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nightcoremoon · 2 years

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in 2024 and on, I am going to incessantly make fun of every single person aged 18-22 who

a) absolutely could have voted

b) did not vote

c) complains about trump if he somehow wins

there were seven million more votes for biden than there were for trump, and it was the highest voter turnout rate in over 100 years of american history. even if the over a million people who died from covid was enough to affect the electoral college, even if there were more elderly deaths than 18-22 year olds, even if all of the people who saw that trump was directly responsible for the ravaging destruction of our nation that trump orchestrated not just with the covid but also with all of the everything else too, even in the absolute worst case scenario I am not too overly concerned since the FBI themselves will do everything in their power to prevent him getting back to power (I don’t trust the FBI at all to do anything other than protect their own self-interest, and stopping trump from stealing more national secrets would benefit the FBI the CIA and all of the alphabet agencies) and it’s highly likely that trump will run but the conservative party won’t take him so he’d have to run as a third party and we’ll have another roosevelt/taft situation (here’s hoping trump’s zealots and the republicans have just enough of a divide to confuse the shit out of all of those mouth-breathing degenerates). maybe that’s not the absolute worst case scenario but if it was any worse than that, someone is absolutely going to go irish car bomb on their ass. I’m not worried at all. no anxiety to be had.

but if miraculously trump somehow does manage to slither his way back in, I am absolutely 100% blaming every single centrist zoomer for all of their own misery and pain they will face under fascist law 2.0. you didn’t vote stupid, you have no place to whine about it. and OBVIOUSLY before anyone tries to get all SJW on my ass, if you are a victim of voter suppression or you’re in hospice care or comatose or dead or absolutely couldn’t take work off or else they would fire you and kill your mom and throw your dog off a cliff or otherwise have a perfectly reasonable excuse for not voting, OBVIOUSLY you get a free pass and I’m not gonna be a dick to you for being a victim of circumstance. but everyone else is capital F fucked. neo didn’t tell morpheus no fuck you I’m not taking either pill because you guys kill innocent people so you’re no better than the machines controlling all of us; nobody has E V E R sympathized with cypher but thought “eh, you know what, he should’ve chosen to be an independent third party” because hey newsflash asshole ITS A BINARY SYSTEM, YOURE EITHER IN OR YOURE OUT, YOURE EITHER PLUGGED IN OR YOURE ACTIVELY FIGHTING, THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN AS COMPUTERS THINK IN 1S AND 0S. and republicans are biological computers; compassionless, programmed for evil by their ancestry and society, seeing every single thing in this world as black or white. two box systems. burning everything that doesn’t fit into that neat little organization. they will burn you. and I will watch the fire. [and again OBVIOUSLY I should say that gender binary isn’t real and the conservatives are incorrect about stuff being in binary but they have the power right now and they have the control so we have to follow the system only long enough to learn best how to destroy it and as long as they control the senate the house the supreme court the white house the pentagon or anything else it is IMfuckingPOSSIBLE for your bloodless neoidealist anarchist revolution to have any results other than you tossed in prison for dissent, and if you are conservative and also nonbinary you can go fuck yourself, traitor].

of course anyone aged 23 and on should fucking know better by now since this will be at the very least their second opportunity to vote, and they’re not off the hook either but honestly if they haven’t learned and they haven’t paid attention then they’re too stupid to be reached and I’m just blocking them because it’s such a disappointment to see grown ass adults being morons. but I actually have hope for the new generation, since I know the worst of tiktok is not accurate representation of everyone younger than me. so if my being a dick can open their eyes and tickle that teenage rebellion soft spot and show them hey actions have consequences and if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice (thanks rush) and you have to actually take part in society in order to improve it somewhat, then I am willing to be called a ‘poopy idiot fartface’ for the trouble (since we on this website have devolved to third grade). and tbh being mean to someone over their shitty choices is way more socially acceptable than any other reason.

I’ve rambled enough. fuck the queen and fuck the tories. americans need to vote because voting is a privilege. check it.

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scattered-winter · 3 years

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The Batfam (and friends) as things I've heard at my school

part 2!

(young justice) (batfam part 1)

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Duke, waving his arms and visibly upset: I'M JUST A GOAT

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Steph: *throws sticks of gum full-force at Tim*

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Jason: mOVE BEFORE I DROPKICK YOU OUT OF THE WAY!!!!1!!!1!!

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Steph: *points at ketchup* that's some high-class bullshit right there

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Damian, to Tim: you just keep running away like a little BITCH

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Tim: you want a tour of my photo gallery? *starts scrolling* here's a DILF I would die for....

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Dick: are you crying?

Damian: no

Dick, peeling back his eyelids and staring into his eyes: are you s u r e

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Dick yelling to Jason across the hallway: HEY! DID YOU BRING YOUR FEDORA?

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Tim: if you could be any mythological creature, what would you be?

Duke: a crab

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Steph: *in a creepy voice* yES FREE MILK

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Cass, deadpan: I do, in fact, have real human feet

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Dick, headbanging to a song: *smacks his head on the window* OW

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Steph: I haven't seen this edit yet, so you're gonna watch it with me

Tim: oh rad

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Jason, taking a selfie with Dick's phone: *the flash goes off in his eyes* why the hell is your flash on??? *takes another picture and blinds himself again* AAAAAAAAHHHHH

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Cass: don't be sad

Tim: but I am sad

Cass: aight fair enough

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Steph: fucking Republicans! If the vaccine was gonna kill me, it would've done it already!

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Jason, to Damian: sorry, I just looked at your face and went "what the fuck"

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Tim: where are you gonna take me?

Dick: away

Tim: cool

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Steph: aaaaah! it's going down my shirt! *rips off jacket* aaaaAAAAAAAAHHHHH

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Dick: don't worry, I don't choose violence

Jason, chiming in: I do!

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Cass: they're not skinny jeans, I'm just thick

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Duke: *sitting with a wolf figurine on top of his baseball hat*

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Steph: he was like "you want some cool college swag?" and I was like "YES SIR"

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Damian, jumping into Jon's arms and pointing: take me to the math room

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Steph: *sarcastically* oh my god, they saw your bra strap??? you need a bra to support your titties????

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Cass: *angrily* YOU BROKE MY SON'S NECK

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Damian: in my heart, I am 6 feet tall

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Jason, gesturing to everyone except Dami: you're all my favorites

Damian: what am I, chopped liver?

Jason: yes

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Dick: I GOT A CUPCAKE, Y'ALL

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Tim: that's called bargaining, kids. Welcome to capitalism.

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Tim: I just chugged a quad shot espresso and I'm having a hard time walking straight

Jason: you ain't straight at all, chief

Tim: point

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Jason, Tim, Cass, Steph, Damian, and Duke: *gathered around Dick with shaving cream, razors, and paper towels, giggling while shaving his legs*

Bruce, walking in the room: what the FUCK is going on here?

Dick: I lost a bet

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stage-props · 3 years

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This is pretty different from what I usually post but because I know a lot of people don’t have access to The Washington Post:

Basically, without exaggeration, we’re legitimately on the brink of civil war. Trump supporters have invaded the capital building and Trump is cheering them on, still claiming he won the election.

In the notes I’ll reblog this with the link to a full pdf of the article

Thousands of President Trump’s supporters are in Washington for rallies Wednesday to falsely assert that the presidential election was stolen from him. Many in attendance see the demonstrations as a last stand for Trump on the same day that Congress votes to certify that President-elect Joe Biden won the election. Trump — who lost the popular and electoral college vote — continues to dispute the results, without evidence, and has encouraged his supporters to attend the rallies in the nation’s capital. He took the stage about noon to roaring crowds, claiming he had won the election. At the U.S. Capitol, throngs of protesters pushed past police who were trying to block them from entering the building as senators inside debated the certification of the presidential election. Some were able to breach security to successfully enter the building.

