BC POLITICS
Saved by @jacobhtml

Here we go. Tag 4 des Impeachments. Trumps Verteidigung.

 Es wird argumentiert, dass Trump nur habe sicherstellen wollen, dass die Wahl fair abgelaufen sei. Die Verteidigung zeigt Clips einzelner Demokraten, die der Zertifizierung von Trumps Stimmen 2016 widersprechen. (Dass es 2016 keinen von Obama gesandten Mob aufs Kapitol gab?Egal!)
Die intellektuelle Unehrlichkeit ist so unfassbar, ich weiß kaum, wo ich hier überhaupt anfangen soll; so viele fucking Strohmänner auf einmal.
Die Verteidigung spielt random Clips, in denen Demokraten “fight” sagen, fast zehn Minuten lang. Weil Trump 20mal am 6. Januar “fight” gesagt hat. Dies ist kein Witz. Komisch, dass sonst die Folge nie war, dass ein Mob das Kapitol gestürmt hat und Pence hängen wollte https://t.co/0UuntJzVQ4
“Dieser Fall geht um politischen Hass” Ich mein, ja. “Die House Managers hassen Donald Trump.”

So close.
... https://t.co/G3iMze60eU
Der aktuelle Anwalt gibt eine Master Class im wütend Umblättern.
Im aktuellen Video: Madonna. Johnny Depp.
Die aktuelle Verteidigung lässt sich etwa so zusammenfassen; “Ihr habt auch KÄMPFT gesagt” “what about...” “this is not Whataboutism!” “fuck context” “context is important”
Es ist so unerträglich https://t.co/WvIAvhPNXY
Extrem auffallend: die Auswahl der gezeigten Demokraten. https://t.co/472NtEvKMP
“Both Sides” Charlottesville, weil warum nicht. Oder so. https://t.co/1Qhluliinn
Möchte meinen Kopf durch den Bildschirm rammen, einfach damit es aufhört
Übrigens haben Raskin und Co das 1st amendment Argument bereits gestern widerlegt, das hier gerade im schlechten Community Theater Stil vorgetragen wird, inklusive empörtem Schnaufen und Kopfschütteln https://t.co/BWYOP3XbUT
Hat Trumps Anwalt gerade das N-Wort gesagt
Hat er. Wo ist mein Schnaps https://t.co/f0Gbhtwzpo
Van der Veen, der gerade redet und wirklich schwer erträglich ist, hat Trump übrigens noch vor einem Jahr selbst verklagt, wegen Lügen zum Thema Wahlbetrug: https://t.co/M2oQpRSIVr
Gründerväter einfach woker Mob wenn ihr mich fragt #cancelculture https://t.co/IaTu6M1bpS
Van der Veen lügt wie gedruckt. Es ist fast beeindruckend. Z.B. behauptet er, dass die Antifa in den Angriff auf das Kapitol verwickelt gewesen sei. das ist ein rechter Verschwörungsmythos. https://t.co/S23L8Jsou5
Ich krieg gleich einen Schlaganfall. Zu behaupten, dass Religion friedlich im Kontext des 6. Januars auftauchte ist unfassbar. #CapitolSiegeReligion, schaut einfach mal nach. https://t.co/ayyeeL0tPK
The sound you heard was the heads of scholars of religion, history and sociology exploding. Feel like I’m going insane. At least I’m not alone @plmanseau https://t.co/fdKM5XmGgL
Lest bitte seinen neusten Artikel in der Washington Post zur religiösen Dimension des 6. Januars. https://t.co/l6fxfgI2XH #CapitolSiegeReligion
Castor argumentiert, eine gescheiterte Insurrection brauche nicht verfolgt werden.
Daher habe es keine Insurrection stattgefunden.

Tolles Schlussargument
Schon starkes Stück zu behaupten, die Anklage habe Videos zurechtgeschnitten und selbst Trump zu Geigenmusik zeigen, gegengeschnitten zu BADADADAMM Musik, wenn Demokraten was sagen
DAS HIER IST KEIN GERICHTSPROZESS

