右翼分子吐槽扯淡专楼
"The defense of individual rights has reached such extremes as to make society as a whole defenseless against certain individuals. It is time, in the West, to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
On the other hand, destructive and irresponsible freedom has been granted boundless space. Society has turned out to have scarce defense against the abyss of human decadence, for example against the misuse of liberty for moral violence against young people, such as motion pictures full of pornography, crime, and horror. This is all considered to be part of freedom and to be counterbalanced, in theory, by the young people’s right not to look and not to accept. Life organized legalistically has thus shown its inability to defend itself against the corrosion of evil.
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This tilt of freedom toward evil has come about gradually, but it evidently stems from a humanistic and benevolent concept according to which man—the master of this world—does not bear any evil within himself, and all the defects of life are caused by misguided social systems, which must therefore be corrected."
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Harvard Commencement Address ("A World Split Apart"), June 8, 1978
On the other hand, destructive and irresponsible freedom has been granted boundless space. Society has turned out to have scarce defense against the abyss of human decadence, for example against the misuse of liberty for moral violence against young people, such as motion pictures full of pornography, crime, and horror. This is all considered to be part of freedom and to be counterbalanced, in theory, by the young people’s right not to look and not to accept. Life organized legalistically has thus shown its inability to defend itself against the corrosion of evil.
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This tilt of freedom toward evil has come about gradually, but it evidently stems from a humanistic and benevolent concept according to which man—the master of this world—does not bear any evil within himself, and all the defects of life are caused by misguided social systems, which must therefore be corrected."
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Harvard Commencement Address ("A World Split Apart"), June 8, 1978
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迪斯尼针对儿童的洗脑宣传即使盛行，也不会让一个社会在自由之家的年度排名下滑。但是以其为范例的意识形态一旦占据无法挑战的统治地位，社会大概会步入一个在僵硬的系统中逐渐溃烂分解的阶段。在自由之家式的排名反映出成因如此的社会沦落时，社会恐怕已经沦落到无法挽救的地步。
有一些问题其实值得讨论：在自由之家、《经济学人》等等权威排名中反映出的“自由”观念是怎样的？这个观念所蕴含的对社会繁荣和存续的观点又是什么？这些观点正不正确？
有一些问题其实值得讨论：在自由之家、《经济学人》等等权威排名中反映出的“自由”观念是怎样的？这个观念所蕴含的对社会繁荣和存续的观点又是什么？这些观点正不正确？
>>https://pincong.rocks/article/36861https://pincong...
现在确实是不关注他们在干嘛 连大翻译都是 更关心south beach什么时候能解除宵禁 不去看了
>>现在确实是不关注他们在干嘛 连大翻译都是 更关心south beach什么时候能解除宵禁 不去看了
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>>现在确实是不关注他们在干嘛 连大翻译都是 更关心south beach什么时候能解除宵禁 不去看了
放心，现在适合暂时休息。而且今后最重要的就是别跟着自杀的疯子们起舞。
因为下半年由「真进步」们领衔的自我纠结与自我毁灭戏不但不会少，还肯定会精彩得多。
那个时候的内部经济、社会、文化、政策圈子、阶层矛盾等各个方面，以及国际关系上的「结构性裂纹」，都会开始真正地绽放出烟火。
>>Ryan James Girdusky @RyanGirdusky(Quinnipiac poll)...
A hopeless poll revealing the mortal situation of American political demography.
我从来不用“白左”的原因是，我不知道白人左派在左派中有什么足以赢得一个独立词汇的特别之处。我觉得黑左、拉左、亚左和白左在很多问题上一样糟糕。比如白左和亚左都挺相信Tucker Carlson支持俄罗斯，普京是当代希特勒这种言论。
>>我从来不用“白左”的原因是，我不知道白人左派在左派中有什么足以赢得一个独立词汇的特别之处。我觉得黑左...
确实 右人更喜欢用左逼 左派 左人和sjw commie来把所有左翼都带上 光白左算个p 说白左的第一印象是大学 硅谷 好莱坞
Michael Millerman @M_Millerman
Aristotle said that to preserve a democracy, you have to educate the people about the dangers of democracy. Most democracies, though, don't do that. They educate their people in radical democracy until an excess of freedom leads to tyranny.
https://twitter.com/M_Millerman/status/1509354357866835973
Michael Millerman @M_Millerman
(Same goes for other regimes. Instead of educating their people in a way that produces moderation with respect to the principle of the regime, they double down on the driving principle of the regime until the system breaks under pressure and transforms into something else).
https://twitter.com/M_Millerman/status/1509354686905782275
Aristotle said that to preserve a democracy, you have to educate the people about the dangers of democracy. Most democracies, though, don't do that. They educate their people in radical democracy until an excess of freedom leads to tyranny.
https://twitter.com/M_Millerman/status/1509354357866835973
Michael Millerman @M_Millerman
(Same goes for other regimes. Instead of educating their people in a way that produces moderation with respect to the principle of the regime, they double down on the driving principle of the regime until the system breaks under pressure and transforms into something else).
https://twitter.com/M_Millerman/status/1509354686905782275
A story about the Russian soul:
Philippe Lemoine @phl43
According to Levada, the only independent pollster in Russia, Putin's approval massively increased in March and is almost back to where it was after the annexation of Crimea. https://levada.ru/en/ratings/
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1509205953572450306
Philippe Lemoine @phl43
The share of people who think the country is on the right track increased even more and is now higher than it has ever been since 1996
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1509206646253359113
Philippe Lemoine @phl43
Even taking into account the possibility that social desirability bias might have increased since the invasion, and could therefore explain part of the rise, I think it's safe to assume that it's pretty clear that Putin's decision enjoys massive support in Russia.
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1509207592702251021
Philippe Lemoine @phl43
According to Levada, the only independent pollster in Russia, Putin's approval massively increased in March and is almost back to where it was after the annexation of Crimea. https://levada.ru/en/ratings/
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1509205953572450306
Philippe Lemoine @phl43
The share of people who think the country is on the right track increased even more and is now higher than it has ever been since 1996
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1509206646253359113
Philippe Lemoine @phl43
Even taking into account the possibility that social desirability bias might have increased since the invasion, and could therefore explain part of the rise, I think it's safe to assume that it's pretty clear that Putin's decision enjoys massive support in Russia.
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1509207592702251021
DeSantis broaches repeal of Disney World's special self-governing status in Florida
Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed on Thursday the suggestion of repealing a 55-year-old state law that allows Disney to effectively govern itself on the grounds of Walt Disney World, following the company’s public opposition to a controversial parental rights law in Florida.
"What I would say as a matter of first principle is I don’t support special privileges in law just because a company is powerful and they’ve been able to wield a lot of power," DeSantis said during a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday.
Disney has been engaged in a war of words with Republicans in Florida leading up to Monday’s signing of the controversial bill, which prohibits classroom instruction on "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" with children in third grade or younger "or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed on Thursday the suggestion of repealing a 55-year-old state law that allows Disney to effectively govern itself on the grounds of Walt Disney World, following the company’s public opposition to a controversial parental rights law in Florida.
"What I would say as a matter of first principle is I don’t support special privileges in law just because a company is powerful and they’ve been able to wield a lot of power," DeSantis said during a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday.
Disney has been engaged in a war of words with Republicans in Florida leading up to Monday’s signing of the controversial bill, which prohibits classroom instruction on "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" with children in third grade or younger "or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
「白左」乃当今人类文明的精神癌症之源，「成功的共产党」是其至今也要精心饲养的嫡子，人多声大但只顾眼前的黑左，是其方便的小厮，默默跟随的黄左，是其表面上不多说，但其实暗地里满意的忠心仆从，褐左是其谱代奴，老朽而迟钝。至于方今世界的「进步痴」、「环保左」、「性错乱兼行作乱」诸辈，不过 prince of darkness 的新玩具，谁在王子跟前留到最后，看他们自己的本事。
普京这个信奉「民族主义」变种，让上述各种左们感到的所谓「不对劲」，乃是出于欧洲白左「民粹」源流的区区十九世纪分支，由于分得早，又有过互相开撕的矛盾，加上今天的白左主家健忘症特别严重，索性不认俄左这一支罢了。可怜的俄左们被抛弃之后，就只能拿得出普京这种沙俄返祖的品种。至于俄共这种看都不想再看的败种，干脆扔给了嫡子料理，能时而给那位「不对劲」添添堵，也就不算浪费自己过去的血泪投资。
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这两天在品葱出现的「反反白左」潮流，倒是让我又再次确认了一件事：左与共必定合流。其中实质，也就是左与左的天然相亲相近。那是个人不可改变的世界观所注定的命运。（绝大多数人一辈子也不会意识到世界观这种存在）
而共的渗透，必定只能是从拉拢入手。方法虽多到堪称千变万化，但方向只有两种：
至于那些所谓「万恶不赦」的「亲普京右翼」，一个方便的「共同敌人」而已，重点不在于其是否有威胁，有没有具体的目标对象都不要紧，甚至真的不存在也没关系，有了彼此亲近的动力才是关键。而普京嘛，当然也是用的同样招数，只不过他仅仅能捡点儿「更边缘」的罢了。所以，普京的话语自然而然离不开东正教、基督教、民族、军队、优秀传统文化等等，接下来肯定还要继续强调，连以往尽量回避的「资源民族主义」也得加上去。包括俄罗斯境内已经死透的国际旅游业，可以想象也将要转行为「传统价值回归的pilgrimage」，说不定还要偷偷向这方面的先驱——天主教学习。
普京也好，白左们也好，这些方法与方向的核心逻辑都一样： 针对一个目标社会的 Divide & Conquer，没有什么国外国内之分，只有「自己人」和「敌人」的区别，跟现在互掐的所谓「右翼」和「左翼」相比，行为上，思维上，乃至存在性的逻辑基础上，有什么真正的差异吗？
在我看来真是一致到完美，连 Doppelgänger 都不好意思讲出来。
既然走同样的扭曲真实，且无视现实的路，白左及其部曲们，凭什么指望不一样的结果？
而要突破这一切虚假，真正继承文明价值的人，又凭什么无视恶之源流，还要尽量回避「白左」？非要找个崇拜的偶像，难道整个西方社会，除了白左之外，没有贤人存在了？还是说，手上少了权柄的，都不可能是你的神？你拜的究竟是神，还是那看起来「像神的力量」的东西？
或者莫非都以为自己已经成了神，想怎样就怎样？还要以自居为神的身份评判和裁决一切，却又极端地神似阿Q一般「我欢喜谁就是谁」。
这种自身的现实和意向的极端对立，自以为可以「代天封神」，又只能自己追着自己尾巴兜圈的滑稽，不就是真正的命运掌控者所给予的讽刺，所降下的真正裁决吗？
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以上，不必多论。
话说，就躁热无比的社会环境而言，这个时代真是阿Q这种厌氧真菌爆炸性增殖的好时候啊。
普京这个信奉「民族主义」变种，让上述各种左们感到的所谓「不对劲」，乃是出于欧洲白左「民粹」源流的区区十九世纪分支，由于分得早，又有过互相开撕的矛盾，加上今天的白左主家健忘症特别严重，索性不认俄左这一支罢了。可怜的俄左们被抛弃之后，就只能拿得出普京这种沙俄返祖的品种。至于俄共这种看都不想再看的败种，干脆扔给了嫡子料理，能时而给那位「不对劲」添添堵，也就不算浪费自己过去的血泪投资。
---------------------------------------
这两天在品葱出现的「反反白左」潮流，倒是让我又再次确认了一件事：左与共必定合流。其中实质，也就是左与左的天然相亲相近。那是个人不可改变的世界观所注定的命运。（绝大多数人一辈子也不会意识到世界观这种存在）
而共的渗透，必定只能是从拉拢入手。方法虽多到堪称千变万化，但方向只有两种：
- 诉说共同的追求，比如「一起进步」
- 对付共同的敌人，比如「敌人的敌人……」
至于那些所谓「万恶不赦」的「亲普京右翼」，一个方便的「共同敌人」而已，重点不在于其是否有威胁，有没有具体的目标对象都不要紧，甚至真的不存在也没关系，有了彼此亲近的动力才是关键。而普京嘛，当然也是用的同样招数，只不过他仅仅能捡点儿「更边缘」的罢了。所以，普京的话语自然而然离不开东正教、基督教、民族、军队、优秀传统文化等等，接下来肯定还要继续强调，连以往尽量回避的「资源民族主义」也得加上去。包括俄罗斯境内已经死透的国际旅游业，可以想象也将要转行为「传统价值回归的pilgrimage」，说不定还要偷偷向这方面的先驱——天主教学习。
普京也好，白左们也好，这些方法与方向的核心逻辑都一样： 针对一个目标社会的 Divide & Conquer，没有什么国外国内之分，只有「自己人」和「敌人」的区别，跟现在互掐的所谓「右翼」和「左翼」相比，行为上，思维上，乃至存在性的逻辑基础上，有什么真正的差异吗？
在我看来真是一致到完美，连 Doppelgänger 都不好意思讲出来。
既然走同样的扭曲真实，且无视现实的路，白左及其部曲们，凭什么指望不一样的结果？
而要突破这一切虚假，真正继承文明价值的人，又凭什么无视恶之源流，还要尽量回避「白左」？非要找个崇拜的偶像，难道整个西方社会，除了白左之外，没有贤人存在了？还是说，手上少了权柄的，都不可能是你的神？你拜的究竟是神，还是那看起来「像神的力量」的东西？
或者莫非都以为自己已经成了神，想怎样就怎样？还要以自居为神的身份评判和裁决一切，却又极端地神似阿Q一般「我欢喜谁就是谁」。
这种自身的现实和意向的极端对立，自以为可以「代天封神」，又只能自己追着自己尾巴兜圈的滑稽，不就是真正的命运掌控者所给予的讽刺，所降下的真正裁决吗？
---------------------------------------
以上，不必多论。
话说，就躁热无比的社会环境而言，这个时代真是阿Q这种厌氧真菌爆炸性增殖的好时候啊。
>>我从来不用“白左”的原因是，我不知道白人左派在左派中有什么足以赢得一个独立词汇的特别之处。我觉得黑左...
