OT, but I see that Pelosi has voiced her approval of Mike Johnson. I was holding out a glimmer of hope, but we’ve obviously been had again. Damn it’s tiresome being allegedly represented by lying, backstabbing, two faced RINO’s.
How’s that famous line go, “first we kill all the politicians”? Probably got it wrong, but seems to possess a certain amount of merit.
Like so much else being passed these days, the "Antisemitism Awareness Act" is exceedingly dangerous because of the assumption of power by Congress that underlies it. So much for "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech." This is where "hate speech" legislation has led.
When the government is allowed to criminalize speech (any speech) you can bet they will eventually attempt to effectively control ALL speech, using whatever criteria they want (as variable as that may be), for whatever reasons they want. Just look at their recent attempts to control the Internet and any "misinformation" they don't like. Give them an inch and they will never stop trying to take miles.
The Congress people never seem to think twice about the impacts of what they pass on our Constitutional order. It seems most of them have not even bothered to read the Constitution or the Bill of Rights even before giving their oaths of office. If they have, they either ignore them or treat them with contempt. When they do that, the treat both us and the very country they are supposed to be serving with that same contempt. \rant
It is really ulcerating, if that’s a word, and as you point out, this latest trampling of We the People in the form of the protection of our free speech under the First Amendment. Judge Nap does a brilliant mini course on the history of it. Anyone with a pea-size brain can see that to criticize the scorched-earth, “kill as many as you can” cri de guerre, while not new in the history of war (see Persians, Spartans, Mongols, Brits and ours truly…) is not anti-semitic, this charge of anti-semitism has now become the go-to catch-all phrase, used to revive victimhood and death by Nazi gas chambers. And now the New Testament is apparently anti-semitic!! I’m no biblical scholar, but didn’t the Romans crucify Christ? “Just saying” as Mercouris is (too) want to say…Betrayed by Jews, yes (Judas) and of course Peter, but remember the Roman centurion at the foot of the cross…Mikey Johnson is a craven, ignoramous. It’s going to be a long hot summer for the Dems, and students are now facing the black-clad police here in Paris…
Shades of 1968... I am sorry to see such a beautiful place as Paris, a place with such good memories for me and such good people, have to go through what it has been through these last few years. Do take care.
Concerning culpability for Christ's death, Christian doctrine is that all human beings, past and present and future, share this responsibility regardless of ethnicity or geography. In the same way, God's grace through the atoning sacrifice of His Son is equally offered to all people regardless of their sins.
Yes. In the press coverage here of the student demonstrations, which have spread to campuses in Grenoble, Lyon and Lille, the protesters are referred to as “pro-palestiniens” and their student opponents as “pro-Israeliens.” Depicted in black and white. Not one article I read mentioned the word “genocide,” even though that is the Israeli policy igniting these protests. Apparently it bothers “la direction,” or the school administrators, that the students have disrupted courses and final exams! Nevertheless (unbelievable, but then Sciences Po, much like the Ivies in the US, lost their aura of intellectual greatness 30+ years ago), la direction, in return for a return to calm and order, has promised to openly debate the Gaza situation in classes! You can’t make this stuff up: “hallucinant,” as the French say. I did see one placard in another demonstration which directly targeted Macron: “Non à la génocide. Macron complice.” “No to genocide. Macron is complicit.” Protests here as you remember aren’t new! It’s the ways and means of controlling them, which in turn reveal the fecklessness and fear of the admistration and the government…à suivre! Meanwhile more and more of Euro leaders are finding their voices and are speaking out against Macron’s appeal to send Nato troops to Ukraine. Seven French (legionnaires or not?) have already died in Ukraine.
ML, this is really excellent! And totally apropos to what I was trying to say in this comment about the implications of such a law. Thank you! Everyone should view this.
I wonder if finally well funded lawsuits on the constitutionality of hate speech and anti terrorism legislation will now happen.
As a previous post of Mark noted, the college demonstrations can be seen as a Jewish civil war. That means protesters also have lawfare capability. Lawfare is being used against them.
Previously the targets of these legislation / lawfare lacked funding and capability in the legal area and were ostracized in polite society.
Very interesting and good point. While I would not condone "lawfare" per se, it certainly should be within the rights of protesters to defend themselves and their natural and Constitutional rights in court.
China is not party to any nuclear missile treaty, so the U.S. to withdraw makes sense to me.
The U.S. missiles in Ph seems insignificant, and good for a press release. The state of the U.S. navy is a bigger issue, beyond excellent pronoun usage.
