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2023 NPC Lectures: #5 NPC Budget and State Asset Supervision

This is the fifth in a series of seven lectures given to the 170 members of the PRC National People’s Congress Standing Committee. The Standing Committee is the standing legislative body of China; the full 3000-member NPC meets for two weeks every March. Translations in this series: 2023 NPC Lectures: #1 PRC Constitutional System and Practice 2023 NPC Lectures: #2 NPC Standing Committee…

[impossibleperfectionnerd]

Beda homecare charity they can’t steal those. You guys have to retrieve those. 4 day time science rule.

[aprito]

sos month day 26: undercover / arranged marriage

based off of the tv show the americans which you should all watch btw

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As of Monday afternoon the wildfires in California had consumed over 36,000 acres leaving a death toll of 24. When asked in an interview regarding funding for disaster relief, Alabama senator Tommy Tubervill said this “We shouldn’t be [funding California]. They got 30 million people in that state they vote in these imbeciles in to office” former collage football coach and by far the dumbest senator continued, “you go in to California you run in to a lot of Republicans, a lot of good people and I hate it for them. But they are just overwhelmed by these inner city woke policies with people who vote for them. Those people don’t deserve anything unless they show that they’re going to make some changes”.

Notwithstanding the not so subtle racism of ‘inner city woke’ comment, exactly what is the senator from the state ranked 44th out of 50 for living standards, health, education, opportunity, natural environment, ect, saying?

Alabama’s GDP grosses $300 billion, with a population of a little over 5.1 million people, they are the 14th highest recipient of federal welfare assistance, they are 45th in education and 44th in overall health. Over 360,000 residents receive rental assistance and nutritional assistance.

Yes. California ranks number one for dollar amount federal assistance. Although upon further analysis the percentages are far less unbalanced as the numbers would suggest.

California is the WORLDS 5th largest economy, grossing $3,862 billion annually, with a population of nearly 40 million. That is over 10 times the annual revenue Alabama takes in, with almost 10 times the population as well.

Does California have its share of difficult circumstances it deals with, with some questionable solutions to do so? Yes. Yet seeing as it’s the top contributor to federal tax revenue they obviously are functioning beyond the norm.

Overall the states that fund this nation the most are, California, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida. States such as the Dakotas, Wyoming, Mississippi, Kentucky, and yes, Alabama, contribute a dismal amount in contrast.

Let’s look back to late summer of last year. When two hurricanes devastated the the lower southeastern states, Helene causing monumental destruction and incredible loss of life. Did the Biden administration use these disasters as a political tool? Did he suggest that they shouldn’t get funding until they remedy their bigoted, unconstitutional voter suppression and gerrymandering? No. He said that the United States government is here for you. While right wing politicians and media plastered the victims with false statements and misinformation, confusing and misleading the afflicted Americans, FEMA and the Biden administration begged the survivors to reach out for help. The politically motivated lies even spurred FEMA to create a specific website combating the false claims and offering assistance.

There’s the old saying, Rome wasn’t made in a day, the recovery from these massive events unfortunately takes time also. Yet NEVER did Democrats or Biden lead folks astray, exploit their vulnerability, or abandon them. I know, I reside in a county that was declared a disaster area after Helene. The federal response was quick, and thorough.

What did the right do? Lie. Mislead. Frighten. Contrive a self serving narrative. Enrage those impacted and scrambling to piece their lives back together.

The void of compassion, the insufficiency of truth, the lack of maturity from much of the right is astounding. When did we begin using the suffering of Americans as a tool to advance your political agenda? When did it become the status quo to segregate assistance to only those who align with your political views? What was the moment when helping your fellow American out in a time of need was tethered to conditions?

In my just over 40 years on this earth I’ve seen the GOP go from being a party of fiscal responsibility, “Christian family values”, the party of law and order, and the party of high moral standards, to now where over a quarter of the current deficit was created in one Republican presidential term, a party of nominating, elected and confirming sexual assailants and predators (not just Trump), a party that not only backs and supports a felonious insurrectionist, but tiptoes, if not flat out violates the Constitution and rule of law, and a party that has no self awareness of its own misgivings.

