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The Iraqi Al-Shorta and the Saudi Al Hilal teams qualified for the
semi-finals of the King Salman Cup for Arab Clubs 2023, in the start of
the quarter-finals of the tournament, on Saturday evening.
Al-Shorta beat Qatar's Al-Sadd 4-2 in Abha, while Al-Hilal beat the Saudi Al-Ittihad team 3-1 in Taif.
In the first match, Aso Rostom scored (two goals), Amir Sabah and Ahmed
Farhan scored one goal each for Al-Shorta, while Akram Afif scored the
double for Al-Sadd.
In the second match, Al-Hilal's goals were scored by Sergey Savic, Salem
Al-Dosari and Malcolm Philip, while Al-Ittihad's goal was scored by
Romario da Silva.
Erbil Sports Club on Saturday failed to win the Iraqi Cup. It was
defeated in a dramatic final game against al-Quwa al Jawiya, one of
Iraq’s oldest and most prestigious football teams that took the match
1-0.
The match's sole goal was scored by Jawiya’s Muhannad Abdul Rahim.
In travel news, Ali al-Shouk (THE NATIONAL) reports, "An Iraqi airline has apologised after a bear being transported on a passenger flight from Baghdad to Dubai escaped from its crate in the cargo hold of the plane. Iraqi Airways said on Friday that the animal had to be sedated and taken off the flight on arrival at Dubai International Airport." Azhi Rasul (RUDAW) adds, "The origins of the bear or where it was being taken were not publicized."
#Iraq - PM ordered investigation of escaped bear from the cage on a flight from Baghdad to Dubai. The first question to ask, who owns the bear?
— Syeda Shabana Ashraf (@SyedaShabanaAsh) August 5, 2023
I have many questions. Where is the bear going in the UAE? What are the origin and the species of the bear in Iraq? Live wild animal trades go under the radar in the region with UAE as a hotbed for illegal/controversial destinations. https://t.co/pxRYGY4RPZ
Cardinal Louis Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church,
announced Saturday that he is withdrawing from his seat in Baghdad after
Iraqi President Abdul Rashid revoked a decree recognizing him as head
of the Christian Church in Iraq.
Sako said he will be taking up
residence in a monastery in Kurdistan, an autonomous region of Iraq,
where he will continue to lead the Chaldean Church.
In a statement issued
July 15, Sako called the president’s action — which calls into question
his ability to control Church assets in the country — “unprecedented”
and “unfair.”
“It is unfortunate that we in Iraq
live in the midst of a wide network of self-interest, narrow
factionalism, and hypocrisy that has produced an unprecedented
political, national, and moral chaos, which is rooted by now more and
more,” Sako wrote. “Therefore, I have decided to withdraw from the
patriarchal headquarters in Baghdad.”
What's going on? A number of things, actually. AFP noted a few days ago a political conflict:
Cardinal Louis Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church,
announced Saturday that he is withdrawing from his seat in Baghdad after
Iraqi President Abdul Rashid revoked a decree recognizing him as head
of the Christian Church in Iraq.
Sako said he will be taking up
residence in a monastery in Kurdistan, an autonomous region of Iraq,
where he will continue to lead the Chaldean Church.
In a statement issued
July 15, Sako called the president’s action — which calls into question
his ability to control Church assets in the country — “unprecedented”
and “unfair.”
“It is unfortunate that we in Iraq
live in the midst of a wide network of self-interest, narrow
factionalism, and hypocrisy that has produced an unprecedented
political, national, and moral chaos, which is rooted by now more and
more,” Sako wrote. “Therefore, I have decided to withdraw from the
patriarchal headquarters in Baghdad."
[. . .]”
Now comes Abdul to further disgrace the Talabani family and the PUK. FARS MEDIA CORPORATION notes:
A
source at Asianews points out that the whole affair turns on this
point: “Someone wants to take control over the assets and properties
held by Christians and the Church.” President Abdul Latif Rashid has
intervened in recent days with the intention of “clarifying” his
decision.
His office issues a statement saying:
“Withdrawing the republican decree does not prejudice the religious or
legal status of Cardinal Louis Sako, as he is appointed by the Apostolic
See.” According to the Kurdish Muslim leader, “the abolition of the
Presidential Decree is intended to correct the situation,” while the
patriarch continues to enjoy “the respect and appreciation of the
presidency of the Republic as Patriarch of the Chaldean Church in Iraq
and the world.”
