I have to say, whatever the status of Mueller's investigation, it feels like there's an uptick in news about persons involved lately, due to their connection to other legal stuff going on.
For anyone that was interested earlier, I looked up the AOC/Ross/Cumming exchange, with a cameo by Mark Meadows being a royal douche.
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Second time we've seen that, with Whitaker before. I don't know why they expect this to work.I'm still seething about this, and it need to be brought up.
Because what really gets me about that exchange is Wilbur Ross' abject arrogance. He starts out by stating that AOC is out of time and that he isn't obligated to answer the question.
His wording is clear: "Our lawyers say we complied with the law." He's scot free of that's false.Then Ross goes on to lie (under oath) that he did comply with the law.
Interesting background on beto's teen years on bbs and minor hacking stuff he did
One article he wrote as a teen mused how the world would work without money. After changing the system, including the government, O'Rourke foresaw the end of starvation and class distinctions.
I'm still seething about this, and it need to be brought up.
Because what really gets me about that exchange is Wilbur Ross' abject arrogance. He starts out by stating that AOC is out of time and that he isn't obligated to answer the question. He completely dismisses her as if she's a sub-human not worth his time or effort. Good for Chairman Cummings who stepped up and said "Well I'm asking. Please answer the question", which is sad that he even had to do so. Then Ross goes on to lie (under oath) that he did comply with the law. That this behavior has become so commonplace that it fails to raise alarm is symptom of a completely dysfunctional political process.
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And this is why you all need to spoiler tag your tweets.
#BernieBaseSoWhite
Also, that Gohmert tweet is just a word salad of nonsense.
Well, Putin doesn't work for her so I'm not sure that threatening to kill their career is going to be as effective as when she did it to her staff.
Also, thinking that being an asshole to people with no power over you that have to take your shit or lose their job makes you "tough" is yet another reason for me to hope her campaign crash and burn.
Not necessarily, but I think that the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are a different beast because the US had such an interest in stepping in and creating a viable two-state solution (and we'll get more violence if the UK insists on blowing that solution up via Brexit).
India and Pakistan isn't working out well at all right now, but that's because of the haphazard way in which the British left the region and carved it up on the way out. That situation is maybe comparable to some of the issues that African states are having because of the way that colonial powers divided them up (a problem that South Africa had, to be fair, but that didn't cripple it because the imperial power stayed in the country and helped the transition to a country with equal rights and representation).
In any case, Israel and Palestine just strongly reminds me of South Africa, where even with implicit support for apartheid from world powers like the US and the UK, de Klerk worked with Mandela to lead the country toward open elections and equal rights for black and brown South Africans. Maybe the issue is that there isn't an imperial power willing to step in and broker a solution.
Honestly, having read what I wrote, maybe the successful solutions aren't necessarily one-or-two-state solutions, but are solutions where imperial powers actually step in and try to solve the problem instead of being a) indifferent or b) actively antagonistic. However, South Africa got a one-state solution done on its own and the situation there reads like Israel's, so maybe a more center/center-right party in Israel can be sick of the violence and human rights violations and, like de Klerk and the National Party, broker a one-state solution without needing anyone to step in.
This post also explains why I favor a single-state solution. If de Klerk pulled it off when Boer South Africans were vastly outnumbered by black South Africans, then the right leaders in Israel can pull the same thing off even if they are outnumbered by Palestinians. I guess that's why I favor a one-state solution: I have evidence that it can work in the modern era even though the people in minority rule are outnumbered.
You don't bring a stapler to a shoe fight.You're taking her comment too abstractly. I think she's saying she'll bring office supplies to diplomatic meetings and throw them at other people.
I don't actually think the media *faces*—reporters, hosts, anchors, the people you generally see etc.—want Trump to win again, not even the access journalism folks. But at the highest levels, the C-suite media execs... yeah.
It isn't any different than fossil fuel companies having a vested interest in not reducing pollutionI don't actually think the media *faces*—reporters, hosts, anchors, the people you generally see etc.—want Trump to win again, not even the access journalism folks. But at the highest levels, the C-suite media execs... yeah.
I will have to learn their names, and their faces.
It pains me. But I will have to. So that when I see a meme referencing them, I can respond appropriately. To fight this shit you have to wade knee deep into it. I fear that most don't have the stomach for it.
Ordered. Thank you.This is more about the larger political movements at play, specifically right-wing parties, but I'd recommend the book Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy.
The author takes a more global approach, barely touching on the US aside from obvious parallels, in order to examine the myriad ways in which Europe, Australia, and, briefly, South Africa's burgeoning right-wing parties are enacting policies and debates over immigration, refugees, and the coming wave that will kick into high gear with mass climate change.
The main caveat I have given before is that the book features a LOT of right-wingers being quoted at length. While the author makes it clear that they disagree with those views, and competing ones are given time, you will wade through mountains of bullshit all for the necessity of getting into that mindset.
