Tuesday, February 15, 2022

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NYT > U.S. > Politics59 minutes ago
Stripped of Election Oversight, She’s Running for Colorado Secretary of State
Tina Peters, the Mesa County clerk, joins the ranks of 2020 election deniers who are seeking to oversee their states’ elections. read more
 
Mistaken faith is a terrible thing,
Better to do without faith.
 
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Navy Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty in Submarine Espionage Case
Jonathan Toebbe, who was arrested in October along with his wife, is set to face 12 years or more in prison under a plea deal with federal prosecutors. read more
 
It must have seemed a good idea.
 

How Cindy Axne, One of the Most At-Risk Democrats in Congress, Hangs On
Meet Representative Cindy Axne of Iowa, who has some advice for the White House about how to talk to voters. read more
 
Election is possible in the face of opposition. 

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50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’
In 1972, China sent two pandas to the United States as a gesture of good will. In recent years, experts say the animals have taken on a new role: softening China’s authoritarian image. read more
 
Talking makes other things possible.
 
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Migrants Left in Limbo After Policy Change to Help Busy Border Officials
Republicans say the new policy helps undocumented immigrants disappear; many immigrants say it has prevented them from following the government’s instructions. read more
 
The Republican party is most interested in frustrating Democrats.
 
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Peter Thiel, the Right’s Would-Be Kingmaker
Peter Thiel, one of Donald J. Trump’s biggest donors in 2016, has re-emerged as a prime financier of the Make America Great Again movement. read more
 
There are idiot-savants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome

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Ian Welsh7 hours ago
The Pro-Death Lobby & Pro-Death Protesters
[image: The Pro-Death Lobby & Pro-Death Protesters] No big post today, though I’ve got some things to say about inflation and policing soonish. Just noting that the people who don’t want zero-Covid are, objectively, pro-death and pro-disabling. They’re the pro-death lobby and the pro-death protesters. This includes most Western politicians, who if it were up to me, would be removed from power, tried for crimes against humanity, and in countries with a death penalty, hung from the neck till dead. Zero-Covid works when done properly, anyone in power who doesn’t do it is a mass murde... read more
 
These are believers in an afterlife with a heaven for the believers.
 
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Life%27s_Handicap_-_Kipling_(1891).djvu/204
 
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The ‘Zen Mayor’: How Eric Adams Mixes Tough Talk With Spinach Smoothies
Mr. Adams has tied his interest in nutrition, meditation and fitness to his views on how to lead New York at a challenging time. read more
 
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Dodgson/quotations/
"Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Alice in Wonderland.
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Inside McConnell’s Campaign to Take Back the Senate and Thwart Trump
Senator Mitch McConnell is working furiously to bring allies to Washington who will buck Donald J. Trump. It’s not going according to plan. read more
 
Trump seems to believe he is the king. 

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U.S. Battles Putin by Disclosing His Next Possible Moves
Declassified information is part of a campaign to complicate what officials say are Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine. read more
 
Exposing Putin's next moves is probably Putin's plan.
 
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In Hawaii, Blinken Aims for a United Front With Allies on North Korea
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and his counterparts from South Korea and Japan denounced the North’s recent missile tests and called for a resumption of talks. read more
 
North Korea is a pawn of China.
In itself it is trivial.
China is the problem Blinken must reduce.

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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 13, 2022
[image: Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 13, 2022] Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 13, 2022 by Tony Wikrent *Strategic Political Economy* *Thoughts on the Canadian Trucker “Freedom Convoys”* Lambert Strether, February 10, 2022 [Naked Capitalism] Let me confess at the outset that, sadly, I have come to regard “freedom” as a tell for the expression of today’s brand of sociopathic and therefore highly adaptive libertarianism[1]. So, when I see “the Canadian truckers” (as I will call them) branded as a (highly replicable) “Freedom Convoy,” my back teeth start ... read more
 
If nothing else:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/opinion/supreme-court-voting-rights.html
 
https://religionnews.com/2022/01/26/for-right-wing-extremists-a-renewed-embrace-of-christian-nationalism/
 
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Afghan Diplomats Seek Permission to Remain in U.S.
American banks have suspended government accounts to prevent the Taliban from gaining access to funds, suspending the salaries of many workers. read more
 
These former diplomats are refugees.
 
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50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’
In 1972, China sent two pandas to the United States as a gesture of good will. In recent years, experts say the animals have taken on a new role: softening China’s authoritarian image. read more
 
Some are silly enough to "favor a land war in Asia."
 
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Selling Trump: A Profitable Post-Presidency Like No Other
Much as he did while in the White House, Donald Trump has thoroughly blurred the lines between his political ambitions and his business interests, with a wide-ranging set of moneymaking ventures. read more
 
Trump appears broke.
 
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Giuliani in Talks to Testify to House Jan. 6 Panel
It is not clear how much assistance he might provide in the investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to hold onto power. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_of_the_court
 
Giuliani does not now know his duty.
 
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Ian Welsh2 days ago
Open Thread
[image: Open Thread] Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. (No trucker protest comments.) Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn read more
 
There are things that must be decided.
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.
 
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Blinken Says U.S. Has a ‘Long-Term Future’ in the Pacific Islands
The secretary of state promised a new embassy in the Solomon Islands and help on issues like climate change, as Washington vies with Beijing for influence in the region. read more
 
The western ocean should continue to be an ANZUS lake.
 
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Harris Says Replacing Lead Pipes Is a Priority, Despite Limited Funding
Some civil rights leaders have grown frustrated with the lack of action behind administration proposals that would help Black and Latino communities. read more
 
Lead poisoning must end.
 
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F.D.A. Delays Review of Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine for Children Under 5
The agency will wait for data on whether three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid vaccine are effective in young children after new, disappointing data. read more
 
The data set is not complete.
 
 
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