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circuscritic, (edited )

The previous coalition government started this persecution, but Albo’s Labor government drove it home.

So it seems like governments love prosecuting whistleblowers would be the correct take on this situation.

Edit: Just to be extra clear, Australia’s current government is Labor (center left party), but the previous government was a coalition of the Liberals (mainstream, yet still far right party) and the Nationals (deep fried crazy far right party).

So the unjust prosecution of David McBride started under the previous rightwing coalition government, but the current left leaning Labor government continued the prosecution and got the conviction.

circuscritic,

That’s a fine metric for your own internal political compass, but it’s a poor one to use when trying to discuss or describe world events, especially on a forum like this.

Not because it’s an indefensible position, but because no one else is going to know your definition of rightwing is literally anything that isn’t already a communist utopia.

But I’m to go out on a limb and assume, no offense, that you just weren’t aware that Australian Labor regained power after nearly a decade of being the opposition…which is understandable, most people don’t follow Australian politics, outside of Australia.

circuscritic,

They are center left, which yes, does include some neoliberal tendencies. However, they still support Australia’s welfare state and have very strong ties to, and support from, the relatively strong unions that still exist in Australia.

circuscritic, (edited )

Zero…his electoral platform was basically “stop helping Ukraine”.

There’s no upside for an independent Russian resident of Slovakia to be a provocateur and potentially kill their ally, and nothing would reinvigorate weakening Western support for Ukraine than the Russian state attempting to assassinate a European head of state.

circuscritic, (edited )

Wouldn’t be the first time I assumed wrong, but I’m going to wait for better sourcing than the Kyiv Post for this particular story.

They have an existential rational for blaming Russia, as well as an obligation to feed the propaganda narrative for their ongoing war. That’s not a criticism as that’s what is required of them at this moment, but it’s an acknowledgement of why I will wait for additional reporting that isn’t sourced from Ukraine, or a single Hungarian journalist on Twitter.

Edit: Look, a different article with different sourcing that points in a different direction. Either way, this situation will take time to get an accurate accounting of what actually happened, and why.

circuscritic, (edited )

Did no one read the article?

This was actual legally defined bribery of a state lawmaker and the accused executive is going on trial.

What the article doesn’t address is whether the legislation this bribe was paid for, will be repealed or impacted.

FYI it was a bill to remove AT&T’s obligations as a Carrier of Last Resort in Illinois.

circuscritic, (edited )

Learn what? This was the intended outcome: layoffs without severance or unemployment.*

*Unemployment benefits aren’t totally off the table due to the companies changing of job requirements, but that’s going to depend on local laws and individual employee circumstances.

circuscritic, (edited )

Short sighted for who? Executive compensation is tied to stock performance via options. If their actions boost the stock price in the short term, what do they care about the companies performance at a future date after they’ve cashed out?

We’re currently in the extraction phase of our neoliberal economic system’s lifecycle and it’s only downhill from here.

circuscritic, (edited )

So…Pitbulls were bred for a purpose, just like all other working dog breeds.

That doesn’t mean they’re all inherently dangerous dogs, but it does mean they carry significantly more risk then other breeds.

Unless you actually believe that they’re the only working breed not created by selectively breeding for specific hereditary behavioral characteristics?

Mind you, I actually like pitbulls, but that doesn’t mean I should disregard what I know about the breed itself and why they were originally created.

Also FYI that article is about personality, not breed specific characteristics.

circuscritic, (edited )

That’s disingenuous, especially with the livestock guardian, rescue, and hunting dogs you listed - precisely because those were the traits selected for when creating those breeds.

Even GSD and Dobermans don’t carry the specific risk that Pitbulls do, because their jobs require behavioral traits that are very different than dog fighting.

Yes, all dogs carry some risk, especially large dogs, and exponentially when combined with a irresponsible owner.

Yes, pitbulls can be extremely sweet and affectionate dogs, but that doesn’t change the fact that they were intentionally bred to be the best in class breed for dog fighting

Do you believe that pitbulls are the only working dog breed whose characteristics and behavior is completely independent of the selective breeding process used to create them?

Again, I like pitbulls, a lot, but that doesn’t mean I can disregard the science of dog breeding.

circuscritic, (edited )

You are leaving out the historical context of hyper violent insane independent action for honor mindset of the soldiers within the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy (IJA/IJN).

This culture of insubordination included a widespread belief that they did not to have obey civilian commands, and is largely responsible for ground level soldiers deciding on their own to kick off the war in Manchuria.

