Daily News Thread 5/19

U.S. to withdraw assistance from northwest Syria: U.S. officials

The Trump administration will withdraw assistance from northwest Syria dominated by Islamist factions and focus recovery efforts on areas where U.S.-led forces have retaken territory from Islamic State in the northeast, U.S. officials with knowledge of the decision said on Friday.
reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-usa/us-to-withdraw-assistance-from-northwest-syria-us-officials-idUSKCN1IK024

There have been 101 mass shootings in the US so far in 2018 — here's the full list

On Friday, a 17-year-old gunman opened fire on students and staff at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, killing 10 people. The suspected gunman was arrested and detained.
businessinsider.com/how-many-mass-shootings-in-america-this-year-2018-2

Cuban Crash: Government Offers Aid, Announces Day of Mourning

The arduous task of identifying the victims of the Cuban plane crash has begun with a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Party and first secretary of the organization in Havana, Mercedes López Acea, present to offer comfort to the bereaved.
telesurtv.net/english/news/Cuban-Crash-Government-Offers-Aid-Announces-Day-of-Mourning-20180519-0002.html

South China Sea dispute: China lands bombers on island

China has for the first time landed bombers on disputed territory in the South China Sea, its air force said, prompting fresh US warnings that it is destabilising the region.
bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44180773

Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr's bloc wins Iraq elections

An alliance headed by a former Shia militia chief who led two uprisings against the US-led invasion of Iraq has won the parliamentary elections.
bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44178771

Saudi Arabia detains seven activists ahead of lifting of driving ban

Saudi authorities have arrested seven women's rights advocates, weeks before the kingdom is due to lift its ban on women driving, rights groups say.
bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44178078

U.K. Labour Party Vows ‘Crackdown’ in Audits After Carillion

The opposition U.K. Labour Party proposed a complete overhaul of regulation for corporate auditors and accountants after the collapse of government contractor Carillion Plc exposed shortcomings.
outline.com/uu8DG4

FCC investigating website flaw that exposed mobile phone locations

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it was referring reports that a website flaw could have allowed the location of mobile phone customers to be tracked to its enforcement bureau to investigate.
reuters.com/article/us-usa-mobile-privacy/fcc-investigating-website-flaw-that-exposed-mobile-phone-locations-idUSKCN1IJ2F0

Texas lieutenant governor slammed for suggesting reducing school entrances to prevent shootings

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday suggested schools should have fewer entrances in order to prevent mass shootings.
businessinsider.com/texas-lieutenant-governor-suggests-reducing-school-entrances-to-prevent-shootings-2018-5

Farm Bill's Future Hinges on Fight Over Limits on Immigration

A fight over U.S. immigration policy – not agriculture – led to the demise of farm legislation on Friday.
outline.com/Dt84yx

One-Third of Protected Wildlife Areas Under Serious Threat: Study

Industrial farming, road-building, and other human-made development projects have put almost a third of the world's protected wildlife areas at risk.
telesurtv.net/english/news/One-Third-ofProtected-Wildlife-Areas-Under-Serious-Threat-Study-20180518-0008.html

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OP/ED

Child Welfare and the Intended Consequences of the War on Drugs

The devastating impact on communities of color
publicseminar.org/2018/05/child-welfare-and-the-intended-consequences-of-the-war-on-drugs/

Seattle City Council and Kshama Sawant capitulate to Amazon, pass watered-down head tax

The city council unanimously gave in to Amazon’s demands after the company threatened to cut 7,000 jobs if a higher head tax were enacted.
wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/19/seat-m19.html

Links 5/19/18

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Why do incels kill people in public and put themselves in jail only to get raped by Tyrone for 30 years instead of raping some bitch in an alleyway like sexually frustrated sociopaths usually do? At least then if they are caught they will have least lost their virginity.

If I was in the situation where I would kill 10 school kids, then I would be fine with raping one of them at least, I just don't get it. Is it just stupidity?

Social isolation and depression have deleterious effects on the brain, particularly the regions that handle impulse control, planning, and complex reasoning. For someone already experiencing mental or emotional problems this can have a progressively damaging effects that snowball into outbursts of external or self directed violence.

