OT: World Politics

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

not exactly https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/l...ote-to-raise-social-securitys-retirement-age/

There's not been a vote, just some GOP Members of Congress/Senators saying that people should be able to work longer than 65. Of course, thanks to them, most people can't retire at 65 (or ever) even if they want to anymore.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

There's not been a vote, just some GOP Members of Congress/Senators saying that people should be able to work longer than 65. Of course, thanks to them, most people can't retire at 65 (or ever) even if they want to anymore.

if only the world was as black and white as you think it is

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Promises made, promises kept.

 

[CTheBigPicture]

Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to restore relations

The regional rivals are expected to reopen their embassies within two months after talks in Beijing.

www.google.com

The world is changing fast. USA better stop taking time talking about Wokeness and actually focus on what's at stake.

 

[MindzEye]

Its not surprising to see authoritarians aligning.

It will always be a weak, fractured relationship based on simple math of the moment. What's in it for me right now.

Thrown into that mix is the fact that so many of the financially solvent ones are petro states in a world transitioning off of the sauce slowly and its all a big meh for me...as long as the Americans don't lose their fucking minds

 

[Wayward DP]

Its not surprising to see authoritarians aligning.

It will always be a weak, fractured relationship based on simple math of the moment. What's in it for me right now.

Thrown into that mix is the fact that so many of the financially solvent ones are petro states in a world transitioning off of the sauce slowly and its all a big meh for me...as long as the Americans don't lose their fucking minds

Big condition you added at the end there...one that worries me greatly

 

[MindzEye]

Big condition you added at the end there...one that worries me greatly

The system has already held once...so here's hoping

 

[Wayward DP]

The system has already held once...so here's hoping

‘Held’ by failing to jail or sanction any of the previous coup plotters

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[MapleLeafBlueJayBoy]

The big thing on the Sunday shows was that the military in Israel may stop supporting this current government all together if they move the country toward dictatorship.

 

[MapleLeafBlueJayBoy]

BiBi has showed his true colours.

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[lecoqsportif]

BiBi has showed his true colours.

He’s doing all this to wriggle out of corruption prosecution, no?

 

[LeafGm]

He’s doing all this to wriggle out of corruption prosecution, no?

I think Bibi is very much like Trump. In that both men have natural authoritarian instincts, but ultimately went full fascist purely out of naked self-interest & self-preservation.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Crédit Suisse in the toilet. It’s not contagion - their problems are their own and not linked to exposure to SVB, etc. But still, investors are in a mood…

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

A drop in the bucket compared to any random day at Stalingrad.

 

[Habsy]

Slovakia joins fellow NATO member Poland in sending fighter jets to Ukraine — NPR

Ukraine has long sought fighter jets, though these are old Soviet-made MiG-29s and not the more advanced Western warplanes that Kyiv covets.

apple.news

 

[hockeylover]

 

[Wayward DP]

this, along with whatever they get from the Poles, seems like a big deal