Notices by Denis Buckley (wellingtonrock@mastodon.social)

'There is no legal or moral defence for what we have witnessed. It was a crime we allowed Israel to carry out, but we cannot allow the world to forget. We cannot allow the culprits to get away with it.'

https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/israel-has-wiped-the-city-of-rafah?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=diqr

'Where we look for resistance and vision, we find a craven appeasement of capital. Labour promised change. Now it must change or die.'

How has fascism in Britain got this far? Neoliberalism has opened the door for it | George Monbiot How has fascism in Britain got this far? Neoliberalism has opened the door for it | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/28/fascism-britain-neoliberalism-opened-door-for-it-labour?CMP=share_btn_url

'The government is making “tough choices”, such as picking on the most vulnerable members of society, instead of standing up to the rich and powerful. Obviously, it’s fairer to take food from a quadriplegic than take slightly more money from a billionaire. This is about priorities.'

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/government-announces-major-plan-for?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=diqr

@br00t4c
If this is true, then Sir Keith is Thicker than a Thick thing with thick edges and a hollow but thicker bit in the middle...

Also Reform/Tory Jesus...

'Should it lead to Russian victory in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, this will be a moment of historical weakness indelibly attached to Trump and others pursuing the current policy of wartime sadism against a loyal and important ally.'

"Recoup the costs" - by Timothy Snyder - Thinking about... https://snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the-costs?publication_id=310897&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email

'Europeans are outraged that Trump’s America is not defending a European democracy from an unprovoked attack from an autocratic power. We need to understand that the American right favours Russia precisely because Russia is an autocracy.'

Trump’s true enemy isn’t China or Russia but liberal democracy https://nickcohen.substack.com/p/trumps-true-enemy-isnt-china-or-russia?utm_medium=email

American Friends...

... this Administration isn’t just filled with incompetent people, but highly-functioning sociopaths whose only allegiance is to their traitorous rapist-felon king.'

The FBI Protected Our Family From MAGA Extremists. Soon, It May Be Run By One. https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-fbi-protected-our-family-from?publication_id=2037902&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email

'Are neoliberals all so lame that fascism does not require comment from them?

Apparently so.

No wonder they need to be consigned to history.'

Are markets just going to watch the US coup erupt? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02/04/are-markets-just-going-to-watch-the-us-coup-erupt/

'... the reason why they are fearful is the shortage of the supply of government services.

They want healthcare.

They want social care.

They want decent education.

They want roads which aren't riddled with potholes.

They want a government that functions well.'

Why are consumers worried? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/27/why-are-consumers-worried/

@br00t4c
Here, in the Dog-days of neoliberalism, she cannot but fail.

@br00t4c
Raskin needs to lead a 'Roosevelt-ian' return to an economics which puts ordinary folk first and sees off the oligarchy with high taxes and strict enforcement.
He should speak to Stephanie Kelton and other Modern Monetary thinkers about how to reshape gum'mint after the Felon-in-Chief.

@pvonhellermannn
Not unregulated, red in tooth and claw, savage Capitalism, but a calmer, perhaps, 'neutered', form which can co-exist with a strong, well funded Public sector, running the communal ties - infrastructure, health, etc.

@GottaLaff

https://www.planetcritical.com/p/cyber-security-experts-warn-election-hacked?utm_medium=email

This alleges that Melon Husk's lottery assembled the voter credentials, stolen/hacked voting machine software let bent Repugnicants hackers update ballot totals >after< polls closed with 'bullet ballots' to grow Drumpf's vote in swing states. Very sinister!

'Their sole purpose is, in the case of pension funds, to supply a secure income to a person in their old age. It should be added that when seeking to do so, they should also seek to ensure that the opportunity for such old age should exist, which means that they must be inherently engaged in tackling climate change,...'
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Rachel Reeves really is a very big threat to the well-being of this country https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/11/15/rachel-reeves-really-is-a-very-big-threat-to-the-well-being-of-this-country/

2/2' ...which never got a mention in anything that Rachel Reeves had to say last night, so obsessed with her growth mantra is she, which is so contrary to the likelihood of achieving that goal of sustainability.'

@hrefna
I recently bought an Octave Mandolin. (I didn't want to have to learn to read another instrument.) The voice is wonderful, and there's plenty of scope to play vibrant stuff on the lower strings on bluegrass stuff. But it's much further from E to B on the top string, and much harder to play fast passages there (think, Blackberry Blossom). Also, you need to rethink 'chop chords' unless your hands are lots bigger than mine.

'The attempt to deport twelve million people will likely generate some resistance. It is hard to imagine that every single person will willingly cooperate. Some will run, some will hide with friends; and, inevitably, a moment will arise when law enforcement will claim (truly or not) that an undocumented person used force in trying to elude deportation. This moment is not a side effect: it is part of the plan.'

Twelve Million Deportations - by Timothy Snyder https://snyder.substack.com/p/twelve-million-deportations?publication_id=310897&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email

From one who knows them...
'Full-blown theocracy is the plan, and trust me when I tell you that we won't recover from it if they are given the power the coming election will provide. If we fail in November, they will have a political power that will render every election null and void and we will never have a voice again in our lifetimes.''

White Evangelicals Must Lose in November https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-evangelicals-must-lose-in-november?publication_id=2037902&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email