Open Thread WE 30 JUN 21 ~ Protest and Unions
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/30/2021 - 4:00am
An increasingly popular meme on the right-wing is that BLM/Antifa/Socialists/Libtards has caused Mayors of Democratic cities to Defund their Police and that this has caused a massive crime wave in those cities.
It's not hard to find sources for this dubious claim.
It reminds me of the blanket media blackout that occurred while the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was hemorrhaging leaks revealing a US government-tied coverup in the alleged chlorine gas incident in Douma, Syria.https://t.co/KXHyZTfhBN
And it's going to get a lot worse.
First of all, check out this chart.
Back in 2018, after Trump bombed Syria, Congress proposed an AUMF for our military occupation and efforts at regime change in that nation. Nancy Pelosi insisted that an AUMF was necessary if we wanted to continue to bomb Syria.
For those who weren't here for the last two weeks, Mr. Universe is a character from the science fiction movie Serenity. It's from him that I get my name "Can't Stop the [Macedonian] Signal:"
Venezuela is the Bad Kind of Narco State.
Last year Washington indicted the elected government of Venezuela on charges of “narco-terrorism,” and even sent warships to patrol the coast to stop the flow of drugs from Colombia.
Two articles popped up on my news feed:
Ron Desantis Signs a Bill That Mandates Cities Keep Using Fossil Fuels