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The President of South Korea has declared martial law.

The legislature voted 190 to 0 to end the martial law, which is their right under the constitution, but the President has declared it will continue and the military command has said they will not end it till he says so. Even members of the President’s own party voted to end martial law.

I’m no expert on South Korea, but what I do know that the people with the guns have the final say. Back during the Arab Spring I noted that until the Egyptian army chose its side (it wound up choosing itself) nothing had been won.

The question, then, is the high command is unified and if lower officers and the rank and file will obey orders. So far the coup hasn’t been entirely competent: the military should have never allowed the legislators into the building to take such a vote.

There are unconfirmed reports that arrest warrants have been issued for leaders of opposition parties.

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Looks like it. In fact the Senators don’t seem to even be slightly concerned about the imminent firing of Christopher Wray for no good reason. It’s all good: As the Senate returned Monday evening from the holiday recess, Republican senators voiced little to no concern over Donald Trump’s corrupt plan to fire FBI Director Chris Wray and showed no signs of being ready to torpedo Kash Patel’s presumptive nomination as Wray’s replacement. Even GOP senators who might be expected to sound some feeble caution – Thom Tillis (R-NC), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Susan Collins (R-ME) – offered no reservations and expressed confidence in Patel’s prospects for confirmation. Garret Graff, author of “The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War” and “Watergate: A New History” wrote this in the NY Times: To understand the full scope of the damage Mr. Patel could inflict, you have to understand how uniquely powerful and dangerous the F.B.I. can be — and why a Patel directorship would probably corrupt and bend the institution for decades, even if he served only a few years.

Dear Committee Members,

As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information on my research, service, and teaching, showing why I continue to be an excellent and essential member of our Higher Education Institution.

RESEARCH

In the past year, I published two articles in peer-reviewed journals, including the leading journal Semiotics for Phlebotomists. I will submit copies to the committee as soon as I locate a library that still has the funds to subscribe to journals. I additionally got my manuscript under contract with State University Press. Publication was set for next year but has been delayed as the University’s board of trustees decided the press’s location would work better as a drinks lounge for football boosters, and the press is restarting operations in the basement of the facilities management building.

Here is that thread:  1. Of all the deceptive sales techniques the U.S. government has used on the American people, one of them—the Social Security Act—gets far too little attention. Buckle up because this is a wild ride. 2. In 1935, the American people were sold a bill of goods. They were told, “Pay into this system, and it’ll be YOUR money for retirement.” Sounds great, right? 3. But here’s where it gets juicy, in a really ugly way. Two years later, when the Supreme Court was considering the constitutionality of the Social Security Act, the government did a complete 180. 4. The government—through Assistant Attorney General Robert Jackson—argued in essence, “Oh no, this isn’t YOUR money at all. This is a TAX, and we can do whatever we want with it.” Classic bait and switch. 5. Let’s not forget the ruling in Helvering v.

Would you buy a used covert operation from this man? Frank Figliuzzi, former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence and national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC, flagged this on the hellsite. (Yes, I still monitor.): Kash Patel’s knees are scabbed from making obeisance to Donald Trump. And he’s got a fanatic’s zeal (check the eyes) for punishing Trump’s enemies. Which is why Trump wants to make him director of the FBI next year. Hettena points out at SpyTalk just how cavalierly Kash Patel operates in the security sphere: On October 30, 2020, President Trump signed off on a mission to have SEAL Team Six rescue Philip Walton, a 27-year-old American who gunmen had abducted from his farm in the West African nation of Niger, near the border with Nigeria. The kidnappers had hustled Walton across the border to Nigeria and were demanding a $1 million ransom. In their book Only I Can Fix It, journalists Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker reported that the plan called for the SEALs to parachute into northern Nigeria and move three miles on foot to reach the compound where Walton was being held.

With a fragile truce in Lebanon, Israel is once again arming extremists in Syria, leveraging proxy groups to counter Iran and destabilize the region.

The post After Lebanon Ceasefire, Israel Revives Old Playbook: Backing Militants in Syria appeared first on MintPress News.

