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FRONTLINE: In the Age of AI pbs.org/Aired: 11/05/19 "From fears about work and privacy to a rivalry between the U.S. and China, FRONTLINE explores the promise and perils of AI. The documentary traces a new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our lives, our jobs and our world, and allow the emergence of the surveillance society." [Two hours run time. More about the present and future impact and politics of AI than the technology. Four stars for those who need a solid background.]
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sexpig by night posted:cool, I love Godzilla. Castle Bravo "Castle Bravo's yield was 15 megatons of TNT, 2.5 times the predicted 6.0 megatons, due to unforeseen additional reactions involving 7Li,[3] which led to the unexpected radioactive contamination of areas to the east of Bikini Atoll. At the time, it was the most powerful artificial explosion in history. Fallout, the most heavy of which in the form of pulverized surface coral from the detonation fell on residents of Rongelap and Utirik atolls, while the more particulate and gaseous fallout spread around the world. The inhabitants of the islands were not evacuated until three days later and suffered radiation sickness. Twenty-three crew members of the Japanese fishing vessel Daigo Fukuryū Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") were also contaminated by the heavy fallout, experiencing acute radiation syndrome. The blast incited international reaction over atmospheric thermonuclear testing.[4] .... "Radioactive fallout was spread eastward onto the inhabited Rongelap and Rongerik atolls, which were evacuated[30] 48 hours after the detonation.[31] In 1957, the Atomic Energy Commission deemed Rongelap safe to return, and allowed 82 inhabitants to move back to the island. Upon their return, they discovered that their previous staple foods, including arrowroot, makmok, and fish, had either disappeared or gave residents various illnesses,[32] and were again removed.[33] Ultimately, 15 islands and atolls were contaminated, and by 1963 Marshall Islands natives began to suffer from thyroid tumors, including 20 of 29 Rongelap children at the time of Bravo, and many birth defects were reported.[medical citation needed] The islanders received compensation from the U.S. government, relative to how much contamination they received, beginning in 1956; by 1995 the Nuclear Claims Tribunal reported that it had awarded $43.2 million, nearly its entire fund, to 1,196 claimants for 1,311 illnesses.[31] A medical study, named Project 4.1, studied the effects of the fallout on the islanders.[31]"
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Hey, where can I find Spanish and Portugese-language coverage of Wednesday's impeachment hearings? I want my students to understand what's going on.
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Mexico grants asylum to Bolivia's Evo Morales aljazeera.com/2 hours ago posted:Mexico granted asylum to Bolivia's former President Evo Morales on Monday as unrest shook the South American country, helping cement the Mexican government's emerging role as a bastion of diplomatic support for left-wing leaders in Latin America. Bolivia's Morales Urges Opposition to 'Pacify the Country' voanews.com/November 11, 2019 posted:Bolivia's Evo Morales called on the opposition to keep the peace Monday as a deepening political crisis over his disputed reelection last month has led to his resignation. Bolivian President Evo Morales' Removal Denounced as Coup truthdig.com/Nov 11, 2019 posted:Bolivia’s socialist President Evo Morales was forced to resign Sunday under threat from the nation’s military, police forces, and violent right-wing protestors who have burned and ransacked the homes of members of Morales’ party, assaulted supporters of the president, and kidnapped a Bolivian mayor. Bolivian Coup Comes Less Than a Week After Morales Stopped Multinational Firm's Lithium Deal commondreams.org/November 11, 2019 posted:The Sunday military coup in Bolivia has put in place a government which appears likely to reverse a decision by just-resigned President Evo Morales to cancel an agreement with a German company for developing lithium deposits in the Latin American country for batteries like those in electric cars. [The orange poo poo smear and friends get to get away with this due to all the other protestable poo poo going on at the moment. Bonus for them is yet more "criminal" refugees begging to be free from all of it.] Someone Published All the Membership Data From a Neo-Nazi Website futurism.com/November 9th [Just waiting for results.] BOYCOTT: Here Are The Companies Supporting Donald Trump’s 2020 Campaign politicalflare.com/October 3, 2019 Boris Johnson's Conservative party has received cash from 9 Russian donors named in a suppressed intelligence report businessinsider.com/Nov 10, 2019 posted:Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has received a surge in cash from nine Russian donors, who have been named in a suppressed investigation into Russia's attempts to undermine democracy in the UK. AP: At least 1,680 dams across the US pose potential risk apnews.com/Nov 10, 2019 posted:Minutes later, the dam came crashing