一翻旧帖，找到了一处我用“白左”的地方，是评论纽约的防疫政策要求优先救治少数族群，这个背景下讽刺白左德匹下是没什么问题的。
人总会有个从不在意不了解不支持到主动反对的过程
>>一翻旧帖，找到了一处我用“白左”的地方，是评论纽约的防疫政策要求优先救治少数族群，这个背景下讽刺白左...
在品葱 不同的人嘴里白左的用法也都不一样 只是有人更喜欢往最偏的那个意思上凑
China accused of hacking Ukraine days before Russian invasion
EXCLUSIVE: China staged a huge cyberattack on Ukraine’s military and nuclear facilities in the build-up to Russia’s invasion, according to intelligence memos obtained by The Times
More than 600 websites belonging to the defence ministry in Kyiv and other institutions suffered thousands of hacking attempts which were co-ordinated by the Chinese government, according to Ukraine’s security service, the SBU
In an apparent sign of complicity in the invasion, the spy agency revealed that Chinese attacks started before the end of the Winter Olympics and peaked on February 23, the day before Russian troops and tanks crossed the border
The SBU said China’s attacks sought to infiltrate targets ranging from border defence forces to the national bank and railway authority. They were designed to steal data and explore ways to shut down or disrupt vital defence and civilian infrastructure
https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/1509934555591024664
从一开始就是参战方，没有骑墙。大西洋分子一厢情愿地想把中国拉到正确的一边，完全徒劳。
EXCLUSIVE: China staged a huge cyberattack on Ukraine’s military and nuclear facilities in the build-up to Russia’s invasion, according to intelligence memos obtained by The Times
More than 600 websites belonging to the defence ministry in Kyiv and other institutions suffered thousands of hacking attempts which were co-ordinated by the Chinese government, according to Ukraine’s security service, the SBU
In an apparent sign of complicity in the invasion, the spy agency revealed that Chinese attacks started before the end of the Winter Olympics and peaked on February 23, the day before Russian troops and tanks crossed the border
The SBU said China’s attacks sought to infiltrate targets ranging from border defence forces to the national bank and railway authority. They were designed to steal data and explore ways to shut down or disrupt vital defence and civilian infrastructure
https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/1509934555591024664
从一开始就是参战方，没有骑墙。大西洋分子一厢情愿地想把中国拉到正确的一边，完全徒劳。
现在回想起来，我从《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》里学到的很重要的一点是，民主政权和非民主政权之间的冲突并不一定是关于民主的，尽管民主政权很愿意把置身其中的冲突解释和描绘成一种高贵的统治方式和一种低贱方式的斗争，像伯里克利在阵亡将士国葬演说里所做的那样。
马克龙在这场冲突中起到了两方面作用，一是保持欧美和俄罗斯高层交流畅通，二是制止英美盟友的过激举动：
President Macron’s Unending Russia Diplomacy
Boris Johnson’s call for tanks a ‘red line’ that Nato won’t cross, says Macron
Macron warns against escalation after Biden's Russia comments
泽连斯基抱怨法国害怕俄国，正说明巴黎没有失掉分寸。在伊战之前，也是法国非常明智地反对英美动武。巴黎的节制为他们在新保分子中赢得了骂名，Charles Krauthammer把法国外交和中共外交相提并论：
...what possible moral calculus does an American intervention to liberate 25 million people forfeit moral legitimacy because it lacks the blessing of the butchers of Tiananmen Square or the cynics of the Quai d’Orsay?
我相信乌战会像伊战一样证明，在关键时刻，奥赛码头的“犬儒分子”们比起他们说英语的同僚更值得信赖。
President Macron’s Unending Russia Diplomacy
Boris Johnson’s call for tanks a ‘red line’ that Nato won’t cross, says Macron
Macron warns against escalation after Biden's Russia comments
泽连斯基抱怨法国害怕俄国，正说明巴黎没有失掉分寸。在伊战之前，也是法国非常明智地反对英美动武。巴黎的节制为他们在新保分子中赢得了骂名，Charles Krauthammer把法国外交和中共外交相提并论：
...what possible moral calculus does an American intervention to liberate 25 million people forfeit moral legitimacy because it lacks the blessing of the butchers of Tiananmen Square or the cynics of the Quai d’Orsay?
我相信乌战会像伊战一样证明，在关键时刻，奥赛码头的“犬儒分子”们比起他们说英语的同僚更值得信赖。
>>On the EU giving up on innovation:歐洲人不需要創新，只需要給美國創新企業課重稅，然後時不時再來點巨額罰款，歐洲人就能免費享受美國人的創新成果。這和中俄截然不同，中俄那叫偷，搶，我歐盟這叫民主。
Pedro L. Gonzalez @emeriticus
Two movements: Conservative media mostly beats the war drum, Jenner becomes official MAGA trans commentator; Tucker Carlson preaches realism and restraint, DeSantis takes on the LGTB complex
Utah's GOP Gov. Spencer Cox vetoes trans sports bill; Utah lawmakers override Cox's veto
https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1510305677515841540
Two movements: Conservative media mostly beats the war drum, Jenner becomes official MAGA trans commentator; Tucker Carlson preaches realism and restraint, DeSantis takes on the LGTB complex
Utah's GOP Gov. Spencer Cox vetoes trans sports bill; Utah lawmakers override Cox's veto
https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1510305677515841540
勒庞胜选机会仍然很小，但选情比5年前好得多：
解释勒庞为什么如此接近马克龙:
https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1510203333620998148
还有就是马克龙被最近的McKinseygate拖累了选情。
解释勒庞为什么如此接近马克龙:
https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1510203333620998148
还有就是马克龙被最近的McKinseygate拖累了选情。
Olivia Rodrigo
移民混血儿 出生加州 另类摇滚父母 迪士尼+出道 03年生 偶像是Taylor Swift
从家庭 环境 教育 到社会 这种环境下的她会有另一种可能性吗？
移民混血儿 出生加州 另类摇滚父母 迪士尼+出道 03年生 偶像是Taylor Swift
从家庭 环境 教育 到社会 这种环境下的她会有另一种可能性吗？
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cb1DmnvA1_C
I Ⓜ️1ss trum🅿️ 🤷🏾♂️
I Ⓜ️1ss trum🅿️ 🤷🏾♂️
美国是该为他们有六成人尚有常识感而庆幸，还是该为四分之一丧失常识感而悲哀？
“Don’t say gay?” When Americans are presented with the actual language of the new Florida law, it wins support by more than a two‐to‐one margin. Voters across partisan lines strongly support the new Florida law after being provided with the actual language of the bill: “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in Kindergarten through third grade or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”
“Don’t Say Gay” Bill Support‐Oppose
Overall 61%‐26%
Republican Voters 70%‐23%
Independent Voters 58%‐26%
Democratic Voters 55%‐29%
Trump 2020 Voters 70%‐23%
Biden 2020 Voters 53%‐30%
Parents 67%‐24%
Suburban Voters 60%‐30%
Know Someone LGBTQ 61%‐28%
Fully two‐thirds of voters believe it is inappropriate for teachers or school personnel to discuss gender identity with children in kindergarten through 3rd Grade. By a 67%‐21% margin, Americans say the discussion of gender identity is inappropriate for children in kindergarten through 3rd Grade, including 88% of Republicans, 68% of Independent voters, and a plurality of Democrats (47%).
Fewer than 10% of Americans want to see gender removed from birth certificates. While just 8% of Americans believe states should remove gender from birth certificates, fully 79% of voters do NOT, including 93% of Republicans, 79% of Independent voters, and 67% of Democrats.
Finally, by more than a two‐to‐one margin, Americans believe transgender athletes should play on sports teams that match their birth gender. By a 60%‐24% margin, voters believe “transgender athletes should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender.” While Republican (85%‐7%) and Independent voters (60%‐23%) largely agree, Democratic voters aren’t as sure (39%‐36%).
https://pos.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/POS-National-Poll-Release-Memo.pdf
“Don’t say gay?” When Americans are presented with the actual language of the new Florida law, it wins support by more than a two‐to‐one margin. Voters across partisan lines strongly support the new Florida law after being provided with the actual language of the bill: “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in Kindergarten through third grade or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”
“Don’t Say Gay” Bill Support‐Oppose
Overall 61%‐26%
Republican Voters 70%‐23%
Independent Voters 58%‐26%
Democratic Voters 55%‐29%
Trump 2020 Voters 70%‐23%
Biden 2020 Voters 53%‐30%
Parents 67%‐24%
Suburban Voters 60%‐30%
Know Someone LGBTQ 61%‐28%
Fully two‐thirds of voters believe it is inappropriate for teachers or school personnel to discuss gender identity with children in kindergarten through 3rd Grade. By a 67%‐21% margin, Americans say the discussion of gender identity is inappropriate for children in kindergarten through 3rd Grade, including 88% of Republicans, 68% of Independent voters, and a plurality of Democrats (47%).
Fewer than 10% of Americans want to see gender removed from birth certificates. While just 8% of Americans believe states should remove gender from birth certificates, fully 79% of voters do NOT, including 93% of Republicans, 79% of Independent voters, and 67% of Democrats.
Finally, by more than a two‐to‐one margin, Americans believe transgender athletes should play on sports teams that match their birth gender. By a 60%‐24% margin, voters believe “transgender athletes should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender.” While Republican (85%‐7%) and Independent voters (60%‐23%) largely agree, Democratic voters aren’t as sure (39%‐36%).
https://pos.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/POS-National-Poll-Release-Memo.pdf
Analysis: Cost of living woes boost "phoenix" Le Pen in race for French presidency
PARIS, March 30 (Reuters) - For a far-right challenger whose past presidential campaigns have centred on pugnacious anti-immigration, eurosceptic rhetoric, Marine Le Pen has a new message for voters and it is working: I'll put money back in your pockets.
Le Pen has tapped into discontent over the rising cost of living as inflation hits multi-year highs after Russia invaded. Her climb in opinion polls less than a fortnight ahead of the vote is causing unease in President Emmanuel Macron's camp.
Le Pen was viewed by some political observers as finished after her thumping defeat to Macron in 2017's runoff vote, but has softened her image since then, ditching unpopular plans to drop the euro, tweeting about her passion for cats, and on one occasion taking selfies with a veiled Muslim girl.
While migration and security remain central to her manifesto, a Reuters analysis shows mentions of "purchasing power" in her tweets have sharply increased since early 2022, displacing "immigration" to which she now makes far fewer references on the social media platform.
PARIS, March 30 (Reuters) - For a far-right challenger whose past presidential campaigns have centred on pugnacious anti-immigration, eurosceptic rhetoric, Marine Le Pen has a new message for voters and it is working: I'll put money back in your pockets.
Le Pen has tapped into discontent over the rising cost of living as inflation hits multi-year highs after Russia invaded. Her climb in opinion polls less than a fortnight ahead of the vote is causing unease in President Emmanuel Macron's camp.
Le Pen was viewed by some political observers as finished after her thumping defeat to Macron in 2017's runoff vote, but has softened her image since then, ditching unpopular plans to drop the euro, tweeting about her passion for cats, and on one occasion taking selfies with a veiled Muslim girl.
While migration and security remain central to her manifesto, a Reuters analysis shows mentions of "purchasing power" in her tweets have sharply increased since early 2022, displacing "immigration" to which she now makes far fewer references on the social media platform.
"For God's sake, neocons and neolibs cannot remain in power."
