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Saviolo's Journal'Hate-sponsored rallies' should be prohibited in Toronto, councillor says
From CTV News: http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hate-sponsored-rallies-should-be-prohibited-in-toronto-councillor-says-1.3667381
In an administrative inquiry at a council meeting that starts today, Ward 10 Coun. James Pasternak is asking the deputy city manager to look into what can be done to prohibit white supremacist or neo-Nazi rallies and other demonstrations that incite hatred and violence on City or provincial property.
“Do the Toronto Police Service or City of Toronto have ability and what resources could they utilize to prohibit a rally that is inciting hatred and violence?” Pasternak’s submission read.
The question comes a little more than two weeks after far-right demonstrators squared off with counter-protesters at Nathan Phillips Square.
Speaking to CP24 on Tuesday, Pasternak said he understands free speech and the right to gather are “sacred” rights.
“We also have to respect the rights of targeted groups and respect their right to freedom and liberty,” he said.
Pasternak said the while the city already has a “very robust” anti-discrimination policy, which people must sign before they can hold an event on city property, city officials should be able to do more on the enforcement front.
“We think we should have the power to issue trespass orders, to fine for extra police services, maybe freeze bank accounts. We need those powers to make sure that hate can’t grow within our society.”
Nazis and white supremacists are not part of a robust national dialogue. We've seen where that leads, and it's not good. They can assemble all they want, but if they're spewing their vile hate-filled "philosophy" in public, then they should face the consequences of that spewing. They are not there to take part in a robust debate of good will, they are there to proclaim their superiority over others while at the same time claiming victimization by society for their beliefs. Nazis are 100% incompatible with a free, just, open, equal, and fair society.
The fix is in. They set up Sessions to take the fall.
From The Hill:
CNN reports that Page testified that he told Sessions about his trip to Russia, which happened in July 2016.
"Back in June 2016, I mentioned in passing that I happened to be planning to give a speech at a university in Moscow," Page told CNN. "Completely unrelated to my limited volunteer role with the campaign and as I've done dozens of times throughout my life. “
Senate Democrats called Thursday for Sessions to return before the Judiciary Committee and testify, to find out why Sessions did not previously disclose a March 2016 meeting where George Papadopoulos, a former campaign advisor, offered to use his contacts to set up a meeting between the GOP presidential candidate and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Page spoke with House Intelligence Committee members for nearly eight hours on Thursday. Afterwards, Rep. Mike Conway (R-Texas) said Page was “fulsome” in answering the committee’s questions.
But are we taking the bait, here? Are we accepting Sessions in lieu of a much bigger fish?
https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/926347587187331072
https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/926266340343799808
Mercer wanna cookie and a pat on the head?
......has long backed Breitbart and Yiannopoulos, said he hoped Yiannopoulos’ abrasive style and views outside the political mainstream would help people think for themselves. However, as Yiannopoulos moved closer to neo-Nazi and other racist groups, he now regrets supporting him.
Milo's been disgusting for years. You funded him when he was outing and doxxing trans youth at the schools you paid for him to speak at. You paid for him to be a horrible white nationalist. You paid for him to organize social media attacks on WOC actors like Leslie Jones just for being in Ghostbusters. You paid for him to give a platform and legitimacy for GamerGate to keep on doxxing and threatening women that disagreed with them on social media. You paid for him to be a pet gay for the far right to trot out every time they needed to be able to say, "No, see? We've got gay friends, too!!"
Here's a list of how disgusting Milo was before you managed to cut ties with him you enormous hypocrite, Mercer:
https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/bad-things-milo-yiannopoulos-has-done-case-his-new-publisher-cares-just-kidding-they-totally
And you didn't stop funding him because you don't like his form of expression, his ties to white nationalist groups, his islamophobia, his own personal white supremacy, or anything like that, you stopped funding him once it became obvious he was a pedophile apologist, just conveniently reinforcing the right wing's most disgusting and incorrect stereotype about gay men. You get no cookie, and you get no pat on the head. You funded Milo to do irreparable damage to the national political discourse, then kicked him to the curb when he finally was SO disgusting you couldn't afford to have ties with him any more. Get bent.
