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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Ted Cruz为投票支持乌克兰大撒币自辩，其中两条：
If Putin wins in Ukraine, it will confirm for Xi that he can confidently invade Taiwan, seizing control of the global supply of semiconductors. The results would be catastrophic for U.S. supply chains and the price of each and every product Americans purchase.
If China were to conquer Taiwan, it would give the Chinese Communist Party a stranglehold on the global supply of semiconductors.
Sen. John Kennedy的自辩，推理类似：
It is clear to me that Putin is working with President Xi in China and is working with the Ayatollah in Iran, and this is their goal: Their goal is to have Russia win in Ukraine, so Russia can dominate central and eastern Europe. Their goal is to have President Xi dominate the Indo-Pacific and become free to make moves in Africa and South America.
共和党政客知道自己的选民对俄罗斯的戒心不比对中国，所以一定要拉上中国做论据。可是如此构造出的多米诺骨牌理论并不比自由派的版本 — 普京获胜会让极右势力相继获胜，起于奥尔班，终至川普 — 更高明。好战分子们在将来想挑起和介入的每一场冲突基本都可以在这个逻辑预设的国际图景中得到辩护：我们都同意最大的坏蛋对我们有害，而这个小坏蛋跟那个大坏蛋同一阵营、联系紧密，为了削弱大坏蛋，打这个小坏蛋是有益的。如果我们不方便自己打他，就给愿意打他的、正在打的势力发钱、送武器，多多益善。
If Putin wins in Ukraine, it will confirm for Xi that he can confidently invade Taiwan, seizing control of the global supply of semiconductors. The results would be catastrophic for U.S. supply chains and the price of each and every product Americans purchase.
If China were to conquer Taiwan, it would give the Chinese Communist Party a stranglehold on the global supply of semiconductors.
Sen. John Kennedy的自辩，推理类似：
It is clear to me that Putin is working with President Xi in China and is working with the Ayatollah in Iran, and this is their goal: Their goal is to have Russia win in Ukraine, so Russia can dominate central and eastern Europe. Their goal is to have President Xi dominate the Indo-Pacific and become free to make moves in Africa and South America.
共和党政客知道自己的选民对俄罗斯的戒心不比对中国，所以一定要拉上中国做论据。可是如此构造出的多米诺骨牌理论并不比自由派的版本 — 普京获胜会让极右势力相继获胜，起于奥尔班，终至川普 — 更高明。好战分子们在将来想挑起和介入的每一场冲突基本都可以在这个逻辑预设的国际图景中得到辩护：我们都同意最大的坏蛋对我们有害，而这个小坏蛋跟那个大坏蛋同一阵营、联系紧密，为了削弱大坏蛋，打这个小坏蛋是有益的。如果我们不方便自己打他，就给愿意打他的、正在打的势力发钱、送武器，多多益善。
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/5/22/n13742978.htm
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假设这篇文章所言不虚，德法当下态度 - 希望乌克兰接受中立地位且不看好其加入欧盟 - 的根源是他们暗怀的担忧，害怕乌克兰入欧导致东欧势力坐大，影响两国在欧盟的统治力，对此可以有两种截然相反的评价：1. 德法的自私损害了欧盟、北约的正义事业。2. 欧陆传统的现实政治对英美主导的无限制扩张施加了有益的约束。
State Farm Launches Program to Distribute LGBTQ Books to Kindergartners
State Farm, the household name insurance company, has launched a program that would enlist hundreds of staff volunteers across the country to distribute LGBTQ-themed books to teachers, community centers, and libraries, explicitly targeting children as young as kindergartners.
In collaboration with the GenderCool Project, State Farm aims to “help diversify classroom, community center and library bookshelves with a collection of books to help bring clarity and understanding to the national conversation about Being Transgender, Inclusive and Non-Binary,” an employee whistleblower email obtained by Consumers’ Research, dated January 18, 2022, reveals.
“The project’s goal is to increase representation of LGBTQ+ books and support out communities in having challenging, important and empowering conversations with children Age 5+,” the email from Jose Soto, State Farm’s Corporate Responsibility Analyst, to all Florida agents reads.
保险公司跑到幼儿园去宣传LGBT, 这么魔幻的事情几年前都不能想象。后续：
Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok
BREAKING: @StateFarm sent out a mass email to their staff today stating “we will no longer support that program” after they were exposed for supporting a project to push LGBTQ books into schools.
A source tells me “the agents were really upset when we found out.”
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1528876946792230912
State Farm, the household name insurance company, has launched a program that would enlist hundreds of staff volunteers across the country to distribute LGBTQ-themed books to teachers, community centers, and libraries, explicitly targeting children as young as kindergartners.
In collaboration with the GenderCool Project, State Farm aims to “help diversify classroom, community center and library bookshelves with a collection of books to help bring clarity and understanding to the national conversation about Being Transgender, Inclusive and Non-Binary,” an employee whistleblower email obtained by Consumers’ Research, dated January 18, 2022, reveals.
“The project’s goal is to increase representation of LGBTQ+ books and support out communities in having challenging, important and empowering conversations with children Age 5+,” the email from Jose Soto, State Farm’s Corporate Responsibility Analyst, to all Florida agents reads.
保险公司跑到幼儿园去宣传LGBT, 这么魔幻的事情几年前都不能想象。后续：
Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok
BREAKING: @StateFarm sent out a mass email to their staff today stating “we will no longer support that program” after they were exposed for supporting a project to push LGBTQ books into schools.
A source tells me “the agents were really upset when we found out.”
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1528876946792230912
>>假设所言不虚，德法当下态度 - 希望乌克兰接受中立地位且不看好其加入欧盟 - 的根源是他们暗怀的担忧...
还可以增加一条对这两种评价都适用的「中立的第三方观察」：欧洲的风水适合自由。
哪怕在是其中大半人都已经「深度自残上瘾」的情况下。
>>State Farm, the household name insurance company, ...
做PR的，本来就客观上追求道德线不能高于0太多的「人才」。
这种人自然而然会倾向于「利益高于一切」，但这种思维在实践中的必然结果，就是为了（这个人）眼前的芝麻，连自己（和自己事奉的主子）的命都不要。
若是要从中总结出「中国人能够看懂」的智慧，就还是那句曹操评价袁绍的话：「色厉胆薄，好谋无断，做大事而惜身，见小利而忘命。」
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西方社会陷入当前这样，由「工具人」来引领真主子全方位「进步」，同时间既要吃屎又要吃奶，既要撒币又要缩表，既要乌托邦又要真实在的囧况，咎由自取。
精神病有效药，是自己。
自己治不了，接着就换死神来治了。
阿里巴巴总裁在达沃斯发言，称正在发展方便个人自我监控碳足迹的技术：
President Of One Of World’s Biggest Companies Brags About Developing Tech That Can Monitor Where You Travel, What You Eat
The president of Alibaba Group, a Chinese multinational technology company, bragged Tuesday about developing technology which would monitor the “carbon footprint” of consumers.
“We’re developing through technology an ability for consumers to measure their own carbon footprint,” Alibaba Group president J. Michael Evans said at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Summit in Davos, Switzerland.
“What does that mean?” Evans continued. “That’s where are they traveling, how are they traveling, what are they eating, what are they consuming on the platform?”
Evans described the technology as, “an individual carbon footprint tracker.”
就像这条推下面有人评论的，该技术一旦推行，第一阶段是自愿的个人自控，然后会发展到对拒绝自控者停止某些社会服务（此类做法已经在疫情期间针对未接种疫苗的人试水了），最后就是政府全面接手，微观操控日常个人行为。中国的社会信用体系一直是西方部分精英梦寐以求、希望用于“高尚”的目的的。阿里巴巴总裁的发言是他们第一次公开给这个体系打广告。
President Of One Of World’s Biggest Companies Brags About Developing Tech That Can Monitor Where You Travel, What You Eat
The president of Alibaba Group, a Chinese multinational technology company, bragged Tuesday about developing technology which would monitor the “carbon footprint” of consumers.
“We’re developing through technology an ability for consumers to measure their own carbon footprint,” Alibaba Group president J. Michael Evans said at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Summit in Davos, Switzerland.
“What does that mean?” Evans continued. “That’s where are they traveling, how are they traveling, what are they eating, what are they consuming on the platform?”
Evans described the technology as, “an individual carbon footprint tracker.”
就像这条推下面有人评论的，该技术一旦推行，第一阶段是自愿的个人自控，然后会发展到对拒绝自控者停止某些社会服务（此类做法已经在疫情期间针对未接种疫苗的人试水了），最后就是政府全面接手，微观操控日常个人行为。中国的社会信用体系一直是西方部分精英梦寐以求、希望用于“高尚”的目的的。阿里巴巴总裁的发言是他们第一次公开给这个体系打广告。
The Great Replacement in practice:
Why farming in UK is predominantly white - and what's being done to increase diversity
Analysis by Sky News finds that 97.2% of workers in agricultural, forestry and fishing are white, excluding seasonal workers, making it the least diverse job sector in the country.
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is launching a new scholarship scheme to encourage more British students from ethnic minorities to enter the farming sector.
The RAU, one of the leading agricultural institutions in the UK, hopes the two undergraduate scholarships will increase diversity and equality in the industry - which is predominately made up of white workers.
Why farming in UK is predominantly white - and what's being done to increase diversity
Analysis by Sky News finds that 97.2% of workers in agricultural, forestry and fishing are white, excluding seasonal workers, making it the least diverse job sector in the country.
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is launching a new scholarship scheme to encourage more British students from ethnic minorities to enter the farming sector.
The RAU, one of the leading agricultural institutions in the UK, hopes the two undergraduate scholarships will increase diversity and equality in the industry - which is predominately made up of white workers.
blogTO @blogTO
This new cafe in Toronto is proudly anti-capitalist ☕️ #Toronto #TorontoCafe
https://twitter.com/blogTO/status/1528838175891681280
这是一个对后现代左派立场的绝妙反映：他们的反资本主义是在资本主义平台上的行为艺术。所以进步派的组织对于大企业、跨国资本没有斗争到底的意愿，而是进行道德绑架，利用它们的资源扩大影响。所以BLM的头目们可以一边宣称资本主义对黑人不友善，一边用募来的钱给自己买大别墅，做资本主义贪婪消费者的样板。
This new cafe in Toronto is proudly anti-capitalist ☕️ #Toronto #TorontoCafe
https://twitter.com/blogTO/status/1528838175891681280
这是一个对后现代左派立场的绝妙反映：他们的反资本主义是在资本主义平台上的行为艺术。所以进步派的组织对于大企业、跨国资本没有斗争到底的意愿，而是进行道德绑架，利用它们的资源扩大影响。所以BLM的头目们可以一边宣称资本主义对黑人不友善，一边用募来的钱给自己买大别墅，做资本主义贪婪消费者的样板。
Mass shooting每年的数量我看过不同的数据，因为标准不同而差别很大，但总体感觉是2000年以来更加频发，造成伤亡也更多:
Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and May 2022
Number of victims of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and May 2022
我担心的是承平日久，社会对死伤事件的容忍度越来越低，也许大众会逐渐相信禁枪宣传，容忍损害第二修正案的法律和政策，到目前为止这还没有发生，但主流意见倾向于收紧枪支管控：
America's gun culture - in seven charts
右翼的思路一直是从源头解决问题，但对源头是什么、怎么解决好像没有共识。
Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and May 2022
Number of victims of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and May 2022
我担心的是承平日久，社会对死伤事件的容忍度越来越低，也许大众会逐渐相信禁枪宣传，容忍损害第二修正案的法律和政策，到目前为止这还没有发生，但主流意见倾向于收紧枪支管控：
America's gun culture - in seven charts
右翼的思路一直是从源头解决问题，但对源头是什么、怎么解决好像没有共识。
W. Bradford Wilcox: Sons of divorce, school shooters
...The social scientific evidence about the connection between violence and broken homes could not be clearer. My own research suggests that boys living in single mother homes are almost twice as likely to end up delinquent compared to boys who enjoy good relationships with their father. Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson has written that “Family structure is one of the strongest, if not the strongest, predictor of variations in urban violence across cities in the United States.” His views are echoed by the eminent criminologists Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi, who have written that “such family measures as the percentage of the population divorced, the percentage of households headed by women, and the percentage of unattached individuals in the community are among the most powerful predictors of crime rates.”
Why is fatherlessness such a big deal for our boys (almost all of these incidents involve boys)? Putting the argument positively, sociologist David Popenoe notes that “fathers are important to their sons as role models. They are important for maintaining authority and discipline. And they are important in helping their sons to develop both self-control and feelings of empathy toward others, character traits that are found to be lacking in violent youth.” Boys, then, who did not grow up with an engaged, attentive, and firm father are more vulnerable to getting swept up in the Sturm und Drang of adolescence and young adulthood, and in the worst possible way.
...The social scientific evidence about the connection between violence and broken homes could not be clearer. My own research suggests that boys living in single mother homes are almost twice as likely to end up delinquent compared to boys who enjoy good relationships with their father. Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson has written that “Family structure is one of the strongest, if not the strongest, predictor of variations in urban violence across cities in the United States.” His views are echoed by the eminent criminologists Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi, who have written that “such family measures as the percentage of the population divorced, the percentage of households headed by women, and the percentage of unattached individuals in the community are among the most powerful predictors of crime rates.”
Why is fatherlessness such a big deal for our boys (almost all of these incidents involve boys)? Putting the argument positively, sociologist David Popenoe notes that “fathers are important to their sons as role models. They are important for maintaining authority and discipline. And they are important in helping their sons to develop both self-control and feelings of empathy toward others, character traits that are found to be lacking in violent youth.” Boys, then, who did not grow up with an engaged, attentive, and firm father are more vulnerable to getting swept up in the Sturm und Drang of adolescence and young adulthood, and in the worst possible way.
School Shooters: The Myth of the Stable Home
Compiled by Peter Langman, Ph.D
One misconception regarding school shooters is that they typically come from stable,
intact, middle- to upper-middle-class families, e.g., from “good homes.” Though this is
true of some perpetrators, it is not true of many of them. This document presents information on the families of some school shooters in the United States. This is far from being a complete list, including only those for whom there is information regarding their childhoods, though even this is sometimes minimal. They are listed in chronological order.
The concept of “stable, intact, middle-class families” is difficult to define. For my purposes, “stable” and “intact” refer to how functional the families were, regardless of whether
or not the parents’ marriage (if they had one) was legally intact.
...
Indicators of broken homes, instability, or dysfunction include parental absence, separation, divorce, infidelity, parental alcoholism or drug addiction, criminal behavior, domestic
violence, and child abuse. Economic status is often hard to determine but some details are
provided.
...
Out of this sample of 56 school shooters, only 10 (18%) grew up in a stable home with
both biological parents. In other words, 82% of the sample either grew up in dysfunctional
families or without their parents together (for at least part of their lives).
