#WTF is it really true that 70% of people in USA prisons have NOT been convicted of a crime but can’t pay the bail?
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Innocent until proven guilty? 70% of people in prison have NOT been convicted of a crime but can’t pay the bail. Why did #KaliefBrowder spend 3 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit? Why does freedom have a price tag? #EndCashBail & follow @playercoalition pic.twitter.com/9rUccNMlDg
— Malcolm Jenkins (@MalcolmJenkins) September 11, 2018
Endless wars are good for someone, but who?
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The US has spent $1.5 trillion on war since Sept 11 attacks
‘…The collective wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria have cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1.5 trillion since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a Defense Department report [….] Currently there are approximately 14,000 Americans in Afghanistan…’
This is the kind of insanity that only John Bolton could conjure up
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US threatens to arrest ICC judges if they pursue Americans for Afghan war crimes
‘…The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it moves to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes.
White House National Security Advisor John Bolton called the Hague-based rights body “unaccountable” and “outright dangerous” to the United States, Israel and other allies, and said any probe of US service members would be “an utterly unfounded, unjustifiable investigation.”“If the court comes after us, Israel or other US allies, we will not sit quietly,” Bolton said.
He said the US was prepared to slap financial sanctions and criminal charges on officials of the court if they proceed against any Americans.
“We will ban its judges and prosecutors from entering the United States. We will sanction their funds in the US financial system, and we will prosecute them in the US criminal system,” he said.
“We will do the same for any company or state that assists an ICC investigation of Americans,” he said…’
EU, founded as project of peace, plans military future
‘…After decades of the EU viewing itself as a peace initiative and seeing defense as a matter of national sovereignty (made all the less urgent thanks to the EU’s existence) there is still no consensus on how to create, organize or wield joint military power. Few are eager to turn over authority to Brussels.
In Germany, under fire from U.S. President Donald Trump over military spending, there is renewed debate about becoming a nuclear power. In France, President Emmanuel Macron, citing a worrisome lack of joint EU military planning, has called for “a common intervention force, a common defense budget and a common doctrine for action.”
In the U.K., security cooperation is a cornerstone of Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed post-Brexit relationship with the EU — one of few British demands that has won unvarnished praise in the rest of the EU.
[….] Some EU countries have shown a willingness to go their own way. Poland, for instance, asked the Trump administration to establish a new military base on its territory — a unilateral request that was not discussed in advance either among EU partners or NATO allies — and that some other European countries fear could unnecessarily provoke Russia…’
Trump $10 million from FEMA’s budget kidnap children and jail parents
‘….The Trump administration took nearly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s budget this summer to help boost U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to budget documents [….] The nearly $10 million was taken from various places within FEMA, including training, preparedness and protection, and response and recovery operations…’
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Susan Sontag in the New Yorker writes just after after 9/11 2001
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from the Sept 24 2001 issue of the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/09/24/tuesday-and-after-talk-of-the-town
The Obamas are the 1%
‘…On April 15, 2016, Obama released his 2015 tax returns, which showed that he and his wife filed jointly and reported an adjusted gross income of $436,065. They paid $81,472 in taxes according to their 18.7 percent tax rate. They also donated a total of $64,066 to more than 30 charities.
[….] The power couple’s storytelling has already proven lucrative as their most recent book deal with Penguin Random House, for example, is worth up to $65 million, according to NBC News…’
https://www.gobankingrates.com/net-worth/politicians/barack-obama-net-worth/
via R. Crumb facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rcrumb
John Feffer asks WHY?...
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Anonymous And Trumpism Without Trump
‘..I’ll support Anonymous just like I support the Colin Kaepernick ads despite Nike’s failure to pay livable wages to its workers. Sometimes you have to praise the action and ignore the actor.
But the question remains: why did Anonymous do it?
[….] I think it’s part of an effort within the Republican Party that will gain strength over the next two years: to build a movement of Trumpism without Trump.
[….] So, I’ll certainly join hands with Anonymous to rid America of its present danger. But let’s not kid ourselves about the future danger that Anonymous wants instead.’
https://lobelog.com/anonymous-and-trumpism-without-trump/