Give him credit. As a start, for that first surprise victory in 2016. No, I didn’t fully get it at the time, but I kind of get it now (since, like the rest of us, I’ve lived through it all, including his close loss in 2020). Still, twice? Him? A convicted felon, no less! And yes, I do think italics are all too appropriate under the circumstances. Two times as the president of these increasingly disunited states of America? Holy cowpie! Perspecting (No, That’s Not a Typo) Donald Trump This country actually did it — elected him (again!) — and so we deserve whatever we get, at least a little less than 50% of us do: Fox News… oops, sorry,... Read more

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THE region’s sporting fraternity is jumping for joy after the announcement of major funding for the Hockey Coffs Coast facility on Stadium Drive. On Tuesday, Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh Singh and Mayor Nikki Williams attended the hockey centre to celebrate the awarding of $800,000 in NSW Government funding to upgrade the synthetic field. Advertise with...

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Like Trump’s loyalty is a one-way street. So is hypocrisy where the press is concerned. Kevin Kruse, the Princeton historian, caught my attention Monday night when he posted the cancellation of his Washington Post subscription. Kruse posted a screenshot of the Post’s landing page making the Hunter Biden pardon out to be the biggest national story since Nov. 5. In disgust, Kruse threw up his hands and hit “cancel. “ The Post’s front page caught me by surprise because I was otherwise tied up with North Carolina Republicans trying to cancel 60,000 votes, including those of several friends. More on that in a minute. Marcy Wheeler has an explanation for the blanket coverage of a non-story: How Jeff Bezos Smothered Pete Hegseth News because Hunter Biden Was Pardoned of Already Declined Charges Author/journalist Mikel Jollet replied that the focus perfectly encapsulated what’s wrong with American journalism: Is it a story? Sure. But every newspaper in America devoting front page headlines to Hunter fucking Biden while Trump appoints a cabal of rapists, racists and con-men to positions of enormous power is MADNESS.

AFTER taking the City of Coffs Harbour’s finances from $9.5 million in the red to $15.7 million in the black, General Manager Natalia Cowley has resigned for reasons being kept under wraps. At the Council meeting on 28 November, Ms Cowley’s resignation was discussed by Councillors in a closed session. Advertise with News of The...

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1. You have to use the piercing gun. No matter how many times the customers say they have seen The Parent Trap, they will scream in the store if you use a needle, which will scare the other customers.

2. There is no limit on keychains per customer. We have corrected this misconception. It seems an employee instituted a limit because they personally felt it necessary, but no such limit exists.

3. Do not let customers with Auntie Anne’s pretzel bags touch any faux fur items (THIS INCLUDES BELTS). We cannot get that grease out, and the items become unfit for sale.

4. Please let men in the store buying rings know that their fiancées can tell the difference between cubic zirconia and diamonds. It will save us a return later.

5. As a policy, we have a no-tester rule (THIS INCLUDES BELTS), so someone does not need to remove packaging from any item. You will have to say this multiple times to some mothers.

You don't have to look very hard to see that Starmer's Government has been far more active than the Daily Mail is telling you

Τα κέρδη των τραπεζιτών θα πάνε κατευθείαν στις τσέπες τους, όχι στα ταμεία των τραπεζών για να δοθούν ως δάνεια. Είναι πράγματι συγκινητική η προσπάθεια του κ. Μητσοτάκη να στηρίξει την αισχροκέρδεια των τραπεζιτών παρασέρνοντάς μας στο σφάλμα να μπερδεύουμε τα κέρδη των τραπεζιτών με τα δάνεια που παρέχουν οι τράπεζες. Όταν ο κ. Μητσοτάκης λέει «επιτέλους […]

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Celebration is mixed with mourning and despair in Beirut as the scale of destruction is revealed

In the annals of British Trotskyism, a special kind of ignominy is reserved for Gerry Healy. To his dwindling band of diehard admirers, Healy was the leading revolutionary in the British working-class movement of his time, with a career at the head of the class struggle stretching over more than half a century. To his […]

As recognised by ancestral wisdom and Indigenous practices, our need to repair relationships is a deep-rooted instinct

- by Flavia Corso

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“Contributing to land theft and unlawful evictions of Palestinians in the West Bank would be a direct violation of the Supply Chain Act.”

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