Personally. I want leaders who are far more intelligent and far more qualified than me to be in charge. I want leaders who harbor self restraint and possess an extraordinary sense of moral fortitude. I want leaders with grace and maturity running the various aspects of this country. I want leaders who care and hold reverence to their values and to the oath of office they swear to.

Can we go back to a time where those who represent us were adults? Can we go back to a time where government was beholden to you as an American citizen regardless if you reside in a blue state or red state? Can we go back to a time where leadership wasn’t a popularity, tribalist, culture war crusade?

We are all humans. We all feel pain. We all feel joy. We all bleed red. Most importantly we are all citizens of the United States of America, key word united.

This shouldn’t be this hard. It shouldn’t be this controversial or complicated. We are one nation, we all want to see it flourish. We all do better when we are all doing better.

So please! Let’s return to decency. To compassion. To respect. To some mild form of social adhesion.

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“What state of matter is love?”

“Liquid.”

Because I can fit whatever expectations you have of me. I can fit into whatever box. Whatever role. I can fall into my place so prettily for you. You cannot hold my love, you cannot contain it. You will not take it from me, you will not break me apart.

I will survive you, I live inside of you. I am water. My love will sustain you, it is all you need to survive. My love is blood. I live inside of you. You will know I am there when you bleed. When you suffer you will know it is I who is escaping you. I will stain you. I will be everything you need to survive.

I do not bleed the same as you.

My love is liquid because I can be anything you want me to be. My love is liquid because I can fall in between the crevices of our containment to find you. My love is liquid because I will choke you as you breathe me in.

Take me as I am. Take me as you made me. Take my love and choke. Breathe in it and choke. You cannot contain it. You created it. But you will not survive it.

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“What state of matter is love?”

“That doesn’t make sense.”

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Source Previous Post (for reference) That's... that’s it. They’re making it clear as day: Putin’s presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev said, “To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. As a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them.”

What "certain forces" is Patrushev talking about here? Did Trump rely on Russian-orchestrated bomb threats? Starlink satellites run by Elon Musk that were linked to voting machines in key swing states? And what about the mysterious app Joe Rogan mentioned on his podcast—the one he claims Musk developed that allowed him to know the election results four hours in advance? We also still have no clue about the "little secret" that Trump alluded to at the MSG rally with Musk and House Speaker Mike Johnson...?

Beyond the election, what commitments are expected of Trump to said forces? Seriously, what’s happening here? This plot is way too thick not to investigate!

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Abby Philip very plainly and publicly called Tucker Carlson a liar on an internationally televised media outlet. Ask yourself why Tucker Carlson didn’t immediately file a defamation lawsuit against Ms. Philip and CNN. And if he does file a flimsy, face saving, “for show” lawsuit, ask yourself why he will lose.

Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Mitch McConnell, the Republican Party, the NRA, Fox News and Tucker Carlson have been purchased by the Kremlin. They are all Russian assets spreading Russian talking points, disinformation and pro-Putin propaganda directly from their bosses in the Kremlin. (sources)

[reasonsforhope]

hey i get what youre trying to say with the taylor swift post but as of a few days ago shes trying to sue a college student who posts her (publicly available) flight logs. she very much does not give a shit about her carbon emissions and she shouldn’t be celebrated for her mediocre attempts to seem climate-conscious

I get what you're saying, definitely. I also did actually know about the thing with the college student when I posted that, so I wanted to give some context about why I made that post:

First, I personally didn't view it as celebrating her so much as celebrating progress. I think that if we never acknowledge wins, we'll end up dispirited very quickly

Second, recognizing when people decide to be less shitty is, at least I think, an important carrot in the carrot-and-stick dynamic of using public opinion to influence public figures

Lastly - and this may well be an unpopular opinion - but I don't actually hold her actions re: the college student against her

Why?

