So who DOES support Kamala Harris?

All the same people who were supporters of George W Bush (who was far more damaging to this country than Donald Trump ever was).

IOW - Neocons.

Oh, and let's not forget who else the US capitalist ruling class fucks over.

Those pesky indigenous people here.

Tara Houska is a real hero.

 

But let's be clear - in US crapitalism -

• No justice. 
• No accountability. 
• No responsibility. 

Just virtue signaling for the KHive Karens, and henpecked.

Taking last vacation before the end of Summer.

I always hated it when September started. Mostly because I hated going back to school (actually I hated going to school, period.).

Being put on a bus, going somewhere I didn't want to go, interacting with people I didn't want to see, new teachers, etc.

Granted I had friends who I was glad to see, but that was about really it. I wasn't white, and wasn't very athletic. While I had some brains, I was lazy and certainly wasn't top-of-class.

Besides, no matter how well I did, it was never enough, but that's for another post.

But coming back to next week - as my late father always used to say - Make the most of what you have.

Why the bullshit responses Lula?

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/22/breno-altman-the-relationship-between-lula-and-chavismo-has-always-been-one-of-alliance-and-divergence/

ZA: For many people, the fact that progressive governments took a stand against a popular government was shocking. Can you help us understand some of the internal and external dynamics which led to this development?

BA: I believe that the Lula government and President Lula are concerned about the Brazilian municipal elections scheduled for October. And he believes that defending the Maduro government will take votes away from the PT and its allied parties, especially in the big capitals, particularly in São Paulo. 

We have to take into account that the logic of Brazilian foreign policy is one of active non-alignment, that is, seeking to build on negotiations with the United States, the European Union, China and Russia, seeking an intermediate situation in which it is possible to obtain advantages for Brazil, for South America. In this logic, Brazilian foreign policy avoids steps that could lead to a break in relations with the United States, although Brazil’s economic and political relations are privileged with China and other counter-hegemonic countries.

At no point does Brazil assume a position aligned with US imperialism. Nor does Brazil wish to adopt steps that would represent a break with the United States and the European Union. In this Brazilian foreign policy, which is currently underway of active non-alignment, there is also a bet that relations between South America, European governments led by social democracy, liberalism, specifically France and Germany, and also relations with the Democratic Party in the United States can help constitute and reinforce this non-aligned intermediary role of Brazil and can also help constitute an alliance that helps the Brazilian left fight the extreme right in our country.

I think that the tensions between Lula and Maduro have to do with this, that is, with the needs of President Lula’s government or the way President Lula sees these needs, to prevent a break with the United States and the European Union. From an external point of view and from an internal point of view, preventing a split, a split that would be dangerous for this broad front, for this alliance between the left and liberals that was formed to elect President Lula against Bolsonaro. Supporting Venezuela could jeopardize this broad front. President Lula is calculating that if he will openly support Venezuela, recognizing Maduro’s victory, it could also cause electoral damage.

 

Quote of the day - 08-21-2024.

Margaret Kimberley

"Voting for genocide is the ultimate fascist act."

Bonus:

Everyone who wants to end Israel’s crimes or the proxy wars against Russia and China is forced to protest. Code Pink activists interrupted a Tim Walz appearance at the Women’s Caucus. Their chant was, “Stop killing women in Gaza!” Unlike the whining Karens who snitched on a protester or who snatched away a sign, they took it straight to the man who may be the next vice president and some of them were arrested in the process.

Doing otherwise is to be complicit. Of course the KHive Karens proved that there are many willing accomplices. Liberals may claim that Genocide Joe Biden is a good man, or that Trump and his supporters are the only villains in the country while they are either in support of or in denial about the fake democracy that tells the people their needs can’t be met while the system always does the bidding of weapons manufacturers, banks, fossil fuel producers, and big pharma.

An interview definitely worth checking out - Sabby Sabs interviews Whitney Webb.

Meanwhile, that same IDF that produced rape/violence-addicted people, trained the police forces in the United States.

Yes - this, leads to this -> https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/08/15/a-year-after-the-police-killing-of-eddie-irizarry-charges-dropped-against-killer-cop/

A year after the police killing of Eddie Irizarry, charges dropped against killer cop

Irizarry’s family and local Philadelphia community outraged after first-degree murder charge dropped and former officer Mark Dial released on bail

27-year-old Irizarry was shot and killed on August 14, 2023. Immediately after he was shot, Philadelphia police began to tell the media a series of events that later turned out to be false. Police initially claimed that what prompted Irizarry’s shooting was him lunging out of his vehicle towards officers, wielding a knife. Police had to quickly change this narrative, however, after it became clear that body camera footage would prove otherwise. “The body-worn camera footage made it very clear what we initially reported was not actually what happened,” said then Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw at the time. 

Body camera footage, released on September 8, 2023, revealed a truth that was even more damning than expected. Dial was shown running to Irizarry’s car, shouting “I will f-cking shoot you!” only a few seconds before firing six shots into the car. Dial then placed handcuffs on Irizarry’s dead body before dragging him to the police vehicle. 

Irizarry reportedly had a knife by his right leg, however, this could not have been visible to Dial. Dial’s lawyer claimed that the officer fired shots because he believe that Irizarry had a gun, although no gun is seen in the body camera footage. 

Initial police reports in cases of brutality can often be contradicted when footage later resurfaces. If it wasn’t for Darnella Frazier’s brave filming of the police killing of George Floyd, it is possible that no protests would erupted—Minneapolis police’s initial report of Floyd’s killing was titled “Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction.”