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Saturday, September 17. 2022

Saturday morning links

Image via Am. Digest 


Guy wanted to be taller 


What doctor would do this? 


Mostly about gender craziness


 ‘Indigenous’ scholar resigns after being outed as white


WSJ:  My High School’s ‘Antiracist’ Agitprop. Teachers tried to bully me into signing a $375 student government check for a group promoting critical race theory. I refused.


 Grading Toilet Paper For Climate (scam) Impacts


 Karine Jean-Pierre Says Republicans Busing Illegals to Other States is Different Than Biden Doing the Same Thing


 Border Patrol releases 1000s into El Paso as Democrats whinge about 50 in Martha's Vineyard


 Biden administration resumes after-dark migrant flights to airport outside NYC


 Biden Admin: Hey, We’re the Only Ones Allowed to Smuggle Illegal Aliens


 DeSantis made politics fun again when he sent illegal aliens to Martha’s Vineyard


 Facebook Spied On Private Messages Of "Conservative Right-Wing Individuals", Then Reported To FBI For Domestic Terrorism


 Biden Climate Czar John Kerry Jets To Africa To Lecture Them On Being “As Green As Possible”….


 Thank Goodness Global Warming Alarmists Don't Live Their Religion


 Swedish Prime Minister Resigns after “Far Right” Wins Majority. Likely New PM Says “Make Sweden Great Again!”

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Senator Josh Hawley interviews a Facebook executive.

[urlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT6poJns9mQ&feature=emb_logo[/url]

A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a political leader, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental oversight and controls, active authoritarian suppression of the political opposition, subversion of the military and law enforcement functions to serve political ends, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.

What's that the definition of? Sorry about that whole First Amendment thing.
#1 Aggie on 2022-09-17 10:25 (Reply)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT6poJns9mQ&feature=emb_logo
#1.1 Aggie on 2022-09-17 10:26 (Reply)
Nothing like viewing good ole fashioned FASCISM at work. When you can't directly censor simply drag the corporatist into the charade to get the censorship you need.
It was never about supporting public health as the public health authorities lied, mislead, and deceived the public numerous times over the covid bs. It was always about pleasing the government and suppressing experts outside of the governments control.
That will carry a price in the court system.
#1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-09-17 12:42 (Reply)
Biden Climate Czar John Kerry Jets To Africa To Lecture Them On Being “As Green As Possible”….

Colonialism lives! Queen Victoria would approve.
#2 John Fisher on 2022-09-17 10:39 (Reply)
QUOTE:
Biden administration resumes after-dark migrant flights to airport outside NYC

From the article:

QUOTE:
“It is our legal responsibility to provide safe, appropriate care to unaccompanied migrant children during the time they are in our custody, and that includes transportation to vetted sponsors while they await immigration proceedings.”
#3 Zachriel on 2022-09-17 10:49 (Reply)
But I understand that often the sponsors aren't vetted and often the government doesn't even know their names either before or after the children are trafficked to them.
#3.1 OneGuy on 2022-09-17 11:08 (Reply)
OneGuy: But I understand that often the sponsors aren't vetted

Child sponsors are usually family members, must pass a background check, and agree to bring the child to immigration proceedings, including deportation if so ordered.

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/grant-funding/unaccompanied-children-released-sponsors-state
#3.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-09-17 11:20 (Reply)
The things that you (singular person) regurgitate and believe is rather pathetic. Dot democrat gov says things, so Zachriel believes.

Really, they’re going to show up for a hearing? After they have shown a willingness to break numerous laws by crossing the boarder. Don’t you (singular person) think they will say just about anything?
#3.1.1.1 B. Hammer on 2022-09-17 11:54 (Reply)
He doesn't believe a word of the lies he spreads.
#3.1.1.1.1 BobJustBob on 2022-09-17 16:37 (Reply)
B. Hammer: Dot democrat gov says things, so Zachriel believes.

The facts don't change because they challenge your preconceptions.

QUOTE:
Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard on the orders of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be moved Friday to housing on a military base on Cape Cod, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said.

The Republican governor said the move to the mainland would be voluntary. Baker praised residents and officials on Martha's Vineyard for taking care of the nearly 50 migrants after their unexpected arrival on Wednesday but said the island lacks the resources to house the migrants for the long-term.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/16/migrants-flown-marthas-vineyard-moving-military-base.html

B. Hammer: Really, they’re going to show up for a hearing? After they have shown a willingness to break numerous laws by crossing the boarder.

