Maybe if these corporations acted with a little integrity and respect for laws like (say) privacy and copyright, then maybe they wouldn’t need to be regulated…

Just sayin’

…right… sure he is…

I concede this is complicated, but i think we can all agree that paid lobbying groups are a cancer on society.

Paid is by definition anyone paid to do the lobbying. Corporate is definitely harder to define, but let’s say you’re only allowed to lobby on behalf of your own organization (or self)

And, better yet, let’s make every single lobbying effort public - Times, dates, people involved, and the subject raised (but perhaps not the outcome). Good legislation should happen in the open

Paid corporate lobbying should end.

Not arguing that. Of the broadcasters / big media types, I find the BBC usually one of the better ones. But then I get my news from a wide variety of sources. The Intercept is generally a very good addition to my daily intake.

I am guessing you’ve never watched (say) Fox News in the US?

I’m not saying the BBC is good per se. I’m saying it’s slightly more objective than the rest.

Actually, the World Service will remain accessible, but that’s also not where most people go these days.

And just at a time when the US really needs a decent news service…

I am sure this was discussed at the Starmer - Trump talks as a way to further isolate Americans from the truth.

I guess it’s just Al-Jazeera now…

Please, please, please, let everyone using it have the area code 666…

Given that they’re not judged until after they die, aren’t they in this state anyway?

I just want to know how I can be opted out of being recognized. This has privacy nightmare written all over it

Try Canada. Our prices are about half as much again as US, even when you account for the exchange rates.

This should totally happen. I struggle to think of anything that would be made worse by adopting European laws and customs.

An awful lot can change in twenty years.

Remember, it’s usually not a crime if you get caught doing it and you’re rich

The kind where they were getting ready to do it, and then pulled the trigger early

Well, they keep vetoing things that would help. Like calling it a genocide…

As other’s have mentioned, it’s what the Nazi’s did.

It’s the whole cycle of violence thing. The Nazi’s did it to the Jews, who were less powerful than them. And now the Jews are passing it along to a people that are less powerful than they are.

Jews have long been proud of their tradition of questioning and reasoning. What I want to hear is Netanyahu in court explaining why his government did this. And it has to be more than a “they did it first” argument.

History will not be kind to either Netanyahu, or the Biden/Trump presidencies.

This will mean fuck all the to Palestinians who became “displaced persons” just so the Israeli’s can have their own Lebensraum.

The rest of the world needs to get off its ass and ensure Gaza is rebuilt on Israel’s shekel for the Palestinians like a modern day Marshall plan. And ideally prosecute a couple of people for actively advancing genocide.