TEAR GAS RELEASED, IN THE BUILDING ON THE TERRORISTS, DEMS CONDEM TRUMP ONLINE

Throngs of pro-Trump supporters bust through security barricades and stormed the U.S. Capitol Building where they entered the U.S. Senate chamber and forced police to deploy tear gas inside. Lawmakers, tweeting from inside, captured a terrifying scene with many Democrats assailing Trump for provoking his supporters to attempt what some called a coup of the federal government. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) wrote that he’s in the House Chambers and has been “instructed to lie down on the floor and put on our gas masks. Chamber security and Capitol Police have their guns drawn as protesters bang on the front door of the chamber." “We were just told that there has been tear gas in the rotunda and we’re being instructed to each of us to get gas masks that are under our seats,” Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said in a video he posted on Twitter, referring to the area under the dome that connects the House and Senate sides of the building. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) called it a “coup attempt.” He later reposted a Twitter message from Trump and said: “You are not protecting the country. Where is the DC guard? You are done and your legacy will be a disaster.” Many Democrats also blamed Trump for inciting his supporters. “This is thuggery at its best...And the flames are being stoked by the person currently in our #WhiteHouse. Donald Trump is responsible for this. #TrumpThugs,” tweeted Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.). Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), who wrote that she and her staff are “safe” and “following protocols,” said, “This is a situation provoked by President Trump & Republicans that is rapidly deteriorating. It needs to end quickly & peacefully,” she added. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), wrote that “violence is always unacceptable. Even when passions run high.” He added: “Anyone engaged in violence—especially against law enforcement—should be fully prosecuted.”

TRUMP SUPPORTERS CLAIM THEY ARE NOT DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS, THEY ARE ‘TRUMPERS’

Mary Ann Wilbur gasped as three men slowly made their way up the balcony wall while those who made it up unfurled Trump flags. She approved. “We’re tired,” said Wilbur, who came to D.C. from Massachusetts. “We’ve been pushed and pushed and pushed, and we’ve had enough.” “The people are angry,” she said. “Nobody’s listening to us, Republicans or Democrats. We’re Trumpers.”

TRUMP CONTINUES TO SUPPORT PROTESTERS AND ENCOURAGE THEIR COUP

President Trump, who repeatedly urged his supporters gathered on the Ellipse earlier today to march to the U.S. Capitol to demand that Congress overturn the election, tweeted a call to “stay peaceful” as some of those supporters broke into the Capitol building. U.S. Capitol Police were unable to hold back throngs outside the building, some of whom pushed their way inside. With the House and Senate on lockdown inside the building, Trump asked for “support” for the police force trying to maintain order.

PROTESTERS BREAK BARRICADES AND PROJECT NATIONALISTIC CALLS, CLAIM THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS BETRAYING THEM

Just before 1 p.m., a group of primarily White men pushed, then toppled the barricades, storming through them to the grassy fields leading to the Capitol. Several Capitol police stood guard but could not hold back the tide. Hundreds scaled and kicked aside the barricades, yelling “forward!!” as they ran upward. Some tried to reach the steps of the Capitol, but were stopped by law enforcement. A few who made it through and scaled metal construction structures were tackled by police. After a few minutes of the crowds yelling “USA! USA!”, dozens of law enforcement descended down the steps to boos

“Fight for Trump!” “Make it louder!” said a woman south of Constitution Avenue. By 12:15 p.m., people were beginning to peel off and head east. “Off to the Capitol,” one woman said. “Let’s go!” Toward the middle of the president‘s speech, more people began streaming toward Capitol Hill, where Congress was preparing to certify the electoral college vote

TRUMP TELLS PROTESTERS THAT THEY WON

“We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn’t happen. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved,” Trump said, falsely claiming that Biden’s victory was based on fraudulent vote counts. “We won this election, and we will never give up.”

This is from some of my own research when communicating with historian Professor Justin Brunette from PPCC

When asked what his feelings were on the situation, he states as follows:

“Honestly, this is right on the knife-edge of an insurrection, and thus potential civil war. Nothing like this has happened in American history since the Civil War. So I am anxious too, if I'm honest.”

This is ongoing as of 1/6/2021 1:40pm Mountain Time Check the notes for the link to the full article

#politics #Donald Trump #us election #joe biden #fascism #democrats #republicans #america #please spread this around im serious

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saydams · 2 years

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i've been thinking about american politics and the senate, and the idiotic filibuster that the senate refuses to get rid of.

all but 2 democrats/independents will likely vote for getting rid of it. no republican is willing.

we have 50 republicans in the senate. a list of republicans by state:

alabama: 2 (governor also R)

alaska: 2 (governor also R)

arkansas: 2 (governor also R)

florida: 2 (governor also R)

idaho: 2 (governor also R)

indiana: 2 (governor also R)

iowa: 2 (governor also R)

kansas: 2

kentucky: 2

louisiana: 2

maine: 1

mississippi: 2 (governor also R)

missouri; 2 (governor also R)

montana: 1 (governor also R)

nebraska: 2 (governor also R)

north carolina: 2

north dakota: 2 (governor also R)

ohio: 1 (governor also R)

oklahoma: 2 (governor also R)

pennsylvania: 1

south carolina: 2 (governor also R)

south dakota: 2 (governor also R)

tennessee: 2 (governor also R)

texas: 2 (governor also R)

utah: 2 (governor also R)

west virginia: 1 (governor also R)

wisconsin: 1

wyoming: 2 (governor also R)

any of these states yours? i'm tired of people whining about sinema amd manchin and ignoring all these others. vote them out. and in the meantime, call their office to tell them to get rid of filibuster.

i am not saying all democrats are good. but the only ones trying to govern at all are democrats. so get rid of the republicans so the do-nothing democrats can't blame them for a lack of action.

we can do more than one thing at once. call your rep to tell them what you want them to do. vote your rep out in favor of someone better. continue fighting to destroy capitalism and usa oligarchy. these are not either/or. do them all. at the same time.

#usa politics

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dhaaruni · 3 years

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Ok re VP Harris i feel like she's going to have a hard hill to climb whether she does everything PERFECTLY or not, right? This article and a few others I've been reading are not super optimistic about her ~~chances~~ bc she's been given the real shit jobs so far (immigration, crime, etc) which are all R hammering points. But I feel like that could actually be freeing? Im obsessed w the concept of the valley of political death where a politician can make a bold, morally superior move that initially craters them but after a couple of months ppl end up having a higher opinion of them?? NOT to use AOC as a model bc she like squanders her goodwill ALL THE TIME but i feel like if i were VP i'd be like. K, im already a woc in power and Rs are going to try and nail me 2 the cross on immigration and crime, their biggest throwback hits - might as well become their biggest nightmare? Like i think people are spoiling for a less tepid dem response and in lieu of getting that response from the senate she can kind of ride on that?? Like if she just starts hammering back abt cruelty 2 children and capitalize a little bit on immigration as a childrens wellfare thing she can keep up pressure in the suburbs. they dont want to vote for a woman or poc BUT WE DO LOVE a maverick in this country still!! THIS IS NOT me saying she should go full Bernie btw

Oh thank you for your long response!

