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MaryAnne's avatar

I wish I had a way of getting every American to read this.

Klaus Hubbertz's avatar

???? ....

Americans READ ??? ... 🤔🤔🤔

Rebel Nun's avatar

According to the WOP World Culture Score Index, Americans read 24 minutes more per week than UK residents (5 hrs 42 mins vs. 5’18”; India leads the world at over 10 hours per week), and the US leads the world in number of books read per year (17; UK is 15). We did NOT elect Donald Trump - there was massive voter suppression (remember that we elected Obama, twice) - and 8 million of us just turned out to protest him. And a bunch of us are intelligent and literate enough to be devotees of the Patron Saint of Words, Laura of NIN! 🩷🌟😇

nancy knox-bierman's avatar

Thank you and yes, more of us read than the media would have you believe.

Paul Girard's avatar

But bragging about electing Obama isn’t all that awesome. He just continued the Uniparty. More Patriot Act. More drone killing. Etc etc etc.

It sure was hopeful at the start, though.

Rebel Nun's avatar

He was a complete sellout; I wasn't bragging. Nations are controlled by the Industrial/Monetary Complex, who will never allow a truly good leader to arise in one of their major conquered nations. But he was very different from Trump; the electorate that chose him couldn't have chosen Trump, and I saw that on the ground.

Linda Cross's avatar

We British do like to talk about the weather, queue for anything, apologies excessively even if its their fault and drink tea. But hey ho, you can't believe in stereotypes.

Rebel Nun's avatar

And I love them for all of those things!

Klaus Hubbertz's avatar

👍👍👍 🌹🌹🌹 !!!

NO hard feelings; just asked, didn't judge.🤗🤗🤗 and thanks for the additional info !!!

But: reading-time and quantity of books are no markers.

Only kind of topic, clarity and degree of understanding of content are.

About US-elections: since the most tragic events of 1963, lots of contradicting info about the topic. It's more than obvious that it does not matter which gang moves into the WH; they're just two cheeks of the same ar*e successfully working in filling the coffers of the truly ruling oligarchy hidden in the backstage and to the permanent detriment of all law-abiding, rather ill-informed tax-payers.

As long as the likes of Miriam Adelson, without even the slightest whiff of accountability, can buy the so-called "leaders" with money that was most probably fraudulently acquired in her late husband's casinos, the electorate is wasting its precious time on "election-day".

Either a complete paradigm-shift happens in all matters concerning federal & state politics, lobbying, revolving doors, multiple-passport-holders, totally compromised three-letter-agencies, etc., etc. in due time, or the US is slated to be washed into the drain and turned into a stunning, most bizarre chapter in history books or websites.

Always the best to all devotees of the Patron Saint of Words, Laura of NIN !!!👍👍

Rebel Nun's avatar

Sadly true. Even sadder, not just the US

Martin's avatar

But do comic books count as "reading"?

Phil Kuhn's avatar

Klaus, a few of us do, anyway.

Klaus Hubbertz's avatar

👍👍👍

See my today's reply to Rebel Nun.

Feral Finster's avatar

Oh, I've seen Americans expressing weepy gratitude to Israel, fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here.

Because, you know, the moment Israel lets its guard down, Hamas will board its fleet of war canoes and start paddling.

Rebel Nun's avatar

They’re already taking over Texas! (I’ve heard)

Emily's avatar

You are so right. I think often how grateful I am for Israel, NATO, and the MIC in general being that a ground invasion and occupation of the continental US is a constant possibility that’s basically always right around the corner. That’s just the reality with the US being such a small, poor country with welcoming geography for an invading force, not much of a military to speak of since we invest in our people and a largely unarmed, contemplative and peaceful populace. Oh, wait…

Amaterasu Solar's avatar

I'm an Earthian... Sovereign and free. I do reside in the area called "North America..."

Q10's avatar

Also, need every ISRAELI to read it too.

MNT's avatar

The Israelis would use it as proof to show that they're superior to "pathetic USA" who wants to martyr their own soldiers for Israel without asking for IDF collaboration on the ground.....No shame would be felt, just "gotcha" pride.

Rebel Nun's avatar

You’re absolutely right! Since the beginning of “Israel”, the founders and their successors have been on record laughing about getting the entire Western world to give them anything they want, including impunity, claiming it’s proof that goys are stupid. No morality factored in at all.

MNT's avatar

Yes...they have a word for it. Something that means "suckers" or "fools" in Hebrew.

But I don't know why Trump doesn't know that?...Or maybe he just wants to be the only one to appropriate the natural resources to Whitkoff and Kushner/Ivanka rather giving some to Bibi? He doesn't respect troops at all. Remember he called John McCain a loser bc he was captured in battle?

