#USA banana republic

[godisarepublican]

[13thpythagoras]

Bush was told about 9/11 before it happened on a level that he is basically complicit. How many times does Bush have to hear about the 9/11 plan before it happened, and nod in agreement, before we conclude he is literally in on it and part of the planning of it and approved of the plan? 

Bush met with Bin Laden's brother two days before the attack on 9/11, it's well known and documented. Though Bin Laden and 19 of the 20 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, Bush chose to invade the Saudi’s enemy, Iraq.

Maybe to prevent future 9/11's we should punish traitorous presidents; the TSA clown show is not even making a single soul safer. Traitorous presidents get millions killed. 

The TSA clown show is not even armed with more than pistols, and the ones with pistols are probably more spineless than Uvalde PD. They’re just there to molest and grope us, it would not be difficult for 20 hicks from anywhere in the world, armed with AR-15s, to storm an airport wing and and hijack a checkpoint as well as a dozen aircraft and force takeoff of dozens of aircraft at gunpoint.  TSA cannot and would not stop that if someone tried it. This type of 9/11 attack could happen again tomorrow but the TSA couldn’t stop it anymore than a stick of butter could stop it. Again and again it always comes down to American citizens and everyday heroes like Todd Beamer to do the real work of saving lives and protecting people. 

The TSA is not ready for a brawl, they are literal toothless it- clowns there to look at and fondle people’s private parts; they make no one safer and 9/11 could happen again tomorrow in how I just described, the TSA is powerless to stop anyone from doing it again. They literally are just there to molest people and kids. I personally don’t even like flying because of TSA. 

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Right in our faces!!!

[godisarepublican]

Watch to the end. Will give you hope.

Unbelievable 🤔

[metamatar]

you reblogging that banana thing shook loose an old question in my head. feel free to just tell me you don't feel like answering this ofc

so, the argument starts by saying that the widespread availability of cheap bananas in (say) the USA right now is due to the exploitation of labor in the global south. this is of course indisputably true. so in the ideal world-state (communism, whatever), this exploitation will not happen, which means there will be fewer bananas, which means they will be harder or impossible to get outside of the regions where they are made.

but this is also true for the material inputs of many pieces of "high technology": semiconductors and so on. and I typically see people arguing that while there will be less production of these, I've generally seen it assumed that it's possible to ethically produce the metals and such in a way to have something similar to modern tech production, if less profligate.

so what's the difference? I've never seen people pull out numbers about actual numbers of banana/coltan production per person per day; it feels like people are going backwards from the fact that a world without bananas in the US is less bad than a world without microchips.

i mean, yeah fewer bananas are less bad than fewer microchips – its not like fewer mangos and dragonfruits in us vs asia hurt people. but i do also think modern tech production has to be significantly less profligate. we don't have to chip a lot of things we do, and we do have a lot of work possible on the software end that makes lower end consumer devices more sustainable instead of a constant update race.

a significant part of this discourse visibility you are perceiving is that the banana republic is significantly better understood as a product of historical imperial modes on a continuum with the plantation economy, while coltan imperialism is less well understood and also often attributed to a mining wars in the africa type of model. i actually think sorting out mining's environmental and health impacts is a much much harder problem than making agricultural settings sustainable.

[godisarepublican]

[agoodcartoon]

reminder that banana republics were created by the USA. AGC. 

- FisterRoboto

[godisarepublican]

B. Hussein O'BumHole

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

"They are STUPID! That's why we put them in dormitories." -Kamala Harris

[mariacallous]

The words “RIP America” trended on X minutes after a jury in Manhattan found former president Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in connection to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Images of an upside-down American flag—a symbol of distress that became co-opted by the 2020 Stop the Steal movement—flooded social media, as Trump supporters, fringe extremists, right-wing pundits, and politicians voiced their anger.

Ever since the trial began, pro-Trump commentators—and Trump himself—have been priming MAGA online ecosystems to claim foul play if the jury found him guilty. The response to his felony conviction was predictably swift, with many characterizing it as a declaration of “war” from the “deep state.” Incendiary rhetoric about how the guilty verdict was a sign of America’s collapse reverberated from the mainstream right all the way to the fringes.

