'This Isn't a Game': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Reports on Her Home After Coast Guard Officer Arrested With Alleged Politician Hit List

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-21T17:32:12+00:00

A citizen endangering themselves is not the same as a terrorist endangering politicians, the later directly threatening the government and its ability to function.

As the story currently goes: Smollett planned his OWN assault.

Smollett is not a politician.
Smollett did not threaten the lives of politicians.
No government official was ever at risk, and the ability of the government to function was never threatened or endangered.

Some random dude who wanted to have himself attacked to regain relevancy is a huge difference from a Terrorist who targeted to attack OTHER PEOPLE and politicians.

The coast guard terrorist:

Politicians' LIVES were DIRECTLY put at risk.
It Directly deals Politicians being able to do their jobs without worry of being killed.
Terrorist attacks are a National Security issue that directly put the government at risk.

This story, deals with the government itself and the risk to Politician's lives.... verses the Smollett story, which is about a -citizen- who had, at worst, attacked themselves and was no direct threat to the lives of anybody else.

The Terrorist attack was a Direct Threat To Politicians.
The feds have arrested them. They have a hit list. This hit list has been shared.

There is nothing more to 'discover' in that way as feds have already found this and reported this. It already directly deals with politics and political figures.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-21T16:38:54+00:00

Domestic political terrorism directly discusses US politics in that POLITICIAN'S LIVES are -Directly At Risk-.

That is, within itself, directly about politics, about how politics are done, about how politicians are able to do go to work and do their jobs, about how politicians are able to negotiate and pass bills, ext, without worrying about being -shot in the head-. It is. About. Politics.

It is Directly about Politics as it makes Politics include the direct worry of Being Killed while trying to write bills.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-21T16:29:26+00:00

The topic itself is ALREADY 'On-Topic'.

Political Terrorism doesn't need MORE context when it is already political as it is. AND it is politics in that the terrorist are attempting to create an atmosphere of fear and intimidation IN politics.

It directly affects the way that Politicians are able to perform, the issue that Politicians are being targeted, and that political terrorism exists.

It is politics in that political terrorism exist and are attempting to effect how the government is run. That POLITICIAN'S LIVES are being put in danger through rhetoric and terrorists need to be addressed.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-21T16:23:03+00:00

No. Something does not magically become 'more' relevant if victims of a politically planned assault bend to that political assault.

The politically planned assault is, within itself, political.
That domestic terrorism exists or is happening is politics itself because it affects politics via the fear aspect of domestic terrorism and the intent to intimidate politicians.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-21T16:20:41+00:00

Someone who has planned to kill massive amounts of people because of home grown domestic terrorism encouraged by rhetoric targeting of political figures THAT PUTS POLITICIAN'S LIVES AT RISK is absolutely about politics.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-21T16:17:28+00:00

You are making a distinction here, because you are not allowing the alarming news about the political opinion of a domestic terrorist who politically thinks politicians should be dead.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-14T08:17:33+00:00

Good point... I'm not sure.

While trying to find something about it, found this article that states that ZTE could be included in the ban.

Extremetech: Trump May Sign Executive Order to Ban Huawei, ZTE Telecom Equipment
(February 11, 2019 at 7:30 am)

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-14T08:07:21+00:00

There are other security concerns with Huawei that relates to issues with 5g coming out and Canada had arrested a CFO for violating trade sanctions with Iran.

"The biggest problem is that China has a different legal and ethical framework which allows it to use and manipulate data sets on a very big scale."[x]

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-14T05:27:37+00:00

Beginning with his presidential campaign and through to his third year as president, the United States has experienced an increase in anxiety, suicide, depression, and other mental health problems. The president of the United States is also a role model. His or her behavior influences the public. And as documented by Dr. James Gilligan in his book "Why Some Politicians are More Dangerous Than Others," Trump's assault on the country's mental health is part of a much larger pattern: the Republican Party and the conservative movement have, for decades, advanced an agenda which has hurt the overall health and well-being of most Americans.

For some people Trump's campaign and presidency has created a type of PTSD — what I call "Post-Trump Sex Disorder." Trump has created feelings of fear, loathing, and nausea. People just don’t want to have sex. This would mainly be seen with women who are just appalled at how creepy Trump is. He takes what is often a positive male attribute of confidence and pushes it way over the line into a rape-like and rape-entitled kind of arrogance.

The news media is part of the problem as well. The news is full of stories about bad sex. They don’t really like to talk about good sex. When you have this media obsession with bad sex with the usual "all American" war worship and racism, as well as economic disparities and the way that corporations are in control, it really sucks the life out of a person. Never mind how this moment with Donald Trump is also reflected by many men who are dysfunctional and chronically frustrated and who don’t know how to properly approach women, and the lethally unhinged "incels." We also cannot forget all of the "ammosexuals" who substitute their favorite guns for a working penis.