China has been extremely aggressive with it neighbors in the South China Sea.
China is completely outmatched in its nuclear capabilities by the US--that's the other side of the Russia - China equation. Russia provides China with credible protection against the US that China doesn't have on its own. Drawing them into a treaty with the US and Russia seems a preferable option. My argument is that US bases in the Philippines and elsewhere in the region athwart China's energy lifeline is a reason for China to be aggressive. The US has made no bones whatsoever about its intent to box China in and make it vulnerable to our pressure.
China has nuclear superiority in many areas, and no longer needs to rely on Russia as a shield. Areas including:
- hypersonic technology
- age of technology used in missiles
- intermediate missiles quantity
- hardening of icbm missiles.
I agree the U.S. has superiority in submarine launched missiles and the heavy bombers.
China’s “civilian” fleet has bullied neighbors after the withdrawal of the U.S. fleet from the Philippines. Indonesia has dunk Chinese fishing boats. Vietnam lost an island and has had ships sunk by China. China is constantly showing force against Taiwan.
Clinton’s show of force embarrassed China, 3 aircraft carriers, and China has been seeking to become powerful enough that will no longer be possible.
My guess is China’s ability to project power through missiles has made that a reality past the South China Sea. U.S. aircraft carriers are now just big targets.
If the Houthani can defeat the U.S. navy, just think what China can do.
China is growing gradually stronger militarily and has a long term outlook and strategy. It’s very impressive way they are doing, especially in the naval area.
"China’s “civilian” fleet has bullied neighbors after the withdrawal of the U.S. fleet from the Philippines. Indonesia has dunk Chinese fishing boats. Vietnam lost an island and has had ships sunk by China. China is constantly showing force against Taiwan."
Indonesia sinking Chinese fishing boats doesn't sound like China bullying Indonesia. Fishing disputes are common around the world. Iceland/UK, UK/FR, UK/RU, etc. Like certain EU countries and Japan, Chinese fishing fleets infringe on national waters if given the chance.
Re Vietnam, a hot line has been set up between Beijing and Hanoi to deconflict sea disputes.
China acting as if Taiwan is part of China, as accepted internationally as well as by act of Congress. What's the problem there?
These problems appear to be confined to within the first island chain--where the US has attempted to bully China. You don't find complaints about China's fleet's behavior outside that area. I would argue that absent US efforts to confine China to its own shores these problems would go away.
Contrast the hysteria in the US about Russian Chinese naval exercises in int'l waters but near Alaska and the similar reaction to the innocuous Chinese balloon--an activity also covered in int'l agreements. US naval exercises athwart China's energy lifeline in combination with other activities are highly threatening--and intended to be so.
On Taiwan I avoided bringing up the issue. I may be a bit biased in Taiwan independence, since my wife bleeds green if cut.
China uses nationalism including anti Japanese and anti Taiwan as a way to support the communist leadership. And the narrative they are restoring China’s rightful place in the world, after China was taken advantage of by the West from the Opium War to 1949 when the communist took over the mainland.
An example of China’s fishing fleet issues in Chile:
"China is constantly showing force against Taiwan."
If Japan has a problem with Chinese nationalism and the Communist party they have no one to blame but themselves. It wasn't just the West that took advantage of China--27 million dead Chinese as a result of Japanese aggression. The victory of the Communist Party after WW2 was almost certainly an outcome of the Japanese attack on KMT China.
Chinese fishing practices are a question for international law and enforcement, but have nothing to do with US military actions within the first island chain.
So, we stepped on a rake with the Ukraine/Russia dumpster fire, accomplishing absolutely none of our objectives, but succeeding in hurting only ourselves while pissing off most of the world. Now we decide that more of the same will work with China!! Has it occurred to any of these geniuses that all China would have to do is stop all exports to the USA to literally bring us to our knees in a matter of possibly weeks but most certainly in a matter of months?
This insanity just keeps getting more and more unbelievable with each passing week.
I don’t know, maybe Biden really is “in charge”.
Oh, and did I mention that when you have a have a habit of pissing off a whole bunch of the wrong kinda folks they might just choose to gang up on you? Yep, seems like an excellent idea.
OT, but I see that Pelosi has voiced her approval of Mike Johnson. I was holding out a glimmer of hope, but we’ve obviously been had again. Damn it’s tiresome being allegedly represented by lying, backstabbing, two faced RINO’s.
How’s that famous line go, “first we kill all the politicians”? Probably got it wrong, but seems to possess a certain amount of merit.
I didn't need Pelosi to tell me what to think about Johnson. His actions alone have been sufficient.
