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June 19, 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/jun/18/handcart-from-hell-for-boris-johnson-cartoon
It is not funny though, we need a proper grown up in charge through what is going to be a horrid time for many and we have BoJo. It is not good enough.
Handcart for Boris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/jun/18/handcart-from-hell-for-boris-johnson-cartoon
It is not funny though, we need a proper grown up in charge through what is going to be a horrid time for many and we have BoJo. It is not good enough.
June 12, 2022
To be fair we have always had our issues on race and immigration, right? Tolerant rather than inclusive in policy terms, and much work was still to be done. But THIS? THIS? WTAF has happened that bitterly racist people are running this country and pandering openly to the worst impulses of white supremacist nationalists.
The cruelty and racism is the main feature. I want my country back.
Literally the UK Government
To be fair we have always had our issues on race and immigration, right? Tolerant rather than inclusive in policy terms, and much work was still to be done. But THIS? THIS? WTAF has happened that bitterly racist people are running this country and pandering openly to the worst impulses of white supremacist nationalists.
The cruelty and racism is the main feature. I want my country back.
June 12, 2022
A cost of living crisis they care not one jot to try and fix cause billions in profits, price gauging and dismantling society is a really good plan. NPV way more important than people choosing between heating and eating because of their policies. Later stage capitalism leaning into hungry and freezing children really really hard.
The problem is that the psychopaths are in control in a cost of living crisis that they caused
A cost of living crisis they care not one jot to try and fix cause billions in profits, price gauging and dismantling society is a really good plan. NPV way more important than people choosing between heating and eating because of their policies. Later stage capitalism leaning into hungry and freezing children really really hard.
June 12, 2022
What is really at stake is the rule of law across the western alliance.
Trump and his sycophantic violent democracy destroying enablers have, with deadly intent, systematically pushed the boundaries of the American democratic system as far as they could, to see quite how far they can force the anti-democratic authoritarian envelope. It they are allowed to walk away from the insurrection consequence free they will subvert the next election, of course they will. It is an inevitability. What the JAN 6 hearing demonstrates is that violent insurrectionists, and their law making supporters in the GOP, at Trump’s bidding, wanted to overthrow democracy. Luckily for everyone, they were amateur hour incompetent, like their dear leader, but next time round there is no guarantee that they will not have learned lessons about how to be more successful in their traitorous behaviour. Their perfidious seditious feet MUST be held to the fire of justice to ensure this cannot happen again.
The next few years for America are pivotal for everyone globally. If things continue on their current trajectory, a minority fascist, theocratic cray cray could get their hands on the levers of power again, and not trying to be a drama queen but if democracy goes down in the USA – the western order is doomed, doomed I say!
June 12, 2022
https://bipartisanreport.com/2022/06/11/obama-issues-dire-call-to-save-democracy-from-gop-fascism/
Emphasis mine
The democracy stealers, the populists, the autocrats are emboldened right now. The post WW2 liberal settlement has never been under bigger threat. The historical memory of the horrors that came last time people got voted into power and then dismantled democratic norms seems to be really fading - and that is allowing horror shit show fascists risk all of us. They need to do one. From Putin, to BoJo, to Trump, to Hungary, Turkey and Brazil, these awful awful men need to be traduced from polite society.
Obama Issues Dire Call To Save Democracy From GOP Fascism
“In my own country, the forces that unleashed mob violence on our Capitol are still churning out misinformation and conspiracy theories,” the former president said. “For those of us who fervently believe in the ideals of democracy, the question is: How do we respond? The point is, if we want democracy to flourish, we will have to fight for it. We will have to nurture it. We will have to demonstrate its value, again and again, in improving the lives of ordinary people. And we will also have to be willing to look squarely at the shortcomings of our own democracies—not the ideal, but the reality. Only then will we be able to tell a better story of what democracy can be, and must be, in this rapidly changing world.”
https://bipartisanreport.com/2022/06/11/obama-issues-dire-call-to-save-democracy-from-gop-fascism/
Emphasis mine
The democracy stealers, the populists, the autocrats are emboldened right now. The post WW2 liberal settlement has never been under bigger threat. The historical memory of the horrors that came last time people got voted into power and then dismantled democratic norms seems to be really fading - and that is allowing horror shit show fascists risk all of us. They need to do one. From Putin, to BoJo, to Trump, to Hungary, Turkey and Brazil, these awful awful men need to be traduced from polite society.
