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I'm not positive, but I think both parties will suffer local defeats due to Covid.
Kevin. wrote: "I dont know we can pretend we are in Congress see Paul and Facci today lol"That was just crazy. I feel really bad for Faucci.
Stan wrote: "I'm not positive, but I think both parties will suffer local defeats due to Covid."Well...sadly there are 900,000 thousand less voters out there...
I was wondering on your thoughts on the whole Russia and Ukraine war that is going to happen. I belive Putin is going to do something.
The sad thing about this is that it never needed to happen. We see now the insanity of our State Department in thinking 1) that Russia would someday be a part of NATO, 2) That there was no need for a buffer zone between a part of the world that had many years of democracy and a part of the world that had none, 3) that Russia would just give up the only all weather port they had in Crimea, 4) that Russia would give NATO troops access to the Georgian Military Road over the Caucuses Mountains.Traditionally, Russia has been a triangle of three cities: Moscow, Minsk, and Kiev. I would not be surprised to see that tradition continue.
The only bargaining chip we have is Belarus. We could accept the partition of the Ukraine if Russia accepts democracy in Belarus. Regardless, that buffer zone needs to be established.
Stan wrote: "The sad thing about this is that it never needed to happen. We see now the insanity of our State Department in thinking 1) that Russia would someday be a part of NATO, 2) That there was no need for..."But what about the people of Ukraine? I don't think they want to be part of Russia. I find it all very worrisome .
Some do, some don't. There are many people who identify with Russia over Ukraine, especially in the east and in Crimea. It's a mess.
Stan wrote: "Some do, some don't. There are many people who identify with Russia over Ukraine, especially in the east and in Crimea. It's a mess."This is the whole issue with Ukraine. Some identify as Russian, some as Ukrainian. Not that Putin is terribly concerned with what anyone else wants...
I guess all we can do is just wait and see what happens in Ukraine. Its all very complicated. I am eagerly awatiting for the January 6th Comittee public hearing.
Stan wrote: "Some do, some don't. There are many people who identify with Russia over Ukraine, especially in the east and in Crimea. It's a mess."Like the mess we have here, between parties? Or Venezuela? Or Brazil? There's messes all over. People being people. Can't control them, can we? They'll do what they're gonna do, and we'll just have to pick a reaction to have.
By now, everyone has probably heard the dog whistle phrase, "Let's Go Brandon!" For those who have not, it's an alternate way of saying, "F*ck Joe Biden". Wikipedia sums up the origins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s...
I get that politicians of every persuasion have received their fair share of insults and taunts, for generations. But now a state politician (Arizona) is using the phrase in his TV ads (campaigning for an open Senate seat this fall). Does that not cross a boundary about not using the 7 words you can't use on public broadcast? I'm tempted to complain to the local TV affiliates, who don't seem to understand the origins, or what it really means.
Am I overreacting? Just yet another thing I need to let go of and screen out of the media chatter?
I admit, I'm really dreading this next election cycle. Just how deep can I stick my ostrich head into the sand?
I think politicians (and regular people) have been finding alternate ways of saying fuck you for years, this is just a more traceable version. I had seen reference to it somewhere recently and didn't understand it, so this explains things, thanks for sharing.
Lisa wrote: "By now, everyone has probably heard the dog whistle phrase, "Let's Go Brandon!" For those who have not, it's an alternate way of saying, "F*ck Joe Biden". Wikipedia sums up the origins: https://en..."
I think you should complain. We cannot let the bad stuff keep going on and we need to not stay quiet.
I sent an email to Dan Sullivan last year and ranted at him for not wearing a mask in the Senate and creating an unsafe environemnet for the staff. He never respnded.
Did you see that Neil G on the Supreme Court is refusing to wear a mask so Sonia Sotomayer is sitting in her chambers while the court is in session, because she has diabetes and she sits next to him on the bench. I was going to see if I could email him too.
I have also emailed Lisa and Dan about voting rights. Lisa responded. But Dan never has.
So yes reach out to the TV station.
There is this guy from Lousiana running for Senate Gary Chambers.
https://www.businessinsider.com/candi...
Any thoughts on that?
