As usual, so much vying for our attention. But tonight two members of Biden team gave the most detailed interview to date abt incoming Admin’s plans for dealing w asylum, Central American migration, & the southern border. It was more a statement of purpose than an action plan. 1/

There are very encouraging signs and, as expected, some lacunae. A few noteworthy details: (1) The advisors said Biden will “expand legal pathways for migration...allowing people to apply for refugee resettlement & temporary worker and employment-based programs” in the region. 2/

All presidential admins (some MUCH more cynically than others) stress the dangerousness of the overland journey to the US. It obviously *is* dangerous. It’s also true that large #s of those arriving at US border don’t qualify for asylum under strict dictates of US imm law. 3/

All legal/policy/humanitarian experts I consult agree: there need to be *more* ways, not less, to give people a chance both to seek asylum & come to US legally (if not permanently) to work. Regional processing helps w this. Language used by Biden team is good in this regard. 4/

What else is striking abt Biden team’s language from interview? (2) Asylum officers will adjudicate claims. This is on the progressive wish-list. It’s a practical and humane way to give people speedier relief and take pressure off of a beleaguered immigration court system. 5/

Less than half of Albertans vote UCP. There are those who could have voted, but didn't. And those who split up the vote between various other parties. But when it comes right down to it, Kenney did not have an actual 50%+ majority. 1/ #ableg

And there are few UCP supporters now who agree with absolutely everything the UCP does. There are health care workers who have been shocked by the attacks on them. There are education workers who have been shocked by the attacks on them. 2/

There are parents who are not impressed with how school is happening with COVID. There are ranchers who are alarmed about coal mines destroying their pasturelands and water supply. There are people who are on AISH, or who care about people on AISH, who are not pleased. 3/

There are people who feel Kenney has chosen economy over people's health. There are those who think Kenney doesn't go far enough right, and want Alberta to separate and join the US. And there are way more Albertans who really do not want that to happen. 4/

There are people who feel Kenney is responsible for deaths, who feel Kenney has sat on federal funds and when he releases any of them, claims total credit. There are people who don't like the way Kenney has treated the LGBTQ community,... 5/

I’d love to see everyone’s Star of Bethlehem pictures! Please attach to the thread.

@SamSeder @jimmy_dore has made his ultimate intention clear. Check out this video from an interview he did with Niko House yesterday. This should be extremely concerning from anyone serious about the progressive movement. It’s clear that Dore is trying to tear down the squad. (1/11)

@jimmy_dore But here he goes further. He believes that he had set up a test to see if progressive politicians are worth voting for or not. Only if they pass his test would they be worth voting for. Right now they are not. (2/11)

@jimmy_dore I don’t see how anyone can argue that Dore’s message is not extremely dangerous for the progressive movement. He is literally saying there is no point in voting for any progressive politicians. If a nefarious actor did want to infiltrate a political movement, (3/11)

@jimmy_dore what better way than to use a popular figure to spread anger and hate and convince his or followers that there is no point in voting for anyone in that movement. There is no more powerful way to succeed in killing a movement. That’s what Dore is doing. (4/11)

@jimmy_dore Jimmy Dore on Niko House show 12/20/20

Jimmy Dore: What’s the point? As Norman Solomon said after the entire squad voted for the extension of the Patriot Act to extend Donald Trump's fucking spying powers. As they were calling him a Russian puppet, (5/11)

People are discussing whether Jesus Christ was Tamil or Bong or Kashmiri.
Zip your lips if you have no idea about history or religion.
Jesus Christ was not a Tamil, Bengali or Kashmiri.
Brush your knowledge
He was a Gujarati.
Here are some facts
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People doing the anology wrong by assuming his name was Christ.
And drawing parallel to Krishna and Krishto.
That is the major loophole.
His name was Jesus of Nazareth.
That is the modified version of Jisu of Gujarat.
Here is the story
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When Mary was in labour Josheph was waiting outside the hut
When Josheph heard the first cry of the new born he asked Mary
E Ji Su Chhe
People around him misheard it as
E Jisu Chhe
And that's how the name Jisu came which later became Jesus
Indians still call Jesus as Jisu
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Nazareth is nothing but Hebrew name of Gujarat
Nazareth means place where people settled
Parsis when first came to India they settled in Gujarat
Moreover the law in Gujarat prohibits Muslims to settle in Hindu areas and vice versa
Gujarat is all about settlement
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That's why Nazareth is nothing but Gujarat
So the original name of Jesus of Nazareth is Jisu of Gujarat
I think it is settled now
Ok let me tell you one more fact to establish Jesus was Gujarati
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THREAD Last night’s vote against delaying the budget deadline means nothing can stop the Knesset dissolving @ midnight. Election on 23.3. I explained in @haaretzcom last month why Netanyahu doesn’t want a March election. Too many factors beyond his

A March election means the campaign will be dominated by 3 events beyond Netanyahu’s control: 1. 3rd wave of covid crashing down on Israel before vaccines have an impact 2. From January 20, a much less friendly administration in the US 3. Early February his bribery trial resumes

Netanyahu’s biggest advantage is that he’s going in to the election serving PM with control over the critical finance and health ministries. Gantz and his B&W ministers will remain in office but have much less power as discredited members of a zombie

Netanyahu’s campaign is going to have 2 themes: Only I could have brought millions of vaccines early to Israel (expect another show when he gets his 2nd jab) and my diplomacy brought peace with Arab states (he’s desperate to visit the UAE during the campaign). No-one else could.