“However, the president’s decision
strips the Chaldean leader – the Patriarch – of the right to administer
church assets, which are the target of Ryan 'the Chaldean' and his
Babylonian Brigades. ‘It’s no coincidence that the president’s decision
came a few days after he met with Ryan,’” a source told AsiaNews.
“For
over 100 years, the patriarch, after his papal appointment, had his
office recognized by decree by the king and then the president,
upholding his status as head of the Church and custodian of its
properties.” With the withdrawal of the decree, the primate “will likely
lose control over the [Church’s] assets and properties,” the source
concludes, but Cardinal Sako “is determined to fight and is already
studying ways to appeal in court so that law prevails and justice is
done.”
The controversy surrounding the withdrawal
of the presidential decree is the latest chapter in a series of attacks
that have affected the most respected figure of the Chaldean Church in
Iraq, to the point that in recent weeks there has arisen a backlash
among Christians in response to the “lies”: an attack against the
patriarch and the leadership of the Church by the leader of the
Babylonian Movement, Rayan.
The US ambassador to Iraq will
be summoned by Baghdad over remarks made by a US official about the
removal of the head of the Christian Church in Iraq, the government said
on Thursday.
Ambassador Alina Romanowski
is to be called in after State Department spokesman Matthew Miller
described the treatment of Cardinal Louis Sako as harassment.
He
said he was troubled by Iraq’s President Abdul Latif Rashid's decision
to revoke a decree recognising the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic
Church, as head of the country's Christian Church.
“I
will say we are disturbed by the harassment of Cardinal Sako ... and
troubled by the news that he has left Baghdad,” Mr Miller said on
Tuesday.
“We
look forward to his safe return. The Iraqi Christian community is a
vital part of Iraq’s identity and a central part of Iraq’s history of
diversity and tolerance.”
Mr
Rashid's office said the president was "disappointed by accusations
levelled against the Iraqi government" by Mr Miller and would summon the
ambassador.
The conflict continues. CHRISTIAN TODAY notes, "The leader of Iraq's largest Christian community has asked the
country's supreme court to reverse a presidential order that no longer
recognises him as Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid revoked a decree issed by his
predecessor acknowledging Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako as Patriarch." Aid To The Church in Need explains, "The prelate is calling for a new decree to be put in place using
slightly different wording, but in effect re-instating the terms of the
old one and giving official recognition both to him and other
patriarchs. He called on Church leaders, governments, politicians, and
other influencers around the world to back calls in favor of a new
decree." Susan Korah (THE CATHOLIC REGISTER) spoke with an Iraqi Christian activist, Rabea Allos, currently living in Canada an Allow stated, "I was personally shocked and saddened. Things are going
deeper into the gutter in Iraq. The patriarch was vocal about
encouraging Christians to remain in Iraq, but now they are going after
His Beatitude. This sends another message to Christians that they are
not wanted in Iraq. [. . .] This revocation undermines not only Patriarch Sako's official
position as leader of the Church, but also his authority to administer
Church properties and endowments, subject to the approval of the
Vatican." ALETEIA adds:
Cardinal Sako published an open letter
to the administration on the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate website, in
which he noted that he will remain in Erbil if no decree is issued. He
has vowed to remain in the monastery until the end of the presidential
term of Dr. Abdul Latif Rashid in late 2026. The prelate also
lamented the end of a traditional understanding between the government
and the Chaldean Catholic Church that has spanned 14 centuries.
In Baghdad's upscale Mansour neighborhood, al-Kildani was busy building political alliances.
On
a recent afternoon, several couches in the palatial lobby of his party
headquarters were occupied by well-dressed women wearing hijabs, beneath
a painting of the Last Supper and a portrait of al-Kildani.
One
by one, the women entered the inner office, each one emerging with a
gift bag. One of the visitors explained that they were political
candidates interested in running on al-Kildani’s list in Mosul in
December’s provincial elections.
After the visitors departed, a smiling and courtly al-Kildani made his entrance.
