Rule by law rather than rule of law, I guess?

This is just outrageous and unacceptable. While I don't think any reasonable person would deny that Israel has the right to defend itself, I find it next to impossible to see how "national defense" can be used to justify killing children. wtf?

Reminds me of https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-06/30/11/enhanced/webdr05/original-14575-1404141010-18.jpg

Source of image: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/americans-fail-canada-again

Sadly, this happened to me. Before I started my own instance my main one was kbin.social

Good while Ukraine holds on to it. Worried about the safety of these international folks if Russia regains control... they don't have a good record here, if the safety record of journalists in the area is anything to go by.

It's Mbin (actually Kbin the software had this feature before Mbin was forked and so fedia.io was doing this from before there was an Mbin).

Well, one lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post

Isn't that literally a Miss Manner's lesson?

I don't buy it. I wanna see who the "joke" was shared with originally along with details about the additional "context".

I mean even Ralph Nader, who ran under the Green Party in 1996 and 2000, agrees with AOC.

In his own words,

That’s the problem. The Green Party doesn’t run enough local candidates. You can’t have a national campaign without local candidates. They have about 250 local candidates ... They’re not serious.

Source: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/ralph-nader-third-party-politics-2024-interview/

For those who don't get the joke: the election is this year and it is held every four years, so Stein isn't going to run for election next year because she wouldn't run for an election that a) is already over or b) isn't being held yet and is several years in the future.

First, what does this have to do with US Politics?

It's about political repression in Hollywood, a silencing of voices and opinions that's happening in the US.

I mean, you can't get more US than Hollywood, right?

Second, Hollywood stars mentioned have money. They can put it where their mouth is.

Perhaps not for much longer...

Mexican actor Melissa Barrera was fired from the Scream franchise
Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon was dropped by her talent agency

Exact same experience here!

Anyone promoting American style health care here in Canada has either never experienced that gong show or is independently wealthy enough not to have to think about the costs.

This messages needs to be spread far and wide.

Hmm, but now they are denying it. I don't know what to believe: https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-polio-taliban-vaccination-deny-who/33122994.html

If they hadn't denied it, then I would have imagined that the Taliban was so disorganized that they just discovered this - or at least, just realized the potential implications (just connected the dots). That might still be the case, and the denial is simply a false one with the purpose to not worsen their reputation on the world stage.