“As of today, with this fake guilty verdict against Trump, America is no longer the United States,” wrote Joey Marianno, a pro-Trump political commentator, to his 466,000 followers on X. “We are a third-world shithole heading for a Civil War. I have no desire to see this country to unify. There’s no country to unite. We are long past that.”

Many of the biggest proponents of “Stop the Steal,” which culminated in the January 6 Capitol riot, did not hesitate to claim that the verdict was the result of a “rigged” justice system.

In a video posted to his 2.3 million followers on X, Infowars’ Alex Jones said that the “deep state and globalists” put Trump through a “kangaroo” court in the hope that a guilty verdict would harm his campaign. “Ladies and gentlemen, we see our republic on its deathbed right now,” said Jones, adding that he believed that “false-flag terror attacks blamed on Trump supporters angry about the verdict” were imminent. “We do not want any violence, we do not want any attacks,” he said.

Ali Alexander, a far-right conspiracy theorist, did not mince words either. “Today is Jan. 6th for the entire nation,” he wrote on Telegram to his 12,000 subscribers. “This is worse than the Civil War. Respectfully.”

That kind of rhetoric even made it to the airwaves. “We have been calling it lawfare,” said Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro.“I think lawfare is far too soft, it's far too benign. This is warfare.”

Trump sounded off on Truth Social and in a fundraising email shortly after the verdict came in, doubling down on his false claim that he’s a victim of political persecution, perpetrated by a corrupt system that’s hell-bent on “stealing” the 2024 election from him again.

“THIS WAS A DISGRACE—A RIGGED TRIAL BY A CONFLICTED JUDGE WHO IS CORRUPT. WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR CONSTITUTION—THIS IS LONG FROM OVER!” he wrote on Truth Social.

Trump’s claims of “rigging” were repeated by supporters. Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk also perpetuated conspiracy theories about the verdict. “This case was engineered for years, from the very top of the Democrat apparatus, to bring down Trump, using a rigged law in a rigged courtroom with a rigged jury,” Kirk wrote on X. “We must win. We must defeat these savages. Stand with Trump.”

In addition to posting an upside-down flag on X, US representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a Trump loyalist, called it a “sham trial” orchestrated by “radical leftists and deep state operatives.” You don’t see this level of corruption in a banana republic, but it’s happening in our own backyard,” said Taylor Greene. “There is NOTHING they fear more than another Trump Presidency.”

The far-right fringe’s response was even more ominous. Proud Boys channels for various chapters responded to the news in one word: “War.”

On Patriots.win, formerly the subreddit The Donald, which was a hotbed for January 6 preparation, alarming rhetoric also proliferated quickly. “There are only two choices in November, Trump or civil war, I will hope for the former but prepare for the latter,” one user wrote.

The highly active Telegram chat dedicated to (but not officially affiliated with) Bannon’s War Room also erupted in angry rhetoric. “Time to minute man up ! call to arms!” one member wrote.

“I'm ready to serve again! this time no retreat until every last globalist gone! I’ve never been so angry in my life,” another person wrote.

Overall—the consensus was that a guilty verdict would help, not hinder Trump’s chances of winning in November. “That fake ass conviction is gonna just jump up Trumps poll-numbers,” wrote New Jersey Proud Boys on Telegram.

“Import the Third World, become the Third World. That’s what we just saw. This won’t stop Trump. He’ll win the election if he’s not killed first,” ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson wrote on X. “But it does mark the end of the fairest justice system in the world. Anyone who defends this verdict is a danger to you and your family.”

Trump, who has made history as the first former president to be found guilty on felony charges, will be sentenced on July 11. He is expected to appeal his conviction. Each felony carries a maximum sentence of four years, but the judge may opt to sentence him to probation or home confinement, according to Axios. The Republican National Convention, where delegates are expected to support Trump as the presumptive Republican nominee, will begin on July 15.