I think that wrt Kamala Harris, her biggest issue is our country's polarization in addition to the fact that while she knows California politics down cold and I'm not diminishing her accomplishments as DA, attorney general, and senator, that isn't representative of the rest of the country. Don't get me wrong, if she's the presidential nominee, I'm campaigning for her as much as possible whether professionally or as a volunteer, but the fact remains, a large part of the country, including people that pulled the trigger for Biden, won't vote for a Black/Asian woman, especially those who voted Republican down ballot (Biden-Collins voters in Maine, I'm staring directly @ you).

Plus, the Biden administration is sealed tight (which is infuriating the DC press corps) and Kamala's corner always leaks like a sieve, which has been an issue she's had since the presidential primary. Also, Kamala quite frankly let her family play too much of a role in her presidential campaign like Maya and Meena Harris should not be employed by the campaign and Meena shouldn't be using her aunt's image to boost her clout as an influencer while also tweeting about defunding the police, which both Kamala and Biden have loudly disavowed. If you noticed, while Jill Biden and Michelle Obama and Bill/Hillary Clinton (depending on who was running) all campaigned for their spouses and did events, but none of them were employed by the campaign and none of them contradicted the nominee! And I don't trust Meena to do the same thing based on her Twitter persona.

I also think crime and immigration are Democrats' biggest red spots as a party simply because we keep letting our most liberal members on MSNBC every single night to yell about abolishing and defunding things so nothing Biden and Harris or any other elected Democrat says counteracts that. Max Rose, who repped Staten Island where all the NYC cops lived, got clobbered with defund the police despite the fact he's about as pro-cop as you can get for a Democrat. Again, we need to run a tighter ship in terms of messaging as a party and that's my bottom line. If that means banning certain people from being on cable news, so be it.

I talked about it before but I really think that Kamala needs to shore up support in the Blue Wall, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Her being on the ticket actually helped with our Latino support although it still cratered from 2016 to 2020, but quite bluntly, we need to make sure she wins enough white men in swing states. That means putting a Midwestern Democrat on the ticket as VP (Pete Buttigieg, Gretchen Whitmer, Amy Klobuchar, Conor Lamb if he gets elected to the Senate), and that means parking herself down in the upper Midwest from the moment the primary is over until the general election. Honestly, I don't think a white and more moderate seeming female VP from the Midwest really hurts Kamala electorally given she herself is a progressive woman of color from California, but who knows, I may be wrong.

All that makes sense right? I'm not an expert but I've learned a lot about how conservative America is in the last year and it'd do people better to learn that sooner rather than later.

#answered #kamala harris #anonymous #politics

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whatdoesshedotothem · 3 years

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Tuesday 20 September 1836

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No kiss fine but rather hazy and F46° now at 8 10 am breakfast at 9 ¼ to 10 - out (about) till breakfast - had Mr. Husband for a minute or 2 - Heblethwaite wants to take the low place of A- and let the other low place and all the chamber over both low places be made into one cottage - agreed to by A- if Heblethwaite will give 20/. a year for the low place he wants - had John Booth son-in-law after breakfast - I spoke to him for A- said Heblethwaite wanted the separate cottage - the man (Johns’ son-in-law) thought the other cottage would not suit him but would consider about it, and let us know - thought of a little rent - 40/. or 50/. the utmost - I said there was little to be had for under £3 thus insinuating tho’ not saying that A- might ask £3 for the cottage with the large chamber - the man thought the new sort of [homes?] would require a height of 15ft.! had before had Thomas Pearson to complain of Mark Hepworth carting stuff (stones-rag) for the meer-head goit in a narrow wheeled cart - Pearson very angry at him - thought to stop him - said I would make all up as well as I could - I too was annoyed at Mark but TP- to blow him up and all damages should be made up - afterwards had Mark himself - Robert Mann had sent at 9 this morning for stone - must have them - Mark’s broad wheeled carts not then at home - Mark came with a message from Mr. Charles Robinson to say he should give up the 2 marshes - was going immediately to settle at Manchester - Mar wishes to take the 2 fields - said I would settle about it by and by, and would remember his application - odd conduct said I, of Mr. Charles R-, for Miss Walker knew nothing of it - had had (about 11 am) John Oates and Thomas Pearson about the road that my father and they and 53 persons in all signed a paper guarantying their payment of the expense of a trial at York respecting the road that Mr. Waddington wished to throw upon the town - the trial was gained by the 53 but Mr. Higham now comes upon them for expense - to the amount of near £300 - had sent a written directed to 19 out of the 53 - a towns meeting to be held on Thursday - told them to let me know what passed but I declined having anything to do with the business - Miss Marian was the person to be applied on account of my father - from 10 am to 7 busy looking over the workmen or siding kitchen chamber for John Booth to sleep and drab room for the footman and groom expected tonight at 10 took Booth and Abraham to pull up the sink in the kitchen to be rest in the buttery and the buttery stone table put into the kitchen where the sink was (under the window) - Abraham and James did it, and had got it moved by about 6 - I had left them ½ hour and they had cut the magnificently large slab of stone to let in the miserable water pipe which with a moment’s trouble (the hole being cut in the wrong place) I had pushed back into the wall - my grief - may absolute affliction at this [sacrilege] on the stone-table -said nothing crossly - but said and shewed how grieved I was - under the table put the upper kitchen dresser that stood under the window - a capital and most convenient fit - the hall-cellar left today for the kitchen job that will take all tomorrow to finish it - Booth and 3 masons setting ashler at the West tower when fair (rain from about 10 to near 12) - Robert Schofield and Joseph Sharpe scoured the servants hall floor, and the stalls (wood and paving) of the front table - the plasterer and his man fellow washed front stable and jobbed about - the 2 York joiners Bligh doing front stable finished out end-stalls and put on skirting board - and Thomas jobbing in the house - moving and repairing the dresser - doing up cupboard in the wall in the housekeeper’s room etc - Frank (and John Booth helping him) moved from Conery to Mytholm - just before dinner had the Currier about A-‘s Hatters’ fold cottage n°1 - A- agreed to let him have it, and the attick over n°2 for £8 the 1st year and she thought it would be worth £9 the 2nd year - he thought he could get her a respectable tenant for the 2 rooms of cottage n°2 at £5 a year - dinner at 7 10 - made our own coffee - about an oz. (good measure) to 4 cups - too weak - A- read a little French - I afterwards sided a little till 9 55 then 25 minutes with my aunt - Mr. Jubb came between 10 and 11 this morning and thought my aunt better - I do not think her better this evening than she was yesterday evening - from 10 ½ to 11 35 read tonights’ paper and wrote all the above of today - rain from about 10 am till noon - afterwards during the afternoon and evening several light showers - F42° now at 11 35 pm - Anarchy in Portugal now as in Spain - the Portugal constitution of 1820 proclaimed the republican sister of the Spanish constitution of 1812 - letter tonight from William Waddington mason, Keighley, complaining that Mr. Husband had let him the Water lane mill steam-engine boiler to set, and then without why or wherefore relet the job - WW- civilly asks for some recompense

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lextheydom · 4 years

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2020 Voting

To preface this, these are just my opinions of course, and I am not trying to sway anyone, nor make the decision for them. I just did the research and sent it to my family so figured I would share with all of you as well if it would help! Also, the 2 Referendums at the end only apply to Florida voters, so feel free to ignore. :) My source is Ballottopia as well as the sources on Wikipedia.

2020 Voting

President

-Joseph R. Biden

Kamala D. Harris

House of Representatives

-Donna Deegan: John Rutherford is an avid Trump supporter. Really it's time for him to gtfo.