down, unleashing a wave of water carrying ice chunks the size of cars. Angel’s home was wiped away; his body was never found. [Petition while groveling before your local billionaire overlord, I guess.] An emotional Michael Jordan opens his first clinic for the uninsured and underinsured upworthy.com/11.05.19 [Ibid: See (grovel to): billionaire sports heroes.] Whodunit in Northern Idaho library: Someone keeps hiding the anti-Trump books seattletimes.com/Nov. 11, 2019 posted:“I am going to continue hiding these books in the most obscure places I can find to keep this propaganda out of the hands of young minds,” the mystery book relocator wrote in a note left for Ammon, the library director, in the facility’s comment box. “Your liberal angst gives me great pleasure.” [All politics start...] Rhode Island Will Restore Benefits for LGBTQ Veterans posted:Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo Friday signed legislation in that state promising veterans' benefits for LGBTQ service members discharged for their sexual orientation. [...local]
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PHIZ KALIFA posted:Hey, where can I find Spanish and Portugese-language coverage of Wednesday's impeachment hearings? I want my students to understand what's going on. Going to go with c-span for direct links, but they seem to be catching up w/Spanish CC translations. Portuguese will take longer, of course: https://www.c-span.org/
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PHIZ KALIFA posted:Hey, where can I find Spanish and Portugese-language coverage of Wednesday's impeachment hearings? I want my students to understand what's going on. Univision might do Spanish language impeachment coverage. https://www.univision.com/univision-news/politics
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If the house votes to impeach and the senate acquits, how would this affect next year's election and why would it result in more of a negative outcome for those of us that want Trump voted out?
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half cocaine posted:If the house votes to impeach and the senate acquits, how would this affect next year's election and why would it result in more of a negative outcome for those of us that want Trump voted out? That's an obviously leading question, but I'll answer it anyway. It depends on what the American people want. If they want fascism and an end to democracy, they will applaud the courage of the Senate and reelect Trump and give Congress to the Republicans. If Americans want Constitutional Democracy, they will be furious at the Senate and vote the Republicans out. If the Senate actually votes to remove him from office, some of them will be hailed as heroes and retain their seats.
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half cocaine posted:If the house votes to impeach and the senate acquits, how would this affect next year's election and why would it result in more of a negative outcome for those of us that want Trump voted out? People who are assuming that a Trump impeachment and acquittal would be bad for Dems are stupidly relying on historical data where N=1. In the case of Clinton, this did end up being a mistake for the GOP, because the people were disgusted that they impeached him over a blowjob, and there was never, ever support for removal from office. In this case we have international extortion for the purpose of undermining a political rival. It doesn't get more corrupt than this, and we have a solid majority who not only want him impeached, but removed as well. That suggests that an acquittal will anger the voters and actually be good for Dems.
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half cocaine posted:If the house votes to impeach and the senate acquits, how would this affect next year's election and why would it result in more of a negative outcome for those of us that want Trump voted out? On top of what the others have said, the process of impeachment is going to be a massive media feeding frenzy. Right now a majority are in favor of impeachment, but that is largely off of tangential attention because they don't mainline the news like we do. A large part of the pro impeachment numbers is simply that people don't like Donny. Over the course of public hearings leading up to the House passing Articles of Impeachment and through the Senate hearings, the people are going to be faced with all the information. Additionally they will see the arguments and actions of the Republicans in their attempt to derail the hearings. Republicans can't help but be disingenuous dicks throughout, and that's most likely to lead to a backlash. It's not going to just be that the Republicans refused to convict in the Senate, it's going to be weeks and weeks of them abusing the intelligence and morality of the public while doing it. If they had decided to stick with the message of this all being bad, but not impeachable they would likely make out much better. However they're going all in on the Democrats being treasonous liars trying to take out a saint who has done nothing wrong. That's the worst possible public relations angle to take when the maligned saint you're defending is the walking sack of vice and criminality that is Donald Trump.