Charles Krauthammer嘲笑的奥赛码头犬儒派之一，希拉克任下法国对外安全总局局长Alain Juillet最近一次采访里谈到乌克兰，这是英文概要：
https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1510495717520928772
我觉得他比Krauthammer和他今天还在鼓噪的同伙们头脑清醒得多，格局感也强得多。
https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1510495717520928772
我觉得他比Krauthammer和他今天还在鼓噪的同伙们头脑清醒得多，格局感也强得多。
>>Charles Krauthammer嘲笑的奥赛码头犬儒派之一，希拉克任下法国对外安全总局局长Ala...明斯克協議是一個事實上無法被遵守的協議。當兩方的軍隊在綿長戰線上短兵相接，開戰權就不在基輔或者莫斯科，一個班長就有能力發動這場戰爭。
奥尔班选举大胜。选前英语主流媒体的预设是，奥尔班的“亲普京”立场会给他带来麻烦，实际上他坚持的“不让国家涉入俄乌战争”的立场可能是胜选的重要因素之一，是针对在周边局势生变时选民不愿冒险的心态而有的放矢。他的胜利和勒庞高升的支持率是对自由国际分子们这套逻辑的嘲讽：俄罗斯是“新右翼”盟主，如今盟主身败名裂，跟班们也一定遭受重创。这一套从事实上看过度强调了俄罗斯与“新右翼”联系的重要性，从理论上来看夸大了国际关系对各国内政的解释力。
对于欣赏奥尔班的美国右翼来说，比如去布达佩斯朝圣的Tucker Carlson，重要的不是匈牙利本身怎样，而是他们愿意从那里看到什么。他们的所见其实可以用一句话概括，就是共和党应该有更多的DeSantis.
Jeremy Carl @jeremycarl4
Orban won a stunning victory and probable 2/3 parliamentary majority based on a campaign that was conservative, nationalist, anti-immigration, pro-traditional family, and firmly against military intervention in Ukraine.
A lesson there for the GOP, if we are willing to learn it.
https://twitter.com/jeremycarl4/status/1510724160497991681
Rod Dreher @roddreher
Viktor Orban wins crushing re-election victory. Groomers hardest hit. @GovRonDeSantis, you are onto something!
https://twitter.com/roddreher/status/1510731627248316419
对于欣赏奥尔班的美国右翼来说，比如去布达佩斯朝圣的Tucker Carlson，重要的不是匈牙利本身怎样，而是他们愿意从那里看到什么。他们的所见其实可以用一句话概括，就是共和党应该有更多的DeSantis.
Jeremy Carl @jeremycarl4
Orban won a stunning victory and probable 2/3 parliamentary majority based on a campaign that was conservative, nationalist, anti-immigration, pro-traditional family, and firmly against military intervention in Ukraine.
A lesson there for the GOP, if we are willing to learn it.
https://twitter.com/jeremycarl4/status/1510724160497991681
Rod Dreher @roddreher
Viktor Orban wins crushing re-election victory. Groomers hardest hit. @GovRonDeSantis, you are onto something!
https://twitter.com/roddreher/status/1510731627248316419
>>明斯克協議是一個事實上無法被遵守的協議。當兩方的軍隊在綿長戰線上短兵相接，開戰權就不在基輔或者莫斯科...
我没记错的话，除了军事冲突让明斯克协议难以执行，协议里还包含了两边一直不愿意遵守的内容：乌克兰不愿意给东部两州自治地位，俄罗斯不愿意把顿巴斯边境控制还给乌克兰。
主流媒体的英雄抨击了主流媒体的圣人：
Andrew Neil @afneil
Zelenskyy name-checks former German Chancellor Merkel and former French President Sarkozy: “I invite Mrs Merkel and Mr Sarkozy to visit Bucha, to see what the policy of 14 years of concessions to Russia has led to … to see with their own eyes tortured Ukrainian men and women.”
https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1510873736567824387
有些正在批判默克尔通俄绥靖的自由派可能是最近第一次觉得她有些事情做得不对。当然放中东移民入欧还是对的，哪怕你站在左派的立场上说这导致了欧洲右翼兴起，也会有人立刻驳斥说那不怪她，是敌人阴险狡诈，利用了她的英明决策。
他们给默克尔列出的通俄罪状之一是2008布加勒斯特峰会上不愿意追随小布什的提议，让乌克兰跑步进入北约——这可能是他们第二次觉得W做了正确的事情，第一次是他批川普。然而乌克兰又穷又腐败，当时军队也没有战力，几年后选出了亚努科维奇做领袖，有什么理由放这样的国家进来呢？
虽然自由派的国际观还是很扭曲，而且被时下的战争扭曲得更厉害了，不过摘掉默克尔的圣人光环，算是一个进步。硝烟和光晕一同散去之后，所有人都可以平心静气地讨论一下默克尔哪里对，哪里错，哪些错误值得同情，哪些错误不可原谅。
Andrew Neil @afneil
Zelenskyy name-checks former German Chancellor Merkel and former French President Sarkozy: “I invite Mrs Merkel and Mr Sarkozy to visit Bucha, to see what the policy of 14 years of concessions to Russia has led to … to see with their own eyes tortured Ukrainian men and women.”
https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1510873736567824387
有些正在批判默克尔通俄绥靖的自由派可能是最近第一次觉得她有些事情做得不对。当然放中东移民入欧还是对的，哪怕你站在左派的立场上说这导致了欧洲右翼兴起，也会有人立刻驳斥说那不怪她，是敌人阴险狡诈，利用了她的英明决策。
他们给默克尔列出的通俄罪状之一是2008布加勒斯特峰会上不愿意追随小布什的提议，让乌克兰跑步进入北约——这可能是他们第二次觉得W做了正确的事情，第一次是他批川普。然而乌克兰又穷又腐败，当时军队也没有战力，几年后选出了亚努科维奇做领袖，有什么理由放这样的国家进来呢？
虽然自由派的国际观还是很扭曲，而且被时下的战争扭曲得更厉害了，不过摘掉默克尔的圣人光环，算是一个进步。硝烟和光晕一同散去之后，所有人都可以平心静气地讨论一下默克尔哪里对，哪里错，哪些错误值得同情，哪些错误不可原谅。
这是一个被大西洋主义智库Atlantic Council派到乌克兰的记者，他以平静的口吻讲述了基辅民兵如何在检查点开枪拦下救护车，然后杀死了车里他们怀疑是俄罗斯奸细的人：
https://twitter.com/terrelljstarr/status/1498067362595155968
他不觉得这有什么问题。一个人先入为主的政见可以影响他对于什么正常什么不正常的观感，影响有时会如此彻底，以至于粗粝、血腥的现实被纳入他的感知时会丧失应有的冲击力，略加rationalization，就成为他的认知框架中一个可以被忽略的脚注。也许一些俄罗斯人在看到Bucha街头的尸体时也经历了同样的认知过程。
https://twitter.com/terrelljstarr/status/1498067362595155968
他不觉得这有什么问题。一个人先入为主的政见可以影响他对于什么正常什么不正常的观感，影响有时会如此彻底，以至于粗粝、血腥的现实被纳入他的感知时会丧失应有的冲击力，略加rationalization，就成为他的认知框架中一个可以被忽略的脚注。也许一些俄罗斯人在看到Bucha街头的尸体时也经历了同样的认知过程。
>>我没记错的话，除了军事冲突让明斯克协议难以执行，协议里还包含了两边一直不愿意遵守的内容：乌克兰不愿意给东部两州自治地位，俄罗斯不愿意把顿巴斯边境控制还给乌克兰。
真正决定现实的，恰恰就是「不愿意」。强烈的那种。
情感上的不接受，才是最大的行动力。
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例子早就有了。
托克维尔不是早说过嘛：「他们并不是喜欢自由，而是憎恨（这个）主子」。没这一点，就没有影响力持续到今天的法国大革命。
熟悉「中国人」的人，想不明白「憎恨主子」这一点也难啊。
但反过来说，无论一个人，一个民族是不是真的明白自主和自由的意义，面对战争这种前景也并不会有什么特殊的选项。理性分析，其实在这种场合连牢骚的现实意义都不如。
>>这是一个被大西洋主义智库Atlantic Council派到乌克兰的记者，他以平静的口吻讲述了基辅民...
认清人的「认知过程」，对人的认知并没有任何现实意义。
倒是这种「能认清」的思维前提，反映出了一种将现实视为「可改变的结构」的世界观。
那种「能认清世界」的「世界观」才是分析者的思维和行为选择的真正主宰。它来自这一个人经历的现实。
同理，一个经历战争的人，其「日常」与非战争的「日常」都可以用同样的语言表达，但说的其实是两个不同世界的话。
人的反应，在面对现实冲击的时候都是一样：To make sense of reality。分析情况的由来，是其中一种方式，适合观众，但不适合参与者。
这下整个欧洲亲俄派和环保派彻底完了 所有跟俄罗斯挂钩的也都完了 可以预见接下来的反噬效果了 美国的右翼要是还分不清所谓斯拉夫的民族主义和保守价值的话 也不会有继续存在的空间
左派哈佛教授Jason Stanley的一条推文和保守分子们的若干回应：
Jason Stanley @jasonintrator
Hungary shows that if you control the education system, the media, and the courts you can rule forever, enriching your family and friends. American conservatives watching with excitement.
https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1510958765113290754
Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine
Oh gosh, what if that sort of ideological lockup happened in America
Jarrett Stepman @JarrettStepman
Wow, imagine the tyranny and corruption if a single ideological cohort controlled all the institutions in a country and suppressed dissenting voices! Scary thought.
Jeremy Carl @jeremycarl4
Wow, sounds like a perfect description of the American left.
Tyler Hamilton @TylerThammy
Canada shows that if you control the education system, the media, and the courts you can rule forever, enriching your family and friends.
Where was the article when Trudeau and Singh ensured Trudeau even more years right after Trudeau showed he is both incompetent and malicious.
Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre
Not a lot of self awareness in the Yale faculty
Jason Stanley @jasonintrator
Hungary shows that if you control the education system, the media, and the courts you can rule forever, enriching your family and friends. American conservatives watching with excitement.
https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1510958765113290754
Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine
Oh gosh, what if that sort of ideological lockup happened in America
Jarrett Stepman @JarrettStepman
Wow, imagine the tyranny and corruption if a single ideological cohort controlled all the institutions in a country and suppressed dissenting voices! Scary thought.
Jeremy Carl @jeremycarl4
Wow, sounds like a perfect description of the American left.
Tyler Hamilton @TylerThammy
Canada shows that if you control the education system, the media, and the courts you can rule forever, enriching your family and friends.
Where was the article when Trudeau and Singh ensured Trudeau even more years right after Trudeau showed he is both incompetent and malicious.
Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre
Not a lot of self awareness in the Yale faculty
But friend, we come too late. It's true that the gods live,
But up over our heads, up in a different world.
They function endlessly up there, and seem to care little
If we live or die, so much do they avoid us.
A weak vessel cannot hold them forever; humans can
Endure the fullness of the gods only at times. Therefore
Life itself becomes a dream about them. But perplexity
And sleep assist us: distress and night-time strengthen,
Until enough heroes have grown in the bronze cradle,
With hearts as strong as the gods', as it used to be.
Thundering they arise. Meanwhile I often think it is
Better to stay asleep, than to exist without companions,
Just waiting it out, not knowing what to do or say
In the meantime. What use are poets in times of need?
But you'll say they're like holy priests of the wine god,
Moving from land to land in the holy night.
- "Bread and Wine", 7th stanza, by Friedrich Hölderlin
But up over our heads, up in a different world.
They function endlessly up there, and seem to care little
If we live or die, so much do they avoid us.
A weak vessel cannot hold them forever; humans can
Endure the fullness of the gods only at times. Therefore
Life itself becomes a dream about them. But perplexity
And sleep assist us: distress and night-time strengthen,
Until enough heroes have grown in the bronze cradle,
With hearts as strong as the gods', as it used to be.
Thundering they arise. Meanwhile I often think it is
Better to stay asleep, than to exist without companions,
Just waiting it out, not knowing what to do or say
In the meantime. What use are poets in times of need?
But you'll say they're like holy priests of the wine god,
Moving from land to land in the holy night.
- "Bread and Wine", 7th stanza, by Friedrich Hölderlin
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1511410171364454408
我是谁 我在哪 我那8100万选民呢
我是谁 我在哪 我那8100万选民呢
Pedro L. Gonzalez @emeriticus
Americans need to see that the people in Washington using "war crimes" to drum up support for another war represent a criminal class that has killed civilians with impunity around the world. They care as little about Americans as they do people anywhere else.
https://t.co/gD23SXVyfl
https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1511727227775623173
Pedro L. Gonzalez @emeriticus
Liberal internationalism: send Americans off to die, neglect them when they return and become suicidal opioid addicts, label the white ones latent racial terrorists; slaughter thousands of civilians with precision weapons ("oops"). Declare the moral high ground.
https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1511728353681842179
Americans need to see that the people in Washington using "war crimes" to drum up support for another war represent a criminal class that has killed civilians with impunity around the world. They care as little about Americans as they do people anywhere else.
https://t.co/gD23SXVyfl
https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1511727227775623173
Pedro L. Gonzalez @emeriticus
Liberal internationalism: send Americans off to die, neglect them when they return and become suicidal opioid addicts, label the white ones latent racial terrorists; slaughter thousands of civilians with precision weapons ("oops"). Declare the moral high ground.
https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1511728353681842179
https://twitter.com/__Inty__/status/1511916839860772864
https://twitter.com/zxu52/status/1511920489005940737
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https://twitter.com/zxu52/status/1511920489005940737
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政府能够获得的权利边界 或者说最多只能有哪些权利是能够被接受的？或是说民众心里对政府的容忍底线应该在哪里
Europe Elects @EuropeElects
France, Atlas Politico poll:
Presidential run-off election
Le Pen (RN-ID): 50.5%
Macron (EC-RE): 49.5%
Macron (EC-RE): 54%
Mélenchon (LFI-LEFT): 46%
...