Representatives

-Al Lawson

-Tammyette Thomas

County Clerk of Court

-Jimmy Midyette

Justice of the Supreme Court

-Justice Carlos G. Muiz NO defended rapists, Trumper

District Court of Appeal

Joseph Lewis Jr. YES, though republican he tends to vote more liberal

Judge Scott Makar NO argued for juveniles sentenced to life without parole for non-homicide crimes

Judge Rachel Nordby NO conservative republican, elected in by Rick Scott

Judge Clay Roberts: NO conservative republican, elected in by Rick Scott

Judge Tim Osterhaus NO Republican, elected in by Rick Scott

Judge Adam S. Tanenbaum NO Republican, Elected in by Rick Scott

Soil and Water Conservation Group 2

Binod Kumar: most qualified and seems to be most passionate of the candidates.

Soil and Water Conservation Group 4

Arthur R. Bides: most qualified and most passionate

Constitutional Amendments

· No. 1 Constitutional Amendment Article VI Section 2: Restricts the right to vote NO

· No. 2 Constitutional Amendment Article X, Section 24: YES, no hidden agenda, amazing this got on the ballot at all. the minimum wage will be raged to a living wage for everyone, even though it’s still not fast enough for a lot of people. There is a threat on the ballot that this will negatively impact the state net budget, but really? Don’t we have a responsibility to pay a bit more to cover our fellow humans?

· No 3. Constitutional Amendment Article VI, Section 5: YES, would give all voters the right to vote in the primary, including nonpartisan, which is what should have been happening all along. This will even the playing field for Millennials and Zoomers who tend not to identify with either dominant party, no hidden agenda.

· No. 4 Constitutional Amendment Article XI, Sections 5 and 7: NO, puts more power in the hands of the legislature and less in the hands of the people, takes more time and money to get changes passed, in states where this has passed it has become harder to get changes made to the state constitution and legislature

· No. 5 Constitutional Amendment Article VII, Section 4 and Article XII: NO, would reduce property tax revenue available for funding local schools and other services like police, fire and infrastructure

· No. 6 Constitutional Amendment Article VII, Section 6 and Article XII: YES, though proposed and supported purely by Republicans there are no hidden agendas and the amendment would cause no defunding anywhere else.

Referendums

· School Capital Outlay Sales Surtax to improve Safety and the Learning Environment: YES, though uncertain about the application of the funds particularly in reference to the charter schools that are included in the improvements.

· Amending Jacksonville Charter Granting City Council Authority to Appoint and Remove Four JEA Board Members: NO, this one, it’s simply mind boggling. Why on earth would I want city council to have a hand in JEA? JEA is running themselves just fine, they had our backs during the hurricane and we’re going to have their backs now.

#2020 election #voting #fuck donald trump #donald trump #Florida #Florida Voting #Vote #Amendments #Justices #Supreme Court #Hope this helps

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 3 years

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

August 26, 2021

Heather Cox Richardson

In Afghanistan today, two explosions outside the Kabul airport killed at least 60 Afghan civilians and 13 U.S. troops. More than 100 Afghans and 15 U.S. service members were wounded.

ISIS-K, the Islamic State Khorasan, claimed responsibility for the attack. ISIS-K is an extremist offshoot of the Taliban organized in Pakistan about six years ago by younger men who think the older leaders of the Taliban now in control of Afghanistan are too moderate. The ISIS-K leaders want to destabilize the Taliban’s apparent assumption of the country’s leadership after the collapse of the Afghan government.

The Taliban joined governments around the world in condemning the attack, illustrating their interest in being welcomed into the larger international sphere rather than continuing to be perceived as violent outsiders. Increasingly, it seems their sweep into power surprised them as much as anyone, and they are now faced with pulling together warring factions without the hatred of occupying U.S. troops to glue them together.

Taliban leaders continue to talk with former leaders of the U.S.-backed Afghan government to figure out how to govern the country. Western aid, on which the country relies, will depend on the Taliban’s acceptance of basic human rights, including the education of its girls, and its refusal to permit terrorists to use the country as a staging ground.

The attack was horrific but not a surprise. Last night, the U.S. State Department warned of specific security threats and urged U.S. citizens to leave the area around the airport immediately.

Later in the day, observers reported explosions near the airport. Paul Szoldra, editor-in-chief of Task and Purpose, tweeted that he had heard from a source that the explosions were controlled demolitions as U.S. troops destroyed equipment.

Tonight, President Joe Biden held a press conference honoring the dead as “part of the bravest, most capable, and the most selfless military on the face of the Earth.” He told the terrorists that “[w]e will hunt you down and make you pay,” but on our terms, not theirs. “I will defend our interests and our people with every measure at my command,” he said.

Despite the attacks, the airlift continues. Today, General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., commander of United States Central Command, said that more than 104,000 people have been evacuated from the airport, including 5000 U.S. citizens.

I confess to being knocked off-keel by the Republican reaction to the Kabul bombing.

The roots of the U.S. withdrawal from its 20 years in Afghanistan were planted in February 2020, when the Trump administration cut a deal with the Taliban agreeing to release 5000 imprisoned Taliban fighters and to leave the country by May 1, 2021, so long as the Taliban did not kill any more Americans. The negotiations did not include the U.S.-backed Afghan government. By the time Biden took office, the U.S. had withdrawn all but 2500 troops from the country.

That left Biden with the option either to go back on Trump’s agreement or to follow through. To ignore the agreement would mean the Taliban would again begin attacking U.S. service people, and the U.S. would both have to pour in significant numbers of troops and sustain casualties. And Biden himself wanted out of what had become a meandering, expensive, unpopular war.

On April 14, 2021, three months after taking office, Biden said he would honor the agreement he had inherited from Trump. “It is perhaps not what I would have negotiated myself,” he said, “but it was an agreement made by the United States government, and that means something.” He said that the original U.S. mission had been to stop Afghanistan from becoming a staging ground for terrorists and to destroy those who had attacked the United States on 9-11, and both of those goals had been accomplished. Now, he said, “our reasons for remaining in Afghanistan are becoming increasingly unclear.”

Biden said he would begin, not end, the troop withdrawal on May 1 (prompting Trump to complain that it should be done sooner), getting everyone out by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the al-Qaeda attacks that took us there in the first place. (He later adjusted that to August 31.) He promised to evacuate the country “responsibly, deliberately, and safely” and assured Americans that the U.S. had “trained and equipped a standing force of over 300,000 Afghan personnel” and that “they’ll continue to fight valiantly, on behalf of the Afghans, at great cost.”

Instead, the Afghan army crumbled as the U.S began to pull its remaining troops out in July. By mid-August, the Taliban had taken control of the capital, Kabul, after taking all the regional capitals in a little over a week. It turned out that when the Trump administration cut the Afghan government out of negotiations with the Taliban, Afghan soldiers recognized that they would soon be on their own and arranged “cease fire” agreements, enabling the Taliban to take control with very little fighting.

Just before the Taliban took Kabul, the leaders of the Afghan government fled the country, abandoning the country to chaos. People rushed to the airport to escape, although the Taliban quickly reassured them that they would give amnesty to all of their former enemies. In those chaotic early hours, seven Afghans died, either crushed in the crowds or killed when they fell from planes to which they had clung in hopes of getting out.

Then, though, the Biden administration established order and has conducted the largest airlift in U.S. history, more than 100,000 people, without casualties until today. The State Department says about 1000 Americans remain in Afghanistan. They are primarily Afghan-Americans who are not sure whether they want to leave. The administration is in contact with them and promises it will continue to work to evacuate them after August 31 if they choose to leave.