Homemade Hot Sauce - Fermented Pepper Relish
So, our video this week is one we've been wanting to do for some time! It took us a little while to find some really nice local grown hot peppers for it, but here we are! This is the fermented hot sauce that my hubby made at his restaurant, and it's the hot version! Basically, he made two different ones, the standard sauce made from Thai bird chiles and tabasco peppers, and then this version, which is made from ghost and scorpion peppers. The procedure is identical for both, they both made a delightful sauce, but this one comes out HOT! Like, really hot.
It also has a slightly tangy sourness to it, thanks to the natural lacto fermentation. Once again, you want to try to get local produce so that you can be sure it hasn't been irradiated, which kills the native bacteria on the peppers. The onion is added for a bit of additional flavour and some bulk. If you wanted to, you could also add some garlic to this if you wanted to make something a little more like Sriracha. This sauce is very hot, but also adds flavour (on of my pet peeves is hot sauces that are -just- hot, and add no interesting flavour to what they're heating up).
*** WARNING ***
When you open that food processor, there will be aerosolized capsaicin in the air, so be prepared to cough/sneeze a little. It's a bit like accidentally making your own pepper spray.
Seth Abramson with a point-by-point take down of Huckabee-Sanders lies today
For those without twitter, I'm going to copy/paste the thread below. It's long!!
This is the tweet that starts the thread:
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/925063522182197254
1/ Trump has no intention or plan to fire Mueller. FALSE. Trump told the NYT that if Mueller crosses a certain "red line" he could be fired.
2/ The charges and plea announced today had "nothing to do with the President's campaign or campaign activity." FALSE. And here's why:
3/ Manafort lied to the FBI *while Trump's Campaign Manager* and used his illegally gotten, Putin-linked funds to work for Trump "for free."
4/ So Trump was the direct beneficiary—to the tune of saving *many millions* in consulting fees—of the fact Manafort got money from Russia.
5/ All Papadopoulos' lies—which he's plead to—involved high-ranking Trump officials, Trump campaign activity, and protecting Trump himself.
6/ "There's clear evidence" Clinton colluded with Russian intelligence. FALSE. This is false on almost too many grounds to mention. A start:
7/ Clinton's camp *continued* payments started by *Republicans* to a firm that contracted with *another* firm whose sources were *non-FSB*.
8/ The dossier "influenced" the election. FALSE. Barring 1 article, the dossier wasn't reported on in any significant way until January '17.
9/ The dossier "smears" the President. FALSE. Every piece of information in the dossier that can be confirmed so far *has* been confirmed.
10/ Clinton's camp didn't know what research they would receive and had nothing to do with its collection. And—the FBI believes the dossier.
11/ There's been no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion. FALSE. Not only is the Papadopoulos plea a smoking gun—Sessions' perjuries were too.
12/ Indeed—both the ongoing secret sanctions negotiations between Trump and Russia and the GOP platform change were the result of collusion.
13/ Papadopoulos is in trouble only for not telling the truth. FALSE. The WH implies the underlying activities were all okay. They were not.
14/ Papadopoulos plead to Making False Statements so that he *wouldn't* have to plead to greater charges and *could* cooperate with the FBI.
15/ There's no "official capacity" in which the campaign was involved with Papadopoulos' acts. FALSE—his actions were *campaign-sanctioned*.
16/ The Manafort/Gates indictments deal with crimes in a time "well before" the Trump campaign existed. FALSE. Both were ongoing in 2015.
17/ Papadopoulos had a "limited" campaign role. FALSE. He was a top adviser and a primary liaison to other nations on Trump's Russia policy.
18/ Papadopoulos went overseas for Trump and was one of the *only* NatSec team members kept on when the team disbanded in late July of 2016.
