All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[AnakinFlair]

Kanye is learning an important lesson: Speech is free, but the consequences from same can be costly! In other words, he fucked around and found out!

You just know he's going to blame the Jews for all of that.

A prospective juror in the Trump Org trial was excused after telling a judge Trump makes him so sick to his guts that serving in the trial would be unhealthy
I giggled in my office reading this. Listen judge, Trump makes me physically ill I just have to keep it real here. Whatever they say he did I will agree! Get me outta this joint.

I can't listen to the man speak. Whenever he comes on TV in news clips, I mute it.

They also arrested the parent who went in and rescued their child while they cowered for the crime of proving them to be cowards. That on top of the many calls for help that were ignored prove it's not hindsight that judges them lacking.

And they forcibly prevented the one cop who had a kid in the school, and who was in the school at the time, from doing anything to help.

[hyped78]

The best way to avoid this “nuclear Armageddon” that Joe Biden is warning about is to stop pumping billions of dollars of weapons into a war zone and start advocating for PEACE TALKS between Russia and Ukraine.

President Biden & the Democrats are opposed to having direct negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine because they’re beholden to the military industrial complex & care more about selling weapons than averting nuclear war. There are no winners in nuclear war. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE.

But isn't that what some of the Progressive Democrats asked for? And they were slammed for it and later retracted

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-russia-letter

"Jayapal’s retraction is the latest twist in a strange 24 hours of Democratic politics, which has seen the progressive caucus apparently lend its name to a call for direct talks with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine, followed by a fierce backlash and then staged walking back of the position."

[Scott Taylor]

You just know he's going to blame the Jews for all of that.

All the anti-semitics will. People will make the world they see surrounding them fit into their viewpoint, for good or bad.

Be interesting to see if Ye walks it all back at some point.

[babyblob]

All the anti-semitics will. People will make the world they see surrounding them fit into their viewpoint, for good or bad.

Be interesting to see if Ye walks it all back at some point.

He will. He will come out and blame his mental health or some crap. Talk about doing better and people will fall all over themselves to for give him.

[Jack Dracula]

To quote Ryan Knight @ProudSocialist,

Democrats are completely owned by Wall Street, the military industrial complex and the billionaire class (just like GOP) yet have the nerve to make speech after speech about how they’re “saving a democracy” that doesn’t exist & has never existed here. No thanks. VOTE THIRD PARTY.

Democrats will tell you they are pro-democracy as they sue to kick 3rd parties off ballots and rig their primaries. They will tell you they are anti-war as they fund wars and arm fascists. They will tell you they are your ally as they insert the knife in your back.

There’s no such thing as “voting blue to save democracy” because we don’t live in a democracy & we never have. We live in an oligarchy where both parties serve the rich & use our government to wage endless wars abroad. A vote for either party is a vote to preserve the oligarchy.

The best way to avoid this “nuclear Armageddon” that Joe Biden is warning about is to stop pumping billions of dollars of weapons into a war zone and start advocating for PEACE TALKS between Russia and Ukraine.

President Biden & the Democrats are opposed to having direct negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine because they’re beholden to the military industrial complex & care more about selling weapons than averting nuclear war. There are no winners in nuclear war. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE.

The White House has stated they are not against peace talks, just that Ukraine should be in charge of its own negotiating. They must determine how and when.

[hyped78]

By the way, Babyblob, when I'm saying that it's very easy to judge from afar regarding Uvalde, I'm also referring to this - this more recent investigation by the New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/u...stigation.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/video-...amed-for-delay

"New frame-by-frame video analysis of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, suggests officials’ narrative that a 77-minute police delay was caused singularly by the inaction of a school police chief isn’t quite accurate. The footage makes clear that the Texas Department of Public Safety “miscast” Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo’s role, suggesting the failures of that day were caused solely by his orders for the officers to stand down while they waited for back-up, The New York Times reports. But others, including DPS troopers and the feds, also played a role in those decisions and were calling the shots earlier than has been suggested. The new video evidence, scrutinized by the Times, indicates that an elite border patrol group, BORTAC, took over the response about halfway through, and repeated many of the same mistakes that the incident commander was grilled over—losing 37 minutes before entering the room. According to radio traffic, BORTAC learned immediately that the gunman was trapped inside Room 111 and Room 112 with a number of children. But instead of engaging the situation, officers are seen wasting precious minutes, sorting through a pile of keys to unlock a janitors closet, while others test out breaching tools to knock the door down before prioritizing officers lives over entering the room. The May 24 shooting was one of the deadliest in the nation’s history, claiming the lives of 19 children and two adults, and injuring another 18."