Like so much else being passed these days, the "Antisemitism Awareness Act" is exceedingly dangerous because of the assumption of power by Congress that underlies it. So much for "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech." This is where "hate speech" legislation has led.
When the government is allowed to criminalize speech (any speech) you can bet they will eventually attempt to effectively control ALL speech, using whatever criteria they want (as variable as that may be), for whatever reasons they want. Just look at their recent attempts to control the Internet and any "misinformation" they don't like. Give them an inch and they will never stop trying to take miles.
The Congress people never seem to think twice about the impacts of what they pass on our Constitutional order. It seems most of them have not even bothered to read the Constitution or the Bill of Rights even before giving their oaths of office. If they have, they either ignore them or treat them with contempt. When they do that, the treat both us and the very country they are supposed to be serving with that same contempt. \rant
Kinda like the Patriot Act. “Trust us, it’s gonna be fine”. Not to mention the recent FISA renewal fiasco!!
Hey ML, I don’t know if “ulcerating” is a word but it damn sure oughta be.
It is really ulcerating, if that’s a word, and as you point out, this latest trampling of We the People in the form of the protection of our free speech under the First Amendment. Judge Nap does a brilliant mini course on the history of it. Anyone with a pea-size brain can see that to criticize the scorched-earth, “kill as many as you can” cri de guerre, while not new in the history of war (see Persians, Spartans, Mongols, Brits and ours truly…) is not anti-semitic, this charge of anti-semitism has now become the go-to catch-all phrase, used to revive victimhood and death by Nazi gas chambers. And now the New Testament is apparently anti-semitic!! I’m no biblical scholar, but didn’t the Romans crucify Christ? “Just saying” as Mercouris is (too) want to say…Betrayed by Jews, yes (Judas) and of course Peter, but remember the Roman centurion at the foot of the cross…Mikey Johnson is a craven, ignoramous. It’s going to be a long hot summer for the Dems, and students are now facing the black-clad police here in Paris…
Shades of 1968... I am sorry to see such a beautiful place as Paris, a place with such good memories for me and such good people, have to go through what it has been through these last few years. Do take care.
Concerning culpability for Christ's death, Christian doctrine is that all human beings, past and present and future, share this responsibility regardless of ethnicity or geography. In the same way, God's grace through the atoning sacrifice of His Son is equally offered to all people regardless of their sins.
Yes. In the press coverage here of the student demonstrations, which have spread to campuses in Grenoble, Lyon and Lille, the protesters are referred to as “pro-palestiniens” and their student opponents as “pro-Israeliens.” Depicted in black and white. Not one article I read mentioned the word “genocide,” even though that is the Israeli policy igniting these protests. Apparently it bothers “la direction,” or the school administrators, that the students have disrupted courses and final exams! Nevertheless (unbelievable, but then Sciences Po, much like the Ivies in the US, lost their aura of intellectual greatness 30+ years ago), la direction, in return for a return to calm and order, has promised to openly debate the Gaza situation in classes! You can’t make this stuff up: “hallucinant,” as the French say. I did see one placard in another demonstration which directly targeted Macron: “Non à la génocide. Macron complice.” “No to genocide. Macron is complicit.” Protests here as you remember aren’t new! It’s the ways and means of controlling them, which in turn reveal the fecklessness and fear of the admistration and the government…à suivre! Meanwhile more and more of Euro leaders are finding their voices and are speaking out against Macron’s appeal to send Nato troops to Ukraine. Seven French (legionnaires or not?) have already died in Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUGK0cyEYaY
Judge Nap explains free speech. Worth a listen.
ML, this is really excellent! And totally apropos to what I was trying to say in this comment about the implications of such a law. Thank you! Everyone should view this.
I wonder if finally well funded lawsuits on the constitutionality of hate speech and anti terrorism legislation will now happen.
As a previous post of Mark noted, the college demonstrations can be seen as a Jewish civil war. That means protesters also have lawfare capability. Lawfare is being used against them.
Previously the targets of these legislation / lawfare lacked funding and capability in the legal area and were ostracized in polite society.
Very interesting and good point. While I would not condone "lawfare" per se, it certainly should be within the rights of protesters to defend themselves and their natural and Constitutional rights in court.
Yep. These terms "hate speech", "misinformation" and "anti-semitism" are always vague and open-ended too.
China is not party to any nuclear missile treaty, so the U.S. to withdraw makes sense to me.
The U.S. missiles in Ph seems insignificant, and good for a press release. The state of the U.S. navy is a bigger issue, beyond excellent pronoun usage.
