It’s awful what were doing to Cuba, simlly because we disagree with the ideology of Cuba (and because the politically important Cuban diaspora wants the country to collapse)

A lot of Cuban civilians will die because of this

I wouldn’t put too much faith in random AI slop sites

Rubio’s quote came on a day that had a high oil throughput. I believe it was the day before the Houthis retook control over the bab al mandeb, which accounted for a third of the redirected Hormuz oil. That AI site doesn’t ever seem to mention anything about how much oil is rediredtes to other distribution channels

The situation is rather bleak for anyone hoping for low oil prices, but it is a nuanced and ever changing situation

Is the oil price high enough now to risk lives of sailors and damage to the ships?

Oil prices aren’t the specific metric affecting the go/no go decision for captains. The tanker daily rate is, and currently tankers are making ~1.4M/day to transit the strait. Ship owners are offering crews 6+ months of salary as bonuses for transiting the strait

A global pandemic really is not a significant risk here. It’s a very deadly disease, but it isn’t transmissible enough to spread widely

If the meaning of the word “murder” is substantially different, your pedantic correction is moot

That’s a pretty fucked up thing to say

His pledge of allegiance to ISIS was sent to the informant (FBI agent), and the FBI was the ones that arranged for all the weapons

It definitely sounds like the FBI groomed a terrorist, planned the attack, then provided him weapons. Gives them a great win just before the election, with all the demographics they wanted

Reading between the lines, you’re 100% correct

The guy recorded a pledge to ISIS and sent it to the confidential informant, so he was really sending his pledge to the FBI and the FBI alone

Then they talk about how they arranged the weapons and sold it to him

The FBI created a terrorist then caught him. His religion, country of origin, and location were not a coincidence

On one hand, I’m glad a potential terrorist is off the streets, on the other hand, there are so many people vulnerable to grooming like that

From the doctor interviewed in the article:

“But of course people’s thought with any outbreak of infectious disease at all runs to… lockdowns and Covid and that is just not what’s going to happen here.”

Having N95 masks is a great idea. You’re not going to need it for this one

Unfamiliar diseases are scary, but this is not a very infectious disease. Fears of a pandemic are unfounded in this case

Medicare-for-all would probably be a good thing for the US healthcare system, but it might be too late to save it from collapse

Hospitals are going bankrupt at an incredible rate during a time when medical debt is the #1 cause of personal bankruptcy in the US

Providers are being asked to treat more patients per shift, giving them less time for each patient, yet costs have reached record highs and still climbing for the patient

We have the least efficient healthcare system in human history, it’s not even close. Combine that with the fact a small number of people take up a disproportionate amount of resources, and we get to part of why healthcare is unaffordable for most Americans

My local hospital has a frequent flyer who calls 911 for an ambulance to the hospital every day, then gets an ambulance home at the end of the day (because he wouldn’t leave otherwise). He has had well over 1,000 ambulance rides

He has never once had an issue that needed anbulance treatment. All medical complaints turned out to be a false alarm

He’s probably cost the hospital, a non-profit, over 1 million dollars. He may have caused the death(s) or serious injury of others because he’s frequently tying up the last available ambulance

Now contrast that with one of the paramedics that take him to the hospital - that medic got a serious head injury last year. Someone who witnessed it called him an ambulance. The medic ran away because he could not afford an ambulance ride

We live in a society where healthcare providers cannot afford healthcare

All this to say American healthcare is so inefficient, I don’t think it will be sustainable unless we get rid of private insurance or at a minimum deeply reform it

Lol, as long as we’re making jokes, Daily Mail > Guardian > BBC

They did specify US news, which I think the BBC is generally less biased than any US news source on

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We, as a society, are trying to kill her, not torture her. The constitution explicitly bans torture

It’s a fine line between execution and torture

That’s overly reductive.

In general the US government is good at the things it wants to be good at, and bad at the things is doesn’t

Death penalties are a good example of one where it doesn’t want to be good at it. A huge portion of the population does not want death penalties, and obstruct the process where they can - a good thing, generally for anyone against the death penalty

A result of that is an inability to find competent executioners and often inability to find drugs for lethal injections

An example of something the government does well: Aviation infrastructure. The US has far and away the best aviation infrastructure in the world, with an incredible safety record. Best part is all the infrastructure is socialized. Anyone who wants to use it can, for free. Got a cheap drone you want to fly through controlled airspace? You can access ATC services for free to do it

to help cover Medicare Part B premiums

Oh good, throw more money at America’s failing healthcare system. That’ll solve it

There is also a peace treaty which Israel simply ignores

It’s exactly the same as with Biden. Lula was the “not Bolsonario” candidate. He did a mediocre job, decided he deserved yet another term despite not really being liked

Just enough time passed for people to forget how bad Bolsonaro was, but Lula’s mediocrity is still very fresh

Now Flavio is the favorite to win and it’s very much Lula’s fault

Incredibly frustrating watching Brazil repeat America’s mistakes

One demonstrator said that when Szor and Abraham return to Israel, “they should be tried and go to the gallows, and the family should be expelled and the house sealed”.

Wow, eradicating the whole family. Adolf would be happy his legacy lives on. Evil stuff

Louisiana has the highest GDP per capita. This is usually a surprise because the State seems so poor

I found that incredibly shocking, because I was pretty sure they were below average. I looked it up and after checking 5 sources, I can’t find even a single one that put them in the top 10, let alone the top slot

Can you provide a source for your fact? If not, it looks like you were mistaken