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Gyges posted:If they had decided to stick with the message of this all being bad, but not impeachable they would likely make out much better. The propaganda machine of the right wing media and the party elders that have been around the block did exactly this, and would deeply, desperately love to continue doing so. It really would be the best approach. This approach is failing for two reasons. One, malignant narcissists don't work that way and on a personal level Trump will obliterate their political careers with a tweet if anyone else in the party gives him anything that doesn't sound like fawning, absolute servility. With his personality that's just how it works. No level of self destructive behavior is worse in his mind than receiving what he feels is his due. Two, on an institutional level, they've been fooling the rubes with apocalyptic rhetoric and race-based hatred so long that the institutions are no longer in the control of those elders. The true believer inmates now run the asylum and have control of the institution. Any attempt to paint this as "Bad, but not impeachable" is seen by the zealots as betrayal, giving ground to baby murdering liberal Satanist foreign invaders that want to murder your dog and destroy your "freedom". When you believe that, nothing but scorched earth full offense all the time is acceptable.
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Gold Star father rips ‘disgusting’ Donald Trump Jr. for comparing his life to son now interred in Arlington Cemetery November 10, 2019November 10, 2019 Marine combat veteran recounts 'crushing' deportation to El Salvador nbcnews.com/Oct. 25, 2019 ‘Filled with hatred and lust for blood’: Turkey’s proxy army in northern Syria accused of abusing civilians independent.co.uk/12 hours ago Supreme Court Will Let Sandy Hook Parents Sue Remington for the Deaths of Their Children vice.com/Nov 12 2019 Tracking President Trump’s Unprecedented Conflicts of Interest citizensforethics.org/ "President Trump’s refusal to divest from his global businesses when he entered office created the potential for unprecedented conflicts of interest that have since become one of the defining characteristics of his administration. As a result, one question pervades every action and policy decision of consequence made by his administration: Are President Trump’s actions driven by his duty to represent the best interests of the American people or by a self-serving pursuit of his own personal financial interests?" Trump fumes as Democrats get ready for 'sober and rigorous' public hearings theguardian.com/12 Nov 2019 Rep. Adam Schiff: Trump's Potentially Impeachable Offenses Include Bribery npr.org/November 12, 2019 "With the House set to begin public impeachment inquiry hearings against President Trump on Wednesday, the man tasked with leading the Democrats' investigation says he already sees several potential impeachable offenses Trump has committed, including bribery." .... '"Bribery, first of all, as the founders understood bribery, it was not as we understand it in law today. It was much broader," Schiff said. "It connoted the breach of the public trust in a way where you're offering official acts for some personal or political reason, not in the nation's interest." To prove bribery, Schiff said, you have to show that the president was "soliciting something of value," which Schiff thinks multiple witnesses before his committee have testified to in private.' [Pointing at the "founders" to incite the originalists?] Clashes erupt in Bolivia after opposition leader declares herself president pressherald.com/Updated 38 mins ago "Clashes broke out in the streets of the Bolivian capital Tuesday evening after an opposition leader in the Senate declared herself the country’s interim president following the resignation of Evo Morales. Jeanine Añez assumed temporary control of the Senate late in the day, putting her next in line for the presidency. Lawmakers of Morales’ Movement for Socialism party were not present when she made the announcement." Chile to re-write Pinochet-era constitution in win for protesters reuters.com/November 11, 2019 "The Chilean government has agreed to write a new constitution to replace one dating back to the Pinochet dictatorship, bowing to demands of protesters who have taken to the streets in often violent demonstrations in recent weeks."
