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Voltaire2's JournalI love the new decorations for shitter and youtube!
Reading experience vastly improved!
Out riding my bike this afternoon and it is clear the Civil War has started.
The multi flagged Maga trucks were on the rampage!
Most likely on their way to the grocery store to level up the emergency snack supplies.
HorseRace Media determines how to cover F34.
Call all their Maga leadership sources for their reactions, knowing full well that their ‘reactions’ are programmed talking points.
Present the results as expert analysis.
Interview their call list of Maga ‘normal people’, all of whom are fully invested in the cult and have ingested the same talking points.
Present the results as the ‘sense of the people’.
The HorseRace Media then determines that based on the facts on hand, no need to worry The Race is On!
The 'borderline case' talking point. Fuck that noise.
The Bothsides Media has settled on 'sure he was convicted of 34 felonies, but the case was weak and there are more serious charges.' The intent is of course to minimize what just happened and thereby keep the FUCKING HORSE RACE SPECTACLE going.,
First, HE WAS CONVICTED OF 34 FELONIES.
Secondly, yes the state and federal charges are even more serious, BUT EXACTLY NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY CHANCE OF GETTING TO TRIAL BEFORE NOVEMBER 5.
Fuck these fucking clowns. They are going to bothside us right into fascism, and then blame 'the youth vote' or the 'latino vote' or WHATEVER SHITTY DIVISIVE NARRATIVE THEY CAN COME UP WITH.
Twice impeached 34 times convicted disgraced former president
TITFTCDFP?
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In a normal functional society he would withdraw from the campaign.
His party would demand it, his supporters would abandon him, he would be done.
Hitting refresh is boring.
I’m convinced this jury spent two days going over 34 charges one by one, reviewing evidence as needed and then voted to convict. In other words they behaved as serious responsible adults.
An ancient manuscript up for sale gives a glimpse into the history of early Christianity
An important piece of early Christian history, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, is up for auction at Christie’s in London. This codex is a mid-fourth century book from Egypt containing a combination of biblical and other early Christian texts.
The Crosby-Schøyen Codex was discovered alongside more than 20 other codices near Dishna, Egypt, in 1952. These manuscripts are collectively known as “the Dishna Papers” or “the Bodmer Papyri,” after the Swiss collector Martin Bodmer.
Though often overshadowed by other 20th century discoveries, this trove of ancient manuscripts represents one of the most significant finds for understanding the history of early Christianity. As an expert on early Christian reading practices, I consider the Dishna Papers an invaluable witness to the formation of the Christian Bible. This ancient library shows how, before the consolidation of the Bible, early Christians read canonical and non-canonical scriptures – as well as pagan classics – side by side.
Link: https://theconversation.com/an-ancient-manuscript-up-for-sale-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-history-of-early-christianity-228679
By early christianity they mean the 300s, which is something that I suspect most christians don't really grasp. Also of course these artifacts were stolen by Europeans. We are the barbarians after all.
Anyway, its all nonsense but I find the history of nonsense, and certainly nonsense of such cult-ural power, fascinating.
Giuliani and 18 US Code 1073 Flight to avoid prosecution or giving testimony
How the flying fuck is Giuliani not in violation of this law?
Whoever moves or travels in interstate or foreign commerce with intent either (1) to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which he flees, for a crime, or an attempt to commit a crime, punishable by death or which is a felony under the laws of the place from which the fugitive flees, or (2) to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceedings in such place in which the commission of an offense punishable by death or which is a felony under the laws of such place, is charged, or (3) to avoid service of, or contempt proceedings for alleged disobedience of, lawful process requiring attendance and the giving of testimony or the production of documentary evidence before an agency of a State empowered by the law of such State to conduct investigations of alleged criminal activities, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. For the purposes of clause (3) of this paragraph, the term “State” includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1073
He fucking bragged that this is exactly what he was doing and taunted the Arizona DOJ.
Israel Resists Grand Bargain as U.S. and Saudis Work on Security Pact
President Biden is pushing for a broad deal that would get Israel to approve a Palestinian nation in return for Saudi recognition of Israel. But officials need to overcome Israeli opposition.
Two years into President Biden’s term, his aides began negotiating with Saudi leaders to have the kingdom establish diplomatic relations with Israel. But when the Israel-Hamas war began last October, the talks withered.
American and Saudi officials have tried to revive prospects for a deal by demanding more from Israel — a cease-fire in Gaza and irreversible steps toward the founding of a Palestinian nation. Now those officials say they are close to a final agreement on the main elements of what the Saudis want from the deal: a U.S.-Saudi mutual defense pact and cooperation on a civilian nuclear program in the kingdom.
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That resistance, along with a potential full-scale assault by the Israeli military on the Palestinian city of Rafah, puts in jeopardy a potential three-way grand bargain that Mr. Biden envisions as the foundation to a long-term solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/politics/israel-saudi-arabia-gaza.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk0.fkA8.r1Sy3fN8qZtf&smid=url-share
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