In the past, when American troops were targeted by terrorists, Americans came together to condemn those attackers. Apparently, no longer. While world leaders—including even those of the Taliban—condemned the attacks on U.S. troops, Republican leaders instead attacked President Biden.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) blamed Biden for the attack and insisted that troops should remain in Afghanistan under congressional control until all Americans are safely out. Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who replaced Liz Cheney (R-WY) as the third-ranking Republican in the House when Cheney refused to line up behind Trump, tweeted: "Joe Biden has blood on his hands.... This horrific national security and humanitarian disaster is solely the result of Joe Biden's weak and incompetent leadership. He is unfit to be Commander-in-Chief.”

The attacks on our soldiers and on Afghan civilians in Kabul today have taken up all the oxygen in the U.S. media, but there is another horrific story: the continuing carnage as the Delta variant of Covid-19 continues to rip through the unvaccinated.

In Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis has forbidden mask or vaccine mandates, 21,000 people a day are being diagnosed with coronavirus—more than twice the rate of the rest of the country—and almost 230 a day are dying, a rate triple that of the rest of the country. Right now, Florida alone accounts for one fifth of national deaths from Covid.

Ten major hospitals in Florida are out of space in their morgues and have rented coolers for their dead; those, too, are almost full. Intensive care units in the state are 94% occupied. Sixty-eight hospitals warned yesterday that they had fewer than 48 hours left of the oxygen their Covid patients need, a reflection of the fact that 17,000 people are currently hospitalized in the state.

Appearing on the Fox News Channel last night, DeSantis blamed Biden for the crisis. “He said he was going to end Covid,” DeSantis said. “He hasn’t done that.”

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Notes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/us/politics/isis-terrorism-afghanistan-taliban.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/world/asia/kabul-airport-bombing.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/26/leaders-condemn-kabul-airport-attack-afghanistan/

Travel - State Dept @TravelGov#Afghanistan: Due to threats outside the Kabul airport, US citizens should avoid traveling to the airport and avoid airport gates unless you receive instructions to do so. Those at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately.

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https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/comparing-al-qaeda-and-isis-different-goals-different-targets/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/25/daily-202-us-allies-dangle-carrots-taliban-evacuation-end-looms/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/25/taliban-afghanistan-government/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/afghanistan-military-collapse-taliban/

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/politics/republicans-kabul-biden/index.html

https://www.newsweek.com/10-major-florida-hospitals-using-rented-coolers-morgues-covid-deaths-overflow-1623499

https://www.wmfe.org/survey-68-florida-hospitals-have-less-than-48-hours-worth-of-oxygen/188797

Ab. Sayed ترمذی سادات @abdsayeddI don’t know when I will be able to write a piece on heartbreaking developments in Kabul but meantime, a thread on Islamic State Khurasan Province as I am seeing both interest and confusion about the group. 1/n

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/26/ron-desantis-criticizes-biden-not-ending-pandemic-hes-exacerbating/

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

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An early guess, treat it as a guess: Junger’s project (in the 1930s) is basically a biology of society where all aspects of the social whole are becoming domesticated to industry in a sort of nutrient cycle; as he says, progress (= ‘readiness for total mobilization’) is “the conversion of life into energy”. The mobilization of this energy is directed by a state which must increasingly appropriate dictatorial power to itself and transform the individual from a self-directed human subject into one of many components of state-industrial machinery (which he calls ‘the worker’, a sort of non-subject of pure production). So far familiar to us as u/acc. But for Junger, this process of transformation inexorably introduces unintended side effects which cannot be instrumentalized. Junger would therefore become a kind of ‘philosopher of secondary production’ & this is the extent of Sloterdijk’s interest in him; but I am not sure that he ever really articulates what this secondary product is.

Actually I think I have it the wrong way around: the secondary product is the dictatorship, it’s unintended because the process of transformation that readied the world for mobilization was republicanism, progress etc., which was intended to enshrine the rights of man and humanist principles. So humanism finally destroys the human subject, a tragic irony, etc. A somewhat less interesting r/acc Junger. Anyway, for Junger this state dictatorship would tend towards becoming a global state capable of directing all life on earth. The nation-state did not end up being so important as the German fascists thought it would (Schmitt also put too much faith in it); it is already burning up like coal and oil. But if we shift from a state dictatorship to international capital, we’re already at Camatte’s ‘domestication of humanity’, Deleuze & Guattari’s ‘civilizing capitalist machine’, etc., and it doesn’t seem to me very wrong. But is capital still making this transformation or, as Nick Land and Desert would both agree, is the transformation beginning to reverse?

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Canada's Ontario says 'more extreme measures' on the table as COVID-19 cases rise (Reuters) Ontario is considering “more extreme measures” on top of the widespread lockdowns in place, the premier said on Friday, after the Canadian province reported a second straight day of record-breaking COVID-19 cases. “I’ve never stressed this so much, all the way going back to March, as I am now: We are in a crisis,” Premier Doug Ford told reporters, begging people to wear masks, wash their hands and stop gathering in groups. The warning from Canada’s most populous province comes as Quebec, the worst affected province from the pandemic, is set to start a nightly curfew on Saturday. Ford said if people did not better follow public health guidelines “we will have to look at more extreme measures. … Everything is on the table right now.”

Capitol Attack Leads Democrats to Demand That Trump Leave Office (NYT) President Trump’s administration plunged deeper into crisis on Thursday as more officials resigned in protest, prominent Republicans broke with him and Democratic congressional leaders threatened to impeach him for encouraging a mob that stormed the Capitol a day earlier. What was already shaping up as a volatile final stretch to the Trump presidency took on an air of national emergency as the White House emptied out and some Republicans joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a cascade of Democrats calling for Mr. Trump to be removed from office without waiting the 13 days until the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. The prospect of actually short-circuiting Mr. Trump’s tenure in its last days appeared remote. But the highly charged debate about Mr. Trump’s capacity to govern even for less than two weeks underscored the depth of anger and anxiety after the invasion of the Capitol that forced lawmakers to evacuate, halted the counting of the Electoral College votes for several hours and left people dead, including a Capitol Hill police officer who died Thursday night.

With Democrats in Control, Biden Moves to Advance Agenda (NYT) With his victory recognized by Congress and his party set to control both the House and Senate, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. moved on Thursday to fill out his cabinet, while his aides and allies drafted plans for an ambitious legislative agenda headlined by $2,000 stimulus checks to individual Americans. The president-elect’s ability to push through key parts of his agenda and win confirmation of his cabinet selections received a significant lift this week, as Democrats picked up two Senate seats in Georgia, resulting in a 50-50 split. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has the power to cast the tiebreaking vote, which would give Democrats control of the chamber. As part of what he has pledged will be a next round of economic assistance, Mr. Biden is expected to move quickly to gain passage of $2,000 stimulus checks—which were a big focus in the Georgia elections—along with expanded unemployment benefits, aid to state and local governments and additional relief for small businesses.

Police Failures Spur Resignations and Complaints (NYT) Six days before a raucous rally of President Trump’s supporters in Washington, Representative Maxine Waters anxiously grilled the chief of the Capitol Police about his preparations for various scenarios. Ms. Waters, a California Democrat, said each of her concerns was met with a similar response from Chief Steven Sund during their hourlong call: “He assured me that they have everything under control, that they were on top of everything.” They weren’t. Instead an angry mob of pro-Trump extremists swarmed the barricades around the Capitol on Wednesday, spraying chemical irritants and wielding lead pipes, injuring more than 50 officers. They battered doors, broke windows and scaled the walls, rampaging through the building as congressional leaders made desperate calls for help. The Capitol Police seemed to offer little resistance and arrested only 14 people. Chief Sund handed in his resignation on Thursday after pressure from congressional leaders. Policing experts noted the absence of crowd-control tools such as mounted officers, police dogs or a heavily manned perimeter. Pentagon officials said Thursday that the Capitol Police had turned down an offer for additional National Guard troops before Wednesday’s storming of the Capitol, and two law enforcement officials said they had initially rebuffed help from the F.B.I. as the mob descended. But others in law enforcement insisted that the president’s encouragement of the mob could not have been anticipated. “No one expected the president to say, ‘Hey guys, let’s all go down to the Capitol and show them who’s boss,’” said Jose Cervino, who worked for the department for 14 years and helped plan security for large events and protests. Mr. Cervino defended the hesitancy to use weapons, saying the department’s primary mandate was to protect the lawmakers, not the building. “We have the members and we have the leadership secured. Is it correct to start shooting people?” Mr. Cervino asked. “I can’t imagine that I would be happier today if we found out we kept the crowd out, but wound up shooting 40 people.”

