Random Thoughts (Political Edition)

[GRtak]

Inside the Private Group Where Parents Give Ivermectin to Kids With Autism

“I have been applying Ivermectin liquid to my granddaughter’s feet, belly button, and swabbing her ears for six weeks now. She complains of sporadic blurry vision and sometimes headaches.”

www.vice.com

Judge blocks DeSantis law on barring 'woke' education

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida on Thursday blocked a law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts certain race-based conversations and analysis in colleges. Tallahassee U.S.

apnews.com

 

[GRtak]

They said it wasn't true.

A Four-Decade Secret: The Untold Story of Sabotaging Jimmy Carter’s Re-election

Nearly 43 years later, a prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a Middle East tour with a clandestine agenda.

www.nytimes.com

It is a shame that he didn't have the courage to talk about this in 1980.

 

[GRtak]

Bank fail: How rising interest rates paved the way for Silicon Valley Bank's collapse​

 

[calvinhobbes]

So I was looking for some information about Russia’s propaganda effort at rebuilding parts of Mariupol and the search results included the propaganda itself (obviously), a few serious reports and also a link to “junge Welt”, originally the mouthpiece of the East German communist youth and somehow still in existence.

So while I knew that whatever they might have to say on the issue was going to be bad, I decided to find out how bad in a sort of know-your-enemies step into the abyss. They did not disappoint:

Reise nach Mariupol

Zu Besuch in einer zerstörten Stadt: Aufbau geht voran, Bewohner blicken hoffnungsvoll in die Zukunft • Foto: Guillermo Quintero

www.jungewelt.de

There are a few comments and even some of those are calling out the author, a communist (actual, not Fox “News” bogeyman) politician from Berlin.

 

[eizbaer]

I actually laughed out loud when they showed the Russian propaganda film of putin driving the car himself on Tagesschau just now 🤣 like come on, at least pretend you’re trying to fool people…

 

[DanRoM]

I actually laughed out loud when they showed the Russian propaganda film of putin driving the car himself on Tagesschau just now 🤣 like come on, at least pretend you’re trying to fool people…

Am I correct in assuming that Tagesschau (and other German news) did in fact not point out that the person visiting Mariupol and looking somewhat like Putin was most probably not Putin?

 

[eizbaer]

Am I correct in assuming that Tagesschau (and other German news) did in fact not point out that the person visiting Mariupol and looking somewhat like Putin was most probably not Putin?

You are correct. They did not.

 

[GRtak]

I sense a witness tampering charge in the future.

 

[GRtak]

More on the above.

Fox News seeks to silence one of its own over $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit​

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/20/1164879578/fox-news-sues-producer-dominion-lawsuit

 

[jack_christie]

More on the above.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/20/1164879578/fox-news-sues-producer-dominion-lawsuit

Fox News Gives Up on Silencing Tucker Producer Suing Them

The day after attempting to gag a top booking producer who sued the network, Fox News has reversed course.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[GRtak]

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/1165765923/senate-ethics-committee-lindsey-graham

 

[GRtak]

Manhattan DA who is probing Trump received death threat letter with white powder

The substance, which investigators later determined was non-hazardous, was found in a letter addressed to DA Alvin Bragg.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[jack_christie]

Manhattan DA who is probing Trump received death threat letter with white powder

The substance, which investigators later determined was non-hazardous, was found in a letter addressed to DA Alvin Bragg.

www.nbcnews.com

Threats from Trump too:

 

[GRtak]

Netanyahu fires defense minister who urged a halt to overhaul of Israel's judiciary​

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/26/1166134644/benjamin-netanyahu-fires-defense-minister-yoav-gallant