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Gyges posted:If they had decided to stick with the message of this all being bad, but not impeachable they would likely make out much better. IMO, given the evidence that has and will appear, that will be the only argument Republican Senators will be left with when their turn to vote for guilty/acquittal arrives. That and any other half-assed argument they submit gets taken to the streets and the airwaves in their next election.
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Otteration posted:‘Filled with hatred and lust for blood’: Turkey’s proxy army in northern Syria accused of abusing civilians Speaking of Turkish thugs and civilians... DC braces for Erdoğan’s visit 18 months after bodyguards assaulted protesters "Police in Washington DC, the US state department and the Secret Service are girding themselves for the return of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday, 18 months after the Turkish president’s bodyguards ran riot in the city, assaulting protesters and American security officers."
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 House Impeachment hearings start at 10:00 AM EST todayOn tap are William Taylor, Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent https://www.c-span.org/video/?466134-1/impeachment-hearing-william-taylor-george-kent
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Report: Puerto Rico’s infrastructure failing as federal aid remains on hold rollcall.com/Nov 12, 2019 "Engineers group says hurricane-ravaged island needs up to $23 billion investment over 10 years" .... "More than two years after hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island’s bridges, dams, drinking water, ports, roads and power grids are at a breaking point — and the federal dollars to fix that infrastructure remains out of reach. So says the American Society of Civil Engineers in a report released Tuesday that assigned the island’s infrastructure an overall grade of D-."
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Otteration posted:Report: Puerto Rico’s infrastructure failing as federal aid remains on hold quote:“That’s just not true,” said Woll, adding that the agency is “working extremely hard” to get the money to Puerto Rico. What a loving sleaze ball.
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Working extremely hard "to get money to" Puerto Rico does not actually mean "money is going" to Puerto Rico and this piece of poo poo should be roasted over hot coals for trying to pretend otherwise.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Working extremely hard "to get money to" Puerto Rico does not actually mean "money is going" to Puerto Rico and this piece of poo poo should be roasted over hot coals for trying to pretend otherwise.
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Data Graham posted:Apparently all we have to do is get a whistleblower to alert the media that it’s being withheld for a dumb personal quid pro quo and they’ll immediately release it so they can say everything is above board Or they could just announce the opening of their investigation of clan Biden like baby wants. Though knowing Donny, in Puerto Rico's case it's probably that the mayor of San Juan hasn't been arrested yet.
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Grouchio posted:Did anything result from yesterday's hearings? Is this gonna take some time to accumualte? Extremely effective testimony that put all the relevant crimes into a single, easy to digest narrative. Then, a GOP question and answer session so shamelessly dishonest and stupifyingly inept that I've lost the ability to control my bowels and I see Jim Jordan when I close my eyes. Besides Hunter Biden, Republicans flailed through a number of largely unrelated topics in a way that gonna be hard to turn into anything particularly compelling. It's the kind of stuff where true believers nod along as always, while the low info voters they might have been able to reach just kinda scratch their heads and shrug. Any actual consequences aren't going to manifest immediately because this was just a hearing.
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It was kind of fun watching the ambassador try to phrase everything in a way that wouldn't get him fired/thrown in jail. Dude was not a happy camper.