Capitol siege raises security concerns for Biden inaugural (AP) The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is intensifying scrutiny over security at an inauguration ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden already reshaped by a pandemic and the prospect that his predecessor may not attend. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take the oath of office from the Capitol’s West Front, one of the very locations where a violent mob overpowered police and stormed the building. They also scaled and occupied the scaffolding and bleachers in place for the ceremonies. The congressional leaders responsible for coordinating the inauguration insisted Thursday night that events will move forward. Security forces have already begun taking extra precautions in the wake of Wednesday’s mayhem. Roughly 6,200 members of the National Guard from six states—Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland—will help support the Capitol Police and other law enforcement in Washington for the next 30 days. Crews also erected on the Capitol grounds tall, black metal fences designed to be impossible to climb. Those who have worked on previous inaugurations said that while this year’s events will look different, the tradition of passing power from one administration to another will continue. President Trump, however, has confirmed that he will not attend the inauguration.

Some U.S. Capitol rioters fired after internet detectives identify them (Reuters) Some of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol were fired from their jobs on Thursday after internet sleuths publicized their identities. The District of Columbia police department released photos of people in Wednesday's melee and potential charges against them. Some 68 people were arrested after angry protesters stormed the building, breaking windows, damaging fixtures and stealing furnishings. The FBI also asked the public to help it identify rioters, a call that drew ribbing on social media in light of the prolific coverage of the event. This included selfies posted by participants and videos of President Donald Trump's supporters at area hotels before the attack. Some individuals who had previously been photographed at Trump rallies and supporters of the QAnon conspiracy-theory movement were quickly identified. Online detectives focused their efforts on others. "Let's name and shame them!," read one Twitter thread here devoted to outing participants.

Vaccine rollout hits snag as health workers balk at shots (AP) The desperately awaited vaccination drive against the coronavirus in the U.S. is running into resistance from an unlikely quarter: Surprising numbers of health care workers who have seen firsthand the death and misery inflicted by COVID-19 are refusing shots. It is happening in nursing homes and, to a lesser degree, in hospitals, with employees expressing fears of side effects from vaccines that were developed at record speed. More than three weeks into the campaign, some places are seeing as much as 80% of the staff holding back. “I don’t think anyone wants to be a guinea pig,” said Dr. Stephen Noble, a 42-year-old cardiothoracic surgeon in Portland, Oregon, who is postponing getting vaccinated. “At the end of the day, as a man of science, I just want to see what the data show. And give me the full data.” Stormy Tatom, 30, a hospital ICU nurse in Beaumont, Texas, said she decided against getting vaccinated for now “because of the unknown long-term side effects.” “I would say at least half of my coworkers feel the same way,” Tatom said.

Freezing Madrid braces for heaviest snowfall in decades (Reuters) Spain’s capital Madrid and much of the neighbouring region of Castilla-La Mancha were on high alert on Friday for what meteorologists expect to be the heaviest snowfall in decades, brought by the Storm Filomena. Such events are rare in the region and tend to be disruptive to daily life and mobility, coming at a time when people are returning home after Christmas and New Year holidays. This year, however, there is less traffic than usual due to restrictions to curb the coronavirus pandemic. With up to 20 cm (nearly 8 inches) of snow forecast in 24 hours and temperatures expected to hover around zero centigrade for much of the day, the south of the Madrid region, including the capital, is on its highest level of alert for the first time since the system was created in 2007.

The Pandemic Helped Reverse Italy’s Brain Drain. (NYT) When Elena Parisi, an engineer, left Italy at age 22 to pursue a career in London five years ago, she joined the vast ranks of talented Italians escaping a sluggish job market and lack of opportunities at home to find work abroad. But in the past year, as the coronavirus pandemic forced employees around the world to work from home, Ms. Parisi, like many of her compatriots, seized on the opportunity to really go home, to Italy. In between Zoom meetings and her other work for a recycling company in London, she took long strolls on the beach near her family’s home in Palermo, Sicily, and talked recipes at dawn with vendors in the local market. “The quality of life is a thousand, thousand times better here,” said Ms. Parisi, who is now in Rome. As with so many things, the virus has upended a familiar phenomenon—this time Italy’s longstanding brain drain. Italy, along with Romania and Poland, is among the European countries that send the most workers abroad, according to figures from the European Commission. Taking into account the money the country spends on their education, Italy’s brain drain costs the country an estimated 14 billion euro (about $17 billion) every year. The Italian government has welcomed the return of some of the country’s best and brightest as a silver lining to what has been a brutal pandemic for Italy, calling the shift a “great opportunity.”

Kyrgyzstan votes (Foreign Policy) Voters in Kyrgyzstan go to the polls on Sunday to vote for a new president and decide a referendum on constitutional reforms. Acting Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov has been touted as the likely winner, if he can pass the 50 percent threshold necessary to avoid a runoff. Victory would cap an unlikely rise for Japarov after he was sprung from jail in October during unrest over disputed legislative elections. Japarov had been serving an 11-year sentence for kidnapping.

Gold in India (Rest of World) India is one of the largest global consumers of gold, buying 700 tons annually, with an estimated 25,000 tons of gold stockpiled by Indian citizens, a value three times the reserves of gold held by the U.S. government. Gold is frequently given to female babies as a gift and included later as part of their dowries, but it’s also an incredibly useful asset in terms of gaining access to credit by using it as collateral. Manappuram Finance, a large lender, offers gold-backed loans, and customers such as independent business owners and farmers on average borrow $612 several times per year, with under 1 percent defaulting. The two largest gold lenders in India hold 248 tons of it, which is more than Australia has in reserve.

China city offers cash for tip on test evaders (AP) A city in northern China is offering rewards of 500 yuan ($77) for anyone who reports on a resident who has not taken a recent coronavirus test. The offer from the government of Nangong comes as millions in the city and its surrounding province of Hebei are being tested as part of efforts to control China’s most serious recent outbreak of COVID-19. The offering of cash or other rewards for information on political or social nonconformists has a long history in China, but the pandemic is putting a new face on the practice. Those found noncompliant will be forced to undergo testing and a two-week quarantine at their own expense.

Can’t go to ski resort? South Koreans rush to buy sledges, enjoy sledding near home (Reuters) With South Korea’s ski resorts closed in recent weeks to help combat COVID-19, heavy snowfalls have led to a surge in sales of sledges as winter sports lovers look for family friendly snow slopes close to home. Major retailers have run out of stocks of plastic sledges, with E-Mart, the country’s biggest supermarket chain, selling nearly 2,200 sledges in six days, more than three times its total 2020 sales. After heavy snowfalls earlier in the week, children played outdoors even as the temperature in Seoul plummeted to -18.6 Celsius (-1.5 Fahrenheit) on Friday, the coldest in 35 years.

