I think most of us are indeed hoping for US imperial power to diminish, as it is historically, by far, the greatest impediment to any sort of left movement anywhere. And it’s not just leftism. It’s an impediment even to basic economic sovereignty. Russia is a good example. Not open enough to domination by US capital, therefore a US enemy, despite being otherwise fairly similar to the US politically. This can’t continue if any progress to be made.

It’s unfortunate that some of the countries successfully (at least partly) asserting their sovereignty against the US are doing so on strictly nationalist rather than leftist grounds, but that’s what we’ve got at the moment, and it offers at least a modicum of hope that US imperialism might also be resisted by more left wing states in the future.

Not going to get into anything about China because I suspect we have vastly different ideas about what is and is not true about China, and that’s another discussion entirely.

Ganglion cyst? Had a recurring one of those on my wrist for awhile, though it was never particularly painful. Was definitely fucking weird, but totally harmless as it turns out. Apparently people used to just smash them with a heavy book.

Soviets did some experiments with fox domestication in the 50s. Don’t really remember exactly what ended up happening but I’m pretty sure they bred some tame-ish little guys. Foxes are cool as hell either way, and I would also like one please.

Love these things. I don’t really wear watches unless I’m dressed up for work, which I don’t do much anymore, but some years back I bought a few of these raketas. They were dirt cheap. Truly the timepiece of the people. Stylish and sturdy bits of history. Think I maybe have the eighth one from the bottom.

This is very relatable, though I haven’t torrented anything in years since most stuff seems to be streaming on free websites now. I’d probably get back into it if I wasn’t too lazy to figure out a vpn. ISP sent me a scary letter when I downloaded something awhile back so I just stopped. If they cut me off I would be fucked, so figured it wasn’t worth it. This kinda makes me miss it though. By the way have you revealed what you’re downloading at some point or is that a secret?

Yeah, all sounds about right. Was just hoping somebody had maybe already done the digging and written something up about it. Never really considered that with respect to AIPAC, but shit… makes sense.

Very interesting. I’ve heard this sort of thing mentioned recently but haven’t seen much in the way of specifics on the “recycling.” Any good reporting on this? Sure the Hudson interview below is good but something in print would be nice if you got anything.

Tea like that is weirdly expensive too. I’ve started just buying giant bags of loose leaf chamomile, mint, whatever, and empty paper tea bags to make my own, and it’s great. Got a pretty extensive collection at this point and it lasts basically forever. Also encourages me to collect and dry my own stuff. So many tasty drinkable plants out there.

King Charlie will be fine. Joe Biden about to cure cancer any day now.

Lol. What the fuck are you even doing here?

Are these kids Chinese agents, or Russian ones? I don’t know how to tell.

How about this one from wsj: “World Court Rejects Demand for Gaza Cease-Fire” That’s their main (only?) article about the ruling. Lol.

Honestly the main perk of the job for this one.

There was a socialist running in that UAW election. Think he probably got about a dozen votes, but I was happy to at least see that option on the ballot. Fain is definitely an improvement over the old guard at least.

Pretty much my attitude on the subject as well.

It was the silver legion I think. Lol. Personally, I assume they were successful, and all the mods have been compromised. They’re just biding their time now. Waiting for the perfect moment to strike and ruin us all.

Might be going to a gathering of the local anprims this weekend. If you never hear from me again it’s either because I decided to join them and forsake all technology and civilization, or because I simply froze to death listening to a bluegrass band play outdoors in single digit temps.

As I understand it (not perfectly by any means) I think for some of them the rent is secondary. They are instead simply banking on leveraging the “infinitely increasing” asset value of the property itself.

Hence so many vacant but very expensive properties. They can’t lower the rent because doing so would be acknowledging that maybe the property’s not actually worth what it says on paper.

And it’s not a bad bet honestly, because Washington knows that’s what our joke of an economy runs on now, and it would be financial suicide to let the bubble deflate at this point.

All the same, you have to imagine that sky high rent meaning no rent at all for a certain threshold of housing volume is not sustainable for long.

This comment sounds like it was written by the official AI of liberalism.

Damn. This shit is depressing. Self proclaimed “leftists” still out there complaining about “tankies” in 2023. Truly embarrassing for everyone.