Their beliefs aren't always... consistent with reality... but generally "putting evil chemicals in our" food, if poorly defined, is something they're supposed to be against.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to expand a controversial loophole to allow some of the world’s most toxic chemicals to be added directly to food without a safety review.
But the dispassionate, technical and calm tone of the 24 men and women, as they describe in great detail the killing of people in Gaza, who are just as human as those in the surrounding buildings, brought back other associations – with men like Best and his ilk. It is the disjuncture between the familiar and intimate, on the one hand, and the coldly efficient and murderous, on the other, that makes this film unforgettable and an important statement about the world we currently inhabit.When modern societies engage in extreme violence, they rely on two types of people: those who beat, torture and kill at close quarters, and those who plan, organize and order the killing at a safe distance from the actual gore of it all. Many people prefer to believe the brutes and the sadists are responsible, largely because they are not like “us”. But modern genocide is the product of those who belong to the second category: the technocrats, bureaucrats and cold planners of extermination, who don’t get their hands dirty.
There are many people in power who I think of as cowardly serial killers. They don't want to do it themselves, but they love making it happen.
The man knows how to pretend to solve the problems he created by creating even bigger ones.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says relations between Tehran and Moscow are expanding, according to a report by the Iranian news agency IRNA.Trump has been less obviously on Putin's side than one might have expected, but he isn't exactly in the category of our greatest enemy, Iran.
After meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Turkmenistan, Pezeshkian noted that trade, economic ties and communication between the two countries are progressing positively.
He added that Iran was determined to expand its relations with Russia in line with the two nations’ joint strategic roadmap and the present time was the most appropriate for Russia and Iran to deepen and expand that cooperation.
At a historic summit in Moscow this week, President George Bush will mark what he claims is the final putting to rest of the cold war, by shaking hands with his new best friend, Pootie-Poot.
That, according to today's issue of Time magazine, is the president's nickname for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. At times of tension between the two countries, we are told, Mr Bush is known to tell his staff: "Get me Pootie-Poot on the phone."
The Nobel Peace Prize has gone to human rights pioneer Navi Pillay. The South African was integral to the anti-apartheid movement, served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and recently led the UN commission that concluded Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.They certainly make some hilariously bad choices, but this one will anger all the right people.
Pentagon officials said on Thursday that the Army officer convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting would be executed in public, a practice that ended in the United States nearly a century ago and is most commonly carried out in a handful of countries, including Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan.
The Pentagon said in a statement that the military execution, scheduled for Dec. 3, would also be broadcast via livestream. Such a broadcast has little precedent, and releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State.
Anthropic is making changes to its usage policy for the first time in over a year to reflect new and high-risk cases of misuse — including election interference, weapons development, surveillance, and health and financial uses. But one of the most significant changes prohibits “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude.Clippy's gonna get legally enforced human rights before humans do.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States will not attack Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm election, explicitly tying the timing of potential further military action to the domestic political calendar.I suppose we can somewhat appreciate that he says stuff out loud that you aren't supposed to say out loud. Sometimes.
“We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, adding that the U.S. was having “productive discussions” with Tehran.
Trump’s declaration came after he told reporters late Wednesday that his administration was considering renewed strikes against Tehran before the election.
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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Trump: You wanna see trauma? I said it the other day. Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles.
— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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A lot could be said about why our glorious media is very uninterested in the not very hidden views of the people in the administration and their pals.
He gets photo shoots and profiles which fail to mention this stuff. It isn't hidden!
Not a new observation, but the man still has no understanding of paying money and getting stuff in return. You know, trade.
I suspect there isn't a $40 billion Swiss watch trade though I could be wrong.Trump: "If we decided not to buy watches from Switzerland, they wouldn't be elite anymore and we would save about $40 billion"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 7 October 2026 at 18:48
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Congresswoman, what would you do to get government spending under control?