kann die mal jemand briefen das ist ja unerträglich
Trump spricht wenige Worte - HARD CUT - "Wie Sie sehen meine Damen und Herren, alles prima super friedlich"
Das tolle am "Insurrection nur strafbar, wenn erfolgreich" ist ja, dass dann Insurrection nie strafbar ist. Denn: Wenn's erfolgreich ist, ist Regierung unter Kontrolle der Staatsstreichler.
Daraus folgt nach Castor: Insurrection nie strafbar. Cool.
Überfalle dann einfach demnächst eine Bank, wenn Lesungen ausbleiben, weil wenns schiefgeht ist ja nicht strafbar
Kann mich nicht auf das konzentrieren, was Castor salbadert, deswegen: stimmt der Senat eigentlich jetzt auch über Madonnas oder Johnny Depps Impeachment ab? Und Chris Cuomos? Frage auf Basis des Videomaterials der Verteidigung.
Trumps Anwälte scheinen sich "Scary Bad Guy Music free" runtergeladen zu haben und spielen sie jetzt zu Video von Pressevertretern ab, nur falls jemand das "enemy of the people" Framing vergessen sollte
AHAHAHA.
Trump sei heimlich aufgenommen worden und deswegen hätte er im Raffensperger Anruf nicht zu Gewalt aufrufen können am 6. Januar.
Nein, ich bin nicht betrunken, das hat Castor wirklich so gesagt. Mit Absicht.
"Der Mafiaboss hat im Gegenteil sein ehrliches Bedauern darüber ausgedrückt, dass dem Geschäft ein Brandschaden zustoßen könnte, verehrte Jury"
"Originalism" und "Textualism" immer übel, egal ob im Bezug auf religiöse Schriften, Verfassungen oder, na ja, Sprache halt.
"on november whatever", der Anwalt des Ex-Präsidenten der USA, meine Damen und Herren
Nach Videomaterial der Verteidigung impeachen wir jetzt auch Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer uvm, stay tuned
Music Note: Die Helden fliehen vor den Bösen und einem explodierendem Tanker
Huiui, den Demokraten vorwerfen, sie wollten einen Ein-Parteienstaat ist ein starkes Stück, wenn man selbst Hardcore mit dem Faschismus flirtet, das muss diese Projektion sein.
Habe bei jedem "cancelled" der letzten zwei Minuten getrunken und bin jetzt beschickert
Oh cool jetzt wird einfach offen gedroht, nices Schlusswort. fuck off, bruce.
Castor sagt zu Republikanern, den Demokraten doch bitte nicht "dasselbe" (Impeachment) anzutun, wenn sie das nächste Mal an der Macht sind. Als würde es alle paar Jahre passieren, ein Präsident hetzt einen Mob auf das Kapitol & akzeptiert die Niederlage nicht. Standard.
Murkowski glaubt, dass das Trump Team heute eine gute Verteidigung hingelegt hat. Tja.
Muss sagen, ich hätte nicht so viele Musikvideos in einer Verteidigung im Impeachment Prozess erwartet. Damit haben sie mich doch überrascht.
Ach ja, bevor ich gerade um mehrere Monate gealtert bin, hatte ich für Patrons noch den gestrigen Tag des Impeachment-Prozesses zusammengefasst als Podcast-Episode. Inkl. Ausblick auf die heutige Batshittery (BINGO!) https://t.co/X88vKS2mLd
Kämpfen für Elternzeit/Krankenversicherung für alle/Mindestlohn und kämpfen im Sinne von Insurrection einfach dasselbe. Brought to you by the Trump defense.
Ach ja, und, Bruce Castor? "Insurrection" isses nicht erst, wenn TV-Sender unter Kontrolle gebracht werden. Herzlich, deine #twitterstorians
Murkwoski und Collins fragen Trumps Team, wann er genau vom Angriff auf das Kapitol erfahren habe und was er unternommen habe. Die Frage muss ein zweites Mal vorgelesen werden.
Trumps Anwälte sagen, sie wissen es nicht und beschuldigen eine "fehlende Untersuchung". Es ist so lachhaft.
Absurd. Noch absurder war die Frage, noch absurder die Antwort des Trump Teams "Ja." das wars. wtf. https://t.co/WsNuEnJA92
Habe das Gefühl, ich brauch eine Woche Urlaub, wenn das hier vorbei ist. Mindestens. Meine Güte.

More from Politics

Christina Warren
Christina Warren
@film_girl
A brief thread on Jovan Hutton Pulitzer, the crazy con man who is now claiming to have hacked into the Georgia voting machines in Fulton County. 90s kids and tech aficionados might remember Jovan as the inventor of the CueCat, the dumbest gadget of all time.

Also, for anyone who wants to claim that Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (not his given name, but one he changed legally after the CueCat debacle) invented QR Codes: he did not. Like that other right-wing crazy man who claimed to have invented email, Jovan didn’t invent QR Codes.

He did invent the CueCat, a product that somehow raised $185 million dollars for a tethered barcode scanner for magazines and newspapers, so you could get ads from your ads. As I said, the dumbest product of all time. Good backup barcode scanners after they were hacked, however

Oh, that’s another thing. When CueCat was a thing, its systems were hacked. I guess that’s what makes Jovan a security expert. His bankrupt company from 20 years ago was hacked and widely mocked. He’s a genius.

