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GW Hayduke

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  1. Can a Texas governor suspend statutes by executive order? I don’t recall seeing it before. From his order: To the extent necessary to ensure that local governmental entities or officials do not impose any such face-covering requirements, I hearby suspend the following: a. Sections 418.1015(b) and 418.108 of the Texas Government Code; b. Chapter 81, Subchapter E of the Texas Health and Safety Code; c. Chapters 121, 122, and 341 of the Texas Health and Safety Code; d. Chapter 54 of the Texas Local Government Code; and e. any other statute invoked by any local governmental entity or official in support of a face-covering requirement.
  2. The world is simple. THere are good guys and there are bad guys. We are the good guys. The others are the bad guys.
  3. Then I recommend you try and look past labels. Instead, look at what is going on. Judge the situation based on facts from reputable sources and your own value system. For example, acknowledge the past disproportionate uses of human shields by Israel. Don't let the labels by others tell you what to think and how to feel.
  4. How is that a relevant question? Does giving them a label like that help dehumanize the palestinian side? Does the label help give moral authority to Israel in your eyes? Does the label justify the disproportionate killing of palestinian children?
  5. Watched the HBO documentary, The Crime of Century about the opioid crisis that came out a week or so ago. Take a guess who makes an unsurprising cameo and who was hired by the pharmaceutical companies back in 2006 to lobby the DOJ to avoid and minimize criminal penalties. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/22/rudy-giuliani-opioid-epidemic-oxycontin-purdue-pharma
  6. It's important to understand that there are groups within groups. The palestinians are composed of far-right nationalists along with moderates- just like there is on the Israel side. Each time peace is near, the far-right nationalists on each side sabotage the situation. That pattern repeats itself. It a well known far-right misinformation/disinformation outlet that pumps propaganda into the US on behalf of the GOP. Israel's PM aligning themselves with US propaganda outlets is the continuation of a bizarre foreign policy by Netanyahu, along with aligning himself with Trump and his BS speech in 2015 to the US Senate, that is alienating the State of Israel from Democrats along with many Jews in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU
  7. How is that relevant? Does it somehow justify an apartheid and crimes against humanity? I know you have probably heard that narrative in a bunch of places, but what does it mean to you? Israel is a proxy of the US and other western nations looking for middle eastern country to stage our influence from. The US provides funding, arms (rockets) and training to Israel. How is that relevant?
  8. I recommend taking a look at the media bubble that resulted in this take. It is common throughout history to blame others for the killing of civilians. In addition to the piece on the 2005 Israel supreme court ruling I provided earlier, wiki provides a good snapshot of the use of human shields throughout the conflict. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_shield#Palestine The point I am making is that we know Israel has used human shields. We know the degree of civilian and children deaths are inappropriate. The current solution is to cease bombardment and civilian killing. The longterm solution is clearly two states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-state_solution
  9. You are putting too much weight on intention. Intention doesn't matter. Results do. True intentions are rarely stated. What were the stated US intentions going into Iraq? What were the stated Nazi intentions going into Poland? The current conflict has killed 192 in gaza including 58 children. It is unacceptable for Israel to kill children - even if killing children wasn't the "point." Israel's use of arabs as human shields was unacceptable even if the "point" was not to endanger arabs (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/07/israel). The issue is that the totality of the evidence - civil rights abuses, crimes against humanity, disproportionate civilian deaths, a system designed to propagate an ethnically clean state, a system designed to expand that ethnically clean state, the continuation of bombardment even after calls for truces - make clear that dehumanization and apartheid are being conducted by the State of Israel whether those intentions are stated or not. There have always been supporters of and reasons to support atrocious events in history. Folks rationalized slavery in the US for reasons. The south african apartheid was worth it from some people for some reasons. Hitler had his reasons to go into Poland. The US had reasons to otherthrow Sadam. The presence of reasons doesn't automatically justify actions if the actions are inappropriate. History will see the Apartheid by Israel. People see it now.
