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Saturday, March 04, 2023

We pick Lauren Boebert's tiny brain

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

PROFESSIONAL HOMOPHOBE AND INTERNATIONALLY RANKED GLOBAL IDIOT LAUREN BOEBERT WAS ASKED, "HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU IN YOUR STUPIDITY?" A WORD FOR WORD TRANSCRIPT OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THESE REPORTERS -- MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB -- FOLLOWS.

BOE-BOE: I AM VERY CONFIDENT. ANYONE WHO QUESTIONS MY CONFIDENCE CLEARLY DOES NOT KNOW ME AT ALL. I AM A VERY CONFIDENT. ABOUT EVERYTHING!

WE'RE NOT SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION. AT ANY RATE, YOU OPPOSE THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE INTERSTATE COMPACT WHICH WOULD DO AWAY WITH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND HAVE THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE DETERMINED BY THE POPULAR VOTE.

BOE-BOE: YES. YES I DO. AND NORMALLY ANYTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION WOULD GET GUTTED BY ME. BUT I WILL STAND AND DELIVER WITH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I DO NOT THINK WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS BASED ON WHO IS POPULAR. I WAS NEVER POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL. CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW GREAT THIS LAND WOULD BE IF I HAD BEEN ELECTED CLASS PRESIDENT IN RIFLE, COLORADO? I COULD HAVE OUTLAWED ABORTION YEARS AGO!

YOU DO KNOW THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS, DON'T YOU?

BOE-BOE: I KNOW EVERYTHING. I IS A SELF-TAUGHT GENIUS.

YOU ARE AGAINST SEX EDUCATION?

BOE-BOE: EXACTLY. NO ONE TAUGHT ME THE FACTS OF LIFE AND I ENDED UP KNOCKED UP AND HAD TO DROP OUT. YOU'RE WELCOME, AMERICA. I INTEND TO PAY IT FORWARD, ONE TEEN PREGNANCY AT A TIME.

AND YOU ARE AGAINST TRANSITIONING - -

BOE-BOE: (INTERRUPTING) I AM! YOU ARE BORN A MAN OR A WOMAN. THERE IS NO TRANSITIONING!

- - TO A GREEN ECONOMY.

BOE-BOE: YES, THAT TOO. YOU ARE BORN, UH, A POLLUTION PERSON OR YOU ARE NOT AND THERE'S NO GOING BACK. I AM A POLLUTION PERSON. I AM A PERSON WHO POLLUTIONS. I SUPPORT POLLUTION, I WELCOME POLLUTION, I AM POLLUTION.

THERE YOU MAY BE RIGHT.

BOE-BOE: I AM RIGHT, DAMN IT. I AM FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE. I WANT ALL THE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUY A GUN, TO KEEP A GUN, TO SHOOT A GUN, TO HIDE THE GUN IF THEY'RE ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. I BELIEVE IN LIBERTAY AND ALL THAT STUFF THEY WROTE DOWN IN THAT THING -- WHAT IS IT CALLED -- THAT THING CALLED -- THE FINAL SOLUTION! YEAH, THAT'S IT. I SUPPORT THAT AND I AM A PATRIOT.

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

Turning to the United States, Jeffrey St. Clair (COUNTERPUNCH) notes:

+ in 2022, 315 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced in state legislatures across the U.S. The number of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced so far in the first two months of 2023 already exceeds that total and exceeds all anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in 2012, 2013, and 2014 combined.

It's a war. There is a war being carried out against the LGBTQ+ community in this country. Fortunately, some people are saying "NO!" to that war. Kaitlyn Kennedy (TAG 24) reports on Wednesday in Iowa:

In the latest attack on LGBTQIA+ rights, eight Iowa Republicans have submitted a proposal to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

[. . .]

The same day they put forward their resolution, Iowa Republicans also introduced HB 508, which would deny same-sex marriages in the name of "religious liberty."

[. . .]

Dozens of high-school and college student groups also participated in walkouts on Wednesday to protest the anti-LGBTQIA+ moves. They took to the streets and even marched to the Iowa State Capitol, chanting slogans like "We say gay" and "Trans rights are human rights."

Of those brave students, Jo Yurcaba (NBC NEWS) notes:

Students from 26 high schools and two colleges have coordinated the walkouts to take place throughout the day across the state.

IowaWTF, a coalition of high school students that fights “discriminatory legislation,” and the Iowa Queer Student Alliance, a group for LGBTQ high school and college students, organized the day of protests.

Jemma Bullock, a member of the Iowa QSA, said the group is leading walkouts for two reasons: to educate students about the bills under consideration in the state Legislature and to get the attention of the lawmakers behind those bills.