Almost 2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray: U.N. report (Reuters) Fighting is still going on in several parts of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and almost 2.3 million people, or nearly half of the population, need aid, a U.N. report said. The report, the most comprehensive public assessment of the humanitarian situation in Tigray since conflict erupted there on Nov. 4, was posted online late on Thursday. It said food supplies were very limited, looting was widespread and insecurity remained high.

Uganda’s election shapes up as a contest of young vs. old (Washington Post) Uganda is an overwhelmingly young country, led by a 76-year-old seeking a sixth term as president. Two-thirds of registered voters are under the age of 30, which means Yoweri Museveni has led Uganda for their whole lives. His main challenger in next week’s election is a 38-year-old musician who was a toddler when Museveni took power as leader of an armed rebellion. And so the contest between the grandfatherly incumbent and the spindly singer-turned-politician, Bobi Wine, has come to embody the most essential of democratic divides: change vs. stability, idealism vs. wisdom, the frustrated young vs. the fearful old. Who wins may come down to how many young people buy into Museveni’s warnings that a vote against him is a vote for destabilization. But the outcome also hinges on whether Wine and his supporters can withstand the repressive tactics Museveni’s security forces have unleashed in recent months that may escalate as election day nears. Since announcing his candidacy, Wine has been arrested three times, as have at least 600 attendees of his rallies. Police say they violated pandemic protocols against large gatherings. His bodyguard was killed, his lawyer arrested, reporters who cover his campaign have had their accreditation revoked, and after Wine’s second arrest, protests were met with bullets and at least 54 were killed.

Books (Publishers Weekly) Sales of print books were up 8.2 percent in 2020 year-over-year, according to NPD BookScan, with 750.9 million books sold. That’s up from 693.7 million in 2019, and is a solid performance, especially given the tumultuous spring market. Books for children and young adults saw sales explode: in nonfiction—a staple of attempting to learn from a place that is not a school—juvenile sales were up 23.1 percent and young adult nonfiction was up 38.3 percent, and on the fiction side, the juvenile segment was up 11 percent and YA was up 21.4 percent. Adults bought more books too—nonfiction was up 4.8 percent and fiction was up 6 percent.

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Tankies Hurt the Left via /r/Anarchism

Tankies Hurt the Left

So, I have seen a lot of tankies accuse anarchist of many dumb things. This post is to prove how tankies are wrong, and how they hurt the left. Tankies have supported counter-revolutionary regimes, and have defended extremely atrocious acts. Tankies themselves spout CIA talking points, not anarchists. The defence of counter-revolutionary acts is very lethal.

Genocide Denial

Tankies have denied numerous atrocities committed by governments. For example, they deny the Uyghur genocide. I have even seen some deny the Holodomor. This is a major issue, as a person who may not be as involved in politics will look at tankies defending genocide, and this will make them fearful of being a leftist. Tankies have defended horrible genocides, such as the Shining Path, the Khmer Rouge, the genocide of indigenous people in the Soviet Union, and many more brutal genocides. It really makes me sick to my stomach that these people who claim to want a better society for all are defending fucking genocide against innocent people.

Siding With Oppressors

As we have seen, if a government is painted in red, the tankies will immediately flock to them. Let's look at China and the Hong Kong protestors. China, which has literal billionaires, is defended fiercely by tankies over the Hong Kong protestors. The Hong Kong protestors are just like us, resisting against police brutality. The Hong Kong protests are not right-wing. There are a good amount of anarchist Hong Kong protestors I know too. Look at this epic image. You hear Tankies say “ACAB”, but they defend the Hong Kong police. Remember, ACAB means all cops are bastards. American police, Chinese police, Russian police, French police. They are all bastards. Tankies are not just defending the Hong Kong police. They are also defending Lukashenko. Lukashenko, a brutal dictator that has horrible LGBTQ+ rights, is being worshipped by tankies. What a surprise. You know, workers are revolting against capitalism, and tankies support capitalism. Communism isn’t when you support capitalism. Let’s not forget that tankies will also defend horrible state-capitalist atrocities. I have seen them defend the Soviet Union for oppressing the LGBTQ+ community. They have defended Soviet and Chinese imperialism too. Remember, all of these states that tankies claim are socialist are actually state-capitalist hellholes. The state will always ruin everything.

Leftist Unity

Tankies complain about how we need leftist unity a lot, but they love to joke about killing anarchists. We have seen how tankies in the past have destroyed libertarian socialist revolutions rather than assisting them. As mentioned before, tankies will refuse to support the workers in Hong Kong and Belarus. If tankies really wanted leftist unity, then they would stop calling us fascists and actually support our revolutions. Personally, I do not consider social democrats leftists, because they support capitalism. Social democrats support the Scandinavian countries, and other social democracies such as Canada and the EU, despite the fact that they are shifting to be more neoliberal. They have also committed some horrible acts to indigenous people. Tankies also support capitalism, as they defend the hell out of state-capitalism. They even defend Lukashenko. So in my opinion, tankies aren’t leftist. Real leftists oppose capitalism at all costs.

CIA Talking Points

Tankies love to claim that anarchists spout CIA propaganda 24/7. This is laughably false. Tankies keep on claiming that the CIA is funding Hong Kong protesters, but this could not be further from the truth. It was confirmed the CIA was training the Hong Kong police. Also, the Chinese government has been quite willing to have talks with the CIA. China has also sided with the Pinochet regime. They claim us anarchists ignore history, but history proves tankies wrong. Want to hear something funny? The right-wing, Republicans, Democrats, liberals, and tankies all share something in common. They call state-capitalist nations like the Soviet Union socialist. Meanwhile when us anarchists say this is wrong, they accuse us of spouting CIA propaganda. Tankies also get socialism wrong. This is a fantastic video to watch. Tankies also claim that we support the CIA in the Global South, but this is wrong. Anarchists have made it clear they don’t support any government.

That is it from me. I am a trans anarcho-communist. Feedback is appreciated!

I just want to share these great anti-tankie notes in one document.

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Fey Voted

(N.B.: I think it’s extremely weird to talk about fey voting: if you go by folklore/mythology, you usually see some form of monarchy/autocracy or else absolute anarchy -- sometimes side-by-side [trooping vs. solitary fey].)

Once I found out that absentee voting was essentially the same as regular voting, but I could do it now (and get it over with) and there wouldn’t be much of a wait, I got down to researching candidates and headed out.

Where I could, I voted Green. There were Greens running for most offices, thankfully, so I got to do that. If I couldn’t vote Green, sometimes I voted Dem and sometimes I didn’t vote; it depended on what I’d read about the candidate and what I knew about the race. I think it is irresponsible to vote in a race if you’re uninformed (as a voter, it’s your obligation to be informed, rational, and ethically-minded in your voting; if you can’t do that, then you shouldn’t vote). As a consequence, I also think it’s irresponsible to vote solely based on party; it happened that all the Greens I voted for (except maybe Secretary of State; see below) were the best candidates for the positions, or so I thought.

(N.B.: I’m not a strong supporter of Howie Hawkins, noted Russiagate nutter. However, he’s better than Red/Blue Trump and the Libertarian.)

For instance, there was a race for our US Representative between Republican incumbent Billy “That Odious Toad” Long (an auctioneer and local talk radio show host who ran as a Tea Partier under the slogan “Fed up?”), Democrat Teresa Montseny (who withdrew for medical reasons), and 62-year-old Libertarian lawyer Kevin Craig (quotes: ”I am a Christian, therefore I am a Libertarian”, “Abolish the unconstitutional Department of Education, and win for parents the freedom to send their children to schools which teach ‘Liberty Under God’”). I’ve been opposed to Billy Long since he first ran and have been trying to get him out since. Voting for the Libertarian is even more like voting for a regular Republican (theocrats don’t deserve office), but voting for the Democrat would leave us without representation.