He insisted that he had no role in the withdrawal of the patriarch's
decree and dismissed allegations that he was seeking to seize church
lands.
His Beatitude Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans was born in Zākhō, Iraq, on 4 July 1948.
He completed his primary studies in Mosul, and then attended the local Saint Jean’s Seminary, held by the Dominican Fathers.
He was ordained a priest on 1 June 1974, and carried out his pastoral service at the Cathedral of Mosul until 1979.
He was sent to Rome, where he attended the Pontifical Oriental
Institute, obtaining a doctorate in Eastern patrology. He subsequently
obtained a doctorate in history from the Sorbonne in Paris. From 1997 to
2002 he held the office of rector of the Patriarchal Seminary in
Baghdad. Upon returning to Mosul he guided the parish of Perpetual Help
until his election as archbishop of Kerkūk on 27 September 2003.
He received episcopal ordination the following 14 November.
On 31 January 2013, during the Synod convened in Rome by Pope
Benedict XVI after the resignation of the Patriarch His Beatitude
Cardinal Delly, he was elected Patriarch, receiving the Ecclesiastical Communio
from the same Supreme Pontiff on 1 February; rendered public with the
Eucharistic Celebration in the Vatican Basilica on 4 February.
On 14 July 2018, the Holy Father Francis appointed him President Delegate of the XV Ordinary General Assembly on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment (October 2018).
He has published books on the Church Fathers, and numerous articles.
In addition to Arabic and Chaldean, he knows German and speaks French, English and Italian.
Created and proclaimed Cardinal by Pope Francis in the consistory of 28 June 2018.
Member of:
Dicasteries: for the Oriental Churches; for Culture and Education; for Inter-religious Dialogue.
Council for the Economy.
The US government's position? Little has been said publicly but the issue did pop up at a July 18th press briefing given by State Dept spokesperson Matthew Miller:
QUESTION: Yeah, on Iraq. Do you have any reaction to
the Iraqi president decision to revoke a decree recognizing Cardinal
Louis Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, as head of the
Christian Church in Iraq?
MR MILLER: Yes. I will
say we are disturbed by the harassment of Cardinal Sako, the patriarch
of the Chaldean Church, and troubled by the news that he has left
Baghdad. We look forward to his safe return. The Iraqi Christian
community is a vital part of Iraq’s identity and a central part of
Iraq’s history of diversity and tolerance.
I will say we are in continuous contact with Iraqi leaders on this
matter. We are concerned that the cardinal’s position as a respected
leader of the church is under attack from a number of quarters, in
particular a militia leader who is sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky
Act. Excuse me.
QUESTION: And to what extent do you think this decision affects the religious freedom in Iraq?
MR MILLER: I would say certainly it is a blow to
religious freedom, and that’s why we are so concerned and why we have
engaged directly with the Iraqi Government to make our concerns clear.
QUESTION: And do you expect any change in their decision?
MR MILLER: I will say we have engaged with them. I
think I just made our position quite clear. And we certainly hope that
they will reverse that decision and the cardinal will be able to safely
return to Baghdad.
With each passing day, it's becoming a bigger issue. Friday, Iraqis held a protest. Azhi Rasul (RUDAW) reports:
Christians in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh protested on Friday
against what they called demographic changes and lack of respect for
religious leaders amid a rift with Baghdad.
“Our youth are being disrespected. The region has been divided in terms
of security, administration and politically. Today our mouths are being
shut,” Syriac Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Benedict Younan said in a
protest in Qaraqosh, southeast of Mosul.
He said the Christians of Nineveh are facing a veiled call to emigrate
and leave their lands, and called on the Iraqi government to step in.
“Today the existing checkpoints are preventing journalists from entering
this region and seeing our struggles,” the bishop said, accusing
security forces of trying to “mislead public opinion and shut their
mouths” by barring media from covering the protest.
Ron DeSantis’s largest individual donor, hotelier and real estate tycoon Robert Bigelow,
is, at least for the time being, closing his coffers. He announced that
he is no longer donating to the Florida governor’s floundering
campaign, citing the candidate’s “extremism” on abortion. Bigelow’s about-face, which he revealed in an interview with Reuters Friday, is the latest sign of big-money skittishness around DeSantis, once the darling of conservative donors.