He might be in for a rude awakening with the Persians though.A group doesnt last thousands of years bc they're meek and mild. 😉

Being Bonnie's avatar

Was just thinking similarly.

Anthony Dunn's avatar

If you can get to Plato's Cave and project it on to the back wall there's a chance. However, experience shows that you'll be shouted down and strung up.

MakerOfNoise's avatar

"The ground invasion should only last a few days, but the hardest part of that will be the first 20 years."

Oof.

susan cartwright's avatar

Yeah, that hit me hard too. Afghanistan was 20 years, trillions or dollars, all to replace the Taliban with the Taliban.

Deborah Ewing's avatar

This is excruciatingly accurate. I just hope US servicemen and women, their families and communities will follow Israel’s example of not fighting for Israel.

The Revolution Continues's avatar

The number of calls at the Center on Conscience and War has been astronomical. Call today--at any time in their career military personnel can become a C.O. Call for yourself or for a loved one: 1-800-379-2679

Feral Finster's avatar

Well, yeah, who wants to fight enemies that are actually capable of shooting back?

Why do you think cops send in the dog?

M F's avatar

"It looks like an awful lot of working class boys are about to have the words “Died for Epstein” engraved on their tomb stones."

Always the bottom line, as they say in Wall Street.

Being Bonnie's avatar

Tragic. And the fact that the Pentagon has loosened up the requirements for new recruits- up to the age of 42- and no issues with soft-drug (marijuana) use. That says many things, chief among them, the dopier the better. Millions of Americans (men and women) have lost jobs since the Covid Con. What better way to recoup their losses than to risk their lives for the all-important 'freedoms' we are constantly told we have.

M F's avatar

Absolutely tragic.

And stupid. And, "wash, repeat."

My middle class family members served in at least three of the 20th C American wars. More distant relatives, certainly in some others.

While we still have the same firetrucks in charge.

Dean's avatar

Constantly, and quite wrongly....

Francis/Clare's avatar

Genius, Laura!

Thomas Reyer's avatar

It sure looks like your pencil is extra pointed this time.

Way to go!

Still, I gotta check out the Lego story....

Rebel Nun's avatar

YouTube is removing them, except for Western reports about them, but here’s a little bit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/iran/comments/1s4p9rf/lego_animation_by_akhbar_enfejari_victory/

Thomas Reyer's avatar

Thanks, Rebel Nun. I have to say, these are very good, showing the Iranians understand US much better than we understand them.

Rebel Nun's avatar

They certainly can distinguish fantasy from reality better than the Trump administration can.

Leon Brown, Jr.'s avatar

Outstanding!

Kathleen McCroskey's avatar

That line is suitable for framing: "The ground invasion should only last a few days, but the hardest part of that will be the first 20 years"

BTW, IDF will not join the ground war because what they're really doing here is getting Iran to kill off USA so that isra3l runs the Evil Empire.

Dean's avatar

Um, they accomplished that decades ago...

Adeel Mirza's avatar

Thank you for your journalism.

The Devil IsRael. The Antichrist.

Vin LoPresti's avatar

What else are goyim good for? How can I count the ways . . . paying for Israeli healthcare, weaponry, and hasbara; soliciting young women and men (for Lindsay) for the Epstein class; electing other goyim to the US executive (Clintons, Bushes), who'll favor the Epstein class; filling congress with little hats like Randy Fine and Suck Chewmer; and ultimately, as you point out, dying for the Epstein class.

Kate Walker's avatar

This was it. This was the moment I pledged my devotion to you.

"The ground invasion should only last a few days, but the hardest part of that will be the first 20 years."

Laura K, you complete me.

Sher''s avatar

Just proves to me...or confirms actually, how much Netanyahu had played Trump for a sucker.

Rebel Nun's avatar

All that snipers’ practice in Gaza gone to waste! They had just gotten so skilled at pinpointing babies’ brainstems and teenagers’ testicles. And now these experts are just going to laze around…or maybe get sent to the US and Canada (and the UK?) to train our brave police and ICE goons in attacking peaceful protesters and undocumented toddlers.

Elizabeth Chandler's avatar

Apparently the Australian government is allowing IDF child slaughterers to rest and recover here after their work in Gaza.

How in the name of common decency is this level of complicity defendable ?

Rebel Nun's avatar

But the IDF are the real victims! Holocaust holocaust! October 7th October 7th! Blood libel! Antisemitism!

Elizabeth Chandler's avatar

But they’re silent about the Hannibal Directive ….

C.Bauer's avatar

Where did you read that? Can you send a link please?

Elizabeth Chandler's avatar

Laura has a regular column of political satire . I’m a technical dinosaur , so that’s the best assistance I can offer .

This was in her column this morning .

Zach's avatar

Sharp and funny as always. Loved it.

Dad's avatar

Laura, at the risk of offending your modesty, this was fucking brilliant!