Compiled by Peter Langman, Ph.D
One misconception regarding school shooters is that they typically come from stable,
intact, middle- to upper-middle-class families, e.g., from “good homes.” Though this is
true of some perpetrators, it is not true of many of them. This document presents information on the families of some school shooters in the United States. This is far from being a complete list, including only those for whom there is information regarding their childhoods, though even this is sometimes minimal. They are listed in chronological order.
The concept of “stable, intact, middle-class families” is difficult to define. For my purposes, “stable” and “intact” refer to how functional the families were, regardless of whether
or not the parents’ marriage (if they had one) was legally intact.
...
Indicators of broken homes, instability, or dysfunction include parental absence, separation, divorce, infidelity, parental alcoholism or drug addiction, criminal behavior, domestic
violence, and child abuse. Economic status is often hard to determine but some details are
provided.
...
Out of this sample of 56 school shooters, only 10 (18%) grew up in a stable home with
both biological parents. In other words, 82% of the sample either grew up in dysfunctional
families or without their parents together (for at least part of their lives).
一群人结伙干事，小到一个帮派，大到一个军事联盟，总会有这样一些成员，他们在理念上和帮里的主导思想有些差异，或者说和大家伙不是完全一条心，但因为现实的物质原因，必须在帮里给他们一席之地：或者是借他们的资源和力量办事，或者至少保证其资源和力量不会被敌人利用。所以明智的帮主宁可容这类人在帮里撒撒泼，也不会把他们赶出帮门，任其为了自保而资敌、投敌。一个运作良好的帮派总是理念与现实相互凑合的产物，不能全是出于利益的苟合，也不能是纯洁的意识形态先锋队。意识形态的理想主义者不懂这一点，动不动就要清理革命队伍。他们的立场根本上是非政治的：从他们的起点出发，永远达不到“把拥护我们的人搞得多多的，把反对我们的人搞得少少的”这个目标。他们在政治中追求的纯洁化，是对政治最大的败坏。
Ralph Schoellhammer @Raphfel
This "cartoon" in a leading German newspaper exemplifies the shifting mood in Germany (and other parts of Western Europe).
Solidarity is increasingly becoming replaced by annoyance with the war and the desire to move on to the next "current thing" (to paraphrase @GrayConnolly).
https://twitter.com/Raphfel/status/1529746794489470977
Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly
Replying to @Raphfel
I stand by this
https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1529747540035309568
Ralph Schoellhammer @Raphfel
Replying to @GrayConnolly
Still one of the most accurate assessments, imho.
Also, this conflict is full of projection: A lot of the support is not per-se about Ukraine, but a valve for people who finally can embrace Nationalism without feeling bad about it. Germany is only the best example for that.
https://twitter.com/Raphfel/status/1529746794489470977
Henry George @intothefuture45
The new European unity around Ukraine/Russia was more fragile under the surface than people wished to see. This was perfectly foreseeable if one paid attention to structural factors but of course such realist concerns are passé now and are tantamount to supporting Russia
https://twitter.com/intothefuture45/status/1529754791542497282
This "cartoon" in a leading German newspaper exemplifies the shifting mood in Germany (and other parts of Western Europe).
Solidarity is increasingly becoming replaced by annoyance with the war and the desire to move on to the next "current thing" (to paraphrase @GrayConnolly).
https://twitter.com/Raphfel/status/1529746794489470977
Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly
Replying to @Raphfel
I stand by this
Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly
Replying to @Raphfel
Speaking of remaining Based among the Current Thing, you have to tell people, however much they want to believe otherwise, that Russia is playing a 'home game' in Ukraine & so unless this is settled by a negotiation then it & summer refugee flows (yes to the West!) go on in 2022
https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1529747540035309568
Ralph Schoellhammer @Raphfel
Replying to @GrayConnolly
Still one of the most accurate assessments, imho.
Also, this conflict is full of projection: A lot of the support is not per-se about Ukraine, but a valve for people who finally can embrace Nationalism without feeling bad about it. Germany is only the best example for that.
https://twitter.com/Raphfel/status/1529746794489470977
Henry George @intothefuture45
The new European unity around Ukraine/Russia was more fragile under the surface than people wished to see. This was perfectly foreseeable if one paid attention to structural factors but of course such realist concerns are passé now and are tantamount to supporting Russia
https://twitter.com/intothefuture45/status/1529754791542497282
>>Ralph Schoellhammer @RaphfelThis "cartoon" in a le...
德国的文字艺术师们，如果是现在才想起来自己身上的「引领世人逃避现实」这一天赋使命的话，那真的真的是有点儿晚过头了。
有些现实是逃不过去的，要么你碾碎它，要么它把你碾碎。
Solidarity, if still a thing, will always on a daily basis call for action from the 'Leader' who cherishes it and who is now really NOT fit for the job as everybody else already has made clear to themselves.
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再回想一下今天看到的「风信鸡」消息（预示未来方向的那种）：
摩尔多瓦「前总统」Igor Dodon 被抓，罪名是连中国的总加速师都觉得用起来最方便的那种：Moldova's pro-Russian former president Dodon detained, says he is innocent
我相信 Mr. Dodon 本人的 Innocence 是绝对「经得起历史检验的」，按照平常的摩尔多瓦标准，Mr. Dodon 也绝对是清廉的，哪怕他的态度和作为都一向亲俄。
Mr. Dodon 宣称 "Dear citizens, I want to assure you that for every element of interest to the prosecutors I have the necessary explanations that remove any suspicion of corruption or breaking the law," "This politically-motivated case is fabricated."
不过，如果这第二句讲的事是「真」。那么恐怕 Mr. Dodon 需要真正担心的并不是什么「清廉」问题（疑罪从无嘛，现在我的用词是不是变得很「进步」了？），而是自己的身家性命。
路透的作者，就在后头很有深度地加了一句： Dodon's arrest comes at a time when relations between Moscow and Chisinau are increasingly strained.
所以，一切尽在不言中。
另一条，则是值得 washingtonpost 重点关注的左派好消息：Why Colombia’s Election Has Voters Looking Left
这位眼看要第一次代表左派，坐上哥伦比亚总统宝座的候选人Petro，其主要政策是：
1. 「中止」石油探测
2. 对最富的哥伦比亚人征土地税、分红税
3. 推动「走出」依赖石油煤炭的工业，转向「旅游业为重心」的发展
4. 保证由「公共部门」雇佣「任何没有工作的人」
就实际而言，肯定会在立法与司法部门产生很多阻碍，而 Mr. Petro 对这些挑战的解决方案，将是「宣布经济紧急状态」，以绕过国会。
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我对哥伦比亚人的观念与选择没有什么好坏评价，只是看着他们的行动将成为又一出经典戏剧的经典开头，让我心中充满了期待。
另外再说点儿个人一向最有兴趣的务虚内容。
以上两条消息，能有两条关于历史和现实方向的推论：
1. 癌细胞是会扩散的。
委内瑞拉之后，轮到它的邻国哥伦比亚了。
话说回来，哪怕不是癌细胞，仅仅是外伤，在伤口的 addressing 之前，进行必要的 debridement 也是基础中的基础啊。做事不彻底，逃避现实的结果，就是今天的后果。
2. 人类，无论个体还是共同体，对其身体与精神的健康最有贡献的营养剂，是战争与危险。
如果说哥伦比亚的悲剧是出于什么不幸的话，就是它离美国实在是太近了。而摩尔多瓦的幸运，则是它离任何一颗大树都太远，而最凶残的熊又近在咫尺，所以想疯也疯不掉，因而想烂也烂不了。
如果说命运对人的期待确实存在的话，那么肯定会体现在它为人准备的舞台和道路上。
如果相信命运真的期待人全心全灵出演的戏剧，那么看清舞台的设置与故事的开端，结局并不会难猜。
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相信其实大多数德国人都看清了自己正在亲身演出的戏，但包括老雷那类「见多识广」的，也都还忙着抢醉汉这种配角呢。
>>德国的文字艺术师们，如果是现在才想起来自己身上的「引领世人逃避现实」这一天赋使命的话，那真的真的是有...
拉丁美洲没有光辉的未来 我是真的希望整个南美洲重新洗牌 彻底终结现有的一切 至少这片土地还能为可能的未来提供价值
都是近20岁出头的新生代人 为何会做出这种最极端的同归 有谁会在意又有谁会去为他们感到难过 社会种下的苦果 迟早都要自己吃下去 不管愿不愿意
不要惹孤僻 单身 还喜欢玩枪的女装大佬
>>Ralph Schoellhammer @RaphfelThis "cartoon" in a le...
Solidarität 2021: impfpflicht
Solidarität 1912: Für den Kaiser!
Ich würde lieber den alten wählen.
Skeletal Kashi @relevantmena
Progressives love to say things like “diversity is our strength” and “race isn’t real,” but they’ll also tell you that Europeans destroyed the third world by drawing national borders without regard for tribal, ethnic, and religious divides.
One of the many holy mysteries of progressivism.
If democracy failed in Africa and the Middle East (despite the modern institutions that colonialists brought) because the borders don’t reflect an actual “tribe”, then what is the future of the West?
https://twitter.com/relevantmena/status/1528855454247444480
Progressives love to say things like “diversity is our strength” and “race isn’t real,” but they’ll also tell you that Europeans destroyed the third world by drawing national borders without regard for tribal, ethnic, and religious divides.
One of the many holy mysteries of progressivism.
If democracy failed in Africa and the Middle East (despite the modern institutions that colonialists brought) because the borders don’t reflect an actual “tribe”, then what is the future of the West?
https://twitter.com/relevantmena/status/1528855454247444480
‘We’re barely afloat’: Alarming comments by Ukrainian officials suggest problems for Kyiv in the Donbas, where Russian troops seek a ‘new Mariupol’
...Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the situation at the frontlines in the Donbas is dire. “Bakhmut, Popasna, Severodonetsk — it’s in these directions that the occupiers have concentrated their efforts. They’re slaughtering people there and trying to destroy all life. No one has ever caused so much damage to the Donbas as Russian soldiers are inflicting right now,” Zelensky said, summarizing the 89th day of the war. “Russia has effectively thrown the entire remaining might of its army at this offensive,” he added, the next day.
Presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych has described the course of the war even more grimly, warning that the Russian military has outpaced Ukraine’s Armed Forces. “The Russian side managed to build up its reserves sooner,” he told Mark Feygin in a YouTube broadcast on May 25, detailing Russia’s apparent plans to create “a new Mariupol” by encircling Ukraine’s troops in the Donbas:
In addition to the encirclement of the Donbas, Arestovych also predicts that Russia will increase its pressure along the Kherson-Zaporizhia line, north of Crimea. Further north, Russia could even mount another assault on Kyiv itself. Vadim Skibitsky, the spokesman for Ukraine’s Intelligence Main Directorate, has corroborated these concerns, saying that Russia is moving troops from Crimea to the Kherson region and occupied parts of Zaporizhia. “They’re preparing the necessary engineering structures and planning not just one or two but three lines of defense. It’s these military indicators that suggest Russia’s intentions to seize and hold these territories,” explained Skibitsky.
...Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the situation at the frontlines in the Donbas is dire. “Bakhmut, Popasna, Severodonetsk — it’s in these directions that the occupiers have concentrated their efforts. They’re slaughtering people there and trying to destroy all life. No one has ever caused so much damage to the Donbas as Russian soldiers are inflicting right now,” Zelensky said, summarizing the 89th day of the war. “Russia has effectively thrown the entire remaining might of its army at this offensive,” he added, the next day.
Presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych has described the course of the war even more grimly, warning that the Russian military has outpaced Ukraine’s Armed Forces. “The Russian side managed to build up its reserves sooner,” he told Mark Feygin in a YouTube broadcast on May 25, detailing Russia’s apparent plans to create “a new Mariupol” by encircling Ukraine’s troops in the Donbas:
...So, there’s a little ‘pocket’ forming, which Yampil, Siversk, Popasna, Vrubivka… And they’re closing it, and Lysychansk and Severodonetsk remain surrounded. That’s their main goal right now — to create a ‘new Mariupol.’
Continuous artillery and air strikes, almost nonstop ground attacks by the enemy. They have superiority in artillery and aviation. To put it mildly, we’re barely afloat.
In addition to the encirclement of the Donbas, Arestovych also predicts that Russia will increase its pressure along the Kherson-Zaporizhia line, north of Crimea. Further north, Russia could even mount another assault on Kyiv itself. Vadim Skibitsky, the spokesman for Ukraine’s Intelligence Main Directorate, has corroborated these concerns, saying that Russia is moving troops from Crimea to the Kherson region and occupied parts of Zaporizhia. “They’re preparing the necessary engineering structures and planning not just one or two but three lines of defense. It’s these military indicators that suggest Russia’s intentions to seize and hold these territories,” explained Skibitsky.
看完r&m第五季大结局 只能说精彩 只想看到由无数鲜血和谎言建立的党的帝国彻底被摧毁 毁到所有人在意的放不下的一切全都毁灭 换来未来每个人能够重新再来一次的可能 场面得多壮观
Michael A. Horowitz @michaelh992
Aerial view of a road near Izyum
The war in #Ukraine is increasingly playing out as an artillery-centric fight, a trend I would expect to continue as both sides will start to have less and less available foot soldiers for major ground attacks
https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1529774590016344067
In an interview with Ukrayinska Pravda, the commander of Ukraine’s “Svoboda” volunteer battalion, Petro Kuzyk, said Russian troops likely plan to capture Severodonetsk by the same means they used to take the city of Rubizhne in mid-May, essentially by wiping it off the face of the Earth with a constant barrage of artillery. “On average,” explained Kuzyk, “they fire between 20 and 50 shots for every one of our shells”:
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/05/26/we-re-barely-afloat
Aerial view of a road near Izyum
The war in #Ukraine is increasingly playing out as an artillery-centric fight, a trend I would expect to continue as both sides will start to have less and less available foot soldiers for major ground attacks
https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1529774590016344067
In an interview with Ukrayinska Pravda, the commander of Ukraine’s “Svoboda” volunteer battalion, Petro Kuzyk, said Russian troops likely plan to capture Severodonetsk by the same means they used to take the city of Rubizhne in mid-May, essentially by wiping it off the face of the Earth with a constant barrage of artillery. “On average,” explained Kuzyk, “they fire between 20 and 50 shots for every one of our shells”:
“They hammer our positions with artillery, and their infantry advances under artillery cover, sometimes together with tanks. As a rule, their infantry suffers losses, retreats, and then the artillery goes back to work, before another two or three infantry assaults.
“Using these massive artillery bombardments, the Russians are able to advance, since they are destroying our positions, our trenches, and our buildings, step by step… And they’re under orders to level Ukrainian cities.”