Bigelow, who once said
he’d “go without food” to push a DeSantis presidential bid, donated $20
million in March to Never Back Down, a super PAC supporting the Florida
governor. That sum is ten times higher than the $2 million donated by
the PAC’s second-biggest donor, venture capitalist Douglas Leone.
But Bigelow’s donation was made a month before DeSantis signed
a bill banning abortion after six weeks, a move Bigelow cited as his
reason for withholding more money. "He does need to shift to get to
moderates. He'll lose if he doesn't,” the Las Vegas-based businessman
said. “Extremism isn't going to get you elected.”
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Friday, August 4, 2023. Approximately 300 US service members have returned from Iraq (and many more remain in Iraq), Hunter Biden investigations still lacking any damning information for Joe, Marjorie and the other nutjobs are what's produced when crazy grudge f**ks hate, and much more.
Despite boredom on the part of so much of the US press, all US troops never left Iraq. Even the drawdown left US troops in Iraq and their number were then increased in 2014. And they still remain in Iraq. One group is finally coming home (they've already been replaced in Iraq) and that's a good thing -- but all need to be leaving Iraq and coming home. Thomas B Langhorne (EVANSVILLE COURIER & PRESS) reports:
It would have been asking the impossible for
Lindsey Keene's kids to wait stoically for her to walk into an airport
terminal after a year in Iraq. And they didn't.
Oblivious
to the hundreds of other people who were at Evansville Regional Airport
Thursday to greet returning members of the Indiana Army National Guard,
Lindsey and David Keene's three children tapped anxiously on their
welcome home signs. Their faces lit up when they thought the 163rd Field
Artillery's nearly 100 returnees were about to walk in — and sagged
when bemused passengers of an American Airlines flight from Charlotte
appeared instead.
Then it happened. Sgt.
Lindsey Keene, a combat medic finishing her second deployment, swept in
with other soldiers. Son Gerald Oshsner, 11, clapped his hands to his
ears and cried out: "Mom!" In an instant the boy and sisters Marley
Ochsner, 12 and Kiera Keene, 9, swarmed Keene, pressing their heads into
her chest in an embrace charged with a year's worth of longing.
Again, all should be home. At some point we also need to be asking why the National Guard is being sent overseas -- to Iraq, to Kosovo, everywhere. We need to ask when the Guard is allowed to return to their role?
Questions? Let's grab a few from the e-mails.
Let's start with Joe Biden. US President Joe Biden has
had his share of stumbles and scandals. I have an e-mail regarding the
recognition of Navy Joan. Why, I'm asked, have I not called this out?
Called out the Bidens recognizing their granddaughter?
Uh,
because it's good news. I know this is confusing to some people. Hate
Merchant Jonathan Turley, for example, can't seem to stop Tweeting
about this.
It's over. The issue has been resolved. Yes, she was not immediately welcomed. Yes, that was wrong. We
actually called it out here -- more than once. We stopped because it
was being addressed. I don't feel the need to do an update on this.
The e-mailer says, "You are just trying to protect Biden!"
Really?
Because I will offer a statement right now if it's that all important
to you: Good for Joe and Jill for welcoming their granddaughter Navy
Joan into the family.
Disappointed?
Maybe you are. Maybe you expect me to obsess over it like Jonathan
Turley who has turned himself into an even bigger joke.
Families
are messy. Life is hard. I thought Navy Joan needed to be
recognized. I said so. She is. That's a good thing. Again, Turley's
an idiot who comes across as bitter and obsessed. It actually appears
he wishes Navy Joan were being ignored. I'm happy for her and happy for
the family.
On, Joe, I'm
also told that I am looking the other way on the Hunter Biden scandal.
Again, I'm told, this is because I'm protecting Joe. Protecting him
from what?
Ruth covers
Hunter at her site. I did cover it
originally -- that would be going back to 2019, not waiting until the moment THE NEW YORK POST published
their first story on Hunter Biden's laptop in October of 2020. I've covered it. I've done
that. I'm not interested in the plea deal -- the deal that is no more. Nor is it a
story that gets no attention.
When
I covered it, it was being ignored but that's no longer the case.
