No one has written about the Mounk article. He seems to be saying that the current white majority will continue to maintain their majority by expanding their ranks to include any person of European ancestry. Did anyone tell Mounk that 67–95% (depending on location) of Mexicans are of European ancestry, specifically Spain? The white people so concerned about being replaced do not seem to be in any frame of mind to include Mexicans in their number. In fact, given their rhetoric, quite the opposite.
Just as the Roman Catholic church learned nothing from the Nixon/Watergate cover-up, the Southern Baptist Convention learned nothing from the Catholic hierarchy's cover-up leading to the payment of millions in legal cases, jail time for miscreants, the booting out of bishops and cardinals, and an award winning movie covering the Boston diocesan crisis.
The arrogance and hubris in religious sects are astonishing, but believeable considering the self-righteousness.
No wonder the largest growing "religious belief" in America is the "Nones" (those who claim spirituality, but with no religious sect.)
Merrick Garland was appointed Attorney General position mainly because he wasn't given a vote on his nomination for SCT Justice and he earned a great deal of sympathy from the left because of that. It should not have been assumed though that the skill set which makes one a good federal judge is the same as the skill set which makes on a good Attorney General. Garland clearly lacks the backbone to be AG. Biden needs to get rid of him. It's not going to get any better.
The continued fixation on Trump is so interesting from the psychological perspective.
However...
In a speech delivered at a conference in honor of Du Bois at Atlanta University in October 1974 and reprinted in the February 1975 issue of Crisis, Henderson wrote, “If all racial prejudice and discrimination and all racism were erased today, all the ills brought by the process of economic class distinction and economic depression of the masses of black people would remain.”
Regarding Russell Moore’s article- Far too often, religious leaders are but wolves in sheep’s clothing. They never turn down a chance to take a “righteous” stand against secular predators while refusing to look for or acknowledge the religious predators among them.
The SBC and Catholic Church are frighteningly similar in their approach to allegations of sexual abuse. Ignore, deny and threaten the victims.
It is interesting how much time these people spend in Hungary and how much attention they pay to Hungary. I thought they were supposedly American politicians.
The racism seems to keep getting more and more open. Maybe all these years of denying that they are racist is bearing fruit. A lot of them are sure racist-adjacent and racist-enabling if not actually racist. But then, a lot of Americans are, too.
The give away is how triggered they all get when called on it.
I am really hoping that the DoJ is going to bust out some serious moves here some time soon... but I am not actually expecting it... and the 1/6 committee will be done when the next Congress is seated unless the Dems and the voters pull off a minor miracle. Instead will will have umpteen impeachments of Biden.
Without actual charges and prosecutions, all of the revelations of the committee are largely pointless. A large number of these people (especially the politicians) know that the Big Election Lie is--well--a lie. And the people at the base level believing and pushing aren't listening to the committee or pretty much anyone that will tell them that--they do NOT want to hear that.
Wake me up when it happens. I am sure their SBC god doesn't give a sheit. And like all things related to the white Christian [sic]. supremacist, utterly corrupt, cesspool-dwelling/Trumpian/Putinist/tankie GQP, little to zippo in consequences.
PS The Trump Base loves all this. Confirmation that libs/socialists/Dems/commies/the Islams/Clintons/Soros/Jews/Hunter's laptop are so unfair to them.
"Pivotal political moment..." Are you kidding? Nothing, but nothing, shakes the Republican cult's self-righteous belief in its lies. Imagine a white jury in Alabama in 1920 in a trial of a black man. Exactly what role would evidence play in their verdict?
If the Dems were smart, they’d have all the hearings recorded and put on Netflix or Amazon Prime for voters to watch/share at their leisure before the midterms.
Still disappointed that CPAC-Hungary gets one mention in the UGLY section. Look at the background and organizations of the featured speakers and you cannot help but conclude that it is exactly where today's GOP wants to take this country. It isn't extremism and it isn't hyperbole when they have specifically gone to Hungary and specifically engaged speakers who say the quiet parts right out loud...
Again, anyone interested should take a look at this twitter thread by Philip Germain, as it is quite good at pointing out the troubling backgrounds.