Netanyahu’s biggest problem going in to the election, he won’t have Gantz to kick around any more and brand “weak left” but much more experienced right-wing challengers determined to take him out. Sa’ar, Bennett, Lieberman. Sa’ar tried and failed last

Endowment for the Arts - because of it
6. $300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities/ because no one even knew that was a thing
7. $15,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training / for when the GI Bill isn't enough
8. $435,000,000 for mental health support

9. $30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund/ because that will keep people employed (all those zeros can be confusing, that’s $30 BILLION)
10. $200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program

11. $300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting / NPR has to be bought by the Democrats
12. $500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries / Who knows how we are going to use it

13. $720,000,000 to Social Security Admin / but get this only 200,000,000 is to help people. The rest is for admin costs
14. $25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I kid you not it's on page 136
15. $7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries

16. $35,000,000 to the JFK Center for Performing Arts
17. $25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives
18. $3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
19. $315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs

It's crazy how 50% of the country rioted all year for a violent felon who overdosed... yet this dickslap of a "relief" package (VASTLY less popular across the spectrum than Fentanyl Floyd) will get nothing.

I wonder why that is?

I work for a subsidiary of a vaguely "American" conglomerate with ~70K employees that operates in about 80 countries, primarily exploiting cheap Chinese labor. China is literally our business model. This year our CEO sent out no less than 3 company-wide memos about SaInT fLoYd.

Employees were encouraged to attend protests, even in the midst of a so-called "pandemic."

Even employees in Europe. Presumably even the employees in China (although they are kept behind a wall of secrecy).

EVERY employee worldwide was offered unlimited time off to protest?

Oh yeah, funny sidebar: nobody in the company knows anyone who works in the Chinese office. I can name employees in the Poland branch or the French branch or Japan, but nobody has ever met a single Chinese branch employee. This is apparently a CCP regulation lol

Anyways, back to the point--management wanted us out there protesting/rioting! They made it abundantly clear. And it seems weird that they were encouraging it in every country, right?

Literally a multinational corporation stoking worldwide racial protests. So weird!

A story ...

In 1994, I was teaching U.S. history and American government at Oak Ridge HS in El Dorado Hills, California.

I had three bright students who were my TAs. The 20th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation was a few months away. I decided to have ... 1/

my students -- Sherilyn Peek, Aaron Leahy and Nicole Poimiroo -- take on an extra project. They contacted dozens of people who were in some way involved with the Watergate saga. Politicians, lawyers, political appointees, journalists and others. 2/

They spent weeks, before the internet existed, tracking down addresses. Then they sent a short letter that asked the recipients to respond to one question: What should America learn from Watergate?

Before long, responses started to show up in my mailbox at school. 3/

Archibald Cox replied, and I'm especially struck by this sentence: "...we should be reminded of the corrupt influence of great power, especially when the power is in the hands of someone who is willing to resort to any tactics, however wrong, to retain and increase his power."4/

Richard Kleindienst wrote his response by hand ... "Our Constitution worked! The federal judiciary worked. The Congress and a free press worked. That our Constitution works is the magic of America." 5/

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💥🔴💥 The war between China and the United States has already begun, and America is the battleground.

👉 A confidential report on foreign election interference that was supposed to have been released late last week was delayed after John Ratcliffe, Director of the National

Sydney. Tunnels. Railways. Ghosts etc etc

‼️'The Street With No Name, Annandale' ‼️

Some say an eerie presence can be felt, others tell tales of bizarre behaviour displayed by small children and dogs that visiting the area. In the late 1960's...

https://t.co/lneDV02xZB

‼️Picton Railway Tunnel, Picton ‼️

During World War II it was one of a number of disused railway tunnels in the Sydney area in which ammunition and other military supplies were stored. After the RAAF moved out in 1950, it was used for commercial mushroom growing.

‼️Old Government House, Parramatta‼️
..'the "Blue Room" located at the top of the original wooden staircase. The Blue Room is a bedroom painted blue (of course) and every haunted house seems to have one, along with the standard "blue lady"....

In the early 1800's one of the workers was out in the field just near Old Government House - he reported of seeing an "ark" in the sky. He said he was abducted by this "ark" taken up into it and later woke up back in the field. This was before planes were invented.

‼️Old Quarantine Station, North Head ‼️
The Quarantine Station at Manly is a city in itself, boasting its own post office, power supply, water reservoir, hospital, morgue, telephone exchange and paved streets lined with various styles and types of buildings.
While used as a..

I have now been meditating for ~30 days in a row.

Here are 10 things i've observed so far.

1. The habit is more important than the ritual. I don't have a fancy setup, i don't sit down on the floor, i don't do mantras, i don't count my breathes or how long i breathe for. I sit on a chair, put a calm playlist on, let my brain run free. It hurts, but it works.

2. People tell me their main objection to giving it a go is they're afraid of what might surface. But this is entirely the point of meditating, to see whatever repressed feelings are unresolved. On that note...

3. Meditation for me is the art of being a little bit less afraid. And of feeling a little bit less hurt. And of normalising pain. And of understanding where our ego is coming from. We're so curious about the world, we forget to be curious about ourselves.

4. I started with 10 minutes, then 15, 20, now at 25 (soon i might move to 30). I couldn't imagine starting with 30 minutes, but now i barely see the time flying and couldn't go back to 10. It's the runner's high for people who don't like running (✋).