  10. The Mormons decided to coalesce in Utah, and things are going ok for them. The Amish are doing well in Pennsylvania I think. Even the Scientology people get to do their thing here. It is hard for me to buy the idea that their religious identity and preservation hinges on Israel. Merge that idea with the depreciating value in Middle East fossil fuels and the current apartheid and crimes against humanity and it seems like a rather straight line to the US saying adios and getting the fuck out
  11. I find it odd when folks expect GOP reps who stand up against trump and his lies should also for some reason be voting with Nancy Pelosi. Being for the constitution doesn't mean also have to be for raising taxes. Folks shouldn't conflate policy with the rule-of-law.
  12. They could have had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness, I suppose
  13. The folks at lawfare provide some insight in the conflict in their rational security podcast. https://www.lawfareblog.com/rational-security-gas-new-toilet-paper-edition
  14. I get that. But it doesn't mean it should be like that or that we can't change the regulations around pharmaceuticals or recreational drugs. Or that we should discuss better ways to handle it. The idea that those things could impact our lives, even those from well-to-do neighborhoods or young and seemingly healthy people, should add weight to the topic.
  15. I think government does play a role though. There is the unfortunate shadiness surrounding the FDA approval of various opioids and inappropriate (likely illegal) marketing of the opiods that led to a huge US market for fentanyl, etc. - which is at the heart of the documentary you cite. Then there is the issue of having a black market for recreational (or self-prescribed) drug use that results in unregulated production. That lack of regulation endangers lives. The black market only exists because of the stances our government has taken - we don't have a system that manages the legal use of recreational drugs.
  16. Exactly. She represents Wyoming. Wyoming is 91% white. Wyoming is +25 republican. Her voting record aligning with the GOP isn't an issue. We are witnessing a battle within the GOP. Cheney is leading one side of that battle. That side is wanting to rid the party of Trump. That side will likely get slaughtered in the 2022 primaries. I hope not. We need less trumpists in elected office.
  17. Who cares how Cheney votes on policy? She is a conservative. She votes for conservative policies. No one with functional cerebrum expects her to ride with Pelosi on policies. She isn't going to vote to raise taxes on the rich. She is a conservative. That isn't the issue. She voted to remove Trump after the second impeachment. She was in a leadership role at the time. It was a big deal. It is a big deal. She is currently standing up to the majority of her party. She is standing up for the constitution, rule of law, truth, and our democracy. She is facing consequences for that. We need more like Liz Cheney.
  18. It looks like the aggie guy was arrested for assault. Hate to see it. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/plano-rally-incident-marvin-scott-ken-paxton/287-87ebdb91-6702-426c-bedf-1d6360b0fbab
  19. I get it. But I try and be fair. There is clearly a distinction between reputable journalists at Fox, Chris Wallace, Shepard Smith, Bret Bair, their polling operation and their opinion side of things like Tucker and Hannity. I do think overall that right-wing propaganda is a primary purpose of the entire network. Yep. Not only was this guy inconvenienced on his trip, but he was inconvenienced by those he has been groomed to identify as the others/urban/blacks/liberals. He is going to be able justify his yelling, swing at black lady, and overall childlike emotional tirade.
  20. Plus we have an entire right-wing media ecosystem that amplifies that distraction to the GOP base. There are actors like Jack Posobiec, OAN, the opinion side of Fox News, brietbart, facebook and twitter accounts, talk radio, etc. along with the GOP politicians themselves who all propagate division in harmony. Supercharge that chorus with an acceptance of misinformation and lies along with a slowly flawed value system of the GOP base, and we get to the place we are today.
  21. He might be able to get the point where he can answer it. But it is rather obvious IMO the purpose is to motivate the GOP base to get to the polls and to distract the GOP base from the growing wealth gap between the middle class and ultra wealthy, the growing gap between healthcare costs and wages, and the growing gap between higher education costs and wages.
  22. Because it is a perfect wedge between the two cultures of America. One side sees a grown man yelling and acting like a child and slapping at a black woman. The GOP Trump side sees past that and sees someone they identify with, just a poor victim who let his emotions get the better of him.
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