Trumps first impeachment was good. The Senate's failure to convict was bad. Trumps second impeachment was good. The Senates acquittal of The Orange Menace without a trial or witnesses exposed the abject corruptness of Republicans - Very Bad. The failure of DOJ to enforce Congressional subpoenas - Bad. DOJ’s OLC memos - Bad. DOJ’s version of SCOTUS’s shadow docket. Both Homey-Drive By assasinations of the rule of law. Indictment and conviction of The Orange Menace of multiple felonies - Good. The fumbling inaction of Milquetoast Merrick, the poster boy for Democrats Lacking Spine - Bad. Garland’s resignation as AG and appointment of Eric Holder - very, very Good. Joe Biden and Chuck Shumer growing spines. Unlikely. The odds of Democrats fxxxxxking themselves while offering their soft underbellies to Cocaine Mitch and Co. - very high and very bad. But the Democrats just can’t help competing for the Pusillanimous Pussy of The Year Award. Very Very Bad!
What is the purpose of these public hearings? To improve the public profile of those involved? If the hearings are not accompanied by immediate announcement of charges by DoJ, this dog-and-pony show will be a distant memory by Nov 2022 (let alone 2024). I wish the Jan 6 committee and the DoJ would coordinate to make this happen. Perhaps also create special courts to deal with those charged and speed up the process. If some of these vile characters are as bad as we are being told, there has to be a sense of purpose and urgency in dealing with them and their actions related to the insurrection. The way these hearings are planned currently is more appropriate for a much anticipated movie/album release, not for something that should be a collective, national emergency. I understand due process and all (& am not advocating for compromising any of that), but the response/actions hitherto betrays lack of seriousness.
As long as no one thinks that Kemp and Raffensperger are in any way decent people, because refusing to actually break the law is kind of a low bar.
No one has written about the Mounk article. He seems to be saying that the current white majority will continue to maintain their majority by expanding their ranks to include any person of European ancestry. Did anyone tell Mounk that 67–95% (depending on location) of Mexicans are of European ancestry, specifically Spain? The white people so concerned about being replaced do not seem to be in any frame of mind to include Mexicans in their number. In fact, given their rhetoric, quite the opposite.
Waiting to hear from Jewish Republicans on opinion of CPAC BS. I’ll probably wait more than a minute…
Just as the Roman Catholic church learned nothing from the Nixon/Watergate cover-up, the Southern Baptist Convention learned nothing from the Catholic hierarchy's cover-up leading to the payment of millions in legal cases, jail time for miscreants, the booting out of bishops and cardinals, and an award winning movie covering the Boston diocesan crisis.
The arrogance and hubris in religious sects are astonishing, but believeable considering the self-righteousness.
No wonder the largest growing "religious belief" in America is the "Nones" (those who claim spirituality, but with no religious sect.)
Merrick Garland was appointed Attorney General position mainly because he wasn't given a vote on his nomination for SCT Justice and he earned a great deal of sympathy from the left because of that. It should not have been assumed though that the skill set which makes one a good federal judge is the same as the skill set which makes on a good Attorney General. Garland clearly lacks the backbone to be AG. Biden needs to get rid of him. It's not going to get any better.
The continued fixation on Trump is so interesting from the psychological perspective.
However...
In a speech delivered at a conference in honor of Du Bois at Atlanta University in October 1974 and reprinted in the February 1975 issue of Crisis, Henderson wrote, “If all racial prejudice and discrimination and all racism were erased today, all the ills brought by the process of economic class distinction and economic depression of the masses of black people would remain.”
Regarding Russell Moore’s article- Far too often, religious leaders are but wolves in sheep’s clothing. They never turn down a chance to take a “righteous” stand against secular predators while refusing to look for or acknowledge the religious predators among them.
The SBC and Catholic Church are frighteningly similar in their approach to allegations of sexual abuse. Ignore, deny and threaten the victims.
It is interesting how much time these people spend in Hungary and how much attention they pay to Hungary. I thought they were supposedly American politicians.
