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SpaceX to do first orbital flight test for Starship

BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas — For the first time, SpaceX will conduct an orbital test flight of its…
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Cedric Mullins Named Rays Nominee for Roberto Clemente Award as Tampa Bay Eyes a Title – WENG 98.1FM, 107.5 FM & 1530 AM https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/806845/ #award #Baseball #Bay #Cedric #Clemente #eyes #MLB #Mullins #named #nominee #Rays #Roberto #Tampa #TampaBay #TampaBayRays #TampaBay #TampaBayRays #title

Cedric Mullins Named Rays Nominee for Roberto Clemente Award as Tampa Bay Eyes a Title – WENG 98.1FM, 107.5 FM & 1530 AM https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/806845/ #award #Baseball #Bay #Cedric #Clemente #eyes #MLB #Mullins #named #nominee #Rays #Roberto #Tampa #TampaBay #TampaBayRays #TampaBay #TampaBayRays #title

CRUELTY AS AUSTRALIAN POLICY 💎

I’ve been watching a documentary on ABC iView about the Tampa affair. Twenty-five years later, what disturbs me most is not the argument about borders. It is the deliberate use of human suffering as political policy.

In 2001, Tampa rescued 433 asylum seekers from a sinking boat. The Howard government refused to let them land in Australia and sent SAS troops aboard the ship. This wasn't happening in some political vacuum. It happened in the lead-up to a federal election, and a subsequent Senate inquiry described Tampa as providing an opportunity for a hardline political response that was well received in the polls.

That matters.

A Federal Court judge initially found that the Commonwealth had detained the people aboard the Tampa without lawful authority. That decision was later overturned by a majority of the Full Federal Court, and Parliament subsequently passed legislation retrospectively validating Commonwealth actions relating to Tampa.

So I am not going to pretend the legal history is simpler than it is. But legality and morality are not the same thing. Governments make laws. Governments change laws. Governments can even retrospectively protect actions they have already taken.

None of that answers the question that matters to me:

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A GOVERNMENT DECIDES THAT MAKING SOME HUMAN BEINGS SUFFER WILL SEND A USEFUL MESSAGE TO OTHERS?

Call it deterrence if you like. The human being experiencing it still calls it suffering. I don't care whether the government doing it is left, right, Australian, American, Israeli, Chinese or anything else. Political office is not a moral exemption.

Borders can be controlled. Laws can be enforced. Difficult decisions can be made. But the moment human suffering becomes useful to a political strategy, we should be frightened. Because people are no longer being governed.

They are being used.

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CRUELTY AS AUSTRALIAN POLICY 💎

I’ve been watching a documentary on ABC iView about the Tampa affair. Twenty-five years later, what disturbs me most is not the argument about borders. It is the deliberate use of human suffering as political policy.

In 2001, Tampa rescued 433 asylum seekers from a sinking boat. The Howard government refused to let them land in Australia and sent SAS troops aboard the ship. This wasn't happening in some political vacuum. It happened in the lead-up to a federal election, and a subsequent Senate inquiry described Tampa as providing an opportunity for a hardline political response that was well received in the polls.

That matters.

A Federal Court judge initially found that the Commonwealth had detained the people aboard the Tampa without lawful authority. That decision was later overturned by a majority of the Full Federal Court, and Parliament subsequently passed legislation retrospectively validating Commonwealth actions relating to Tampa.

So I am not going to pretend the legal history is simpler than it is. But legality and morality are not the same thing. Governments make laws. Governments change laws. Governments can even retrospectively protect actions they have already taken.

None of that answers the question that matters to me:

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A GOVERNMENT DECIDES THAT MAKING SOME HUMAN BEINGS SUFFER WILL SEND A USEFUL MESSAGE TO OTHERS?

Call it deterrence if you like. The human being experiencing it still calls it suffering. I don't care whether the government doing it is left, right, Australian, American, Israeli, Chinese or anything else. Political office is not a moral exemption.

Borders can be controlled. Laws can be enforced. Difficult decisions can be made. But the moment human suffering becomes useful to a political strategy, we should be frightened. Because people are no longer being governed.

They are being used.

@3goodthings
@DigitalCoup
@meditation
@economics_that_works
@disability
@pwd
@joinin

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Is special teams coverage unit a underlying problem for the Bucs? https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/392830/ #American #AmericanFootball #Bay #Buccaneers #Cody #CodyMauch #Conference #Football #Goedeke #Hub #Luke #LukeGoedeke #Mauch #National #NationalFootballConference #Negative #news #NFL #NFLHub #Overall #OverallNegative #Sports #SportsNews #Tampa #TampaBay #TampaBayBuccaneers #TampaBay #TampaBayBuccaneers #Tristan #TristanWirfs #Wirfs

Is special teams coverage unit a underlying problem for the Bucs? https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/392830/ #American #AmericanFootball #Bay #Buccaneers #Cody #CodyMauch #Conference #Football #Goedeke #Hub #Luke #LukeGoedeke #Mauch #National #NationalFootballConference #Negative #news #NFL #NFLHub #Overall #OverallNegative #Sports #SportsNews #Tampa #TampaBay #TampaBayBuccaneers #TampaBay #TampaBayBuccaneers #Tristan #TristanWirfs #Wirfs

Report: Browns fell in love with the wrong QB in 2022

Cleveland Browns fans had a rough go of it in Week 2 of the NFL season. On Sunday,…
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Report: Browns fell in love with the wrong QB in 2022 https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/384780/ #BakerMayfield #BaltimoreRavens #browns #BuffaloBills #CincinnatiBengals #cleveland #ClevelandBrowns #ClevelandBrowns #DeshaunWatson #DevontezWalker #Football #HoustonTexans #JoeBurrow #JoshAllen #KansasCityChiefs #LamarJackson #NFL #NickChubb #PatrickMahomes #Tampa #TampaBuccaneers #TheBrowns #TheBuccaneers

Report: Browns fell in love with the wrong QB in 2022 https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/384780/ #BakerMayfield #BaltimoreRavens #browns #BuffaloBills #CincinnatiBengals #cleveland #ClevelandBrowns #ClevelandBrowns #DeshaunWatson #DevontezWalker #Football #HoustonTexans #JoeBurrow #JoshAllen #KansasCityChiefs #LamarJackson #NFL #NickChubb #PatrickMahomes #Tampa #TampaBuccaneers #TheBrowns #TheBuccaneers