POG Politics Thread Version 3
Come on in! Since Dustin is taking his ball and going home, it's time to start a new politics thread.
Allahu Akbar
Inshallah
are the consumers who ended up getting gouged by Trump's illegal tariffs being refunded, or just the importers themselves?
Anakin?
Haha, yes!!
Sockov's complaint, which was filed against Costco in federal court in Illinois, cites a Goldman Sachs report that estimates that consumers were "shouldering two-thirds of President Trump's new tariff costs".
interesting:
Delivery giant FedEx, which handled the tariffs on behalf of many businesses and individuals, is among the companies that has pledged to refund money it receives to the businesses and consumers that had faced tariff charges.
promises made...
took me a while trying to figure out how the *oscars* will become more organized and violent.
but then i figured it out
I don't want to watch that video. it's terrible.
I saw a similar video from Abby martin years ago where she is just on the street interviewing random israelis(supposedly). I trust her. she says she's not picking and choosing, and these people are not a tiny minority, and their racism and cruelty is shocking, and openly calling for genocide. this was all before the Oct 7th thing... but just on camera saying how they want all Palestinians killed.
I dont' really want to post the video, but it's easily found.
when I lived near the theater where they did the oscars... tons of homeless. and the cops just kicked them all out so Hollywood could have it's party
during COVID they moved the Oscars temporarily to union station, I also happened to have moved right by there. I was sooooo annoyed at all the ****ing helicopters and traffic both times. but also tons of homeless at union station too, and the cops also kicked all of them out so Hollywood could have it's party.
and both times the homeless weren't interfering with the party at all! just the millionaires didn't want the eyesore as they entered and left the party. so they had the cops destroy these people's belongings and tents and place where they lived.
I don't want to watch that video. it's terrible.
i watched until the network plug at the end
absolutely horrifying, the worst elements of their society parading total brutality as an ideal.
but there's a part around maybe 1/4 where the figure condemns other Israelis' attempts at prosecuting this type of thing, and the editing showed only the "for" pundits on the talking heads broadcasts.
The one-sided nature of the video makes it a propaganda piece that exposes the terrible things being done by the regime ruling Israel while offering nothing about the significant outcry among Israelis who are horrified by what their government is doing, and it is exactly this type of false monolithism that I tried to write against in my prior post itt.
In no way do I offer any justification or excuse or other apology for the depravity of Israel's state action in Gaza or what this video shows, but just like I wouldn't hope to vilify filthy, birdman or amp for the US state blowing up a school full of children, I also hope that this video and the mountain of other despicable facilities carried out by the most vicious of Israelis don't land as broader condemnation not just of Jews generally but of many Israelis who join with Palestinians in protest and opposition of the criminal Netanyahu and the fascists and other thugs he empowers.
before anybody asks why it is important, in Israel's case, to draw this distinction, look no further than the story out of Michigan earlier today - a Lebanese man "retaliating" against a Reform synagogue which was active in the World Zionist Forum's recent (summer 2025) demographic upheaval in favor of pluralism in Israel -
the more the cultural zeitgeist internalizes general hatred of Israel, the more violence we'll see expressed against the most obvious ties to anything Israeli, regardless of the target's actual support, or opposition, of the precipitating acts of the Israeli state itself
for something lighter, and hopefully more controversial, best Kpop Demon Hunter songs ranked (best to worst):
What It Sounds Like
How Its Done
Free
Your Idol
Golden
Takedown
Strategy
Soda Pop
* note - order not just by raw aesthetics, which would yield a fairly different listing
Golden >>>>>>>> There are other songs?
jeffrey Sachs says we're headed for ww3
he was on democracy now this morning
I watched it he was passionate and great.
I loved how he said everything trump says is either a lie or ignorant
Okay, I watched/read it. The dude didn't say anything but make flat statements that Trump is bad and Iran is innocent. Such BS. That was a joke of an interview.'
Watch the All-in podcast for much better insight and truth. And it's way more balanced. Two of the dudes are left leaning and two are right leaning.
"The All-In Podcast is a top weekly business and technology show hosted by venture capitalists..."
I stopped reading. There are no left-leaning venture Capitalists. To the left of just complete fascism, sure.
Actually, now that I think about it, that's where you are politically. Just to the left of complete fascism, so I'm sure this is a great show for you.
Okay, I watched/read it. The dude didn't say anything but make flat statements that Trump is bad and Iran is innocent. Such BS. That was a joke of an interview.'
Watch the All-in podcast for much better insight and truth. And it's way more balanced. Two of the dudes are left leaning and two are right leaning.
left leaning is....
capitalism is destroying the planet
millions in prison
a million homeless
nobody can afford to go the dr or dentist
nobody can afford to buy a home
the ruling class needs to be locked up for raping kids(at least)
cops are murders
ice are worse than cops
landlords shouldn't exist, let alone billionaires
gavin and Kamala are facsist, and Bernie and mamdani too
Luigi deserves a medal
it's getting to the point where USA is comparable to Nazi Germany
anyone who condones this billion dollar a day war is complicit in war crimes, and morally bankrupt
