The Next Election, Political News, and Other Forms of Comedy (US, UK, & Intl)

[Pimpernel Smith]

Row over 'drunk' MPs on Gibraltar military visit

The defence secretary writes to Labour and the SNP over claims about a trip arranged with the military.

www.bbc.com

SNP and Labour.

The SNP have been dragged-up rather than raised. In Westminster and the Houses of Parliament they've shown themselves to be uncouth and more use to drinking Buckfast Abbey wine mixed with Irn Bru and vodka than claret.

 

[Fwiffo]

Sara Duterte: Daughter of Philippines leader runs for vice-president

Sara Duterte will run alongside the son of the country's former dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.

www.bbc.com

Really the father should go for VP and the daughter for presidency. And then switch after term limits are up.

 

[Fwiffo]

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: Son of Libya ex-ruler runs for president

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, wanted on war crimes charges at an international court, registers as a candidate.

www.bbc.com

We're back suckers...

 

[Dropbear]

This is why we can’t have nice things in Texas

Beto O’Rourke says he’s running for Texas governor

O’Rourke’s decision to challenge Gov. Greg Abbott ends months of speculation and gives Democrats a formidable campaigner at the top of the ticket — someone who transformed Texas politics with his blockbuster campaign against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018.

www.texastribune.org

 

[Fwiffo]

I like how on television it said former presidential, former Senate candidate. And then I wondered - what *did* he win?

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Fwiffo]

How many times do these folks get bamboozled before they give up? Then again that's the same personality trait that gets you stuck in abusive relationships or why you embrace organised religion.

 

[Grand Potentate]

How many times do these folks get bamboozled before they give up? Then again that's the same personality trait that gets you stuck in abusive relationships or why you embrace organised religion.

clearly you haven't been following qanon. this has been going on for more than 3 years now.

 

[The Shooman]

When people talk about crowds of qanon and white supremacists, you know they have been watching too much CNN. So much slops dished up as news these days.

 

[Dropbear]

Now there is some bipartisanship I can get behind:

Senators make bipartisan push to block $650M weapons sale to Saudis

Three senators on Thursday made a bipartisan push aimed at blocking a proposed $650 million weapons sale to Saudi Arabia.

thehill.com

 

[Dropbear]

When people talk about crowds of qanon and white supremacists, you know they have been watching too much CNN. So much slops dished up as news these days.

Speaking of which, x-posting from the Covid thread:

Far-Right and Fascist Organizations Are Leading Australia’s Anti-Vax Movement

In Australia, a growing protest movement is challenging public health measures intended to counter COVID-19. Although its organizers claim to be defenders of freedom, it’s clear that far-right and fascist groups are at the heart of this movement.

www.jacobinmag.com

 

[Dropbear]

Conservatism, in theory, is supposed to be an ideology of preservation. But the current right is increasingly being shaped by a reactionary impulse bent on the radical transformation — if not the outright destruction — of America’s leading institutions.

The intellectual right’s war on America’s institutions

"It’s time to clean house in America," one influential right-wing activist wrote this week. And he’s not alone.

www.vox.com

 

[Fwiffo]

Sudan's military reinstates ousted civilian PM Hamdok

Abdalla Hamdok's release from house arrest fails to stop protests against the army's political role.

www.bbc.com

Like getting back with your ex that you divorced.

 

[Fwiffo]

Conservatism, in theory, is supposed to be an ideology of preservation. But the current right is increasingly being shaped by a reactionary impulse bent on the radical transformation — if not the outright destruction — of America’s leading institutions.

The intellectual right’s war on America’s institutions

"It’s time to clean house in America," one influential right-wing activist wrote this week. And he’s not alone.

www.vox.com

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

 

[Dropbear]

Analysis: Another voter fraud accusation blows up in Republicans' faces

The mysterious case of Rosemarie Hartle's vote in the last presidential election, three years after her death, was trumpeted in November 2020 by the Nevada Republican Party and various prominent conservatives. From then-President Donald Trump on down, Republicans used stories about phony votes...

www.cnn.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

great, lets water that tree outside your house and see if it changes anything.

 

[Grand Potentate]

OH SHIT NEW Pimpernel Smith JOINT JUST DROPPED

Kid Rock Rails Against Woke-ness and Cancel Culture in New Song

Kid Rock is taking up the anti-woke cause in his latest music.

www.tmz.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Grand Potentate]

The QAnon JFK Cult in Dallas Is Tearing Families Apart

“My sister may be too far gone, but it's not too late to bring awareness to others. Do not fall into this trap.”

www.vice.com

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Totally and utterly gone:




The full unexpurgated disaster here:

 

[Grand Potentate]

Totally and utterly gone:




The full unexpurgated disaster here:

this was your great hero

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

this was your great hero

Never, JRM was my great hope. After Bryan Ferry.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Never, JRM was my great hope. After Bryan Ferry.