I defended NY POST's
story, defended the publishing of it, called out NYT's attack article --
I believe we're the only ones who remember that article -- where NYT
attacked the POST and insisted that the POST staff was ashamed and
embarrassed and opposed to the publication of the laptop story. It was
filled with lies. If you want to go after the media, that's where you
start. But no one wants to go there. I don't have to, I know what
happened with that article.
So I haven't run from that.
The e-mailer on this says that I'm ignoring the story and ignoring it because I'm voting for Joe Biden in 2024.
I'm
voting Democrat in 2024 -- regardless of who the nominee is. I made
that public here and did so in order that people could factor in what
goes up here with that.
If you think it's effecting coverage, there's the answer for you.
No, I don't think that. We've covered this and we covered it at length.
The e-mailer notes Tara Reade's reTweets.
I'm
so very happy she's found something to do in Russia. I guess she
doesn't have any friends still so she needs to obsess over the country
she defected from. Or maybe she and convicted pedophile Scott Ritter
aren't talking these days? You do realize her online embrace of
registered sex offender Ritter is what destroyed her. Most of us,
actual survivors, no longer give a s**t about her. Even her online We
Believe Tara group vanished over that. And should have. This was not
Donald Duck has been accused of assault/rape by Daisy Duck and we used
our own common sense to figure out who we believed. This was Scott
Ritter got arrested three times, had to plea agreements, third time went
to court and got convicted in a court of law, sent to prison and had to
register as a sex offender. This is not, Do I believe Donald or
Daisy? No, the court verdict ended it. (And read the testimony from
the police -- especially about him peeling out of the parking lot -- if
you really want to know what a liar Ritter is.)
So
I don't care about Tara. I didn't care about the recent court victory
either because the woman said -- on CNN -- that rape was "sexy."
Don't care. Can't help the entire world. Can't cover everything.
Due
to the e-mail, I've looked at Tara's reTweets. They are garbage.
"Devon Archer confirmed Joe Biden was THE BRAND, and he brought the most
value to THE BRAND."
Huh?
That was confirmed by Devon Archer?
Maybe to the brain dead.
Of
course Joe was "the brand." The deals with Hunter were due to the fact
that Joe Biden was vice president. That's not news. Nor is it even
new gossip. Hunter had no cachet on his own and no value if his father
was Generic Smith.
Many people were not having the conversation before the election. We were and we did.
I don't do greatest hits. I've sung that song. Is there a new reason to sing it?
Tara Reade and Jonathan Turley believe so. They also believe in supporting homophobes and transphobes and racists.
At this point, there's nothing there. Could change, so far hasn't.
I had no reason to comment because there's nothing there. This is the same issue that so many of us raised in real time.
Where's Joe's criminal activity?
None has been established -- and as many pointed out in real time, it would be hard to establish criminal activity.
We don't know anymore than we knew in real time.
And
what's especially interesting here is that Jonathan Turley was
cautioning that back in 2020 -- of course, he was still posing as a
leftist back then. But today? Today, he's a screeching reactionary who
needs no evidence or proof. It really has been something watching his
madness unspool.
Unethical? Yes. Illegal? No proof of that.
Grounds
for impeachment? Why would Congress impeach Hunter Biden? Oh, you
mean, Joe. Again, there's no proof of any crime he's committed -- let
alone a high crime or misdemeanor. I also believe we're speaking of his
time as vice president. I'm not hearing of deals from 2021 forward.
Meaning?
If the GOP wants
to re-elect Joe, that's the way to do it. Impeach him. They control
the House so they could get all their ducks in a row and impeach him.
It's not going to result in any action in the US Senate. Not because
Democrats are in control but due to the fact that they are less crazed
in the Senate. The idiots in the House don't get the way they are seen
around the country. Impeaching Joe for something that took place before
he was president?
Really?
We have that kind of time?
I
liked John Conyers a great deal. But when he started talking about
impeaching Bully Boy Bush after BBB was out of the White House? I
didn't promote that here, I called it out here. That's nonsense and
it's stupid and idiotic. (I also think it was stupid to impeach Donald
Trump repeatedly when Dems controlled the House, and I'm on record here
stating that.)
The American
people will not stand for that sort of overreach. So let Marjorie and
her other crazies do that. It will please their rabid base while
turning off many others -- that's Dems, moderates and, yes, some
Republicans.
