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matthewmercury , to worldnews in (OFFICIAL) Spanish court starts new probe against Shakira for alleged tax fraud

The investigators have said that they will be questioning potential witnesses and accomplices, starting with a well-known incorruptible source, Shakira’s hips.

Steve ,

Fortunately they’re known for their complete honesty in all situations

Donebrach , to worldnews in British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak braced for defeats in key elections
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I swear is the UK ever not having elections?

VariousWorldViews , to world in Microsoft hit with EU antitrust complaint by German rival

We must always be grateful to the EU for saving us from American tech giants. It’s such a shame that America is on such terribly low moral ground in these matters.

VariousWorldViews , to world in Nigeria to distribute grains, fertiliser to soften impact of rising fuel prices

Nigeria plans to distribute grains and fertiliser from Monday and raise salaries of government workers,

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

argv_minus_one , to worldnews in Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed, set alight over Koran burning

Meanwhile, these people routinely chant “death to America”, and I, an American, am supposed to take it in stride.

wagesof , to worldnews in Focus: United Airlines grapples with pilots avoiding the captain's chair
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So they know the problem, pay increase isn’t worth the bullshit surrounding the promotion, and they know the fix.

Will they create more stable schedules or bump the pay to make it worth their captain’s time?

Fuck no. Let’s just cancel a bunch of flights because no one wants to work

AnotherPerson ,
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And then bitch about it publicly to try and create pressure on the pilots. Sorry UA, the class warfare stuff is out of the bag, I’m with the pilots

acosmichippo ,
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Unless you think the airline can just eat the cost of raises, I’m not so sure it’s a simple case of class warfare. Airlines operate on very thin margins, so any increase in costs would have to lead to increased prices for customers.

wagesof ,
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Airlines make record profits every year, and are run on razor thin margins. The wildest thing is that the flights themselves are a loss leader for the insanely profitable travel points scam they’ve been running since the 60s.

Stop extracting 80% of the profits for the investment class from the tourism industry and paying the pilots triple their current wages would be simple.

Never believe a corporation when they complain about labor costs. It’s always a lie

acosmichippo ,
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Stop extracting 80% of the profits for the investment class from the tourism industry and paying the pilots triple their current wages would be simple.

not that simple. stop extracting profits, then no one wants ownership of the company anymore.

hglman ,

I’m sure the employees do.

acosmichippo ,
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so you’re jumping from a relatively minor quirk in labor staffing to a socialist takeover of a multibillion dollar business. be realistic, it ain’t happening.

hglman ,

Other than employees already run the business.

AnotherPerson ,
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Stop carrying water for millionaires.

hglman ,

But how will they stay rich?

acosmichippo ,
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i’m not carrying water for millionaires, just being realistic about the capitalist world we live in.

CalcProgrammer1 ,
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If everyone “stays realistic” about the way the world is then the reality is the world stays the way it is. If enough people expect the unrealistic outcome then maybe it could be real.

acosmichippo ,
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firstly, you don’t have “enough” socialists to make that kind of change, and secondly if you’re stuck in an idealist mindset then you may miss on good solutions just because they aren’t perfect in your opinion.

Galluf ,

You obviously didn’t read the article as creating more stable schedules is exactly what they’re doing.

Is it enough, probably not. But let’s not make up lies.

masquenox , to worldnews in Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed, set alight over Koran burning

You know, you never see edgelord atheists “proving a point” by burning Bibles in public to trigger Christians… I guess I don’t have to wonder why - the way it looks is the way it is.

theyresocool , to news in Who is the Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?

Easy Answer: An asshole that’s a result of George WMD Bush’s degenerate religious campaign against brown people.

theyresocool , to news in (OFFICIAL) Spanish court starts new probe against Shakira for alleged tax fraud

Tax those hip’s because they in-fact do lie.

fist_of_fartitude , to worldnews in Wagner mercenaries and Belarus hold military exercises near Poland's border
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No doubt the Poles are terrified and not actively wishing a motherfucker would.

fist_of_fartitude , to worldnews in (OFFICIAL) Spanish court starts new probe against Shakira for alleged tax fraud
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Maybe the hips do lie, but only on their taxes

taanegl , to worldnews in Kremlin accuses West of turning blind eye to Ukrainian 'terrorist attacks' against Russia

Uhm… it’s war? The war you started? A war caused by one of the biggest terrorist state? A glass house of a state.

hopelessbyanxiety ,

i’m sure you’re talking about the US. Waging war over 10 countries or more in the last 20 years and staging coups. To all the civillians who became victims, thats quite a terrorist policy.

teutoburg1 , to worldnews in Focus: United Airlines grapples with pilots avoiding the captain's chair

As a pilot the problem with upgrading early is seniority dictates QOL. A junior captain needs to work a junior base, fly a junior plane, and get whatever crappy trips are left in the schedule. That means that a senior First Officer would have to move or commute to a new city until they build enough seniority to go back to where they want to live all while working the worst schedule, or even worse sitting on reserve. Absolutely not worth the pay bump when you can wait a little longer and not have to deal with all that.

wagesof ,
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Have you done the mental math about where the pay would make it worth your while?

teutoburg1 ,

Hard to say, upgrade means going to a junior base which are almost universally high COL areas and you’d need to either move there or rent a crash pad for several months to several years until you can go back.

In my case, I’m lucky enough to have 0 ex-wives and no kids to put through college so I’m in a comfortable position money wise. It would take a pretty big chunk of money for me to take the hastle to upgrade until I could hold my base.

worfamerryman , to worldnews in No word from North Korea on US soldier who dashed across military border

It sounds like he was facing some kind of trouble and maybe thought this was his way to avoid it. Maybe he thinks he can trade military secrets for protection and a decent life? Who knows. Seems pretty strange.

anewbeginning ,

What secrets does a border guard have?

clb92 ,
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"No, it's true, I swear! The coffee machines on our side can do both espresso and latte! And all the American barracks have 2-ply toilet paper! It used to be only 1-ply, but then last mo— What do you mean 'this guy is useless', I've just given you everything!"

Hillock ,

Probably not so much state secretes but he can provide inside on how the US military trains soldiers, command infrastructure, and probably has some relevant information on how the border is guarded.

But mostly he would just be used for propaganda. "Look how bad the outside world is, people are running here for a better life".

hopelessbyanxiety ,

Seems like he had either financial difficulties, or was going to face “military disciplinary action” in the us. How do i link a news article?

freagle , to worldnews in Wagner mercenaries and Belarus hold military exercises near Poland's border

It’s only a defensive alliance, don’t worry about it. If Poland doesn’t get aggressive, they have nothing to be concerned with.

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