Aaron Rupar caught Santos’ appearance on Fox last night with none other than Tulsi Gabbard who was a surprisingly effective interviewer. Oh boy: "I am not a fraud. I am not a fake. I didn't materialize from thin air" — George Santos to Tulsi Gabaard George Santos goes full whataboutism after Tulsi Gabbard asks him, "Have you no shame?" George Santos: "Everyone wants to nitpick at me" "These are blatant lies and it draws into question how your constituents and the American people can believe anything you may say on the floor of the House — Tulsi Gabbard actually did an impressive job grilling George Santos, who was clearly flustered George Santos's Fox News interview was a complete disaster. Check out how it ended. Here is the entire Tulsi Gabbard-George Santos interview in one video Originally tweeted by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) on December 28, 2022. I’m sure he’ll be fine. Pathological lying is perfectly respectable in the new GOP. Just look at their Dear Leader. Why should this guy be held to a different standard?
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from Asad Zaman and the WEA Pedagogy Blog Why does “Sovereign Default” become a hot topic with annoying regularity in Pakistan? The fundamental problem is the huge imbalance between our exports and imports. In 2021, our exports were USD 30 Billion, while our imports were around USD 62 Billion. In general, since 1960 onwards, our […]
For various reasons I'm a bit of a skeptic on the whole "electric car" thing. Skeptical that replacing the country's fleet of gas vehicles in under 15 years (or so) is realistic. The battery fireballs are one reason. The problem with urban charging stations - difficult to have enough in places where significant numbers of people don't have off street parking - is another. The reality of cobalt mining is yet another.
The charging station problem especially seems to be one where the answer is, "oh, we'll figure it out," and I'm not sure they will!!! Tesla Superchargers optimistically get your battery to 80% in 15 minutes, which makes the "gas station" model for charging not yet realistic.
The self-driving "it will go charge itself" model obviously isn't happening.
Maybe there are solutions, but they are not problems that will simply solve themselves.
The charging station problem especially seems to be one where the answer is, "oh, we'll figure it out," and I'm not sure they will!!! Tesla Superchargers optimistically get your battery to 80% in 15 minutes, which makes the "gas station" model for charging not yet realistic.
The self-driving "it will go charge itself" model obviously isn't happening.
Maybe there are solutions, but they are not problems that will simply solve themselves.
It’s so hard to choose! It’s fair to say that the Republican Party of 2022 is a much broader coalition than it used to be. Once upon a time it was defined as the party of Main Street and the country club: white middle-class and upper-middle-class guys in gray flannel suits. But in recent years they’ve opened the doors and invited in a whole bunch of other Americans who don’t fit that mold. Starting in the 1960s they willingly veered into overt racism mantle and with their embrace of the Christian right in the ’80s, all the anti-gay, anti abortion flock began to move their way as well. The new Trump majority within the party captured a chunk of the previously nonvoting public that believes in fringe conspiracy theories and far-right ideologies and worships at the altar of vapid TV celebrity. That said, the Republican coalition still isn’t very diverse. It’s nearly all white, of course, with only a tiny fraction of racial and ethnic minorities. It’s almost all Christian and most are non-college-educated and rural.
During natural disasters, "looting" is quite often "people getting what they need to survive from closed stores."
Do we save people from dying or do we stop people from taking some diapers from a closed CVS? Not a tough choice, apparently!Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said the department has had to divert resources away from recovery missions because the crime that is occurring cannot be ignored. https://t.co/NYb2wI2TJT
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9. Third month
This is an easy call, because the morning sickness is full steam ahead, all day, every day, with every breath you take. The kitchen’s whole vibe makes you puke, and your sense of smell is superhero strong, so you live alone in the basement now. You’re more tired than you’ve ever been in your life, but since you haven’t told anyone you’re pregnant yet, you have to pull it together and gaslight everyone into thinking drinking cans of ginger ale at 8 a.m. has always been part of your morning routine.
What’s to blame for mass cancellations and dysfunction at the formerly beloved Southwest Airlines? Long Island has a new Congressman-elect, Mark Santos. But nothing he told us about himself seems to be true. Ironically, his lies make him look worse than the reality of his hardscrabble upbringing. Supreme Court is allowing Section 42 to remain...
