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House chaos forces Senate to take the wheel on spending
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Republican dysfunction is Biden's fault? Really?- 21 replies
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House chaos forces Senate to take the wheel on spending
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
You sure about that? Most House Republicans vote to uphold Ukraine aid https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4226675-most-house-republicans-vote-to-uphold-ukraine-aid/ McConnell supports Biden’s Israel and Ukraine aid bundle, hopes for ‘functional’ House https://nypost.com/2023/10/22/mcconnell-backs-up-biden-bundling-israel-and-ukraine-aid-hopes-for-functional-house/ -
Trump co-defendant pleads guilty in Georgia election case
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And I saw nothing in Kirschners comments that addressed the issue of the documents that Chesebro is compelled to provide. And I'll counter your Kirschner with a higher ranking Katyal. "During the Obama administration, Katyal served as Acting Solicitor General of the United States from May 2010[4] until June 2011. Previously, Katyal served as an attorney in the Solicitor General's office, and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the U.S. Justice Department." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Katyal -
If your point is that I ought to have noted these mentions in earlier posts, I haven't followed this thread from the beginning and I may have missed a few. Certainly, whether coming from the left or right or however you wish to define the issues, invocation of Nazis is over the top. On the other hand, it's bizarre that you think mention of Palestinians is somehow irrelevant.
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You might want to do a little further research on the subject. Among other things, employers use NDAs to keep employees from leaving. "NDAs chill competition, through expansive definitions of what must remain confidential and proprietary, reducing the ability of a discontent employee or an employee working in a hostile work environment to go elsewhere. Importantly, as recent studies show clearly, preventing workers from using their knowledge and skills beyond a single workplace is harmful not simply to the worker but to entrepreneurship, competition, and economic growth. NDAs thus often attempt to achieve two things simultaneously: silence a worker during employment and confine them to their current job." https://hbr.org/2018/01/ndas-are-out-of-control-heres-what-needs-to-change
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Trump co-defendant pleads guilty in Georgia election case
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Actually, prosecutors will have lots of corroborating evidence. At least from Chesebro : Attorney Explains 'Most Significant' Fact of Trump Lawyers' Guilty Pleas Both Powell and Chesebro will also have to testify truthfully against their co-defendants—including Trump—as part of the plea deal. In addition, not only does Chesebro have to testify, he will also be required to provide documents and evidence—including text messages and emails—to state prosecutors to be used in their case https://www.newsweek.com/neal-katyal-explains-trumps-lawyers-no-jail-guilty-pleas-1836698 -
Godwin's law strikes again. Godwin's law, short for Godwin's law (or rule) of Nazi analogies,[1] is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), the probability of a comparison to Nazis or Adolf Hitler approaches 1.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
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Let's not get too carried away. Malaysia is quite tolerant but still discriminates against non-Muslims. For example, , it's very difficult to convert from Islam to another religion. "Muslims who seek to convert to another religion must first obtain approval from a sharia court to declare them as “apostates.” Sharia courts seldom grant such requests, especially for those born Muslim and ethnic Malays, and are reluctant to allow conversion for those who had previously converted to Islam." https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/malaysia/#:~:text=Muslims who seek to convert,had previously converted to Islam. The report goes on to note that in some states, apostasy is punishable by fines and prison sentences. One of them also adds the penalty of caning. In 2 states the maximum sentence is death although it has never actually been imposed and its legality is uncertain.
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Actually, as far as the Middle East goes, a very strong argument can be advanced for Biden being a great president. Not for his disapproval of Netanyahu and his allies, which, frankly, didn't really amount to much. But rather for his push for alternate energy development. What better way to defang the various regimes in the mid East supporting terrorism and war than to deprive them of the rivers of cash derived from the export of fossil fuels? And force them to develop in an economically healthy way or full by the wayside?
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The researchers have developed a recycling method that allows recovery of 100 per cent of the aluminium and 98 per cent of the lithium in electric car batteries. Swedish researchers say they have developed a new, more efficient way of recycling electric car batteries. The method allows for the recovery of far more valuable metals found in EV batteries. https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/10/17/promising-new-breakthrough-for-recycling-ev-batteries-discovered-by-swedish-scientists
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He is neither to be believed nor disbelieved. Maybe you believe in the infallibility of intelligence analysts. Maybe you have a point. After all, look how infallible Israeli intelligence was in the case of Hamas attack...oh wait a minute.
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Can you please show where I called him a liar? I just questioned why we should take his word for it. He offered no independently confirmable evidence or even specific evidence.
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Not that I doubt that Iran helps Hamas but this Matthew Levitt person works for the Washington Institute of Near East Policies: So his assertions don't amount to much in the way of reliable evidence. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP or TWI, also known simply as The Washington Institute) is a pro-Israel American think tank based in Washington, D.C.,[3][4] focused on the foreign policy of the United States in the Near East. WINEP was established in 1985 with the support of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the funding of many AIPAC donors, in order to provide higher quality research than AIPAC's publications.[5] John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt described WINEP as "part of the core" of the Israel lobby in the United States.[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Institute_for_Near_East_Policy So his assertions, unbacked by evidence, don't amount to much in the way of reliable evidence. And as the article points out, more of the funding comes from elsewhere, apparently.