Cedric's Big Mix: 2019-04-14

Sunday, April 14, 2019

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

HAGTRESS ALYSSA MILANO WANTS YOUR ATTENTION.

A thread just for trolls who seem to love to say things to me like:

“You’re a has been.”

“You have no career.”

“You’re just trying to stay relevant.”

Want to know the facts about my career right now? Read on...

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IT'S NOT YOUR SERIES. YOU'RE AN ADULT ON A TEENAGER SHOW. YOU DON'T HAVE REALLY HAVE A STORYLINE. YOU PLAY A SUPPORTING CHARACTER. IT'S A SHOW THAT HAS BEEN CALLED OUT FOR PROMOTING BAD BODY IMAGE STEREOTYPES. IT'S ALSO NOT THE MOST WATCHED NETFLIX SHOW. NETFLIX DOESN'T RELEASE THE DATA SO YOU'RE BASING YOUR CLAIM ON A LIE.

A HAGTRESS WHO LIES, THAT'S ALYSSA.

‏Verified account @Alyssa_Milano

On Wednesdays you can catch me hosting Project Runway All Stars on Lifetime. Enjoy!

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THAT'S NOT AN ACTING ROLE, DEAR. YOU CAN'T FIND MANY ACTING ROLES AT YOUR AGE ANYMORE, CAN YOU?

THAT ARTICLE'S FROM 2017. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S A GO AT THE CW. WHICH IS SAD BECAUSE YOU REFUSED TO CALL OUT LESLIE MOONVES BECAUSE YOU NEEDED THIS SERIES SO BADLY. YEAH, YOU WHORED. AND BETWEEN YOUR MUSTACHE, YOUR RECEDING HAIRLINE AND YOUR GIMP EYE, GUESS YOU HAVE TO WHORE TO TRY TO KEEP WORKING, HUH?

‏Verified account @Alyssa_Milano

I ALSO have a movie called #TemptingFate that will be released in June directed by the GREAT @KimRaver that I produced and starred in. Enjoy!

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RELEASED IN JUNE? IT'S NOT A THEATRICAL FILM, IT'S A PIECE OF CRAP MOVIE FOR LIFETIME TV.

YOU DON'T HAVE A CAREER. YOU DO A LOT OF BUSY WORK BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A CAREER.

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

Yesterday, the founder and publisher of WIKILEAKS, Julian Assange, was arrested in London. Why?

That's a multi-answer. Some have cried "treason!" Julian Assange is an Australian citizen, as such he cannot commit treason against the United States. He is a publisher and the news he publishes makes the powerful uncomfortable.

For the US government, the first extreme bit of discomfort came on Monday April 5, 2010, when WIKILEAKS released military video of a July 12, 2007 assault in Iraq. 12 people were killed in the assault including two REUTERS journalists Namie Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh. Not only was the US government responsible for that attack, they were responsible for the lies and the coverup that followed. When WIKILEAKS published the video, the truth was known.

Legal scholar Jonathan Turley (USA TODAY) explains:

“He is our property.” Those celebratory words of Sen. Joe Manchin (D, W.V.) came on CNN soon after the news of the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. It was a sentiment shared by virtually everyone in Washington from Congress to the intelligence services. Assange committed the unpardonable sins of embarrassing the establishment — from members of Congress to intelligence officials to the media. And he will now be punished for our sins. Despite having significant constitutional arguments to be made, it is likely that he will be stripped of those defenses and even barred from raising the overall context of his actions in federal court. What could be the most important free speech and free press case in our history could well be reduced to the scope and substance of an unauthorized computer access case.

Moreover, he was doing something that is usually heralded in the media. He disclosed a massive and arguably unconstitutional surveillance program by the United States impacting virtually every citizen. He later published emails that showed that the Democratic National Committee and the campaign of Hillary Clinton lied in various statements to the public, including the rigging of the primary for her nomination. No one has argued that any of these emails were false. They were embarrassing. Of course, there is not crime of embarrassing the establishment but that is merely a technicality.

WSWS observes:

For its part, the establishment media, which functions as an arm of the state, has jumped in to support the attack on Assange.
On Thursday evening, the editorial boards of the New York Times and the Washington Post issued statements supporting Assange’s extradition. “The government charged Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, not with publishing classified government information, but with stealing it,” declared the New York Times, adding, “The administration has begun well by charging Mr. Assange with an indisputable crime.”
The Washington Post was even more open in its support of the Trump administration’s campaign against Assange, declaring “Mr. Assange’s case could conclude as a victory for the rule of law, not the defeat for civil liberties of which his defenders mistakenly warn.”
“Mr. Assange is not a free-press hero,” declares the Post. “Unlike real journalists, WikiLeaks dumped material into the public domain.” By the Post’s definition, the only “real journalists” are those that self-censor at the behest of the Pentagon.

These newspapers, which once published the Pentagon Papers, are nothing but apologists for US imperialism. One can only imagine the howls of outrage that would issue from the media if it was the Russian government that had carried out the forcible seizure and arrest of a journalist and critic of its foreign policy!

US House Rep Tulsi Gabbard, who is seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, Tweeted the following:

Tulsi Gabbard‏Verified account @TulsiGabbard 15 minutes ago

Assange Arrest: The message is clear. To journalists and all Americans, if you try to take away our power, you will pay a high price.

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Assange Arrest: Toe the Line or Go to Jail

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The purpose of arresting #JulianAssange is to send a message to the people, especially journalists, to be quiet and don’t get out of line. If we, the people, allow the government to control us through fear, we are no longer free, we are no longer America.

Wikileaks/Assange. Be quiet or else.

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The arrest of #JulianAssange is meant to send a message to all Americans and journalists: be quiet, behave, toe the line. Or you will pay the price.

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In their daily brief this morning, Human Rights Watch notes:

The extradition of Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States for alleged computer-related crimes could have dangerous implications for journalists in the digital age.