The Rose Garden and White House happenings: Listening to voters’ concerns
Apparently the justices were questioned, but they didn't have to sign affidavits. I guess that would have been unseemly.
drummerboy said:
Apparently the justices were questioned, but they didn't have to sign affidavits. I guess that would have been unseemly.
Do not read the link if you are overly sensitive to abortion news today….or, on any other day…
https://www.judicialwatch.org/nih-fetal-organ-harvesting/
Ah, Mtierney starting the day off with ignorance and innuendo. Nothing new.
I, for one, find it hard to believe that there are any women out there who had an abortion so that fetal tissue could be used for research. Now, given the number of women who have had abortions, I don't doubt that an infinitesimal number might say they did, but the reality issue that women have abortions for a number of reasons, all personal, and tissue donation is not one of them.
Now, if abortions are performed and it is legal to use fetal tissue for research and this bothers you, then work to have the practice outlawed. But do not waste our time with innuendo to the effect that this is some big for-profit operation.
mtierney said:
Do not read the link if you are overly sensitive to abortion news today….or, on any other day…
The real warning should have been "Do not read the link if you are overly sensitive to reading press releases from exploitive grifters trying to raise money for themselves."
mtierney said:
Do not read the link if you are overly sensitive to abortion news today….or, on any other day…
Or, alternatively, don’t read the link because it is from Judicial Watch, a Goebellian far right propaganda mill (which you are absolutely entitled to humiliate yourself by posting).
Another embarrassing morning for mtierney. That Google algorithm is doing her wrong.
I think it is important that, whenever we call out mtierney for reposting fascist porn, we assure her of her inalienable right to do so. She gets confused about this some times and, incorrectly, identifies herself as “the real victim”.
mtierney said:
Do not read the link if you are overly sensitive to abortion news today….or, on any other day…
Did you have a point in posting this?
News Flash! Mtierney hates women. In other news, water is wet and fire is hot. More to come on this breaking story.
All of that said, while the resolve of the Forced Birth activists may be strong, I think the midterms showed that the resolve of the Pro Choice activists is stronger.
Red wave anyone?
I know this is an unpopular opinion but this business with Biden leaving classified documents scattered around his home, garage and office is really getting out of hand. The initial negligence is bad enough but the never ending trickle of additional disclosures is damaging for the party and for the nation.
Can we at least hope that this FBI search will be the final chapter?
Why is it an unpopular opinion? I agree with you. So who do they run in '24?
Seems TNYT is soon to be the home os David French!
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The David French point of view sounds as if David Brooks and Ross Douthat had a baby.
"I’d long been frustrated with the failure of much of the media to understand faith communities, but that frustration built to a boil during the post-9/11 era, culminating with the rise of ISIS. In the constant search to understand jihadism, there was a frustrating tendency to overlook the religious argument that the jihadists were making—constantly and loudly—to find the “true” cause of their militaristic rage, whether it was the legacy of colonialism, poverty, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or political repression."
[Edited to add] I realized that my point might be missed, so I'll be more specific. I think this paragraph from David French is the exactly backwards way to look at it. He blames the "religious argument", when it's important to look at the social factors (poverty, colonialism, war, etc.) which lead people to give those "religious arguments" for violence their power.
jfinnegan said:
Why is it an unpopular opinion? I agree with you. So who do they run in '24?
Unpopular on this thread, perhaps.
I'm not sure who should run in 24. Warren and Sanders are probably too old, Biden kneecapped Harris and I have never been overly excited about Buttigieg. That said, if Biden announces his intention to retire, I expect a field will emerge.
The NYT needs an anti LGBTQ+ bigot like it needs a hole in the head. My subscription is up in three weeks and, when I tell them why I will not be renewing, French will be at the top of my list.
ETA: Also, judging from his picture, the guy looks like a total snowflake.
Did you read about this outside the Economist?
this article in the Economist, titled, “How Elon Musk’s satellites have saved Ukraine and changed warfare”:
It is one of the wonders of the world — or, more accurately, off the world. The Starlink constellation currently consists of 3,335 active satellites; roughly half of all working satellites are Starlinks. In the past six months new satellites have been added at a rate of more than 20 a week, on average. SpaceX, the company which created Starlink, is offering it as a way of providing off-grid high-bandwidth internet access to consumers in 45 countries. A million or so have become subscribers.
And a huge part of the traffic flowing through the system currently comes from Ukraine. Starlink has become an integral part of the country’s military and civil response to Russia’s invasion. Envisaged as a celestial side-hustle that might help pay for the Mars missions dear to the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, it is not just allowing Ukraine to fight back; it is shaping how it does so, revealing the military potential of near-ubiquitous communications. “It’s a really new and interesting change,” says John Plumb, America’s assistant secretary of defence for space policy
Also:
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-ukraine-starlink/
Anyone with even a vague knowledge of what's going on in the Russian invasion of Ukraine knows about the UA using Starlink.
ridski said:
Also:
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-ukraine-starlink/
Anyone with even a vague knowledge of what's going on in the Russian invasion of Ukraine knows about the UA using Starlink.
This was news about 11 months ago.
GoSlugs said:
This was news about 11 months ago.
Exactly. That last link is from last June.
ridski said:
Also:
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-ukraine-starlink/
Anyone with even a vague knowledge of what's going on in the Russian invasion of Ukraine knows about the UA using Starlink.
Okay, Ridski, I first saw this info four days ago in the NYPOST and today in the link I posted this am.
I avoided the twitter MOL post here because it appeared to me a complex argument about stuff I do not fully comprehend — and an obviously biased hatred for Musk, no matter what he does.
mtierney said:
an obviously biased hatred for Musk, no matter what he does.
What, exactly, would you suggest inspires "biased hatred" for Musk if it is not his actions?
mtierney said:
Okay, Ridski, I first saw this info four days ago in the NYPOST and today in the link I posted this am.
I avoided the twitter MOL post here because it appeared to me a complex argument about stuff I do not fully comprehend — and an obviously biased hatred for Musk, no matter what he does.
It was widely known by those of us who were watching the events of the Russian invasion unfold. I think I read about it first last year when Ukrainian artillery linked their targeting system to it, which allows for UA artillery to shell an area from multiple mobile artillery locations at the same time, making it more difficult for Russian forces to pin down where the strikes are coming from and retaliate effectively.
And I'll reiterate what I said in that thread. I bear no hatred toward Elon Musk, I just think he's a massive douchenozzle. I'm a big fan of SpaceX, though (except those spacesuits...), I'm ambivalent toward Teslas, and there's just enough cool content still on Twitter for me to remain there.
mtierney said:
Trump gets invited back on Facebook! Twitter, too!
Your TDS is flaring up.
mtierney said:
Trump gets invited back on Facebook! Twitter, too!
Because he's been so reasonable after 1/6 - renounced his lies, condemned the 1/6 animals, and stopped whining about the election.
Only fun part is watching Devin Nunez freak out about the condition of TS merger and what will happen to already-weak TS after DJT starts posting on other platforms.
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Yup, report seems pretty strong in it not being a clerk. Guess the real question then is, Alito or Thomas?