Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@lonewolf
I’d like to believe that, but when the taliban (re)took power in Afghanistan, they promised a lot of stuff like this as well. Fast forward to now and…

Trans rights get a brief reprieve, as SCOTUS has declined to hear an appeal by rightwing parents suing the Eau Claire, Wisconsin school district for its policy supporting transgender students.

Their original suit - which was dismissed by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals - argued that the policy violated their parental rights and religious freedoms. Three Justices - Alito, Kavanaugh, and Thomas - wanted to take up the case. That’s one Justice short of them doing so.

EDIT: It’s worth noting that of the three-judge panel that unanimously dismissed the parents’ appeal, two of them were Trump appointees. In their ruling, they said the parents had no legal right or standing to challenge the policy, and they had failed to provide evidence that the policy affected them or any of their children.

@Dustcan
I guess that means we live in the Babylon Bee timeline…?

Dammit. Why can’t we get nice things?

@ᎶㄖҜㄩ 乃ㄥ卂匚Ҝ

Reality straight up used an Uno Reverse on me.

Why the hell is Israel attacking Syria?

They just got liberated, and they are fucking attacking them.

Do they really want to exterminate all Arabs?

Yes, I believe they do.

Apparently the official reason is something about how they believe the civil war has destabilized Syria (it has) and they want to create a buffer zone between them and the hostile factions still inside Syria.

Uh huh.

@Background Pony #8F4B
They’re destroying all of Syria’s higher end weapons (ships, aircraft, chemical weapons, etc) which could fall into the wrong hands. Despite this, the rebels did come across some long range Grad rockets, which they threatened to use on China (or more like Chinese interests in the region).
Also they’re making a buffer zone between them and Syria in case.

@Dustcan
Absolutely no plans to colonize the Golan and use it as their new living space, that would be crazy talk.

@Dustcan
I’m calling foul.

Russia Tests Cutting Off Access to Global Web, and VPNs Can’t Get Around It: https://www.pcmag.com/news/russia-tests-cutting-off-access-to-global-web-and-vpns-cant-get-around

@Background Pony #10F6
International internet is dead, I guess…

Fucking hell.

I don’t care who or how at this point, somebody shut this asshole up.

Seriously, if you don’t like gun control, that’s fine. But claiming that shootings were staged is not fine. And the people who decided to harass those families are disgusting.

@Zaknel
You talking about Alex Jones and his Sandy Hook claims?

The Times of Israel hosted a blogpost from Dan Ehrlich saying “Lebensraum Needed for Israel’s Exploding Population.”

Absolutely beyond parody. “Defending itself from terrorism,” my ass.

Let’s try “Self-Awareness” for 800, Alex.

@BlitztheDragon
The headline definitely raises eyebrows, but have you read the article?

I did.

It’s nothing. Like, actually nothing. After the first 1-2 paragraphs (ie. what would be shared in an embed), it’s just a summary of recent population trends throughout the world, without actually stating anything at all, nothing spicy or contentious, no proposals, just nothing.

Basically, it’s clickbait. Part of a growing trend among publications (from trash rags to established big names) of publishing ragebait articles that get shared quickly everywhere but don’t actually contain anything at all.

They knew using “Lebensraum” in the context of Israel would get people to say “omg do they have no shame, I must tell others!” reactions. It even works when you don’t link the article and just a screencap of the headline, because that makes people search for it to verify it’s real, and that improves their SEO.

@BlitztheDragon
Fuck me, I forgot satire and common decency were dead.

I hope the next scenario to come true is that of Don’t Look Up, because at this point we have utterly failed as a species and an impact extinction event would be a mercy for our planet.

Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 FIFA World Cup.

Might as well give 2038 to Eritrea while we’re at it.

Not surprising. Saudi Arabia has been investing hundreds of billions into sports to rehabilitate their image for at least a decade now.

Might be cheaper to not be an oppressive and regressive theocratic hell-nation, but eh they have more money than God and enough oil that they basically get to dictate international policy even though everyone hates them.

@Dustcan
niether am I.

@SleepySteve
Gotta one-up Qatar somehow (therefore, fat chance Eritrea ever gets it, given how dirt poor they are — Egypt might be a more likely candidate if the Sisi junta ever decides to scrounge up enough money to throw FIFA’s way).