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Post by kungfuzu on Dec 14, 2020 8:36:53 GMT -8
Others are also seeing the light.
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Post by timothylane on Dec 14, 2020 9:28:24 GMT -8
Several of these lower-court decisions came to SCOTUS before the election. In the end, the Dread Justice Roberts sided with the lower court every time, regardless of whether they confirmed the law or effectively overturned identical laws.
The problem with standing is like the problem with stares decisis and other technicalities. Leftist judges happily cite and use them when convenient, but ignore them when they're inconvenient. This is because leftists are activists, not genuine judges. Conservative judges, by contrast, pay serious attention to technicalities. This is quite proper -- as long as both sides do it.
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Post by kungfuzu on Dec 30, 2020 13:51:14 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Dec 30, 2020 14:23:31 GMT -8
Walmart says it was a mistake by an employee (not a former employee, as would be the case if the tweet had been directed at a Demagogue) who meant to put it on his personal account rather than the corporate one. It's still a free county, so anyone who wants to is allowed to believe that.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jan 5, 2021 16:33:29 GMT -8
The same writer laid similar out information sometime last year. I linked to his previous article at that time.
In this piece, he explains the "Globalist" economic system which has developed over the last several decades and how Trump has tried to short circuit it. This is why Trump, literally, has the whole Globalist business world against him. While people are diverted into arguments on Trump's morality, the elites laugh all the way to the bank. Wake up.
Globally controlled economiesThe piece is long, but explains how the world's economy has changed, how the American middle-class was screwed by this change and how Trump understood this and has tried to block the change. If you don't pay attention to this type of information, don't bitch about the American economy or your salary.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jan 11, 2021 22:39:02 GMT -8
This was to be expected and one of the reasons I posted that piece about social media's point is more about propaganda than money. These people are willing to piss away tens of billions for control. Facebook and Twitter down 10s of billionsOne can only hope this trend continues.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jan 12, 2021 9:52:53 GMT -8
A very interesting interview of the founder of GAB, the social media platform that the media oligarchs cannot take down. It is shocking to hear what this man has been through. Banks, credit card companies, media giants all have gone after him and his company. Tell me there is no Deep State. The Deep State is so large it exists outside of the official state. In fact, it runs much of it. They go after anyone who crosses them or might cross them. Interview Andrew Torba
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Post by timothylane on Jan 12, 2021 11:58:15 GMT -8
Interesting interview. In the long run, I think competition will bring conservative social media to the fore. Unfortunately, it may be too late by then. But it isn't yet hopeless.
I also liked his point about section 230. I've disagreed all along with Trump's desire to remove it. It was a good idea, and in fact may well need to written reform. Those platforms that remain genuine free platforms for anyone to say what they want provided it's legal (such as Gab and Parler), deserve the protectio it provides. Those that no longer do so (such as Big Tech) merit to such immunity.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jan 31, 2021 13:46:47 GMT -8
Here is an example of your RINO scumbag. This man was deeply involved with the RINOs for decades. Don't tell me that nobody knew about the pervert. Just another reason these people must be cut loose. Adviser to McCain and Kaisich is an idiot
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 5, 2021 13:50:14 GMT -8
Today, I heard a wonderful paraphrase of part of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, by Dave Ramaswamy.
Today's rendition is,
That
Government of the technocrats, By the bureaucrats, For the plutocrats
Shall not perish from the earth.
Just about sums things up.
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 7, 2021 11:48:17 GMT -8
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Post by artraveler on Feb 7, 2021 12:46:42 GMT -8
Why, I wonder is it that conservative organizations, like Chamber of Commerce National Review, Ford Foundation and countless others always move away from their founding to liberal, progressive and communist philosophy? Is it just money that drives this trend, or is it something deeper in the human psyche? And if it is just inertia away from founding ideals do leftist organizations not move to the right? They also keep moving left?
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 7, 2021 17:53:04 GMT -8
Here is a bit of an explanation. O'Sullivan's Law The reason is, of course, that people who staff such bodies tend to be the sort who don't like private profit, business, making money, the current organization of society, and, by extension, the Western world.
The first sentence of the article makes the point which I am still thinking of writing about, to wit, My piece, should I write it, will distill things down further. What we are fighting against is "human nature" and most of us seem to have forgotten, or never known, this fact. This doesn't only pertain to government.
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 10, 2021 6:14:02 GMT -8
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 15, 2021 23:04:26 GMT -8
I have never been a fan of Cocaine Mitch, in fact I have long thought he is just another scoundrel politician who has his snout in the trough. In his case, he is just better at positioning himself for the most tasty slop and getting his snout deeper into it. This piece gives a good synopsis of Mitch's game and why he is out to try and destroy the Trump faction in the Republican party. While Mitch might lose some senate seats for the Republicans, but I don't think he has a chance of destroying the Trump faction. Mitch Macbeth
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Post by artraveler on Feb 16, 2021 9:09:41 GMT -8
I don't think he has a chance of destroying the Trump faction. What the turtle doesn't or can't understand that the only person with the power to destroy the Trump populist movement is Donald J Trump. There have been a few times when he has made questionable appointments and decisions, but he has been good at correcting most of them by firing the miscreants and changing policy. IMHO he did not fire them fast enough. A mistake in hiring is one thing, not correcting that mistake ASAP is another. And not firing Comey his first day was one of his biggest mistakes. If he decides to run in 24 I will support him, however, I think his best role is to, Reagan like, be the king maker for someone younger. I also see a political future for junior, should he decide to follow his father. I think Trump JR has better conservative/libertarian credentials than his father, but he needs to develop the same type of charisma.
