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Soph0571
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December 22, 2019
Entryists to the left of me, Hardliners to the right...
Remember when a Cameron ally called Tory activists “mad, swivel-eyed loons” who were forcing MPs to take hardline positions on Europe? Heh, they have successfully taken over the entirety of Tory party thought, since the success of the referendum, pushing little Englander, xenophobic, nasty closed-minded policies. It is working far better than I am sure they could ever have dreamed of.
Remember when Kinnock said "We know that power without principles is ruthless, sour, empty, vicious. We also know that principle without power is idle sterility", as he was purging labour of the militant left in the 1980’s. We all know that they are back with a bang and even as faced with the rout of the election they cling to power with the fierce determination that only true ‘believers' can even as their ideology has been soundly rejected by the electorate.
I predict a decade of hard left and hard right, before we find our way back into the middle ground…oh, goody...
Maybe the rest of the Union should cut off England? After all trying to reason with fundamentalists or cult members is exhausting and unproductive and right now the cult of the right, the cult of the left and the cult of Brexit dominates in England in a way that is not expressed to the same extent in the rest of the union!! Heh.
December 22, 2019
Heh. Great, where are the ones that have the power to effect change - who also know this to be true... they need to start stepping forward...
ex-GOP Michigan Congressman Dave Trott says he'll vote for a Democrat to avert nuclear war with Iran
https://twitter.com/ChadLivengood/status/1208595562418839554 In a letter to @TheAtlantic, ex-Michigan Congressman Dave Trott, an Oakland County Republican, calls for REMOVAL of @realDonaldTrump from office and says he’ll vote for a Democrat to avert nuclear war with Iran.
Trott is a long-time GOP donor and party activist.
Trott is a long-time GOP donor and party activist.
Heh. Great, where are the ones that have the power to effect change - who also know this to be true... they need to start stepping forward...
December 21, 2019
... when this is over they can never be allowed to forget how they colluded or just ignored the horrors of this administration...
They have chosen the side of the oppressor...
... when this is over they can never be allowed to forget how they colluded or just ignored the horrors of this administration...
December 21, 2019
[link:https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-miller-says-his-white-nationalist-emails-were-pro-american|]
The Nazi be strong in them:
“It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle. They are mere words, and words can be molded until they clothe ideas and disguise.”
― Joseph Goebbels
Trump and his Nazi administration be like:
The rest of us be like... is it ever wrong to punch a nazi?
Stephen Miller Says His White Nationalist Emails Were 'Pro-American' Of course he did.. Nazi be Nazi
“There’s nothing wrong in any of my emails, there’s nothing wrong in anything I said, unless being proud to be American and standing up for American citizens is a crime,” Miller told Regan of the letter. For today’s Democratic Party, he said, “being pro-American … is a thought crime.” He went on to claim the letter calling for his ouster was an attempt by Democrats to “cover up the fact that there is … this vein of anti-Semitism that pulses through the Democratic Party.”
[link:https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-miller-says-his-white-nationalist-emails-were-pro-american|]
The Nazi be strong in them:
“It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle. They are mere words, and words can be molded until they clothe ideas and disguise.”
― Joseph Goebbels
Trump and his Nazi administration be like:
The rest of us be like... is it ever wrong to punch a nazi?
December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/itsanicholle/status/1207654248990887937
Aw shucks 😍😍😍
Barack Obama asked to hold this baby in Hawaii and this is why we miss him...
...at least one of the reasons!!!https://twitter.com/itsanicholle/status/1207654248990887937
President Obama gracefully walked up and asked to hold my niece Riley. He was golfing in Hawaii. My niece is the GOAT period. #Hawaii #obama #President #MichelleObama
Aw shucks 😍😍😍
December 20, 2019
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/1500-steel-workers-laid-off-two-days-after-trump-says-us-steel-mills-are-doing-great/|]
All that winning....wanna put bets on how many will vote for him anyway?
1,500 steel workers laid off two days after Trump says 'US steel mills are doing great'
A US steel mill in Detroit has shuttered, leaving around 1,500 people out of a job. Great Lakes Works will close its iron and steelmaking operations by April 1, just months after US Steel announced a temporary layoff of about 200 workers, CNN reports.
