Jim Engel

‘At What Point Does This Cross a Line Into International Criminality?’ An expert on international law weighs in on the legality and global implications of the Trump administration’s drug boat killings.

“According to Philippe Sands, who frequently argues before international tribunals, the administration’s actions are “contrary to the basic precepts of international law.””… not to mention ethics, decency, humanity, and general intelligence.

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"For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Perhaps the anonymity will be all the better for the sake of sentients to come; may they fare better than #HomoSapiens.

This!

The New York Times said it, then Trump proved it - Salon.com Social media is abuzz as last year’s NYT warning of Trump's future deportations and disaster politics proves true

Anyone-Everyone who voted for &/or supports @realdonaldtrump.govmirrors.com has no defense, no honor, and bears responsibility for the decimation (or perhaps #Quintation) of America.
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YouTube video by FebWriter Morgan Freeman as Count Dracula on The Electric Company

THIS is what #Halloween 🎃 should be all about❗️
I prefer #MorganFreeman as a vampire 🧛 rather than a #god… I mean, at least a vampire is SOMEWHAT plausible.

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YouTube video by Louis Armstrong Satchmo’s wishing you a spook-tacular Halloween! Enjoy his performance of "Skeleton in the Closet"!

When #skeletons 💀 in the closet start to dance 🕺🏽‼️

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What he said: 💯 🎯

$18 Mocktail Satisfies Craving To Waste Money

$18 Mocktail Satisfies Craving To Waste Money https://theonion.com/18-mocktail-satisfies-craving-to-waste-money-1851449216/

Every act of #resistance is appreciated… even something as meaningless as #prayer & drinking 🍸 the imaginary 🩸 of the imaginary savior.

Hair transplants, finasteride and hair systems: Welcome to the world of hair restoration There are multiple ways for men to combat hair loss now, but should they have to?

The #WesternWorld… more concerned about going #Bald, #ProSports, and whatever ass#ole #Influencer tells them is important than their kid’s education. I mean… #Trump is a plague, but… give me a fucking break, people‼️
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And SOME 🐈 of us SLEEP that way❗️

"An economy that kills, that excludes, that starves, that concentrates enormous wealth in a few to the detriment of the many, that multiplies poverty and grinds down salaries, that pollutes, that produces war, is not an economy: It is just an emptiness, an absence, a sickness." #PopeFrancis #Hope

ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume

ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume

Ticket sales plummet at Kennedy Center after Trump takeover: Washington Post analysis Ticket sales for the Kennedy Center have continued to plummet in the months since President Trump took over its operations. Tens of thousands of seats have been left empty at the three main perform…

#TrumpCul-Cha ❗ @realdonaldtrump.govmirrors.com
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Kim Kardashian: Nasa hits back at reality star's moon landing conspiracy In a recent episode of her TV series, the reality star said she believed the moon landing was fake.

@kimkardashiankardo.bsky.social … a parable/advertisement for higher education.

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1984, Idiocracy version Trump is like Big Brother if Big Brother were an incompetent buffoon.

As Noah recounts, Trumpers have descended headlong into Orwell's dark parody of Stalinism, exemplified by a desperate attempt to penalize Canada for (accurately) reminding us that Ronald Reagan - the mythified spiritual father of the GOP - was an outspoken advocate of free trade and immigration. 3/

$50,000: Sufficient incentive to treat fellow human beings this way

Chicago ICE Raids By The Numbers https://theonion.com/chicago-ice-raids-by-the-numbers/

Q: What do you call it when many people in multiple events are deliberately killed on the open seas outside of a declaration of war?

A: Murder. Mass murder. Crimes against humanity.

Andrew stripped of 'prince' title and will move out of Royal Lodge He will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor - Buckingham Palace says

This seems a good #FirstStep, followed by dumping the remaining (approx.) 11 #WorkingRoyals (~£86 million/yr, serving w/o merit), & ~85 #HereditaryPeerage (serving w/o merit) in the #HouseofLords (~£3 million/yr), and returning the bulk of “their assets” to the public.
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Pride/arrogance: Their rote following of the “word of god” & misconstruance of their mythical leader’s (Jesús) “teachings” religious take on a self-ordained virtue, &/or a “Chosen one” status (cf: christian nationalism). This vanity leads one to overlook MAJOR faults in the flock or oneself.

Pretrained to naïveté: initiates young & old are taught, in order to belong (to “god” or the group) one must adhere to demonstrably false claims. This practice leaves parishioners open to OTHER fraudsters (wolves) who prey on sheep.

1. #Stupidity: It’s well established (see multitude of studies as well as census data) that A) the higher religious affinity, the lower the education level (or vice versa; either way, “stupid is as stupid does).
Further, “flocks” (sheep) encouraged to subjugate knowledge, reason, & facts to “faith.”

How Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators as they abused children NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.

Religious are oft targets of scams & illegal actors for KNOWN reasons (support in following comments):
1. They exhibit stupidity
2. They’re pretrained to be duped
3. Pride/arrogance
AOG churches shielded accused predators & allowed them to keep abusing children: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

@realdonaldtrump.govmirrors.com, “Let them 🇺🇸 eat #shit 💩!”

France 🇫🇷 captures Louvre thieves… ‘Merica 🇺🇸 ELECTS theirs @realdonaldtrump.govmirrors.com