Monday 30th December 2024
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" As it is, the US flag is going to have to be at half mast for the next 30 days - thus taking in you know what.
And there's nothing that Orange Man can do about it. "
First lol of the day went to AK ! ( My first thought was that of most of us -- of the enormous contrast between JC and the Orange One , and the symbolic mourning of the latter's arrival ... )
In fact he could order the lowering of the flags ... but it'll be INTERESTING to see what he does !
And there's nothing that Orange Man can do about it. "
First lol of the day went to AK ! ( My first thought was that of most of us -- of the enormous contrast between JC and the Orange One , and the symbolic mourning of the latter's arrival ... )
In fact he could order the lowering of the flags ... but it'll be INTERESTING to see what he does !
https://eu.northjersey.com/story/news/2 ... day/773053"Can Trump order flags raised?
U.S. flag code requires flags stay at half-staff for at least 30 days for the death of a current or former president.
But, it’s not federal law, so as incoming president, Donald Trump could order flags raised back to full-staff.
Richard Nixon ordered flags raised back to full-staff on Feb. 13, 1973, during the 30-day mourning for former President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Nixon’s order was to honor the first American prisoners of war released from Vietnam. Flags were returned to half-staff the next day and stayed there for another eight days.''
Re: Monday 30th December 2024
On yesterday's WATO Trump's future trade komissar laid it on the line -- the UK HAS to choose between US 'Free Trade' and EU ' Socialism ' !
Or else !
Sadly excellent piece from Will Hutton on how much of UK belongs to foreign cos who avoid tax, and then be surprised there's nothing down the back of the sofa to renovate hospitals, schools etc ...
Or else !
Sadly excellent piece from Will Hutton on how much of UK belongs to foreign cos who avoid tax, and then be surprised there's nothing down the back of the sofa to renovate hospitals, schools etc ...
Re: Monday 30th December 2024
Worth reading the whole piece, but here is a bit --
" News that Carter had entered hospice care at the beginning of the year prompted calls for critics to apologise for the abuse, drawing an admission from at least one critic.
Among those outraged by Carter’s book in 2006 were members of the former president’s own foundation, which has built an international reputation for its work on human rights and to alleviate suffering. Steve Berman led a mass resignation from the Carter Center’s board of councillors at the time.
Earlier this year, Berman revealed that he later wrote to Carter to apologise and to say that the former president had been right.
“I had started to view Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians as something that started in 1967 as an accident but was now becoming an enterprise with colonial intentions,” Berman said in his letter to Carter.
Shortly before Carter’s death, Peter Beinart, described as “the most influential liberal Zionist of his generation”, said the time had come for the former president’s critics to apologise for the “shameful way that the book was received by many significant people”.
Beinart named Foxman and Lipstadt as among those who “attacked and slandered” Carter even though he brokered the Camp David peace accords between Israel and Egypt in 1978. "
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... lestinians
The 'usual suspects' indeed !
Nancy Pelosi and other politicians also disgraced themselves, similarly to Starmer and so many of the LP over Jeremy Corbyn's 'antisemitism' .
" News that Carter had entered hospice care at the beginning of the year prompted calls for critics to apologise for the abuse, drawing an admission from at least one critic.
Among those outraged by Carter’s book in 2006 were members of the former president’s own foundation, which has built an international reputation for its work on human rights and to alleviate suffering. Steve Berman led a mass resignation from the Carter Center’s board of councillors at the time.
Earlier this year, Berman revealed that he later wrote to Carter to apologise and to say that the former president had been right.
“I had started to view Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians as something that started in 1967 as an accident but was now becoming an enterprise with colonial intentions,” Berman said in his letter to Carter.
Shortly before Carter’s death, Peter Beinart, described as “the most influential liberal Zionist of his generation”, said the time had come for the former president’s critics to apologise for the “shameful way that the book was received by many significant people”.
Beinart named Foxman and Lipstadt as among those who “attacked and slandered” Carter even though he brokered the Camp David peace accords between Israel and Egypt in 1978. "
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... lestinians
The 'usual suspects' indeed !
Nancy Pelosi and other politicians also disgraced themselves, similarly to Starmer and so many of the LP over Jeremy Corbyn's 'antisemitism' .
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Reaching the point that I might actually prefer that individual to be Elon Musk.
(after all, let's not forget how he has allowed Twitter to be swamped by crude pro-Russia propaganda because of FREEZE PEACH)
(after all, let's not forget how he has allowed Twitter to be swamped by crude pro-Russia propaganda because of FREEZE PEACH)
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Isn't that pretty normal for party leaders though, Corbyn was very much the exception there.
Though this "survey" remains pretty obscure regarding what its actual methodology was.
Though this "survey" remains pretty obscure regarding what its actual methodology was.