China has been extremely aggressive with it neighbors in the South China Sea.
The US definitely has the advantages in pronouns. Frankly, I don't think the Chinese will be pronoun-capable for years to come.
China is completely outmatched in its nuclear capabilities by the US--that's the other side of the Russia - China equation. Russia provides China with credible protection against the US that China doesn't have on its own. Drawing them into a treaty with the US and Russia seems a preferable option. My argument is that US bases in the Philippines and elsewhere in the region athwart China's energy lifeline is a reason for China to be aggressive. The US has made no bones whatsoever about its intent to box China in and make it vulnerable to our pressure.
China has nuclear superiority in many areas, and no longer needs to rely on Russia as a shield. Areas including:
- hypersonic technology
- age of technology used in missiles
- intermediate missiles quantity
- hardening of icbm missiles.
I agree the U.S. has superiority in submarine launched missiles and the heavy bombers.
China’s “civilian” fleet has bullied neighbors after the withdrawal of the U.S. fleet from the Philippines. Indonesia has dunk Chinese fishing boats. Vietnam lost an island and has had ships sunk by China. China is constantly showing force against Taiwan.
Clinton’s show of force embarrassed China, 3 aircraft carriers, and China has been seeking to become powerful enough that will no longer be possible.
My guess is China’s ability to project power through missiles has made that a reality past the South China Sea. U.S. aircraft carriers are now just big targets.
If the Houthani can defeat the U.S. navy, just think what China can do.
China is growing gradually stronger militarily and has a long term outlook and strategy. It’s very impressive way they are doing, especially in the naval area.
"China’s “civilian” fleet has bullied neighbors after the withdrawal of the U.S. fleet from the Philippines. Indonesia has dunk Chinese fishing boats. Vietnam lost an island and has had ships sunk by China. China is constantly showing force against Taiwan."
Indonesia sinking Chinese fishing boats doesn't sound like China bullying Indonesia. Fishing disputes are common around the world. Iceland/UK, UK/FR, UK/RU, etc. Like certain EU countries and Japan, Chinese fishing fleets infringe on national waters if given the chance.
Re Vietnam, a hot line has been set up between Beijing and Hanoi to deconflict sea disputes.
China acting as if Taiwan is part of China, as accepted internationally as well as by act of Congress. What's the problem there?
These problems appear to be confined to within the first island chain--where the US has attempted to bully China. You don't find complaints about China's fleet's behavior outside that area. I would argue that absent US efforts to confine China to its own shores these problems would go away.
Contrast the hysteria in the US about Russian Chinese naval exercises in int'l waters but near Alaska and the similar reaction to the innocuous Chinese balloon--an activity also covered in int'l agreements. US naval exercises athwart China's energy lifeline in combination with other activities are highly threatening--and intended to be so.
On Taiwan I avoided bringing up the issue. I may be a bit biased in Taiwan independence, since my wife bleeds green if cut.
China uses nationalism including anti Japanese and anti Taiwan as a way to support the communist leadership. And the narrative they are restoring China’s rightful place in the world, after China was taken advantage of by the West from the Opium War to 1949 when the communist took over the mainland.
An example of China’s fishing fleet issues in Chile:
https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/chilean-navy-increases-surveillance-due-to-chinese-fishing-fleets-threat/
"On Taiwan I avoided bringing up the issue."
??
"China is constantly showing force against Taiwan."
If Japan has a problem with Chinese nationalism and the Communist party they have no one to blame but themselves. It wasn't just the West that took advantage of China--27 million dead Chinese as a result of Japanese aggression. The victory of the Communist Party after WW2 was almost certainly an outcome of the Japanese attack on KMT China.
Chinese fishing practices are a question for international law and enforcement, but have nothing to do with US military actions within the first island chain.
So, we stepped on a rake with the Ukraine/Russia dumpster fire, accomplishing absolutely none of our objectives, but succeeding in hurting only ourselves while pissing off most of the world. Now we decide that more of the same will work with China!! Has it occurred to any of these geniuses that all China would have to do is stop all exports to the USA to literally bring us to our knees in a matter of possibly weeks but most certainly in a matter of months?
This insanity just keeps getting more and more unbelievable with each passing week.
I don’t know, maybe Biden really is “in charge”.
Oh, and did I mention that when you have a have a habit of pissing off a whole bunch of the wrong kinda folks they might just choose to gang up on you? Yep, seems like an excellent idea.
My question is who do they go after when they've failed against China? Assuming we're all left to find out.
Us?
Yes, that's an ongoing project.