Re: Gary Chambers ad, featuring him smoking a blunt: Well, it's complicated. In general principle, I'm in favor of legalizing pot, on the grounds that its no more severe than drinking alcohol, or smoking regular cigarettes. However, I'm not sure that actually doing the activity, in an advertising video, is such a good idea or makes a strong case for legalization. How often do we see ads where the subject is drinking a beer, wine or liquor? How often are there ads where they're smoking regular cigarettes? Portrayal of the behavior is generally discouraged or perceived badly, and kept out of advertising. Obama was a cigarette smoker, and his campaign managers took great care to keep pictures of him doing it out of the media, as much as possible. But times are changing rapidly. Chambers smoking a blunt in a campaign ad in 2022? Not sure how well it will go over. Not sure I'd vote for him; I'd need to know more context. Not sure it rises to level of indecency to the point of complaining to the networks, though. Maybe just "unwise."
Lisa wrote: "Re: Gary Chambers ad, featuring him smoking a blunt: Well, it's complicated. In general principle, I'm in favor of legalizing pot, on the grounds that its no more severe than drinking alcohol, or s..."Laws against marijuana are based on racism :
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we...
https://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-la...
I thought the add was powerful and tells a story.
The wikipedia entry about Harry Anslinger. I remember reading a High Times article in which he was interviewed. He was horrified that a mag like HT actually existed.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J...
Stan wrote: "The wikipedia entry about Harry Anslinger. I remember reading a High Times article in which he was interviewed. He was horrified that a mag like HT actually existed.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..."
"""" As a propagandist for the war on drugs, he focused on demonizing racial and immigrant groups.[3] He targeted jazz musicians, in particular singer Billie Holiday, with Narcotics agents arresting and handcuffing her for drug possession to her hospital bed while she was dying from liver disease and heart disease.[4]"""""
He sounds like a terrible man.
The US Supereme Court confirmation is going to be interesting. Also waiting for Thursday. I want to see what happens with the Russian Naval war games and the Irish Fisherman Fleet.
This happened in Florida over the weekend: https://www.newsweek.com/videos-show-...
It a disturbing video of part of a public gathering of Nazi's spewing hate. There were a few incindents that happened there over the last weekend.
On a side note Rachel Maddow had on the head of the Irish Fisherman Fleet on her show the other day. Its sounds like the Russians have backed down.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/europe...
So...Donald took stuff home that he should not have and flushed documents down toilet.
Jennifer wrote: "So...Donald took stuff home that he should not have and flushed documents down toilet."I heard that, it's crazy.
Yet another example of his complete lack of understanding of the job role.
So Ukraine. Yes we need to help, at some point I think our troopsand Nato are going to get involved even though they don't want to. I am truy fearful of Putins Nuke threat. Its like dejavu from the 80's. I just feel the need to point out something that has been bothering me and was confirmed on the new last night.
I see Europe just openingup their borders, there are hoards of volunteers offering all kinds of assistance, like rides to places etc. I think this is all great.
Where was all this when the poor people of Syria were fleeing their country? They were met with violence and closed borders, do you remember the images of dead childeren on the beaches?
There are lots of people from Africa and India in Ukraine who go to school there. The Indian govt got a plane load of people out, they had all traveled to Romania and got flown out from there.
There was a young man from Nigeria who made the trek along with all the other people to Poland. He as not offered very much assistance along the way, people did not treat him well. When he got to the border in Poland, there was a person holding a sign offering rides to Warsaw, he was trying to get there to get the the Embassy. He was turned down for that ride and immediately the ride was given to a white person.
There is a double standard. And its shitty. If I could go I would help all the people of color I could because they are not getting the same kind of help that others are getting.
Jennifer wrote: "So Ukraine. Yes we need to help, at some point I think our troopsand Nato are going to get involved even though they don't want to. I am truy fearful of Putin Nuke threat. Its like dejavu from the ..."It definitely is terrible, BUT, you have to be happy with any kind of progress, and you can't dwell on what has happened in the past, other than to refer to it as a "we can do better" example, otherwise there is no reason to do better.
Kandice wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "So Ukraine. Yes we need to help, at some point I think our troopsand Nato are going to get involved even though they don't want to. I am truy fearful of Putin Nuke threat. Its like..."But we aren't doing better when people of color who are fleeeing Ulkraine are NOT getting the same aid and assitance.