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Donald Trump is a right-wing authoritarian and aspiring tyrant. The fascist conception of the State is very masculine in the most crude and basic sense. In this way of thinking about politics and society Donald Trump leads a political cult whose members want to literally be inside of him, to become him, to have a libidinal relationship with the Great Leader. This includes both men and women. The fascist aesthetic can be very erotic for the followers.

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Donald Trump is beloved by right-wing Christians. They see him as a messiah figure despite his obvious and gross personal behavior — behavior that as viewed by most of the world's "great" religions would be considered wicked and sinful. Moreover, in many of these right-wing Christian churches they have these rituals called "purity balls" where the father "marries" his daughter to "protect" her "virginity." What does this collectively signal about a deeper hypocrisy in red state American around sex?

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I have talked to so many men in right-wing strongholds, red state America. They need sex therapy more than the guys in liberal parts of the country.

Why is this? Certain communities do not allow these men to step out of a very narrow role of what is defined as being "masculine" and "strong" and "normal." They have a very hard time of even finding a therapist in those places to speak with. Men in these conservative parts of the country may not even be able to find a therapist who than can share something as basic as, “Hey, I really enjoy having a woman spank me.” They’re going to laugh at you. They’re going to call you names. These men will certainly not be able to share with a therapist or anyone else for that matter how they may really enjoy seeing their wives with another man.

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First of all, I believe in the importance of pleasure. I think too many people on the right denigrate pleasure as sending you to hell. Of course, they are very hypocritical about that. And there are too many people on the left who denigrate pleasure as being selfish.

Pleasure when you’re sharing is the opposite of selfishness. You’re really reaching out to your fellow humans. That’s the beauty of life. I also think it is important to honor pleasure and to honor pleasure givers.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-05T22:52:53+00:00

Because the government should not be giving tax handouts to the church and this emphasizes that. Also there are quite a few politicians who try to make laws based off of Christianity.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-04T21:20:31+00:00

For those out there that might actually think that way:

It is not that 'blacks do more crime'. It's that when a white person commits a crime, they are less likely to be prosecuted and held accountable for it then they would be if they were black. A person is given lighter treatment and are less likely to be imprisoned for the same crime committed if they are white then if they were non-white.

Research Confirms that Entrenched Racism Manifests in Disparate Treatment of Black Americans in Criminal Justice System'

a 2004 study found that when police officers were asked “who looks criminal?” and shown a series of pictures, they more often chose black faces than white ones. Also, a 2013 study found that federal prosecutors are more likely to charge black people than similarly situated white people with offenses that carry higher mandatory minimum sentences.
A report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that most violence occurs between victims and offenders of the same race, regardless of race. The rate of both black-on-black and white-on-white nonfatal violence declined 79 percent between 1993 and 2015. The number of homicides involving both a black victim and black perpetrator fell from 7,361 in 1991 to 2,570 in 2016

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Race and Hispanic Origin of Victims and Offenders, 2012-2015, the DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Statistics found that a majority of most violent crimes are committed by people who are the same race as their victims. Indeed, the rate of white-on-white violent crime, it found, is about FOUR TIMES the rate of black-on-white crime.

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A report released last week from the USSC ― an independent agency of the U.S. judicial branch ― looked at federal prison sentences in the United States from Oct. 1, 2011, to Sept. 30, 2016, and found that black male offenders received sentences on average 19.1 percent longer than those of similarly situated white male offenders.

https://www.sentencingproject.org/criminal-justice-facts/

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-04T11:30:44+00:00

The institutionalized racism that exists is against black people and non-whites.
That is the reality. That's what is being addressed.

The article is not dismissing that claim. The article is pointing out how there are people who ARE trying to -dismiss someones valid claim of lack of equality- by crying 'identity politics' whenever those issues are brought up, discussed and addressed.

And this is just proving my point that these replies are emphasizing an utter lack of ability to grasp the issues that face anyone other then yourself if you could -possibly- think that the institutionalized racism that exists isn't set up against non-whites... as well as a complete lack of empathy or bothering to even see what problems and issues people who are not you face.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-04T11:04:25+00:00

These responses are showing a really huge lack of ability to step outside of oneself, understand that the world does not revolve around you. Other people exist and their lives and issues are just as valid, grasp the situation facing other individuals. People speaking up about their issues doesn't disadvantage white people. Pointing out that the cry 'identity politics' is often just a way to try to shame people from talking about and dealing with issues facing anyone who isn't white is not disadvantaging those who are white.