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 16, 2021 10:35:13 GMT -8
This is a good example of how all politicians talk out of both sides of their mouths. Ex-Texas Governor, Rick Perry, praises energy "diversity" while at the same time condemning green energy. Carlson Interview with PerryIn fact, Rick Perry is, more than anyone else in Texas, responsible for the wind-turbine fiasco taking place in Texas. Note the quote from an article about wind power in Texas. I recall when this was being discussed and opposed it. By the way, at the time, the cost of this was supposed to be about $5 billion. Oh well, what's a couple of billion extra these days? The problem with wind power in Texas is that the bulk of the population is in the eastern part of the state while the wind blows most constantly in the western part, thus the need for a boondoggle of a cable. This was just another joint venture scam by corporate/government inc. Perry got the public to pay for the costs of a transmission system for the electricity which is sold by private corporations, for a profit, to the dummies i.e. Texas energy users who financed the transmission lines. A wonderful thing for both the corporations and politicians. This "socialization-of-costs" business model is favored today by the corporatists and state oligarchy. The idiot economic libertarians have swallowed this nonsense for decades and still haven't figured out they are being force-fed a load of crap.
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 20, 2021 22:20:40 GMT -8
I strongly urge anyone interested in the future of the USA and American foreign policy read this article. Kagan is a very well known "intellectual" who has great influence amongst the Globalists. The article will show you the "reasoning" behind our "perpetual war party," at least it is the bilge they are selling the rest of us. Like Steve Bannon says, they want the deplorables to shut up, pay your taxes and send your kids to the military for the PWP's never-ending wars. Not to do so is displaying "narrow-selfish interests." The periodical "Foreign Affairs" is published by, and the mouthpiece of, The Council for Foreign Relations. When I returned to the USA some twenty years back, I was invited (why I don't know) to meet people in the Council to discuss possible membership. Maybe it was because I had subscribed to Foreign Affairs. I can't recall the exact details, but I discussed the invitation with my ex International Relations professor who, had worked in government and had close contacts to Madeleine Albright. As I recall, he advised me that he had avoided the CFR as he wasn't keen on some of the local (DFW) people involved. I had already decided to decline the invitation and his thoughts confirmed my decision. I leave it to the reader to determine whether Kagan is an idiot or lying scoundrel. We've got no choice, but to invade the world
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Post by artraveler on Feb 21, 2021 13:41:14 GMT -8
Robert Taft, ridiculed the idea that the United States, which was perfectly safe from attack, should “range over the world, like a knight-errant, protecting democracy and ideals of good faith, and tilting, like Don Quixote, against the windmills of Fascism.” Robert Kegan is a respected academic and historian. I have used his books as text but like you his conclusions are, at best, questionable. I can picture the Roman Sent in 55 BCE asking the same questions and falling back to the same answers. Kegan is making the same argument Julius Caesar would make to the senate. We are powerful, we are Rome, it is our duty to bring the Pax Romana to the world. Yes, America is an empire, but for the moment, without an Emperor. We claim to be a republic, but few republican values are left. We claim to be a nation of law, but more and more the law is something to be bent to the will of quasi-elites and bureaucrats. Coming from a military background I understand the desire of professional military to always have a "little" war to fight. It provides a priceless training ground for officers and NCOs to hone their leadership skills. To this end we accept the occasional empty seat at the table and a flag covered coffin. Thus, the killing continues in obscure and unlikely places. My view is that if a place is worthy of one American life than the entire national focus must be turned on that enemy. Kill them, humiliate them and assure them the last thing they ever want to see is American boots on the ground. Then leave, no American rebuilding money, skills, talents and abilities. Am I too harsh? I think not.
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Post by kungfuzu on Feb 21, 2021 13:43:45 GMT -8
I agree 100%. This is the formula I thought best for W's Iraq adventure. But I knew he would never try it.
I have known of Kegan for decades. Thirty years or so back, he seemed to be more grounded. Today, like most of these neo-con types, the best one can say of him is what Talleyrand said of the Bourbons, "they (he) have (has) forgotten nothing and learned nothing."
One would think that after thirty years of wars in the sand, these eggheads would modify their views. Unfortunately, I believe their main motivation is keeping their pockets lined and not world order. Of course, they would argue that the goals are not mutually exclusive.
To claim that the wars have been relatively cheap is dishonesty or stupidity of the highest order.
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