Here's the exact wording from an edict coming out of Nova Scotia, Canada (url: https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/ale...) - the pdf of the notice can be found about 2/3rds of the way down the page. It is an effort by an authoritarian government to prevent protests against its fascist vaccine mandate. Many of us are concerned by the political Left's willingness to trample on our rights, all in the name of a "good cause."Especially troubling is the broadness of the rule that prohibits "encouraging" or "participating in the stopping or gathering of people" in support of causes that the political Left holds near and dear to its authoritarian heart.
Direction of the Minister under a Declared State of Emergency
(Section 14 of the Emergency Management Act)
(22-002)
During the Provincial State of Emergency declared Province-wide on March 22, 2020 by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, having satisfied myself that it is necessary for the protection of property and the health or safety of persons in the Province, and under the authority provided to me in Section 14 of the Emergency Management Act, including specifically under clause (d) to control or prohibit travel to or from an area or on a road, street or highway, I direct as follows:
HIGHWAY BLOCKADE BAN
1.Effective on and after January 28, 2022, all persons are prohibited from
(a)stopping, parking, or operating a vehicle or putting any item in such amanner as to create or contribute to a partial or complete blockade of the normalflow of vehicle traffic on a road, street or highway in the Province,
(b)participating in, financing, organizing, aiding, encouraging, or supporting an interruption of the normal flow of vehicle traffic at a location on ornear Highway 104 in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, or the Nova Scotia- NewBrunswick border, or
(c)participating in the stopping or gathering of people along the side of, or in an area on, or near the
(i)Cobequid Pass portion of Highway 104 and the associated access roads andtoll plaza,
(ii)Highway 104 in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, or
(iii)Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border crossing
in support of a 2022 Freedom Convoy, an Atlantic Canada Holds the Line event, or an organized protest intended to interfere with the normal flow of vehicle traffic on a road, street, or highway.
2.The prohibitions in Section 1 do not apply to
(i)Provincial or municipal workers, or the vehicles used while engaged insanctioned highway maintenance and repairs, or
(ii)law enforcement officers while on duty.
This Direction is in addition to any requirements established in a Medical Officer’s order under the Health Protection Act, and any other Directions issued under the Emergency Management Act. A failure to comply with this Direction could result in a summary conviction with fines between $3,000 to $10,000 for individuals and between $20,000 to $100,000 for a corporation per incident. This Direction will remain in place for the duration of the Provincial State of Emergency, including any renewal periods made by the Minister and approved by Governor in Council under Section 19 of the Emergency Management Act, unless it is terminated earlier in writing. Dated January 28th, 2022
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:
Honourable John Lohr Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Now that the political Left (that would be the Democratic Party in the USA) has decided it no longer cares about free speech, using the covid scare as a tactic to censor dissent by calling it "misinformation", I'm wondering when these self-proclaimed experts of All-That-Is-True will retroactively censor themselves for the 4 years of misinformation relating to the Trump Russian Collusion hoax. (And don't think I am a Trump supporter because I write these things.)We are in scary times when the Left has so much power. "I see fascists who don't realize they are fascists." <--- say in a hushed tone like the kid from The Sixth Sense movie.
Rene wrote: "Here's the exact wording from an edict coming out of Nova Scotia, Canada (url: https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/ale...) - the pdf of the notice can be found about 2/3rds of the way down t..."Seems quite reasonable to me. I don't like it when the left engages is this kind of behavior, and I don't like it when the right does the same. Stay on the curb or the sidewalk, and get the hell out of my way.
Rene wrote: "Now that the political Left (that would be the Democratic Party in the USA) has decided it no longer cares about free speech, using the covid scare as a tactic to censor dissent by calling it "misi..."Apparently you have not heard that the Supreme Court is in the hands of the crazy Right.
Stan wrote: "Rene wrote: "Now that the political Left (that would be the Democratic Party in the USA) has decided it no longer cares about free speech, using the covid scare as a tactic to censor dissent by cal..."True that.
Speaking of Free Speech Sarah Palin lost her lawsuit against the New York times. She could not prove they were malicious.