“We are trying to make it so that it’s impossible for those in power to ignore us,” said Bullock, who is a senior at Ankeny High School, just north of Des Moines. “Because right now, there are people who are going to the Capitol and attending those public hearings about these bills — they have been teachers, psychiatrists, doctors, students, parents, administrators, all sorts of people who come and say, ‘This is harmful. This will have bad effects. This will cause bullying, it will cause depression and anxiety and it will not be safe for the LGBTQ+ community in our schools.’ And they just will not listen.”

By mid-afternoon Wednesday, students and local reporters started to share images and videos from the walkouts on social media.

Bigots and old fools don't seem to get it -- I'm thinking of one old fool in particular, Betty called him out Monday in "Shut your bigoted ass, Dr. Anthony Monteiro" (rightfully called him out) -- but the LGBTQ+ community is under attack. The world has changed but bigots are having a really hard time grasping that.

Chris Panella and Kimberly Leonard (BUSINESS INSIDER) note:

A Florida GOP state representative filed a proposal expanding the state's so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill.
The bill, HB 1223, would prohibit instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity up to eighth grade.
Advocacy groups slammed the proposal, saying it polices schools and demonizes LGBTQ people.

That's Florida. AP covers Tennessee:

Tennessee Republican lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation that would prevent transgender people from changing their driver's licenses and birth certificates, a move that officials warn could cost the state millions in federal funding.

“In my view, this body should do what’s right regardless of the cost,” said Republican Rep. Gino Bulso, the bill's sponsor. “I don’t care what it costs to do what’s right.”

LGBTQ-rights advocates have long argued that having a driver's license or birth certificate match a person's identity is not only personally important but also beneficial to avoiding harassment.

If enacted, the proposal would define male and female in state law and base people’s legal gender identities on their anatomy at birth. A handful of Republican-led states have introduced similar bills — including Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma — as GOP lawmakers have put transgender issues at the forefront of their legislative agenda.

Legislative officials tasked with calculating the fiscal impact of bills have stated that Bulso's bill would likely open the state to “civil litigation and could jeopardize federal funding" because it could conflict with federal rules.

It could open the state up to lawsuits and to a loss of federal funding? Well hate apparently trumps common sense. At least we can applaud the bigots of Tennessee for sporting their hate proudly and not trying to dress it up with the pretense so many other bigots do by insisting it's to 'save the children.' Shawna Mizelle (CNN) notes Tennessee as well:

Tennessee is set to become the first state this year to enact legislation to restrict public drag show performances.

The state Senate on Thursday passed a bill along party lines to limit “adult cabaret performances” on public property so as to shield them from the view of children, threatening violators with a misdemeanor and repeat offenders with a felony. It was passed by the Tennessee House last week and Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, has said he will sign it.

Bill Lee, as Marcia noted ("Drag Queen Bill Lee doesn't want others to partake"), may be the governor but in high school he loved dressing as a woman. And Jeffrey St. Clair points out, "The state of Tennessee wants to make drag shows a felony. But back in 2009, the Hawkins County, Tennessee GOP had its “largest fundraiser ever” at a drag show. The event attracted Rep. Zach Wamp, Rep. Phil Roe and future Governor Bill Haslam."

Texas has some bigots pushing to curb drag as well including Nate Schatzline. Oops. Like with Bill Lee, there are images:

Video posted on social media shows Texas state Rep. Nate Schatzline dressed in drag performing to Javi Mula’s “Sexy Lady,” The Daily Beast reports.

“Nate Schatzline has made his entire personality attacking the LGBTQ community, trans especially children, and vowed to ban drag shows in Texas,” a Twitter user whoposted the video wrote on the social media site.

Schatzline in January introduced HB 1266, which aims to put a “sexually oriented business” tag on any venue that hosts drag performances that also allows the consumption of alcohol on the premises. The law would ban anyone younger than 18 from entering such businesses.

The first-term state congressman and ex-pastor admits it’s him in the video, but he accused his critics of mischaracterizing the incident, calling the performance “a joke” while he was in school.

It was supposed to provide entertainment? Isn't that what a drag show does?

Nate, you better work it, girl. Show us those moves you used performing "Sexy Lady."

By the way, Nate thinks the US has a "tyrannical" government. And hate merchant Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling for cession. Why do they hate America? WHY!! WHY!! They should be asked that and let's remember from this point forward, they're not just hate merchants and bigots, they're also America haters.

"It's time to stand up against tyrannical government!" That's what Nate wrote on his campaign website.

Why do you hate America so much, Nate? Is it because you don't feel you can wear dresses in public anymore?

After all that hate, we need a palette cleanser. Alex Harrington (F1 BRIEFINGS ON FAN NATION) reports on F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton appearance on THE FAST AND THE CURIOUS podcast :

The conversation started with discussions about technology, time off during the winter break, and Hamilton's expedition to Antarctica - which we covered earlier this year. However, Hewgill then continued to ask about the extra work the Mercedes driver does for diversity and equal rights.

