The tenth man. If nine of us with the same information arrive at the exact same conclusion, it’s the duty of the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable
Many diplomats and 'world leaders' are turning into outrage cheerleaders, forgetting that actions have consequences, and that foreign policy is about results, not intentions. What feels good right now may be very expensive tmw (and unchangeable).
@GregAbbott_TX Plus at least 3 other crimes.
If Republicans aren't willing to arrest *one single* person for blatantly breaking the law, and also will allow the law to be broken by 30+ million illegal migrants, they will lose ALL their political power. All of it.
@GregAbbott_TX It's a crime in Texas to cut that razor wire. Anyone who does it must be arrested.
Tex. Pen. Code Section 38.05 - Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution
@SherrilynJ77881 @democracynow yeah, this really needs a @CommunityNotes to clarify the facts. And casually throwing out the term lynching, with the meaning of that word, is pretty irresponsible on the part of @democracynow
@benheck The best propaganda narratives are always mostly fictitious anyways, so mine as well use a fiction that's already been sold & advertised to millions by Hollywood.
@gutsman004 there's millions of $ on the line for each game in advertising, stadium revenue, and gambling (NFL even has gambling odds on their website). Close games rake in millions more.
@WallStreetSilv I hope that @CommunityNotes can develop a "hallmarks of propaganda" label for instances when multiple media orgs are engaging in nearly identical talking points. The "mind virus" has vectors that can be interrupted @elonmusk
@eevblog Seems like AUS/NZ were able to skip some deaths in the initial pandemic strain, statistically? Doesn't justify the excoriation of civil rights imo.
@eevblog I don't know what current Covid rules are in NZ, but it seemed like they ran the West's version of "Zero Covid". Does what happened in China when the rules go away happen there (2023 pandemic due to lack of herd immunity)? Sure hope not.
@eevblog She's getting out while the gettin' is good. As one of the worst Covid authoritarians (outside of China), she's reading the tea leaves and seeing the vax complication data. Both of those narratives are collapsing, and she's leaving someone else to hold the bag.
@eevblog If you don't have a copy of William L. Shirer seminal work, I'd suggest getting one now. There's hundreds of pages on 1920s Germany that pretty much tell you where "the Party" wants to go.