Open Thread – Thurs 31 Oct 2024


Adoration of the Trinity (Landauer Altar) , Albrecht Dürer, 1510

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Roger
Roger
November 1, 2024 1:11 pm

What happened was that the States, over time, delegated responsibility for elections to a host of lesser bodies like counties, cities etc, for political reasons. It’s much easier to rig an election in a smaller jurisdiction.

And when around 10 000 votes can win you the Electoral College votes for a swing state the temptation is high.

Incidentally, if you read the Federalist Papers you will discover that the rationale for this rather complicated system was to avert…foreign influence!

Rabz
November 1, 2024 1:11 pm

In fact, as evidenced a few months ago on their ALPBC, she supports hamarse.

Wasn’t the terrorist adjacent Fatso Faruqi threatening to also sue over this entirely factual depiction?

Cassie of Sydney
November 1, 2024 1:12 pm

but he is more conservative than left

Not true, I’ve heard him describe himself as ‘centre left’. He tries to be contrarian on his youtube channel. He’s done good interviews and bloody awful interviews.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 1, 2024 1:12 pm

And of course, with Marxist identity politics you are identified as a ‘class enemy’ by your race and/or gender.

Rabz
November 1, 2024 1:25 pm

restaurateur “Hi Allah” Yazbek called his Jewish landlords “Shylock & Shylock”

As one would understandably do after numerous “unsuccessful interactions” with such greedy genocidal Zionists.

A mere “pressure release” to be sure, to be sure.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 1, 2024 1:26 pm

Can’t stand Morgan. I’d rather a dog turd on my loungeroom floor than listen to that twat.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 1, 2024 1:29 pm

And of course, with Marxist identity politics you are identified as a ‘class enemy’ by your race and/or gender.

I thought this one was fun.

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World) has not only rejected a bid by its Israeli chapter to host its annual conference, but also suspended the Israeli branch, Aguda, entirely. …

The Times of Israel noted:

Aguda responds, according to Hebrew media, that it is “deeply disappointed by the fact that ILGA chose to boycott those who work for LGBTQ rights and for a more just society. The Aguda has been working for over 50 years to aid the LGBTQ community and preserve all human rights, including helping LGBTQ people from the Arab community and Palestinian asylum seekers persecuted over their sexual and gender identity.”

Israel is the only country in the Middle East in which homosexuality is legal; it is criminalized under the Palestinian Authority, and LGBTQ individuals face imprisonment and even execution in many other countries in the region.

So there you go, you can be qwerty as anything yet be class enemies of other qwerties because you happen to be Jewish. But qwerties just love non-Jewish throw-them-off-of-tall buildings people. Truly, leftist thought is a conundrum.

LGBTQ Group Suspends Israeli Chapter for Offering to Host Conference (30 Oct)

For extra snark here’s Daniel Greenfield’s post on the same story:

World Gay Group Bans Only Middle Eastern Country That Doesn’t Ban Gays (30 Oct)

johanna
johanna
November 1, 2024 1:35 pm

He’s obviously been radicalised by something; and it certainly isn’t the sermon on the mount.
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I’m not keen on the ‘been radicalised by something’ explanation, as though the radicalee had no agency and it could have happened to anyone. You know, like being bitten by a mosquito and getting malaria.

It enables everyone – parents, family, friends, security agencies, school, to get off the hook.

And, every single time the consensus is that nobody saw this coming.

Bullshit.

If the ‘something’ that he was consuming on the internet, or at the mosque, was involved, why can’t we know about it and why aren’t The Authorities putting a stop to it?

Teenage boys, for the most, have the judgement of Evil Knievel, minus the skilz.

The use of the passive voice is always telling.

Vicki
Vicki
November 1, 2024 1:38 pm

After tortuous visit to Optus during which the “manager” handed the husband the phone to talk to some Optus consultant, we finally found out why our email service was terminated. A simple outage! Of course no one at the Optus branch could find that out for us, could they???

I am convinced that the complexity of modern life is instigating a chaotic phase. Hope it resolves into a higher state!

Gabor
Gabor
November 1, 2024 2:03 pm

johanna
November 1, 2024 1:35 pm

I’m not keen on the ‘been radicalised by something’ explanation, as though the radicalee had no agency and it could have happened to anyone. You know, like being bitten by a mosquito and getting malaria.

Precisely, you could quote me the Koran or any ideological text till the cows come home and it would at best incite boredom.

You have to seek out these lectures to begin with or follow your friends lead and like where it goes.

johanna
johanna
November 1, 2024 2:05 pm

Miltonf
November 1, 2024 8:58 am

I was reading about Rachael Reeves- the same old bullshit ‘degrees’ from the LSE. Reeves and her Marxist mates have nothing to offer but misery (not for them of course).
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Rachel Reeves is the equivalent of our Treasurer in the UK.

She just dropped a Budget which whacked taxpayers with another 40 billion quid while simultaneously increasing the national debt.

UK citizens – Poor Fellow My Country.

Mind you, since only a third of them got out of bed to vote ….