"You mention the word inspiring, sorry to end on a slightly serious note but you have paved the way in Formula 1 for talking out about serious issues that haven't been spoken about before.
"For example, I'm a fanatic F1 fan and sports broadcaster, I'm also gay. It's something I struggled with when I was a kid about coming out in the world of sports.
"You went to Hungary in 2021 when that was going through some tricky LGBT stuff and spoke up about LGBT rights. I wanted to say thank you, it means the world and makes such a difference."

Hamilton was visibly appreciative, thanking Hewgill for his kind words and sharing what did.

"We have this platform and I just feel a huge responsibility. I'm not just a Formula 1 driver and I can just have success and go about my life, this is a platform to really spark change, spark conversation, which is the beginning of those things.
"Sparking those uncomfortable conversations and then holding people accountable who have been happy with the status quo in the past, which has held people down and made people not included.

He continued:

"We can make change and I want to be a part of helping that and making people feel more included.
"Motorsport or any sport or business shouldn't be able to continue not being diverse. When have you ever seen someone working in our industry with disabilities?
"There are so many different things we need to challenge and fix."

The Mercedes driver's response has earned him widespread praise from Formula 1 fans. Hamilton's unwavering support for human rights, including LGBT+ rights, has been a consistent feature of his career. The Briton has repeatedly spoken out against discrimination, making him one of the most influential and respected figures in the sport.

Applause for Lewis Hamilton. People are suffering and that includes children and they're suffering not because they attended a drag show but because hateful adults are traumatizing them. Marc Ramirez (USA TODAY) reports;

One in 4 Black transgender or nonbinary youths attempted suicide in the previous year, a figure more than twice the rate of their Black cisgender peers, according to a new research brief from the Trevor Project that called the situation "a public health crisis that deserves immediate attention."

The results were among key findings of the latest brief compiled by the Trevor Project as it combs through data collected from nearly 34,000 LGBTQ young people nationwide for its 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health. The organization, based in New York, focuses on suicide prevention for LGBTQ youths.

“This report is yet another piece of evidence that we aren’t doing enough to fight for these kids,” said Jack Turban, director of the gender psychiatry program at the University of California, San Francisco. “Improving the situation will mean making broad structural and societal improvements in the ways we treat trans youth of color. Unfortunately, we seem to be moving in the opposite direction.”

[. . .]

The American Civil Liberties Union said 336 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in statehouses across the country in 2023, eclipsing the record 315 tallied by the Human Rights Campaign in 2022. Many bills target transgender youths, prohibiting gender-affirming care or participation in school sports teams aligned with their gender identity.

“It can’t be understated, the degree of transphobia we are seeing among politicians,” said Gina Sequeira, co-director of the Seattle Children's Gender Clinic in Washington. “The patients I take care of are incredibly fearful of the atmosphere they see.”

Another factor, Sequeira noted, is the record levels of fatal violence suffered by transgender victims in recent years, especially Black trans women.

“We have to acknowledge that societal racism and transphobia directly correlate with some of the findings we see,” she said.

It's a message that a bigot like Anthony Monteiro just can't grasp. The hate these bigots spew has consequences:

A transgender woman was brutally assaulted near a light rail station in Minneapolis, suffering serious injuries including a rib fracture, collapsed lung and brain bleed.

Metro Transit police officers responded Monday morning to a call that a woman with “visible brain matter” was lying on the ground near Lake St. Station.

Officers were concerned the assailants were motivated by “anti-transgender bias,” according to the criminal complaints. However, Nicholas Kimball, a spokesperson for the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, told The Associated Press the case is still being investigated and the office needs more evidence to determine a motive.

At least 32 transgender and gender-nonconforming people were killed in the United States last year, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Trans women are disproportionately represented, comprising 81% of the deaths. In 2021, the human rights organization tallied 57 fatal assaults against trans and gender-nonconforming people, the highest number since HRC has been reporting the numbers.

America does not need these hate merchants and the lies they spread. How awful is Glenneth Greenwald's roll dog and hag Marjorie Taylor Greene? Even President Joe Biden makes fun of her and says she's actually going to help turn out Democratic voters across the nation:

The Georgia Republican has previously heckled the president, including during his State of the Union address in February when he spoke about alleged plans from some Republicans to cut Social Security and Medicare. At that moment, Greene shouted out "liar, liar" in response to his comments.

In another instance, Greene claimed that Biden is responsible for fentanyl overdose deaths. On Tuesday, she shared a clip to Twitter of House testimony from Rebecca Kiessling, a mother who lost two sons to fentanyl overdoses in July 2020—when former President Donald Trump was in office.

