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hurting US and Nato is worth

artappraiser — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 05:16:24 +0000

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hurting US and Nato is worth it to him for a headline?
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) November 4, 2021

Copy of a tweet I just put on

artappraiser — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 05:53:12 +0000

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Copy of a tweet I just put on the old Virginia governor's race thread, because it applies here even moreso

says it all about Youngkin's win, from @lawlorbrendans Hillary Clinton Democrat, Social Liberal, Moderate, Capitalist, Neocon, Never Trump, Anti-Populism

Youngkin is giving an excellent speech and has very reasonable policies he is promising to implement. You can see why he won
— Brendan (@Lawlorbrendans) November 3, 2021

Also hearing lots of pundits on CNN right now that Democrats need to run on something beyond "against Trump." That the majority of voters in off-presidential year elections really do want policies,not just a personality that kicks ass.

2 years before Yarmuth took

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:52:07 +0000

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2 years before Yarmuth took office, O'Reilly Factor launched its 1st (but not last) "War on Christmas" attack.
That entire year (2004) the Right had been smearing John Kerry with their Swift Boat Vets sock puppet org.
17 years on, all that propaganda has taken hold from the prime propaganda org & organizer.
Murdoch I guess should be proud or so deeply ashamed, but the reality is he's a self-righteous schmuck who will never get any come-uppance. But the extent of this divide surely owes a fair amount of credit to him. not that there weren't divisive idiots before, but he provided the video and the nightly immersion.

Getting ready for the most obnoxious time of the year https://t.co/CmjW8yMCfD
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) November 1, 2021

Indian War Dance & ritual

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:04:24 +0000

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Indian War Dance & ritual music as inserted into sports events (and in background, the mother of all natives as peaceful vs all as warlike, ignoring the various subtleties, diversity and horrifica of native people's across the America - as usual no simple answers, but we'll go with the simple answers anyway.

https://slate.com/culture/2021/10/tomahawk-chop-music-pow-wow.html

Sometimes just demographics

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:48:40 +0000

In reply to Fukuyama's point is the

Sometimes just demographics and how people move.

(as noted, new Cobb County stadium is diverse, just not black.)

I was also amazed to hear black baseball players peaked in 1981 - gone my era of Hank, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Richie Allen, Willie McGee, Ozzie Smith, and the famous Doc Ellis, only pitcher to throw a no-hitter tripping on acid (by accident/schedule mixup)

The Atlanta Braves may win the World Series. But they face a tougher opponent off the field - CNN https://t.co/L9cQfGLphS
— John K. Blake (@JohnBlakeCNN) October 31, 2021

“America! Take a good look at

artappraiser — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 22:19:23 +0000

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“America! Take a good look at your beloved candidates. They’re nothing but hideous space reptiles!” pic.twitter.com/5qxhgdlBBp
— SimpsonsQ (@SimpsonsQOTD) October 31, 2021

I believe I’ll vote for a third party candidate.
— noesis (@emceenoesis) October 31, 2021

What’re you gonna do? Vote for a 3rd party candidate? Mwahahaha
— Astros Matt (103-73) bangonabarrelyoubum (@KraniumKracka) October 31, 2021

no shit sherlock?

artappraiser — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 00:27:38 +0000

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no shit sherlock?

I’m increasingly convinced that we are being manipulated at scale to make money for major media organizations.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) October 30, 2021

Fukuyama's point is the

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:16:42 +0000

In reply to The links point out that

Fukuyama's point is the Democrats started focusing on black identity, both relief from racism &seeking equal opportunity, but a significantly smaller group than its prior economically challenged, which spurred major support from unions and could easily house whites, hispanics, & blacks under 1 philosophy.

Teaching critical race theory

rmrd0000 — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 15:36:27 +0000

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Teaching critical race theory isn't happening in classrooms, teachers say in survey

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teaching-critical-race-theory-isn-t-happening-classrooms-teachers-say-n1272945

An NBC poll of K-12 teachers

96% say that CRT is not being taught in classrooms

The CRT fear compaign is led by white identity politics

Those who would believe that white identity politics was just a reaction to Black activism cannot be convinced otherwise

Fortunately, people will fight back against white identity politics

There will be pushback against voter suppression and refusal to address police reform despite those who dismiss white identity politics.

Historically the # of college

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 15:22:11 +0000

In reply to That point is interesting.

Historically the # of college-educated members was small until recently, say post-WWII GI Bill days?
So maybe this is reversing a bubble - on the other hand, education in 2021 should be easy to access - we're not talking a majority of rural farmers w/o electricity in a pre-computer age - we're talking most people working with some form of IT on a daily basis. So while the populism of it is somewhat admirable, the partial Luddite nature (no, the Luddites weren't anti-tech - they were anti-worker exploitation in the industrial age) is concerning.