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Grouchio posted:Did anything result from yesterday's hearings? Is this gonna take some time to accumualte? I mean, the House is going to impeach him. Bill Taylor's testimony alone assured that, and we've got 2 more days of scheduled public testimony, and 2 more witnesses called from yesterdays testimony.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Extremely effective testimony that put all the relevant crimes into a single, easy to digest narrative. Then, a GOP question and answer session so shamelessly dishonest and stupifyingly inept that I've lost the ability to control my bowels and I see Jim Jordan when I close my eyes. My favorite part of the republican questioning was Jim Jordon screaming at Bill Taylor what anything he said had to do with the call summary... And then he and every other republican spending at least half of their time smearing the *checks notes* Obama administration. FoolyCharged posted:It was kind of fun watching the ambassador try to phrase everything in a way that wouldn't get him fired/thrown in jail. Dude was not a happy camper. He was cool as a cucumber, are you serious? He doesn't give a poo poo about keeping his job if this is what it's going to entail. He was recalled from retirement to serve as a temporary ambassador because he was the last ambassador to Ukraine appointed by a republican. He said he would quit as a precondition to taking the position if anything stupid happened (because he was aware of how Yavanavich was railroaded out). On what planet would he be going to jail for answering questions of a congressional committee? Chilichimp fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Nov 14, 2019 |
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Chilichimp posted:My favorite part of the republican questioning was Jim Jordon screaming at Bill Taylor what anything he said had to do with the call summary... Because people go to jail for lying to Congress all the time in these things so he has to be worried about not saying anything that could be taken as a falsehood? I'm not saying he was shaking in his boots, I'm actually rather impressed with how composed he was for being forcefully locked in a box with a bunch of fighting congressmen and then ordered to punch at the president, comical farce that he is.
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Chilichimp posted:My favorite part of the republican questioning was Jim Jordon screaming at Bill Taylor what anything he said had to do with the call summary... I thought FoolyCharged meant that it was difficult for the Ambassador to relay the facts without sounding libelous, which can sometimes happen when relaying an absolute fact set detailing criminal actions. Choice of words is critical.
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Chilichimp posted:I mean, the House is going to impeach him. I propose we debate it in multiple committees for 10 more months before deciding it's too close to the general election to do anything.
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Sundae posted:I propose we debate it in multiple committees for 10 more months before deciding it's too close to the general election to do anything. I seek unanimous consent to add a dirty limerick to the official record
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The Bloop posted:I seek unanimous consent to add a dirty limerick to the official record There once was a dumbass named Trump Who Erdogan railed in the rump. Erdy called him a tard Which made ol' Donald hard And his tiny Toad dick he did pump. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Don’t Let Republicans Pretend Ukraine Was A One Off crooked.com/Nov.12.19 "They have been reluctant to widen the scope of the inquiry because capturing public attention and holding it for weeks on end is difficult, particularly in the Trump era. Indeed, President Trump has escaped accountability for an astonishing number of scandals by exploiting this very difficulty—the sheer volume of his unacceptable behavior has overwhelmed the public’s capacity to fully grapple with any single outrage." ["This hearing was boring!"] Elon Musk says Brexit made him decide against Tesla electric car Gigafactory in UK independent.co.uk/1 day ago '"Electric car pioneer Elon Musk has picked Germany for his new factory because of Brexit, embarrassing Boris Johnson as he prepares to pledge a “clean-energy revolution”. The prime minister is due to make a televised speech at an electric-car plant in the West Midlands – but the visit risks being overshadowed by Mr Musk’s change of heart. At an award ceremony in Germany, the entrepreneur announced: “We’ve decided to put the Tesla Gigafactory Europe in the Berlin area.”' [Dumpster fire cat fight.]
