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My wife works for the Dept of Education and every year she intentionally works on this day, and has some visible internal/external message about why she’s working.stessier wrote: Mon May 09, 2022 3:17 pm May 10th is a state holiday in South Carolina. Care to guess what we celebrate?
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The namesake son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos appeared to have been elected Philippine president by a landslide in an astonishing reversal of the 1986 “People Power” pro-democracy revolt that booted his father into global infamy.
Marcos Jr. had more than 30.5 million votes in the unofficial results with more than 96% of the votes tabulated overnight after Monday’s election. His nearest challenger, Vice President Leni Robredo, a champion of human rights and reforms, had 14.5 million, and boxing great Manny Pacquiao appeared to have the third highest total with 3.5 million.
His running mate, Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing leader and mayor of southern Davao city, had a formidable lead in the vice presidential race, which is separate from the presidential race.
The alliance of the scions of two authoritarian leaders combined the voting power of their families’ political strongholds in the north and south but compounded worries of human rights activists.
Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte avoided volatile issues during their campaign and steadfastly stuck instead to a battle cry of national unity, even though their fathers’ presidencies opened some of the most turbulent divisions in the country’s history.
That seems odd. I was nearly out of wooden stick matches this week and bought a three-pack of boxes at the grocery store. (I don't smoke cigars, but wooden stick matches are useful for bathroom anti-fart candles.)Kraken wrote: Mon May 09, 2022 11:44 pm I bought a couple of cigars because Wife is away this week, and asked for a box of stick matches, which they always used to give away with cigars.
"We haven't been able to get those in a long time."
"Ah, supply chain problem?"
"No. The state classifies them as pyrotechnics. Our distributor's insurance doesn't cover them."
This is the kind of thing that turns otherwise decent people into Republicans.
A key problem is that the relevant parties will not trust an IDF or PA led investigation. Nor investigations led by...anyone else.LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 9:58 am Yeah, that's going to be a mess.
It's unlikely that someone blind-firing an AK did that but it's easily solved by forensics if they recover the bullet that killed her.
That's why it's going to be a mess. It doesn't have to be but it will.malchior wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 10:26 amA key problem is that the relevant parties will not trust an IDF or PA led investigation. Nor investigations led by...anyone else.LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 9:58 am Yeah, that's going to be a mess.
It's unlikely that someone blind-firing an AK did that but it's easily solved by forensics if they recover the bullet that killed her.
Yeah, one of my first reaction was that even if the truth here turns out to be reasonably determinable...it's far from clear how much the truth will matter here.malchior wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 10:26 amA key problem is that the relevant parties will not trust an IDF or PA led investigation. Nor investigations led by...anyone else.LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 9:58 am Yeah, that's going to be a mess.
It's unlikely that someone blind-firing an AK did that but it's easily solved by forensics if they recover the bullet that killed her.
It's hard to hand the reigns to Gen Z when only the first year of the entire cohort has reached eligibility to hold Congressional office.malchior wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 10:37 pm Sees GenX trending on Twitter...clicks GenX...oh...of course. I mean I totally agree that the meths who ruined our country should step aside but...this tweet is a *chef kiss* for GenX.
https://twitter.com/David_Gergen/status ... 9441949697
Which should remind us to stay aware of who we might turn in to. How many social gains that GenX have fought for were continuation of fights started by Boomers and the Joneses? How many of the modern X aristocratic technophiles have essentially leveraged themselves into fighting against the very people technical people who made these aristocrats their wealth and now want to end those fights?Blackhawk wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 11:56 am How many social gains that the younger generations are fighting for are the continuation of fights started by GenXers?
Like I said - it isn't the generation. There hasn't been a generation without its life-long visionaries, and there hasn't been one without its life-long revolutionaries. It's the individuals from within those generations that we're choosing, not the generations themselves.LordMortis wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 12:11 pmWhich should remind us to stay aware of who we might turn in to. How many social gains that GenX have fought for were continuation of fights started by Boomers and the Joneses? How many of the modern X aristocratic technophiles have essentially leveraged themselves into fighting against the very people technical people who made these aristocrats their wealth and now want to end those fights?Blackhawk wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 11:56 am How many social gains that the younger generations are fighting for are the continuation of fights started by GenXers?
