Random political thought thread.

[The Cat]

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

I have a feeling the next president is going to be Pence. It's not my choice - I think his policies are too severe and it will be bad news personally. It's mostly a gut feeling, but he is also poised for it having been connected to Trump, but now at odds. He is also speaking in calm measured tones and saying words like "compassion", "freedom".

I'm not sure if Biden will run again or how people will feel. Maybe there is a compelling Democrat to run. Interestingly people have been wanting George Clooney to run, and he is married to an amazing woman, Amal, who is an Oxford trained human rights lawyer who has been involved in international prosecution of war crimes and peace negotiations. She just gave birth to their babies, but I could see him running in 6 or 10 years from now. IDK. He'd have the social charisma to win.

I'm not promoting Pence with my statements, but preparing myself mentally. At least he seems to support civilization and democratic process, but I think he is a bit severe, absolutist, narrow in his social morality. Trump has set the bar so low that it doesn't take much to be a better option.

 

[ceecee]

I have a feeling the next president is going to be Pence. It's not my choice - I think his policies are too severe and it will be bad news personally. It's mostly a gut feeling, but he is also poised for it having been connected to Trump, but now at odds. He is also speaking in calm measured tones and saying words like "compassion", "freedom".

I'm not sure if Biden will run again or how people will feel. Maybe there is a compelling Democrat to run. Interestingly people have been wanting George Clooney to run, and he is married to an amazing woman, Amal, who is an Oxford trained human rights lawyer who has been involved in international prosecution of war crimes and peace negotiations. She just gave birth to their babies, but I could see him running in 6 or 10 years from now. IDK. He'd have the social charisma to win.

I'm not promoting Pence with my statements, but preparing myself mentally. At least he seems to support civilization and democratic process, but I think he is a bit severe, absolutist, narrow in his social morality. Trump has set the bar so low that it doesn't take much to be a better option.

I thought for awhile that Pence would run with Liz Cheney as VP. I don't really think that anymore - certainly not after his latest remarks. He is a conservative with the most backward views, I don't even think Republicans want to deal with that. He also hasn't won an election since 2013.

The last person I would like to be president is any celebrity or the vast majority of billionaires (Pritzker would be my single exception). A lawmaker like Katie Porter or someone like her would be ideal.

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

What were Pence's latest remarks? The comments I heard have little content, but used many comforting words in a calm voice, which I think some people will like. I read over the wikipedia listing of his policies and see the problems.

I mentioned a celebrity because that has a history of winning elections. It's not a matter of my personal choice, but social observations. Clooney's wife is actually the one that sounds potentially qualified, but socially she would be unlikely to get it because she is a woman and middle eastern and not heavily present in social view. When I see him as a possibility, I also assume he would rely on her input, but that could be a leap. As an actor, he would not have the training for the position, but he may have genuine motivations for human rights, and people would respond to his charm.

People have been saying for decades they want a president with whom they can picture themselves sharing a beer. Seems absurd to me, but I think it's because it makes the world feel small and comforting and like they have control, presence, and input when they don't.

 

[ceecee]

What were Pence's latest remarks? The comments I heard have little content, but used many comforting words in a calm voice, which I think some people will like. I read over the wikipedia listing of his policies and see the problems.

I mentioned a celebrity because that has a history of winning elections. It's not a matter of my personal choice, but social observations. Clooney's wife is actually the one that sounds potentially qualified, but socially she would be unlikely to get it because she is a woman and middle eastern and not heavily present in social view. When I see him as a possibility, I also assume he would rely on her input, but that could be a leap. As an actor, he would not have the training for the position, but he may have genuine motivations for human rights, and people would respond to his charm.

People have been saying for decades they want a president with whom they can picture themselves sharing a beer. Seems absurd to me, but I think it's because it makes the world feel small and comforting and like they have control, presence, and input when they don't.

Mike Pence says he's 'closing the door' on testifying before Jan. 6 committee

After previously saying he would consider testifying before the Jan. 6 committee, Mike Pence said Congress "has no right" to his testimony.

news.yahoo.com

I want a president that is actually interested in governing and has experience at at least one level of it. That's why I would pick someone like Katie Porter. Not because she is a woman either - I think she has the right qualifications, experience and she understands what normal people are talking about. Example; She's a single mom with three kids - she grocery shops the same way all parents do. That makes her relatable but I don't care about having a beer with her. I think that mythology died with Obama, good riddance. I just don't think a celebrity has the same sway as it may have had in the past. Social media took care of that.

The number one job of a politician is to serve the people they govern. All of them. As the head of state and the head of government, it's what people should demand of the president especially.

 

[The Cat]

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

I seriously hope I'm wrong about Pence being positioned to gain support and nomination. I hope we get a decent president, but on some level I feel a loss of hope in humanity that so many people are low-level enough to want someone like Trump. It feels like it might not be possible to get a "best" person into the presidency, but to try to figure out someone people will want from the context of their distorted brains. I wish i could have more faith in people like the guy in that video.

I grew up in the "wild west" area that was in a state that supported Trump more than any other. Culturally the people are very bullying towards their infants there. They feel suspicious their babies are manipulating them and so they neglect or punish them to teach them a lesson. That is their "folksy wisdom". I grew up there, although my mother wasn't like that at all. It is basically a Cluster B personality disorder factory. I think there might be a lot of problems in U.S. culture in which people do not create feelings of security and love for their infants and they end up on the continuum that points in the direction of psychopathy - having illusion based realities of high ego: low empathy.