Most of the migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard are Venezuelans who have legally applied for refugee status. The vast majority of all migrants show up for their immigration hearings. See Eagly & Shafer, Measuring In Absentia Removal in Immigration Court, American Immigration Council 2021. We presume that you will now change your position in the light of these facts.
#3.1.1.2 Zachriel on 2022-09-17 12:09 (Reply)
"We presume that you will now change your position in the light of these facts."

Based on one endlessly-cited-by-corporate-media study from a pro-open border group that's been contradicted repeatedly in easy to find Congressional testimony?

Nah.

Do a little more research, cherry picker.
#3.1.1.2.1 SK on 2022-09-17 12:35 (Reply)
Your last post didn't change anything. You simply brought up new talking points; moved the goal posts. As is your shtick. More straw for stuffing.
#3.1.1.2.2 B. Hammer on 2022-09-17 12:39 (Reply)
SK: Based on one

The cited study is stronger evidence than "Is not!" or even "IZNOT!" You can always look at the actual data linked here:

https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/fact-check-asylum-seekers-regularly-attend-immigration-court-hearings

B. Hammer: Your last post didn't change anything.

We didn't actually expect facts to cause you to change your position. But hope springs eternal.

B. Hammer: You simply brought up new talking points

You suggested the migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard were not going to show up for their hearings, but the evidence suggests otherwise. You also indicated that they were in violation of the law, when most of them are from Venezuela and have legal asylum status.
#3.1.1.2.3 Zachriel on 2022-09-17 12:49 (Reply)
Ah, the old "we cited some biased left-wing study" but "is not" meme.

(((Quibble-DickZ))) routine response when cornered.
#3.1.1.2.3.1 Zachinoff on 2022-09-17 14:40 (Reply)
Asylum seekers: First they walk all the way through Mexico, so we are told. Why not seek asylum in Mexico? First seek asylum, then be granted access to the country. Don't illegally walk across the border, than ask for asylum.

And here is the goal post moving: Your original point was about a NY Post article, you posted 'facts' last update on September 2 (*sponsors (usually family members)). And you post about migrants being 'mostly' from Venezuela, is something the story writer claims. What does mostly mean? Five out 50? It could be, since most reporters are not very good with facts, much less math.

*from the linked dot gov post. There is that sleight-of-hand adverb: usually: Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally. That's some classical government gibberish.
#3.1.1.2.3.2 B. Hammer on 2022-09-17 15:14 (Reply)
B. Hammer: Don't illegally walk across the border, than ask for asylum.

That’s allowed under U.S. and international law. That doesn’t guarantee they will be granted asylum, though.

B. Hammer: sponsors (usually family members)

That’s right. Sometimes, it’s a non-profit or church. The question actually concerned vetting, which was also addressed.

B. Hammer: What does mostly mean?

It’s often quantified as more than half. In this case, all but one person are reportedly from Venezuela. The remaining person is from Peru.

B. Hammer: Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.

That’s right. Turns out that some information is generally more useful than no information. Feel free to provide supporting or contradictory evidence. Or just keep waving your hands. You choose!
#3.1.1.2.3.2.1 Zachriel on 2022-09-17 23:03 (Reply)
"We presume"
Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
#3.1.1.2.4 Eeyore on 2022-09-17 22:12 (Reply)
QUOTE:
Swedish Prime Minister Resigns after “Far Right” Wins Majority. Likely New PM Says “Make Sweden Great Again!”

The headline is wrong on both points. The Far Right did not win an outright majority. A coalition of right and center-right groups did. And it wasn't the likely Prime Minister, leader of the center-right Moderate Party, Ulf Kristersson, that said “Now the work begins of making Sweden great again,” but far-right Sweden Democrats leader, Jimmie Akesson.
#4 Zachriel on 2022-09-17 11:00 (Reply)
"Indigenous’ scholar"