Crazy
grudge-f**ked hate and left us in the 21st century with a lot of
insanity. Take the fired postal worker who's showing up to scream her
hate while wearing Blackface. Jovonne Ledet (BLACK INFORMATION NETWORK) reports:
A woman wearing blackface went on anti-LGBTQ and pro-Trump rants at a Target store and Starbucks in Colorado.
In one video posted on social media, the woman in blackface, identified as Ersilia Campbell, approached employees at a Target in Aurora, Colorado, demanding they direct her to the Pride section of the store, per TMZ.
When
an employee informed her that Pride month was over, the woman suggested
the LGBTQ community hijacked the American flag with the Pride flag. A
worker also called her out for wearing blackface in the middle of the
store, but the woman claimed her actions were no different than Lester Holt dressing up as a white woman.
This insane hate has been encouraged by the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Ron DeSantis, John Stauber, Matt Taibbi, and many, many more. Ronald's built an entire campaign around it.
“There
definitely is leprosy in the United States,” said Dr. Nicole Iovine,
chief hospital epidemiologist and an infectious disease physician at the
University of Florida.
For
many, leprosy may seem like a problem from biblical times. But Iovine
said the disease is very much still around. In fact, the CDC letter said
leprosy could now be endemic in Central Florida.
“Endemic means something that is circulating and is present at all times. And it can be at a low level,” said Iovine.
The ancient disease leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, named for
the Norwegian physician Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who first
identified the causative agent in 1873, may be endemic in Florida. A report published in the current (August) edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), draws this alarming conclusion.
Although many news outlets have stated that the CDC is warning people
regarding travel to Southeastern US states, the public health agency
released a statement on August 2 saying it had “not issued a travel advisory for Florida, or any other state, due to Hansen’s disease.”
In
an email, the CDC wrote, “[We] do not believe there is a great concern
to the American public,” noting that the number of cases remain very
small.
However, the endemic nature of a disease that usually
affects “persons who had immigrated from leprosy-endemic areas” raises
significant concerns about the general state of public health in the
United States, and the outright dismissal on the part of the CDC is
extremely problematic. Moreover, the concerns about leprosy come on the
heels of recent reports by the CDC of endemic malaria in Florida and Texas.
[. . .]
Specifically, leprosy cases in Florida account for 20 percent of all
national cases, and 81 percent of these have been reported in central
Florida. One-third of new cases between 2015 and 2020 were acquired
locally. The report notes: “Several cases in central Florida demonstrate
no clear evidence of zoonotic exposure or traditionally known risk
factors.”
In its report, the CDC highlights the case of a
54-year-old man, landscaper by trade, who sought medical attention at a
dermatology clinic with a complaint of a painful and progressive red
rash involving his hands, trunk and face.
The patient reported no
significant travel history, having resided in Florida his whole life.
He was eventually diagnosed with leprosy, though he reported no contact
with immigrants from endemic regions nor anyone with leprosy. He had
never had exposure to armadillos, which are known as zoonotic sources.
He
was referred to an infectious disease clinic, where he began prolonged
therapy with a triple regimen of dapsone, rifampin and clofazimine,
which has been the mainstay of treatment for more than four decades.
The authors of the article observed: “Our case adds to the growing body
of literature suggesting that central Florida represents an endemic
location for leprosy... travel to this area, even in the absence of
other risk factors, should prompt consideration of leprosy in the
appropriate clinical context.”
So
instead of dealing with that, Ronald's trotting around the country?
Guess it's no worry for the COVID sneering DeSantis couple but, unlike
Casey, not everyone in the country is so 'tough' that they use Naugahyde tampons.
Tacky Onassis and her husband wanted to lead Florida. So get your ass back to the state and do so. And it shows real gall on Ronald's part that he criticizes Vice President Kamala Harris for visiting Florida when he can't seem to find his own way back to the state he's supposed to be governing.
On the topic of crazy grudge f**king hate, their offspring Marjorie Taylor Green just gets more and more demented. Alex Bollinger (LGBTQ NATION) reports:
Drawing many conspiracy theories and rightwing myths together into a
grand, unified rant, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed that
Donald Trump’s third criminal indictment for his role in attempting to
overturn the 2020 election is something that “they” are using to
distract the American people from how kids are being brainwashed into
being transgender.