I think at the point these sorts of… individuals are at, it's no longer about sex, but getting revenge in the attempt to reclaim the appearance of personal agency and the sort of masculine puissance they feel has been stolen from them by the feminists or liberals or whoever. It could even be a vicious act of spite, "if I can't pass on my genes, then no one else can either." Maybe in some twisted way they think they're putting these "normies" out of their Jew-induced, bovine misery since they're "too far gone to take the red pill."

Or maybe they're just cunts lashing out at the easiest targets because they're the beta males they always feared themselves to be.

The Freedom Caucus's little stunt there likely ensured a forced DACA vote in the House, much to Ryan's chagrin.

The moderate GOP are going to crack the Republican base in two.

It's more likely that nobody will be able to agree on a DACA replacement and Trump will instead take increasingly aggressive steps to round up illegals and build a wall. His office already has the power to do virtually anything he can think of in regards to immigration. Congress can fuck around for as long as they want, ultimately Trump will just setup military checkpoints around cities while using the Army Corps of Engineers to build the wall using powers granted to him as Commander-In-Chief.

The only thing Congress can do, and what they've been debating, is how they're going to stop him from abusing his power. But therein lies another problem: most Americans don't care about the President abusing his power as are a large amount of legislators in both parties. The result will be a logjam that benefits Republicans since Trump will wave his cock around using the military.

I hope Sadr doesn't betray the communists, the world needs islamic socialism

No reason to think he will. He's shia and would have to nationalize certain industries to ensure investment happens at all, much like the other shia country in the region (Iran) does. It's an expedient solution to Iraq's problems. For example making copies of all the equipment Americans sold them is no problem, although it'll run afoul of American copyright law and get the US government assmad at them. But they have no power in Iraq anymore, if they dethrone Sadr a peaceful Iranian annexation of eastern Iraq is inevitable which would instigate the Kurds to break off leaving the remaining shite region landlocked, impoverished and vulnerable to internal ISIS elements.

No matter what happens America will loose here. The real question is who else will loose and how much collateral damage will Israel create.

But you know what will happen then? Congress won't give him military funding through a shutdown, then thingsmwill go tits up.

Tbh I imagine some in the US are happy right now that Iraq has an anti Iranian government atm.

It's beautiful

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If that happens the military itself will walk out and defend Trump, doing the lobbying work for him. Anyone who opposes military spending will be cast as a pinko who hates America, it worked under Obama and it worked under Bush. But even if Push comes to shove Trump can, using his existing powers, move forces from other parts of the world to America for the purposes of assisting ICE. The only technicality is that the military itself cannot be used to do law enforcement, but this is trivial if they're placed under the command of a cabinet agency with even less oversight than the DoD.

His strategy is flawless here and it's flawless because both parties voted him all these powers. The National Defense Authorization Act is the most recent example, if Democrats wanted to stop Trump they could have stopped him dead right there. They didn't, just as they didn't stop the Patriot Act. Notably the only person to voted against both is Bernie Sanders.

Phil Greaves was right AGAIN, how will Greaves-haters recover?

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Their government isn't really anti-Iranian, just anti Iranian elite. Sadr's power comes from that he appeals to both regular Iraqis and shias who don't like America but also don't agree with the Iranian government. Given the larger turn in Iran against the old guard, he's what a non-US aligned reformist looks like.

Which is why if America kills him, there won't be any room for moderation left in the Iraqi government as shias will be forced to accept that they cannot share a country with shites. If he's assassinated or otherwise removed from power it would only cause the populist resentment against Tehran (both in Iraq and Iran) to galvanize into 110% shia nationalism, which Iran's old guard would quickly take advantage of by direct (and peaceful) annexation.

Such a situation does not bode well for America, because now they have to tolerate a figure opposed to them or they create a situation where Iran peacefully gains territory. Israel bombing Iranian positions in Syria does not help this situation.

So what you're saying is that we're all fucked an nobody can do anything about it right?

