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Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024
| Time |
Event |
| 9:19a |
Arlington National Cemetery sacrilege, VA
When the corrupter tried to use Arlington National Cemetery to film a political message,
which is not allowed, it showed his contempt for the United States. His reaction when officials
told him this was not allowed showed his
contempt for anyone that gets in
his way.
I do not worship the military as the article suggests we should. Armed force can be used for good
or for bad. But the rule that the corrupter
tried to break is a wise one.
| | 9:20a |
A Breonna Taylor case setback, KY
A judge
dismissed
charges against the thugs that killed Breonna Taylor, by putting the blame for her death on her
boyfriend. He shot at the thugs because they had
not identified themselves as official thugs, so he thought they were criminals breaking into his
house.
Since his actions were legitimate given his state of knowledge, they cannot
make him culpable for consequences. And if the thugs falsified a warrant
to give themselves an excuse, no circumstances can possibly justify that.
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China on Burma factions
China is playing the many factions in Burma against each other in an
effort
to increase its power over all of them. It is not clear that the rest of the world has
influence to aim for a stable peace, or what that peace should look like.
| | 9:20a |
Local-voting law changing, US
Non-citizens are not allowed to vote in federal and state elections in the US, but cities can
authorize them to vote in municipal elections. A right-wing
campaign
aims to amend state constitutions to prevent that.
Some places in Europe permit non-citizens to vote in municipal elections.
The idea shocked me at first, but after thinking further I decided it might
be a good idea. In any case, there is no reason for state governments
to intervene against it. We can leave it to each local government.
| | 9:20a |
Maduro now an illegitimate president, EU
The EU has rejected Maduro's
stolen
election as illegitimate.
| | 9:20a |
Epithets as effective politics
Ralph Nader says that giving the bully a
taste
of his own medicine, in the form of nasty epithets, can be very effective.
Since 2016 I have refused to refer to the bully by
his name, only by various epithets. I originally did this to deny that narcissist the pleasure he
derives from others' use of his name. You can join in using my names for him, or do this your own
way.
| | 9:20a |
New business-court legal system, TX
Texas has established a parallel set of business courts, with judges that have no effective
independence and have been
chosen for partiality to
oil companies.
| | 9:20a |
US puts sanctions on land-grabbers, ISR
The US has
put
sanctions on an organization that supports the violent "settlers"' colonial activity, and its
leader.
They certainly deserve this punishment, but the US is moving far too slowly. If Biden want this to
significantly restrain Israel's brutality before the election, he had better move faster.
| | 9:20a |
Protests over hostage deaths, ISR
Israelis held
massive
protests and called a general strike demanding that Netanyahu make a deal with HAMAS to get the
hostages back.
That is not what I would demand from him. I would demand, rather, that he respect and protect the
lives of Palestinian civilians and cease to make war in ways that kill or oppress them.
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