Here come the joneses Xer crossover
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCL_Group
Here come the Xers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia
Is he trying to be funny?FULL-THROATED CORRECTIONS
I mean he sounds like he believes he does but when have we seen anything like that actually happen?El Guapo wrote: Thu May 12, 2022 12:05 pm Any chance that he has some hard proof discrediting these stories?
Yeah that is the war I'm referring to. He was rambling quite a bit but I didn't find it super incoherent. More stream of consciousness - so maybe drunk? When he is on the air and making his points they are usually spot on and accurate in comparison. That's as good a guess as any about what was happening. He also had some randos come out and defend him too. For example, one person told a story about how Schmidt saved them when they nearly drowned on a booze cruise on the Hudson north of the Tappan Zee. He also picked fights with Chari Jacobus about how she is a loon (which is reasonably true!). A weird week to say the least but this one is so specific a claim that it's hard to believe.Holman wrote: Thu May 12, 2022 12:17 pm Schmidt also put out a thread and then a substack attacking Meghan McCain. Apparently she trashed him in her book (which no one is buying), and he responded by talking about what a ridiculous diva she was during the 2008 campaign.
The surprise, though, came when he started trashing John McCain himself, claiming that Schmidt and others tried to stop him from picking Sarah Palin but that McCain made the choice foolishly and all on his own. He claimed McCain had had an affair with a lobbyist. Oh, and he accused him of knowing but ignoring that one of his top campaign advisors was working with Paul Manafort to advance Russian interests.
There was a subsequent thread, but I quit reading it because it was pretty incoherent. (Maybe he was drunk?)
Things...are not going well. Things are horrific in Ukraine, but this feels like it should be bigger news:malchior wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 5:53 am This is a massive story in the middle east. Shireen was one of the most recognizable reporters in the middle east. She also is an American citizen which adds "fun" dimensions to the incident.
Unbelievable pictures of Israeli forces attacking mourners carrying the coffin of Shireen Abu Akleh to church for her funeral in Occupied East Jerusalem.
Absolutely heart stopping moment when it looks like casket may fall.
Also, no mention that the Israeli Foreign Ministry released an unattributed video of someone firing an AK and claiming it was 'likely' that she was killed by unintentional fire from Palestinians. The Israelis are at least to their credit acknowledging the possibility now. That is a definite improvement on what looked at the beginning to be a campaign to muddle the truth. It doesn't serve the public's interest to bury that attempt.She was shot in the head in the West Bank city of Jenin, Al Jazeera and the Palestinian Health Ministry said, blaming Israeli forces for her death. The Israeli military said on Twitter that “Palestinian armed gunfire” might have been responsible.
Though weirdly they still omit the specific accusation from the other reporter who was shot. Seems like a good time to layer in that information, right? In fact, the shot reporter (Ali al-Samoudi) might be one of the two reporters!The funeral of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh began in chaos Friday, after Israeli police beat mourners with batons after they tried to carry her coffin on their shoulders and initially refused to let it travel to a church in a hearse.
Abu Akleh was shot dead Wednesday while covering an Israeli military raid in the West Bank. Large crowds formed early Friday at the entrance to St. Joseph’s Hospital in East Jerusalem, where her body had rested overnight.
Israeli police prevented crowds carrying Abu Akleh’s coffin from leaving the hospital compound, beating mourners with batons until the coffin almost dropped to the ground. After the coffin was loaded into a hearse, it was allowed to leave the hospital compound, under heavy Israeli security guard.