(I voted for the Dem.)

The best race to watch, though, was the Missouri Secretary of State. Contenders for the to-be-filled position are:

John “Jay” Ashcroft (R), incumbent, 47-year-old lawyer and son of John Ashcroft. Y’know, the former US Senator from Missouri who lost to a dead man, got appointed US Attorney General, put drapes over Classical statues because of the nudity, and now sits on the board of directors of the mercenary company Academi (formerly Blackwater). That alone should tell you everything you need to know. Like father, like son. However, to hammer things home, his top three priorities were capitalism, thinly-veiled voter suppression, and...expanding support for state and public library systems.

Yinka Faleti (D), 44-year-old Nigerian-American and Wash. U.-trained lawyer. His priorities are protecting ballot initiatives, a response about safe and secure elections that would almost be copypasta from Ashcroft if it didn’t substitute “all eligible voters” for “every registered voter” (coded end voter suppression, I suppose), and laissez-faire capitalism. This really should tell you nearly everything you need to know about the current Democratic and Republican Parties.

Paul Venable (C), 66-year-old retired IT...guy? (he doesn’t list a title on his website that I saw) and current chair of the Missouri Constitution Party. It’s noteworthy that he’s black and a member of the Constitution Party. For those who don’t know, said party is a far-right group that supports originalism -- the doctrine of interpreting the Constitution according to the original intentions of the Founding Fathers, with designs on eliminating changes made during Reconstruction. The description he provided to the League of Women Voters is full of coded language about Constitution Party positions (”attacks on the liberty of my fellow Missourians”, “...the founding of the republic...”, “educating the citizens on the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the United States and Missouri Constitutions”). Anyway, his positions were to propose an amendment to the MO Constitution for statewide recall of all elected officials (Me: That’s not already something we can do?), propose hand-counted paper ballots for all elections (this is increasingly becoming a popular cause), and switching us from a primary to a caucus. Seems reasonable, except once you do your digging.

Paul Lehmann (G), 70-year-old seminary graduate (LWV doesn’t list jobs and he doesn’t list a website). His main issue (taking up most of the space he has) is on giving Missourians universal voter registration at age 18 and “coded” (I guess almost password protected?) mail-in ballots. His other two are auditing and reforming his office for waste and discriminatory policies (eh, okay; this sounds like what the standard should be) and...eliminating Daylight Savings Time. Like, I get that it’s unpopular and wonky, but don’t you have more pressing issues to address with your office?

Carl Herman Freese (L), a 61-year-old (have yet to find any career information beyond “some college”, a note which his listing in the LWV’s ballot guide shares with Venable’s; he has a Facebook page, though, and lists himself as a proud NRA and UCC member). His top three priorities are difficult to read because they aren’t priorities, they’re statements of what it means to be a Libertarian as written by someone inarticulate: “1. Election policy reform for people and all parties of Missouri to take their place in the political debates that form and guide government policy.” I...huh? “2. Libertarians’ lack of trust in government binds actions of government in properly documented red tape.” Wh- Isn’t that contradictory? And how is that a priority and not just saying “big government bad”? “3. ‘Red Tape’ the reins for governor and private citizens to control the government to keep it from the people’s way.” I’m more confused now than I was going in.

So we have 1.) an heir to a political dynasty who will continue the awful trajectory our state’s been in, 2.) an immigrant whose ostensibly opposition positions echo most of what his main opponent says, 3.) an aging crypto-Uncle Ruckus, 4.) a geriatric whose main policy position could be done with a petition and ballot initiative, and 5.) an old buffoon who wants to make government ineffectual so he can keep his guns.

Or, y’know, American politics in a nutshell.

(I’ma spare you the two amendments and the judges running for reelection.)

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Election 2020 Presidential Candidates Assessment

Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker, Green: Listed in the campaign are some nodes of action to take. Nothing super comprehensive but to sum up what is listed, there is talk about ending fossil fuels, reaching zero carbon emissions, reaching 100% clean energy and ending nukes. There are some other pragmatic daily living thing’s such as a electric rail system as transportation in cites, and civilian corps protecting habitation and animal. I’m totally ok with this position, I think comprehensive action is needed and this doesn’t dis-include that. This is similar to the party platform as it is also broad, lack’s specific’s but seems adamant on climate change, but also climate justice.

Donald J. Trump/Michael R. Pence, Republican: Main action’s in addressing climate change have been rescinding Obama Plan’s thought to be costly by the president. The campaign believes the free market will solve climate change issues independent of the Federal Government: no government action is favorable because don’t want to impede remarket. Expanded oil and gas industry. Enacted The Affordable Clean Energy which encourages energy independence in states and is listed to lower, and added funding to EPA super fund cleanup which cleans up oil spills and other environmental hazards. I don’t see any addressment of climate change just some environmental policies listed. I don’t agree with a government that doesn’t involve itself in ensuring climate change is combatted, by stimulating certain changes in industry and energy. Both this and the GOP platform are withdrawn and don’t recognize climate change, or any urgency towards the climate, so I believe they are similar.

Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman, Peace and Freedom: Capitalism and profit motives inherently enable climate change, as large corporations have too much power and incentive to continue pollution in favor of making money. Campaign believes in a socialist system, so the means of polluters would be controlled by government. The party platform is almost identical to the campaign platform. I think understanding how socialist they would make the country is important to know, and I would have to probably inquire pretty deeply into the question. I will say that I do believe capitalism does promote profit motive, which becomes immoral greed and I think that does enable disgustingly irresponsible things like climate change to happen. I also believe that a very socialist government gives government too much power, but I think socialism can be effective and would be and many instances. So, do I agree? It depends.

Roque De La Fuente "Rocky" Guerra/Kanye Omari West, American Independent: Addresses climate change as an existential and intends to transfer to 100% clean and renewable energy and protect our natural resources. Wants to guarantee rights to clean air and water. I never looked the American Independent parties platform, but I am relieved they do have a plan for climate change and take it seriously. Listing Kanye West as the VP, made me unsure of what their position would be. I agree with the plan, I think that it doesn’t do much more then the moral minimum but it wants to take action.

Jo Jorgensen/Jeremy "Spike" Cohen, Libertarian: An approach that mostly entrusts the free market to carry the burden of climate change. There was some content on making sure big oil business’ aren’t being paid out and that we transition to nuclear energy as it’s more efficient. Also mention’s most pollution is from developing nation’s not the USA. This is a right wing approach that actually addresses the issue unlike the republican's platform. I disagree with the platform because I think in our system it is is necessary for the government to facilitate this change. But this is the most rational right-wing, withdrawn approach I’ve seen with enough details that I think it is valid and legitimate. I think the party platform didn’t address or ponder climate change to this extent. I’m surprised as the Libertarian's party is referred to as the more right branch, but out does the republican's platform by so much in this politically progressive issue.

Joseph R. Biden/Kamala D. Harris, Democratic: The platform calls for a climate revolution. It calls the green new deal, an ambitious plan originally put together by the green party crucial framework towards his response. The response includes reaching 100% clean and renewable energy, as well as guaranteeing new good paying jobs in this process. The Biden Kamala platform is by the far the most detailed plan with pages of writing and plenty of substance. I was taken aback by the amount of detail and it certainly makes me more confident of a Biden presidency and the climate initiatives. It follows a lot of the same guidelines and logic as the party platform but elaborates and builds off it a lot, something most campaigns didn’t do.

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