Category: Questions
Let’s talk about generations and a shift….
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Why US elections only give you two choices
And it’s not that those things aren’t true. But there’s a much simpler explanation, and it’s the very basic rule governing almost every single one of our elections: Only one person can win. If you’re American, that probably sounds utterly reasonable: what the hell other kinds of elections even are there? But the answer is: lots. Winner-take-all elections (also called plurality voting, or “first past the post”) are actually a practice that most advanced democracies left behind long ago — and they’re what keep us from having more political options.
Even if you’re not sold on the need for more parties in the US, though, scratch the surface of “only one person can win” a little and you start to see how it actually produces perverse results within the two-party system as well. It’s a big part of why the political parties have moved farther apart from each other, and it leaves about half of the country without any political representation at all. Watch the video above to see how.
MTG Rages at U.K. Journo’s Jewish Space Laser Question: ‘F*ck Off’
This is what passes as a republican statesperson, an elected official we would want our kids to look up to. She is a backwards low IQ maga racist bigoted thug. She is a female tRump, only she is not a coward like he is. She has no sense of decorum, she thinks being an internet troll in real life is a thing to be proud of, an accomplishment. She thinks civility and being nice are deviant behavior. She has the idea that freedom is her being able to tell everyone else how to live, dictating to them what they can or can not do. What a disgusting person. Momma’s don’t let your babies grow to be Marge Greene. Hugs. Scottie
The MAGA congresswoman had just finished saying that Trump supporters like “the truth.”
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lashed out at a British reporter on Tuesday night who asked her about Jewish space lasers, telling the broadcaster to “fuck off.”
MTG was approached by former BBC journalist Emily Maitlis at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Super Tuesday. What started out as a fairly amicable exchange rapidly went off the rails when Greene was asked about conspiracy theorists among the former president’s supporters—and Greene’s own history of truly unhinged speculations.
Maitlis—the journalist who conducted the infamous 2019 interview with Prince Andrew about his ties with Jeffrey Epstein—began by asking Greene about what message Nikki Haley should take from her latest round of primary defeats. “Well, we’ve been encouraging her to drop out and support President Trump and I think tonight is the clear message that President Trump is the clear frontrunner, he’s the winner in our Republican primary, and it’s time for Nikki Haley to drop out and support him,” Greene replied.
Maitlis also asked Greene if she thought she herself should be on Trump’s list of potential running mates. “No, I don’t think Nikki Haley should be on the list,” Greene answered, apparently mishearing the question. Asked if she would like to be in contention for Trump’s vice president herself, Greene replied: “He’s got a long list—I support President Trump in any way, any way he’d ask me. But I can assure you it won’t be Nikki Haley.”
The cordial interview then took a turn. “Can you tell me why so many people that support Donald Trump love conspiracy theories, including yourself? He seems to attract lots of conspiracy theorists.”
“Well, let me tell you, you’re a conspiracy theorist,” Greene replied, pointing at Maitlis. “And the left and the media spreads more conspiracy theories. We like the truth, we like supporting our Constitution, our freedoms, and America First.”
As the MAGA lawmaker attempted to walk away, Maitlis asked: “What about Jewish space lasers? Tell us about Jewish space lasers.”
The question related to a 2018 Facebook post in which Greene suggested there were “too many coincidences to ignore” around the devastating Camp Fire in California, claiming that people reported seeing “what looked like lasers or blue beams of light causing the fires” and that an executive of “Rothschild Inc, international investment banking firm” could be involved. After speculating in the post that “space solar generators” could be behind the wildfires, Greene later dismissed her crackpot theory as having been a “sarcastic social media post.”
“Why don’t you go talk about Jewish space lasers,” Greene replied to Maitlis. “And really, why don’t you fuck off? How about that?”
“Thanks, thank you very much,” the British broadcaster replied.
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The people at Joe My God had some great comments about this. Sadly I am too tired to post them for you. Please go to this link if you want to read them. Hugs. Scottie
MTG To British Reporter: “Why Don’t You Fuck Off?”
Employers Beg For Help: We Need 9 Million Workers
republicans are racist and culture warriors, white supremacist, so they don’t see that the nation needs immigrant workers, skilled and non-skilled. They don’t seem to understand just how large this country is. They think the entire country is just the town or city they live in. We do not have enough workers to fill all the jobs, and some jobs their superior white people just won’t do. The other side of the coin is they have made higher education so expensive we do not have the highly skilled workers needed for some high-tech specialty jobs. We need to bring them in from other countries that subsidize their education systems. Think of that. The republicans have attacked the US education system so much they have dumbed down the US education to the point we need to bring in people educated from other countries, or foreigners educated here paid for by their country. Hugs. Scottie
Bloomberg News reports:
“I can’t have a conversation with any business owner that doesn’t revolve around the fact that they simply cannot find the skilled workforce they need,” says Jay Timmons, chief executive officer of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Some 9 million positions are open across the economy, equal to 1.4 vacancies for every unemployed worker. The worst-affected industries are trying to figure out the best way to make themselves heard.
A trade group for companies in the construction industry is buying digital ads to push for immigration reform. An association that represents makers of heavy equipment is flying members to Washington from such places as North Dakota to beg lawmakers for help.
Read the full article.
Let’s talk about Biden’s State of the Union….
Cognitively Impaired Man Slurs Through Rally Speeches
Even though the media won’t report on how badly tRump is failing, we must. The public must know before voting. Plus we must remind people that reports show that the White House was awash with drugs, speed, uppers, sleep pills, pain pills, cocaine, and Adderall. Yet tRump and the maga bunch act so holy and pure. Hugs. Scottie
Raw Story reports:
Donald Trump had several verbal slip-ups at his rally in North Carolina on Saturday, prompting the internet to go wild There were several instances in which the former reality TV star flubbed his lines, glitched, or otherwise slurred through his standard stump speech.
Conservative columnist Tom Nichols said the people in Trump’s audience “mostly know he’s beyond addled now.” “You can keep showing it to them, and they don’t care, because they think it’ll be a hilarious lib-own to put him back in the White House and hand him the codes to 1500 nuclear weapons.”
Read the full article.
“”Putin has so little respect for Obama that he’s starting to throw around the nuclear word” — Trump again forgets who’s president”
Looks pretty deferential to me…
I love that picture
Unlike this dipshit.
Meanwhile:
Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: March 4
Totally Depraved …
Many thanks to Ten Bears for this. I had copied the video address and put it in my cue for watching in its turn this morning. Wow, and I am glad I did, I only wish I had pushed it to the front. I just got done watching it and I know as I was doing something I missed stuff. It is not really long but packed with information. Especially the Stephen Fry parts for me. The video is 11 minutes. I think you will get a lot out of it. Hugs. Scottie
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