For some reason, the sense of nationhood has gone,

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 1, 2024 2:16 pm

Rachel Reeves has already given up on growth – spiked

The sneer reminds me of that vile man hater Harriet Harman.

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Roger
Roger
November 1, 2024 2:23 pm

She just dropped a Budget which whacked taxpayers with another 40 billion quid…

With more to come, plus cuts to services, leading to more social unrest & division. And a none too thinly veiled attack on the private sector with a transfer of private wealth to government coffers. No Thatcher on the horizon this time.

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Cassie of Sydney
November 1, 2024 2:39 pm

For some reason, the sense of nationhood has gone,

Yes. And those who do speak up for ‘nationhood’ are smeared, derided and ridiculed as ‘far-right’.

The always excellent David Starkey argues that it was the Blair/Brown ‘reforms’ that destroyed the UK as a nation, made worse by the fact that successive Tory government under Cameron, May, Johnson and Sunak did nothing to repeal those reforms. There was one one person who did try and make some changes, and her name was Liz Truss, Prime Minister for how long? About six weeks? She was the victim of an establishment coup d’etat.

JC
JC
November 1, 2024 2:40 pm

A US artilleryman and Delta Force serviceman were killed in the last week performing sabotage operations in Russia. US provides ISR to Ukraine, US ‘advisors’ operate some their weapons systems, etc.

  1. Background reference
  2. If so were they in a hot combat zone actively attempting to kill Russian soldiers?
  3. Were they on official active duty?
  4. Is the estimate anywhere near 12,000 Western troops sent by Western governments in Ukraine fighting Russian soldiers?
  5. What exactly are these weapons systems you refer to? Are the defensive or offensive?
Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2024 2:42 pm

I’m not keen on the ‘been radicalised by something’ explanation, as though the radicalee had no agency and it could have happened to anyone. You know, like being bitten by a mosquito and getting malaria.

Well, it’s just a “perpetual irritant” innit?

A very left leaning (or former?) Canadian colleague of mine called me into a room this AM as she wanted to run something past me, I thought was work related. She said “I can’t say this publicly, but can you believe they’re bringing all of these Muslims into the country?”

I’m not sure why she told me and nobody else!!! We had a long chat, about her recent time back home and how Canada has is no longer recognisable, and she signed off with “Trump needs to win.”

I’m gobsmacked. This same sheila used to trumpet how great Obama was and Jen Psaki etc… (which you are allowed to do publicly)…

Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2024 2:48 pm

So, which Cat is going to run the bets on POTUS electoral votes?

(as a side issue, it’d be a shitstorm if they both get 269 as the HoR would need to choose the POTUS and the Senate would need to choose the VPOTUS)…

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
November 1, 2024 2:49 pm

No Thatcher on the horizon this time.

No, not in the least – and that’s with a horizon stretched out over 9+ years of hard Labour.

JC
JC
November 1, 2024 2:53 pm

No kidding, the American left needs to be placed in a mental asylum en masse.
Just get a load of this massive bout of TDS. I’ve never seen anything like it before.
She finds out her dad is voting Trumpster. At a glance, she appears to be a sweet gal who’s totally brainwashed by the MSM.

There are literally millions of people in this state.

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JC
JC
November 1, 2024 3:01 pm

If Musk is the real deal, and he is, he’s talking about cutting US$ 2 trillion from an annual budget of approx US$6.5 trillion. Musk could actually achieve this.

If Trump manages to cut through the cheat margin, it will be an historic presidency. Hedge fund manager Ron Paulson is touted as the potential treasury secretary and Musk as the budge tsar.

I hope Vivek goes to DHS.

Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2024 3:08 pm

The Economist published its prediction an hour ago:

Harris v Trump: 2024 presidential election prediction model | The Economist

POTUS
Trump: 268 EC Votes;
Hairis: 270.

HoR
Reds: 217
Blues: 218

Senate:
Reds: 51
Blues: 49

Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2024 3:12 pm

And this disconnect is a bit odd: Polls are showing Harris winning most (?) battleground states by about 1% or less but the betting market shows DJT at 67% Harris at 33%.

Opinion polls have Harris and Trump locked in a tight race. ‘Gambling polls’ say otherwise | Business | The Guardian

They say Trump underpolls by about 3% so perhaps Harris is in trouble? (Notwithstanding the shenanigans)

Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2024 3:16 pm
Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2024 3:22 pm

Feeling like a serial poster here, but anyways… this was interesting:

Noah’s Ark location found on 3,000-year-old map, scientists claim

NY Times:

Scientists have deciphered the world’s oldest map — and they believe it may lead them to the location of Noah’s Ark.

The 3,000-year-old Babylonian artifact has puzzled archaeologists for centuries, but in the past few weeks, experts have uncovered meaning.

bons
bons
November 1, 2024 3:26 pm

I am laid up with a damaged ankle.

A Chuck Norris movie is on the box. I have never seen one before. May I suggest that the script writers were not challenged?

  1. The Yazbecks attempts to cast themselves as the victims in this story of aggressive drama is a fail. F.A.I.L.

  2. I think it’s now obvious that the usage of the Laws – ostensibly to promote fairness – are being applied…

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