Until the current FY (and the NDAA based on it's schedule) ends, yes. In a practical sense not reauthorizing Trump's broad military powers under the NDAA makes it difficult for him to change policies Congress hasn't explicitly approved of. It also doesn't allow him to make policy changes in total secrecy like he can now.

Basically all Congress has to do is agree to not give Trump power.

BO was right

Except the kurds expected that to happen, PissPigGranddad talked about it long before the BO spergout.

i think you wanted to write sunni somewhere

Oh I see so it doesn't count because he was right in sharing the assessment others stated before him

Pretty sure it was the latter

he doesn't deserve credit because it was obvious to everyone involved.

No, my point is that that the BO's claims about the Y*PG being an imperialist puppet because they accepted American help against fucking ISIS is just as ridiculous as claiming that the Soviet Union was an imperialist puppet for accepting their help against the nazis. They never trusted the burgers but when you're dealing with a bunch of bloodthirsty reactionaries on your doorstep you're not really in a position to be picky about who you accept aid from.

Fascists zionist classcucks from my country praising the plane crash……
Jeez, I want to butcher them all.

Communists are bullied kid that shoots up the school of history.

youtube.com/watch?v=T3ldsF65cLM

I think it's trying to communicate.

Shifting sands? Grassroots element in the Democratic Party moves away from Israel
A growing partisan divide was on display this week in reaction to the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and two days of consecutive violence in the Gaza Strip. The question is: How far will one sector on the left continue to cause fissures?
jns.org/shifting-sands-grassroots-element-in-the-democratic-party-moves-away-from-israel/

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ABSOLUTELY SEETHING

just northwest syria
otherwise we'd have a sudden chemical attack

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my father keeps suggesting this shit. "one way in and one way out with metal detectors".

You guys are fucking retarded, the US never had a presence in Afrin. if you read the article, it's talking about pulling funding from projects in FSA territory.

American is a degenerated society.

I like the implication here is that heaven is built upon thoughts and prayers in the first place. Therefore, conservatives are literally creating heaven in the aftermath of every school shooting.

I'm reading this as a critique of religion being pointless more than it is a critique of the conservative equivalent of "deep concerns".

It is not a new suggestion and it is a very dangerous one.

The idea goes back decades, back to desegregation had resulted in schools of blacks and hispanics, which naturally caused massive amounts of violence. The idea of school security checkpoints was first introduced as an anti-gang measure, in which it was overwhelmingly successful as students were now subject to searches before they could enter their school. HOWEVER, such things did not extend to white, gentrified schools that had low crime rates and thus no need for a closed campus. Likewise in the 80s Congress attempted to ban guns on all school campuses, which was infamously struck down in the Supreme Court because Congress used the Commerce Clause not national security as the basis for their authority here. It's obvious that this is the next step as it is what the NRA itself suggested after sandy vagina.

The results of this are pretty obvious though: student activism and freedom will be wholly crushed. Things like uniform and transparent bag codes, along with restrictions on using pens and pencils not bought from the school's designated contractor, will be quickly implemented after. It's also here schools can ban things like stickers, phones and books that might distract students. With student activism wholly dismantled, the entire concept of youth rebellion will no longer exist because students who do not submit to this are sent to juvenile jail as truants.

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I cannot believe the straight up hysterics this head tax has created. I have family all over this state and they all think Seattle has finally gone too far. And when fuckin Dick’s Burger sperged out well that just sealed the deal.

This is pennies on the dollar spent per employee. This isn’t even unheard of. We have no income tax and Olympia will barely let us tax ourselves any other way, no matter how much we want to.

If they had decided to pass the full $500 I can’t imagine what kind of hell would’ve broken loose.

Amazon can just leave. They have that ability and California beckons because of Prop 13 that would allow Bezos to build anything and profit because his property taxes would never increase. On that note Prop 13 is about the furthest anti-tax types can go, because you'd be hard pressed to find an anti-tax law more extreme than Prop 13.

Boeing had no problem moving HQ but, despite how much they’d love to shed the union, production stays here. Amazon is such a behemoth they will just continue to expand elsewhere, if only because there isn’t much room left to grow here. They already said all this by announcing HQ2.