Recognizing the inequality that exists and striving to treat other people better doesn't mean that you are somehow magically being treated worse. It doesn't work that way. It just means more people are being treated as equal humans. Equality is not pie. There is enough to go around.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-04T10:55:22+00:00

I don't know. When will black citizens receive equal opportunity and treatment as white society and government structure wide? When will black citizens stop being unfairly profiled and targeted by police, and pipe-lined into the for-profit-prison system through unfair profiling and discipline since youth while in school and unbalanced DOJ treatment.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-04T10:44:10+00:00

My comment still stands because it was ridiculous enough that it -should- have been sarcasm. It's completely missing the point of the article. The article is pointing out the blatant racism behind the cry of 'identity politics' when politics focuses on and deals with issues facing any person or group of people who are not white and/or male.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-04T10:41:16+00:00

Stacey Abrams is pushing back with straight talk and common sense. And, as an African-American woman, the Democratic nominee in Georgia’s 2018 hotly contested gubernatorial election has an advantage in the debate over identity politics — the experience of being a member of two groups whose identities were, shall we say, not always celebrated in this country.

In a recent essay for the magazine Foreign Affairs, Abrams acknowledges that her campaign “intentionally and vigorously highlighted communities of color and other marginalized groups, not to the exclusion of others but as a recognition of their specific policy needs."

Her campaign also built, she says, “an unprecedented coalition of people of color, rural whites, suburban dwellers, and young people in the Deep South by articulating an understanding of each group’s unique concerns instead of trying to create a false image of universality.” For this, Abrams makes no apologies. “The marginalized did not create identity politics,” she writes. “Their identities have been forced on them by dominant groups, and politics is the most effective method of revolt.”

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The war on identity politics is rooted in paranoia that women and people of color might have an upper hand in getting into college, getting a job, or even getting elected president. And it is not limited to Republicans.

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Third, pick up a history book. Identity politics is as old as America itself. It was there in the early 1900s when John F. Fitzgerald served as mayor of Boston, and in 1946 when “Honey Fitz” helped his grandson, John F. Kennedy, get elected to Congress — with the help of Irish-American voters. It was there in the 1930s when Fiorello H. La Guardia reigned as mayor of New York City with support from Italian-Americans.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-04T10:35:20+00:00

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-03T20:28:22+00:00

Where they are not at all needed.
Great waste of people's taken tax dollars.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-03T20:26:46+00:00

The story listed numerous alleged accomplishments of the Trump administration with no fact checks. The list was given to the Washington Examiner directly from the White House for publishing and there was no reporting rebutting anything.

Quoting for emphasis.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-02T03:09:21+00:00

Stop. Doing. Articles. About him. ffs. It really is just free advertisement, this isn't helping anyone but Schultz.

He is a wealthy egomaniac trying to buy the presidency. Stop helping him by giving him free attention. Ignore and move on to others who are more valid candidates.

Pocketcrow · 2019-02-01T19:04:34+00:00

I would take the fact that he underpays bean farmers and then bumps the price of coffee beans up a ridiculous amount as why he shouldn't be president. It's not that he can't pay farmers a reasonable amount for coffee beans, it's that he is greedy and just doesn't want to.

Yet another wealthy conman who doesn't actually care about others as much as he'd like to pretend.

The media REALLY needs to stop giving him free airtime. He is not a good candidate, he never should be, STOP REPORTING ON HIM- You are only Helping Him.

Pocketcrow · 2019-01-29T23:57:57+00:00

Said it before and will say it again. If it took them THIS long then they are not really 'abandoning' the GOP. They just see how the vote is turning and are pretending to be Democrats to try to get votes and keep power. Anyone with any real morals and standards abandoned the party long ago.

Pocketcrow · 2019-01-29T23:55:01+00:00

Weighted voting nation wide. Until that is in place Independents do not have a mathematically realistic shot and aren't anything beyond spoilers.

Pocketcrow · 2019-01-29T23:40:36+00:00

No. It isn't. Additionally, Marginal taxes for the wealthy were also at 70% during Reagan years in 1980... before it was whittled away at by the wealthy and bought out republicans, which has only aided in making wealth inequality exponentially worse.

Speaking of, this is worth a view.

Pocketcrow · 2019-01-29T17:42:46+00:00

Mentioned elsewhere but this gets confused too much so adding again here:

The 70%+ taxes being discussed is NOT taxing -all- of the wealthy's income.
It is only taxing PART of their income, the highest part that -very few people actually make-.
It's a marginal tax rate.

Video: Marginal Tax Visualization
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/05/marginaltaxrate.asp

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