Well, for one, it was a cease and desist letter, not an attempted lawsuit. A cease and desist letter isn't legally binding, nor is it the start of a lawsuit - it's more like she's Putting Him On Notice. A cease and desist order can be followed by a lawsuit, if it's ignored, but it doesn't initiate one. Likely Taylor Swift will try several other steps of resolution before actually telling her lawyers to sue this guy, if only because the headlines would Not look good (x, x)

But more than that, I don't hold it against her because when Taylor Swift says that it's a matter of life and death for her, I believe that's very true.

Like, don't get me wrong, I'm not mad about her flight data being up either. And I'm not particularly a fan of Taylor Swift

But I also think that if I had to read through the rape and death threats she gets on an almost-certainly-daily basis, I'd want to vomit.

And I think that was true before Trump and his minions got obsessed with the idea that she's the keystone in the next Biden-election-stealing Pentagon psyops plot. Now - especially in the days right before the Superbowl, when this alleged conspiracy is supposed to happen - I don't even want to think about the brutality of the threats she's receiving

(For anyone going "Uh, wtf?" about the MAGA Superbowl Taylor Swift conspiracy thing, yes, I hate to inform you that it's A Whole Thing. More info here: x, x, x, x, x, x)

Taylor Swift does have stalkers, and now she has a bunch of MAGA paramilitary conspiracy theorists absolutely furious with her. If I were her, I'd want to do every single thing I could to keep information on my movements and in-the-moment location off the internet, too

tl;dr: I don't necessarily think she cares about the environment, but I'm not mad at her for sending a cease and desist letter because I think without her extensive security, she would be in real danger now, including possibly danger of being killed by armed MAGA conspiracy theorists

You're allowed to be mad at her and dislike her (obviously!), you're allowed to totally disagree with my attitude toward the cease and desist. I just wanted to share my rationale for including the post (and it is something I went back and forth on tbh)

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[pedrospookie]

I don’t know how and i don’t know why but I’ve had Dieter Bravo on my mind for the last 8 hours

What am i to do about it

[tomorrowusa]

Kremlin endorses J.D. Vance ☭

For Putin and his lickspittles: What's not to love about a totalitarian-friendly Republican ticket?

Russian TV host giddy over Trump's JD Vance pick: "Trumpier than Trump" (video)

Putin-puppet Donald Trump has served his master well by choosing JD Vance as his VP running mate. In fact, Trump's pro-Kremlin pick has given Russian propagandists a real reason to celebrate.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov probably got an orgasm for the first time this year when he heard about the selection of internationally-ignorant J.D. Vance as Trump's running mate and successor. To the Kremlin, JD is like Trump – but without need of pee tapes.

Putin's sycophants on state-run Russian TV were overjoyed when hearing of the possibility of four years of Trump followed by eight years of JD.

In the vid they show JD saying that the US should not be focused on the 1991 internationally recognized legal border between Russia and Ukraine. Yet Republicans are hyper-obsessed with the 1848 (mutually revised in 1854) internationally recognized legal border between Mexico and the United States.

In that clip, you hear the panel repeat almost word for word (in translation) GOP talking points.

This is not the first time in US history that high-ranking politicians have colluded with totalitarian foreign dictatorships. Listen to Season 1 of Rachel Maddow's outstanding podcast "Ultra" to hear about high profile Americans (including politicians) who gave aid and comfort to the Nazi régime in Germany in the 1930s and early 1940s. Available at Apple, TuneIn, and other podcast providers. Be sure to scroll to the earliest episodes.

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Thoughts?

[dosesofcommonsense]

Kat Williams isn’t the traditional Christian, and aim not saying he is/isn’t saved. I am saying he does talk theology and how he is not on the side of evil and the Illuminati. Kat has spoken against the Illuminati since his early days in showbiz, and he’s still doing it.

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Vladimir Verevochkin in Code of Honor

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My twelfth photo featuring power siblings :3

(They’re gonna beat you to death <3)

[chrysocomae]

You'd think with getting $25k per a video from the Kremlin, Tim Pool could afford one singular not shitty beanie