Look at these giggling old men. This is what they're saying to the interviewer (see video link, sorry it's Xitter) about their actions in 1948.
Left:
"I didn't talk to anyone about it."
"What about your wife? I assume you lived with her for many years. You never talked to her about it?"
"I never told her. What would I tell her - that I'm a murderer?"
Right:
"And some guys took flamethrowers and ran after people and incinerated them."
@msquebanh Oh really? Can you remember what it's called? I'd be interested in watching it.
I'm familiar with the Nakba but hadn't seen the clip before - it reminded me of Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary The Act of Killing.
Looks like he's drenched in the blood of the anachronistic Empire his unearned privilege is built on to me, and posing in front of the bonfire his government has made of the country.
meanwhile in there US, Boeing's troubles look to be about to get (even) worse.
After the two 737Max fatal crashes, the US Dept. of Justice agreed not to prosecute if it addressed the issues that had led to the engineering mistakes that causes the crashes... some saw that as letting Boeing off the hook.
Now the DoJ has decided that the agreement is off because Boeing had not honoured the 'deal'; might we now see major prosecution of Boeing?
@ChrisMayLA6 Tbh I'm surprised Boeing have lasted this long, given the endless stream of serious flaws in their planes over the last few years.
Accountability isn't a thing any more though, is it.
Back in the 60's & 70's, when I was a rural kid, my family lived in an area that became a "bedroom community" bc it was on USA's I-5 freeway abt 40 mins from a metro area. During my years in public school, there were frequent "school levies" the local citizens voted on. Which meant every other year, something else was trimmed from our education: swimming lessons, field trips, librarians, teachers, etc.
That's when I learned to HATE those who wanted to "trim the government they did not need".
@KayJanes We have a similar term here - "dormitory towns". I grew up in one too.
A similar "trimming" happened here too- if later, as it didn't begin until after I'd left school. It seems to me to be a function of the commodification of politics.
"Biden Moves Forward on $1 Billion in New Arms for Israel
The administration notifies Congress of a large arms package after withholding shipment of bombs last week"
@stephanie I wouldn't be surprised if he'd called Netanyahu to say "look, I'm going to have to say something about not giving you some guns, but don't worry, we'll be back on track with deliveries in a week or so" 🙄 🤬
Also yeah. Fuck Biden.
@OrionKidder Fair play - I didn't know he needed to do that. I'm guessing that, if it's just for Israel, he won't have nearly so much trouble as he did with the last one.
Team Starmer & the unions have come away from their summit today all suggesting that they have reached a deal on the New Deal for Working People, which the unions assert has seen a recommitment to its original shape & goals.
From cynics corner this looks like both sides deciding this argument can wait until after the election & for now it will pay to be seen not to be squabbling...
So, if/once labour gain power, the debate on workers rights will quickly flare up (again)
So the Migrant Advisory Committee, after a 14 week investigation has found 'no evidence' of any deliberate abuse of the international student visa scheme;
they're coming here to study.
As the FT delicately puts it:
this has 'placed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in a bind, forcing him to either confront those on the Conservative right who want it scrapped, or ignore the advisory group'!
Watch this space.... which way he jumps will tell us a lot about the future of the (rump of) the Tory party
@glynmoody Particularly awks for our current unelected Foreign Secretary, whose daddy left him a not inconsiderable amount of dosh floating around those very crown dependencies - remember when he appeared in the Paradise Papers?