CURRENT EVENTS May 22 - July 5

[finesse]

There speaks a man that would take a knife to a gun fight.

 

[nycfan]

“… he [Putin] did fight, Russia fought, sort of interesting isn’t it, he fought with us in World War II and everybody hates him and Germany and Japan they’re fine you know, someday somebody will explain that but I like Germany and Japan too but Putin is a little confused by that, you know, he said we lost 51 million people and we were your ally and now everybody hates Russia and they lover Germany and Japan and I said let’s explain that sometime OK …”

 

[superrific]

I would estimate that during the entirety of WWII, zero Americans went into rooms and beat someone to death with their hands. Guess we lost.

 

[TangledUpInBlue06]

There speaks a man that would take a knife to a gun fight.

 

[1moretimeagain]

The South Carolina Republican Party is in the news today. Tough one for their Freedom Caucus.

 

[dukeman92]

Padilla forcibly removed from Noem press conference, handcuffed

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and then handcuffed after he interrupted a press conference Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held in Los Angeles. Video of the incident shar…

thehill.com

 

[nycfan]

 

[farce©]

I would estimate that during the entirety of WWII, zero Americans went into rooms and beat someone to death with their hands. Guess we lost.

Apparently Rep. Van Orden’s knowledge of WWII history is limited to a screening of Inglorious Basterds.

 

[lawtig02]

Soooo, a coup?

 

[finesse]

Apparently Rep. Van Orden’s knowledge of WWII history is limited to a screening of Inglorious Basterds.

You can't rule out a bar fight. However, that would have probably been somebody on our side.

 

[finesse]

Soooo, a coup?

Kabuki

 

[lawtig02]

Kabuki

Coupbuki?

 

[finesse]

Coupbuki?

Whatever. I don't like how things are going but so far the sound is worse than the fury. The other expression is inappropriate because there's a rationale to a dog barking.

 

[ZenMode]

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The South Carolina Republican Party is in the news today. Tough one for their Freedom Caucus.

Life in prison should work.

 

[ZenMode]

I bet many Los Angelinos.... Los Angelites... Los Angeleses.... wouldn't mind being liberated from rioting, arson, destruction and crime in general. Certainly the businesses that weren't part of the 27 that were looted are probably happy to see a large law enforcement presence on the streets.

 

[Bobfripp]

Borderline Barbie is even worse than Bullshit Barbie.

 

[Calheel]

I bet many Los Angelinos.... Los Angelites... Los Angeleses.... wouldn't mind being liberated from rioting, arson, destruction and crime in general. Certainly the businesses that weren't part of the 27 that were looted are probably happy to see a large law enforcement presence on the streets.

The businesses weren't looted UNTIL the National Guard was called in. This was just a little ICE raid protest, which morphed into a union-backed protest of the holding of a union leader outside the federal building.

It wasn't until Trump said he was calling in the National Guard that the protesters started looting and occupying the 101 Freeway.

 

[sringwal]

This is the best timeline I've seen. The reality of the order of events is more complex than the spin-narratives have made it out to be (as is usually the case).

LA protests timeline: How ICE raids sparked demonstrations and Trump to send in the military

With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.

abcnews.go.com

 

[sringwal]

There speaks a man that would take a knife to a gun fight.

Or, as I like to say, piss to a shit fight.

 

[nycfan]

Soooo, a coup?

Liberation from elected leaders rhetoric sounds uncomfortably like civil war — but I am reading a fiction novel about a second American civil war, so that isn’t helping my perception of events.