It’s strange, what the media or perhaps the public chooses to get all excited about. This week, it’s Hegseth issuing a “take no prisoners” order, which was followed by killing two survivors in one of the US military attacks on boaters in the Caribbean.

Sure, killing the survivors is illegal, but so’s attacking the boats in the first place, so’s the killing of 80+ people in the boats sunk so far by the US military. Why is this particular outrage deemed “outrageous”?

Reminds me of 2021, when Trump rallied his supporters to riot at the capitol. Suddenly everyone was infuriated, though Trump had committed a thousand impeachable acts before that day. By now he’s up to 10,000+, and this particular crime — killing those two survivors of an illegal attack — probably isn’t in the top 100, but it’s what’s pissing people off.

And also, from the same article …

Excerpt: But some US senators have raised the possibility that the US war secretary committed a war crime.

Me again: This is a minor quibble, but whatever the hell he calls himself, Hegseth is not the Secretary of War.

Their BS headline: “Hegseth responds to report that boat survivors were killed as a result of his orders to military”

Excerpt: “Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict — and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command,” Hegseth said.

[scroll way down] … Critics of the Trump administration and some legal experts have questioned the legality of the strikes. Under the Geneva Conventions, wounded or sick combatants are to be collected and cared for by either side in a conflict.

Yeah, and monkeys wearing tuxedos might emerge from Scarlett Johansson’s butt, but it’s unlikely.

Excerpt: US President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had [blah blah blah]…

Me again: No, absolutely no. It’s ludicrous for a professional journalist to claim that something, anything, could be “confirmed” on the basis of Donald Trump’s say-so. Dude lies every time he says anything more than “My name is Donald Trump.” How fuckin’ gullible can you be, Reuters?

Excerpt: I am pleased to announce today that the International Committee has taken measures to harness the power of AI for the purposes and interests of the working class movement. Within a few weeks, we will be releasing Socialism AI, a revolutionary application of augmented intelligence to the development of socialist consciousness and the organizational capacity of the international working class.

Me again: Like any socialists who always talk about socialism, the World Socialist Web Site has no sense of humor, so sadly, this announcement isn’t a joke.

Their BS headline: “FDA seeks more oversight of vaccine trials and approvals”

Not ‘could’, will. These fuckers love cruelty and hate immigration, and none of the looming “grave immigration abuses” will be accidental, or bother Republicans at all.

Excerpt: Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation that moved hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump, officials confirmed Tuesday.

Zillow tried to estimate the climate risk underlying real estate investments, and it worked — it made selling climate-doomed properties a little less lucrative and profitable. The real estate industry hated that, and literally owns Zillow, so now that information is gone.

So the US military is going to attack America?