In other news
In the current news climate we see that some figures and events tend to dominate the front-pages heavily. Still, there are important, interesting or just plain weird things happening out there and a group of people can find these better than one.
I thought I would test with a thread for linking general news articles about "other news" and discussion. Perhaps it goes into the abyss that is page 2 and beyond, but it is worth a try.
Some guidelines:
- Try to find the "clean link", so that links to the news site directly and not a social media site. Avoid "amp-links" (google).
- Write some cliff notes on what it is about, especially if it is a video.
- It's not an excuse to make outlandish claims via proxy or link extremist content.
- If it's an editorial or opinion piece, it is polite to mark it as such.
- Note the language if it is not in English.
- There is no demand that such things be posted here, if you think a piece merits its own thread, then make one.
Huh? Did I say I didn't accept the election? I just said that I was appalled that someone who sympathizes with racist murderers was governor. I didn't even say that he shouldn't be governor.
But I guess I now understand how MAGA people claim that democrats were just as bad about claiming an election result was invalid. I guess, like you, think someone saying they are appalled that a particular person was elected is the same as saying you d
I was under the impression you denied the validity of the pardon
The law itself is so so stupid how Abbott is interpreting it. Like if the murder victim hadn’t died and started shooting back clearly that would have been legal as well. If the law allows 2 private citizens to get into a Wild West shootout on a public street with neither side comitting a crime, it’s probably time to look closely at rewriting the laws.
I am not 100% sure what rules work in Austin but it's not obvious that blocking a street and walking down the street to block a car are allowed activities
I don't know the laws on Texas, nor have I ever claimed to. I do know that guy is a terrible governor and a horrible person though. Anyone who ever votes for him again, while knowing about this, is also a terrible person.
If I made the laws it would be execution for the convicted and the governor. And if I didn't become king until after the next election, execution for all those voters as well.
Edit: Almost forgot, execution for the members of the parole board too!
I don't know the laws on Texas, nor have I ever claimed to. I do know that guy is a terrible governor and a horrible person though. Anyone who ever votes for him again, while knowing about this, is also a terrible person.
If I made the laws it would be execution for the convicted and the governor. And if I didn't become king until after the next election, execution for all those voters as well.
Edit: Almost forgot, execution for the members
Yes i know you dislike his political preferences and those of his voters.
See that i was spot on with "go and vote another governor"? you now claim if you could you would have him killed.
That's how much you respect democratic, constitutional outcomes you disagree with.
Yes i know you dislike his political preferences and those of his voters.
See that i was spot on with "go and vote another governor"? you now claim if you could you would have him killed.
That's how much you respect democratic, constitutional outcomes you disagree with.
It has nothing to do with the democratic outcomes, it has to do with people who are evil. If that guy wasn't elected to anything I would still execute him.
But don't think too much of it - if I were king at least 90% of the population wouldn't be long for this world, and humanity would be extinct within a century.
something terrible is happening to the minds of girls and young women in western societies.
These are hospitalizations by sex and age bracket in france 2012 to 2023, for self harm reasons
I would have presumed it was social media but the spike comes later and is probably more easily explained as the consequences of lockdowns.
russian money is responsible for the politicians love of guns, which is what i said. nra was a russian money front along with probably stealing all the membership data from regular people. it had nothing to do with the "culture".
Venezuela just annexed a piece of Guyana, I hope leftists here can condemn this atrocious act by a communist country and agree with doing what we can to undo it.
And it's time we force the hand of other countries to treat Venezuela as a criminal rogue actor, or be considered one themselves.
Talking about Brazil in particular
Venezuela just annexed a piece of Guyana, I hope leftists here can condemn this atrocious act by a communist country and agree with doing what we can to undo it.
And it's time we force the hand of other countries to treat Venezuela as a criminal rogue actor, or be considered one themselves.
Talking about Brazil in particular
When did this happen? I cant find anything on the web. I know Venezuela was posturing to take a piece of Guyana, but haven't heard any news they acted definitively on it yet.
