Crime

Good post on crime from the Rude Pundit.

GOP Ignores Trump's Crimes and Makes Up Shit About a Crime Wave

Baseball

Good article on one of baseball's greats.

Of a Fire on the Mound: Racism, Baseball Capitalism and the Game’s Greatest Pitcher, Bob Gibson

Polls

The real or next question should be ...

     "What does get the country back on track" mean?

I'd guess for most, especially MAGA's, it just means "their team is in charge".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US and Israel

After six months of near genocide, "outraged" sounds a lot like the Republican's "thoughts and prayers" after every US gun massacre.

Biden rebukes Israel, says he’s ‘outraged’ over killing of Gaza aid workers

More US embarrassment.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby:

“There is no evidence that Israel 🇮🇱 deliberately struck and killed WCK aid workers in Gaza… US has found no instances where Israel has violated international humanitarian law in their war with Hamas.”
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— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) April 2, 2024

and then this ...

Israel's intentional killing of 7 aid workers confirmed by Bellingcat watchdog report

Now what? 

The ball back is in your court Mr. Kirby.

Also this ...

Most Americans want the Israeli war to stop but our leaders have elections to win.

Poll: Most Americans don’t agree with Biden Administration’s support for Israel’s Military Campaign

and ...

Experts say the US is hurting its international standing by insisting that a recent call for a ceasefire in Gaza is 'non-binding'

Trump Bibles

Good cartoon with an opinion article.

Trump sells Bibles; evangelicals sell their souls from David Horsey

"P.T. Barnum, the great 19th century showman, circus owner and hoax promoter, is quoted as saying, “There’s a sucker born every minute.”

Donald J. Trump, the great 21st century con man, political phenomenon and hoax promoter, would heartily agree. Trump has built a weirdly successful career in business, entertainment and politics based on his uncanny ability to convince legions of suckers to buy into his self-aggrandizing schemes, from Trump University, the Trump charity and the Big Lie, to his latest scam tricking thousands of poor chumps into chipping  in to pay his millions of dollars in legal bills."

Trump's Economy

The charts below show that during Trump's "Greatest economy the world has ever seen" (2017 to 2020) US corporate profits were generally lower than during the Obama years.

Resurging Corporate Profits Show Inflationary Pressures Are Reheating after Lull: Corporate Profits by Major Industry

Trump's Bible

Would you buy a used car from this man?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Christian reaction to Trump’s Bible endorsement goes deeper than you think

“It is a bankrupt Christianity that sees a demagogue co-opting our faith and even our holy scriptures for the sake of his own pursuit of power and praise him for it rather than insist that we refuse to allow our sacred faith and scriptures to become a mouthpiece for an empire,” said Rev. Benjamin Cremer on X.

More US Dollars to Israel

How the fuck can we justify this?

Nothing on the BBC, CNN, MSNBC, or Fox about it.

US approves bombs, jets for Israel amid threat of offensive in Gaza’s Rafah

White House authorises transfer of $2.5bn of warplanes and weapons to Israel, The Washington Post reports.

 

More from Al Jazeera

Israel’s war on Gaza live: US criticised for approving weapons for Israel

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticised the United States after reports it agreed to send another $2.5bn in weapons to Israel despite growing concerns that Israeli forces will expand military operations to Rafah.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says 82 people were killed and 98 wounded in the past 24 hours.

The Israeli military has denied a report it struck the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the southern border town of Rmeish.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the Israeli military will expand its campaign against Hezbollah: “We will reach wherever the organisation operates, in Beirut, Damascus and in more distant places.”

At least 32,705 Palestinians have been killed and 75,190 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139 with dozens still held captive.

US and Israel

The Pro-Israel-All-the-Time fever may be breaking.

Most Democrats and most independents disapprove of Israel's military action.

We need a Democrat who will run on that.

 

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Evangelicals