Fieldwork: 4-6 April 2022
Sample size: N/A
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1512064596915359764
Populism Updates @PopulismUpdates
Le Pen led Hollande in some polls but Hollande was also way more unpopular than Macron, who currently has better approvals than he's had for most of his presidency
Le Pen only leads by a point in one poll though while Hollande's worst match-up with Le Pen put him behind by 8
Still, it's a close race. A lot of people were pretty dismissive of the idea that Le Pen could win because Macron's approval ratings looked strong in comparison to past presidents
Le Pen's numbers are rising as well but it's a reminder that "relatively popular" can still mean you're not that popular. 44% approval is still 44% approval, even if the last guy had 4%
https://twitter.com/PopulismUpdates/status/1512164593996496911
Benjamin Ramm @BenjaminRamm
Replying to @PopulismUpdates
Hollande was unpopular because he was seen as inept; Macron is unpopular because he is hated. This makes the dynamic against Le Pen much trickier.
https://twitter.com/BenjaminRamm/status/1512165943333560326
France, Atlas Politico poll:
Presidential run-off election
Le Pen (RN-ID): 50.5%
Macron (EC-RE): 49.5%
Macron (EC-RE): 54%
Mélenchon (LFI-LEFT): 46%
...
Fieldwork: 4-6 April 2022
Sample size: N/A
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1512064596915359764
Populism Updates @PopulismUpdates
Le Pen led Hollande in some polls but Hollande was also way more unpopular than Macron, who currently has better approvals than he's had for most of his presidency
Le Pen only leads by a point in one poll though while Hollande's worst match-up with Le Pen put him behind by 8
Still, it's a close race. A lot of people were pretty dismissive of the idea that Le Pen could win because Macron's approval ratings looked strong in comparison to past presidents
Le Pen's numbers are rising as well but it's a reminder that "relatively popular" can still mean you're not that popular. 44% approval is still 44% approval, even if the last guy had 4%
https://twitter.com/PopulismUpdates/status/1512164593996496911
Benjamin Ramm @BenjaminRamm
Replying to @PopulismUpdates
Hollande was unpopular because he was seen as inept; Macron is unpopular because he is hated. This makes the dynamic against Le Pen much trickier.
https://twitter.com/BenjaminRamm/status/1512165943333560326
Danny Armstrong @DannyWArmstrong
Ukrainian sisters and chess grandmasters Maria & Anna Muzychuk will be suspended and excluded from competition by Lviv Chess Federation for refusing to sign an open letter calling for the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban Russian & Belarusian athletes.
https://twitter.com/DannyWArmstrong/status/1512335862155120646
Danny Armstrong @DannyWArmstrong
Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin, who was sanctioned by FIDE for letter of support to Putin: 'I've known them since childhood..we're now on opposing sides of the fence..For them sporting principles aren't empty noise..Their decision didn't surprise me. I think it's correct'
https://twitter.com/DannyWArmstrong/status/1512413568901296133
Ukrainian sisters and chess grandmasters Maria & Anna Muzychuk will be suspended and excluded from competition by Lviv Chess Federation for refusing to sign an open letter calling for the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban Russian & Belarusian athletes.
https://twitter.com/DannyWArmstrong/status/1512335862155120646
Danny Armstrong @DannyWArmstrong
Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin, who was sanctioned by FIDE for letter of support to Putin: 'I've known them since childhood..we're now on opposing sides of the fence..For them sporting principles aren't empty noise..Their decision didn't surprise me. I think it's correct'
https://twitter.com/DannyWArmstrong/status/1512413568901296133
Populism Updates @PopulismUpdates
Macron vs Le Pen, YouGov poll
Macron: 51%
Le Pen: 49%
By age
18-24: Macron 44%, Le Pen 56%
25-34: Macron 47%, Le Pen 53%
35-44: Macron 47%, Le Pen 53%
45-54: Macron 49%, Le Pen 51%
55+: Macron 55%, Le Pen 45%
Source: https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/fjg18u456t/France_Vote_Intention_07-Apr-2022_website_v2.pdf
https://twitter.com/PopulismUpdates/status/1512487469173800960
InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022
Marine Le Pen leads Macron among under 55 voters: YouGov French Presidential Election Poll
18-24: Le Pen +12
25-34: Le Pen +6
35-44: Le Pen +6
45-54: Le Pen +2
55+: Macron +10
Last week's poll: Macron +8
Today's poll: Macron +2
✅ 6 POINT NET SHIFT TOWARDS LE PEN
https://twitter.com/IAPolls2022/status/1512508526937186306
Macron vs Le Pen, YouGov poll
Macron: 51%
Le Pen: 49%
By age
18-24: Macron 44%, Le Pen 56%
25-34: Macron 47%, Le Pen 53%
35-44: Macron 47%, Le Pen 53%
45-54: Macron 49%, Le Pen 51%
55+: Macron 55%, Le Pen 45%
Source: https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/fjg18u456t/France_Vote_Intention_07-Apr-2022_website_v2.pdf
https://twitter.com/PopulismUpdates/status/1512487469173800960
InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022
Marine Le Pen leads Macron among under 55 voters: YouGov French Presidential Election Poll
18-24: Le Pen +12
25-34: Le Pen +6
35-44: Le Pen +6
45-54: Le Pen +2
55+: Macron +10
Last week's poll: Macron +8
Today's poll: Macron +2
✅ 6 POINT NET SHIFT TOWARDS LE PEN
https://twitter.com/IAPolls2022/status/1512508526937186306
joejoe会不会把对抗俄罗斯当成主要政绩坚持下去以渡过中期选举 毕竟他的主张是要解决俄罗斯 油价物价已经打在每一个人身上了
The EU and French government forgot one crucial point: to open oneself to the outside, you must have a solid core; to welcome, you have to remain; and to share, you must have something to offer. Without nation, and without family, the limits of the common good, natural law and collective morality disappears, as the reign of egoism continues.
- Marion Maréchal
- Marion Maréchal
Sohrab Ahmari @SohrabAhmari
As @Vermeullarmine has noted, one of the obnoxious things liberals do is to claim various human achievements, in some cases thousands of years old, for their own ideology.
“Oh, you like due process and administrative procedure? Well, you better thank John Locke, my friend.”
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1512811536116596749
Sohrab Ahmari @SohrabAhmari
No one ever traveled the world, migrated, changed religions, got a fair shake from a court of law, made a scientific discovery, or enjoyed any ordinary convenience — until roughly 300 years ago.
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1512814188892237829
Jon @Jon14644688
Replying to @SohrabAhmari and @Vermeullarmine
I like John Locke. He is totally worth reading. As for “due process” the germination for that is considered to be the Magna Carta, no?
https://twitter.com/Jon14644688/status/1512835456303575045
Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine
Replying to @Jon14644688 and @SohrabAhmari
No. The specific verbal formulation comes into Anglo-American law through Magna Carta, but the concept itself is far older — according to the classical lawyers, as old as the Book of Genesis.
https://twitter.com/Vermeullarmine/status/1512840002895548417
As @Vermeullarmine has noted, one of the obnoxious things liberals do is to claim various human achievements, in some cases thousands of years old, for their own ideology.
“Oh, you like due process and administrative procedure? Well, you better thank John Locke, my friend.”
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1512811536116596749
Sohrab Ahmari @SohrabAhmari
No one ever traveled the world, migrated, changed religions, got a fair shake from a court of law, made a scientific discovery, or enjoyed any ordinary convenience — until roughly 300 years ago.
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1512814188892237829
Jon @Jon14644688
Replying to @SohrabAhmari and @Vermeullarmine
I like John Locke. He is totally worth reading. As for “due process” the germination for that is considered to be the Magna Carta, no?
https://twitter.com/Jon14644688/status/1512835456303575045
Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine
Replying to @Jon14644688 and @SohrabAhmari
No. The specific verbal formulation comes into Anglo-American law through Magna Carta, but the concept itself is far older — according to the classical lawyers, as old as the Book of Genesis.
https://twitter.com/Vermeullarmine/status/1512840002895548417
With Macron and Le Pen Leading Election Field, a Fractured France Decides
...immigration, security and a sharply rising cost of living have coalesced into an ugly brew. Many French people feel left out from the economic growth Mr. Macron has delivered to the country and anxious about the violence they see in their neighborhoods.
Referring to several Islamist terrorist attacks in France, Irène Fornal, a retired state pension fund director ensconced at Dijon’s Café de l’Industrie, said, “After Charlie Hebdo, after Bataclan, after the murder of Samuel Paty, evil was personified by the immigrant stranger, and the country split.”
Dijon, like many towns in France, has its projects, underprivileged areas of nondescript high-rises where immigrants, often Muslims from North Africa, and their descendants predominate, and the drug trade brings violence between rival gangs.
“Insecurity pollutes the life of people,” said François Rebsamen, the city’s longtime mayor and a lifetime Socialist who has joined the Macron campaign, given his own party’s collapse. “In these areas, tranquillity is elusive.”
Two years ago, in the Les Grésilles neighborhood of Dijon, street battles between Chechens and North Africans erupted over five days after a 16-year-old Chechen boy was assaulted by drug dealers from the Maghreb. In another depressed area, called Fontaine d’Ouche, some stores are still boarded up after drive-by shootings late last year.
...
A Moroccan woman named Hafida El-Bakkouri, wearing a head scarf, joined a group of women playing a version of dominoes. She said she buys a bag of flour for 50 cents in order to bake three baguettes for about the price of one at the bakery. “We get by,” she said.
When asked how she felt about Ms. Le Pen, who has vowed to ban the use of head scarves in public and fine women who wear them, Ms. El-Bakkouri said: “The main thing is she wants to send delinquents out of the country. I may vote for her. Why not?”
...immigration, security and a sharply rising cost of living have coalesced into an ugly brew. Many French people feel left out from the economic growth Mr. Macron has delivered to the country and anxious about the violence they see in their neighborhoods.
Referring to several Islamist terrorist attacks in France, Irène Fornal, a retired state pension fund director ensconced at Dijon’s Café de l’Industrie, said, “After Charlie Hebdo, after Bataclan, after the murder of Samuel Paty, evil was personified by the immigrant stranger, and the country split.”
Dijon, like many towns in France, has its projects, underprivileged areas of nondescript high-rises where immigrants, often Muslims from North Africa, and their descendants predominate, and the drug trade brings violence between rival gangs.
“Insecurity pollutes the life of people,” said François Rebsamen, the city’s longtime mayor and a lifetime Socialist who has joined the Macron campaign, given his own party’s collapse. “In these areas, tranquillity is elusive.”
Two years ago, in the Les Grésilles neighborhood of Dijon, street battles between Chechens and North Africans erupted over five days after a 16-year-old Chechen boy was assaulted by drug dealers from the Maghreb. In another depressed area, called Fontaine d’Ouche, some stores are still boarded up after drive-by shootings late last year.
...
A Moroccan woman named Hafida El-Bakkouri, wearing a head scarf, joined a group of women playing a version of dominoes. She said she buys a bag of flour for 50 cents in order to bake three baguettes for about the price of one at the bakery. “We get by,” she said.
When asked how she felt about Ms. Le Pen, who has vowed to ban the use of head scarves in public and fine women who wear them, Ms. El-Bakkouri said: “The main thing is she wants to send delinquents out of the country. I may vote for her. Why not?”
Birth Gauge @BirthGauge
Table of fertility rates in the world's largest metropolitan areas. Only 6 of the world's 39 mega-urban regions (with a population greater than 10M) are above replacement level.
https://twitter.com/BirthGauge/status/1512947609723359235
Birth Gauge @BirthGauge
The average TFR of the World's megacities is 1.62. Those between 10 and 20 million inhabitants have an average TFR of 1.74, while the large ones with a population of over 20 million have an average TFR of 1.42 children per woman.
https://twitter.com/BirthGauge/status/1512948799253237760
Table of fertility rates in the world's largest metropolitan areas. Only 6 of the world's 39 mega-urban regions (with a population greater than 10M) are above replacement level.
https://twitter.com/BirthGauge/status/1512947609723359235
Birth Gauge @BirthGauge
The average TFR of the World's megacities is 1.62. Those between 10 and 20 million inhabitants have an average TFR of 1.74, while the large ones with a population of over 20 million have an average TFR of 1.42 children per woman.
https://twitter.com/BirthGauge/status/1512948799253237760
Russia-Ukraine war: Zelensky says 'Big Israel' a model for post-war Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has cited the concept of a "big Israel" as a model for a post-war Ukraine, as the country continues to struggle under the Russian invasion.
