The U.S. is seeking a short-term extension to a longstanding science and technology agreement with China amid concerns Beijing is benefiting from U.S. scientific advances and gaining a competitive edge.
https://t.co/ZeGhI2JuWk
@tofugolem @StillIRise1963 There is a value to “law and order” but the huge issue is inequality under the law. You are right that economic realities must be considered or law enforcement becomes suppressive, and the situation is compounded negatively by racism in law enforcement. 😐
@Huntn00 @StillIRise1963
If the goal were upholding the law, they would behave very differently.
I'm half white. I get that white people are programmed to have positive feelings about police, but at some point you have to learn to look past that.
@RD4Anarchy@kolektiva.social @ScottSoCal Read and skimmed some, and we agree on the issue of Capitalism, expectations of never ending economic growth and consolidation of wealth. The challenge remains in the 21st century, how to dismantle and change to something that does not result in catastrophe, I just don’t see a good path, and it might just be preordained that the human species as part of it’s evolution has to take a fall we might not recover from. Ref: #TheGreatFilter. 🤔
Kareem Abdul Jabbar quotes Shakespeare about the #GOPDebate: “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/kareem-abdul-jabbar-on-the-2024-republican-debate?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=16fd63caea969676b62bd420fd2cb9a0&user_emailB=0f56e309828e2c115a824067310dc73e3c236c138ac603cf328a4e5f13179976&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=230824-am-digest&utm_term=F%20List%20Daily%20Beast%20Newsletter%20AM
"These are the same people who — like Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, who is running for president — believe drag shows and trans kids are more dangerous than fossil fuels and our rapidly warming planet."
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #CultureWars #violence #BookBans #censorship #trans #drag
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@realTuckFrumper The saddest thing about this is that the man is some where between a laughing stock and the most dangerous, incompetent, snake-like sociopath. POTUS? OMFG. The only reason we have to suffer him is because of the #GOP, hijacked by losers. “Raise your hand if you’ll support The Felon.” Seven out of 9 went up. “He’s my personal Broke Bad Jesus, Man”…😬
Trump Will ‘Never’ Be President Again, Opponent Proclaims After GOP Debate https://bipartisanreport.com/2023/08/24/trump-will-never-be-president-again-opponent-proclaims-after-gop-debate/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
@AlliFlowers @msnbc I think the point is that Putin handed out condolences for this “sad accident”. So whether he was on the plane, or already dead when placed on the plane, or dead and not on the plane, it’s probably safe to say Prigozhin is dead and Vlad, like Donny is sitting there thinking “I Fool’d em” or more likely “don’t give a damn what you think, my involvement is denied.” 🤔
@AlliFlowers @msnbc I care ever so slightly.
@AlliFlowers @msnbc I speculate he was on the plane and that Putin had it brought down. I love to speculate.
Let’s stop all the speculation on the Russian plane until we actually know if Prigozhin was on board. Looking at you, @msnbc.
@AlliFlowers @msnbc I think the point is that Putin handed out condolences for this “sad accident”. So whether he was on the plane, or already dead when placed on the plane, or dead and not on the plane, it’s probably safe to say Prigozhin is dead and Vlad, like Donny is sitting there thinking “I Fool’d em” or more likely “don’t give a damn what you think, my involvement is denied.” 🤔
On Aug 24, 1956: Virginia Governor Vows to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/aug/24
#BidenAdministration
Not quite a breakthrough yet, but this is exciting:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/08/24/mrna-cancer-treatment-biden-investment/70663509007/
In its bid to fight cancer, the Biden administration this week announced plans to enlist the mRNA technology made famous by COVID-19 vaccines.
The idea is to create a platform of mRNA technologies that could turn the immune system against cancer and other diseases.
#BidenAdministration
Not quite a breakthrough yet, but this is exciting:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/08/24/mrna-cancer-treatment-biden-investment/70663509007/
In its bid to fight cancer, the Biden administration this week announced plans to enlist the mRNA technology made famous by COVID-19 vaccines.
The idea is to create a platform of mRNA technologies that could turn the immune system against cancer and other diseases.
Trouble ahead: Dictatorial coalition of Russia, Iran & Syria's al Assad teaming up to drive U.S. forces out of Syria.
"The mobilization of pro-regime forces in eastern Syria has already led to clashes between pro-regime and SDF forces. Iranian and Russian information campaigns are amplifying rumors of International Coalition attacks into Syrian regime territory and stoking local tensions. Both dynamics are consistent with Iranian, Russian, and Syrian regime plans to cultivate a grassroots opposition to carry out attacks against the United States in Syria."
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-russia-and-syrian-regime-are-coordinating-expel-us-forces-syria
#Syria #Russia #Iran #Dictators #MassMurderers #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Alawites #Shiites #RussianMob #WagnerCombatants #Prigozhin
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.