Thread - omnibus, CRs

-Continuing Resolution (CR) is a mechanism to address a budgetary “gap”
Under @senatemajldr (not) awesome leadership CRs have become the norm, which is maddening because that’s NOT what CRs are meant for
-pocket veto
-veto
-President versus Congress

CHRIST ALMIGHTY I think most of us knew we’d end up here
👇🏻and HERE WE ARE👇🏻

U.S. says Capitol rioters meant to 'capture and assassinate' officials-filing ... intended “to capture and assassinate elected

the Orange Hate Goblin is RAGING like an unhinged lunatic about the #FY21NDAA
it‘s a 4,517 page bill
Why is @realDonaldTrump threatening to veto it?
-no CDA230 (LOLs)
-renaming bases

Turns out that @POTUS NEVER respected our Military or our

@POTUS if reading 4K plus pages isn’t your thing (I am not judging you I tapped out at page 389)
the Conference pushed a 15 page aka cliff notes
remember Trump is threatening to veto
“confront current & future
security challenges from China, Russia, transnational terrorism, and beyond”

@POTUS The forceful disclosure of Companies that are actually owned by China - is a really BFD (Wall St impact) prohibition of supply chain too but this is BIG
“Establishes mandatory sanctions on Turkey for its acquisition of the Russian S-400 air missile defense system”
Skyborg program

@POTUS Oh you have my attention:

“Setting up a pilot program on the use of speed-based metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of cybersecurity providers, products and technologies”
See pages 11 & 12 cyber security sections
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy -PAS

@POTUS LOL literally the last page

“commission to study and provide recommendations,
within three years, concerning the removal of names, symbols, displays, monuments, and
paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America”
See next tweet re GPS

@The_Rumpus is open for essay submissions until February 28, so here’s a #RumpusEssays thread in which our amazing editors share what they would like to see in submissions. Give them a follow and send your essay our way via @submittable

Features Editor @happiestwerther is “still (forever) in love with the researched essays that teach me something about a subject while I also learn about a narrator.” #RumpusEssays

Assistant Features Editor @sarahkasbeer would like to see “essays with unexpected engines / innovative structures / emotional and intellectual depth / good ole narrative tension.” #RumpusEssays

Features Editor @kaytaybayy: “I'd love to see essays that are imbued with kinetic energy. I don't care what they're about. Just sweep me into your experiences and thoughts. Compel me to shake my dust off.” #RumpusEssays

Asst Feat Ed @DJ_theoretical: "I’d love to read about that weird, niche topic you’re obsessed with. Your Pog collection, those ribbon candies that seemingly only grandmas buy, your new obscure hobby. Distract me from the horrible big picture with your hyperfixations."

@ImPranav_M @GunduHuDuGa That's a good qsn, if not a bit nuanced. Avataras are of many varieties and frankly, most of the classification is only for our understanding and not really binding on Paramatma Himself. We can take several approaches to understanding this. If you go by a Vedantic approach,+

@GunduHuDuGa Avatara means that which descends from an exalted state (Taara). Going by Upanishadic observaton of Purnam adham purnam idham, every manifestation of Bhagavan is indeed wholesome. In fact, Avataras usually happen when Iswara is propitiated with certain qualities already+

@GunduHuDuGa described in the Vedas by other Devatas. So, in order to please them, He assumes the form that best envisages the said Vaidika tatvam. For example, Varaha and Nrusimha avatars, though they have sthoola prayojanas, also exemplify the Tejovanna tatvam propounded by Upanishads.+

@GunduHuDuGa All these tatvams ultimately emanate from Him so whatever form He takes is indeed Purna. Now, one may ask then if that's the case, why such a distinction had to be made in the first place. That is because of upasana vidhis and understanding of how Bhagavad tatvam shines+

@GunduHuDuGa with each Leela being performed. Let's take Nrusimha avatar. The purpose of the avatar is neither to save Hiranyakasipu nor rescue Prahlada. For that He need not descend down as H's boons are applicable only for Brahman's creation and not Paramatma Himself.+