Speaking during a briefing to media on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president warned that Ukrainian society would have to behave under a stage of siege even after the end of the conflict with Russia.
“Ukraine will definitely not be what we wanted it to be from the beginning. It is impossible. Absolutely liberal, European – it will not be like that," he said.
"We will become a ‘big Israel’ with its own face. We will not be surprised if we have representatives of the Armed Forces or the National Guard in cinemas, supermarkets, and people with weapons. I am confident that the question of security will be the issue number one for the next ten years. I am sure of it.”
Despite this, he said the country would not become “an authoritarian state", which he said was "impossible" in Ukraine.
“An authoritarian state would lose to Russia. People know what they are fighting for,” he said.
......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has cited the concept of a "big Israel" as a model for a post-war Ukraine, as the country continues to struggle under the Russian invasion.
Speaking during a briefing to media on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president warned that Ukrainian society would have to behave under a stage of siege even after the end of the conflict with Russia.
“Ukraine will definitely not be what we wanted it to be from the beginning. It is impossible. Absolutely liberal, European – it will not be like that," he said.
"We will become a ‘big Israel’ with its own face. We will not be surprised if we have representatives of the Armed Forces or the National Guard in cinemas, supermarkets, and people with weapons. I am confident that the question of security will be the issue number one for the next ten years. I am sure of it.”
Despite this, he said the country would not become “an authoritarian state", which he said was "impossible" in Ukraine.
“An authoritarian state would lose to Russia. People know what they are fighting for,” he said.
......
Ioannis E Kolovos @ioannisekolovos
How times change!
According to an Ifop survey, 46% of the French have confidence in Marine Le Pen to defend democratic values - just 4% below Emmanuel Macron!
[10% more than Mélenchon and 13% more than Pécresse!]
https://twitter.com/ioannisekolovos/status/1511684479450066947
Ifop Opinion @IfopOpinion
A qui les Français font-ils confiance pour défendre les valeurs démocratiques ?
A Emmanuel Macron 50%
A Marine Le Pen 46%
A Jean-Luc Mélenchon 36%
A Valérie Pécresse 33%
A Jean Lassalle 32%
Etude @IfopOpinion pour @VaeSolis
https://twitter.com/IfopOpinion/status/1511662734659801091
How times change!
According to an Ifop survey, 46% of the French have confidence in Marine Le Pen to defend democratic values - just 4% below Emmanuel Macron!
[10% more than Mélenchon and 13% more than Pécresse!]
https://twitter.com/ioannisekolovos/status/1511684479450066947
Ifop Opinion @IfopOpinion
A qui les Français font-ils confiance pour défendre les valeurs démocratiques ?
A Emmanuel Macron 50%
A Marine Le Pen 46%
A Jean-Luc Mélenchon 36%
A Valérie Pécresse 33%
A Jean Lassalle 32%
Etude @IfopOpinion pour @VaeSolis
https://twitter.com/IfopOpinion/status/1511662734659801091
Pécresse will not urge voters to pick Macron in final round
French right-wing candidate Valérie Pécresse said on Friday (8 April) she will not tell voters who to pick in the second round of the presidential election should she fail to make it past the first one on Sunday (10 April) – a surprising move for a party that has always urged voters to block the far-right. EURACTIV France reports.
Pécresse is currently polling at 9% in fourth place, tied with far-right candidate Eric Zemmour and behind French President Emmanuel Macron, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and radical-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, respectively polling at 26%, 23% and 17%.
Pécresse said that she “will not give any voting instructions” in case of defeat in the first election round on broadcaster France Inter on Friday in response to a question from a caller.
“The French are free, they are the ones who vote”, said the conservative-right candidate, adding that they “do not want any instructions”.
This marks a first for Pécresse’s right-wing Les Républicains party which has always called on its voters to vote against the far-right contender in the second round.
What used to be called the ‘Republican Front’ seems to be crumbling, according to the analysis of a former right-wing politician, who wishes to remain anonymous, and who has held prominent positions in a major French city.
French right-wing candidate Valérie Pécresse said on Friday (8 April) she will not tell voters who to pick in the second round of the presidential election should she fail to make it past the first one on Sunday (10 April) – a surprising move for a party that has always urged voters to block the far-right. EURACTIV France reports.
Pécresse is currently polling at 9% in fourth place, tied with far-right candidate Eric Zemmour and behind French President Emmanuel Macron, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and radical-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, respectively polling at 26%, 23% and 17%.
Pécresse said that she “will not give any voting instructions” in case of defeat in the first election round on broadcaster France Inter on Friday in response to a question from a caller.
“The French are free, they are the ones who vote”, said the conservative-right candidate, adding that they “do not want any instructions”.
This marks a first for Pécresse’s right-wing Les Républicains party which has always called on its voters to vote against the far-right contender in the second round.
What used to be called the ‘Republican Front’ seems to be crumbling, according to the analysis of a former right-wing politician, who wishes to remain anonymous, and who has held prominent positions in a major French city.
Anders Östlund @andersostlund
Russia's war against Ukraine will end with the break-up of the Russian Federation. It will be replaced by small, demilitarized and powerless republics with neutrality written into their constitutions.
https://twitter.com/andersostlund/status/1513407913611739136
Anders Östlund @andersostlund
And if you think I am wrong and that a break-up of Russia will lead to nuclear war I beg you to look back at the break-up of the USSR. It suddenly just disappeared and it happened without any nuclear incidents.
https://twitter.com/andersostlund/status/1513411067212443656
Moritz Schulze @crac_2
Replying to @andersostlund
The breakup of the USSR mainly had no incidents because there was a successor state - Russia - who handled everything. You are proposing a complete breakup and dismantling. The consequences are impossible to foresee and would most likely lead to a lot of chaos.
https://twitter.com/crac_2/status/1513423733658202117
Yoram Hazony @yhazony
Russia will be replaced by small, demilitarized, powerless republics? How fortunate for Europe—which will be saved from having to rearm!
And China will have nothing to say about this? And no one will go after those 6000 nuclear weapons?
https://twitter.com/yhazony/status/1513442660190728193
Russia's war against Ukraine will end with the break-up of the Russian Federation. It will be replaced by small, demilitarized and powerless republics with neutrality written into their constitutions.
https://twitter.com/andersostlund/status/1513407913611739136
Anders Östlund @andersostlund
And if you think I am wrong and that a break-up of Russia will lead to nuclear war I beg you to look back at the break-up of the USSR. It suddenly just disappeared and it happened without any nuclear incidents.
https://twitter.com/andersostlund/status/1513411067212443656
Moritz Schulze @crac_2
Replying to @andersostlund
The breakup of the USSR mainly had no incidents because there was a successor state - Russia - who handled everything. You are proposing a complete breakup and dismantling. The consequences are impossible to foresee and would most likely lead to a lot of chaos.
https://twitter.com/crac_2/status/1513423733658202117
Yoram Hazony @yhazony
Russia will be replaced by small, demilitarized, powerless republics? How fortunate for Europe—which will be saved from having to rearm!
And China will have nothing to say about this? And no one will go after those 6000 nuclear weapons?
https://twitter.com/yhazony/status/1513442660190728193
Europe Elects @EuropeElects
France, Presidential election (first round):
As 99% of the vote is counted, Anne Hidalgo has received 1.7% of the vote. This is the lowest result a presidential candidate for the centre-left Socialist Party (PS-S&D) has ever received in the first round.
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1513363679303155712
Europe Elects @EuropeElects
France, Presidential election (first round) today:
With 99% of the vote counted, Valérie Pécresse has received 4.8% of the vote.
This is the lowest result a presidential candidate for the centre-right Republicans (EPP) has ever received in the first round.
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1513364948356898816
France, Presidential election (first round):
As 99% of the vote is counted, Anne Hidalgo has received 1.7% of the vote. This is the lowest result a presidential candidate for the centre-left Socialist Party (PS-S&D) has ever received in the first round.
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1513363679303155712
Europe Elects @EuropeElects
France, Presidential election (first round) today:
With 99% of the vote counted, Valérie Pécresse has received 4.8% of the vote.
This is the lowest result a presidential candidate for the centre-right Republicans (EPP) has ever received in the first round.
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1513364948356898816
Ryan James Girdusky @RyanGirdusky
First round of French elections Center Parties vs. Populist Parties.
2007 Presidential elections:
Center: 77.4%
Populists: 22.6%
2012 election:
Center: 67.2%
Populists: 32.8%
2017 election:
Center: 51.6%
Populists: 48.4%
2022 election:
Center: 42.1%
Populists: 57.9%
https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1513649883760189452
Ryan James Girdusky @RyanGirdusky
Center right parties:
2007- 31.2%
2012- 27.2%
2017- 20%
2022- 4.8%
Center left parties:
2007- 27.6%
2012- 30.9%
2017- 7.6%
2022- 6.4%
Center:
2007- 18.6%
2012- 9.1%
2017- 24%
2022- 30.9%
https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1513650365283147778
Ryan James Girdusky @RyanGirdusky
Populist right parties:
2007- 12.6%
2012- 19.7%
2017- 26%
2022- 32.3%
Populist left parties:
2007- 10%
2012- 19.7%
2017- 22.4%
2022- 25.6%
https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1513650679826558977
First round of French elections Center Parties vs. Populist Parties.
2007 Presidential elections:
Center: 77.4%
Populists: 22.6%
2012 election:
Center: 67.2%
Populists: 32.8%
2017 election:
Center: 51.6%
Populists: 48.4%
2022 election:
Center: 42.1%
Populists: 57.9%
https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1513649883760189452
Ryan James Girdusky @RyanGirdusky
Center right parties:
2007- 31.2%
2012- 27.2%
2017- 20%
2022- 4.8%
Center left parties:
2007- 27.6%
2012- 30.9%
2017- 7.6%
2022- 6.4%
Center:
2007- 18.6%
2012- 9.1%
2017- 24%
2022- 30.9%
https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1513650365283147778
Ryan James Girdusky @RyanGirdusky
Populist right parties:
2007- 12.6%
2012- 19.7%
2017- 26%
2022- 32.3%
Populist left parties:
2007- 10%
2012- 19.7%
2017- 22.4%
2022- 25.6%
https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1513650679826558977
Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie
Who’s to blame for #inflation? @POTUS blames Putin. Republicans blame Democrats. The truth is in this graph. On 3/27/2020, Congress passed the biggest spending bill in history, and followed up with more, totaling $7 trillion. I predicted this inflation when I opposed these bills.
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1514071718838558725
Who’s to blame for #inflation? @POTUS blames Putin. Republicans blame Democrats. The truth is in this graph. On 3/27/2020, Congress passed the biggest spending bill in history, and followed up with more, totaling $7 trillion. I predicted this inflation when I opposed these bills.
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1514071718838558725
Visegrád 24 @visegrad24
Biden tells reporters that he referred to what is happening in Ukraine as a genocide earlier today because “it’s become clearer and clearer that Putin is just trying to wipe out even the idea of being Ukrainian.”
“And the evidence is mounting,” Biden stated.
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1514035223410917377
PEG @pegobry
Genocide used to mean the deliberate physical extermination of an ethnic group.
Then in Xinjiang we learned that it also means the deliberate replacement of an ethnic group with another. (…No comment.)
Now it means annexing a country?
https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1514035886924734465
PEG @pegobry
You could write an essay, maybe a whole book, on the lib way of ignoring the meanings of words, asserting they mean the opposite of what they mean, etc.
https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1514037007927885848
Biden tells reporters that he referred to what is happening in Ukraine as a genocide earlier today because “it’s become clearer and clearer that Putin is just trying to wipe out even the idea of being Ukrainian.”
“And the evidence is mounting,” Biden stated.
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1514035223410917377
PEG @pegobry
Genocide used to mean the deliberate physical extermination of an ethnic group.
Then in Xinjiang we learned that it also means the deliberate replacement of an ethnic group with another. (…No comment.)
Now it means annexing a country?
https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1514035886924734465
PEG @pegobry
You could write an essay, maybe a whole book, on the lib way of ignoring the meanings of words, asserting they mean the opposite of what they mean, etc.
https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1514037007927885848
Allie Beth Stuckey @conservmillen
Conservatives make a mistake of pushing for neutrality, when that’s not the game the left is playing at all. It’s just not an option. The only way to fight left wing imperialism is to push back with YOUR values in every institution you occupy.
https://twitter.com/conservmillen/status/1513852852703223811
Allie Beth Stuckey @conservmillen
Replying to @AP4Liberty
I’m saying let the best ideas win. For example, left wants kids to learn they can pick their gender. Instead of saying, “kids should just learn nothing about this!” I want kids to learn that there are two genders and to be encouraged to celebrate and accept these differences.
https://twitter.com/conservmillen/status/1513866119978835971
Conservatives make a mistake of pushing for neutrality, when that’s not the game the left is playing at all. It’s just not an option. The only way to fight left wing imperialism is to push back with YOUR values in every institution you occupy.
https://twitter.com/conservmillen/status/1513852852703223811
Allie Beth Stuckey @conservmillen
Replying to @AP4Liberty
I’m saying let the best ideas win. For example, left wants kids to learn they can pick their gender. Instead of saying, “kids should just learn nothing about this!” I want kids to learn that there are two genders and to be encouraged to celebrate and accept these differences.
https://twitter.com/conservmillen/status/1513866119978835971
Sohrab Ahmari @SohrabAhmari
Robert Bork did a lot of damage to our national economic health with his kooky re-interpretation and revision of well-settled antitrust law.