The racism seems to keep getting more and more open. Maybe all these years of denying that they are racist is bearing fruit. A lot of them are sure racist-adjacent and racist-enabling if not actually racist. But then, a lot of Americans are, too.
The give away is how triggered they all get when called on it.
I am really hoping that the DoJ is going to bust out some serious moves here some time soon... but I am not actually expecting it... and the 1/6 committee will be done when the next Congress is seated unless the Dems and the voters pull off a minor miracle. Instead will will have umpteen impeachments of Biden.
Without actual charges and prosecutions, all of the revelations of the committee are largely pointless. A large number of these people (especially the politicians) know that the Big Election Lie is--well--a lie. And the people at the base level believing and pushing aren't listening to the committee or pretty much anyone that will tell them that--they do NOT want to hear that.
It is all lies and fake news--to be ignored.
"This Is the Southern Baptist Apocalypse"
Wake me up when it happens. I am sure their SBC god doesn't give a sheit. And like all things related to the white Christian [sic]. supremacist, utterly corrupt, cesspool-dwelling/Trumpian/Putinist/tankie GQP, little to zippo in consequences.
PS The Trump Base loves all this. Confirmation that libs/socialists/Dems/commies/the Islams/Clintons/Soros/Jews/Hunter's laptop are so unfair to them.
CBS reports that it was the only US or EU press outlet allowed to cover the conference. They somehow forgot to tell us who attended.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-orban-hungary-cpac-2024-decisive/
"Pivotal political moment..." Are you kidding? Nothing, but nothing, shakes the Republican cult's self-righteous belief in its lies. Imagine a white jury in Alabama in 1920 in a trial of a black man. Exactly what role would evidence play in their verdict?
If the Dems were smart, they’d have all the hearings recorded and put on Netflix or Amazon Prime for voters to watch/share at their leisure before the midterms.
Still disappointed that CPAC-Hungary gets one mention in the UGLY section. Look at the background and organizations of the featured speakers and you cannot help but conclude that it is exactly where today's GOP wants to take this country. It isn't extremism and it isn't hyperbole when they have specifically gone to Hungary and specifically engaged speakers who say the quiet parts right out loud...
Again, anyone interested should take a look at this twitter thread by Philip Germain, as it is quite good at pointing out the troubling backgrounds.
https://twitter.com/Philip_Germain/status/1527425209304657920
Trumps first impeachment was good. The Senate's failure to convict was bad. Trumps second impeachment was good. The Senates acquittal of The Orange Menace without a trial or witnesses exposed the abject corruptness of Republicans - Very Bad. The failure of DOJ to enforce Congressional subpoenas - Bad. DOJ’s OLC memos - Bad. DOJ’s version of SCOTUS’s shadow docket. Both Homey-Drive By assasinations of the rule of law. Indictment and conviction of The Orange Menace of multiple felonies - Good. The fumbling inaction of Milquetoast Merrick, the poster boy for Democrats Lacking Spine - Bad. Garland’s resignation as AG and appointment of Eric Holder - very, very Good. Joe Biden and Chuck Shumer growing spines. Unlikely. The odds of Democrats fxxxxxking themselves while offering their soft underbellies to Cocaine Mitch and Co. - very high and very bad. But the Democrats just can’t help competing for the Pusillanimous Pussy of The Year Award. Very Very Bad!
What is the purpose of these public hearings? To improve the public profile of those involved? If the hearings are not accompanied by immediate announcement of charges by DoJ, this dog-and-pony show will be a distant memory by Nov 2022 (let alone 2024). I wish the Jan 6 committee and the DoJ would coordinate to make this happen. Perhaps also create special courts to deal with those charged and speed up the process. If some of these vile characters are as bad as we are being told, there has to be a sense of purpose and urgency in dealing with them and their actions related to the insurrection. The way these hearings are planned currently is more appropriate for a much anticipated movie/album release, not for something that should be a collective, national emergency. I understand due process and all (& am not advocating for compromising any of that), but the response/actions hitherto betrays lack of seriousness.
Every hearing should be in prime time, not just the first and last.