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JamesBazan

@JamesBazan@mastodon.coffee

I used my real name on the bird site to keep me nice. It didn't work, but cishet male privilege meant I mostly got away with it, so I'm not too optimistic about being "nice" on here.
White supremacy is a terrorist ideology.
The survival of democracy is on the line, so "BothSides" = Instablock
#NCPolitics #NCPol #Charlotte #NCGA
Header is a lip balm. Balm for your soul may not be banana flavored.

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JamesBazan, to random
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"Trump Says He Gave NATO Allies Warning: Pay In or He’d Urge Russian Aggression"
How's that for memory?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/us/politics/trump-nato-russia.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

JamesBazan, to random
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Election officials go on offense to prevent disruptions of 2024 vote
"Around the nation, those who run voting operations — more than a dozen of whom were interviewed by The Washington Post — say they are preparing for the types of disruptions that historically had been more associated with political unrest abroad than American elections."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/09/election-worker-voting-preparation/

Brandi_Buchman, to random
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‘Relentless and misleading’: Jack Smith shreds new Trump motion as proof he will ‘stop at nothing’ to delay Mar-a-Lago documents case

https://lawandcrime.com/trump/relentless-and-misleading-jack-smith-shreds-new-trump-motion-as-proof-he-will-stop-at-nothing-to-delay-mar-a-lago-documents-case/

JamesBazan,
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@Brandi_Buchman I'm old enough to remember when cells of traitors and saboteurs worked in the shadows and were rooted out by counter-espionage agencies. Now, the Federalist Society gets 501(c)3 status so its funding is tax deductible.

JamesBazan,
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@aka_quant_noir @Litzz11 @Brandi_Buchman The FBI doesn't have much of a track record of investigating right wingers until the use dynamite or truck bombs, and even then the investigations stop at the level of the perpetrator.

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What is the hardest you've ever worked?

If you want to tell me the hardest you've ever worked it, please provide photos.

JamesBazan,
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@RickiTarr Made first entry into a reactor containment vessel as a carpenter. Carpenters went in with the Health Physics team: we provided access (ladders, scaffolding, etc.). They mapped radiation levels. It wasn't much harder than usual, but it was very warm. The concrete and steel was ±130°F, the air temp about 10° cooler.

JamesBazan,
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@RickiTarr With no drinking, or even touching your face in the radiation control area.

JamesBazan, to random
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Take this quiz. Share it with the doubters you know. Apply "deep canvassing" techniques and ask people why they thought what they thought. No one wants to be told they've been had. Many people will come to that realization on their own.

https://wapo.st/4bnNSBS

heidilifeldman, to history
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Will be interesting to see what mental gymnastics self-proclaimed “originalist” Supreme Court Justices will use to argue that of the does not disqualify Trump from holding the office of U.S. president. Here’s an excellent amicus brief from leading experts on the history of the provision and how it was understood by people at the time of its adoption. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-719/298999/20240129110006501_23-719%20bsac%20American%20Historians%20Final.pdf

JamesBazan,
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@heidilifeldman What a powerful conclusion:
"As Missouri Republican John B. Henderson declared the day he cast his vote for the Fourteenth Amendment in the Senate, 'The language of this section is so framed as to disenfranchise from office the leaders of the past rebellion as well as the leaders of any rebellion hereafter to come.'”

ppatel, to ai
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This is a good piece. The business model can use some improvement. Android is also "open source." Just think about that.

Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab, which is responsible for Llama, is made up largely of women; sources say ~60% of FAIR's leadership team are women.

https://www.semafor.com/article/02/02/2024/metas-bucking-just-about-every-ai-trend-including-the-boys-club

JamesBazan,
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@ppatel “When you have a more diverse group of people, it’s not that they come up with totally different solutions, but they ask different questions".

JamesBazan,
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@ppatel Those questions offer fresh insight into opportunities within even the most seemingly moribund approaches. But of course, if there's only one person asking (or hearing) those questions, it can be career suicide.

JamesBazan, to random
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Traitors fantasizing about killing U.S. troops. In the name of "patriotism ," of course. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/01/31/texas-guard-flies-come-and-take-it-flag-amid-dispute-feds.html?amp=

JamesBazan, to random
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https://wapo.st/495Z83M

Aided by Republican agents in Congress and other "blame America first" cynics on the "left," Putin is undermining US interests everywhere, and creating an open market for his oligarchs to traffic oil, guns, drugs, and sex slaves.

TonyStark, to random
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This is the instance I run so reporting me to myself probably won’t work. More evidence that people on this platform aren’t the best at paying attention, though. 😂

JamesBazan,
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@TonyStark too many people are recommending you put yourself in time out. Why should we suffer? Write yourself a sternly worded memo, and then carry on.

dgar, (edited ) to random
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JamesBazan,
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@dgar kudos to Sairam. You, however, you're just rotten. 🤣.