[babyblob]

By the way, Babyblob, when I'm saying that it's very easy to judge from afar regarding Uvalde, I'm also referring to this - this more recent investigation by the New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/u...stigation.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/video-...amed-for-delay

"New frame-by-frame video analysis of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, suggests officials’ narrative that a 77-minute police delay was caused singularly by the inaction of a school police chief isn’t quite accurate. The footage makes clear that the Texas Department of Public Safety “miscast” Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo’s role, suggesting the failures of that day were caused solely by his orders for the officers to stand down while they waited for back-up, The New York Times reports. But others, including DPS troopers and the feds, also played a role in those decisions and were calling the shots earlier than has been suggested. The new video evidence, scrutinized by the Times, indicates that an elite border patrol group, BORTAC, took over the response about halfway through, and repeated many of the same mistakes that the incident commander was grilled over—losing 37 minutes before entering the room. According to radio traffic, BORTAC learned immediately that the gunman was trapped inside Room 111 and Room 112 with a number of children. But instead of engaging the situation, officers are seen wasting precious minutes, sorting through a pile of keys to unlock a janitors closet, while others test out breaching tools to knock the door down before prioritizing officers lives over entering the room. The May 24 shooting was one of the deadliest in the nation’s history, claiming the lives of 19 children and two adults, and injuring another 18."

I get that there was a failure from the leadership. I am just not going to try to hard to defend 2 dozen or so heavy armed and armored trained men that stood in a hallway and listened to children be murdered.

[scourge]

Yeah it is, because we chose not to become police officers whose job it is to protect people. If they wanted a safe job there are plenty of them. They sign up to become an officer knowing full well what they are getting into. Especially in a place like the USA where nuts with guns are a dime a dozen.

And even then they fought so that they're not actually legally obligated to help or protect anyone.

[kidfresh512]

He will. He will come out and blame his mental health or some crap. Talk about doing better and people will fall all over themselves to for give him.

He will never ever recover from this. Not that he will be poor. But, what big name brands will take a chance on him again after this? This was just the most egregious and costly string of outbursts. It costs Adidas nearly 250 million to break ties. Who will ever take that chance again?

He can apologize and say it was the meds all he wants. But, it wasn't like this is a one time slip up. He even turned down the Holocausts Museums offer for a tour and showing him why what he said was offensive and what it could lead too.

That's like step one in the eventual PR recovery. And not only did he turn them down but his refusal led to increased hate towards the museum.

[babyblob]

He will never ever recover from this. Not that he will be poor. But, what big name brands will take a chance on him again after this? This was just the most egregious and costly string of outbursts. It costs Adidas nearly 250 million to break ties. Who will ever take that chance again?

He can apologize and say it was the meds all he wants. But, it wasn't like this is a one time slip up. He even turned down the Holocausts Museums offer for a tour and showing him why what he said was offensive and what it could lead too.

That's like step one in the eventual PR recovery. And not only did he turn them down but his refusal led to increased hate towards the museum.

Recover to where he was? No I agree he wont do that. I dont see many companies taking him on. Shoe deals and all that jazz. But there are still soooo many people defending him including a lot of his fans. So while he may not have shoe deals and such I think in a couple years he can find another record label or just do it on his own and drop another album and it will see well. I think at some point he will do his "Dont blame me I am bipolar and didnt mean/understand/wasnt responsible for what I said and there will be many that forgive him because they are defending him already.

But people should know he is on the wrong side when Fox news is upset at Cancel Culture hitting Kanye so hard.

[hyped78]

New Insider Advantage poll has Oz +3 over Fetterman. The previous poll from them had the race as a tie and the one before that had Fetterman +3.

Not sure how much of this is because of the debate but Fetterman was a disaster, due to unfortunate reasons.

The same poll has Shapiro +8 over Mastriano.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

He will never ever recover from this. Not that he will be poor. But, what big name brands will take a chance on him again after this? This was just the most egregious and costly string of outbursts. It costs Adidas nearly 250 million to break ties. Who will ever take that chance again?

He can apologize and say it was the meds all he wants. But, it wasn't like this is a one time slip up. He even turned down the Holocausts Museums offer for a tour and showing him why what he said was offensive and what it could lead too.

That's like step one in the eventual PR recovery. And not only did he turn them down but his refusal led to increased hate towards the museum.

The idiot not only turned down that offer, he went and called Planned Parenthood the real Holocaust Museum. At this point, it’s not the meds or whatever bad wiring in his head that’s making West say all that stupid shit, he’s simply showing his true colors, that of a right wing scumbag who fits in just fine with the filth who worships Trump and stormed the Capitol on 1/6.

[hyped78]

DeSantis’s old law firm received millions in state funds, investigation finds
Daily Beast reports that Holland & Knight, where governor once worked, made nearly $3m in state contracts from 2018 to 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ion-daily-beat

[mortari]

Recover to where he was? No I agree he wont do that. I dont see many companies taking him on. Shoe deals and all that jazz. But there are still soooo many people defending him including a lot of his fans. So while he may not have shoe deals and such I think in a couple years he can find another record label or just do it on his own and drop another album and it will see well. I think at some point he will do his "Dont blame me I am bipolar and didnt mean/understand/wasnt responsible for what I said and there will be many that forgive him because they are defending him already.

But people should know he is on the wrong side when Fox news is upset at Cancel Culture hitting Kanye so hard.

Bet he get a sweat deal selling a certain pillow

[Scott Taylor]

Bet he get a sweat deal selling a certain pillow

Pretty much. There are tons of corporate sponsors out there who don't care about right wing ideals. But anti-semitic is racism narrows that group significantly. Dollars over dumbness, you know.