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/05/26/we-re-barely-afloat
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/5/26/n13746222.htm
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/5/26/n13746181.htm
这下对味了美利坚大健身无限制乱斗
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/5/26/n13746181.htm
这下对味了
Bloomberg UK @BloombergUK
Vladimir Putin continuing to make "slow but palpable" progress in Donbas, says Boris Johnson
The UK PM says Ukraine needs further military support, including sending offensive weapons like Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
https://twitter.com/BloombergUK/status/1530129893048078336
Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski
German Press Agency sources in NATO: There is informal agreement among #NATO states to refrain from supplies of certain weapons, such as tanks & combat aircraft, to #Ukraine because #Russia might regard them as participation in #UkraineRussiaWar
https://t.co/X08f6CZy31
https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1529861438449274880
Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski
As I stated in my interviews, #Russia now plans to annex parts of Southern and Eastern Ukraine. The longer #RussiaUkraineWar continues, the more Ukrainian territory could be annexed by Russia. But many self-proclaimed supporters of #Ukraine are willing to gamble Ukraine's future.
https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1529478837901328387
Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski
Many of self-proclaimed supporters of #Ukraine are willing to gamble not only future of Ukraine but also lives of tens of thousands #Ukrainians by claiming that Ukraine has to win #RussiaUkraineWar against all odds.
https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1529480826005635073
Vladimir Putin continuing to make "slow but palpable" progress in Donbas, says Boris Johnson
The UK PM says Ukraine needs further military support, including sending offensive weapons like Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
https://twitter.com/BloombergUK/status/1530129893048078336
Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski
German Press Agency sources in NATO: There is informal agreement among #NATO states to refrain from supplies of certain weapons, such as tanks & combat aircraft, to #Ukraine because #Russia might regard them as participation in #UkraineRussiaWar
https://t.co/X08f6CZy31
https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1529861438449274880
Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski
As I stated in my interviews, #Russia now plans to annex parts of Southern and Eastern Ukraine. The longer #RussiaUkraineWar continues, the more Ukrainian territory could be annexed by Russia. But many self-proclaimed supporters of #Ukraine are willing to gamble Ukraine's future.
The New York Times @nytimes
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree opening a fast track to citizenship for Ukrainian residents of areas controlled by Russia, a step toward annexing territory in southeast Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1529478837901328387
Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski
Many of self-proclaimed supporters of #Ukraine are willing to gamble not only future of Ukraine but also lives of tens of thousands #Ukrainians by claiming that Ukraine has to win #RussiaUkraineWar against all odds.
https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1529480826005635073
Unlikely that Ukraine will become a candidate for EU membership: Dutch PM
The chance that Ukraine will soon become a candidate for European Union membership is not very great, Prime Minister Mark Rutte thinks. Too many countries in the EU don't like the idea. That would also be unfair to countries in the Western Balkans that have been waiting much longer for candidate membership, he said in parliament.
The European Commission must first respond to the Kyiv government's request to become a candidate for membership. Then the heads of government decide on whether this should happen.
One possibility is that Ukraine becomes a potential candidate member and is told how many steps it still needs to take to obtain this status, Rutte said. That happened before with Bosnia. It will also help ensure that the Ukrainian government is "not demotivated," Rutte said.
The chance that Ukraine will soon become a candidate for European Union membership is not very great, Prime Minister Mark Rutte thinks. Too many countries in the EU don't like the idea. That would also be unfair to countries in the Western Balkans that have been waiting much longer for candidate membership, he said in parliament.
The European Commission must first respond to the Kyiv government's request to become a candidate for membership. Then the heads of government decide on whether this should happen.
One possibility is that Ukraine becomes a potential candidate member and is told how many steps it still needs to take to obtain this status, Rutte said. That happened before with Bosnia. It will also help ensure that the Ukrainian government is "not demotivated," Rutte said.
Germany’s anti-war intellectuals are resurfacing
...Within days of the Russian invasion chancellor Scholz declared to ramp up defence spending above 2% of GDP and dedicating an additional 100bn euros to the German armed forces.
But in recent weeks, some of Germany’s leading intellectuals are coming out of the woodwork to voice their unease about their country’s involvement in Ukraine.
In early May, a group of German academics published an open letter asking the German government to reconsider supplying Ukraine with heavy weapons, which gathered over 285,000 signatures (by contrast, a rival letter demanding unconditional support for Ukraine attracted a just 71,000 signatures). And thanks to support from Martin Walser and Jürgen Habermas, the anti-war faction has two of Germany’s most important intellectuals on their side. The latter has been particularly unsparing in his critique of those who demand more support for Ukraine. They are shrill and engage in moral blackmailing, Habermas argues, sabotaging the cautious course of chancellor Scholz.
...
...Not seeing a defeat of Russia as a realistic possibility, for many German intellectuals the current level of support for Ukraine is foolhardy.
Attitudes towards President Zelenskyy are changing as well. An Austrian magazine recently published a cover story that was widely shared in Germany claiming that Zelenskyy is a “lying and deceiving to fill an inner emptiness driven by the psychological trauma of having Jewish ancestors” while Putin “feels misunderstood.” In its current print edition, the German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” published a cartoon that depicts an oversized Zelenskyy looming over the World Economic Forum in Davos, playing with antisemitic stereotypes. These stories reflect a broader sentiment in the country: a majority of Germans have made clear, for example, that they would not support an energy embargo against Russia.
就我个人的兴趣来说，西方内部的政治斗争要比战场上的来来回回更有趣，我对战况的关注其实主要是看硝烟在欧美社会中能激起什么反应，引发什么潮流变化。
...Within days of the Russian invasion chancellor Scholz declared to ramp up defence spending above 2% of GDP and dedicating an additional 100bn euros to the German armed forces.
But in recent weeks, some of Germany’s leading intellectuals are coming out of the woodwork to voice their unease about their country’s involvement in Ukraine.
In early May, a group of German academics published an open letter asking the German government to reconsider supplying Ukraine with heavy weapons, which gathered over 285,000 signatures (by contrast, a rival letter demanding unconditional support for Ukraine attracted a just 71,000 signatures). And thanks to support from Martin Walser and Jürgen Habermas, the anti-war faction has two of Germany’s most important intellectuals on their side. The latter has been particularly unsparing in his critique of those who demand more support for Ukraine. They are shrill and engage in moral blackmailing, Habermas argues, sabotaging the cautious course of chancellor Scholz.
...
...Not seeing a defeat of Russia as a realistic possibility, for many German intellectuals the current level of support for Ukraine is foolhardy.
Attitudes towards President Zelenskyy are changing as well. An Austrian magazine recently published a cover story that was widely shared in Germany claiming that Zelenskyy is a “lying and deceiving to fill an inner emptiness driven by the psychological trauma of having Jewish ancestors” while Putin “feels misunderstood.” In its current print edition, the German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” published a cartoon that depicts an oversized Zelenskyy looming over the World Economic Forum in Davos, playing with antisemitic stereotypes. These stories reflect a broader sentiment in the country: a majority of Germans have made clear, for example, that they would not support an energy embargo against Russia.
就我个人的兴趣来说，西方内部的政治斗争要比战场上的来来回回更有趣，我对战况的关注其实主要是看硝烟在欧美社会中能激起什么反应，引发什么潮流变化。
Woman assaulted on NYC subway as bystanders do nothing
A viral video on social media shows a woman being assaulted on a New York City subway train as bystanders keep a safe distance away from the scene.
The video shows an individual acting out on the subway. As other passengers move away, the individual pulls one passenger down onto a seat by her hair.
The passenger can be seen mouthing, "Somebody help me," as the individual continues holding on to her hair while they are seated. None of the other passengers assist her as the individual holds on to her hair and, eventually, lifts her from the seat.
WARNING: VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING:
https://twitter.com/realJoelFischer/status/1529522031376613376
在未来的女性主义乌托邦里，此类事情就是日常。该社会的教育能够成功在绝大多数男人身上去除masculinity, 让他们恭顺地服从女人的意旨，也会让他们在女性受到侵害时不敢挺身而出。然而masculinity不可能完全绝迹，剩余未被驯化的masculinity绝大部分会非常toxic，因为人性中恶的因素比善更难清除。所以具有toxic masculinity的恶人在这个社会将横行无忌。求仁得仁，又何怨？
A viral video on social media shows a woman being assaulted on a New York City subway train as bystanders keep a safe distance away from the scene.
The video shows an individual acting out on the subway. As other passengers move away, the individual pulls one passenger down onto a seat by her hair.
The passenger can be seen mouthing, "Somebody help me," as the individual continues holding on to her hair while they are seated. None of the other passengers assist her as the individual holds on to her hair and, eventually, lifts her from the seat.
WARNING: VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING:
https://twitter.com/realJoelFischer/status/1529522031376613376
在未来的女性主义乌托邦里，此类事情就是日常。该社会的教育能够成功在绝大多数男人身上去除masculinity, 让他们恭顺地服从女人的意旨，也会让他们在女性受到侵害时不敢挺身而出。然而masculinity不可能完全绝迹，剩余未被驯化的masculinity绝大部分会非常toxic，因为人性中恶的因素比善更难清除。所以具有toxic masculinity的恶人在这个社会将横行无忌。求仁得仁，又何怨？
Bruno Maçães @MacaesBruno
Russia is on the verge of creating a global Holodomor
https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1530522000053215233
John Durant @johndurant
The United States decided that trying to defend the Donbas and remove Putin from power — with sanctions, an ineffective method — was worth the risk of a global Holodomor.
https://twitter.com/johndurant/status/1530749501983563777
Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre
“I can’t believe creating a globally interdependent supply chain and then playing fast and loose with necon foreign policy has consequences”
https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre/status/1530731507228233728
Russia is on the verge of creating a global Holodomor
https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1530522000053215233
John Durant @johndurant
The United States decided that trying to defend the Donbas and remove Putin from power — with sanctions, an ineffective method — was worth the risk of a global Holodomor.
https://twitter.com/johndurant/status/1530749501983563777
Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre
“I can’t believe creating a globally interdependent supply chain and then playing fast and loose with necon foreign policy has consequences”
https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre/status/1530731507228233728
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1522642244720766976
好一个自我选择
好一个自我选择
https://twitter.com/stone_toss/status/1509530969862139904
https://www.miamibeachpride.com/post/pride-flag-raising-ceremony-miami-beach-city-hall
草生
https://www.miamibeachpride.com/post/pride-flag-raising-ceremony-miami-beach-city-hall
草生
Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre
Rowling found her courage on this issue and good for her but she will never understand how her underlying belief system would always lead us to exactly this place
Like so many unwilling necons she was happy to lead the revolution until it made contact with what she held sacred
https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre/status/1530891214261825538
在保守派和进步派当下的斗争中，像J. K. Rowling, Bill Maher, Claire Lehmann, Andrew Sullivan这类站在自由派立场上反对进步主义的论者指望保守派的反攻只推进到大致21世纪头十年那个自由派感到最舒适的权力布局，再往前推一步，他们就要站回到左翼立场，讨伐右翼势力的过激。问题在于，他们希望维持的那个布局是社会已经被自由主义侵蚀得无法自卫，只等进步派登场发动一波攻势就有整体沦陷之虞的不稳定状态，以这个布局为起点，进步派可以一次又一次洗劫社会，令文化积贫积弱，始终不能回到足以长久维持良善秩序的底线。对保守派而言，有意义的胜利只能止步于某个在目前自由派的容忍区间之外、令社会有能力保卫自身的稳定布局。
Rowling found her courage on this issue and good for her but she will never understand how her underlying belief system would always lead us to exactly this place
Like so many unwilling necons she was happy to lead the revolution until it made contact with what she held sacred
J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling
Vulnerable and traumatised women pay the highest price for luxury beliefs. These are the real world consequences of redefining woman to include the penised.
“We feel like we are part of some sick joke. This is a nightmare that we can’t wake up from.”
https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre/status/1530891214261825538
在保守派和进步派当下的斗争中，像J. K. Rowling, Bill Maher, Claire Lehmann, Andrew Sullivan这类站在自由派立场上反对进步主义的论者指望保守派的反攻只推进到大致21世纪头十年那个自由派感到最舒适的权力布局，再往前推一步，他们就要站回到左翼立场，讨伐右翼势力的过激。问题在于，他们希望维持的那个布局是社会已经被自由主义侵蚀得无法自卫，只等进步派登场发动一波攻势就有整体沦陷之虞的不稳定状态，以这个布局为起点，进步派可以一次又一次洗劫社会，令文化积贫积弱，始终不能回到足以长久维持良善秩序的底线。对保守派而言，有意义的胜利只能止步于某个在目前自由派的容忍区间之外、令社会有能力保卫自身的稳定布局。
>>Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyreRowling found her c...
他们不知道自己坏到了什么程度，只是觉得那个时候更好一点，但能得到的只会是一次次再重蹈覆辙，按照自己喜欢的方式救自己，最后什么也得不到
纯水，我当年很喜欢其外观的几种战斗机：
F-14:
Dassault Rafale:
Su-35:
后来战机纷纷变成隐形之后，棱角分明，反而觉得没什么可看。
F-14:
Dassault Rafale:
Su-35:
后来战机纷纷变成隐形之后，棱角分明，反而觉得没什么可看。
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins
"I won't send anything that can fire into Russia," President Biden says when asked if he is considering sending long-range rockets to Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1531292296741892098
这个回应意义不明确，因为哪怕是一把手枪，如果站在俄乌边境开火都可以"fire into Russia", 同时这话的意图很明确，告诉基辅方面华盛顿无法满足他们的一切军援请求。
与此同时，美国左翼主和派声音再次登陆核心媒体，这次是在华邮：
We need a real debate about the Ukraine war
...Shouldn’t the ramifications, perils and multifaceted costs of this proxy war be a central topic of media coverage — as well as informed analysis, discussion and debate? Yet what we have in the media and political establishment is, for the most part, a one-sided, even nonexistent, public discussion and debate. It’s as if we live with what journalist Matt Taibbi has dubbed an “intellectual no-fly zone.”
...
In our fragile democracy, the cost of dissent is comparatively low. Why, then, aren’t more individuals at think tanks or in academia, media or politics challenging the orthodox U.S. political-media narrative? Is it not worth asking whether sending ever-more weapons to the Ukrainians is the wisest course? Is it too much to ask for more questioning and discussion about how best to diminish the danger of nuclear conflict? Why are nonconformists smeared for noting, even bolstered with reputable facts and history, the role of nationalist, far-right and, yes, neo-Nazi forces in Ukraine? Fascist or neo-Nazi revivalism is a toxic factor in many countries today, from European nations to the United States. Why is Ukraine’s history too often ignored, even denied?