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    JamesBazan,
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    @0x00string Bryan, Ohio has at least 26 other churches and a population of 8,600 people. Donald Trump got 72.3% of the votes in 2020. How dare this pastor shame those who worship Mammon!

    SrRochardBunson, to random

    THEY'RE ALL STILL ACTING LIKE HE'S A NORMAL CANDIDATE
    :blobcatreeeeeee: :meowTableFlip:

    JamesBazan,
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    @trochee @SrRochardBunson Perfect. Little piles of clothes in newsrooms all over the country.

    JamesBazan, to random
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    Texas National Guard operating under Gov. Abbott's Operation We Are Faithless, Murderous Cowards "blocked U.S. Border Patrol from attempting to provide emergency assistance" to migrants reported struggling in the Rio Grande. The bodies of a woman and two children were found the next day.
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/3-migrants-drown-near-shelby-park-eagle-pass-texas-soldiers-denied-entry-federal-border-agents/

    timkmak, to Ukraine
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    Here's what The Counteroffensive is reading today:

    is losing the artillery war due to a lack of ammo, and less effective FPV drones have had to make up for the growing lack of shells.

    For every 5 Russian artillery salvos, Ukraine can only muster 1-2 in response, reports Business Insider.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-resorting-using-drones-attack-russia-artillery-ammo-shortage-report-2024-1?amp

    JamesBazan,
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    @timkmak Russian assets in the GOP may be the most effective weapons Putin has.

    TonyStark, to random
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    Many leftists think criticizing anything and everything that happens, even unequivocally good news, is a sign of intelligence and some sort of cred, regardless of what the actual criticism is.

    So whenever they see someone report a good thing about how stuff is going, they reflexively see an opportunity for an easy dunk. Some of the stupidest people online.

    JamesBazan,
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    @TonyStark @Snowshadow I heard an interview with Ross Gay the other day where he asked: "Why do we spend so much time on what we don't want in our lives?" Left unsaid: reaction to the negative requires less commitment than imagining the positive--or, in keeping with Ross Gay's thesis, the "joyful."

    TonyStark, to random
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    Trump logic:
    "As POTUS I have unfettered immunity.”

    Also:
    "I'm going to prosecute Biden and he doesn’t get any!"

    And his cult, neck deep into their commitment, think this makes perfect sense.

    The stupid is off the charts. And this guy’s voice is like nails on a chalkboard.

    Judges skeptical of Trump's immunity claim in election subversion case | Reuters:
    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-expected-court-he-seeks-immunity-2020-election-charges-2024-01-09/

    JamesBazan,
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    @ArenaCops @TonyStark Nixon and his legal team understood that only a pardon would keep him out of prison, because there was, and is, no such thing as "absolute immunity."

    JamesBazan, to random
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    "Trump Is Connecting With a Different Type of Evangelical Voter"
    Sorry, NYT. words have meaning, and "evangelical" refers to those who "bear the 'Good News' of the Christian gospel. These Trumpians are malvengelical, at best. They spread the bad news of hatred and fear.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/us/politics/donald-trump-evangelicals-iowa.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

    TonyStark, to random
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    Monstrous decision that says women’s lives are not to be protected, even in the face of a medical emergency. Gun owners are fiercely protected in Texas. Women, not.

    A lot of people need to take a hard look at how they are voting or plan to. Who gets elected in Texas is one thing, but the Fifth Circuit is comprised of judges appointed by Presidents.

    Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules:
    https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/02/texas-abortion-fifth-circuit/

    JamesBazan,
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    @NovemberMan @TonyStark Clearly, if a woman in Texas is dying, it's not considered an emergency.

    Litzz11, to random
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    The punditry is REALLY mad that they didn't get their hoped-for recession.

    JamesBazan,
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    @Litzz11 How many headlines have we seen about last week's record high Dow Jones average? They wore those headlines as face tattoos under Trump.

    eff, to random
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    Google's Chrome browser is more locked down than ever, introducing new tricks to inhibit extensions, collect even more user data for ads, and restrict access to content for people who use ad-blockers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-googles-corporate-paternalism-browser

    JamesBazan,
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    @eff this a real shame, because I was planning to upgrade my Pixel 4, but am leery of commiting to a long term relationship with Google.

    davidaugust, to random
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    “The US Civil War was about state’s rights!”

    State’s rights to keep slaves.

    “The US Civil War was about economics!”

    The economics of slavery.

    It’s like those “explanations” are really just 3/5 of an explanation.

    JamesBazan,
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    @GhostOnTheHalfShell @davidaugust When I taught about systems of inequality in survey courses in Florida & North Carolina, some students (mostly "segregation academy" graduates) tried to make revisionist "Lost Cause" arguments. After I saw the pattern, I provided a link and required anyone making those arguments to support their case citing at least two states' reasons from "The Declaration of Causes of Seceding States."
    I never got that revisionism again. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states

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