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The situation here is still psychotic. (none / 0)

Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA-50) says he's taken photo with enemy corpse
"re-elected last November as he face[d] corruption charges". No black face or dick pic mementos cited.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue May 28th, 2019 at 04:15:48 PM EST
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Indiana Fetal Burial Rule Reinstated by High Court

Reinstating Indiana rules that require aborted fetuses to either be buried or cremated, the Supreme Court chided the Seventh Circuit
PER CURIAM decision: Q1 reversed, Q2 denied
Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al.
vs.
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, et al.
on Tuesday for failing to recognize the state's legitimate interest.

Which is? "proper disposal of fetal remains ... even it it [the statute questioned] is not perfectly tailored to that end. ... rational basis review."

Though Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg complained in a partial dissent that the case represented "a waste of the court's resources," Justice Clarence Thomas devoted 20 pages to Indiana's "Sex Selective and Disability Abortion Ban."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue May 28th, 2019 at 05:18:46 PM EST
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Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. vs. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, et al.
AP WTF | Supreme Court signals more openness [?!] to state abortion rules

the justices declined to ~~take on an issue closer to the core of abortion rights, rejecting~~ review the state's appeal of a lower court ruling that blocked [the state] ban on abortion based on gender, race or disability.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue May 28th, 2019 at 09:20:33 PM EST
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US Energy Department
"spreading freedom gas throughout the world by giving America's allies a diverse and affordable source of clean energy."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu May 30th, 2019 at 12:04:11 AM EST
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Rescued by `Yon Americans (none / 0)

Nice news item .... picked up all over the Internet and spreading like wildfire. So the 20th century was about "oil" and the New American Century will be about "molecules of fossil fuel".

DOE and "Molecules of Freedom"
A reporter at the order signing jokingly asked whether the LNG shipments should be called "freedom gas," and Perry said, "I think you may be correct in your observation."
If the DOE is still running with the term as a joke, then the wit in the Energy Secretary's office is bone dry. Ars contacted the DOE to see if "freedom gas" and "molecules of US freedom" are now going to be standard in department communication with the public. We are also curious if any potential drop in LNG exports could result in patriotism bloat.

From E&E news reporter ...

TFW you delete a DOE press release thinking it's just another DOE press release. And then you realize it's not just another DOE press release (_link) pic.twitter.com/Pbbo5JTgDO
— Ellen M. Gilmer (@ellengilmer) May 29, 2019

Amnesia and Gaza Genocide

by Oui on Thu May 30th, 2019 at 03:36:20 AM EST
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Re: Rescued by 'Yon Americans (none / 0)

For it to make any sense at all, remined me of an excellent diary in 2005 ...

○ Iraqi Oil - the $250bn gift to Saudi Arabia and Russia by Jerome a Paris @EuroTrib on Dec. 12, 2005

Of course is was not the intent to help the Russians, so the Western powers weaponized NATO to turn approachment into confrontation Cold War style at the Bucharest Meeting in 2008. (Part 2) Thanks guys, it was an excellent strategy for the accumulation of wealth by the fascist powers in the Middle East. A true Bilderberg blueprint.

Related reading ...

○ US seeks to cement military foothold in Balkans by vladimir (??) @EuroTrib on May 17, 2009

Key words: War on Georgia (2008) - War on MENA states (2011) - War on Syria (2011) - War on Ukraine (Maidan 2014)

Amnesia and Gaza Genocide

by Oui on Thu May 30th, 2019 at 08:56:58 AM EST
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Actually, (none / 1)

I immediately recall the "sense of the Congress" in 2003, when Rep. Bob Ney renamed a menu item, in response to France's opposition to the proposed invasion and liberation of Iraq oil production, freedom fries. More elaborate ridicule and devious threats however produced the desired number of allied troops for the adventure.

US foreign policy is as juvenile as ever.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu May 30th, 2019 at 03:40:49 PM EST
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Re: The situation here is still psychotic. (4.00 / 2)

Shale Pioneer: Fracking Is An "Unmitigated Disaster" OILPRICE.COM

"The shale gas revolution has frankly been an unmitigated disaster for any buy-and-hold investor in the shale gas industry with very few limited exceptions," Steve Schlotterbeck, former chief executive of EQT, a shale gas giant, said at a petrochemicals conference in Pittsburgh. "In fact, I'm not aware of another case of a disruptive technological change that has done so much harm to the industry that created the change."
He did not pull any punches. "While hundreds of billions of dollars of benefits have accrued to hundreds of millions of people, the amount of shareholder value destruction registers in the hundreds of billions of dollars," he said. "The industry is self-destructive."

You ain't seen nothing yet!

