore's new Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute (CFI Singapore) aims to bring in expertise and innovation to head off what government officials describe as the "existential threat" posed by rising sea levels, now increasing at a rate of around 3-4 millimetres a year. Average sea levels are forecast to rise by 1 metre (3.3 feet) by the end of the century, but experts say the effects could be exacerbated by changing rainfall patterns, higher tides and more intense storm surges. "If we don't do this well, our lives are at stake," Grace Fu, Singapore's environment minister, said during an opening ceremony. Nearly a third of the Southeast Asian island nation's territory is only 5 metres or less ...

 BOO! Just in time, huh? I was worried that after the Trump indictments, celebrity news and announcement of aliens, our government was running out ways to distract the publics from neglecting the poor response to natural disasters and the fact that America's leaders are senile .   Meanwhile, here's something tangible that Russia has been doing:

 As in, "few people want to be cops in America." And that's not necessarily a bad thing:

 Good for them to here other perspectives:

 Friendly reminder that she also went after teachers .

 It kinda goes without saying that this isn't a conversation that you'd see on mainstream cable news: 

 Um...they're rich; can't they just write their own check(s)? People are noticing .

 Sabby has her doubts about the "independence" of Krystal and Saagar (and by extension, Kyle) while watching the same video Due Dissidence covered: They so desperately wanted this to be a "Democrat vs Republican" and "Biden vs Trump" debate (and IMHO, a viral one) but to his credit Link Lauren did not bite. 

 

 This is a mini-documentary about the 2016 California Democratic primary: 

 For them, having the #1 song is a reason to make some cash in and escape the financial situation he's in . But they miss a critical element in Oliver Anthony's song: songs like his aren't an attempt to ironically commodify his criticisms and lift one individual up for the sake of keeping capitalism afloat. They are meant to, in part, highlight the inequalities and motivate people in similar situations to take action. 

 Krystal Ball went from populism to "Vote Blue No Matter Who" in record time:

  Five familiar names are joining forces : The biggest names in late-night television are teaming up for a new podcast. Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and John Oliver will host “Strike Force Five,” a new limited series podcast debuting Aug. 30, on Spotify, according to a news release from the streaming service. “Late night unite! Your new favorite podcast Strike Force Five premiers tomorrow with all of our proceeds going to staff and crew affected by the ongoing writers strike,” Fallon wrote on Instagram on Aug. 29, alongside the first look. “Check it out on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.” According to this story , the proceeds from the podcast will go to people who work on each host's perspective show.