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U.S. budget deficit surges to $134.5 billion in October pbs.org/Nov 13, 2019 "The federal government, which ended the 2019 budget year with its largest deficit in seven years, began the new budget year with a deficit in October that was 33.8% bigger than a year ago as spending hit a record. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the deficit last month totaled $134.5 billion, up from a shortfall in October 2018 of $100.5 billion. The government ran up a deficit of $984.4 billion for the 2019 budget year that ended Sept. 30, 26% larger than in 2018. The Congressional Budget Office is forecasting that the deficit for 2020 will hit $1 trillion and will remain over $1 trillion for the next decade. The country has not experienced $1 trillion annual deficits since 2009 through 2012 following the 2008 financial crisis." ICE tried deporting a US-born Latino veteran. Now, the city is paying him $190,000 usatoday.com/Nov. 14, 2019 "Grand Rapids will pay a $190,000 settlement to a Latino American war veteran who was wrongfully detained by federal immigration officials. The City Commission unanimously approved the payment to Jilmar Ramos-Gomez on Tuesday to resolve a Michigan Department of Civil Rights complaint." Watchdog Report: Trump Official Punished Public Servant Over Her Iranian Heritage npr.org/November 14, 2019 "And some of the career civil servants the president is referring to have said they have been retaliated against following reports in conservative media questioning their loyalty to Trump. On Thursday, the State Department's internal watchdog affirmed that this happened to one high-ranking foreign policy official who was improperly removed from her post by White House officials in the wake of an online smear campaign on alt-right websites. The official in question is Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, a 36-year-old national security specialist fluent in Persian and Arabic who helped craft the Iran nuclear deal in the Obama administration." Bolivia president's initial indigenous-free cabinet heightens polarization 'Bolivia’s controversial new interim president has unveiled a new cabinet which critics say could further increase polarization in the country still deeply split over the ousting of her predecessor, Evo Morales. To the applause of military top brass, lawmakers and senators, Jeanine Áñez vowed to “reconstruct democracy” and “pacify the country” at a late-night ceremony in the “Palacio Quemado” (Burnt Palace) presidential building. “We want to be a democratic tool of inclusion and unity,” said the 52-year-old religious conservative, sitting at a table bearing a huge open Bible and crucifix. But the transitional cabinet initially sworn into office on Wednesday night did not include a single indigenous person, in a country where at least 40% of the population belongs to one of 36 indigenous groups.' Washington is the latest to allow people to change their gender designation to ‘X’ on driver licenses 'Another state is allowing its residents to choose the letter "X" for their gender designation on its identification cards. The Washington State Department of Licensing announced the change Wednesday. The "X" is an alternative to "M" for male and “F” for female. Department of Licensing director Teresa Bernsten said the change happened so some don’t feel improperly identified on state-issued cards like driver licenses and instruction permits.'
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Otteration posted:To the applause of military top brass, lawmakers and senators, Jeanine Áñez vowed to “reconstruct democracy” and “pacify the country” at a late-night ceremony in the “Palacio Quemado” (Burnt Palace) presidential building. Ah, yes, because nothing says "inclusion" like a loving bible and crucifix.
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FoolyCharged posted:Because people go to jail for lying to Congress all the time in these things so he has to be worried about not saying anything that could be taken as a falsehood? I'm not saying he was shaking in his boots, I'm actually rather impressed with how composed he was for being forcefully locked in a box with a bunch of fighting congressmen and then ordered to punch at the president, comical farce that he is. they let sondland "recall" things differently why not taylor?
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Climate change will affect “every single stage” of a child’s life, health researchers warn vox.com/Nov 13, 2019 "A baby born today will face higher risks of disease and undernutrition because of climate change, according to a new report in The Lancet." Referenced Lancet report" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32596-6/fulltext Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change cnn.com/November 15, 2019 "Veneto regional council, which is located on Venice's Grand Canal, was flooded for the first time in its history on Tuesday night -- just after it rejected measures to combat climate change." In Trump’s Jaded Capital, Marie Yovanovitch’s Uncynical Outrage newyorker.com/November 15, 2019 "A fired Ambassador demonstrates that it is apparently still possible to be shocked by the President." .... "For a few hours on Friday, an unassuming career diplomat named Marie (Masha) Yovanovitch did something that I thought had become impossible in Donald Trump’s Washington: she managed to hold on to her amazement and outrage at the President’s amazing and outrageous actions. In this hyper-partisan, hyper-political time, she was neither. Nearly three years into this Presidency, that is no given. A state of weary cynicism has taken hold regarding Trump, among his supporters and also his critics. He is what he is. What can we do about it? Even impeachment has quickly come to be seen through this lens. Members of Congress are all too likely to vote the party line. Does any of it matter?" Remember the Applause That Followed Marie Yovanovitch Out of That Hearing Room esquire.com/Nov 15, 2019 "It was a spontaneous outburst of appreciation for honest government and a spontaneous declaration that the country is tired of being used to feed the limitless ego and boundless psychoses of the vulgar talking yam." Trump ignores Pentagon advice and intervenes in military war crimes cases cnn.com/November 16, 2019 "Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other senior military leaders had told the President that a presidential pardon could potentially damage the integrity of the military judicial system, the ability of military leaders to ensure good order and discipline, and the confidence of US allies and partners who host US troops." Pro-Trump pastor: If Dems win in 2020, God will unleash his ‘final judgment upon this nation’ deadstate.org/November 14, 2019 '“It’s our freedom, it’s our ability to raise our families as we have done it, in the fear of God,” he continued, “It’s the ability to live under a representative republic, a constitutional representative republic founded on a Judeo-Christian biblical worldview that seems to be hanging by a thread. I think all of those things are, right now, hanging and are at risk.”' Pope compares politicians who use anti-LGBTQ hate speech to Hitler washingtonblade.com/November 15, 2019 '“It is not coincidental that at times there is a resurgence of symbols typical of Nazism,” said Francis during an international law conference, according to Reuters. “And I must confess to you that when I hear a speech (by) someone responsible for order or for a government, I think of speeches by Hitler in 1934, 1936,” “With the persecution of Jews, Gypsies and people with homosexual tendencies, today these actions are typical (and) represent ‘par excellence’ a culture of waste and hate,” added Francis. “That is what was done in those days and today it is happening again.”' ISU report: Iowa farm finances continue to erode, with 44% of growers struggling to cover costs desmoinesregister.com/Nov. 14, 2019 "Despite President Trump's agriculture bailouts, Iowa farmers continue to see their financial condition erode, a cash crunch that had 44% of producers last year struggling to cover their bills, an Iowa State University report shows." ["Despite President Trump's agriculture bailouts...."] Night mode: Giant iPhone advert blocking out daylight to poverty-hit families in London apartment block independent.co.uk/15 hours ago '"When your landlord fails to fix the leak in the ceiling it’s bad enough. When they literally sell the daylight coming through your window to Apple, you know the system is against you"' Operation Naked King: U.S. Secretly Targeted Bolivia’s Evo Morales In Drug Sting huffpost.com/09/15/2015 "The United States has secretly indicted top officials connected to the government of Bolivian President Evo Morales for their alleged involvement in a cocaine trafficking scheme. The indictments, secured in a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration sting called “Operation Naked King,” have not been previously reported." .... "Morales, a former leader of Bolivia’s coca growers union, has long been at loggerheads with the DEA. In 2008, Morales expelled the agency from the country and embarked on his own strategy of combatting drug trafficking, acknowledging the traditional uses of coca in Bolivian culture and working cooperatively with coca growers to regulate some legal activity and to promote alternative development elsewhere. Morales’ plan has been effective at reducing cultivation, according to the United Nations."
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Impeachment and the Stone Verdict Show Trump Is Surrounded by Criminals nymag.com/Nov. 15, 2019 "From the perspective of President Trump’s frustrated critics, the attempts to subject him to legal accountability have amounted to a long string of failures. Robert Mueller failed to produce a clear indictment of his dealings with Russia, and impeachment appears headed toward a partisan stalemate that will leave him in office. But as Trump’s constant boil of rage attests, those efforts have hardly failed. The legal ring surrounding him is collectively producing a historic indictment of his endemic corruption and criminality." Senate report: Whistleblowers blast Trump administration's immigration policies cnn.com/November 14, 2019 "The Trump administration's immigration policies have taken a toll on some of the officers tasked with carrying them out, according to a scathing report by Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley. The 81-page report released Thursday compiles whistleblower accounts and media reports to provide