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I wrote this after watching this shocking [must see] video that explain
things to you what humanity is up against https://youtu.be/yDWaRO88ezA and
illustrate the urgency of the situation [And if you want to know about the
linked ongoing genocide and ecoside, just visit http://ongaza.org]
Unless Kamala Harris reverses course and suspends arms shipments to Israel
used in genocide, Trump will likely win the election because critical
Muslim, Arab and progressive voters in key swing states will not vote for
genocide party A. They will not vote for genocidal party B (Republicans)
now run by the megalomaniac Trump who is willing to burn the world for his
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A China-Thailand military air force exercise recently deployed Chinese and Swedish warplanes above this Southeast Asian nation but below their friendly warplanes, Chinese criminals, cheap goods, e-commerce and investment are annoying the close relations between Thailand and China.
Even with Chinese boots in the sky during the Aug. 18 to Aug. 29 Falcon Strike 2024, the U.S. expects its non-NATO treaty alliance with Thailand will remain secure if regional tensions between Washington and Beijing increase.
Bangkok tries for balanced relations with both superpowers, and neutrality when Washington and Beijing sink into confrontations.
For Falcon Strike, "the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has sent some of its main combat aircraft to Thailand," China's Global Times reported.
The joint air force training exercise, seventh in its annual series, is using refurbished U.S.-built Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base as its headquarters.
The U.S. Air Force launched bombing raids from the northeast base in the 1960s and 1970s during the Vietnam War.
Most of us believe in fair pay for honest work. So why aren’t low-wage workers better paid?
After 30 years of research, I can tell you it’s not because employers don’t have the cash. It’s because profitable corporations spend that money on their stock prices and CEOs instead.
Lowe’s, for example, spent $43 billion buying back its own stock over the past five years. With that sum, the chain could’ve given each of its 285,000 employees a $30,000 bonus every year. Instead, half of Lowe’s workers make less than $33,000. Meanwhile, CEO Marvin Ellison raked in $18 million in 2023.
The company also plowed nearly five times as much cash into buybacks as it invested in long-term capital expenditures like store improvements and technology upgrades over the past five years.
Lowe’s ranks as an extreme example, but pumping up CEO pay at the expense of workers and long-term investment is actually the norm among America’s leading low-wage corporations.