Jennifer wrote: "Speaking of Free Speech Sarah Palin lost her lawsuit against the New York times. She could not prove they were malicious."lol
Those Republicans sure can pick 'em. Not too smart - not like Bernie Sanders or Joseph Biden.
Inspired a poem:
Oh, man, that's delicious
Couldn't prove they were malicious
(tho they prolly were)
How do I know?
Just ask the Easter Bunny, Alice, or Santy Claus
They read the N-Y-T religiously
cuz its the Source of All Truth
(doncha know)
Sock it to the GOP unilaterally without pause
Another way of saying "eff u" with a secret handshake
Score 1 for Objective Journalism With No Bias
All hail the New Yawk Times!
copyright 2022 — may not be used without permission of the author except in cases where the spirit of the law would not be violated as ascertained by an empathic judge who doesn't blindly look at the statute but considers the course of justice according to his/her lights in a banana republic kind of way, peering surreptitiously underneath the pesky standard issue blindfold that came with the whole Justice outfit thang, to ascertain skin color, hair length, tattoo coverage percentage, and whether a mask is properly installed over mouth AND nose (not hanging under the chin as the manner of some is), and a host of other properly vetted pieces of information that would pass a Twitter fact check with no problem...(10,606 characters left - we'll stop here and not subject you to the entire langauge of this disclaimer which goes on and on like a SOTU speech.)
World leaders are finally sitting down to deal with the plastic waste problem:https://www.theguardian.com/environme...
Fishface wrote: "World leaders are finally sitting down to deal with the plastic waste problem:https://www.theguardian.com/environme..."
I hope truly that we can do something.
Lauren Bobert is up for relection. here is an add from her opponent. I like him. https://www.comicsands.com/democrat-b...
A piece from Daylin Leach : (he was in office in PA) about MAD. https://sendaylinleach.medium.com/whe...
I agree Putin does not care. About anyone. Except his own perceived greatness and we must consider the fallout.
I know this sounds pessimistic, but since my grandparents had to flee Ukraine in 1927 and I am familiar with the geopolitical history, as hurt and horrified as I am, I've been expecting this ever since the USSR quietly broke up.They weren't Slavic or Jewish and lived in the Russian speaking part of Ukraine, although they could get by in Ukrainian.
I really hope something can be done to stop the Russians from regaining Ukraine!!!
Unfortunately I agree, Karin. Ukraine's best chance to survive as an independent country was to be a neutral country, along with Georgia, and Belarus. That solution is probably past us now.
Stan wrote: "Unfortunately I agree, Karin. Ukraine's best chance to survive as an independent country was to be a neutral country, along with Georgia, and Belarus. That solution is probably past us now."I never really thought of Belarus as a independent country. Things are bad there, under that dictator dude Lukashenko. There have been many indepth news and documentaries.
Do you remember they grounded a commercail plane and took that influencer off and he is probably still in prison. *probably not alive*
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_P....
"On 18 August 2021, his Twitter posts stopped. The last contact his parents had with him was via Sapega by phone in October 2021."
If we had agreed that Georgia and Ukraine would remain neutral, Putin might have agreed to help force out Lukashenko. This would have created buffer states between Russia and NATO except for the Baltic States.
Stan wrote: "Unfortunately I agree, Karin. Ukraine's best chance to survive as an independent country was to be a neutral country, along with Georgia, and Belarus. That solution is probably past us now."Ah, but that's what happens when the people elect their governments! Ukrainians as a group are not likely to be neutral on those sorts of things. This goes back some years, when Ukrainians voted out a president who wanted to trade with Russia in order to trade with Europe and isn't just this one issue.
Karin wrote: "Stan wrote: "Unfortunately I agree, Karin. Ukraine's best chance to survive as an independent country was to be a neutral country, along with Georgia, and Belarus. That solution is probably past us..."That is true, but that doesn't mean we have to allow Ukraine into NATO. That's a choice we make.
We are getting our mail in ballots for the special election to fill Don Youngs seat in the House of Representives. This is a special vote and all registered voters will get a ballot in the mail. Also we have rank choiced voting (which I think is excititng) no primaries here. We have about 50 people on the ballot.