[salsatabasco]

this is the funniest shit the international community has said about México's future president sheinbaum today (besides an usamerican news outlet wondering why a banana republic elected a female president before the usa)

[cherrylng]

The reality of Oxfam's involvement with Coldplay [CROSSBEAT (August 2006)]

In the UK, where philanthropy is very popular, celebrities and individuals often choose one (or more) of a number of organisations and campaigns to support and work with as part of their life's work. Coldplay's commitment to the UK-based development NGO Oxfam's 'Make Trade Fair' campaign is widely known.

The ‘unfair trade’ that prevails in the world is a long-standing problem between the so-called ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries. Historically, it has the same roots as the unfair colonial trade once practised by Western countries. Western countries buy raw materials at low prices from developing countries (without teaching them the technology) and export them, while selling goods mass-produced in their own countries to developing countries. Even now, developed countries are forcing developing countries to open their markets, putting pressure on the livelihoods of local farmers and workers. In the 1990s, when people became aware of the problems of unfair trade, it began to become a problem that footballs made by young children in Pakistan and other Asian countries, who were not allowed to go to school and were forced to work for cheap wages, were traded at high prices in the UK. In addition, in the banana industry, where five major corporations control more than 80% of the world market, the struggles of Latin American farmers, who are forced to ship at unfairly low prices, attracted attention and support movements in the late 1990s. As a result, when the first ‘fair trade bananas’ were imported into the UK in 2000, it was widely reported.

In 2002, Oxfam launched an international campaign to bring together the sporadic campaign to correct unfair trade and to call on governments and the WTO to change trade rules and shift policies. In 2002, Chris and his staff visited the Dominican Republic and Haiti in Central America to see first-hand the plight of the local people and the production of coffee beans, which had seen a decline in wholesale prices in recent years. In 2003, they visited Mexico, where they performed as a band at a concert in support of maize farmers fighting against cheap imports from the USA. In 2005, Chris toured Ghana (see photo) and was shocked to learn that cheap agricultural imports from the West were destroying local agriculture and contributing to poverty. Incidentally, Ghana is the second largest producer of cocoa beans in the world, yet it cannot make chocolate. Even if they did, they could not export it because of high tariffs imposed by developed countries.

What is needed is not for rich countries to seek more wealth, but for them to share it with less rich countries. "When I was a child in the 80s, if you saw on TV the miserable situation of farmers, the only solution was to ‘donate money’. But here I see other solutions. I mean, everyone can participate by speaking up. The more I study, the more I think that poverty is also caused by trade imbalances. What I feel is particularly serious is that we are ruining the industries of developing countries by exporting products that are surplus in developed countries at unbeatable prices. It's crazy. It should be easy to stop." (Chris).

Chris has made the movement known by wearing campaign slogan T-shirts in public, including at shows, and by contributing a column to newspapers. "As long as we're providing music with heart, we can talk openly about things we feel are important in the media in developed countries. We can also promote Fair Trade and play our part in putting pressure on governments in the developed world to expand our activities and bring about trade inequalities." -Sumi Imai

[tomatoluvr69]

Forever grinds my gears that there’s an American clothing brand (where you go to buy office-work friendly cardigans and slacks etc) named Banana Republic, a term coined to refer to exploited third world countries whose governments at rich nations’ (USA…) behest fuck over their own citizens so they can continue to export their national resources to meet the consumer demands of those rich nations. Our citizenry (definitely including me) is so dumb and complacent and dependent on terminal consumption bc there’s no other path lol

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 8.7

Holidays

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Assyrian Martyrs Day

Banana Day (Japan)

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Nevada County Fair (Nevada City, California) [thru 8.11]

Southdown Sheep Fair (Lewes, Sussex, England) [Historically]

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Feast Days

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Premieres

All Out For ‘V’ (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

Beach Party (Film; 1963)

Billy the Mountain, by Frank Zappa recorded live (Song; 1971)

Condorman (Film; 1981)

Dreamworks’ Dragons (Animated TV Series; 2012)