大洋对岸，周末峰会之后，欧盟在对俄石油禁运的举措上不能达成一致，而现有制裁无法在短期内让俄罗斯人感到负面影响。基辅急需在顿巴斯前线证明欧美的支援不是一桩亏本生意——乌军能够把得到的军事和经济援助转化成西方主战派能够向国内民众展示的战绩，否则夏季结束之时，盟友的善意会随着气温一同低落。
"I won't send anything that can fire into Russia," President Biden says when asked if he is considering sending long-range rockets to Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1531292296741892098
这个回应意义不明确，因为哪怕是一把手枪，如果站在俄乌边境开火都可以"fire into Russia", 同时这话的意图很明确，告诉基辅方面华盛顿无法满足他们的一切军援请求。
与此同时，美国左翼主和派声音再次登陆核心媒体，这次是在华邮：
We need a real debate about the Ukraine war
...Shouldn’t the ramifications, perils and multifaceted costs of this proxy war be a central topic of media coverage — as well as informed analysis, discussion and debate? Yet what we have in the media and political establishment is, for the most part, a one-sided, even nonexistent, public discussion and debate. It’s as if we live with what journalist Matt Taibbi has dubbed an “intellectual no-fly zone.”
...
In our fragile democracy, the cost of dissent is comparatively low. Why, then, aren’t more individuals at think tanks or in academia, media or politics challenging the orthodox U.S. political-media narrative? Is it not worth asking whether sending ever-more weapons to the Ukrainians is the wisest course? Is it too much to ask for more questioning and discussion about how best to diminish the danger of nuclear conflict? Why are nonconformists smeared for noting, even bolstered with reputable facts and history, the role of nationalist, far-right and, yes, neo-Nazi forces in Ukraine? Fascist or neo-Nazi revivalism is a toxic factor in many countries today, from European nations to the United States. Why is Ukraine’s history too often ignored, even denied?
大洋对岸，周末峰会之后，欧盟在对俄石油禁运的举措上不能达成一致，而现有制裁无法在短期内让俄罗斯人感到负面影响。基辅急需在顿巴斯前线证明欧美的支援不是一桩亏本生意——乌军能够把得到的军事和经济援助转化成西方主战派能够向国内民众展示的战绩，否则夏季结束之时，盟友的善意会随着气温一同低落。
Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer
Talking with a few exhausted soldiers in Bakhmut, just back from the frontlines. "We don't have any new weapons here, new forces, nothing," says one of them. Another, who fought in 2014: "I'm expected to fight a tank with my Kalashnikov. We're just cannon fodder. We're fucked."
https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1531213445118537729
Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer
Very pessimistic towards Ukrainian leadership: "You have to understand that there are two castes in this country: the upper, and the lower. We're the lower. They get the money, and we're expected to just march forward and die."
https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1531217550360596481
Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer
Replying to @harothayer
They were regular Ukrainian army and the stories the guys from naval infantry told us just afterwards were even worse. Will save those for an article.
https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1531229127608569857
Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer
Replying to @baltach3 and @ChechenCenter
It's the mood of almost everyone I've spoken to here - maybe a bit darker, but not much
https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1531225296409591808
Talking with a few exhausted soldiers in Bakhmut, just back from the frontlines. "We don't have any new weapons here, new forces, nothing," says one of them. Another, who fought in 2014: "I'm expected to fight a tank with my Kalashnikov. We're just cannon fodder. We're fucked."
https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1531213445118537729
Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer
Very pessimistic towards Ukrainian leadership: "You have to understand that there are two castes in this country: the upper, and the lower. We're the lower. They get the money, and we're expected to just march forward and die."
https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1531217550360596481
Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer
Replying to @harothayer
They were regular Ukrainian army and the stories the guys from naval infantry told us just afterwards were even worse. Will save those for an article.
https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1531229127608569857
Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer
Replying to @baltach3 and @ChechenCenter
It's the mood of almost everyone I've spoken to here - maybe a bit darker, but not much
https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1531225296409591808
The Defense Industry’s Ukraine Pundits
...Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, cable news networks have routinely called on defense officials-turned-consultants to offer analysis and help the American public make sense of the crisis. Often, these analysts have used their TV time to call for greater U.S. involvement and bolder moves that could ratchet up tensions between two nuclear-armed superpowers.
The networks have consistently failed to disclose these analysts’ day jobs, describing them instead by only their former high-ranking military or government roles — leaving viewers in the dark about the analysts’ financial ties to defense contractors that stand to profit from increased or prolonged conflict.
...
The phenomenon is not new. In an analysis of three weeks of news coverage following last year’s U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) found that 20 of the 22 featured guests from the U.S. on the networks’ Sunday shows had ties to the military-industrial-complex. At that point, too, the TV networks regularly neglected to disclose their guests’ ties to the defense industry. But the stakes are now much higher: Military conflict between the U.S. and Russia could make for a world-ending disaster, which is why the Biden administration has been reluctant to take major actions that could be perceived as escalatory.
But the Ukraine crisis and the potential for greater conflict have been a goldmine for defense contractors, sending stocks skyrocketing and prompting sharp increases in defense spending.
...Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, cable news networks have routinely called on defense officials-turned-consultants to offer analysis and help the American public make sense of the crisis. Often, these analysts have used their TV time to call for greater U.S. involvement and bolder moves that could ratchet up tensions between two nuclear-armed superpowers.
The networks have consistently failed to disclose these analysts’ day jobs, describing them instead by only their former high-ranking military or government roles — leaving viewers in the dark about the analysts’ financial ties to defense contractors that stand to profit from increased or prolonged conflict.
...
The phenomenon is not new. In an analysis of three weeks of news coverage following last year’s U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) found that 20 of the 22 featured guests from the U.S. on the networks’ Sunday shows had ties to the military-industrial-complex. At that point, too, the TV networks regularly neglected to disclose their guests’ ties to the defense industry. But the stakes are now much higher: Military conflict between the U.S. and Russia could make for a world-ending disaster, which is why the Biden administration has been reluctant to take major actions that could be perceived as escalatory.
But the Ukraine crisis and the potential for greater conflict have been a goldmine for defense contractors, sending stocks skyrocketing and prompting sharp increases in defense spending.
Negative views of Russia mainly limited to western liberal democracies, poll shows
The sharp polarisation between mainly western liberal democracies and the rest of the world in perceptions of Russia has been laid bare in an annual global poll of attitudes towards democracy.
Within Europe, 55% of those surveyed for the Alliance of Democracies said they were in favour of cutting economic ties with Russia due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, whereas in Asia there was a majority against, and in Latin America opinion was evenly split.
Negative views of Russia are largely confined to Europe and other liberal democracies. Positive views of Russia have been retained in China, Indonesia, Egypt, Vietnam, Algeria, Morocco, Malaysia, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
...
The countries with a widely held most negative view of Russia included Poland (net negative 87%), Ukraine (80%), Portugal (79%), Italy (65%), UK (65%), Sweden (77%), US (62%) and Germany (62%). Even in Hungary – whose leader Viktor Orbán is an ally of Putin – a net 32% have a negative view of Russia. In Venezuela, often seen as propped up by Russia, the local population has a net negative view of Russia of 36%.
Countries with a net positive view of Russia included India (36%) Indonesia (14%), Saudi Arabia (11 %), Algeria (29%), Morocco (4%), and Egypt (7%).
Despite the mixed views about Russia, strong sympathy was shown for Ukraine.
The sharp polarisation between mainly western liberal democracies and the rest of the world in perceptions of Russia has been laid bare in an annual global poll of attitudes towards democracy.
Within Europe, 55% of those surveyed for the Alliance of Democracies said they were in favour of cutting economic ties with Russia due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, whereas in Asia there was a majority against, and in Latin America opinion was evenly split.
Negative views of Russia are largely confined to Europe and other liberal democracies. Positive views of Russia have been retained in China, Indonesia, Egypt, Vietnam, Algeria, Morocco, Malaysia, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
...
The countries with a widely held most negative view of Russia included Poland (net negative 87%), Ukraine (80%), Portugal (79%), Italy (65%), UK (65%), Sweden (77%), US (62%) and Germany (62%). Even in Hungary – whose leader Viktor Orbán is an ally of Putin – a net 32% have a negative view of Russia. In Venezuela, often seen as propped up by Russia, the local population has a net negative view of Russia of 36%.
Countries with a net positive view of Russia included India (36%) Indonesia (14%), Saudi Arabia (11 %), Algeria (29%), Morocco (4%), and Egypt (7%).
Despite the mixed views about Russia, strong sympathy was shown for Ukraine.
Edward Feser @FeserEdward
1/3 In a healthy society, what is idealized for men is becoming a husband and father (which most young men can achieve) rather than wealth, power and fame (which most cannot). Idealizing the latter yields a cartoon masculinity, sets men up for frustration, and chaos is the sequel
2/3 Feminism takes this self-aggrandizing model of masculinity and insists that women pursue it too. Gender theory comes along and melts away any residual natural, visceral understanding of what genuine masculinity and femininity entail
3/3 Alienated from their natures, men and women are miserable. The family decays, pathologies ramify throughout the social fabric. But like the gambler who thinks the problem is that he hasn’t spent enough, ideologues only push the envelope further. More:
https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2020/11/tyranny-of-sovereign-individual.html
https://twitter.com/FeserEdward/status/1530300292603867136
1/3 In a healthy society, what is idealized for men is becoming a husband and father (which most young men can achieve) rather than wealth, power and fame (which most cannot). Idealizing the latter yields a cartoon masculinity, sets men up for frustration, and chaos is the sequel
2/3 Feminism takes this self-aggrandizing model of masculinity and insists that women pursue it too. Gender theory comes along and melts away any residual natural, visceral understanding of what genuine masculinity and femininity entail
3/3 Alienated from their natures, men and women are miserable. The family decays, pathologies ramify throughout the social fabric. But like the gambler who thinks the problem is that he hasn’t spent enough, ideologues only push the envelope further. More:
https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2020/11/tyranny-of-sovereign-individual.html
https://twitter.com/FeserEdward/status/1530300292603867136
>>Edward Feser @FeserEdward1/3 In a healthy society,...
有一就有二，有热就有冷。
同理，有健康则必有不健康，有理智则必有疯狂、痴愚、自我矛盾等等「非理智」。
因为这样那样微不足道的理由选择了微不足道的自我否定，那么作为一「庞大项目」的自我崩溃也就终于开始了第一步。就像我们这极少数不得不容身其中的当前环境一样。（从注册品葱至今，好像还真就才两年多，「180度变化」不足以形容当前的整个世界）
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逻辑，可不仅仅是存在于纸面上的东西。那是编织命运的线。
纸上的玩意儿永远只是某些个人的理解，加上个人的取向和发明。
先有现实，后有它们。
没了现实，将只剩下狂妄的躁动，智力越高，蹦得越高，到头来也就摔得越惨。
不得不说Frank Lloyd的这个洛杉矶市政厅的设计 真的是触到了我的喜好 一眼就喜欢迷上了 这种权威式的复古建筑加上科技发达的商业碰撞的感觉 有种古罗马被高清复刻般的既视感
按照现在的技术 使用钢结构混凝土 石料 和大面积玻璃幕墙 绿化花园景观加上商业化街道 使其成为类似downtown summerlin这种区域中心商业综合体 保持人流量 人车分流 主体两侧用作直升机停机坪 屋顶一整个平层加上太阳能板 富有层次感而不压抑的庞然巨物 这种视觉冲击无论白天还是夜晚肯定都很壮观 不应该仅仅只是用作政治使用 那样反而还压抑了 不尽人意
后面是山前面看海 加上神殿式的建筑 在我心中简直完美
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/feb/09/unbuilt-los-angeles-city-might-have-been-in-pictures
按照现在的技术 使用钢结构混凝土 石料 和大面积玻璃幕墙 绿化花园景观加上商业化街道 使其成为类似downtown summerlin这种区域中心商业综合体 保持人流量 人车分流 主体两侧用作直升机停机坪 屋顶一整个平层加上太阳能板 富有层次感而不压抑的庞然巨物 这种视觉冲击无论白天还是夜晚肯定都很壮观 不应该仅仅只是用作政治使用 那样反而还压抑了 不尽人意
后面是山前面看海 加上神殿式的建筑 在我心中简直完美
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/feb/09/unbuilt-los-angeles-city-might-have-been-in-pictures
敏昂莱大將v
观察
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michael-sussmann-not-guilty-special-prosecutor-john-durham
Although evidence provided by Special Prosecutor John Durham is firm and adequate. Jury still found Sussmann, who worked for Hillary and concocted the completely bassless Russiagate, not guilty.
There is absolute no chance to find 12 impartial jurors in Washington DC, an area 97 percent of people voted for Democrats. It is an political trial not judicial one. Now democrats can cheer and claim they won again over Trump's conspiracy theory and democracy was saved.
Although evidence provided by Special Prosecutor John Durham is firm and adequate. Jury still found Sussmann, who worked for Hillary and concocted the completely bassless Russiagate, not guilty.
There is absolute no chance to find 12 impartial jurors in Washington DC, an area 97 percent of people voted for Democrats. It is an political trial not judicial one. Now democrats can cheer and claim they won again over Trump's conspiracy theory and democracy was saved.
>>纯水，我当年很喜欢其外观的几种战斗机：F-14:Dassault Rafale:Su-35:后来战机...電吹風+導彈都是娘娘腔，真男人都選電風扇+機砲
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/ta152h0_prototype-jpg.31411/
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/ta-152h1-jpg.31532/
>>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michael-sussmann-...
再次证明在民主社会所需的质料——某些具有特定习俗的人——不堪用的情况下，徒有法律程序这种形式也是枉然。
Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko
Our debate on Ukraine lacks nuance. When people say that the war must be fought until Putin is defeated, they are generally unable to say what they mean by this. There are different possibilities:
1. Russia is pushed back to the lines of 23/2.
2. Russia is pushed out of Donbas.
3. Russia is pushed out of Donbas & Crimea.
4. Fringe fantasies like breaking up Russia etc.
It should be said that at the moment we are nowhere close to No 1. Getting to this point is no minor task, and will of course amount to a massive Ukrainian victory and a humiliation for Russia. It could perhaps also prove a starting point for negotiations, as Zelensky has argued.
But we should also consider other possibilities: 1) That Russia continues to consolidate its position in Donbas, and potentially renews its efforts elsewhere or 2) The fighting in Donbas will stall, as both sides dig in.
What the West should do under these circumstances is an interesting question for discussion. We rarely hear these issues discussed (or if they are, they are drowned in the brave but vague and analytically deficient rhetoric about defeating Putin).