June 3, 2022
Never a worthier boo booed
Heh. The people that rock up to watch this kind of event - are not the people you want booing you if you plan to stay in Number 10. Tick tock
That noise you can hear That right there ...is the will of the people.
https://twitter.com/MarinaPurkiss/status/1532667878826188801Oh my word…
Listen to this
That noise you can hear
That right there
…is the will of the people.
Listen to this
That noise you can hear
That right there
…is the will of the people.
Never a worthier boo booed
Heh. The people that rock up to watch this kind of event - are not the people you want booing you if you plan to stay in Number 10. Tick tock
June 3, 2022
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/billy-long-2657448722/|]
Emphasis mine
Has everyone on the right swallowed the qray qray pill? I think they must have - I do not think that there are any sane ones left at all. Any one with any sense of duty, morality or ethics looked left and right and did one after 2016 - and this is what they are left with qray qray to the bottom of their qrazy hate filled hearts.
Missouri Senate candidate says he'll force Biden to replace Kamala Harris with Trump -- then resign
On Thursday, Rep. Billy Long (R-MO), a candidate for Senate in Missouri and an avid promoter of election conspiracy theories, put forward a bizarre new plan on Twitter for how he will get former President Donald Trump reinstated to office.
Specifically, he said that he will get Vice President Kamala Harris to resign, have President Joe Biden appoint Trump as vice president in her place, and then have Biden himself resign, putting Trump first in line to ascend to the presidency.
He did not specify how any of the steps of this would work, including how he would get Harris or Biden to resign or how he would persuade Biden to choose Trump as his vice president.
Specifically, he said that he will get Vice President Kamala Harris to resign, have President Joe Biden appoint Trump as vice president in her place, and then have Biden himself resign, putting Trump first in line to ascend to the presidency.
He did not specify how any of the steps of this would work, including how he would get Harris or Biden to resign or how he would persuade Biden to choose Trump as his vice president.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/billy-long-2657448722/|]
Emphasis mine
Has everyone on the right swallowed the qray qray pill? I think they must have - I do not think that there are any sane ones left at all. Any one with any sense of duty, morality or ethics looked left and right and did one after 2016 - and this is what they are left with qray qray to the bottom of their qrazy hate filled hearts.
June 3, 2022
[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/2/2101823/-Two-ex-cops-who-violated-George-Floyd-s-civil-rights-want-state-trial-moved-third-cop-pleads-guilty|]
It is the stench of unearned privilege, isn't it? These de-foulers come into urban areas to commit crimes all in the 'line of duty' and then they want the repercussions of their actions to be judged, not in the places where they committed their crimes, but in nice suburban enclaves of privilege = denying the communities they harmed having a say in justice. Surprise!
Two ex-cops who violated George Floyd's civil rights want state trial moved
Some two weeks after one ex-Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty to a second-degree manslaughter charge in the murder of George Floyd, two other former cops charged in his death appeared in court on Tuesday to have their state trial pushed back and moved out of Minneapolis
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"I've never had nor heard of a case in Minnesota with this much publicity," Paule said. "I don't know what other choice we have at this point (...)"
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Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank begged to differ, arguing that people across the state are aware of the case and that changing the venue would have little impact. "Very little has really changed since your honor denied previous motions," Frank said. He added that "we have faith in the ability of jurors to take their job seriously and do it fairly."
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"I've never had nor heard of a case in Minnesota with this much publicity," Paule said. "I don't know what other choice we have at this point (...)"
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Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank begged to differ, arguing that people across the state are aware of the case and that changing the venue would have little impact. "Very little has really changed since your honor denied previous motions," Frank said. He added that "we have faith in the ability of jurors to take their job seriously and do it fairly."