Gonna have to check the receipts on that one captain jack.

 

[Fwiffo]

No babies allowed in Commons, MP Stella Creasy told

A review of rules is called after Stella Creasy took her three-month-old into Westminster Hall.

www.bbc.com

But if a man brings a baby in.....he gets preferential treatment.

 

[ter1413]

Sweden's first female prime minister quits hours later

Hours after being tapped as Sweden’s first female prime minister, Magdalena Andersson resigned Wednesday after suffering a budget defeat in parliament and her coalition partner the Greens left the two-party minority government. The government’s own budget proposal was rejected in favor of one...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Fwiffo]

That was a short hurrah.

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Fwiffo]

The America I give thanks for (as I depart)

Thanksgiving is the best of America and here's why, writes Jon Sopel in his farewell column.

www.bbc.com

"There was a recent governor's election in Virginia, where the Republican pulled off a hugely impressive victory. But the Democratic candidate had a 14-point lead - among those who'd been vaccinated. That's astonishing. Being jabbed in the US is now an indicator of likely voting behaviour."

Another analytics gold mine for data scientists fueling any future rezoning of voting districts.

 

[Fwiffo]

U.S. lawmakers defy China by meeting with officials in Taiwan

'When news of our trip broke yesterday, my office received a blunt message from the Chinese Embassy, telling me to call off the trip,' Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin said.

www.nbcnews.com

“We strongly urge the Congresswoman immediately cancel the planned visit to Taiwan, and not to support and embolden separatist forces of ‘Taiwan independence,’ lest it cause huge damage to the China-US relations and the peace and stability of Taiwan Straits,”

Who are you to tell another sovereign nation who they can visit?

 

[Grand Potentate]

Opinion | How to save America's fragile democracy

Where does America turn when its democracy is in distress?

www.msnbc.com

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

The physical border remains invisible:

 

[Dropbear]

I’d love to know who was able to press her to apologize.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep...pology-anti-muslim-remarks/story?id=81409009?

 

[Dropbear]

https://secondnexus.com/vice-qanon-jfk-cult-garner

 

[Fwiffo]

Covid-positive Czech president appointed new PM from plexiglass box

Petr Fiala was appointed by a president who is in self-isolation after testing positive for coronavirus.

www.bbc.com

From the Velvet Revolution to a guy in a plexiglass box.

 

[Fwiffo]

Magdalena Andersson: Sweden's first female PM returns after resignation

Magdalena Andersson is backed by MPs again, despite standing down last week hours into the job.

www.bbc.com

She's back!

 

[Grand Potentate]

The first complaint filed under Tennessee's anti-critical race theory law was over a book teaching about Martin Luther King Jr.

Tennessee's education department declined to investigate the complaint filed by conservative parents group "Moms for Liberty."

www.insider.com

Pimpernel Smith critical race theory in action

 

[Fwiffo]

Barbados is cutting ties with the Queen — but lack of public vote has some island residents asking why

Headline from a country that still has the constitutional monarchy. Sombre.

Barbados cuts ties with the queen, becomes a republic in spectacular ceremony

In his speech, Prince Charles said the creation of the republic “offers a new beginning” for the former British colony, while his mother sent the island her "warmest good wishes."

www.nbcnews.com

Headline from a country that threw off the yoke of monarchy and forgot to capitalize the regent. Jubilation.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Barbados is cutting ties with the Queen — but lack of public vote has some island residents asking why

Headline from a country that still has the constitutional monarchy. Sombre.

Barbados cuts ties with the queen, becomes a republic in spectacular ceremony

In his speech, Prince Charles said the creation of the republic “offers a new beginning” for the former British colony, while his mother sent the island her "warmest good wishes."

www.nbcnews.com

Headline from a country that threw off the yoke of monarchy and forgot to capitalize the regent. Jubilation.

Barbados will remain in the Commonwealth. That's the important thing.

They are embracing the Chinese though and no comment there.

 

[QuandoDio]

Barbados will remain in the Commonwealth. That's the important thing.

They are embracing the Chinese though and no comment there.

They are embracing the Chinese - like a lot of their neighbours and African nations- because the West has essentially abandoned them.

The Commonwealth tbh has outlived its usefulness if we are being honest.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

They are embracing the Chinese - like a lot of their neighbours and African nations- because the West has essentially abandoned them.

The Commonwealth tbh has outlived its usefulness if we are being honest.

The West can't afford them and in the main they can't afford themselves.

China's investment in infrastructure projects is massive, but we'll have to wait some years to see the success or what price is ultimately paid as regards sovereignty.