No answers offered here. I am just posing questions. I do this in this Spectator piece, citing Kissinger.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-west-is-watching-the-war-in-ukraine-like-it-s-sport
https://twitter.com/DrRadchenko/status/1531542581540278273
Our debate on Ukraine lacks nuance. When people say that the war must be fought until Putin is defeated, they are generally unable to say what they mean by this. There are different possibilities:
1. Russia is pushed back to the lines of 23/2.
2. Russia is pushed out of Donbas.
3. Russia is pushed out of Donbas & Crimea.
4. Fringe fantasies like breaking up Russia etc.
It should be said that at the moment we are nowhere close to No 1. Getting to this point is no minor task, and will of course amount to a massive Ukrainian victory and a humiliation for Russia. It could perhaps also prove a starting point for negotiations, as Zelensky has argued.
But we should also consider other possibilities: 1) That Russia continues to consolidate its position in Donbas, and potentially renews its efforts elsewhere or 2) The fighting in Donbas will stall, as both sides dig in.
What the West should do under these circumstances is an interesting question for discussion. We rarely hear these issues discussed (or if they are, they are drowned in the brave but vague and analytically deficient rhetoric about defeating Putin).
No answers offered here. I am just posing questions. I do this in this Spectator piece, citing Kissinger.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-west-is-watching-the-war-in-ukraine-like-it-s-sport
https://twitter.com/DrRadchenko/status/1531542581540278273
很难无视英语媒体尽一切可能为乌克兰那一小撮新纳粹洗白的愿望：
Azov Battalion drops neo-Nazi symbol exploited by Russian propagandists (The Times)
...Created in 2014 as a paramilitary organisation to fight pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donbas region, the Azov Battalion first attracted far-right volunteers harbouring anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish views.
This background has been used by the Kremlin to justify its assertion that Ukraine needed “de-nazifying”.
Now incorporated into the national guard, the regiment has attracted fighters from a diverse range of backgrounds. It has played a decisive role in key battles in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol as part of the nationwide resistance effort.
In March, President Zelensky, who is Jewish, awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to an Azov commander.
The Kremlin’s use of the Azov Battalion as a pretext for invasion is undermined by the presence of neo-Nazi divisions within its own ranks.
如果你在与乌克兰无涉的背景下问写这些文章和热衷转发他们的人：一群新纳粹改换标志，是否意味着他们就不再是新纳粹了，他们的回答一定是否。同一群人至今把从来不是新纳粹的National Rally看作与新纳粹无异，无视MLP的主流化改革，这是他们惯常的态度。然而Azov Battalion是政治正确的新纳粹。
https://stonetoss.com/comic/fast-friends/
Azov Battalion drops neo-Nazi symbol exploited by Russian propagandists (The Times)
...Created in 2014 as a paramilitary organisation to fight pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donbas region, the Azov Battalion first attracted far-right volunteers harbouring anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish views.
This background has been used by the Kremlin to justify its assertion that Ukraine needed “de-nazifying”.
Now incorporated into the national guard, the regiment has attracted fighters from a diverse range of backgrounds. It has played a decisive role in key battles in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol as part of the nationwide resistance effort.
In March, President Zelensky, who is Jewish, awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to an Azov commander.
The Kremlin’s use of the Azov Battalion as a pretext for invasion is undermined by the presence of neo-Nazi divisions within its own ranks.
如果你在与乌克兰无涉的背景下问写这些文章和热衷转发他们的人：一群新纳粹改换标志，是否意味着他们就不再是新纳粹了，他们的回答一定是否。同一群人至今把从来不是新纳粹的National Rally看作与新纳粹无异，无视MLP的主流化改革，这是他们惯常的态度。然而Azov Battalion是政治正确的新纳粹。
https://stonetoss.com/comic/fast-friends/
再来看看这条客观报道中的messaging:
Ukraine's 'unicorn' LGBTQ soldiers head for war (Reuters)
At their home in Kyiv, Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova pack for a return to active duty.
Their uniform bares a rare distinction - the image of a unicorn sewn into its standard-issue epaulets, just below the national flag - a symbol of their status as an LGBTQ couple who are Ukrainian soldiers.
The pair would not describe themselves as LGBTQ activists, but they are both open about their sexuality - Romanova identifies as non-binary and uses she/her pronouns.
Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers.
“It dates back to 2014 when Russian war started, and lots of people just said there are no gay people in the army. And so the LGBTQ community chose the unicorn because it is like a fantastic non-existent creature and so it became the symbol of LGBTQ people in the army.”
你看，我们的同性恋可以参军，乌克兰的也可以，难道乌克兰不是“我们”的一员吗？我们为他们更多地牺牲不是理所当然吗？
上一条报道遵循而这一条忽略的原则是，新闻故事要给出相关背景。被忽略的背景是，乌克兰是对LGBTQ最不友善的国家之一，比俄罗斯还严酷，而且宽容度持续降低。“俄罗斯和乌克兰一样有新纳粹”和“乌克兰跟俄罗斯一样反同”都是不争的事实，遮遮掩掩是没用的。两国在许多方面真的很相像。
Ukraine's 'unicorn' LGBTQ soldiers head for war (Reuters)
At their home in Kyiv, Ukrainian volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova pack for a return to active duty.
Their uniform bares a rare distinction - the image of a unicorn sewn into its standard-issue epaulets, just below the national flag - a symbol of their status as an LGBTQ couple who are Ukrainian soldiers.
The pair would not describe themselves as LGBTQ activists, but they are both open about their sexuality - Romanova identifies as non-binary and uses she/her pronouns.
Zuhan says the mythical beast carries an important message for LGBTQ soldiers.
“It dates back to 2014 when Russian war started, and lots of people just said there are no gay people in the army. And so the LGBTQ community chose the unicorn because it is like a fantastic non-existent creature and so it became the symbol of LGBTQ people in the army.”
你看，我们的同性恋可以参军，乌克兰的也可以，难道乌克兰不是“我们”的一员吗？我们为他们更多地牺牲不是理所当然吗？
上一条报道遵循而这一条忽略的原则是，新闻故事要给出相关背景。被忽略的背景是，乌克兰是对LGBTQ最不友善的国家之一，比俄罗斯还严酷，而且宽容度持续降低。“俄罗斯和乌克兰一样有新纳粹”和“乌克兰跟俄罗斯一样反同”都是不争的事实，遮遮掩掩是没用的。两国在许多方面真的很相像。
RAWSALERTS @rawsalerts
So tonight is the two year anniversary of when the whole united states including Washington DC was up in flames with riots breaking out all over with tear gas flashbangs and looting happening across all major cities
https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1531809475102908417
Martyr Made @martyrmade
Media figures, local officials, and Democratic Party activists were on weekly calls discussing how to put the riots to political use. The DOD was going around the executive declaring it would not intervene to stop the carnage, daring Trump to intervene. Textbook color revolution.
This really must be remembered as a true watershed moment in American political history. The combined force of every major institution united to sponsor and direct attacks on American cities. They refused to prosecute the destroyers, but prosecuted people who defended themselves.
When their opponents tried an extremely minor and tame version of it on January 6, an unarmed woman was executed on camera by a Capitol Police officer who was feted as a hero for his murder. And yes, if you're a Republican your own leaders kissed his feet as well.
If Trump accomplished nothing else, he brought the regime out of the shadows. We weren't supposed to have "regimes" in America, but that's an illusion we'll never have again. There is a regime, and they will kill you and burn your neighborhoods for challenging their power.
This is one of the reasons I refuse to accept the bait narrative that my enemies are in Russia. Russia can be a problematic country, and in normal times a geopolitical rival, but my enemies are in Washington, DC.
https://twitter.com/martyrmade/status/1531830210668113920
So tonight is the two year anniversary of when the whole united states including Washington DC was up in flames with riots breaking out all over with tear gas flashbangs and looting happening across all major cities
https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1531809475102908417
Martyr Made @martyrmade
Media figures, local officials, and Democratic Party activists were on weekly calls discussing how to put the riots to political use. The DOD was going around the executive declaring it would not intervene to stop the carnage, daring Trump to intervene. Textbook color revolution.
This really must be remembered as a true watershed moment in American political history. The combined force of every major institution united to sponsor and direct attacks on American cities. They refused to prosecute the destroyers, but prosecuted people who defended themselves.
When their opponents tried an extremely minor and tame version of it on January 6, an unarmed woman was executed on camera by a Capitol Police officer who was feted as a hero for his murder. And yes, if you're a Republican your own leaders kissed his feet as well.
If Trump accomplished nothing else, he brought the regime out of the shadows. We weren't supposed to have "regimes" in America, but that's an illusion we'll never have again. There is a regime, and they will kill you and burn your neighborhoods for challenging their power.
This is one of the reasons I refuse to accept the bait narrative that my enemies are in Russia. Russia can be a problematic country, and in normal times a geopolitical rival, but my enemies are in Washington, DC.
https://twitter.com/martyrmade/status/1531830210668113920
SCOTUSblog @SCOTUSblog
NEW: The Supreme Court BLOCKS Texas from enforcing a controversial new state law that seeks to ban large social media platforms like Twitter from moderating content based on users' viewpoints.
In a surprising vote breakdown, Kagan joins Thomas, Alito, & Gorsuch in dissent.
https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1531745116695715841
Allum Bokhari @LibertarianBlue
Lol. Kavanaugh and Barrett signal their support for social media censorship.
It's not over yet, because it now goes back to the 5th circuit, which will probably uphold, and then back to SCOTUS for a full opinion. But will Kavanaugh and Barrett change their stance? Probably not.
Remember how much time and energy conservatives on here spent defending Kavanaugh from life-destroying smears?
He's OK with you all being banned without legal recourse, apparently.
https://twitter.com/martyrmade/status/1531830210668113920
为什么不论往高法推送多少保守主义法官，在一些关键判决中总有人跳反，拒绝保守分子青睐的社会秩序呢？一个无法忽视的解释是，负责筛选、推荐候选者的那群人 - The Federalist Society, Cocaine Mitch - 所信奉的哲学在社会议题上本身就不是很保守。
NEW: The Supreme Court BLOCKS Texas from enforcing a controversial new state law that seeks to ban large social media platforms like Twitter from moderating content based on users' viewpoints.
In a surprising vote breakdown, Kagan joins Thomas, Alito, & Gorsuch in dissent.
https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1531745116695715841
Allum Bokhari @LibertarianBlue
Lol. Kavanaugh and Barrett signal their support for social media censorship.
It's not over yet, because it now goes back to the 5th circuit, which will probably uphold, and then back to SCOTUS for a full opinion. But will Kavanaugh and Barrett change their stance? Probably not.
Remember how much time and energy conservatives on here spent defending Kavanaugh from life-destroying smears?
He's OK with you all being banned without legal recourse, apparently.
https://twitter.com/martyrmade/status/1531830210668113920
为什么不论往高法推送多少保守主义法官，在一些关键判决中总有人跳反，拒绝保守分子青睐的社会秩序呢？一个无法忽视的解释是，负责筛选、推荐候选者的那群人 - The Federalist Society, Cocaine Mitch - 所信奉的哲学在社会议题上本身就不是很保守。
你葱被屠支大佐们带动舆论的年月一去不返了吧，首页都开始纪念赵紫阳了。我虽然觉得大佐们有些言论也很扯淡，但毕竟还是和他们共同语言更多。
高效的政治讨论不仅要求相近的政治立场，也要求对政治的基本判断、预设、直觉上没有巨大差异。我本人没法和认为一两场颜色革命能给中国或者乌克兰这种历史负担沉重的国家带来脱胎换骨的变化的人在时间有限的情况下进行对双方都有助益的交流。
高效的政治讨论不仅要求相近的政治立场，也要求对政治的基本判断、预设、直觉上没有巨大差异。我本人没法和认为一两场颜色革命能给中国或者乌克兰这种历史负担沉重的国家带来脱胎换骨的变化的人在时间有限的情况下进行对双方都有助益的交流。
President Biden: What America Will and Will Not Do in Ukraine
By Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Mr. Biden is president of the United States.
...America’s goal is straightforward: We want to see a democratic, independent, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine with the means to deter and defend itself against further aggression.
...
We do not seek a war between NATO and Russia. As much as I disagree with Mr. Putin, and find his actions an outrage, the United States will not try to bring about his ouster in Moscow. So long as the United States or our allies are not attacked, we will not be directly engaged in this conflict, either by sending American troops to fight in Ukraine or by attacking Russian forces. We are not encouraging or enabling Ukraine to strike beyond its borders. We do not want to prolong the war just to inflict pain on Russia.
My principle throughout this crisis has been “Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.” I will not pressure the Ukrainian government — in private or public — to make any territorial concessions. It would be wrong and contrary to well-settled principles to do so.
...
...Let me be clear: Any use of nuclear weapons in this conflict on any scale would be completely unacceptable to us as well as the rest of the world and would entail severe consequences.
Americans will stay the course with the Ukrainian people because we understand that freedom is not free. That’s what we have always done whenever the enemies of freedom seek to bully and oppress innocent people, and it is what we are doing now. Vladimir Putin did not expect this degree of unity or the strength of our response. He was mistaken. If he expects that we will waver or fracture in the months to come, he is equally mistaken.
By Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Mr. Biden is president of the United States.
...America’s goal is straightforward: We want to see a democratic, independent, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine with the means to deter and defend itself against further aggression.
...
We do not seek a war between NATO and Russia. As much as I disagree with Mr. Putin, and find his actions an outrage, the United States will not try to bring about his ouster in Moscow. So long as the United States or our allies are not attacked, we will not be directly engaged in this conflict, either by sending American troops to fight in Ukraine or by attacking Russian forces. We are not encouraging or enabling Ukraine to strike beyond its borders. We do not want to prolong the war just to inflict pain on Russia.
My principle throughout this crisis has been “Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.” I will not pressure the Ukrainian government — in private or public — to make any territorial concessions. It would be wrong and contrary to well-settled principles to do so.
...
...Let me be clear: Any use of nuclear weapons in this conflict on any scale would be completely unacceptable to us as well as the rest of the world and would entail severe consequences.
Americans will stay the course with the Ukrainian people because we understand that freedom is not free. That’s what we have always done whenever the enemies of freedom seek to bully and oppress innocent people, and it is what we are doing now. Vladimir Putin did not expect this degree of unity or the strength of our response. He was mistaken. If he expects that we will waver or fracture in the months to come, he is equally mistaken.
Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly
The Germans have their own national interests as does the US. Berlin decided long ago to be reliant on Russia for cheap energy. Berlin is simply the human shield for other European nations who share Berlin’s misgivings about US policy. This is almost all in the open now.
https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1531521136017960960
Ralph Schoellhammer @Raphfel
If you honestly believe Hungary with its 9mn people is holding the EU hostage and Germany and France are not tentatively agreeing with Orban's position, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you.
https://twitter.com/Raphfel/status/1531621158025584640
Ralph Schoellhammer @Raphfel
Literally none of this is a surprise - and Italy is probably only for it because it is good PR without consequences.