Trump was indicted on four counts related to an alleged plot
to overturn the 2020 elections and install himself as president for
another term. His actions culminated in the January 6, 2021 Capitol
Insurrection, where five people died as a result of a mob of Trump
supporters breaking into the Capitol and trying to kill Mike Pence for presiding over the Senate as it ceremonially accepted each state’s electoral votes.
Greene, a loyal Trump Republican, couldn’t handle her golden calf being
held accountable for his alleged actions, and she blamed, well, everyone
and everything. She ranted on Twitter about a variety of topics that
she suspected “they” – used in the way conspiracy theorists use that
word – are trying to distract the American people from, claiming that
there are “record numbers” of homeless people now (homelessness is down
since the mid-2000s, according to the 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report), that 63 million abortions occur in the U.S. (an outlandish rightwing myth), that the U.S. is “number one for child pornography and sex trafficking,” and several other topics.
“They tell women abortion is healthcare & birth control – killing
over 63 million, that men can get pregnant, they brainwash children they
can change their gender and amputate their growing body parts,” she
said. It’s not clear who “they” is in this context and most transgender
people’s experience is the opposite – they had to either hide their
trans identity from intolerant adults as children or they came out and
had to fight for even basic recognition as their gender. No one is
brainwashing kids into being transgender and no one can be brainwashed
into changing their gender identity. Moreover, trans men can get
pregnant.
This week, REBEL HQ noted some of Marjorie's many incoherent ravings.
Let's note Paul Rudnick.
Tom Cotton has proposed August be named National Catfish Month. Lindsey Graham responded, "I was catfished once. He said he was Chris Hemsworth and he needed money for his Mom's thyroid operation. I gave him my Amex but he says he's still in Australia" pic.twitter.com/dkLZKaOVPO
+ There’s some comfort in seeing how badly DeSantis is getting crushed by Trump (54% to 17%).
But it’s pretty cold: “Mr. Trump still received 22% among voters who
believe he has committed serious federal crimes — a greater share than
the 17% that Mr. DeSantis earned from the entire G.O.P. electorate.”
+ In Iowa, a 15-year-old interested in military service told
DeSantis, “I can’t vote, but I struggle with major depressive disorder.”
DeSantis interrupted the teenager with a bizarre joke: “It’s never
stopped the other party from not letting you vote.”
+ Some New Hampshire residents were stunned to hear DeSantis vow “we are going to start slitting throats [of federal bureaucrats] on Day One.” Throat-slitting seems to be a favorite metaphor (assuming it is
a metaphor) for the man who as a JAG at Gitmo mocked detainees as they
were being tortured. The Florida governor also claimed that he wanted a
Defense Secretary with “a sharp blade” and a “killer instinct” who would
have to be willing to “slit some throats.” DeSantis also said that
under his administration the Mexican drug cartels would be “shot stone
cold dead.”
+ DeSantis reminds me of Phil Gramm, the TX politician who amassed
millions from banks and oil companies and seemed to be the prohibitive
favorite in ’96 GOP primaries, but was soon exposed as just a mean SOB
with no real political skills at all other than shaking down corps for
PAC $$$.
+ When DeSantis’ campaign ran low on money and he began firing staffers, he hired them to fill government-funded positions in Florida instead.
+ More than half ($5 million, in fact) of the funds in RFK, Jr’s SuperPAC came from Timothy Mellon,
scion of the Mellon banking fortune, who has denounced social spending
as “slavery redux,” donated $53 million to state of Texas border wall
construction fund, and gifted $1.5 million toward the legal defense of
Arizona’s vicious anti-immigration law.
[. . .]
+ DeSantis claims the new history standards for Florida schools, the
one’s that proclaim the benefits of slavery, were needed to prevent the
indoctrination of school kids. Yet, some of the materials which will now
be inflicted on Florida students are produced by Prager U., whose
founder, Dennis Prager, openly brags about indoctrinating children:
+ Florida has now effectively banned AP psychology in the state. A lot of students hoping they’ll ban Trigonometry next!
Let's wind down with this from THE BLACK COMMENTATOR:
The Black Commentator is now in our annual August Hiatus