The book can be a little disjointed in its approach and needed some focusing, but does try to illuminate some specific points about the movements and their policies - Australian offshoring, using hard immigration policy as deterrence to immigrate, how South Africa's immigration issues bely race, etc.
Ordered. Thank you.
I hope it covers how someone who immigrated to a country, then got profiled as a terrorist for their race, a few decades later could vote for Brexit.
Well don't give me the cliff notes for the whole book! I'm going to read it :POddly, the UK comes up very little. The main actors being analyzed are in France, Denmark, Australia, and South Africa.
And be warned, the author does bring up "economic anxiety". To be fair, that seems like a more, not legitimate....salient argument in states with very integrated safety nets.
For instance, and I had no clue about this, South Africa's constitution grants citizenship rights to anyone physically present in the country, including access to all social benefits. Thus, an argument arises pretty quickly on how those benefits can survive mass migrations placing an ostensible strain on the system. Of course, this then raises questions about those societies barring or otherwise discouraging engagement with employment to protect their native populations, creating a feedback loop of "immigrant cannot be gainfully legally employed, but we afford them benefits, and then get angry when they want to work but cannot."
This comes up a lot in the French and Danish chapters. Failures of integration, not on the part of the immigrant but imposed by the state, create feedback loops.
There's also talk about these predominately secular societies not having any clue how to approach engaging with more religious immigrant communities. It's here that the author does blame both sides, and makes a pretty convincing argument, while also pointing out the myriad right-wing Euro movements that still erect Nativity scenes, claiming they are cultural rather than religious and never seeing the irony.
Interesting background on beto's teen years on bbs and minor hacking stuff he did
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Sen. Sanders cut his head on the edge of a glass shower door this morning, received 7 stitches at a walk-in clinic, and is returning to the campaign trail today, a spokesperson says.
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I don't want to be here if Bernie gets outed as a hypocrite.The AP says Jane Sanders wasn't being compensated. However, her son was bringing home 100k a year for running the foundation, which means around 17% of the foundation's entire fundraising went to him. Nothing unusual about that!
I don't want it to happen either. But if it does, you can't blame poliera for not holding back.
Glass shower door? Well someone's saying at a flashy hotel. Can't hit your head on a flimsy plastic curtain! Sucker. Serious talk though: 7 stitches a freaking lot and I'm glad he's okay.
The AP says Jane Sanders wasn't being compensated. However, her son was bringing home 100k a year for running the foundation, which means around 17% of the foundation's entire fundraising went to him. Nothing unusual about that!
Bernie is a hypocritical grifter. Truly shocking news!The AP says Jane Sanders wasn't being compensated. However, her son was bringing home 100k a year for running the foundation, which means around 17% of the foundation's entire fundraising went to him. Nothing unusual about that!
No, not at all. Just not interested in thermonucleur war.I don't want it to happen either. But if it does, you can't blame poliera for not holding back.
Old people break easy.
It's all so predictable.The hypocrisy of Bernie railing on the Clinton foundation while this shit was going on is astounding.
An abandoned slaughter house in TexasThat Cult of the Dead Cow -- where's the name come from? Anything to do with the old way of marking uninitialized memory as hex DEADBEEF?
Somehow that's even cooler.
Oh dear... Will Bernie be healthy enough with enough stamina to survive the primary season?
I will say, if the potential make-up of a SCOTUS panel was fluid, I think we'd see less nonsense laws and cases being passed and filed. Too much of what happens is triggered by what the court make-up is.So I read that Beto's court packing scheme he mentioned a couple days ago involves Democrats picking 5 judges, Republicans picking 5 judges, and then those judges picking 5 more judges! Which I thought was naive, unconstitutional, further cements two party rule, and finally, gives too much power to the judiciary.
But then I heard Buttigieg suggested the exact same thing two weeks ago on Pod Save America:
https://crooked.com/podcast/2020-pete-buttigieg-on-freedom-and-farting-cows/
So I'm thinking
Oh ... and also Beto suggested maybe rotating judges into SCOTUS, after Buttigieg suggested rotating judges up from the appellate court. It all seems very coincidental.
- Who is advising Petey B of this nonsense?
- Did Beto just rip this idea off Buttigieg?
Remember when people were wondering if Hillary was healthy enough to finish the race when she passed out at the 9/11 memorial?
Well don't give me the cliff notes for the whole book! I'm going to read it :P
So I read that Beto's court packing scheme he mentioned a couple days ago involves Democrats picking 5 judges, Republicans picking 5 judges, and then those judges picking 5 more judges! Which I thought was naive, unconstitutional, further cements two party rule, and finally, gives too much power to the judiciary.
But then I heard Buttigieg suggested the exact same thing two weeks ago on Pod Save America:
https://crooked.com/podcast/2020-pete-buttigieg-on-freedom-and-farting-cows/
So I'm thinking
Oh ... and also Beto suggested maybe rotating judges into SCOTUS, after Buttigieg suggested rotating judges up from the appellate court. It all seems very coincidental.
- Who is advising Petey B of this nonsense?
- Did Beto just rip this idea off Buttigieg?