Any analyst who believed in rapid EU membership of Ukraine was living in a dream world.
As hard as it is, sober analysis must be separated from wishful thinking.
https://twitter.com/Raphfel/status/1531698835151527936
The Germans have their own national interests as does the US. Berlin decided long ago to be reliant on Russia for cheap energy. Berlin is simply the human shield for other European nations who share Berlin’s misgivings about US policy. This is almost all in the open now.
https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1531521136017960960
Ralph Schoellhammer @Raphfel
If you honestly believe Hungary with its 9mn people is holding the EU hostage and Germany and France are not tentatively agreeing with Orban's position, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you.
https://twitter.com/Raphfel/status/1531621158025584640
Ralph Schoellhammer @Raphfel
Literally none of this is a surprise - and Italy is probably only for it because it is good PR without consequences.
Any analyst who believed in rapid EU membership of Ukraine was living in a dream world.
As hard as it is, sober analysis must be separated from wishful thinking.
Visegrád 24 @visegrad24
Italian PM Mario Draghi:
“All major EU Member States, except Italy, are against giving Ukraine candidate status.”
https://twitter.com/Raphfel/status/1531698835151527936
'I was wrong': Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen concedes she misread threat of inflation
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration acknowledged Tuesday that it was wrong to downplay the threat of rising inflation last year as the White House works to combat rising consumer prices that have hampered Joe Biden's presidency.
"I think I was wrong then about the path that inflation would take," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview on CNN.
Yellen in March 2021 said inflation posed only a "small risk." Two months later, she said she didn't anticipate inflation would "be a problem." Earlier that spring, Biden signed his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into a law, providing a boost in spending that his critics blame for accelerating inflation.
"As I mentioned, there have been unanticipated and large shocks to the economy that boosted energy and food prices, and supply bottlenecks, that have affected our economy badly that I, at the time, didn't fully understand," Yellen told CNN. "But we recognize that now."
美国社会目前的一个问题是，它对在新兴的政治议题上“犯错”的人惩罚格外严厉，比如在Covid应对措施上不站队的Joe Rogan、还有嘲讽LGBT的Dave Chappelle, 而对在像经济、战争这类传统核心议题上真正犯错的人有太多宽容。主张给中国贸易最惠国待遇的官员可以继续在主流媒体发文指导外贸，长期支持伊战的策士仍然在电视上鼓动公众支持对外干涉。Institutional failures从来不需有人承担责任，祸害了公众的白痴总有机会再次祸害。
如果非要搞cancel culture, 降低危险人物对社会的不良影响，最该被cancel的难道不是Yellen, GWB这些人吗？
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration acknowledged Tuesday that it was wrong to downplay the threat of rising inflation last year as the White House works to combat rising consumer prices that have hampered Joe Biden's presidency.
"I think I was wrong then about the path that inflation would take," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview on CNN.
Yellen in March 2021 said inflation posed only a "small risk." Two months later, she said she didn't anticipate inflation would "be a problem." Earlier that spring, Biden signed his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into a law, providing a boost in spending that his critics blame for accelerating inflation.
"As I mentioned, there have been unanticipated and large shocks to the economy that boosted energy and food prices, and supply bottlenecks, that have affected our economy badly that I, at the time, didn't fully understand," Yellen told CNN. "But we recognize that now."
美国社会目前的一个问题是，它对在新兴的政治议题上“犯错”的人惩罚格外严厉，比如在Covid应对措施上不站队的Joe Rogan、还有嘲讽LGBT的Dave Chappelle, 而对在像经济、战争这类传统核心议题上真正犯错的人有太多宽容。主张给中国贸易最惠国待遇的官员可以继续在主流媒体发文指导外贸，长期支持伊战的策士仍然在电视上鼓动公众支持对外干涉。Institutional failures从来不需有人承担责任，祸害了公众的白痴总有机会再次祸害。
如果非要搞cancel culture, 降低危险人物对社会的不良影响，最该被cancel的难道不是Yellen, GWB这些人吗？
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
The warning signs have been flashing for two years now and Democrats continue to do ~nothing to address the erosion of the Hispanic vote which is actually *better* than the strategy of extra-party progressive organizations.
The issue here was clearly visible by summer 2020, but nobody wanted to hear that the anti-racism narrative wasn’t working with precisely the demographic group that was supposed to deliver the emerging democratic majority.
But the problem is actually pretty straightforward — Democrats had been counting on the votes of a significant number of Hispanics who self-identify as moderate or conservative and they flipped to the GOP.
There are tons of relevant tactical modalities around outreach, hiring, investment, media, misinformation, etc.
But none of that will get around the basic need to work on ideological/issue alignment just like with voters of other ethnic groups.
The partisanship of Black voters reflects unique aspects of American history and the organization of Black social institutions (very good book about this) that does not carry over to Asian or Hispanic voters and may be waning in the Black community too.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1531978440936673282
Special Puppy @SpecialPuppy1
Replying to @mattyglesias
What’s the strategy of extra-party progessive organizations to win back the Hispanic vote?
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Replying to @SpecialPuppy1
Become more left-wing and lose.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1531979503219748864
The warning signs have been flashing for two years now and Democrats continue to do ~nothing to address the erosion of the Hispanic vote which is actually *better* than the strategy of extra-party progressive organizations.
The issue here was clearly visible by summer 2020, but nobody wanted to hear that the anti-racism narrative wasn’t working with precisely the demographic group that was supposed to deliver the emerging democratic majority.
But the problem is actually pretty straightforward — Democrats had been counting on the votes of a significant number of Hispanics who self-identify as moderate or conservative and they flipped to the GOP.
There are tons of relevant tactical modalities around outreach, hiring, investment, media, misinformation, etc.
But none of that will get around the basic need to work on ideological/issue alignment just like with voters of other ethnic groups.
The partisanship of Black voters reflects unique aspects of American history and the organization of Black social institutions (very good book about this) that does not carry over to Asian or Hispanic voters and may be waning in the Black community too.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1531978440936673282
Special Puppy @SpecialPuppy1
Replying to @mattyglesias
What’s the strategy of extra-party progessive organizations to win back the Hispanic vote?
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Replying to @SpecialPuppy1
Become more left-wing and lose.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1531979503219748864
美国驻梵蒂冈大使馆的推文：
U.S. in Holy See @USinHolySee
Today is the start of #Pride Month. The United States respects and promotes the equality and human dignity of all people including the LGBTQIA+ community. #PrideMonth #AllInclusive #Pride2022
https://twitter.com/USinHolySee/status/1531947017450176515
回复里被点赞最多的一条问他们敢不敢在利雅得的大使馆把彩虹旗挂出来。
当然是不敢的，因为进步派末人像其他费拉一样，对厚待自己的人刻薄，对虐待自己的人敬畏。基督徒愿意在社会中给他们留一席之地，他们就想尽办法羞辱、削弱基督教。穆斯林威胁要砍他们的头，于是他们对沙里亚法秋毫无犯。他们一心要把对自己不差的父兄置于死地，只会换来想置他们于死地的新主人。这出家庭/历史剧正在欧陆上演。
U.S. in Holy See @USinHolySee
Today is the start of #Pride Month. The United States respects and promotes the equality and human dignity of all people including the LGBTQIA+ community. #PrideMonth #AllInclusive #Pride2022
https://twitter.com/USinHolySee/status/1531947017450176515
回复里被点赞最多的一条问他们敢不敢在利雅得的大使馆把彩虹旗挂出来。
当然是不敢的，因为进步派末人像其他费拉一样，对厚待自己的人刻薄，对虐待自己的人敬畏。基督徒愿意在社会中给他们留一席之地，他们就想尽办法羞辱、削弱基督教。穆斯林威胁要砍他们的头，于是他们对沙里亚法秋毫无犯。他们一心要把对自己不差的父兄置于死地，只会换来想置他们于死地的新主人。这出家庭/历史剧正在欧陆上演。
Damir Marusic @dmarusic
If handled wrong, Ukraine will become the next Turkey of EU enlargement.
https://twitter.com/dmarusic/status/1529460340215500800
Damir Marusic @dmarusic
Replying to @AndrewBeatty
Ukraine is, I believe, very much still in the naive, hopeful phase. Its Erdogan will emerge later, once the resentment sets in.
https://twitter.com/dmarusic/status/1529461506445811712
Damir Marusic @dmarusic
Replying to @JL_Braden and @GerardAraud
Important to remember that the record of massive cash infusions in transforming societies is less rosy than people think. Everyone thinks they’ll get postwar Germany or Japan, and instead they get something considerably less successful than either.
https://twitter.com/dmarusic/status/1529465408192913411
Damir Marusic @dmarusic
Replying to @JL_Braden and @GerardAraud
Mind you, I’m *not* saying it shouldn’t be tried. I’m just echoing a lot of conversations I’ve had in Paris, Berlin, and Prague over the last three weeks.
https://twitter.com/dmarusic/status/1529465642486837248
If handled wrong, Ukraine will become the next Turkey of EU enlargement.
https://twitter.com/dmarusic/status/1529460340215500800
Damir Marusic @dmarusic
Replying to @AndrewBeatty
Ukraine is, I believe, very much still in the naive, hopeful phase. Its Erdogan will emerge later, once the resentment sets in.
https://twitter.com/dmarusic/status/1529461506445811712
Damir Marusic @dmarusic
Replying to @JL_Braden and @GerardAraud
Important to remember that the record of massive cash infusions in transforming societies is less rosy than people think. Everyone thinks they’ll get postwar Germany or Japan, and instead they get something considerably less successful than either.
https://twitter.com/dmarusic/status/1529465408192913411
Damir Marusic @dmarusic
Replying to @JL_Braden and @GerardAraud
Mind you, I’m *not* saying it shouldn’t be tried. I’m just echoing a lot of conversations I’ve had in Paris, Berlin, and Prague over the last three weeks.
https://twitter.com/dmarusic/status/1529465642486837248
Department of State @StateDept
United States government organization
On June 25, the Department flew the Progress flag for the first time over Washington, DC headquarters. @DeputySecState: “The United States is firmly committed to fighting for LGBTQI+ people at home and everywhere.” #PrideMonth
https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1531923511337357313
Incredibly accurate:
https://stonetoss.com/comic/foreign-aids/
United States government organization
On June 25, the Department flew the Progress flag for the first time over Washington, DC headquarters. @DeputySecState: “The United States is firmly committed to fighting for LGBTQI+ people at home and everywhere.” #PrideMonth
https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1531923511337357313
Incredibly accurate:
https://stonetoss.com/comic/foreign-aids/
>>很难无视英语媒体尽一切可能为乌克兰那一小撮新纳粹洗白的愿望： (The Times)...Creat...
这些白左媒体的话语，从理由、逻辑、现实政治考虑、安全需要等等方面去看，都是一团乱糟糟的垃圾。
但其「动机」却十分容易理解：奥巴马在2014的「巨大失败」。
「奥巴马」这个符号，在欧美进步派圈子内的神主牌地位毋庸置疑。其「污点」甚至是「不能让人轻易想起来」的。虽然人民大众的记忆力从来不如会忘记自己到底吃下去多少的金鱼，但那种风险也是如今虽权柄刚刚到手，可是地位仍未稳的革命派们不能容忍的。
简而言之，拜登政权「不能再来一次」。
白左们此举，无非是捏着鼻子「两害相权取其轻」罢了，重点和原则未变：稳住自己的政权和支配地位。加上「美国的战略利益」这块盾牌在前头，保守派们不能真的卯起来反对。没阻力，推行起来就更容易。仅此而已。
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话说回来，亚速营毕竟还没干出真纳粹干的那些事。支持亚速营带来的政治地位，远比那些在暗网里散发 revisionism 小册子的阴沟老鼠般的处境好太多。
事实上，一只能够为自己家园拼死战斗的军队，就不可能是天天搞白左喜欢的那一套的群体，更不可能是对那些败坏自己家园的「进步少数」摆出好脸色，并对「身份贵族」们拿出欢迎态度的恭顺之民。
你不能要求有0和1，却拒绝有2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9，以及随之而来的一切。
以色列联合政府上台后的拉跨真的越来越明显 疫情为一 乌克兰为二 军队改革混乱 警察暴力执法加重 外交也体现不出以色列过去作为中东大国的魄力 新政府的亲俄派面对中东和乌克兰战争进退两难 反应和处理能力甚至低于了土耳其苏丹 应该马上就能看到不少人要开始怀念内塔尼亚胡时期了 一个任内正名首都耶路撒冷稳定各方势力 一个对巴解和伊朗都唯唯诺诺存在感为零 骂声搞得比过去还高 没有任何改善前任甚至做的更好的可能 现任联合政府是各方妥协的产物但又并不服众 能否保住民众当初给予的信任 很快就能看到结果了
and 我不认同的本雅明作为政治人物对于国家权力的过度控制 跟大帝有一拼了 但是中东这种藏龙卧虎的地方 就需要他这样的人 很无奈也很现实 环境并没有给你太多选择
https://www.voachinese.com/a/israel-government-faces-crisis-20220406/6518157.html
波兰真的是个神奇的地方
and 我不认同的本雅明作为政治人物对于国家权力的过度控制 跟大帝有一拼了 但是中东这种藏龙卧虎的地方 就需要他这样的人 很无奈也很现实 环境并没有给你太多选择
https://www.voachinese.com/a/israel-government-faces-crisis-20220406/6518157.html
波兰真的是个神奇的地方
>>以色列联合政府上台后的拉跨真的越来越明显 疫情为一 乌克兰为二 军队改革混乱 警察暴力执法加重 外交...
应该这么看：能在以色列的处境下，多年来一以贯之养出那些不输给西方白左的白痴政治与公众人物，同时让穆斯林（一个因「反」而团结的异己政治集团，而且在其中领头的是马克思主义派）在不到10年的时间里迅速坐大，再加上一个不输给美国的往左（也即往死里）偏的最高法院，以色列的杰出者们真的有点儿「成功」过头了。而他们的成功最要命的是，养出了一个居然自以为自己很安全，昏聩不明的大众社会，能因为这样那样的鸡毛蒜皮而搞出一个穆斯林、傻左、草根和各种边缘人组成，却唯独没有「真正支撑社会的主流（政客口号不算）」声音的政府。这帮上位也只能玩儿死自己的猪脑唯一一个能团结在一起的理由，是他们有共同的嫉妒对象，就像现在的欧左美左有共同的憎恨目标一样。
能够让大众这么顺着自己心意去玩儿，说明确实有可供堕落的安稳空间和承平日子，也说明以色列的前人确实「成功」。
现在正是自我调整的时候。
乐观的角度来总结的话，整个西方及其追随者，目前在某种程度上，可以说是正处于一个关键的「排污去垢」，或者自我新陈代谢时期，此刻的状态低迷是无可质疑的事实，但其将来的可能性仍然远远好于「非西方」。
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真正发自心底热爱波兰的人们，现在最应该感谢的外人，恰恰是表面上看起来最有威胁的普京。
>>应该这么看：能在以色列的处境下，多年来一以贯之养出那些不输给西方白左的白痴政治与公众人物，同时让穆斯...
