At uni a friend of mine wrote a book review of the bible that began, “Not since Naked Lunch has such a dull book been saved by the constant barrage of sadomasochistic homosexual pornography.”

In case you were wondering how an obviously insane person comes to be that rich, it’s from stealing your data.

Apparently he was the founder and chief data scientist at SMA Communications. From their website:

SMA Communications owns data on over 247 million consumers and over 49 million business contacts. We also have over 179 million registered Voters, 165 million automobile owners, Social media connections and more.

Irish solidarity with the Palestinian cause has been massive for decades.

That’s almost certainly what the Israeli player was referring to with this malicious mischaracterization:

It’s known that they are quite antisemitic and it’s no secret, and maybe that’s why a strong game is expected

Something about being brutalized and treated as second class citizens in your own home by a militarily dominant power seems to generate empathy for the plight of Palestinians.

People are taking this as a dig on China, but it’s a tale of how fragile nationalists are the world over. This is a level of dumb on par with freedom fries.

When the genocide is this obvious, and the ongoing consequences for the democrats and democracy this serious, it really makes me wonder what’s the political calculus behind it.

Is AIPAC really that big of a threat? Is netanyahu that important to our imperial interests in the middle east? Why choose full on putinesque post-truth politics over this?

I’ve never had much faith in the democrats, but I honestly just don’t understand what’s driving such terrible decision making.

calling antisemitism “a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to many millions of people”.

“But, please, do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government. Do not use antisemitism to deflect attention from the criminal indictment you are facing in the Israeli courts. It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions,”

You know shit’s getting electorally relevant when the US starts treating refugees with a hint of basic human dignity.

I’m sure he did make games worse, but he also covered up for rapists and threatened to kill employees which seems maybe more headline worthy to me.

I just hope the courts will consider what’s best for Techno Mechanicus.

We need to see some pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around… There’s been a systemic change where the employees feel that the employer is extremely lucky to have them, as opposed to the other way around.

So said every vicious aristocrat throughout history.

Whether owner of slaves, serfs or workers - elites always believe it’s their right to inflict harm on others.

Eat the rich, put us out of their misery.