8701, by Usher (Album; 2001)

Fantastic Four (Film; 2015)

Farmer Al Falfa’s Ape Girl (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)

A Feather in His Collar (Disney Cartoon; 1946)

The Gallopin’ Gaucho (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1928)

Half-Pint Pygmy (MGM Cartoon; 1948)

Heavy Metal (Animated Film; 1981)

I Can’t Get Started, recorded by Bunny Berigan (Song; 1937)

I Cover the Waterfront, recorded by Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson (Song; 1941)

It Ain’t Me Babe, by The Turtles (Song; 1965)

Janie Get Your Gun (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1965)

Jesus Christ Superstar (Film; 1973)

Julie & Julia (Film; 2009)

Just Another Band From L.A., by Frank Zappa and the Mothers if Invention (Album; 1970)

Lighthouse Keeping Blues (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1964)

Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees (Novel; 1926)

Lumpy Gravy, by Frank Zappa (Album; 1967)

New England Courant (Daily Newspaper; Boston, Massachusetts; 1721)

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Film; 2013)

Porky’s Railroad (WB LT Cartoon; 1937)

Prehistoric Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)

Satan’s Waitin’ (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)

Snuffy’s Party (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1939)

3:10 to Yuma (Film; 1957)

Til Tok, by Kesha (Song; 2009)

Unforgiven (Film; 1992)

Wanted For Murder (a.k.a. Paging the Saint), by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories; 1931) [Saint #7]

Weeds (TV Series; 2005)

We’re the Millers (Film; 2013)

Who’s That Girl (Film; 1987)

Yan Tan Tethera, by Harrison Birtwistle (Opera; 1986)

You’re a Sap, Mr. Jap (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1942)

Today’s Name Days

Afra, Albert, Cajetan (Austria)

Albert, Donat, Kajetan, Siksto (Croatia)

Lada (Czech Republic)

Donatus (Denmark)

Hiljar, Hiljo, Vaido, Vaigo, Vaiko (Estonia)

Lahja (Finland)

Gaétan (France)

Afra, Albert, Cajetan, Dominikus (Germany)

Asterios, Astero, Astini, Nikanor (Greece)

Ibolya (Hungary)

Donato, Gaetano (Italy)

Alfrēds, Helara, Madars (Latvia)

Drąsutis, Jogilė, Kajetonas, Klaudija, Sikstas (Lithuania)

Didrik, Doris (Norway)

Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Anna, Dobiemir, Donat, Donata, Doris, Dorota, Kajetan (Poland)

Štefánia (Slovakia)

Cayetano, Jordán, Sixto (Spain)

Denise, Dennis (Sweden)

Claude, Claudette, Claudia, Claudine, Donata, Donato, Donica, Donzel, Gladys (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 220 of 2024; 146 days remaining in the year

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Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 4 (Guy-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Av 5784

Islamic: 1 Safar 1446

J Cal: 10 Purple; Threesday [10 of 30]

Julian: 25 July 2024

Moon: 9%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 23 Dante (8th Month) [Thomas à Kempis]

Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 49 of 94)

Week: 1st Full Week of August

Zodiac: Leo (Day 17 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Ṣafar [صَفَر] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 2 of 12] (Void Month)

[godisarepublican]

Changing clowns in mid act doesn't end the circus, it prolongs it. I ask everyone to pray that the delegates at the Democratic convention do the right thing and nominated JFK Jr in Kamala Hamas' place.

RFK Jr: The Democrats Are Destroying Democracy to Save it from Donald Trump

Somebody needed to say this. Kennedy went as far as to say, “The Democratic Party today is all about the OPPOSITE” of democracy.

[a-tale-never-told]

Okay so seeing as Mod has Latin heritage are we gonna talk about the darkest thing the USA has done; Banana Republics?

Ahh yes, I plan to talk about the banana republics in an essay in the near future. trust me Latin American history has always been fucked up, to be honest. Cuba probably got it the worst, like the Korea or Hati of Latin America. I'm of Colombian descent.