确实 不尊重现实 一味的追求结果 现实一定会反噬你 我觉得波兰在苏联解体后保存下民族和宗教底子重建秩序的人 才是真的厉害 为目前的国家真正打下了最重要的基础 而不是如今那惨痛的乌克兰
为什么社会对LGBTQ的宽容必定是有限的？因为不加限制的“宽容”是毫无原则约束、没有附加义务的优待，而这样的优待必然被滥用：
Yes, kink belongs at Pride. And I want my kids to see it. (WaPo)
...Kink embodies the freedom that Pride stands for, reminding attendees to unapologetically take up space as an act of resistance and celebration — refusing to bend to social pressure that asks us to be presentable. That’s a value I want my children to learn. Affirming the kink community helps our children to love themselves and others with courage and resilience.
同样的道理适用于其他所有“弱势群体”。Believe all women是另一例注定被滥用的无原则优待。社会给了你更多的话语权，你立刻用得到的权势来报复社会——腐化儿童、污蔑良善、迫害异己——那么社会给你的已经太多，超出了你德性所能担负的额度，你的一部分所得应该收回。
Yes, kink belongs at Pride. And I want my kids to see it. (WaPo)
...Kink embodies the freedom that Pride stands for, reminding attendees to unapologetically take up space as an act of resistance and celebration — refusing to bend to social pressure that asks us to be presentable. That’s a value I want my children to learn. Affirming the kink community helps our children to love themselves and others with courage and resilience.
同样的道理适用于其他所有“弱势群体”。Believe all women是另一例注定被滥用的无原则优待。社会给了你更多的话语权，你立刻用得到的权势来报复社会——腐化儿童、污蔑良善、迫害异己——那么社会给你的已经太多，超出了你德性所能担负的额度，你的一部分所得应该收回。
The Forward @jdforward
The Ohio GOP candidate for U.S. Senate JD Vance wants to ban pornography — echoing a movement undergirded by the conspiracy theory that the porn industry is run by Jews to weaken white men.
Read more about the antisemitism of the anti-porn movement from @miraefox in this byline from September 2021: https://t.co/lgTaen8dRS
https://twitter.com/jdforward/status/1532047511065591808
犹太左派，诸如The Forward, ADL等组织，一直依赖一个很简单的宣传策略：“如果你接受政策P, 你就是反犹分子”。背后的思路是，由于犹太人的历史遭遇，听众在面临这个选择的时候总会选后者：1. 接受P并承担“反犹”的社会后果；2. 因为害怕承担“反犹”的社会后果而拒绝P.
滥用这个策略的结果是，听众有时发现，P并非不合理，而其涉及的议题又如此重要，所以值得为了支持P而“反犹”——“反犹”有时是可以接受的。其中一部分人会得出正确的结论说，一些犹太人在利用政治正确进行道德绑架。这一部分人中的一部分会推进到更危险的结论：这些犹太人利用政治正确来操控社会、引导大众反对合理政策的做法证实了历史中频繁出现的反犹指控，因此真反犹也是可以接受的。机智的犹左就是如此培养了他们的敌人。
The Ohio GOP candidate for U.S. Senate JD Vance wants to ban pornography — echoing a movement undergirded by the conspiracy theory that the porn industry is run by Jews to weaken white men.
Read more about the antisemitism of the anti-porn movement from @miraefox in this byline from September 2021: https://t.co/lgTaen8dRS
https://twitter.com/jdforward/status/1532047511065591808
犹太左派，诸如The Forward, ADL等组织，一直依赖一个很简单的宣传策略：“如果你接受政策P, 你就是反犹分子”。背后的思路是，由于犹太人的历史遭遇，听众在面临这个选择的时候总会选后者：1. 接受P并承担“反犹”的社会后果；2. 因为害怕承担“反犹”的社会后果而拒绝P.
滥用这个策略的结果是，听众有时发现，P并非不合理，而其涉及的议题又如此重要，所以值得为了支持P而“反犹”——“反犹”有时是可以接受的。其中一部分人会得出正确的结论说，一些犹太人在利用政治正确进行道德绑架。这一部分人中的一部分会推进到更危险的结论：这些犹太人利用政治正确来操控社会、引导大众反对合理政策的做法证实了历史中频繁出现的反犹指控，因此真反犹也是可以接受的。机智的犹左就是如此培养了他们的敌人。
乌克兰国安局SBU在大肆抓捕亲俄分子，包括普通网民：
Ukraine Security Services Hunt for Russia Supporters and Agents in Their Midst
...some Ukrainians continue to side with Moscow. And in a conflict that Ukraine sees as existential, Ukrainian security services are hunting for citizens that they view as abetting the enemy. That involves active pursuit of collaborators in Russian-held territory, some of whom have been targeted in recent assassination attempts, and detentions of suspected Russian agents.
“We do these raids almost every day,” said one of the SBU officers in Mr. Popov’s apartment
...
Many of those arrested are posting pro-Kremlin messages on social media, driven by loyalties to Russia and without any contact by the government in Moscow, the SBU says. Some take money from the Russians to do so. A handful were actively passing military information, such as Ukrainian artillery positions, to the enemy, according to the SBU.
面对这类行动，还有禁止成年男性离境等政策，支持乌克兰的民小们——不是所有乌克兰支持者——恐怕得接受两个他们不喜欢的观点之一：1. 乌克兰不是自由民主的社会；2. 自由和民主在关键时刻或者关键环节上必须依靠不自由、不民主的措施来捍卫。自由民主制不得不把异质因素深嵌于自身当中并在日常政治中将其隐藏、甚至遗忘。而在危机到来、真相无法遮蔽之时，自由社会将召唤它们的麦卡锡，它们的契卡。在本例中，SBU真的可以溯源到契卡。
我觉得两点都正确，而且对它们并无反感。
Ukraine Security Services Hunt for Russia Supporters and Agents in Their Midst
...some Ukrainians continue to side with Moscow. And in a conflict that Ukraine sees as existential, Ukrainian security services are hunting for citizens that they view as abetting the enemy. That involves active pursuit of collaborators in Russian-held territory, some of whom have been targeted in recent assassination attempts, and detentions of suspected Russian agents.
“We do these raids almost every day,” said one of the SBU officers in Mr. Popov’s apartment
...
Many of those arrested are posting pro-Kremlin messages on social media, driven by loyalties to Russia and without any contact by the government in Moscow, the SBU says. Some take money from the Russians to do so. A handful were actively passing military information, such as Ukrainian artillery positions, to the enemy, according to the SBU.
面对这类行动，还有禁止成年男性离境等政策，支持乌克兰的民小们——不是所有乌克兰支持者——恐怕得接受两个他们不喜欢的观点之一：1. 乌克兰不是自由民主的社会；2. 自由和民主在关键时刻或者关键环节上必须依靠不自由、不民主的措施来捍卫。自由民主制不得不把异质因素深嵌于自身当中并在日常政治中将其隐藏、甚至遗忘。而在危机到来、真相无法遮蔽之时，自由社会将召唤它们的麦卡锡，它们的契卡。在本例中，SBU真的可以溯源到契卡。
我觉得两点都正确，而且对它们并无反感。
>>Posted by :Posted by :Again, literally this:
https://twitter.com/RaucousDukakis/status/1532031316937654274
应景
>>The Forward @jdforwardThe Ohio GOP candidate for U...
从社会学角度来看，这是自我认知的「受害者」们，在一个不时会拯救他们的社会中倾力完成的「自我实现的预言」。
要讲诗意的话，大概就是「画面定格在永远流传的一瞬间」。
CRT对于校园的洗脑会遭到家长一类的反对 因为家长和赞助和政府共有对于校园的控制 但是类似军队和监狱这种完全无法反抗政府强制命令的地方 反而可以畅通无阻的进行洗脑 反对的人都是需要再教育的典型对象 直到自己满意 灌输任何现任政客和学术派想灌输的内容 任人宰割然后被教育重新做人感谢政府 出来定向投票 说是再教育法有人还玻璃心的不接受 只要立场符合 别人怎么样 哪怕支持率再低 都并不会在意
>>CRT对于校园的洗脑会遭到家长一类的反对 因为家长和赞助和政府共有对于校园的控制 但是类似军队和监狱...
军队和监狱这种自带部分“洗脑”功能的地方，究竟怎么洗，到头来是可以立法决定的，不应该有政府可以强制命令但约束政府的人不能决定命令内容的情况。文化战暂时没延烧到那里。必须逼迫左派逐渐让出“体制内长征”取得的优势。
所有主张美国外交的核心原则应当是“民主专制不两立，自由大业不偏安”的政客，比如三个月前在华沙演讲申明此义的拜登，都需要解释并且解决一个问题：美国和沙特的关系。拜登用那一套解释不了两国交往的历史，也不能给出不同于历史的解决，他最终只能做一位美国总统在现实的要求之下应做的事——亲吻那双谋杀了卡舒吉的手：
Joe Biden Surrenders to Saudi Arabia
On the menu today: Less than three years after he pledged to make Saudi Arabia a pariah state for killing and dismembering Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, President Biden will travel to the kingdom and shake the hand of the man who ordered Khashoggi’s assassination. It is an embarrassing end to a story of hubris and shortsightedness, reflecting the American appetite for simple solutions to complicated problems. Governing is a lot harder than campaigning, as Biden has been forced to learn over and over again as his presidency continues.
...
It was never particularly realistic for Biden or any other presidential candidate to pledge to make Saudi Arabia a pariah. Even at the height of the recent boom of U.S. oil production, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia were too dependent upon each other and had too many mutual geopolitical interests:
- For starters, even as recently as May 2021, Saudi Arabia was the fourth-largest source of U.S. crude-oil imports, providing an average of 395,000 barrels per day of the 8.5 million barrels per day in gross U.S. crude-oil imports, behind Canada, Mexico, and Russia.
- Besides holding the world’s second-largest reserve of oil, Saudi Arabia is still the custodian of Mecca and Medina, and manages the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim is expected to make at least once in their life — meaning that the Saudi government has an extremely influential role in shaping the discussions and perceptions of the U.S. within the Muslim world.
- The State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism stated in 2019 that, “Saudi Arabia maintained a high cooperation tempo with U.S. and international partners in a range of counterterrorism fields, including terrorist information sharing, monitoring of [foreign terrorist fighters], border security, countering unmanned aerial systems, and [countering violent extremism. The Saudi Arabian government worked to disrupt, and supported U.S. and international sanctions against, terrorist finance networks, focusing heavily on entities supporting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Quds Force, Lebanese Hizballah, and other Iranian proxy groups active in the Gulf. . . . Saudi Arabia was a full partner and active participant in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and provided significant operational and logistical support for Coalition activities in Syria and Iraq.”
- Saudi Arabia is the largest buyer of American-made weapons.
- Saudi Arabia doesn’t control its neighbors, but it has considerable influence in the Arab world. There have been some small signs of an end to Saudi hostility to the state of Israel.
Joe Biden Surrenders to Saudi Arabia
On the menu today: Less than three years after he pledged to make Saudi Arabia a pariah state for killing and dismembering Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, President Biden will travel to the kingdom and shake the hand of the man who ordered Khashoggi’s assassination. It is an embarrassing end to a story of hubris and shortsightedness, reflecting the American appetite for simple solutions to complicated problems. Governing is a lot harder than campaigning, as Biden has been forced to learn over and over again as his presidency continues.
...
It was never particularly realistic for Biden or any other presidential candidate to pledge to make Saudi Arabia a pariah. Even at the height of the recent boom of U.S. oil production, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia were too dependent upon each other and had too many mutual geopolitical interests:
- For starters, even as recently as May 2021, Saudi Arabia was the fourth-largest source of U.S. crude-oil imports, providing an average of 395,000 barrels per day of the 8.5 million barrels per day in gross U.S. crude-oil imports, behind Canada, Mexico, and Russia.
- Besides holding the world’s second-largest reserve of oil, Saudi Arabia is still the custodian of Mecca and Medina, and manages the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim is expected to make at least once in their life — meaning that the Saudi government has an extremely influential role in shaping the discussions and perceptions of the U.S. within the Muslim world.
- The State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism stated in 2019 that, “Saudi Arabia maintained a high cooperation tempo with U.S. and international partners in a range of counterterrorism fields, including terrorist information sharing, monitoring of [foreign terrorist fighters], border security, countering unmanned aerial systems, and [countering violent extremism. The Saudi Arabian government worked to disrupt, and supported U.S. and international sanctions against, terrorist finance networks, focusing heavily on entities supporting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Quds Force, Lebanese Hizballah, and other Iranian proxy groups active in the Gulf. . . . Saudi Arabia was a full partner and active participant in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and provided significant operational and logistical support for Coalition activities in Syria and Iraq.”
- Saudi Arabia is the largest buyer of American-made weapons.
- Saudi Arabia doesn’t control its neighbors, but it has considerable influence in the Arab world. There have been some small signs of an end to Saudi hostility to the state of Israel.
Philippe Lemoine @phl43
These people are completely deranged. Do they realize that, in almost every one of those regions, Russians are the largest ethnic group? Russia isn't the Soviet Union and people should stop fantasizing about breaking it up.
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1532769392223821824
These people are completely deranged. Do they realize that, in almost every one of those regions, Russians are the largest ethnic group? Russia isn't the Soviet Union and people should stop fantasizing about breaking it up.
Russians With Attitude @RWApodcast
It's good when Western policy wonks talk about annihilating Russia or splitting it up into 1,000 Epstein Island Republics because when they do that they're at least honestly articulating their goals which haven't changed since like 1830 & not bullshitting about abstract "values"
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1532769392223821824
Long may she reign
DAME OF THRONES
The Queen, photographed by Cecil Beaton to commemorate her coronation, in 1953.
From Camera Press / Redux
DAME OF THRONES
The Queen, photographed by Cecil Beaton to commemorate her coronation, in 1953.
From Camera Press / Redux
快半个月了 马里乌波尔投降的亚速营依旧不知什么情况
谨纪念亚速营团长 反共战士 年轻有为的乌克兰英雄 杰尼斯·普罗彭片科
Денис Прокопенко
Sláva A3OB 3057
谨纪念亚速营团长 反共战士 年轻有为的乌克兰英雄 杰尼斯·普罗彭片科
Денис Прокопенко
Sláva A3OB 3057
Biden says Ukraine might have to give Russia land in ‘negotiated settlement’
President Biden on Friday declined to rule out Ukraine having to cede part of its territory to Russia in order to end Moscow’s more than three-month-old invasion.