Conservatives now decrying various corporate depredations have one of their own icons to blame (in part).
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1514181054466244609
Gladden Pappin @gjpappin
An essential point in the Right’s ongoing peace & reconciliation process—
saying goodbye to the rightlib idols who brought us the corporate cancellation of political sovereignty
https://twitter.com/gjpappin/status/1514218174178287616
Robert Bork did a lot of damage to our national economic health with his kooky re-interpretation and revision of well-settled antitrust law.
Conservatives now decrying various corporate depredations have one of their own icons to blame (in part).
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1514181054466244609
Gladden Pappin @gjpappin
An essential point in the Right’s ongoing peace & reconciliation process—
saying goodbye to the rightlib idols who brought us the corporate cancellation of political sovereignty
https://twitter.com/gjpappin/status/1514218174178287616
Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly
As one of the few who was critical of the Germans & their energy dependency on the Russians long before it was fashionable here, it is amazing to see blue chekists here - who had lauded Merkel - now pretending to be critical of long established German, indeed European, policy
At the same time, the Germans are the 'human shield' for most Europeans, who want business as usual restored with Russia as soon as is reasonably possible, especially cheap energy. The further you are from the continent's Russian frontier, the less you care about Ukraine.
All of the Europeans who really want a confrontation with Russia are here tweeting away - in English! - on Twitter. Europe is an old place full of people whose ancestors were survivors and who care only as much as they have to do so about 'the current thing'.
This is in stark contrast to the Anglo-Americans who (fresh off the disaster in Kabul) want to fight the Russians to the last Ukrainian ... this war is a chance for a certain Boomer demo, once important, to re-live 1985 & pretend the Soviets may be breaching the Fulda Gap...
There are two contradictory adults in the European debate: one is the Poles, who the Americans have neglected in favour of Berlin, and the other is the French, who have the least dependency on the Russians but whose leader, Macron, sees clearly the disaster of the war continuing.
But as for the Germans, whatever their many opportunistic faults wrapped in Merkelesque sanctimony, the idea there is a widespread European appetite for the war to continue into the northern Summer is sheer fantasy. I suspect the Ukrainian leadership knows this, too.
https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1514353469012209664
As one of the few who was critical of the Germans & their energy dependency on the Russians long before it was fashionable here, it is amazing to see blue chekists here - who had lauded Merkel - now pretending to be critical of long established German, indeed European, policy
At the same time, the Germans are the 'human shield' for most Europeans, who want business as usual restored with Russia as soon as is reasonably possible, especially cheap energy. The further you are from the continent's Russian frontier, the less you care about Ukraine.
All of the Europeans who really want a confrontation with Russia are here tweeting away - in English! - on Twitter. Europe is an old place full of people whose ancestors were survivors and who care only as much as they have to do so about 'the current thing'.
This is in stark contrast to the Anglo-Americans who (fresh off the disaster in Kabul) want to fight the Russians to the last Ukrainian ... this war is a chance for a certain Boomer demo, once important, to re-live 1985 & pretend the Soviets may be breaching the Fulda Gap...
There are two contradictory adults in the European debate: one is the Poles, who the Americans have neglected in favour of Berlin, and the other is the French, who have the least dependency on the Russians but whose leader, Macron, sees clearly the disaster of the war continuing.
But as for the Germans, whatever their many opportunistic faults wrapped in Merkelesque sanctimony, the idea there is a widespread European appetite for the war to continue into the northern Summer is sheer fantasy. I suspect the Ukrainian leadership knows this, too.
https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1514353469012209664
The Columbia Bugle @ColumbiaBugle
.@elonmusk Today During Ted2022 On Why He Is Offering to Buy Twitter
“My strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted & broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization.”
“I don’t care about the economics at all.”
https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1514659066320068653
The Columbia Bugle @ColumbiaBugle
.@elonmusk Laying Out Some Of His Ideas For Twitter
“A good sign as to whether there is free speech: is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case, then we have free speech."
https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1514664034016002049
Charles Gasparino @CGasparino
BREAKING: As @elonmusk offers to buy the rest of @Twitter a legal source tells @FoxBusiness, @SECGov and @TheJusticeDept have launched what he described as a "joint investigation" into a myriad of Musk regulatory issues primarily involving @Tesla
https://twitter.com/CGasparino/status/1514560918000185347
.@elonmusk Today During Ted2022 On Why He Is Offering to Buy Twitter
“My strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted & broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization.”
“I don’t care about the economics at all.”
https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1514659066320068653
The Columbia Bugle @ColumbiaBugle
.@elonmusk Laying Out Some Of His Ideas For Twitter
“A good sign as to whether there is free speech: is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case, then we have free speech."
https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1514664034016002049
Charles Gasparino @CGasparino
BREAKING: As @elonmusk offers to buy the rest of @Twitter a legal source tells @FoxBusiness, @SECGov and @TheJusticeDept have launched what he described as a "joint investigation" into a myriad of Musk regulatory issues primarily involving @Tesla
https://twitter.com/CGasparino/status/1514560918000185347
Darren J. Beattie @DarrenJBeattie
The illegitimate regime cannot survive a free speech twitter
This is an existential issue for the Globalist American Empire
https://twitter.com/DarrenJBeattie/status/1514627010752040963
Ben C. Dunson @BenDunson1
Today’s events are fascinating. Many on the left honestly believe that if conservatives are allowed to speak freely it is the end of the possibility of a just society. No wonder they’re working so hard to censor conservative voices.
https://twitter.com/BenDunson1/status/1514685091938717698
Ben C. Dunson @BenDunson1
Today’s hysteria on the left also seems to show that they all have no doubts that this censorship is widespread, or else they won’t e so terrified of it ending.
https://twitter.com/BenDunson1/status/1514685092983193609
Marc Andreessen @pmarca
The future of democracy rests on the many pro-censorship media billionaires crushing the one anti-censorship media billionaire.
https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1514693866644934670
The illegitimate regime cannot survive a free speech twitter
This is an existential issue for the Globalist American Empire
https://twitter.com/DarrenJBeattie/status/1514627010752040963
Ben C. Dunson @BenDunson1
Today’s events are fascinating. Many on the left honestly believe that if conservatives are allowed to speak freely it is the end of the possibility of a just society. No wonder they’re working so hard to censor conservative voices.
https://twitter.com/BenDunson1/status/1514685091938717698
Ben C. Dunson @BenDunson1
Today’s hysteria on the left also seems to show that they all have no doubts that this censorship is widespread, or else they won’t e so terrified of it ending.
https://twitter.com/BenDunson1/status/1514685092983193609
Marc Andreessen @pmarca
The future of democracy rests on the many pro-censorship media billionaires crushing the one anti-censorship media billionaire.
https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1514693866644934670
Good news:
Trump endorses J.D. Vance, wading into Ohio's contentious Republican Senate primary
Former President Donald Trump has waded into the crowded and contentious Republican Senate primary in Ohio to offer an endorsement with just over two weeks until the election.
Trump on Friday backed J.D. Vance, a venture capitalist-turned-Midwest memoirist, whose best-selling Hillbilly Elegy launched his career as a conservative media commentator.
The GOP contest has several candidates who have touted their allegiances to Trump, but the former president said in a statement that, "In the Great State of Ohio, the candidate most qualified and ready to win in November is J.D. Vance."
The endorsement comes ahead of a Trump rally in Ohio next weekend.
Trump endorses J.D. Vance, wading into Ohio's contentious Republican Senate primary
Former President Donald Trump has waded into the crowded and contentious Republican Senate primary in Ohio to offer an endorsement with just over two weeks until the election.
Trump on Friday backed J.D. Vance, a venture capitalist-turned-Midwest memoirist, whose best-selling Hillbilly Elegy launched his career as a conservative media commentator.
The GOP contest has several candidates who have touted their allegiances to Trump, but the former president said in a statement that, "In the Great State of Ohio, the candidate most qualified and ready to win in November is J.D. Vance."
The endorsement comes ahead of a Trump rally in Ohio next weekend.
Ukraine is scanning faces of dead Russians, then contacting the mothers
Ukrainian officials say the use of facial recognition software could help end the brutal war. But some experts call it ‘classic psychological warfare’ that sets a gruesome precedent.
Ukrainian officials have run more than 8,600 facial recognition searches on dead or captured Russian soldiers in the 50 days since Moscow’s invasion began, using the scans to identify bodies and contact hundreds of their families in what may be one of the most gruesome applications of the technology to date.
The country’s IT Army, a volunteer force of hackers and activists that takes its direction from the Ukrainian government, says it has used those identifications to inform the families of the deaths of 582 Russians, including by sending them photos of the abandoned corpses.
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The West’s solidarity with Ukraine makes it tempting to support such a radical act designed to capitalize on family grief, said Stephanie Hare, a surveillance researcher in London. But contacting soldiers’ parents, she said, is “classic psychological warfare” and could set a dangerous new standard for future conflicts.
“If it were Russian soldiers doing this with Ukrainian mothers, we might say, ‘Oh, my God, that’s barbaric,’ ” she said. “And is it actually working? Or is it making them say: ‘Look at these lawless, cruel Ukrainians, doing this to our boys?’ ”
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In another conversation, a stranger sent a message to a Russian mother saying her son was dead, alongside a photo showing a man’s body in the dirt — face grimacing and mouth agape. The recipient responded with disbelief, saying it wasn’t him, before the sender passed along another photo showing a gloved hand holding the man’s military documents.
“Why are you doing this?” the recipient wrote back. “Do you want me to die? I already don’t live. You must be enjoying this.”
Ukrainian officials say the use of facial recognition software could help end the brutal war. But some experts call it ‘classic psychological warfare’ that sets a gruesome precedent.
Ukrainian officials have run more than 8,600 facial recognition searches on dead or captured Russian soldiers in the 50 days since Moscow’s invasion began, using the scans to identify bodies and contact hundreds of their families in what may be one of the most gruesome applications of the technology to date.
The country’s IT Army, a volunteer force of hackers and activists that takes its direction from the Ukrainian government, says it has used those identifications to inform the families of the deaths of 582 Russians, including by sending them photos of the abandoned corpses.
...
The West’s solidarity with Ukraine makes it tempting to support such a radical act designed to capitalize on family grief, said Stephanie Hare, a surveillance researcher in London. But contacting soldiers’ parents, she said, is “classic psychological warfare” and could set a dangerous new standard for future conflicts.
“If it were Russian soldiers doing this with Ukrainian mothers, we might say, ‘Oh, my God, that’s barbaric,’ ” she said. “And is it actually working? Or is it making them say: ‘Look at these lawless, cruel Ukrainians, doing this to our boys?’ ”
...
In another conversation, a stranger sent a message to a Russian mother saying her son was dead, alongside a photo showing a man’s body in the dirt — face grimacing and mouth agape. The recipient responded with disbelief, saying it wasn’t him, before the sender passed along another photo showing a gloved hand holding the man’s military documents.
“Why are you doing this?” the recipient wrote back. “Do you want me to die? I already don’t live. You must be enjoying this.”
The gory online campaign Ukraine hopes will sow anti-Putin dissent probably violates the Geneva Conventions
The Ukrainian government has posted grisly photos and videos of killed and captured Russian soldiers in hopes of undermining the Kremlin’s onslaught. But military-justice experts argue the campaign violates international law.
A besieged Ukraine has adopted a gruesome tactic in hopes of stoking anti-government rage inside Russia: posting photos and videos of captured and killed Russian soldiers on the Web for anyone to see.
On Telegram, Twitter and YouTube, Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs since Sunday has posted a constant stream of extremely graphic images showcasing the horrors of war and inviting Russians to examine them to determine whether the images feature a missing loved one.
In many of the images, soldiers’ corpses can be seen burned, ripped apart, mangled in wreckage or abandoned in snow; in some, their faces are featured in bloody close-ups, frozen in pain.
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But the tactic also could be interpreted as a violation of the Geneva Conventions, which say governments must “at all times” protect prisoners of war from “insults and public curiosity.”
Such violations might seem minor compared with evidence suggesting Russian military forces have killed civilians and indiscriminately bombed residential neighborhoods, said Rachel E. VanLandingham, a professor at Southwestern Law School who has studied war crimes. But they could chip away at Ukraine’s ability to hold Russia accountable for violating international law.
“The law doesn’t allow for, ‘They’re doing bad things, so we can, too,’” VanLandingham said. “They don’t want to turn the international community against them. They’ve got to be on the straight and narrow here. It’s really dangerous for them in desperation to do things that are clearly prohibited.”