[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/2/2101823/-Two-ex-cops-who-violated-George-Floyd-s-civil-rights-want-state-trial-moved-third-cop-pleads-guilty|]
It is the stench of unearned privilege, isn't it? These de-foulers come into urban areas to commit crimes all in the 'line of duty' and then they want the repercussions of their actions to be judged, not in the places where they committed their crimes, but in nice suburban enclaves of privilege = denying the communities they harmed having a say in justice. Surprise!
June 3, 2022
[link:https://www.alternet.org/2022/06/congress-jared-kushner-saudi-financing/|]
Emphasis mine
Got grift all over it. Of course he improperly traded his position - it would never have occurred to him not to.
Question is - what will be the real repercussions? If it is not jail, impoverishment and disgrace what is the point?
Congress probing if Jared Kushner 'improperly traded' his 'government position' to obtain Saudi...
...financingThe House Committee on Oversight and Reform announced on Thursday that it is investigating Jared Kushner after his investment firm received $2 billion from Saudi Arabian wealth fund.
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“The Committee on Oversight and Reform is investigating whether you have improperly traded on your government position to obtain billions of dollars from the Saudi government and whether your personal financial interests improperly influenced U.S. foreign policy during the administration of your father-in-law, former President Trump. This investigation will inform the Committee about whether federal ethics laws should be strengthened to prevent senior public officials from taking advantage of their position within the federal government to reap a financial windfall—before, during, or after government employment,”
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“The Committee on Oversight and Reform is investigating whether you have improperly traded on your government position to obtain billions of dollars from the Saudi government and whether your personal financial interests improperly influenced U.S. foreign policy during the administration of your father-in-law, former President Trump. This investigation will inform the Committee about whether federal ethics laws should be strengthened to prevent senior public officials from taking advantage of their position within the federal government to reap a financial windfall—before, during, or after government employment,”
[link:https://www.alternet.org/2022/06/congress-jared-kushner-saudi-financing/|]
Emphasis mine
Got grift all over it. Of course he improperly traded his position - it would never have occurred to him not to.
Question is - what will be the real repercussions? If it is not jail, impoverishment and disgrace what is the point?
June 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/TheGoodLiars/status/1532159557677600774
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/the-good-liars-nra/|]
Inevitable...
Watch: MAGA hat-wearing Trumpster refuses to take a position on slavery
In the video, Selvig interviewed a man wear a "Make America Great Again Hat" and a "keep it flying" Confederate flag T-shirt at the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Houston.
"And why do you want to keep it flying?" Selvig asked.
"Why would anyone want to erase our heritage?" the man replied.
"Well," Selvig responded, "some people would say that flag symbolizes racism, it symbolizes slavery, and they might have some valid points there."
"That's their opinion and they're welcome to their opinion if they want it," the man replied.
"Are you pro-slavery?" Selvig asked. "Are you against slavery?"
"No comment," the Trump supporter replied.
"But thank you for the interview," he added as he turned to walk away.
"I'll give you one more change," Selvig said. "Pro or anti slavery?"
"Uh, no comment," the man replied.
Selvig offered the man a third chance.
"I'll give you one more opportunity to say if you're pro or anti slavery," he said.
"No, no comment," the man replied.
"Alright, well there you have it. 'No comment' on the — if you're in favor of slavery or not," Selvig said.
"And why do you want to keep it flying?" Selvig asked.
"Why would anyone want to erase our heritage?" the man replied.
"Well," Selvig responded, "some people would say that flag symbolizes racism, it symbolizes slavery, and they might have some valid points there."
"That's their opinion and they're welcome to their opinion if they want it," the man replied.
"Are you pro-slavery?" Selvig asked. "Are you against slavery?"
"No comment," the Trump supporter replied.
"But thank you for the interview," he added as he turned to walk away.
"I'll give you one more change," Selvig said. "Pro or anti slavery?"
"Uh, no comment," the man replied.
Selvig offered the man a third chance.
"I'll give you one more opportunity to say if you're pro or anti slavery," he said.
"No, no comment," the man replied.
"Alright, well there you have it. 'No comment' on the — if you're in favor of slavery or not," Selvig said.
https://twitter.com/TheGoodLiars/status/1532159557677600774
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/the-good-liars-nra/|]
Inevitable...
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