So isn't she allowed to identify as indigenous? And wouldn't it be de facto racial discrimination to fire her because of her race? But I'm more interested in her personal pronouns.
#5 OneGuy on 2022-09-17 11:11 (Reply)
What? Elizabeth Warren is in the news again?
#5.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-09-17 14:06 (Reply)
Honest injun?!
#5.1.1 Zachinoff on 2022-09-17 14:44 (Reply)
She’d be President if she had a penis.
#5.1.1.1 B. Hammer on 2022-09-17 16:34 (Reply)
No one in Martha's vineyard said anything or even noticed when 50 migrants died from the heat and suffocation in an 18 wheeler. But they were outraged that these dirty migrants were dropped off near their homes and vacation accommodations. Funny, huh?
#6 Anon on 2022-09-17 11:21 (Reply)
A "Must Watch"

THE BIG RESET MOVIE (ENG) The uncensored documentary about the truth of the pandemic


https://odysee.com/$/embed/ENGLISH/bbfa236978482fab60f253acb9f249407f4fcff5
#7 Jake on 2022-09-17 11:54 (Reply)
Protecting Lies With Disinformation

QUOTE:
George Orwell described its power through party member O’Brien in 1984.

‘We are the priests of power,’ he said. … ‘We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull. You will learn by degrees, Winston. There is nothing that we could not do. Invisibility, levitation–anything. I could float off this floor like a soap bubble if I wish to. I do not wish to, because the Party does not wish it. You must get rid of those nineteenth-century ideas about the laws of Nature. We make the laws of Nature.’

This might give the impression that lying in and of itself was a valuable skill. But if so, at the end of the ’90s, the biggest problem of modern history must have been: why didn’t the Communists win? How did an empire founded on such clever messaging, ceaseless agitation, and unbounded ruthlessness crumble so suddenly? The intuitive answer came in one word. You can choose your own word, but it’s the same idea with a different spelling. Communism wasn’t defeated by men alone. It was crushed by the operation of something external, call it “reality,” or call it “the laws of nature.” Somehow lying alone was insufficient.

https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2022/09/16/protecting-lies-with-disinformation-n1628622
#8 feeblemind on 2022-09-17 12:01 (Reply)
"The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."



https://twitter.com/kasparov63/status/808750564284702720?lang=en
#9 Jake on 2022-09-17 12:03 (Reply)
Don't tell me Trump "would never do" this or that immoral or illegal thing. I've seen his kind, and he will do anything to keep power. — Garry Kasparov
#9.1 Zachriel on 2022-09-17 12:14 (Reply)
Now do Biden and his DOJ.
#9.1.1 John Fisher on 2022-09-17 15:22 (Reply)
The Biden administration is secretly changing voting laws and practices and refuses to allow the Republicans to know what he is doing. Expect to be surprised in November when the federal government takes over local elections.
#10 Anon on 2022-09-17 12:11 (Reply)
It will be more of what they did in 2020. Change the rules and trust that the GOP won't catch on until it's too late. And since half the GOP would rather see the Dems win than those deplorable MAGA insurrectionists, it's not that hard.
#10.1 Jerryskids on 2022-09-17 13:37 (Reply)
Our government is corrupt and it is putting us all at risk. The whole ultra-MAGA white supremacist propaganda only serves one purpose for them and that is to keep their base scared and riled up so that it helps them win elections. But while they weaponize our FBI, DOJ and intelligence community to continue that gas lighting the Chinese are installing spies in government and industry and they are buying up properties over looking military installations. Yet our government is blissfully ignorant of this because they are focused like a laser beam on winning the next election and looting the treasury. Make no mistake this is not going to end well.
#11 Anon on 2022-09-17 17:08 (Reply)
former CDC head robert redfield was shut down during covid when he tried to speak truth to power https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/closing-ranks-against-the-truth but now he is speaking out about what just might be the crime/genocide of the century.
#12 IdahoBob on 2022-09-17 17:12 (Reply)
Here's a thread to help you understand the multi-layered insanity of Europe's ongoing energy crisis

https://notthebee.com/article/heres-a-thread-to-help-you-understand-the-multi-layered-insanity-of-europes-ongoing-energy-crisis
#13 feeblemind on 2022-09-17 18:47 (Reply)
We here in the US should count our blessings when it comes to toilet paper. I once had to use the toilet of a gift shop/restaurant in Mexico, and I swear to God, they cut up pieces of wax paper and stuck them on a nail in the wall.
#14 RebeccaH on 2022-09-18 13:10 (Reply)

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