“We are conscious of the impact this decision will have on our employees, their families, and the local community, and we are announcing it now to provide them with as much time as possible to prepare for this transition,” CEO David Burritt said, according to CNN. “These decisions are never easy, nor are they taken lightly.”
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The layoffs come just two days after President Trump claimed the industry was in great shape.
“Look at what I’ve done for steel,” Trump told an audience at Michigan rally on Wednesday. ‘I mean, the steel is back. We taxed all the dumb steel coming in from China and other places, and US steel mills are doing great — they’re expanding all over the country, and they were gonna be out of business within two years the way they were going.”
“We are conscious of the impact this decision will have on our employees, their families, and the local community, and we are announcing it now to provide them with as much time as possible to prepare for this transition,” CEO David Burritt said, according to CNN. “These decisions are never easy, nor are they taken lightly.”
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The layoffs come just two days after President Trump claimed the industry was in great shape.
“Look at what I’ve done for steel,” Trump told an audience at Michigan rally on Wednesday. ‘I mean, the steel is back. We taxed all the dumb steel coming in from China and other places, and US steel mills are doing great — they’re expanding all over the country, and they were gonna be out of business within two years the way they were going.”
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/1500-steel-workers-laid-off-two-days-after-trump-says-us-steel-mills-are-doing-great/|]
All that winning....wanna put bets on how many will vote for him anyway?
December 20, 2019
You know what they say - When the sun rises, it rises for everyone – however, over and above the earth needing sunshine to keep operating, the consequences of sunshine differs, depending on who you are and where you live. Some get sun burned, some tan, some will get skin cancer cause of sunbathing, some will experience drought cause the sun is so hot, some will have to run from bush fires etc et al. Each of these issues needs a different strategy to cope with the impact of the sun… just buying everyone factor 50 is not going to fix these majority of these diverse issues.
To provide 21st Century solutions for most of our communities, we cannot just be rooted in a policy of raising the standards of living on a collective basis, this is a 20th Century solution within a 21st Century construct. In this context economic theories as the cure-all for society's problems do not go far enough, raising everyone’s living standards is of course a really good plan, and it is part of the solution, but society is far more complex than that, and these one size fits all economic policies do not go far enough.
The idea of raising everyone living standards magically making misogyny, racism, homophobia, and the plethora of other bigotries, we witness every day, reduce, is a bollocks. There are deep-rooted systemic problems which need a multifaceted approach if there is any hope for society becoming a 21st Century place to hang out, after all a homophobe or a racist is not going to change their views ‘cause they are more economically secure. I can much pretty much guarantee they will just be pissed that the ‘gay’ man, or the ‘underserving’ poor, or the POC is getting taxpayers cash alongside them... heh. And so, these ingrained issues need to be addressed effectively.
Recognising identity matters more than ever right now. Just sayin'.
As we live through this time of division and hate...
...understanding the importance of identity cannot be underestimatedYou know what they say - When the sun rises, it rises for everyone – however, over and above the earth needing sunshine to keep operating, the consequences of sunshine differs, depending on who you are and where you live. Some get sun burned, some tan, some will get skin cancer cause of sunbathing, some will experience drought cause the sun is so hot, some will have to run from bush fires etc et al. Each of these issues needs a different strategy to cope with the impact of the sun… just buying everyone factor 50 is not going to fix these majority of these diverse issues.
To provide 21st Century solutions for most of our communities, we cannot just be rooted in a policy of raising the standards of living on a collective basis, this is a 20th Century solution within a 21st Century construct. In this context economic theories as the cure-all for society's problems do not go far enough, raising everyone’s living standards is of course a really good plan, and it is part of the solution, but society is far more complex than that, and these one size fits all economic policies do not go far enough.
The idea of raising everyone living standards magically making misogyny, racism, homophobia, and the plethora of other bigotries, we witness every day, reduce, is a bollocks. There are deep-rooted systemic problems which need a multifaceted approach if there is any hope for society becoming a 21st Century place to hang out, after all a homophobe or a racist is not going to change their views ‘cause they are more economically secure. I can much pretty much guarantee they will just be pissed that the ‘gay’ man, or the ‘underserving’ poor, or the POC is getting taxpayers cash alongside them... heh. And so, these ingrained issues need to be addressed effectively.
Recognising identity matters more than ever right now. Just sayin'.
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