In recent years, Jovan pivoted to being a treasure hunter who was featured on and widely mocked on Curse of Oak Island, because the man is insane.
POLITICS
katya adler
katya adler
@BBCkatyaadler
Again, at such a key moment in UK and at such high political levels, evidence of deep misunderstanding of EU: The PM is under pressure in some quarters to delay #Brexit vote to allow her first to “improve” deal in Brussels BUT EU is determined not to budge at this stage

2) All EU leaders watching tomorrow’s vote. Of course they want to avoid a no deal #Brexit BUT they feel the deal - so painfully negotiated between EU and UK - is too fresh to re-open. Clarifications, yes but fundamental renegotiations, no.

3) The EU’s international reputation as a tough deal-maker is at stake here too. If Brussels now suddenly “gives in” to U.K. on EU red lines (eg backstop) then that would weaken the EU’s reputation in future trade negotiations with other non EU countries

4) Also on backstop the EU is unlikely to cave in to favour a relationship with a leaving member state (UK) against the explicit wishes and ignoring the deep concerns of a continuing member: Ireland.

5) Both the EU and the PM signed up to a guarantee to protect the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. If either the U.K. or EU can leave the backstop unilaterally then this clearly is no longer a guarantee.
POLITICS
Advertisement
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cort...
@Ocasio2018
All the challenges to Leader Pelosi are coming from her right, in an apparent effort to make the party even more conservative and bent toward corporate interests.

Hard pass. So long as Leader Pelosi remains the most progressive candidate for Speaker, she can count on my support.


I agree that our party should, and must, evolve our leadership.

But changed leadership should reflect an actual, evolved mission; namely, an increased commitment to the middle + working class electorate that put us here.

Otherwise it’s a just new figure with the same problems.

I hope that we can move swiftly to conclude this discussion about party positions, so that we can spend more time discussing party priorities: voting rights, healthcare, wages, climate change, housing, cannabis legalization, good jobs, etc.
POLITICS
Lea Kissner
Lea Kissner
@LeaKissner
Last talk about Securing Democracy at #enigma2021: @jackhcable speaking about "THE FULL STACK PROBLEM OF ELECTION

Let's imagine that elections use all the security measures security people have been advocating: risk-limiting audits, paper ballots, etc. Would people trust the elections more?

Jack would argue no. Most people don't understand this stuff and most of the claims people are making can't be disproven. And are massively bogus already.

Georgia did a full recount on paper ballots and it very much didn't stop people from doubting the election!

Are election security results in vain? The point of election security is to convince the loser they lost.

No! Have to focus on the whole stack, from election infrastructure to campaigns to people and mis/dis-informaton


One takeaway from the talk: the parts of the stack must work in tandem. Can't fight misinformation in a vacuum, but must build on other election security measures.
POLITICS
Maria \u23f3
Maria ⏳
@ml_1maria
How the CIA gets the media to lie to you

https://t.co/vsTrS43Fft


https://t.co/rUTYg42PYH


https://t.co/1r0MbPv8wG


War on democracy - installing US-puppet dictators in Latin America in order to control their economies
#Guatemala #Arbenz #RedScare

Propaganda, "harmless bombing" and a CIA terror campaign


CIA war on Nicaragua
POLITICS

You May Also Like

Tom Hirst
Tom Hirst
@tom_hirst
How to create a freelancing website that makes money.

Everything I've learned.

A thread.

As a freelancer,

Your website is everything.

First, prioritise its existence.

Second, prioritise its improvement.

The technology you use is irrelevant.

- WordPress
- Notion
- Carrd
- Wix

It doesn't matter which you choose,

What matters is you have a website.

Pick a platform that you're comfortable with.

If you can:

- Capture leads
- Add content easily
- Have a clear design

You're good.

If your website doesn't get leads,

It's not working.

Don't rest on a website that doesn't work for you.

Improve it until it does.
STARTUPS
Kirsti Miller
Kirsti Miller
@KirstiMiller30
@FionaPearman @ScottMorrisonMP Morrison is our statue of unempathic neoliberalism - erected by evangelical and corporate Australia to celebrate their victory over compassion, equality and secular humanism. 

Hopefully it gets pulled down like the statues of dubious heroes of oppression from an earlier age.


@ScottMorrisonMP The two-party-preferred system in 
Australia politics isn’t working for people, and it sure isn’t working for the planet.

