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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MFqniGwGFKM?si=UzRfoXrjL3gdtuMz" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-5241796612211215792024-03-27T17:00:00.000-04:002024-03-27T17:00:00.131-04:00Happy Hourget happyAtrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-49000035438518651852024-03-27T15:30:00.001-04:002024-03-27T15:30:00.155-04:00Depends On The PressureBut he's likely correct!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu says international pressure on Israel will not work<br><br>Sky's <a href="https://twitter.com/KamaliMelbourne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamaliMelbourne</a> has more ⬇️<a href="https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3">https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3</a><br><br>📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube <a href="https://t.co/gnvpIkOUuH">pic.twitter.com/gnvpIkOUuH</a></p>— Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1772980498995847205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-15576319860011271452024-03-27T13:30:00.000-04:002024-03-27T13:30:00.136-04:00Popularism!Remember when that <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/642695/majority-disapprove-israeli-action-gaza.aspx">was important?</a>
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<blockquote>U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged Israel to abandon military plans for a ground offensive in Rafah, the southern Gaza city where the majority of Palestinians have crowded to evade the conflict. “The number of civilian casualties is far too high and the amount of humanitarian aid is far too low,” Austin told Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Washington, stressing that the protection of civilian lives was a “moral necessity and a strategic imperative.”</blockquote>
That would also require the US stop pretending that Israel's purpose is anything other than slaughter.Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-27115695239909077432024-03-27T09:00:00.002-04:002024-03-27T09:00:00.131-04:00Run On ItOne of my core views is that many basic "Democrat positions" are popular, have long been popular, and blurring the differences have hurt them and not been the genius MODERATE CENTRISM ELECTORAL GOLD that they pay dipshit consultants millions of dollar for. <br /><br /> Sure you can always point to a particularly conservative district here and there where running loud and proud on reproductive rights, for example, might not be helpful, but to a great degree the voters who are reachable are kind of dumbasses who don't actually know which party is which in the way that political junkies do. And elevating all those "I'm a Democrat, but I'm not like all those other Democrats who love killing babies" candidates election cycle after election cycle to national audiences has been a great exercise in brand tarnishing.<br /><br />Obviously Dobbs has served to clarify the stakes, and hopefully results like help <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/26/politics/alabama-special-election-democrat-reproductive-rights/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blueskyCNN&utm_content=2024-03-27T02%3A12%3A49">clarify the strategy</a>.<div><blockquote>Marilyn Lands, a Democrat who made reproductive rights a central part of her campaign, will win a special election Tuesday for an Alabama state House seat, CNN projects.</blockquote><p></p><blockquote><p>...</p><p> Lands, a licensed professional counselor who lost her 2022 bid for the Huntsville-area seat by nearly 7 points, opposes the state’s near-total ban on abortion and openly discussed the abortion she had more than 20 years ago after her fetus tested positive for a rare genetic condition.</p></blockquote><p> Winning 62-38. </p><p></p></div>Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-88287208779698564022024-03-27T06:00:00.000-04:002024-03-27T06:00:00.132-04:00MorningAn exciting new day.Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-56748148054916624322024-03-26T21:30:00.000-04:002024-03-26T21:30:00.143-04:00Tuesday NightRock on.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DVr9e73UaMk?si=irAEdCQXjbJSzV8e" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-77438827445204097462024-03-26T17:00:00.000-04:002024-03-26T17:00:00.134-04:00Happy HourGet happyAtrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-42341405876987599772024-03-26T15:00:00.000-04:002024-03-26T15:00:00.139-04:00BUTI'm sure even if this is "good" news there will be some stink bomb ready to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/26/abortion-pill-supreme-court-arguments-mifepristone/">explode in a few months.</a>
<blockquote>The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed skeptical of efforts to limit access to mifepristone, a key medication used in more than 60 percent of U.S. abortions and first approved more than two decades ago.</blockquote>Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-84045132507314396942024-03-26T13:30:00.002-04:002024-03-26T13:32:50.898-04:002026I first saw the Sagrada Familia in 2004 or so (a couple of times since). Back then it was much more of a construction site without a clear end in sight. I forget what the projected completion date was back then, though back then the eventual completion was much less certain, but, in any case, 2026 would have seemed like the distant future!