19/ Papadopoulos was giving interviews on Trump's Russia policy to Russian media as late—possibly later—than *late September of 2016*.
20/ All told, George Papadopoulos worked for Trump for *at least* seven months of the eleven-month campaign primary/general "voting" season.
21/ (Brief delay to do a media interview—will return to this thread shortly. Please share the *first tweet* in this thread in the meantime.)
22/ Papadopoulos' outreach on the Kremlin's behalf was "repeatedly denied." FALSE. At all turns he was openly, clearly encouraged by emails.
23/ Papadopoulos had no role in extra-campaign outreach. FALSE—he went to Israel for Trump, talked to Russian media for Trump and much else.
24/ And of course we know from his sworn plea docs that "high-ranking campaign officials" authorized him to speak to (other) Kremlin agents.
25/ "We expect Mueller to conclude his work soon." FALSE. Recent articles confirm Trump and his lawyers are battening down for a long haul.
26/ Sanders says Trump's last Manafort contact was in February. TRUE/FALSE? In this case it doesn't matter—because it's damning. Here's why:
27/ We were told Manafort called Priebus just before the inauguration—to urge Trump to release dirt on HRC—because he couldn't access Trump.
28/ The campaign wanted to distance Trump from Manafort *and the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting* by saying Manafort *could not access* Trump.
29/ Today Sanders inadvertently revealed that Manafort was still able to talk to Trump—and we know his subject was "HRC dirt"—in *February*.
30/ Sanders now says that Donald Trump can't recall *anything* about his March 31st, 2016 meeting at Trump International Hotel in DC. FALSE.
31/ Trump is always lauding his perfect memory and appears to have excellent recall for (for instance) any person who has ever slighted him.
32/ Moreover, others at the TIHDC meeting have excellent recall: they told The Daily Caller Trump was "flattered" by Papadopoulos' proposal.
33/ Sanders says she's had "no conversations" with Trump on pardons. FALSE. We know Trump has discussed the pardon power with his top aides.
34/ Sanders: it's "not clear how Sessions could be said to be involved" in the Papadopoulos case. FALSE—Sessions was the kid's *supervisor*.
35/ Moreover, Sessions received at least some—maybe all—of Papadopoulos' March (and April, and May) emails. And he *heard him at the TIHDC*.
36/ Sanders says she's not sure when Trump first heard of the stolen emails. Possibly TRUE, but Papadopoulos implies it was in *April 2016*.
37/ Sanders: the indictments/plea "don't have anything to do with us." FALSE. See preceding tweets—this is, simply put, an *outrageous* lie.
38/ Papadopoulos "volunteered" for Trump's NatSec Advisory Committee. FALSE. He was recruited by Sam Clovis; he didn't come out of nowhere.
39/ This push to make Papadopoulos—an unqualified kid in touch with Trump's pal Millian—sound like a mere intern is absolutely *outrageous*.
40/ Papadopoulos was *chosen* by Trump's team, then *featured* by Trump in print/pictures, then *promoted* by Trump to a larger Russia role.
41/ Trump's NatSec Committee "met only once"? FALSE. They were in constant contact via email threads—so this is a *deeply* misleading claim.
42/ "He [Papadopoulos] wasn't responded to in any way when he reached out"—FALSE—for *months* he was responded to *throughout* the campaign.
43/ Sanders says the dossier is "fake information" and the Clinton campaign knew that. FALSE. The dossier is substantially verified *and*...
44/ ...everyone who's looked at the dossier, including Steele, Fusion GPS, FBI, and others in law enforcement have *believed it to be true*.
45/ So the idea the Clinton campaign was in a position to know "false" a dossier that (a) is *true* and (b) the FBI believed true, is crazy.
Papadopoulos secretly pled guilty to making false statements to the FBI *about HRC's emails*
https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/925007007664476160Just sayin'. It's starting to pile up. Papadopoulos may be FAR more interesting to watch than Manafort.
