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Bypassing all the red tape Brexit is bringing. Oh, the irony.....
https://twitter.com/DFDSGroup/status/1332258308388958208
#Brexit #UK #EU #redtape #paperless #politics #bureaucracy #Ireland
Bypassing all the red tape Brexit is bringing. Oh, the irony.....
https://twitter.com/DFDSGroup/status/1332258308388958208
#Brexit #UK #EU #redtape #paperless #politics #bureaucracy #Ireland
#politics #deathpenalty #inhumanity #injustice #murderstateNew Rule Would Allow U.S. to Use More Methods for Executions
The rule, which would permit methods including firing squads and electrocution, comes as the administration rushes to execute live more prisoners before President Trump’s term ends.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/us/politics/executions-firing-squads-electrocution.html
They told me to change my clothes. I changed the law instead.
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Brexit stems from a civil war in capitalism – we are all just collateral damage
George Monbiot (The Guardian)
To one sort of capitalist, the insecurity and chaos that Brexit will bring is horrifying. To the other, it is highly profitable. (...)
Boris Johnson ignored the pleas of businesses and politicians across the UK – especially in Northern Ireland – to extend the Brexit transition process. Never mind the pandemic, never mind unemployment, poverty and insecurity – nothing must prevent our experiment in unassisted flight. We will leap from the white cliffs on 1 January, come what may. (...)
So it is worth repeating the big question: why are we doing this to ourselves? I believe the answer is that Brexit is the outcome of a civil war within capitalism.
Broadly speaking, there are two dominant forms of capitalist enterprise. The first could be described as housetrained capitalism. It seeks an accommodation with the administrative state, and benefits from stability, predictability and the regulations that exclude dirtier and rougher competitors. It can coexist with a tame and feeble form of democracy.
The second could be described as warlord capitalism. This sees all restraints on accumulation – including taxes, regulations and the public ownership of essential services – as illegitimate. Nothing should be allowed to stand in the way of profit-making. (...)
Brexit represents an astonishing opportunity for warlord capitalism. It is a chance not just to rip up specific rules, which it overtly aims to do, but also to tear down the uneasy truce between capitalism and democracy under which public protections in general are created and enforced. (...)
The chaos it is likely to cause will be used as its own justification: times are tough, so we must slash regulations and liberate business to make us rich again. (...)
Housetrained capitalists are horrified by Brexit. Not only does it dampen economic activity in general, but it threatens to destroy the market advantage for businesses that play by the rules. (...)
Johnson’s government is what warlord money buys. It could be seen as the perfect expression of the Pollution Paradox, a concept that I think is essential to understanding our politics. What this means is that the dirtier or more damaging an enterprise is, the more money it must spend on politics to ensure it’s not regulated out of existence. As a result, political funding comes to be dominated by the most harmful companies and oligarchs, which then wield the greatest political influence. They crowd out their more accommodating rivals. (...)
Understood in this light, Brexit is scarcely about the UK at all. Oligarchs who have shown great interest in the subject tend to have weak or incomplete ties to this country. (...)
The persistent trick of modern politics – that appears to fool us repeatedly – is to disguise economic and political interests as cultural movements. Throughout this saga, the media has reported the smokescreen, not the manoeuvres. (...)
Brexit, treading on the heels of the pandemic, is likely to harm the lives and freedoms of millions of people in the UK. But it’s not about us. We are just caught in the crossfire of capitalism’s civil war.
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Rupert Murdoch, pictured in Washington DC in 2013. Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
Tags: #capitalism #warlord capitalism #democracy #regulation #politics #brexit #campaign funding #media #news #journalism #journalist #culture wars #remain campaign #leave campaignBrexit stems from a civil war in capitalism – we are all just collateral damage | George Monbiot
To one sort of capitalist, the insecurity and chaos that Brexit will bring is horrifying. To the other, it is highly profitablewww.theguardian.com
To one sort of capitalist, the insecurity and chaos that Brexit will bring is horrifying. To the other, it is highly profitablewww.theguardian.com
U.S. agency tells Biden he can formally begin transition
The U.S. federal agency that must sign off on the presidential transition told President-elect Joe Biden on Monday that he can formally begin the hand-over process.The present incumbent has still not conceded loss so far as I'm aware.
“I take this role seriously and, because of recent developments involving legal challenges and certifications of election results, am transmitting this letter today to make those resources and services available to you,” General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy wrote in a letter to Biden.
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter that he was recommending that Murphy and her team “do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.” ...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-transition/u-s-agency-tells-biden-he-can-formally-begin-transition-idUSKBN2832OG
#politics #JoeBiden #interregnum #PresidentialTransitionU.S. agency tells Biden he can formally begin transition
The U.S. federal agency that must sign off on the presidential transition told President-elect Joe Biden on Monday that he can formally begin the hand-over process.www.reuters.com
The U.S. federal agency that must sign off on the presidential transition told President-elect Joe Biden on Monday that he can formally begin the hand-over process.The present incumbent has still not conceded loss so far as I'm aware.
“I take this role seriously and, because of recent developments involving legal challenges and certifications of election results, am transmitting this letter today to make those resources and services available to you,” General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy wrote in a letter to Biden.