@ScottMorrisonMP My collapse of faith in our democracies isn’t an accident. It’s one of the central victories of the neoliberal project, delivered through two generations of privatisation, outsourcing and deregulation, underfunding of government services (locked in by tax cuts),...

@ScottMorrisonMP restricting freedom of information, targeting whistleblowers and raiding the media who report on them, delegitimising and gagging public interest advocacy, and criminalising protest.

@ScottMorrisonMP Politics in Australia today relies hugely on the fact that most people don’t know most of what’s going on so as to get away with stuff that couldn’t be done under real scrutiny we have seen a clear example of this with the National Coronvirus Cabinet.
FOR LATER READ
Advertisement
Patrick McKenzie
Patrick McKenzie
@patio11
It’s underremarked upon that stablecoins accomplish basically all of the original design goals for Bitcoin qua a transactional mechanism (instant free value transfer anywhere), but that nobody cares about this because nobody ever cared about that part of the pitch.

“Why do people care about stablecoins then?”

A mix of “they encourage dollar-denominated liquidity in the cryptocurrency ecosystem and discourage withdrawal of the same” and “they’re good for money laundering.”

“But they make value transfer between exchanges much faster!”

This was a solved problem in traditional finance, too, mostly through the extension of credit. (It doesn’t matter how long settlement takes if there is sufficient trust to enable credit.)

The Bitcoin ecosystem is *positively allergic* to credit, so you have to call it a coin for them to accept it. And after you call it a coin they ignore everything the world has learned about credit, like risk management.

“Stablecoins aren’t credit!”

They’re pretty much exactly credit? A tether is a zero-coupon Bitfinex bond with a non-functioning call option. I
TECH
Vedic Gyaan
Vedic Gyaan
@vedicgyaanindia
The chorus of this song uses the shlokas taken from Sundarkand of Ramayana.

It is a series of Sanskrit shlokas recited by Jambavant to Hanuman to remind Him of his true potential.

1. धीवर प्रसार शौर्य भरा: The brave persevering one, your bravery is taking you forward.


2. उतसारा स्थिरा घम्भीरा: The one who is leaping higher and higher, who is firm and stable and seriously determined.

3. ुग्रामा असामा शौर्या भावा: He is strong, and without an equal in the ability/mentality to fight

4. रौद्रमा नवा भीतिर्मा: His anger will cause new fears in his foes.

5.विजिटरीपुरु धीरधारा, कलोथरा शिखरा कठोरा: This is a complex expression seen only in Indic language poetry. The poet is stating that Shivudu is experiencing the intensity of climbing a tough peak, and likening

it to the feeling in a hard battle, when you see your enemy defeated, and blood flowing like a rivulet. This is classical Veera rasa.

6.कुलकु थारथिलीथा गम्भीरा, जाया विराट वीरा: His rough body itself is like a sharp weapon (because he is determined to win). Hail this complete

hero of the world.

7.विलयगागनथाला भिकारा, गरज्जद्धरा गारा: The hero is destructive in the air/sky as well (because he can leap at an enemy from a great height). He can defeat the enemy (simply) with his fearsome roar of war.
VEDICGYAN
Anu Satheesh \U0001f1ee\U0001f1f3
Anu Satheesh 🇮🇳...
@AnuSatheesh5
Eri Katha Ramar Temple
Maduranthakam

Eri Katha Ramar temple is located at Maduranthakam near Chengalpattu of Tamil Nadu. Beautiful Kodanda Ramar of about 8ft holding Ma Sita's hand & with Lakshmana. This temple story is connected with Sri Ramanujar.
@LostTemple7


It was here Periya Nambigal performed Pancha Samskaaram to Ramanujar under Magizham tree.
Sri Ramanujar was on his way from Kanchipuram to meet Sri Periya Nambigal at Sri Rangam to become his disciple. Sri Periya Nambigal also started towards Kanchipuram to meet Ramanujar.


They both met here at Madurantakam.
Small Mandapam where Ramanujar undertook Pancha Samskaaram is seen in the temple. Separate sannidhi is for Periya Nambigal & Ramanujar & this is the only temple where Ramanujar is seen as a Grahastha (married person) and not in Sanyasa kolam.


Story says about an incident which occurred during British rule. The Madurantakam lake bund was about to breach, due to heavy rain & village will be flooded if it happened. Dt collector was Cl. Lionel Blaze who took efforts to protect the bund & asked for the piles of stones


in the temple to protect it. But it was meant for Janakavalli ( sita) Thayar sannidhi which faced shortage of fund. Lionel Blaze prayed Sri Ramar to save the bund and if so he will provide fund to construct.
That night he saw in the lightning, Sri Rama & Lakshmana walked along
ALL