“Does Ukraine have to cede territory to achieve peace?” a reporter asked Biden after his remarks on the May jobs report.
“From the beginning, I’ve said and I’ve been — not everyone’s agreed with me — nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,” Biden began his answer. “It’s their territory. I’m not going to tell them what they should and shouldn’t do.
“But it appears to me that at some point along the line, there’s going to have to be a negotiated settlement here,” the president added. “And what that entails, I don’t know. I don’t think anybody knows at the time. But in the meantime, we’re gonna continue to put the Ukrainians in a position where they can defend themselves.”
President Biden on Friday declined to rule out Ukraine having to cede part of its territory to Russia in order to end Moscow’s more than three-month-old invasion.
“Does Ukraine have to cede territory to achieve peace?” a reporter asked Biden after his remarks on the May jobs report.
“From the beginning, I’ve said and I’ve been — not everyone’s agreed with me — nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,” Biden began his answer. “It’s their territory. I’m not going to tell them what they should and shouldn’t do.
“But it appears to me that at some point along the line, there’s going to have to be a negotiated settlement here,” the president added. “And what that entails, I don’t know. I don’t think anybody knows at the time. But in the meantime, we’re gonna continue to put the Ukrainians in a position where they can defend themselves.”
无限制对外干涉导致内政侵蚀的一例：
In a break with the past, U.S. is using intel to fight an info war with Russia, even when the intel isn't rock solid
It was an attention-grabbing assertion that made headlines around the world: U.S. officials said they had indications suggesting Russia might be preparing to use chemical agents in Ukraine.
President Joe Biden later said it publicly. But three U.S. officials told NBC News this week there is no evidence Russia has brought any chemical weapons near Ukraine. They said the U.S. released the information to deter Russia from using the banned munitions.
It’s one of a string of examples of the Biden administration’s breaking with recent precedent by deploying declassified intelligence as part of an information war against Russia.
说白了就是为了打赢对敌情报战，欺骗全世界公众也是可以的 —— 这是流氓政权的惯有心态。如果美国政府也慢慢习惯于这个心态的话，我们怎么知道其情报部门——也许还有其他对敌斗争的相关部门——发布的消息是真实情况，还是宣传战所需的谎言？反美分子说美国不在乎真相，是普京所称的“谎言帝国”，美国是否会在无尽的对外干涉中越来越接近反美分子描绘的形象？
In a break with the past, U.S. is using intel to fight an info war with Russia, even when the intel isn't rock solid
It was an attention-grabbing assertion that made headlines around the world: U.S. officials said they had indications suggesting Russia might be preparing to use chemical agents in Ukraine.
President Joe Biden later said it publicly. But three U.S. officials told NBC News this week there is no evidence Russia has brought any chemical weapons near Ukraine. They said the U.S. released the information to deter Russia from using the banned munitions.
It’s one of a string of examples of the Biden administration’s breaking with recent precedent by deploying declassified intelligence as part of an information war against Russia.
说白了就是为了打赢对敌情报战，欺骗全世界公众也是可以的 —— 这是流氓政权的惯有心态。如果美国政府也慢慢习惯于这个心态的话，我们怎么知道其情报部门——也许还有其他对敌斗争的相关部门——发布的消息是真实情况，还是宣传战所需的谎言？反美分子说美国不在乎真相，是普京所称的“谎言帝国”，美国是否会在无尽的对外干涉中越来越接近反美分子描绘的形象？
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/opinion/biden-trump-republicans-democrats.html
捏着鼻子看
捏着鼻子看
bee + cali = fish
Daniel Cox @dcoxpolls
The politics of young women are undergoing a massive change. In recent years, they have become far more liberal than young men.
https://americansurveycenter.org/featured_data/the-growing-political-divide-between-young-men-and-women/
https://twitter.com/dcoxpolls/status/1532355778056802304
Alexandra Jabbour @alexjabbour
Replying to @dcoxpolls and @kmmunger
Similar findings in Europe, as shown by @r_dassonneville
https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1475-6765.12384
https://twitter.com/dcoxpolls/status/1532355778056802304
The politics of young women are undergoing a massive change. In recent years, they have become far more liberal than young men.
https://americansurveycenter.org/featured_data/the-growing-political-divide-between-young-men-and-women/
https://twitter.com/dcoxpolls/status/1532355778056802304
Alexandra Jabbour @alexjabbour
Replying to @dcoxpolls and @kmmunger
Similar findings in Europe, as shown by @r_dassonneville
https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1475-6765.12384
https://twitter.com/dcoxpolls/status/1532355778056802304
Spanish Court Demands Pompeo Testify on Apparent Plot to Kill Assange
Donald Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been ordered to appear in a Spanish court to explain a possible U.S. government plot to kidnap and assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, ABC Spain reports, citing legal sources close to the case. Yahoo News broke the news of the alleged 2017 plot last September, reporting that Trump’s then-CIA Director Pompeo wanted revenge after WikiLeaks published a massive trove of sensitive CIA hacking tools.
Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks (Yahoo News, 2021)
In 2017, as Julian Assange began his fifth year holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London, the CIA plotted to kidnap the WikiLeaks founder, spurring heated debate among Trump administration officials over the legality and practicality of such an operation.
...
This Yahoo News investigation, based on conversations with more than 30 former U.S. officials — eight of whom described details of the CIA’s proposals to abduct Assange — reveals for the first time one of the most contentious intelligence debates of the Trump presidency and exposes new details about the U.S. government’s war on WikiLeaks. It was a campaign spearheaded by Pompeo that bent important legal strictures, potentially jeopardized the Justice Department’s work toward prosecuting Assange, and risked a damaging episode in the United Kingdom, the United States’ closest ally.
Mike Pompeo on Whether U.S. Plotted to Kill Assange | The Megyn Kelly Show
"I can't say much about this other than whoever those 30 people who allegedly spoke with one of these reporters they should all be prosecuted for speaking about classified activity inside the central intelligence agency... you should know I take seriously my responsibilities to protect that information. The second thing: there is no doubt Wikileaks is in fact a non-state hostile intelligence service they are actively seeking to steal american classified information, this isn't good reporting, this isn't asking someone to leak, this is working to steal secrets from the united states of america, we have a responsibility to protect that information and the trump administration worked doggedly every day to do just that."
Donald Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been ordered to appear in a Spanish court to explain a possible U.S. government plot to kidnap and assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, ABC Spain reports, citing legal sources close to the case. Yahoo News broke the news of the alleged 2017 plot last September, reporting that Trump’s then-CIA Director Pompeo wanted revenge after WikiLeaks published a massive trove of sensitive CIA hacking tools.
Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks (Yahoo News, 2021)
In 2017, as Julian Assange began his fifth year holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London, the CIA plotted to kidnap the WikiLeaks founder, spurring heated debate among Trump administration officials over the legality and practicality of such an operation.
...
This Yahoo News investigation, based on conversations with more than 30 former U.S. officials — eight of whom described details of the CIA’s proposals to abduct Assange — reveals for the first time one of the most contentious intelligence debates of the Trump presidency and exposes new details about the U.S. government’s war on WikiLeaks. It was a campaign spearheaded by Pompeo that bent important legal strictures, potentially jeopardized the Justice Department’s work toward prosecuting Assange, and risked a damaging episode in the United Kingdom, the United States’ closest ally.
Mike Pompeo on Whether U.S. Plotted to Kill Assange | The Megyn Kelly Show
"I can't say much about this other than whoever those 30 people who allegedly spoke with one of these reporters they should all be prosecuted for speaking about classified activity inside the central intelligence agency... you should know I take seriously my responsibilities to protect that information. The second thing: there is no doubt Wikileaks is in fact a non-state hostile intelligence service they are actively seeking to steal american classified information, this isn't good reporting, this isn't asking someone to leak, this is working to steal secrets from the united states of america, we have a responsibility to protect that information and the trump administration worked doggedly every day to do just that."
>>bee + cali = fish
Well, JOKEality will be the new Reality which is forever R rated for the new specimen of men in the new millenium.
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美国考虑取消部分中国关税以对抗通胀
Emperor Xi: "That aside, our dearest comrade Biden, fighting deep within the heart of our cow, finally delivers the milk."
>>Daniel Cox @dcoxpollsThe politics of young women a...
Courageously, I guess they WERE well protected in the past decades before 2010.
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And of course I'm guilty in front of the WOKE Court for letting out that misogyny statement against ALL women.
We Can’t Be Ukraine Hawks Forever
...for all their defensive successes, we have not yet established that Ukraine’s military can regain significant amounts of territory in the country’s south and east. Yet we have Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic insisting that only Putin’s defeat and indeed “humiliation” can restore European stability, while elsewhere in the same magazine Casey Michel calls for dismantling the Russian Federation, framed as the “decolonization” of Russia’s remaining empire, as the only policy for lasting peace.
Or again, the United States has currently committed an extraordinary sum to back Ukraine — far more than we spent in foreign aid to Afghanistan in any recent year, for instance — and our support roughly trebles the support offered by the European Union. Yet when this newspaper’s editorial board raised questions about the sustainability of such support, the response from many Ukraine hawks was a furious how dare you — with an emphasis, to quote Benjamin Wittes of the Brookings Institution, on Ukraine’s absolute right to fight “until every inch of their territory is free,” America’s strictly “modest” and “advisory” role in Ukrainian decision making and the importance of offering Kyiv, if not a blank check, at least a “very very big check with more checks to follow.”
These theories all seem to confuse what is desirable with what is likely, and what is morally ideal with what is strategically achievable. I have written previously about the risks of nuclear escalation in the event of a Russian military collapse, risks that hawkish theories understate. But given the state of the war right now, the more likely near-future scenario is one where Russian collapse remains a pleasant fancy, the conflict becomes stalemated and frozen, and we have to put our Ukrainian policy on a sustainable footing without removing Putin’s regime or dismantling the Russian empire.
In that scenario, our plan cannot be to keep writing countless checks while tiptoeing modestly around the Ukrainians and letting them dictate the ends to which our guns and weaponry are used. The United States is an embattled global hegemon facing threats more significant than Russia. We are also an internally divided country led by an unpopular president whose majorities may be poised for political collapse. So if Kyiv and Moscow are headed for a multiyear or even multidecade frozen conflict, we will need to push Ukraine toward its most realistic rather than its most ambitious military strategy. And just as urgently, we will need to shift some of the burden of supporting Kyiv from our own budget to our European allies.
...for all their defensive successes, we have not yet established that Ukraine’s military can regain significant amounts of territory in the country’s south and east. Yet we have Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic insisting that only Putin’s defeat and indeed “humiliation” can restore European stability, while elsewhere in the same magazine Casey Michel calls for dismantling the Russian Federation, framed as the “decolonization” of Russia’s remaining empire, as the only policy for lasting peace.
Or again, the United States has currently committed an extraordinary sum to back Ukraine — far more than we spent in foreign aid to Afghanistan in any recent year, for instance — and our support roughly trebles the support offered by the European Union. Yet when this newspaper’s editorial board raised questions about the sustainability of such support, the response from many Ukraine hawks was a furious how dare you — with an emphasis, to quote Benjamin Wittes of the Brookings Institution, on Ukraine’s absolute right to fight “until every inch of their territory is free,” America’s strictly “modest” and “advisory” role in Ukrainian decision making and the importance of offering Kyiv, if not a blank check, at least a “very very big check with more checks to follow.”
These theories all seem to confuse what is desirable with what is likely, and what is morally ideal with what is strategically achievable. I have written previously about the risks of nuclear escalation in the event of a Russian military collapse, risks that hawkish theories understate. But given the state of the war right now, the more likely near-future scenario is one where Russian collapse remains a pleasant fancy, the conflict becomes stalemated and frozen, and we have to put our Ukrainian policy on a sustainable footing without removing Putin’s regime or dismantling the Russian empire.
In that scenario, our plan cannot be to keep writing countless checks while tiptoeing modestly around the Ukrainians and letting them dictate the ends to which our guns and weaponry are used. The United States is an embattled global hegemon facing threats more significant than Russia. We are also an internally divided country led by an unpopular president whose majorities may be poised for political collapse. So if Kyiv and Moscow are headed for a multiyear or even multidecade frozen conflict, we will need to push Ukraine toward its most realistic rather than its most ambitious military strategy. And just as urgently, we will need to shift some of the burden of supporting Kyiv from our own budget to our European allies.
Ron DeSantis vetoes $35M Tampa Bay Rays baseball complex after team’s gun control tweet: report
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $35 million in government spending for a new practice facility for the Tampa Bay Rays after the baseball team posted a tweet in support of gun control, according to a report.
The move comes just weeks after the GOP governor — and rumored 2024 presidential hopeful — stripped Disney of its self-governing status after the Mouse House came out in opposition to a new law banning explicit sex and gender education for young children.
ln the most recent skirmish, DeSantis penalized the Tampa franchise after a tweet from the team’s official Twitter account took a swing at the nation’s gun laws following the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, according to the news site OutKick.
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The governor defended his veto of the sports complex at a press briefing Friday.
“I don’t support giving taxpayer dollars to professional sports stadiums,” he said. “Companies are free to engage or not engage with whatever discourse they want, but clearly … it’s inappropriate to subsidize political activism of a private corporation.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $35 million in government spending for a new practice facility for the Tampa Bay Rays after the baseball team posted a tweet in support of gun control, according to a report.
The move comes just weeks after the GOP governor — and rumored 2024 presidential hopeful — stripped Disney of its self-governing status after the Mouse House came out in opposition to a new law banning explicit sex and gender education for young children.
ln the most recent skirmish, DeSantis penalized the Tampa franchise after a tweet from the team’s official Twitter account took a swing at the nation’s gun laws following the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, according to the news site OutKick.
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The governor defended his veto of the sports complex at a press briefing Friday.
“I don’t support giving taxpayer dollars to professional sports stadiums,” he said. “Companies are free to engage or not engage with whatever discourse they want, but clearly … it’s inappropriate to subsidize political activism of a private corporation.”
The new normal in culture war:
Biden Administration Forces K-12 Gender Ideology Compliance with Lunch Money Threat
The Biden administration has tethered federal school lunch funding to compliance with gender identity ideology, including whether a school allows boys to use girls restrooms and locker rooms.
The move comes as the Biden administration is using heavy-handed measures to enshrine gender ideology into federal law.
Biden Administration Forces K-12 Gender Ideology Compliance with Lunch Money Threat
The Biden administration has tethered federal school lunch funding to compliance with gender identity ideology, including whether a school allows boys to use girls restrooms and locker rooms.
The move comes as the Biden administration is using heavy-handed measures to enshrine gender ideology into federal law.