Perhaps President Donald Trump Is Actually A Dumb Liar With A Terrible Memory
Cracked still pulling everything together in one place better than most actual news programs:
Side dish time! Pan sauteed brussel sprouts with walnuts
Like many children, I hated brussel sprouts when I was growing up. Plot twist! My mom hated them, too, so we almost never had them. I feel like most people who hate brussel sprouts have only eaten them overcooked, boiled, or both. That kind of cooking brings out the bitterness in them, and also ruins the nice crunchy texture of them! I think hubby was the first person who put a plate of brussel sprouts in front of me that I really enjoyed.
Now, in this recipe he chiffonades the brussel sprouts, which does wonders for the texture. If that's too much work (and it -is- time consuming), you can just halve or quarter them along the stem, and give them a nice sear in the pan, and the flavour and texture will be maintained. They honestly don't need very long in the pan, and the little dash of something acidic at the end (we used vermouth, but you can use lemon juice, white wine vinegar, rice wine vinegar, or even some Tobasco sauce!) gives them a final little blast of steam after giving them a little bit of nice colour in the pan.
Of course, the walnuts are optional (especially if you're allergic to nuts!) but they do add a really excellent flavour and texture. It's one of those non-intuitive food pairings that surprises you a little when you find it. And you can keep the whole recipe vegan by using olive oil or vegetable oil instead of butter!
US reportedly putting nuclear bombers back on high alert
Source: CNBC
B-52 bombers rigged with nuclear weapons are being prepared for 24-hour alert for the first time since the Cold War, a senior U.S. Air Force official has reportedly said.
In a report by security news website Defense One General David Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff, said U.S. military leaders are reacting to new threat levels.
"The world is a dangerous place and we've got folks that are talking openly about use of nuclear weapons," he said, according to the report. Goldfein said no official order had been given to put nuclear bombers on alert, but said preparations are underway. The U.S. Department of Defense was not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC.
"This is yet one more step in ensuring that we're prepared," he said during a tour of Air Force bases home to nuclear bombers. "I look at it more as not planning for any specific event, but more for the reality of the global situation we find ourselves in and how we ensure we're prepared going forward."
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/23/us-nuclear-bombers-on-high-alert-as-north-korean-threat-grows.html
Hey, happy Monday, everyone!
Astroturf Group Run by Ex-Kellie Leitch Campaign Manager Targets BCs Electoral Reform Vote
From Press Progress: https://pressprogress.ca/astroturf-group-run-by-ex-kellie-leitch-campaign-manager-targets-bcs-electoral-reform-vote/
An astroturf group headed by Nick Kouvalis, who previously managed Kellie Leitch’s controversial Conservative leadership campaign, says it’s working to sway the outcome of British Columbia’s upcoming electoral reform vote.
In a recent e-mail blast, the group Keep Voting Simple tells its supporters BC’s upcoming electoral reform referendum is an “obvious attempt to confuse and manipulate voters” as part of a scheme to “transform BC’s electoral system”
The e-mail ends with an appeal for donations to “help us keep voting simple in BC,” something that is accompanied by a PO Box address in Markham, Ontario.
Kouvalis is a backroom political operative notorious for helping elect Rob Ford Mayor of Toronto and running the Conservative leadership campaign of Kellie Leitch earlier this year – considered one of the most controversial in recent Canadian history for its xenophobic and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Kouvalis stepped away from Leitch’s leadership campaign in January after a profanity-laced Twitter tirade that saw him denounce a prominent constitutional scholar as a “cuck.”
Ironically, the 2017 Conservative leadership race made use of a ranked vote – but Keep Voting Simple now implies the same model is designed to “manipulate voters” and would be too complicated for BC voters to grasp.
The group made use of a similar argument when it opposed the federal Liberals’ (since abandoned) promise to change Canada’s electoral system, work the group showcased on Ezra Levant’s far-right Rebel Media website.
If BC opts to eliminate First-Past-the-Post, it will become the first province in Canada to do so – but some 80% of OECD countries already make use of proportional voting systems.
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