The Ukrainian government has posted grisly photos and videos of killed and captured Russian soldiers in hopes of undermining the Kremlin’s onslaught. But military-justice experts argue the campaign violates international law.
A besieged Ukraine has adopted a gruesome tactic in hopes of stoking anti-government rage inside Russia: posting photos and videos of captured and killed Russian soldiers on the Web for anyone to see.
On Telegram, Twitter and YouTube, Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs since Sunday has posted a constant stream of extremely graphic images showcasing the horrors of war and inviting Russians to examine them to determine whether the images feature a missing loved one.
In many of the images, soldiers’ corpses can be seen burned, ripped apart, mangled in wreckage or abandoned in snow; in some, their faces are featured in bloody close-ups, frozen in pain.
...
But the tactic also could be interpreted as a violation of the Geneva Conventions, which say governments must “at all times” protect prisoners of war from “insults and public curiosity.”
Such violations might seem minor compared with evidence suggesting Russian military forces have killed civilians and indiscriminately bombed residential neighborhoods, said Rachel E. VanLandingham, a professor at Southwestern Law School who has studied war crimes. But they could chip away at Ukraine’s ability to hold Russia accountable for violating international law.
“The law doesn’t allow for, ‘They’re doing bad things, so we can, too,’” VanLandingham said. “They don’t want to turn the international community against them. They’ve got to be on the straight and narrow here. It’s really dangerous for them in desperation to do things that are clearly prohibited.”
Clint Ehrlich @ClintEhrlich
Here is one of Twitter's favorite sources on the war in Ukraine.
He is now openly advocating *nuclear war* to eliminate Russia.
"Some nukes can explode . . . No peace with Russia, we must hit it hard and decisive and forever."
https://twitter.com/ClintEhrlich/status/1515065833805864963
Here is one of Twitter's favorite sources on the war in Ukraine.
He is now openly advocating *nuclear war* to eliminate Russia.
"Some nukes can explode . . . No peace with Russia, we must hit it hard and decisive and forever."
Sergej Sumlenny @sumlenny
A few thoughts:
1) Putin can use nukes;
2) Putin wanted to celebrate a Victory parade in Kyiv;
3) The moment he realizes there will be no victory, he will want to nuke Kyiv (не доставайся же ты никому)
4) This scenario is realistic but may not stop the world from fighting Russia;
5) because he has nukes anyway and will always blackmail us with his nukes;
6) so the most secure way to get guaranteed peace is to eliminate nuclear Russia. Some nukes can explode, but they will explode anyway. Our object is to minimize their number + to make Russia nuclear-free
7) there are no best scenarios now. Every scenario is risky. But the one as we try to find a compromise- is the worst one, as this allows Putin to hit the world in the worst way.
8) So no peace with Russia, we must hit it hard and decisive and forever;
9) END
https://twitter.com/ClintEhrlich/status/1515065833805864963
你姨在回答是否应该补偿黑奴后代时，痛批文化进步派，相当精彩：
“无论黑人还是白人，法国人还是德国人，基督徒还是穆斯林，他们都是文明社会的建构者，只有共产国际才是文明社会的解构者和破坏者。为什么对文明人和文明人、好人和好人相互之间由于自然的自私造成的破坏抓住不放，却对真正的社会公敌和反社会分子造成的破坏视而不见呢？”
但是要注意到，这里的歧视链不以国别界定，而是以意识形态为单位。主张补偿黑奴后代的文化进步派坐落在意识形态歧视链的最底端，是所有愿意维护文明的其他意识形态共同防范的对象。意识形态歧视链和国家歧视链是不重合的，你姨把当今文化进步派归为共产国际的后裔，然而共产主义并不源自国家歧视链的底端，也就是远东洼地。它起源于国家歧视链相对较高的地方，德国。因此以下形式的推理，即便根据歧视链学本身，也会不时犯错误：“某意识形态/观念/制度A源于甲国，另一意识形态/观念/制度B源于乙国，因为甲国在国家歧视链上高于乙国，所以A在歧视链上高于B”。
我们可以进一步质问，文化进步派是否真能归为共产国际的后裔？今天他们的各项主张有多少可以从共产主义的原教旨中推导出来？把他们看作自由主义的后裔是否更合理，更能得到一套严密历史叙事的支持？更具体地问，在当今进步主义的文献中，有多少贡献可以归于美国之外的思想家，有多少是美国人在自由主义平台之上的自发创造？所有这些问题的答案，我相信都指向一个貌似悖谬的结论：当今歧视链最底端的意识形态，绽放于歧视链顶端的国家。欧洲人虽然接受美国领导，却对美国学术界兜售的各种社会理论越来越警惕，正是这个矛盾的反映。以上结论中的悖谬以黑格尔主义的视角看其实完全合理：文明最腐败的花朵只有在文明兴盛到糜烂的生态中才能吐露芬芳。
“无论黑人还是白人，法国人还是德国人，基督徒还是穆斯林，他们都是文明社会的建构者，只有共产国际才是文明社会的解构者和破坏者。为什么对文明人和文明人、好人和好人相互之间由于自然的自私造成的破坏抓住不放，却对真正的社会公敌和反社会分子造成的破坏视而不见呢？”
但是要注意到，这里的歧视链不以国别界定，而是以意识形态为单位。主张补偿黑奴后代的文化进步派坐落在意识形态歧视链的最底端，是所有愿意维护文明的其他意识形态共同防范的对象。意识形态歧视链和国家歧视链是不重合的，你姨把当今文化进步派归为共产国际的后裔，然而共产主义并不源自国家歧视链的底端，也就是远东洼地。它起源于国家歧视链相对较高的地方，德国。因此以下形式的推理，即便根据歧视链学本身，也会不时犯错误：“某意识形态/观念/制度A源于甲国，另一意识形态/观念/制度B源于乙国，因为甲国在国家歧视链上高于乙国，所以A在歧视链上高于B”。
我们可以进一步质问，文化进步派是否真能归为共产国际的后裔？今天他们的各项主张有多少可以从共产主义的原教旨中推导出来？把他们看作自由主义的后裔是否更合理，更能得到一套严密历史叙事的支持？更具体地问，在当今进步主义的文献中，有多少贡献可以归于美国之外的思想家，有多少是美国人在自由主义平台之上的自发创造？所有这些问题的答案，我相信都指向一个貌似悖谬的结论：当今歧视链最底端的意识形态，绽放于歧视链顶端的国家。欧洲人虽然接受美国领导，却对美国学术界兜售的各种社会理论越来越警惕，正是这个矛盾的反映。以上结论中的悖谬以黑格尔主义的视角看其实完全合理：文明最腐败的花朵只有在文明兴盛到糜烂的生态中才能吐露芬芳。
>>你姨在，痛批文化进步派，相当精彩：“无论黑人还是白人，法国人还是德国人，基督徒还是穆斯林，他们都是文...
容我引用一堆更简洁明了，不讲语句修辞，不讲情绪感染，只重实际的：
旧约·箴言： Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
勉强能算刘仲敬同乡，但在他眼中完全不如法轮功「有组织」的四川大邑县出产「H. H. 第三世多杰羌佛」所著《世法哲言》： 『骄似霉坏之种，其种不发其芽，而谦具肥苗之因，苔粗速壮，何以故? 骄则狂，或弗愿接之于助，谦受喜，故人皆愿近而助之。』
「码头苦力哲学家（The Longshoreman Philosopher）」Eric Hoffer：
- When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.
- The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, all we have left is our importance.
- The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause... A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding; when it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.
本来还想多引用一点「码头苦力哲学家」的，但实在是 Ouch! Ouch!! Ouch!!!
哈哈哈哈！
>>你姨在，痛批文化进步派，相当精彩：“无论黑人还是白人，法国人还是德国人，基督徒还是穆斯林，他们都是文...
这么突然锐评 姨这是在cali被两百斤青发魔怔中性人给抢了 还是被巴丢草二次创作了
There's two gods in my life
The Lord
And The Babylon Bee
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The Lord
And The Babylon Bee
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>>这么突然锐评 姨这是在cali被两百斤青发魔怔中性人给抢了 还是被巴丢草创作了
那一系列问答是姨流亡前做的。虽然姨不时嘲讽费拉右——很多嘲讽我觉得挺有道理——但姨学本身也可以归为右翼一支，和进步派不共戴天。像国家/文明歧视链这种观念，即认为国家、文明有难以更易的高低贵贱之分，在今天任何左派看来都是种族主义，连上得了电视的右翼分子都会敬而远之。按欧美主流意识形态划分，姨只能是far-right, 位置和他讽刺的费拉右们相隔不远。至于两者的区别，在主流看来不会比Steve Bannon和Ben Shapiro的区别更有意义。他们一边看不起另一边，理由何在，谁是谁非，是无足轻重的末节，除了他们的听众外没人关心。而姨之能在中文世界赢得大批听众，也是由于华人没被左翼政治正确脑控，不然姨早已社死数次。
姨的另一个观点我也觉得颇有道理，就是费拉最大的隐秘欲望是拉着全世界和他一起死。我很痛苦很空虚，活不下去了，所以全世界也不要活了。看着社交媒体和论坛上中国人、俄罗斯人、乌克兰人、欧美末人们谈及三战、核战时的轻浮态度、遮掩不住的冲动，不禁感叹其观察之犀利。
>>那一系列问答是姨流亡前做的。虽然姨不时嘲讽费拉右——很多嘲讽我觉得挺有道理——但姨学本身也可以归为右...
華裔早就被政治正確腦控了，只不過大多數華裔是生活在英文世界。劉仲景的真正主力支持者是牆內中國人恰恰是他口中的費拉。
我認為劉仲景很可能並不只是他一個人，而是有多個供稿寫手。你認真觀察劉仲景言論的合訂本，可以看出其言論水平是兩極分化，區別就是有供稿和沒供稿，或者是不同的人供稿。劉常常也能對一些事物發表非常獨到的見解，然而在這些言論背後完全沒有統一的價值觀。當然劉仲景的鐵粉還是會自我欺騙什麼“阿姨是xx馬基雅維利主義，某些低水平言論是他自己的目的”。能有什麼目的？中共倒台之後去四川建國？我看還不如郭文貴靠譜。
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/penn-law-prof-says-black-asian-people-resent-western-achievement-rcna24418
Fairly, huh? What a beautiful word emphasized by the most brilliant minds in the last two centuries, yet the craziest and maddest term in every sense and insanity-inducing at every corner of the Anglosphere nowadays.
The irony of Destiny. In its work, how great the force of Fate is!
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作为局外人的评论：当福山的「历史的终结」被历史正式终结的一刻，亨廷顿的「文明战争」正式掀开了序幕。
福山如此天真理论出于贤哲之门墙，恰似白左出于西方之文明。
亨廷顿虽然不能说超越托克维尔、勒庞、尼采、帕累托、斯宾格勒、汤因比等等诸贤之上，但是最少也具备了作为求知者的「眼见真实」的起码能力。
西方难道又一次像特洛伊一样，就只剩下「一个能讲真话的女人」了？
University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax — known for her history of racist remarks — said Black and Asian people are resentful toward “Western peoples’ outsized achievements” on a recent segment of Tucker Carlson’s Fox Nation show.
Referring to Indian Americans, Wax said April 8 on “Tucker Carlson Today”: “They climb the ladder, they get the best education, we give them every opportunity, and they turn around and lead the charge on ‘we’re racist, we’re an awful country.’ On some level, their country is a s--thole.”
Wax, who attended Columbia Law School and has taught at Penn since 2001, previously drew national attention when she said the U.S. would be “better off with fewer Asians.”
The executive director of the South Asian civic organization Indian American Impact, Neil Makhija, a lecturer at Penn Law, said Wax’s overtly racist talking points have led him to doubt his colleague’s capacity to teach students of all races.
“The most unfortunate thing is that we have a lot of brilliant and incredible students at the law school,” he said. “It makes you question whether she can fairly grade or educate.”
Fairly, huh? What a beautiful word emphasized by the most brilliant minds in the last two centuries, yet the craziest and maddest term in every sense and insanity-inducing at every corner of the Anglosphere nowadays.
The irony of Destiny. In its work, how great the force of Fate is!
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作为局外人的评论：当福山的「历史的终结」被历史正式终结的一刻，亨廷顿的「文明战争」正式掀开了序幕。
福山如此天真理论出于贤哲之门墙，恰似白左出于西方之文明。
亨廷顿虽然不能说超越托克维尔、勒庞、尼采、帕累托、斯宾格勒、汤因比等等诸贤之上，但是最少也具备了作为求知者的「眼见真实」的起码能力。
西方难道又一次像特洛伊一样，就只剩下「一个能讲真话的女人」了？
>>華裔早就被政治正確腦控了，只不過大多數華裔是生活在英文世界。劉仲景的真正主力支持者是牆內中國人恰恰是...
