Attempting to distract us from your real problems, are we, Elon?

But I expected no less from the US — and most certainly not more. Go for it. You deserve him.

#trump #musk #twitter #twittershutdown
via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross https://youtu.be/ybolDSYSGfo

Apologies for relapsing and posting on #TwitterTakeover the last few weeks. It's just too much fun watching the platform implode.

I promise to catch up on all the follow-backs that have been accumulating here at Mastodon asap.

Twitter cross-post #mtcross https://mastodon.online/invite/5EbVez9H

Gun violence: reflects "genocidal and racist past".

Saying "guns are too easy to access, isn’t good enough. While not wrong, […] such an answer avoids grappling with the fundamentally violent nature of American society".

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/01/american-violence-guns-racism-genocide #guncontrol #mtcross

Kindly stop lurking at malls and tube stations. No one is interested in your proselytizing.

By all means, go to your little houses with the crosses or half moons, and prostrate yourselves before your Zeus du jour, but leave us be with your Iron Age poppycock. #atheism #mtcross

A reminder that #religion is never inclusive, ecumenical, tolerant.

Just as the Pilgrims did not come to US to flee persecution, but to persecute freely, so every religion see all others as superstitions in need of conversion.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/americas-true-history-of-religious-tolerance-61312684/ #mtcross #Atheism

5:26 AM. Woken by the 'ding' of a new #Ozzyman upload. I forgot how much fun #Mexico was. Life is good.

Perfect location for the next F1 city race:
https://youtu.be/jaLf7G23VUY via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross

Closing the barn door after the horse burst into flames, are we?

"There isn't a 'position' on this, any more than there's a 'position' on the temperature at which water boils."

https://youtu.be/6CXRaTnKDXA via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross

Too little. Too late. The US spent centuries, first nurturing the cancer, then denying its existence. It has now invaded all organs. No amount of radiation or chemo will work. The US should consider palliative care.

https://progressive.org/op-eds/pentagon-cant-counter-white-supremacy-taylor-220727/ via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross

Exporting democracy again, are we?

I grew up in Central America, and am tempted to revisit an old sentiment of the day: "Go the fuck home, gringo." #Venceremos #Revolución

https://progressive.org/latest/the-other-americans-u-s-made-guns-are-fueling-crime-abbott-220723/ via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross

There are reasons why the U.S. ranks 42nd on the 2022 Press Freedom Index (Saudi Arabia: 160th).

RSF Index: https://rsf.org/en/index
#Khashoggi Killer #MBS in Paris: https://rsf.org/en/saudi-crown-prince-paris-despite-khashoggi-murder-and-27-journalists-prison
https://theintercept.com/2022/07/17/biden-saudi-arabia-israel-journalists-kill/ via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross

Excellent, even if thoroughly depressing @theintercept podcast describing a broken system in a broken society.

Season 1: Georgia
Season 2: Texas

https://theintercept.com/podcasts/murderville/ via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross #CriminalJusticeReform #criminaljustice

This cannot possibly be a surprise to anyone in the U.S. — or if so, then really just for the lack of trying.

If Trump did one useful thing, perhaps it was showing how even an imbecile can easily game a system which is rotten to the core.

https://jacobin.com/2022/07/congress-revolving-door-k-street-lobbying-disclosure/ #mtcross

What's more, perhaps the U.S. should take the opportunity of a slot opening up, and place itself ON the list.

https://therealnews.com/biden-should-remove-cuba-from-the-infamous-state-sponsors-of-terrorism-list via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross #cuba

We are not allowed to comment on the U.S. sliding into the dark ages? What a pathetic, whiny little man. The U.S. does seem beyond help or hope.

https://news.yahoo.com/u-supreme-court-justice-alito-195722408.html via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross #Alito #SCOTUS

I wonder if they have them in blue for the boy members of the Senate Democratic Caucus?

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/neuticles-testicular-implants-for-dogs-have-made-gregg-miller-rich.html via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross #senate #democrats #filibuster

There's no way back, I'm afraid, only forward and through.

Having said that, I fear the Couch-Potatoes will not persevere against the Gun-Nutters. Poor little Eloi.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/07/american-democracy-civil-war-survey-political-violence-authoritarian-rule.html via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross

Preview of coming attractions for the citizens of the United States of Banana. Isn't #religion a wonderful thing? @amnesty #atheism

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/07/el-salvador-rape-survivor-sentenced-to-30-years-in-jail-under-extreme-anti-abortion-law/ via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross

"When democracies start dying—as ours already has—they usually don’t recover."

Americans have now realized what others have long known: that "the shining city upon the hill", the "beacon of Democracy" was no more than propaganda.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/american-democracy-breakdown-authoritarianism-rise/670580/ via Mastodon #mtcross

CNN: "#Trump had 'extreme difficulty' with his speech on the day after January 6".

Did he now? How could they tell? Perhaps he should have taken lessons from another gifted Republican speaker.

CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/20/politics/trump-january-7-outtakes-message-supporters-house-hearing/index.html via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross #bush

If only the Democrats had a majority in the Senate — or were as uncompromising as the Republicans.

Occasionally, a dose of Realpolitik is a good thing. Perhaps it's a leadership issue?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/20/same-sex-marriage-vote/ via Mastodon>Twitter crosspost #mtcross