When did this happen? I cant find anything on the web. I know Venezuela was posturing to take a piece of Guyana, but haven't heard any news they acted definitively on it yet.
Italian press agency ANSA reported it, saying a Venezuelan military commander posted photos of annexed Essequibo on his social media page saying they finally have a military presence in what they consider "their 24th state"
Not fidning anything yet but you will be pleased to know us plucky brits sent a warship there at end of last year to demonstrate our support for Guyana
Not fidning anything yet but you will be pleased to know us plucky brits sent a warship there at end of last year to demonstrate our support for Guyana
My understanding is the US has also sent signals to Venezuela they did not approve of their designs on Guyana (not that Venezuela is in the habit of doing what the US wants)
and trump supported the creation of a space force.
(to repeat one of my old favorites)
Republicans shouldn’t care much about that stuff .
They didn’t care about Russia annexing Ukraine anyway …and they still don’t .
Not sure if this was a federal or state initiative, anyway both are democrat led (state is NYS) so this time, well done democrats and thanks from Italy
Currently Islamists are destroying artifacts in Sudan, destroying thousands of years of history. This is a similar theme we have seen throughout the MENA in the last century or so.
I think a wildly under-appreciated aspect of British colonialism is how they persevered historical artifacts and history that would have otherwise been destroyed, especially in the MENA where the current colonial powers are antithetical to any history/art that isn't their own.
Obviously, we all hope Italy never gets to this point.
british "persevered"[sic] doing a LOT of work there. they stole them.
The Party of Family Values
another demonstration of the conservative movement’s allegiance to authoritarians
Matt Gaetz of Florida, Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, Donald Trump Jr.
and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, traveled to El Salvador to cheer
the second inauguration of Nayib Bukele, the country’s authoritarian president.
This display of authoritarian affection comes right as
conservatives have been openly discussing the need for Trump
to mete out punishment against liberals — including executions
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidou...
Senate Republican tantrum over Trump’s conviction
in response to a made-up conspiracy theory, for which Republicans have no proof,
several GOP senators have declared they will stop “cooperating” with Democratic legislation and nominations
Lee and nine other Senate Republicans will deliberately stand in the way of their institution doing
the people’s business because local prosecutors held a private citizen accountable for his crimes.
another demonstration of the conservative movement’s allegiance to authoritarians
Matt Gaetz of Florida, Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, Donald Trump Jr.
and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, traveled to El Salvador to cheer
the second inauguration of Nayib Bukele, the country’s authoritarian president.
This display of authoritarian affection comes right as
conservatives have been openly discussing the need for Trump
to mete out punishment against
I do believe the El Salvadoran leader was democratically elected and had over an 80% approval rate. He took a country with the highest murder rate and made it one of the lowest and eliminated the criminal gangs
How could anyone vote for that or support that
I do believe the El Salvadoran leader was democratically elected and had over an 80% approval rate. He took a country with the highest murder rate and made it one of the lowest and eliminated the criminal gangs
How could anyone vote for that or support that
Bukele is a huge problem for the cultural left because it shows that within the democratic framework the problems can be fixed if you use all the legal powers toward that, which shows that every time the problems of mass crime aren't fixed *that's done on purpose* which is kinda the point.
The left often chooses to let violent, street level criminality exist and flourish even if it would be 100% fixable within the liberal democratic framework of government, because of absurd nonsense about race and whatnot.
Bukele proves that solving problems far greater than those of democratic led cities, with less resources. It's the living proof the left CHOOSES the criminals over the law abiding citizens. So it has to be demonized.
It's Tuesday, and that means another GOP crime has been perpetuated against American citizens .
We call it money laundering, but MAGA calls it political funding.
Now the party of "Law & Order" and "Family Values" is normalizing crime.
GOP Gets INSTANT KARMA with MONEY LAUNDERING Indictment
BREAKING NEWS: The AZ republican party jus filed a law suit against SOS Adrian Fontes after finding between 500,000 and 1.3 million illegal voters on the voter rolls, including dead people and illegal aliens.