The post DMZ America #81: Southwest Airlines, Mark Santos and Section 42 first appeared on Ted Rall's Rallblog.Chomsky: Wars could break out all over the map Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Dhaka Tribune December 28, 2022. Dhaka Tribune. American linguist and philosopher Prof Noam Chomsky predicts a grim future for the world as the superpowers are at loggerheads over establishing supremacy centering on the Russia-Ukraine war. In April, soon after the outbreak of […]
Before the holiday travel nightmare, attorneys general begged the Transportation Secretary and Congress to crack down.
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I used to be a bit more optimistic that "improving airline service" would happen because relatively wealthy people fly, both for personal reasons and for business. Sure some of the indignities of cattle class can be bypassed (such as with the "special" security lines), but 1st class doesn't fly if the rest of the plane doesn't fly.
But now all the people who really matter fly private planes. Even first class is for losers.
But now all the people who really matter fly private planes. Even first class is for losers.
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- De-dollarization and breaking free of the West both politically and economically
- Development of Russia, Central Asia, the Middle East, India, and China as an independent economic bloc
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Russia, Iran open a trade route heralding a bloc
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador
Omar Mofeed wins victory against right-wing rag Palestinian Labour activist Omar Mofeed has forced the right-wing Jewish Chronicle to delete an article defaming him and his late father, more than a year after the rag published its smears. The Chronicle had claimed that Mr Mofeed’s father was a Hamas member and had served as the […]
Pete's going to keep writing sternly worded letters while doing 17 cable news hits per day.
(CNN) — With millions of travelers expected to rush airports over the Labor Day holiday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is telling major airlines that this summer's thousands of flight cancellations are not acceptable.
“Balkan Cosmology” by Bruce Sterling (2022):
*A new work of fiction by Bruce Sterling, if you’re in a mood to read 13,000 words of seriously weird narrative for some reason.
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Use this guide to understand why your opinion about mid-pandemic schooling policy is wrong. If you believe kids should attend school in-person, read the first set of options. If you believe kids should go back to virtual school, read the second set of options.
I can’t believe what I’m hearing. You want our kids to be forced to return to [IN-PERSON/VIRTUAL] learning? Have you no empathy?
I hope you’re enjoying your holidays. Even though I had promised to myself that I would take a break, I couldn’t avoid writing about the latest #TwitterFiles drop, where journalist David Zweig shares what he found when looking at what the Twitter archives had to say about the “content-moderation policies” employed by the company throughout the pandemic. …
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The Ninth Doctor explores Hidden Depths in three new stories reuniting him with the Sea Devils, Liv Chenka, and encountering new villain Trinity The Ninth Doctor Adventures continues with more solo adventures for Christopher Eccleston’s Time Lord in Hidden Depths. Despite this being the sixth box set, there’s still no sign that the thrill will […]
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ORG submission to the Home Office consultation on a duty to cyberprotect 0. Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital campaigning organisation working to protect fundamental rights to privacy and free speech online. With over 20,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK. 1. We welcome the opportunity […]
Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg. Bravest of the brave. Never give in. Never give up.
I do get the impression that the Supremos have finally defeated the armies of public Legal Scholars And Journalists who would eagerly jump to explain why the latest decision AKSHUALLY fit perfectly into some longstanding legal "doctrine" that you could only understand if you were as brilliant as Scalia.
For years, the prominent journalists covering the Court were as embedded as Barbara Starr was with the Pentagon. Should make them pay for their own PR.
For years, the prominent journalists covering the Court were as embedded as Barbara Starr was with the Pentagon. Should make them pay for their own PR.
Wasted days and wasted lives “This is a foreign language unto itself,” tweeted author Tom Zoellner. He responds to an “I quit” rant by a follower of QAnon. Except QAnon is just an add-on here. The woman is not leaving the QAnon cult. She is just so pissed at “Q” that she’s decided to go culting by herself. Q, it seems, is an ancient alien affiliated with alien “orbs.” So, the New Age is not as old-hat as I believed. It may have largely dropped out of sight where I live (once nicknamed “the Sedona of the South”), but has not died out. The rant below is confirmation. I don’t speak the language, but some of it is familiar. She’s taking down “the ET transmissions” in retaliation for Q’s failure to acknowledge her six years of “disclosure” and for failing to stop the “pandemic of child trafficking.” “During the sinking of Atlantis, the Archons took over,” she says, “and that’s how long it’s taken you to get back here and do anything at all.” Atlantis, Archons, alchemy, aliens, angels.