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Jun 26th, 2019 at 04:14:47 AM EST
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Pelosi Slams Facebook for Not Removing Altered Video, paraphrased by anonymous AP reporter

Pelosi said in San Francisco that she is no longer giving Facebook the benefit of doubt that it is "unwittingly" spreading false information. She said Facebook is serving an accomplice and enabler of false information and Russian elections interference.

IMPEACHMENT 2019 official trailer

archived derivative work
"PELOSI STAMMERS THROUGH NEWS CONFERENCE" (Twitter) and link to event, A/V source (full running time); USAToday "false information", link to second event, A/V source (full running time).

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu May 30th, 2019 at 03:19:02 PM EST
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gibberish
Pelosi rules out Trump censure [?!] if House can't impeach [?!] him

Pelosi also said a less redacted version of Mueller's report on his investigation would be made available this week to more lawmakers, rather than [?!] just restricting its viewing to congressional leaders .

wut

She said while she initially wanted the entire public to be allowed to see any less redacted report, she'd changed her mind.

wut

"I accepted that because I'm afraid. I really don't trust the attorney general of the United States," she said. "And I'm afraid that he may, depending on what is in there [?!], try to deal with ongoing matters in a way that is not constructive [?!] for our Constitution. I can't say anything more than that."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jun 19th, 2019 at 04:47:53 PM EST
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Pelosi is a Platonic Ideal: the spineless Democrat from which all other spineless Democrats are mere reflection.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Thu Jun 20th, 2019 at 04:56:13 PM EST
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Drag Queen Story Hour: 'Love your family no matter what'

The Spokane Public Library on the South Hill hosted a Drag Queen Story Hour on Saturday for about 50 children and their families, but dozens of children were turned away because the reading room filled up.
Outside, on the library's lawn and sidewalk, about 400 gay-rights activists stood in support of the library, while across South Perry Street, about 200 protesters held signs and voiced their opposition, several speaking through megaphones.

Snipers Defend Drag Queen Story Hour From Mom-Led Protest:"Drag is Misogyny"

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Jun 24th, 2019 at 05:39:40 PM EST
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Trump blames Dems (a), Dem blames Trump (b)

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jun 27th, 2019 at 05:12:04 PM EST
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Re: The situation here is still psychotic. (4.00 / 2)

Jeffrey Epstein arrested for sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York: [racketeering]

The arrest comes after a New York federal appeals court ordered last week the release of 2,000 pages of judicial documents related to Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell, who are suspected of taking part in an international sex trafficking operation.
The decision comes two days after the Miami Herald urged the court to issue a ruling in the civil case in the wake of last week's Justice Department announcement in the federal criminal case that it would not void Epstein's controversial 2008 non-prosecution agreement.
Using others as recruiters, Epstein lured underage girls to his waterfront estate in Palm Beach from 1997 to 2006 under the guise that he was hiring them to give him massages. He sexually abused them, the girls told authorities, then paid them to recruit other girls, mostly 13 to 16 years old.
[...]
Maxwell, 57, the daughter of the late publishing magnate Robert Maxwell, has never been charged with a crime and has denied allegations that she acted as a "madam" of the operation. She nevertheless fought to keep the records in the New York civil case sealed.

Epstein was closely connected to former President Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II, reigning monarch of the United Kingdom. Both flew frequently on Epstein's private jet, dubbed the "Lolita Express." President Trump was Epstein's neighbor in Palm Beach and a former friend. He also flew on Epstein's plane.

archived FOSTA/SESTA
Jeffrey Epstein, Alan Dershowitz, and Pals Accused of Sex-Trafficking Ring
## Sociopaths teaching sociopaths manners.
Mann Act revival, illustrated
tears, sippy cups, "neatly combed brown hair to her chin"
PS: Raniere convicted on all counts
$44 million settlement reportedly close
lawsuits accusing Harvey Weinstein or the company of ~~misconduct~~ racketeering

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sun Jul 7th, 2019 at 01:40:26 AM EST
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Re: The situation here is still psychotic. (none / 0)

Very much doubt anything will come from this. The 1% are extremely good at protecting the 1%. Look at what happened with the Jimmy Savile revelations, i.e., not much.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sun Jul 7th, 2019 at 09:01:21 PM EST
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True dat datum.
Organizational hygiene with gender-balance characteristics is hard werk.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sun Jul 7th, 2019 at 11:02:57 PM EST
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Justice Not Served (none / 1)

An earlier post this year - Justice Not Served .

○ Epstein was close with Trump, Bill Clinton, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Britain's Prince Andrew, all of whom were known to have attended his parties.

In the Times of Israel ...

○ Epstein case oozes into Israeli political mud as Netanyahu, Barak trade barbs

Linked in 2010 ...

○ Jeffrey Epstein, Billionaire Pedophile, Goes Free

h/t Ceebs on July 21, 2010