To paraphrase Ayn Rand: a Marxist / Socialist / Democratic Socialist government is always in a never-ending cycle of trying to come up with "fixes" for things it broke in the first place. Here's a fine recent exhibit (finance.yahoo.com/news/student-loan-f...). See blockquote from article below. The chilling language that equates "for-profit" with "predatory" shows how mis-informed the political Left is (Leftists are notorious for their struggles with basic economic axioms. I wonder if Twitter will ban the yahoo!finance account for "misinformation.").The cost of education has gone up so high and so fast because of 1 thing: it is the end result of decades of government meddling in the education industry.
Example: when I went back to school as an adult to start on a law degree in 2002, the financial aid director said to all of us prospective students, words to this effect: "Don't worry about the cost because the Federal government will subsidize up to $18,000 of school loans annually regardless of your personal financial situation". You can probably guess how the law school decided to set its price well north of $18,000; after all, they'll get their government-backed money.
Twenty years later, this questionable policy has created a "student loan crisis" and now the taxpayer is on the hook (along with $30 TRILLION amassed by poor leadership from the Left & the Right) because "loan forgiveness" only benefits the loanee (though Democrat leaders figure they'll get quite a few votes for it down the road). Taxpayers will never receive forgiveness.
Student loan forgiveness is 'up to the White House,' Federal Student Aid COO says
As President Joe Biden moves closer to canceling some student loan debt, the top federal student loan official said any forgiveness by the president would be additive to other reforms taking place.
"That's a decision that the White House will make," Federal Student Aid (FSA) Chief Operating Officer Richard Cordray told Yahoo Finance in an exclusive interview this week (video above) when asks about student loan forgiveness, later reiterating "it's up to the White House to make a judgement about that. At the same time, there's quite a few existing programs that provide for pieces, bits and pieces of loan forgiveness. And some of those bits and pieces are rather large."
The Biden-era Education Department (ED) has taken several actions — aside from extending the payment pause multiple times — to refine the unwieldy student loan system and erase debt. These include overhauling the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for student loan borrowers in public service; erasing debt held by some students who were defrauded by a predatory for-profit college; discharging debt of totally and permanently disabled borrowers; and increasing scrutiny of student loan servicers.
One estimate is that 700,000 borrowers have seen more than $17 billion wiped away through various actions. An estimated 37 million borrowers haven't had to make payments on their loans during the payment pause, and no new interest has accrued.
The New York Fed recently found the payment pause has led to "an estimated $195 billion worth of waived payments through April 2022."
Homo Sapians have only invented four economic systems: Plunder, Capitalism, Socialism, and Charity. Everything else is a subset of these systems. Every culture, every great power was built on a combination these four systems.
I am still excited for rank choiced voting . Got my ballot in the mail. Also excited for mail in voiting. But I am devestated for the leak from the Supreme Court.
Jennifer wrote: "I am still excited for rank choiced voting . Got my ballot in the mail. Also excited for mail in voiting. But I am devestated for the leak from the Supreme Court."
It was confirmed that it was a legit report, the decision is shocking.
Erin wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I am still excited for rank choiced voting . Got my ballot in the mail. Also excited for mail in voiting. But I am devestated for the leak from the Supreme Court."
It was confir..."
Its a game changer for sure. I am just shocked and horrified. My mother left my abusive father back in the early 70's and discovered that she was pregnant. She had to go from Michigan to New York to obtain an abortion. They showed how far a woman in Lousinana and Florida would have to travel to obtain a safe abortion , over 600 miles. Some years ago one of the young women that worked with me came to me for help. She was pregnant , already had a small child and was in the middle of leaving her husband. I gave her the money so she could obtain an abortion safely.
This has been my nightmare that we lose the right over our own body. Its just fucjked up. Thats all.
Kevin. wrote: "I have read and re-read the draft opinion Unless it is changed it is very far reaching and is based on 1600 common law. It is just as bad as Dred Scott and Plessy (separate but equal is ok ) It rej..."What do you think of statements I keep hearing to the effect that because the states can set their own laws, it's not going to have that much effect on choice?
(*mails a box of coathangers to SCOTUS*)
No name calling, badgering, bullying. "That doesn't make sense to me" is ok, but "that's idiotic", nope.
Thanks!