A source on the specific accusation. Sure it looks like the guy has an agenda. And they could legitimately be worried that the statement is inflammatory but it still seems *incomplete*. They could abstract the accusation in the same way they do above without directly quoting the inflammatory material.Two reporters who were with Shireen and several other witnesses have told The Washington Post that no firefight was happening near the spot where she was killed.
Also FWIW, geolocation by other groups (including B'Tselem which is a pro-PA Israeli organization) have compiled accounts showing that the video Israel released was geolocated 300m away and without line of sight to where the reporters were. That might be what is prompting the Israeli walk back of their claims.Ali al-Samoudi, the Al Jazeera journalist who was also shot by Israeli forces next to Abu Akleh but is now in stable condition, said there was no presence of Palestinian armed fighters at the scene.
“We were going to film the Israeli army raid, and suddenly, they shot us without asking us to leave or stop filming,” he said.
“The first bullet hit me and the second bullet hit Shireen. They killed her in cold blood because they are killers and they specialise in killing only the Palestinian people.
“There was no Palestinian military resistance at all at the scene,” he added.
But the tiny thumbnail on the front page says,Massive crowds, police beatings as journalist’s funeral is held in Jerusalem
There are two very different implications in their word choice. "Clash" strongly implies mutuality. A beating is not a "Clash."Mourners clash with police at Palestinian American journalist’s funeral
That's a common problem with these bigger outfits. Lots of hands in editorial decisions in different parts. For instance, a lot of social media headlines are sensationalized by the social media editor for clicks.Blackhawk wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 10:51 am The WaPo story, once clicked on, has this headline:
But the tiny thumbnail on the front page says,Massive crowds, police beatings as journalist’s funeral is held in Jerusalem
There are two very different implications in their word choice. "Clash" strongly implies mutuality. A beating is not a "Clash."Mourners clash with police at Palestinian American journalist’s funeral
I used to get a laugh watching the CNN site as a big story broke. They'd post a quick, informative headline. Five minutes later, it was a dramatic informative headline. Five minutes after that it would be a shocking semi-informative headline. By the 30 minute point it was War of the Worlds.malchior wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 11:00 amThat's a common problem with these bigger outfits. Lots of hands in editorial decisions in different parts. For instance, a lot of social media headlines are sensationalized by the social media editor for clicks.Blackhawk wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 10:51 am The WaPo story, once clicked on, has this headline:
But the tiny thumbnail on the front page says,Massive crowds, police beatings as journalist’s funeral is held in Jerusalem
There are two very different implications in their word choice. "Clash" strongly implies mutuality. A beating is not a "Clash."Mourners clash with police at Palestinian American journalist’s funeral
Right - and without knowing who made that call it is hard to know the why. I personally read folks like Jay Rosen who consistently call out this behavior. Once you see it...it's hard to not see it. But also it drives understanding about why some of the drivers for why polarization is happening.Blackhawk wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 11:05 amI used to get a laugh watching the CNN site as a big story broke. They'd post a quick, informative headline. Five minutes later, it was a dramatic informative headline. Five minutes after that it would be a shocking semi-informative headline. By the 30 minute point it was War of the Worlds.malchior wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 11:00 amThat's a common problem with these bigger outfits. Lots of hands in editorial decisions in different parts. For instance, a lot of social media headlines are sensationalized by the social media editor for clicks.Blackhawk wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 10:51 am The WaPo story, once clicked on, has this headline:
But the tiny thumbnail on the front page says,Massive crowds, police beatings as journalist’s funeral is held in Jerusalem
There are two very different implications in their word choice. "Clash" strongly implies mutuality. A beating is not a "Clash."Mourners clash with police at Palestinian American journalist’s funeral
But the phrasing here really made it seem like they wanted to downplay it as much as possible without out-and-out lying.
https://twitter.com/Stone_SkyNews/statu ... 7928148993In a statement, the Israeli police said they “took enforcement action” after some mourners began chanting “nationalist incitement” and after police officers had given the crowd a warning. As the coffin was carried out of the hospital, police said, they were “forced to act” because “rioters began throwing stones toward the policemen.”