an overview of the administration's crackdown on migrants seeking asylum in the United States and attempts to curb migration to the southern border. " Former SS guard goes on trial over 5,230 murders in what could be last ever Nazi prosecution of its kind independent.co.uk/9 hours ago "In what could possibly be the last court case of its kind, a former Nazi concentration camp guard is on trial in Hamburg. Bruno Dey, who joined the SS in his teens, covered his face on his recent arrival at court in a wheelchair, on the third day of a 23-day trial, scheduled to run until late February. As a result of the ages of those involved, each trial day is limited to two hours a day and there are a maximum of two trial days per week. Facing 5,230 counts of accessory to murder, Dey claimed in a statement he had no knowledge of the mass murders under way at the Stutthof concentration camp, despite admitting seeing prisoners led into the gas chambers, hearing their screams and noting the rattling of the steel door." [Paraphrasing someone else: It would be nice if the last holocaust victim still breathed well after the last of of these nazi fucks experienced juctice.] South Jersey man accused in synagogue vandalisms, revealing dark network of neo-Nazi organizing online [Philadelphia] inquirer.com/November 15, 2019 "Federal authorities have accused a Camden County man of ordering the vandalism of two Midwestern synagogues earlier this year, making him the latest target of a law enforcement crackdown against alleged white nationalists in South Jersey. Investigators say Richard Tobin, 18, of Brooklawn, used the neo-Nazi social network The Base to recruit the perpetrators who carried out the September attacks on synagogues in Michigan and Wisconsin." Indigenous Activist Zip-Tied & Locked in Dog Kennel for 6 Hours for Protesting Dakota Access Pipeline democracynow.org/November 16, 2016 Democrats Aren’t Moving Left. They’re Returning to Their Roots. politico.com/November 04, 2018 "Be advised: “Democrats are in danger of going too far left in 2018.” So warn Republicans like Mitt Romney and ex-Democrats like Joe Lieberman and public personae as diverse as James Comey and Howard Schultz. In recent months, the pundit class has determined that the party’s leftward lurch heralds the rise of a “liberal tea party”—a movement that could very well unmoor Democrats from their longstanding center-left traditions, in close imitation of the spiral of events that caused the Republican Party to turn sharply to the right in recent years." .... "But there’s something wrong with this historical interpretation: Truman strongly supported single-payer health care. Moynihan supported a universal basic income in the 1960s. Dating back to World War II, Democrats sought to make a government-paid education available to as many Americans as possible. If Democrats are marching to the left, that road leads directly back to platforms and politicians who, in their day, commanded wide support and existed firmly in the mainstream of political thought." Democrats Not Headed Too Far Left, Says Ocasio-Cortez, 'We Are Bringing the Party Home' commondreams.org/November 17, 2019 '"I want to be the party of the New Deal again," says the progressive congresswoman from New York. "The party of the Civil Rights Act, the one that electrified this nation and fights for all people."' Florida Pastor Puts $4.4M Mansion Up For Auction After Losing Tax-Exempt Status theintellectualist/"3 days" 'Pastor Markus Bishop lost the tax-exempt status of his multimillion dollar mansion last year after it was discovered that the minister allowed a nightclub to take it over during spring break to host foam and “anything but clothes” parties.' The Latest: University asks HK protesters to leave campus apnews.com/11 minutes ago '"The president of a university in Hong Kong says that police have agreed to suspend their use of force after an all-night effort to flush out protesters occupying the campus. Hong Kong Polytechnic University President Jin-Guang Teng said Monday that police would allow protesters to leave the campus, and that he would accompany them to the police station to ensure that their cases “will be fairly processed.”'
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/11/16/like-chasing-shadows-uncovering-colonial-williamsburgs-lgbtq-history/ washingtonpost.com/November 16, 2019 "Other historical sites have faced backlash recently for grappling with topics some visitors see as polarizing. At Monticello, Mount Vernon and other plantations, they have complained about staff efforts to speak more honestly about slavery." Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors, Sit Down. afroculinaria.com/August 9, 2019 "Dear Disgruntled White Plantation Visitors," .... "My personal favorite was when I spilled some of the contents of a heavy pot of water as the light was dying and you all laughed and one of you said…and I could hear you…”This boy doesn’t know what he’s doing.” “Boy.” I was exhausted. I had been cooking over an open hearth for 7 hours. One enslaved cook in Martinique was thrown alive into an oven for burning a cake. How do we know? His mistress calmly showed his charred remains to her guest after the meal. Spilling or burning food could have meant my rear end."
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