In the “shithole era,” the Republican U.S. senators who object to the president’s vulgarity have a choice to make.
Source: Has He No Sense of Decency?
The same question can be asked of some of our British politicians.
Has He No Sense of Decency?
13 January 2018 by Leave a Comment
Macron: “Ma poignée de main avec Trump, ce n’est pas innocent”
29 May 2017 by Leave a Comment
“Il faut montrer qu’on ne fera pas de petites concessions, même symboliques”
“We must show that we don’t make small concessions, even symbolic ones…”
Source: Macron au JDD : “Ma poignée de main avec Trump, ce n’est pas innocent”
Comey’s memo leaked!
17 May 2017 by Leave a Comment
The lies of the right that debase civilised society
27 March 2017 by Leave a Comment
There is a powerful case to be made against the version of multiculturalism that abandons women in ethnic minority communities to second-class lives and the institutionalised bigotry of religious courts. One has an absolute duty to support liberal Muslims and ex-Muslims in the struggle against theocratic power and my generation of alleged liberals and leftists has disgraced itself by its failure to be adamant on this point. There is a powerful case to be made against the version of multiculturalism that abandons women in ethnic minority communities to second-class lives and the institutionalised bigotry of religious courts. One has an absolute duty to support liberal Muslims and ex-Muslims in the struggle against theocratic power and my generation of alleged liberals and leftists has disgraced itself by its failure to be adamant on this point.
Source: The lies of the right that debase civilised society | Nick Cohen | Opinion | The Guardian
How do you defeat President Donald Trump?
13 March 2017 by Leave a Comment
Here are 20 lessons from across the fearful 20th century, adapted to the circumstances of today.
A terrific answer from Eugenia Stonecroft. Some of the 20 lessons also apply to opposition to the way Brexit is being handled, like:
2. Defend an institution. Follow the courts or the media, or a court or a newspaper. Do not speak of “our institutions” unless you are making them yours by acting on their behalf. Institutions don’t protect themselves. They go down like dominoes unless each is defended from the beginning.
Remember the Brexshitter screams about judges when the Supreme Court ruled that our unelected Prime Minister could not sideline Parliament, after all the bollocks about taking back control.
4. When listening to politicians, distinguish certain words. Look out for the expansive use of “terrorism” and “extremism.” Be alive to the fatal notions of “exception” and “emergency.” Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
BoJo, Gove and Farage certainly vomited a lot of gung-ho crap.
8. Believe in truth. To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights.
£350 million… No more need be said.
9. Investigate. Figure things out for yourself. Spend more time with long articles. Subsidize investigative journalism by subscribing to print media. Realize that some of what is on your screen is there to harm you.
Too hard for some people: “I don’t care about statistics” was the retort I received from one Leaver I tried to enlighten
Source: How do you defeat President Donald Trump? – Quora
The Brief: Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ raises doubts over EU’s unity
30 January 2017 by Leave a Comment
There is already a special place reserved in Hell for Donald Trump. If Theresa May isn’t careful she will find herself next to him, his hand clasping hers, as they endure an eternal, infernal press conference.
May’s refusal to condemn Trump’s US travel ban on people from seven Muslim majority countries, which, like Peter denying Jesus, she repeated three times, ruined the afterglow of her visit to Washington DC.
May makes great play of being a vicar’s daughter. What would her father think of such squirming appeasal?
Source: The Brief: Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ raises doubts over EU’s unity – EurActiv.com
America, The Disgraced Super-power
21 December 2016 by Leave a Comment
For the choice of Trump reveals most Americans as immature and prone to juvenile behavior. To vote for Trump is the ultimate act of political immaturity. There are, of course, identifiable reasons why many were drawn to the flamboyant candidate, why his demagoguery resonated, why his exaggerated imagery struck a receptive nerve. However, for that emotional response to translate into the actual selection of this man to be president crosses a critical threshold. Children – at times – let emotion rule their conduct. Children only weakly feel the imperative to impose logic and a modicum reason on their impulses. Children disregard consequences. Children overlook the downside in their implicit weighing of the balance in giving in to those impulses or not. Grown-ups do not.
Source: America, The Disgraced Super-power | The Huffington Post
To be strictly accurate, more Americans voted for Hillary than The Donald, but I can’t help thinking, “For US, read UK; for presidential elections, read Brexit referendum.”
As A Mother & Survivor, I’m Having “Big Feelings” About Michelle Obama’s Speech
14 October 2016 by Leave a Comment
I can’t tell her I’m so full of rage and hurt I cannot bear to let it out. I can’t tell her that when I was twice her age, a man thought he could do whatever he wanted, and he raped me. I can’t tell her that to explain what one of the candidates for president is saying, I have to explain what “rape” is, and why I care so deeply about it. I can’t tell her I’m full of dread that the world she is entering will permit him not only to assault her, but also give him power over our entire country.
Source: As A Mother & Survivor, I’m Having “Big Feelings” About Michelle Obama’s Speech
Trump, the GOP, and the Fall
13 October 2016 by
At this point there is no doubt that Donald Trump is the single worst major party presidential candidate in living memory, almost certainly the worst since the Civil War, and arguably the worst in the history of this nation. He is boastful and ignorant and petty, disdainful of the Constitution, a racist and a sexist, the enabler of the worst elements of society, either the willing tool of, or the useful idiot for, Vladimir Putin, an admirer of despots, an insecure braggart, a sexual assaulter, a man who refuses to honor contracts, and a bore.
Source: Trump, the GOP, and the Fall
Ouch!
Why Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood tape was the last straw for Paul Ryan and the GOP
12 October 2016 by Leave a Comment
Ryan’s tweet, and Trump’s continued free fall, suggests that the movement conservative narrative may finally be dying. The release of the tape may force regular Republican voters to face the reality that the movement conservatives’ demonization of minorities, organized workers, and women who demanded equality was never really about protecting hardworking American families. It was about creating a ruling class whose members could commit crimes against less powerful Americans with impunity. And so the vulgar boasting of a criminal thug may finally force the GOP to confront the ugly fantasy that has dominated its politics for a generation, and shock American politics back to decency.
Source: Why Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood tape was the last straw for Paul Ryan and the GOP — Quartz
Or not…
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