It’s entirely reasonable to envision a counterfactual version where either one of, or both the IJA and IJN refuse to surrender, or even just large contingents within either.

I’m not saying this to invalidate anything you’ve said, but I do think it’s highly relevant context when considering any alternative ways that could have gone.

circuscritic,

You picked the rating site with the highest scores…

IMDb has it at 6.4

Metacritic is around 5.8

IMO 5/10 sounds about right.

Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can't justify the expense," one customer says (www.cbsnews.com)

Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount....

circuscritic,

That’s like saying “I have nothing to hide, why do I care if the government listens to all of my calls”.

Why do you think a fast food corporation would want their customers waive their legal right to sue them…?

circuscritic,

What if you couldn’t just go on? What if their negligence seriously and permanently harmed you i.e. burns from scalding coffee, toxic chemical contamination, etc.?

Is the risk of hospitalization, or major surgery, just an L to shrug off?

Again, I ask you: why do you think a fast food company would want to sneak in an arbitration clause?

She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all (www.theguardian.com)

Madi Hime is taking a deep drag on a blue vape in the video, her eyes shut, her face flushed with pleasure. The 16-year-old exhales with her head thrown back, collapsing into laughter that causes smoke to billow out of her mouth. The clip is grainy and shaky – as if shot in low light by someone who had zoomed in on Madi’s...

circuscritic,

Absolutely.

“Helicopter Karen tries to snitch on kids for vaping, but gets fucked by the police instead”.

I sincerely hope everyone involved comes out worse for wear.

circuscritic, (edited )

Look, the worst that could happen is that he murders you, but honestly, he probably won’t.

It’s more likey he’ll probably just wear you down emotionally until you support him financially, while he stays at home and takes out credit cards under your name.

On the plus side, I bet he’ll fuck like a racehorse on the rare days when he isn’t too dipped, or shit faced.

Edit: Just noticed you added that he’s a veteran with PTSD, and yes, that changes my answer: he will probably murder you.

Not just because he’s a veteran with PTSD, but because he’s clearly a massively damaged and dangerous person AND has war trauma.

Most likely outcome: strangulation.

circuscritic,

Anyone who’s name is an anagram for The Reptile invalidates your entire premise…

Additionally, he’s also probably had at least one of his former boytoy lover’s killed and he’s just generally an awful human being who’s entire goal is immiserate everyone he doesn’t intend on sharing his doomsday bunker with.

circuscritic,

I believe he was on a video call with a woman, and her account is that someone knocked, didn’t respond when he asked who was there, and they hid themselves from the peep hole.

Then the police started pounding, still without announcing themselves, so he went and armed himself BECAUSE HE’S ABOUT HAVE HIS HOME INVADED.

Next thing, cops kick in door, see him, kill him, and blame him for making them murder him.

Oh, and cops were at the wrong apartment #.

circuscritic, (edited )

That version of events was in a different article covering this from a different Lemmy thread, not sure which one. Here’s another one that appears to align with those additional details:

theguardian.com/…/florida-airman-killed-by-police…

circuscritic,

This isn’t a bad thing, or a good thing, it’s just a geopolitical reality.

Serbia is still within even a weakened Russia’s sphere of influence, and is unlikely to move towards Europe.

But with Russia not looking so great, they still need geopolitical allies to invest and help grow their economy, possibly help with security i.e. technology.

China actually helped Serbian nationalists during their Kosovo genocide, and got their embassy in Belgrade bombed because of that. Well, because they let the Serbs use a part of it as a signals and comms center. Point is, they have very recent historical ties.

Also, Russia isn’t in a position to really push back on China for anything, so, here we are.

circuscritic,

No, the President can’t just declassify ANY document with the stroke of a pen. Extremely sensitive information, for example nuclear weapons technology, has to be subjected to bureaucratic review process to determine what can actually be declassified, or not.

But none of that is relevant to this situation, so it wouldn’t solve it. Judge Cannon would simply generate additional reasons to delay the trial.

circuscritic,

Why should they know better?

She, and Chuck Schummer, will always have more in common with Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump, then with any working class voter, or rank and file Democrat.

They’re two sides of the same coin, serving the same master.

circuscritic,

That’s not what I said.

circuscritic,

It was a better UI and user experience then Android by the time it launched…but by the time it launched the smartphone market had already exploded and the app developer marketplace had already matured into a profitable sector. There was no incentive to attract enough developers to build out a similar ecosystem on the late to the party Windows Phone

circuscritic,

That’s a very polite way of saying it looks like an extremely expensive pile of hot dog shit, and I agree with that sentiment.

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