

It is a capitalist democracy where both parties are controlled by the same monied class
“If there were an Oscar for best theatrical performance by a country, Israel would win every year. It’s a country based on theater. It’s a lunatic state - completely insane”.
Norman Finkelstein


It is a capitalist democracy where both parties are controlled by the same monied class


My current car and phone already are.


Shows you the power of soft power propaganda. From the Indian Wars to Agent Orange to the genocide in Gaza, the US has been nothing but a racist and violent settler colonial state, yet it was admired and looked up to.


Would the Federal Reserve raise the interest rate? Can they since Trump has been vocally against it.


It is an AMD Jaguar from 2013.


I add my vote for MXLinux


There is no draft, they volunteered.


U.S. has 60% reliance on imports for aluminium, USGS data shows
Gulf nations accounted for 22% of U.S. aluminium imports in 2025
I didn’t know. Then again, I don’t make decisions with any significant implications or consequences.
UAE and Bahrain are the 5th and 6th largest aluminium producers.


Saudi Arabia pumps 8 million barrels a day or 2.9 billion barrels annually.


I’m a local and I didn’t realize how much fertilizers were produced by the GCC countries until recently.
https://www.wired.me/story/the-gulf-built-a-fertiliser-superpower-now-its-under-strain
Today, the Gulf accounts for about 29% of globally traded ammonia and 36% of urea –making it one of the most critical nodes in the global food system and, by extension, one of its most exposed.


Didn’t the military request more recently?
Who names an airplane “warthog”? pigs can’t fly and neither can the pig-pilots inside them.


Death to Oracle.
Democrats are better managers of the empire than Republicans. If you want the empire to be weakened or even destroyed, you’d prefer terrible managers.
The DNC is a private corporation and would have chosen Biden anyways
Democrats have been just as bad as Republicans when it comes to Central and West Asia. Just because you think people there don’t matter doesn’t mean everyone does
She could have distanced herself from Biden’s genocide but chose not to


“awful”

Palestine was recognized by the majority of the world, only the West took until recently to recognize it


I use LinuxMint and have been since 2018 or so. I have been using since 2007. Though the first time I tried using it was in 2003 but it didn’t go well for me at the time.
Have you considered turn based RPGs?