自相矛盾的确是其言语的基本特点。
有时候这种自相矛盾的时间跨度大一点，有时候话一出口就能反其自身。
价值观的互相对立，也是很明显。自称保守，却又以白左为正确，总是喜欢举点儿「保守」的例，但结论又必定是其反面。
总结起来，就是非常有趣的 Double Think and Newspeak，当然这种语言能够深度挂钩的，也都是些 Double Think 和 Newspeak 方面的佼佼者。
>>世界太烂已经变成新共识了 满可悲的
一叶障目永远都是绝大多数人的共识。
希腊罗马式的理想化现实，从政治、社会到经济，都是「一小撮精英」加「绝大多数」。这也是所有「现实主义」的世界观基础。
基督教才追求「人人平等」的乌托邦，或者不用这个无神论现实主义者的词，叫「虔诚者追求神的国」。
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讽刺的是，人类历史说明了命运掌控者的基本态度：「现实主义」无法维持现实中的文明，后者是「现实主义」可以存在的现实基础。
每次左翼起家都打着共产主义搞斗争
烧杀抢掠 无恶不作
结果却是夺权后被打成各种右翼修正
背叛了革命 背叛了人民
“你也配叫共产党”
怎么回事捏
烧杀抢掠 无恶不作
结果却是夺权后被打成各种右翼修正
背叛了革命 背叛了人民
“你也配叫共产党”
怎么回事捏
SPECIAL EDITION: Macron vs Le Pen: follow the Debate LIVE - French presidential election
World Elects @ElectsWorld
France, poll:
Who won the debate (among debate watchers) ?
Macron (LREM): 59 %
Le Pen (RN): 39 %
#DebatMacronLePen/#Presidentielles2022
Elabe, 21/04/22
https://twitter.com/ElectsWorld/status/1516911429860868100
World Elects @ElectsWorld
France, poll:
Who won the debate (among debate watchers) ?
Macron (LREM): 59 %
Le Pen (RN): 39 %
#DebatMacronLePen/#Presidentielles2022
Elabe, 21/04/22
https://twitter.com/ElectsWorld/status/1516911429860868100
Ryan James Girdusky @RyanGirdusky
BoJo is going to bring an end to the Tories decade long time in power… the man who could have built the largest Conservative majority in history is going to end it all because he’s drunk on neoliberalism
https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1517105393239007232
BoJo is going to bring an end to the Tories decade long time in power… the man who could have built the largest Conservative majority in history is going to end it all because he’s drunk on neoliberalism
Ben Riley-Smith @benrileysmith
NEW: PM opens the door to allowing more Indians to migrate to the UK as he pushes to secure a trade deal.
Said UK economy ‘hundreds of thousands’ of skilled workers short. He wants a deal by end of the year.
https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1517105393239007232
>>Ryan James Girdusky @RyanGirduskyBoJo is going to ...
Well, once an empire, always an empire. Made my guess based on Sultan Erdogan's behaviour in recent years.
英（帝）国缺的正是人力，但已经太多太多被福利养废的「懒惰英国人（彭黛玲评语）」了。但是，巴基斯坦、叙利亚、尼日尼亚的各种非法与合法移（穆）民都是长久的隐患，而且穆民们工作得比「懒惰的英国人」更少。香港年轻人去英国的不多，加之大多数满脑子都是政治，不思扎根，而中国人又比穆民更加「危险」，韩日裔根本不可能期望去英国，非裔东南亚裔得重新教化，已经没那个美国时间了，所以印度和印度裔成为帝国战略转向的首选。
Brindia， 大概就是 British 战略家们想到的 Britannia 的继承者，我猜这也是彭黛玲们所期望的 Unchain Britannia 的具体操作方式。
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另一个可能性很小的原因是：Bojo 跟着泽连斯基在基辅走一圈之后，变得「心怀世界」了。
Bojo 的推特置顶就是他和泽连斯基的散步图，收到超过110,000的赞，转发20000多，远超他的其余推之和。
Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald
Same pattern repeating itself all over the democratic world: the liberal-left claims it represents the poor, the working class and the downtrodden while their chances for victory overwhelmingly rely on the affluent urban/suburban professional class. That's how Biden won:
NYT: "Le Pen won by a comfortable margin in the first round in places that have lost jobs to deindustrialization," where she denounced Macron's neoliberal "reforms."
The liberal-left doesn't want to grapple with why is happening, so they just call disobedient workers racist."
That above quote on Le Pen winning in the places most devastated by job loss and deindustrialization (where Trump and Brexit also thrived) is from this NYT article, on how Macron is now pretending to soften his neoliberal pro-banker/anti-worker policies:
https://t.co/hTcLq71rQn
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1517114621102018561
Same pattern repeating itself all over the democratic world: the liberal-left claims it represents the poor, the working class and the downtrodden while their chances for victory overwhelmingly rely on the affluent urban/suburban professional class. That's how Biden won:
NYT: "Le Pen won by a comfortable margin in the first round in places that have lost jobs to deindustrialization," where she denounced Macron's neoliberal "reforms."
The liberal-left doesn't want to grapple with why is happening, so they just call disobedient workers racist."
That above quote on Le Pen winning in the places most devastated by job loss and deindustrialization (where Trump and Brexit also thrived) is from this NYT article, on how Macron is now pretending to soften his neoliberal pro-banker/anti-worker policies:
https://t.co/hTcLq71rQn
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1517114621102018561
我还以为划地建难民营 建立特别行政区 由中央政府管理 接受难民等待排期同时又可办工作 报税 生活顺便建设当地 直到同化生活习惯和文化这种事只会在小说中出现 因为我就是想这么写的 没想到大英直接实干了 很期待会是什么样子
大西洋分子们目前的精神状况：
Anders Åslund @anders_aslund
I think we need to rethink Russia's war against Ukraine.
Russia itself says that it is not a war against Ukraine, but against NATO (Simonyan & Solovyev on Rossia 1).
OK, Russia has declared war on NATO, and that is NATO doing? Nothing! Think again!
Anders Åslund @anders_aslund
My humble advice to NATO would be:
1. Give all the arms you can asap to Ukraine.
2. Open the Black Sea ports of Ukraine for normal shipping.
3. Bomb relevant Russian cities preventively to make sure that Putin does not use chemical arms or nukes.
Wake up! We are at this stage.
https://archive.ph/DKlrz
大西洋理事会的Anders Åslund不是什么边缘人物，他给叶利钦、泽连斯基政府都做过参谋，是俄乌相关问题上顶尖专家之一。这场战争同时暴露了欧亚主义和大西洋主义的疯狂。
Anders Åslund @anders_aslund
I think we need to rethink Russia's war against Ukraine.
Russia itself says that it is not a war against Ukraine, but against NATO (Simonyan & Solovyev on Rossia 1).
OK, Russia has declared war on NATO, and that is NATO doing? Nothing! Think again!
Anders Åslund @anders_aslund
My humble advice to NATO would be:
1. Give all the arms you can asap to Ukraine.
2. Open the Black Sea ports of Ukraine for normal shipping.
3. Bomb relevant Russian cities preventively to make sure that Putin does not use chemical arms or nukes.
Wake up! We are at this stage.
https://archive.ph/DKlrz
大西洋理事会的Anders Åslund不是什么边缘人物，他给叶利钦、泽连斯基政府都做过参谋，是俄乌相关问题上顶尖专家之一。这场战争同时暴露了欧亚主义和大西洋主义的疯狂。
With Trump gone, Republicans look to weaken his China tariffs
Congressional Republicans continue to talk tough about confronting China economically, echoing the populist rhetoric of former President Donald Trump. But with Trump and the political cover he provided gone from Washington, GOP senators are turning away from some of the most restrictive China trade policies his administration instituted.
Exhibit A: Republicans are balking at the protectionist trade provisions included in House legislation to help the U.S. economy compete with China, which passed the lower chamber with only one GOP vote.
Instead, Republicans are pushing to approve the Senate version of the legislation, which would roll back some of Trump’s tariffs on China — something the Biden administration has been reluctant to do. And they’re threatening to pull their support for the legislation entirely if certain House trade proposals are approved by the conference committee currently negotiating the final text. Given that the final legislation will ultimately need GOP votes to get through the Senate, that gives the more traditional, pro-trade wing of the party the upper hand in the negotiations — bucking protectionist impulses that have been on the rise in both parties in recent years.
The cross-chamber showdown demonstrates how many Republicans, no longer in Trump’s shadow, are joining Senate Democrats in trying to unwind some of the last administration’s most protectionist trade policies. Only three Republicans voted against the trade provisions in the Senate bill during the floor debate last year — Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) — and none of them were named to the conference committee that will reconcile the two bills.
Congressional Republicans continue to talk tough about confronting China economically, echoing the populist rhetoric of former President Donald Trump. But with Trump and the political cover he provided gone from Washington, GOP senators are turning away from some of the most restrictive China trade policies his administration instituted.
Exhibit A: Republicans are balking at the protectionist trade provisions included in House legislation to help the U.S. economy compete with China, which passed the lower chamber with only one GOP vote.
Instead, Republicans are pushing to approve the Senate version of the legislation, which would roll back some of Trump’s tariffs on China — something the Biden administration has been reluctant to do. And they’re threatening to pull their support for the legislation entirely if certain House trade proposals are approved by the conference committee currently negotiating the final text. Given that the final legislation will ultimately need GOP votes to get through the Senate, that gives the more traditional, pro-trade wing of the party the upper hand in the negotiations — bucking protectionist impulses that have been on the rise in both parties in recent years.
The cross-chamber showdown demonstrates how many Republicans, no longer in Trump’s shadow, are joining Senate Democrats in trying to unwind some of the last administration’s most protectionist trade policies. Only three Republicans voted against the trade provisions in the Senate bill during the floor debate last year — Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) — and none of them were named to the conference committee that will reconcile the two bills.
从 以弱者的身份乞求容忍 到 得到国家权力背书、一言不合就把你下狱，没花多长时间：
Finland’s Bible tweet trial should trouble us all
Is it a criminal offence to quote from the Bible? Finland’s former home secretary Päivi Räsänen found herself in hot water when she did just that. 'How does the doctrinal foundation of the Church fit in with shame and sin being raised as a matter of pride?' she asked. Räsänen's objection – which came after the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland partnered with a Helsinki Pride festival in 2019 – led to her being charged with incitement against a minority group. Finally this week, after a three-year legal battle, Räsänen has been cleared. Her ordeal offers a troubling case study of the way in which ‘hate speech’ legislation is being used as a modern blasphemy law.
Finland’s Bible tweet trial should trouble us all
Is it a criminal offence to quote from the Bible? Finland’s former home secretary Päivi Räsänen found herself in hot water when she did just that. 'How does the doctrinal foundation of the Church fit in with shame and sin being raised as a matter of pride?' she asked. Räsänen's objection – which came after the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland partnered with a Helsinki Pride festival in 2019 – led to her being charged with incitement against a minority group. Finally this week, after a three-year legal battle, Räsänen has been cleared. Her ordeal offers a troubling case study of the way in which ‘hate speech’ legislation is being used as a modern blasphemy law.
人在环境下太脆弱 只凭自己就想遵守规则 根本抵挡不住现实
毫无信仰的人 更加无助
毫无信仰的人 更加无助
Exxon Bans LGBTQ Pride and BLM Flags, Triggering Employee Backlash
Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to prohibit the LGBTQ-rights flag from being flown outside its offices during Pride month in June, prompting backlash from Houston-based employees.
Exxon updated company guidance on what flags can be displayed outside its offices, banning “external position flags” such as PRIDE and Black Lives Matter, according to the policy seen by Bloomberg News. In response, members of Exxon’s PRIDE Houston Chapter are refusing to represent the company at the city’s June 25 Pride celebration, according to an employee group email also seen by Bloomberg.
“Corporate leadership took exception to a rainbow flag being flown at our facilities” last year, Exxon’s PRIDE Houston employee group wrote in the email Thursday. “PRIDE was informed the justification was centered on the need for the corporation to maintain ‘neutrality.’”
The dispute comes as employees, investors and customers increasingly push America’s biggest corporations to take stances on social issues such as LGBTQ rights, racial equality and abortion. Walt Disney Co. last month decided to publicly oppose legislation promoted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, prompting lawmakers to move to strip the entertainment giant of special self-governance privileges.
Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to prohibit the LGBTQ-rights flag from being flown outside its offices during Pride month in June, prompting backlash from Houston-based employees.
Exxon updated company guidance on what flags can be displayed outside its offices, banning “external position flags” such as PRIDE and Black Lives Matter, according to the policy seen by Bloomberg News. In response, members of Exxon’s PRIDE Houston Chapter are refusing to represent the company at the city’s June 25 Pride celebration, according to an employee group email also seen by Bloomberg.
“Corporate leadership took exception to a rainbow flag being flown at our facilities” last year, Exxon’s PRIDE Houston employee group wrote in the email Thursday. “PRIDE was informed the justification was centered on the need for the corporation to maintain ‘neutrality.’”
The dispute comes as employees, investors and customers increasingly push America’s biggest corporations to take stances on social issues such as LGBTQ rights, racial equality and abortion. Walt Disney Co. last month decided to publicly oppose legislation promoted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, prompting lawmakers to move to strip the entertainment giant of special self-governance privileges.