This is also why abortion is such a serious issue on many levels. When it is not allowed, all of those unwanted babies are going to face neglect and abuse and feed into the masses of dysregulated individuals. There needs to be a push for contraceptives to eliminate pregnancy in the first place, and to teach people how to better care for their infant children when they choose to have them.

 

[ceecee]

I seriously hope I'm wrong about Pence being positioned to gain support and nomination. I hope we get a decent president, but on some level I feel a loss of hope in humanity that so many people are low-level enough to want someone like Trump. It feels like it might not be possible to get a "best" person into the presidency, but to try to figure out someone people will want from the context of their distorted brains. I wish i could have more faith in people like the guy in that video.

I grew up in the "wild west" area that was in a state that supported Trump more than any other. Culturally the people are very bullying towards their infants there. They feel suspicious their babies are manipulating them and so they neglect or punish them to teach them a lesson. That is their "folksy wisdom". I grew up there, although my mother wasn't like that at all. It is basically a Cluster B personality disorder factory. I think there might be a lot of problems in U.S. culture in which people do not create feelings of security and love for their infants and they end up on the continuum that points in the direction of psychopathy - having illusion based realities of high ego: low empathy.

This is also why abortion is such a serious issue on many levels. When it is not allowed, all of those unwanted babies are going to face neglect and abuse and feed into the masses of dysregulated individuals. There needs to be a push for contraceptives to eliminate pregnancy in the first place, and to teach people how to better care for their infant children when they choose to have them.

People are not going to create feelings of security and love for their infants, let alone other infants, if they themselves have no love or security. When you know you are one emergency or illness away from financial ruin or have to decide between meds or rent.... this is the kind of results you get.

DeSantis will be the GOP nominee in 2024, unless something really crazy happens. I hope people are preparing themselves for every criminal pardoned, expanding SCOTUS with right wing crazy, packing federal positions with arms dealers and grifters and the suffocation of all liberty and freedom. Unless you are white, Christians and conservative, your life will be total hell. Either this starts being addressed as the enemy that it is, no matter how polite they sound, or there isn't much of a future here.

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

To be clear - my reference to neglect and abuse resulting from forced pregnancies is because there is some sort of situation where the woman feels it is better the child does not exist in that environment at that time. It may be there aren't financial resources and so there could be neglect when the adults have to work or there could be dangerous people in the environment that caused the pregnancy, or other reasons.

Where I grew up the abuse and neglect towards infants was intentional, except to the extent the adults suffered the same, and so they were hopelessly warped in their psychology.

My training and work in special education also included some knowledge of individuals cared for as infants by very young, teenager parents who made some developmentally young choices that led to injury from neglect. So unless teens are supported by mature adults, their infants are at risk because they are being raised by children who are limited in their reasoning - they aren't ready psychologically.

The human condition is tragic, but I do know that an unwanted pregnancy implies that there is not a proper environment or resources available for the baby whether that is emotional, financial, or safety.

 

[The Cat]

Something and Conquer...Don't have to be a billionare to remember what the Something is...they try to use it against us every year in a new old way...​

 

[Kephalos]

Gratius, S. (2022), The West Against the Rest? Democracy Versus Autocracy Promotion in Venezuela. Bull Lat Am Res, 41: 141-158.

Abstract: Venezuela provides a strong test case for the weakening of democracy and the strengthening of autocracy promotion. External actors are a key part of the domestic political game: the European Union and the United States (EUUS) promote ‘democracy by coercion’ and recognised Juan Guaidó as president, whereas China, Cuba and Russia (CCR) bolster the regime of Nicolás Maduro. A comparative foreign policy analysis argues that, firstly, EUUS sanctions have resulted in strengthening CCR's autocratic leverage and linkage; and secondly, the division ‘between the West and the Rest’ has posed an additional obstacle for a transition to democracy and national reconstruction.

 

[The Cat]

 

[The Cat]

"All of the conservatives that pushed a narrative that drag queens and trans people groom children, are responsible for what happened in Colorado. Misinformation that is being promoted as fact. Lies and transphobic beliefs pushed on people to believe it's true have lead to this tragedy. And anyone that thinks drag queens and trans people are grooming children need to sit down and have a long hard look at themselves."

 

[Virtual ghost]

 

[Virtual ghost]

Interesting map of how the house map actually went when compared with expectations.


A Red Wave In Florida. A Blue Riptide In Michigan.

 

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Election in Estonia soon I don't know what I think of it

 

[The Cat]

Buyers remorse. When you elect clowns into the house majority, you get a clown show.​

 

[The Cat]

 

[ceecee]

Interesting map of how the house map actually went when compared with expectations.


A Red Wave In Florida. A Blue Riptide In Michigan.

It was a pleasant surprise.

 

[Doctor Cringelord]

I think marriage as a legally binding institution needs to be abolished. People can still "get married" to their hearts' content, and I'm not against certain legal protections and rights for people in long term cohabitating relationships, but the old model of marriage as some form of revered, sacred institution really needs to go.