Cedric's Big Mix: 2022-07-24

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

TODAY, THESE REPORTER WERE SUMMONED TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WHO WANTED TO SPEAK TO US -- EXCLUSIVE: MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S BIG MIX -- SPOKE TO A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE -- MAINLY WHITE HOUSE WORKERS THAT HER STAFF CORRALLED AND USED FOR PROPS. SHE DECLARED:

I DID NOTHING WHEN THEY CAME FOR JULIAN ASSANGE.

I DID NOTHING WHEN THEY CAME FOR ED SNOWDEN.

NOW THEY HAVE COME FOR THE SWEETIN AND I MUST NOT BE SILENT.

HARRIS WAS, OF COURSE, REFERRING TO THE JUNE 27TH SHOVING OF JODIE SWEETIN WHEN THE ACTRESS WAS PROTESTING THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V.. WADE.

"THE IMPORTANCE OF ROE V WADE NEVER ACTUALLY REGISTERED WITH ME," CONFESSED HARRIS, "UNTIL I SAW TV'S LITTLE STEPHANIE TANNER BEING PUSHED AROUND BY POLICE WHILE SIMPLY TRYING TO EXERCISE HER RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. HOW RUDE! LITTLE STEPHANIE. SHE'S ALREADY LOST HER FATHER DANNY AND AUNT BECKY, OF COURSE, JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON. HOW MUCH MORE CAN ONE FAMILY ENDURE?"

"VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS," WE ASKED -- MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S BIG MIX -- THIS EVENT HAPPENED A MONTH AGO."

"TIME," HARRIS INTONED, "KNOWS NO CALENDAR. CARRY ON, MY FOOT SOLDIERS, CARRY ON!"

WITH A LARGE WHIRRING NOISE, HARRIS SPUN AROUND SUDDENLY AND ZIPPED OFF TO AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION WITHIN THE EISENHOWER EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING.

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

If the Security Council takes a pass, Iraq appears ready to address it themselves. MEHR NEWS AGENCY reports:

An Iraqi Parliament member announced that the Iraqi Parliament is reviewing passing a law on expelling Turkish forces from Iraqi soil.

"The Iraqi parliament is determined to determine the task of the case of the illegal presence of Turkish army forces in the areas of northern Iraq, which is considered a clear violation of its sovereignty," the source cited.

Yesterday, we noted that the Coordination Framework has put forward a nominee for prime minister:

The Coordination Framework, an umbrella parliamentary bloc including all Iran-backed Shia factions, formally nominated Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani to be the new Iraqi prime minister, Iraqi state media reported Monday.

"Today, the leaders of the Shia framework met in positive conditions and they unanimously agreed to nominate Mr Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani for the [Iraqi] premiership," read a statement released by the Coordination Framework.

Al-Sudani, 52, is a Shia Iraqi lawmaker from the south-eastern Maysan Governorate. He has a Bachelor's degree in agricultural sciences. He has held several posts and ministerial portfolios in the Iraqi government, including the governor of Maysan, the minister of human rights in 2010, and the minister of labour and social affairs in 2014.

Doesn't that end the stalemate? No. As ARAB WEEKLY notes:

The attention of Iraqis has shifted to the disagreement between Kurdish forces over the nomination of the country’s next president, after the Shia camp within the Coordinating Framework managed to reach an agreement on the selection of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani as its nominee for prime minister.

Iraqi political analysts say that the approach of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) could scupper any deal with The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) to agree on a nominee for the presidency because the KDP is not looking for a compromise with the PUK and continues to pressure the pro-Iran Shia political alliance, the Coordination Framework in a way that some descibe as an "attempt at blackmail"...

You can't jump to the prime minister. A prime minister-designate is named by the president. Once named, the designate has 30 days to form a Cabinet which is the test that proves the designate is up to the job and, if so, can move from prime minister designate to prime minister.

By custom, the president is a Kurd.

The forming of a Cabinet in 30 days has never really been held and that's why Iraq's governments have been in disarray from the start.

So what might be considered is how much does the Constitution have to be followed?

The Constitution is clear that a president is elected and the president's first job is to then name a prime minister-designate. Could Iraq use the existing president to name a prime minister-designate? It probably could attempt to but doing so would make the KDP angry and probably lose their votes.

Another step around the impasse?

The Coordinating Framework could nominate, in front of Parliament, a person for the presidency. By custom, it would need to be a Kurd and it would need to be someone popular enough to get the votes. There is no rule in the Constitution that says the PUK and the KDP get to work out who the president of Iraq is. They can be bypassed. But you're going to need a very popular nominee to do that.

So, at present, the political stalemate continues.