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter that he was recommending that Murphy and her team “do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.” ...
The U.S. federal agency that must sign off on the presidential transition told President-elect Joe Biden on Monday that he can formally begin the hand-over process.www.reuters.com
#Bullying in #government – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2020/nov/22/bullying-in-government-cartoon
#UK #Politics #Satire #MattHanccock #BorisJohnson
Many of the posts bore a resemblance to language used by people who believe the QAnon conspiracy theory.
"DO NOT VOTE IN THE GEORGIA RUNOFFS, THE DEEP STATE WILL BE COLLECTING EVERYONE'S INFO. THIS IS A CHARADE, MEANT TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO DON'T VOTE DEMOCRAT," one post read, which also lamented that potential victories for Warnock and Ossoff were a "small price to pay."
https://www.newsweek.com/georgia-trump-supporters-destroy-gop-boycott-senate-runoffs-1549245
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#USPolitcs #Politics #Progressive #LiberalTrump supporters in Georgia threaten to destroy GOP, boycott runoff elections
Videos show protesters upset about the election results, urging that Republican officials are not re-elected for "not explicitly helping Trump to 'stop the steal.'"www.newsweek.com
Videos show protesters upset about the election results, urging that Republican officials are not re-elected for "not explicitly helping Trump to 'stop the steal.'"www.newsweek.com
#GlennGreenwald #Trump #USA #DeepState #politics #freedom #Snowden #Assange
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https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1330250743199174660?
A Trump pardon of Snowden & Assange would be historic on so many levels. It would cause civil liberties groups, press freedom groups & leaders from around the world to praise him. He'd be the first President willing to confront the Deep State since Eisenhower's Farewell Address.
8:44 PM · Nov 21, 2020
ALL -ISTs and -ISMs end in FEUDALISM.... FEUDALISM from 1 person or from a group of people.
#socialism #communism #USA #politics #disinformation #propaganda #corruption #fraud
Exit #DominicCummings, #Brexit's little helper – cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2020/nov/14/exit-dominic-cummings-brexits-little-helper-cartoon
#UK #Politics #Satire
Cummings to leave No 10 with immediate effect - BBC News
Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings has left Number 10 with immediate effect, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says.An early Christmas present! For those who don't know him, he was Boris Johnson's Wormtongue.
#politics #UK #Brexit #VoteLeaveDominic Cummings: PM's top adviser leaves No 10 to 'clear the air'
Boris Johnson wants to "move on" after turmoil over his closest adviser's role, aides say.www.bbc.co.uk
Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings has left Number 10 with immediate effect, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says.An early Christmas present! For those who don't know him, he was Boris Johnson's Wormtongue.
Boris Johnson wants to "move on" after turmoil over his closest adviser's role, aides say.www.bbc.co.uk
#SteveBell on #WilliamBarr opening inquiries into claims of voting 'irregularities' – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2020/nov/10/steve-bell-on-william-barr-opening-inquiries-into-claims-of-voting-irregularities-cartoon
#US #Politics #Satire #DonaldTrump
John Major: Brexit set to be 'more brutal than anyone expected' | BBC News
The bill has been rejected by the UK's House of Lords.This action is unprecedented in all our history - and for good reason. It has damaged our reputation around the worldhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54879209
"Because of our bombast, our blustering, our threats and our inflexibility - our trade will be less profitable, our Treasury poorer, our jobs fewer, and our future less prosperous."
Sir John also warned that Brexit divisions increased the risk of the United Kingdom breaking up.
#politics #UKPolitics #brexit #UK #UnitedKingdom #BorisJohnson #law #InternationalLaw #InternalMarketBillJohn Major: Brexit set to be 'more brutal than anyone expected'
The UK will be worse off from 2021 due to the government's inflexibility, the ex-PM says.www.bbc.co.uk
This action is unprecedented in all our history - and for good reason. It has damaged our reputation around the worldhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54879209
"Because of our bombast, our blustering, our threats and our inflexibility - our trade will be less profitable, our Treasury poorer, our jobs fewer, and our future less prosperous."
Sir John also warned that Brexit divisions increased the risk of the United Kingdom breaking up.
The UK will be worse off from 2021 due to the government's inflexibility, the ex-PM says.www.bbc.co.uk
Die Polizei hat den erwarteten Großeinsatz im Dannenröder Forst begonnen. Zur Vorbereitung der Baumfällarbeiten für den A49-Ausbau richteten sich die Beamten ein und rückten in den Wald vor.www.hessenschau.de
Six things that happened while the world watched the US election
#Politics #News #World
* Israeli forces razed homes in a Palestinian community
* Ethiopia's military operations stoke fears of civil war
* Trump administration moves forward with $2.9bn drone sale to UAE
* Tanzania's President was sworn in after a disputed vote
* One of India's best-known news anchors was arrested
* In Russia, new legislation could give former presidents lifelong immunitySix things that happened while the world watched the US election
If you've been glued to coverage of the US presidential election this week, you might have missed what else is going on in the world.edition.cnn.com