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And here <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/25/travel/sagrada-familia-barcelona-completion-scli-intl/index.html">we (almost) are.</a>
Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-64456636442689893022024-03-26T12:30:00.000-04:002024-03-26T12:30:00.131-04:00LuncheatAtrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-6994357007634826702024-03-26T11:30:00.000-04:002024-03-26T11:30:00.132-04:00We Are Talking About YouAs I've said many times, it's useful to see who gets to speak for themselves and who gets <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/seen-not-heard-new-york-times-failed-quote-trans-people-over-60-2023-stories-anti">talked about/talked over</a>.<br><br>This is the kind of observation/criticism that is unassailable based on journalists' own stated beliefs about their obligations, but the shitheads at the NYT will dismiss this as "activism" or whatever.Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-61504472969505439582024-03-26T10:30:00.000-04:002024-03-26T10:30:00.128-04:00What Are We Doing Here<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To pretend that Israel is not violating international law or interfering with U.S. humanitarian aid is absurd on its face. The State Department’s position makes a mockery of U.S. law and assurances provided to Congress. <a href="https://t.co/iMm1mhISD7">pic.twitter.com/iMm1mhISD7</a></p>— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1772413166242177292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-68816792324099821212024-03-26T09:00:00.000-04:002024-03-26T09:00:00.138-04:00Bridge Collapse<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/baltimore-bridge-collapse-03-26-24-intl-hnk/index.html">That's a big deal.</a>Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-81936393898416926702024-03-26T07:08:00.002-04:002024-03-26T07:08:55.214-04:00MorningStartAtrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-71155642362611964362024-03-25T21:30:00.001-04:002024-03-25T21:30:00.135-04:00Monday NightRock on
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UroApoVbKn0?si=ZO5Aq75LFhtaaTDI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-33277427880125507342024-03-25T17:00:00.001-04:002024-03-25T17:00:00.148-04:00Happy HourOnce againAtrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-66435211435258070792024-03-25T15:26:00.000-04:002024-03-25T15:26:00.132-04:00Oh ElmoI Wonder how many times a journalist has eagerly referred to him as a "free speech champion" <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-suit-dismissed-against-center-for-countering-digital-hate-1234979237/">or similar.</a>
<blockquote>A JUDGE ON Monday granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from X Corp. — the company formerly known as Twitter — against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), an anti-extremism watchdog. The group had drawn the ire of the company’s owner, Elon Musk, by sharing research that revealed how racist and hateful content had exploded on the platform since his takeover in 2022. Musk’s suit, filed in July 2023, claimed that the CCDH was responsible for an advertiser exodus from the site.
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“Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation, and only by reading between the lines of a complaint can one attempt to surmise a plaintiff’s true purpose,” Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer wrote in the 52-page decision. “Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose. This case represents the latter circumstance. This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech.”</blockquote>Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-67619171669417180492024-03-25T14:30:00.002-04:002024-03-25T14:35:03.176-04:00The Welfare StateDepending on how you look at it: the system is unequipped to deal with guys like Trump or the system deals with guys like Trump in precisely the way it is supposed to. Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-69673449059021080322024-03-25T13:30:00.002-04:002024-03-25T14:35:11.184-04:00Senator KimApplaud (almost) anyone who beats <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tammy-murphy-ends-new-jersey-senate-campaign-kim/story?id=108447164">the nepo candidate.</a>
<blockquote>New Jersey's first lady Tammy Murphy is ending her Senate campaign, cutting short what was shaping up to be a protracted Democratic primary against Rep. Andy Kim.</blockquote>
Not sure how much this is "internal polling said we were fucked" and how much it is "the NJ Supreme Court is about to <a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2024-03-25-new-jersey-machine-crumbles-murphy-kim-senate/">overrule NJ's corrupt ballot</a> practices and then the machine might have me killed" (don't think this invalidates the lawsuit, tho). <blockquote>There was probably an element of “lose the battle, win the war” here. Lurking in the background of this race was a lawsuit to end the county line, which gives party bosses their power. Kim, while trying to win the Senate race despite the built-in disadvantages, had launched the lawsuit and sought an injunction against the county line, arguing that the ballot system is “fundamentally unjust and undemocratic.” The party bosses might have figured that, if Murphy were to drop out and they all endorsed Kim (which is what appears to have happened), Kim would drop the lawsuit, and they would retain the ballot weapon for future use.
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They were wrong. Kim’s adviser Anthony DeAngelo immediately told the New Jersey Globe that the congressman still supported abolishing the county line; his case received a hearing from federal district court judge Zahid Quraishi last week. “The status of our injunction remains in the hands of the judge and we remain ready to strongly advocate for the changes the Congressman and so many others have called for,” DeAngelo said.</blockquote>Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-39170542256609606152024-03-25T12:30:00.000-04:002024-03-25T12:30:00.138-04:00Lunch<a href="https://www.amazon.com/b?_encoding=UTF8&tag=eschaton-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=b28eb6a96de641a8dd6d35bb8b452fd9&camp=1789&creative=9325&node=172282">Shop while you eat!</a> (Ad, I get a commission).Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3456975.post-51827989995506553882024-03-25T11:48:00.001-04:002024-03-25T11:48:00.131-04:00Ah, Well, Nevertheless<a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-bond-deadline-trials-03-25-24/index.html">...</a>Atrioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08805645910734740132noreply@blogger.com