Your Once and Final Supreme Double Impeachee

[kriesel]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Meanwhile, some of the most-viral photos from the child-separation outrage-fest appear to be a wee bit problematic ("Fake" is such a strong term):

I'd like to ask Mr. Vargas: if you were outraged by this stuff happening in 2014, why didn't you express your outrage on social media then? Looks like another case of "silence implies consent" hypocrisy.

To be fair, our beloved MSM clearly have no problem lying the country into war and genocide, so if in this case their lying ways happen to aid in achieving a rare good end, I say hey, lie away! Just spare us the pretense of being arbiters of the truth, please.

Edit: I did find this 2011 NYT piece by Vargas in which he mentions the Obama administration having deported 800,000 undocumented migrants in 2 years. If anyone can find a 2014 MSM piece in which he expresses the outrage he felt that year, please post the link.

The important thing to remember about all news reportage is, despite all pretenses, it is not about accurately conveying information, much less nuance. It is about generating emotion, regardless of the details. The stronger the emotion, the better, for the purposes of selling news media product, and the political views of the news media personnel involved.

[rogue]

Originally Posted by kriesel

The important thing to remember about all news reportage is, despite all pretenses, it is not about accurately conveying information, much less nuance. It is about generating emotion, regardless of the details. The stronger the emotion, the better, for the purposes of selling news media product, and the political views of the news media personnel involved.

[Dr Sardonicus]

Originally Posted by kriesel

The important thing to remember about all news reportage is, despite all pretenses, it is not about accurately conveying information, much less nuance. It is about generating emotion, regardless of the details. The stronger the emotion, the better, for the purposes of selling news media product, and the political views of the news media personnel involved.

From the The Ancient History Encyclopedia we glean

Historians generally believe that the speech Calgacus makes before the battle is Tacitus' own invention, through which he was able to express his actual feelings toward Roman conquest and imperial government without running the risk of being executed by the emperor.

That is, Tacitus put his own words into Calgacus' mouth.

In this speech, we find the immortal phrase,

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

"To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a solitude, they call it peace."

Sometimes, "solitudinem" is translated as "desert."

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

-- Ecclesiastes 1:9 (KJV)

[Dr Sardonicus]

Il Duce now has a real poser on his hands regarding immigration.

The latest "illegal alien"" story from Breitbart, Illegal Alien Arrested for Allegedly Starting Colorado Wildfire

raises the immortal question: How do we build a wall to keep out people from DENMARK???

[Dr Sardonicus]

It seems Il Duce's thought (if "thought" is the right word) that trade wars are "good and easy to win" applies to real wars too.

Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion, US official says

[ewmayer]

On a rare upbeat note, EPA-henhouse fox-in-chief Scott "it's not corruption if I do it" Pruitt is out, complete with a wet "he did a great job" from his now-former boss. Poor Scott, he seems to have mistaken himself for a teflon-coated Big Finance mega-crook.

[Dr Sardonicus]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

On a rare upbeat note, EPA-henhouse fox-in-chief Scott "it's not corruption if I do it" Pruitt is out, complete with a wet "he did a great job" from his now-former boss. Poor Scott, he seems to have mistaken himself for a teflon-coated Big Finance mega-crook.

Mistaken? I haven't heard anything about Pruitt being indicted. The only real question about his resignation is, "Why not sooner?"

Meanwhile, I'm sure Andrew Wheeler will clean things right up at the EPA...

[kladner]

I long to see his kind in orange, with chrome accents. It also seems that he owes the taxpayers quite a lot in restitution. Ain't holding my breath.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by Dr Sardonicus

Mistaken? I haven't heard anything about Pruitt being indicted. The only real question about his resignation is, "Why not sooner?"

I meant in the sense that he seems to have assumed that he could get away with literally anything sans consequences. One might hope for an eventual indictment, but let's face it, DC is a nest of influence-peddlers; Pruitt was simply more brazen than most in how he went about it.

And speaking of high-level corruption and quid pro quos, there is the matter of a SCOTUS nomination - but first let's have a look at the vacating justice:

Anthony Kennedy and Our Delayed Constitutional Crisis | DownWithTyranny

Reader J.Frie comments "It was always my perception that Kennedy was using his social votes like Marriage Equality as a cover to distract the media/country from the looting he was promoting by business and the wealthy. The court was definitively captured by 2000 as evidenced by [then-associate-justice Sandra Day] O’Connor’s widely reported reaction to the election night results and the votes in Bush v Gore."

[Dr Sardonicus]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

I meant in the sense that he seems to have assumed that he could get away with literally anything sans consequences.

Aw, c'mon, he didn't didn't have to quit because of anything he'd done! It was unrelenting attacks on him personally and his family! It says so in his resignation letter. (Attacks by one of your favorite bugbears, the Establishment Media, no doubt.)

Also clear from the letter is, he's got his nose so far up Il Duce's patootie, he's talking out of Il Duce's mouth.

[kladner]

And speaking of high-level corruption and quid pro quos, there is the matter of a SCOTUS nomination - but first let's have a look at the vacating justice:

Anthony Kennedy and Our Delayed Constitutional Crisis | DownWithTyranny

From the comments:
If the electorate in this shithole can't get out onto the streets for the supreme court coup in 2000 (SDOC's biggest payback for her nomination), I don't see them awakening for anything.
On that day:
1) the charade ended. we became a fascist state totally run by money.
2) gore showed all of us his vagina
3) more Nazis were activated to protest the recount in FL than in the nation protesting the coup. And, yes, most of the Nazis were paid. By the money.
4) SDOC cemented her legacy as the Neville chamberlain of this final chapter in our history. She should have been impeached.

After 2000, all further adoption of Nazi memes became predictable and inevitable.

BTW, that makes obamanation the worst, by far, president and the democraps of 2009 our worst party in our history. The voters gave them the mandate and they utterly refused to act on it. [/QUOTE]