The congresswoman asked the mother during the hearing whether her sons would be alive "if our government would secure our southern border," which has numerously seen the seizure of large amounts of the drug. Kiessling responded "absolutely."

"Listen to this mother, who lost two children to fentanyl poisoning, tell the truth about both of her son's murders because of the Biden administrations refusal to secure our border and stop the Cartel's from murdering Americans everyday by Chinese fentanyl," Greene wrote on Twitter.

Biden referenced her accusations on Wednesday and pointed out that the deaths of the women's sons happened when Trump was president.

"I've read she was very specific recently, saying that a mom—a poor mother who lost two kids to fentanyl, that I killed her sons. Well, the interesting thing is that fentanyl they took came during the last administration," he said.

Poor Glenneth, his hag's under fire.

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CBS NEWS LOVES THEM SOME PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. WHICH IS WHY THEY MAKE PART OF THE HEADLINE ABOUT HIS LATEST TOP SECRET DOCUMENT SCANDALS THAT "JOB APPROVAL REMAINS UNCHANGED." DON'T THEY MEAN THAT IT REMAINS LOW?

ONLY 44% OF THE PUBLIC APPROVES OF THE JOB JOE'S DOING. 56% DISPROVE. YOU'D THINK THAT WOULD BE A HEADLINE, RIGHT?

REACHED FOR COMMENT, JOE EXPLAINED, "ME AND CBS ARE TIGHT. I AM THEIR KEY DEMO. I WATCH ALL THEIR SHOWS AND BUY THE DEPENDS AND DENTURE CREAM THAT THEIR SPONSORS ADVERTISE. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY. BEEN A LIFELONG CBS VIEWER. AND IT'S HOW I GOT THE IDEA TO TAKE TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO BEGIN WITH. THERE I WAS MAY 7, 1956, 13 Y3ARS OLD, IN FRONT OF THE TV WATCHING 'I LOVE LUCY.' MAN, VIVIAN VANCE WAS SO HOT. SO LUCY AND RICKY WERE FINISHING THEIR WHIRLWIND TRIP OF EUROPE AND COMING BACK HOME. AND LUCY? SHE'S GOT 25 POUNDS OF CHEESE SHE WANTS TO TAKE HOME TO HER MOM. RICKY SAYS IT'LL COST LIKE $50 BUCKS SO NO WAY AND THAT WAS BACK WHEN WE HAD REAL PRESIDENTS WHO CARED ABOUT THE ECONOMY SO FIFTY BUCKS WAS A LOT OF MONEY. WHERE WAS I? OH, YEAH. LUCY DECIDES TO SNEAK THE CHEESE ONTO THE PLANE WRAPPED IN A BLANKET AND PRETENDING IT'S A BABY. SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. WELL ME AND ANTONY BLINKEN COZ HE'S THE ETHEL TO MY LUCY. MAN, ANTONY BLINKEN IS SO HOT. SO I WRAPPED THE TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS UP IN A BLANKET WHILE ANTONY PUT ON A WRAP DRESS -- REMEMBER, HE WAS THE ETHEL TO MY LUCY -- AND THEN WE HOT FOOTED IT OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE BUT WERE STOPPED RIGHT OUTSIDE THE ENTRY BY THEN-SECRETARY OF DEFENSE BOB GATES WHO ASKED, 'IF THAT'S A BABY, WHERE'S THE BOTTLE?' JUST LIKE LUCY IN THAT EPISODE, I FORGOT THE BOTTLE! BUT JOE BIDEN IS KNOWN FOR THINKING ON HIS FEET AND SO I TOLD BOB GATES, 'WE DON'T USE THE BOTTLE. HE'S BREAST FED.' AND I POPPED OPEN THE BUTTONS ON MY SHIRT AND HELD THE BLANKET UP TO THE LEFT NIP' AND THEN WE WERE OUT OF THERE!"

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

Starting in the US, SLATE explores the hate merchants in their latest HANG UP AND LISTEN episode entitled "NBC's Tony Dungy Problem." (Dungy segment starts 26 minutes and 20 seconds in.)

Tom Lawrence (SOUTH DAKOTA STANDARD) explains:

Of course, Dungy is far from alone in spewing hateful and ignorant comments about gay people. Reggie White, the great defensive tackle who was known as the “Minister of Defense” because he was an ordained pastor, repeatedly said inaccurate and offensive things about gay people.

It’s part of the culture in sports, where gay-bashing and homophobic comments and actions have long been allowed, even celebrated. Dungy was supposedly better than the run-of-the-mill athlete, but that has proven not to be the case.

Last week, he repeated an absurd claim that some schools were placing litter boxes in bathrooms for the use of students. A Minnesota legislator advocated for placing menstrual products in boys’ bathrooms.

“That’s nothing,” Dungy tweeted Wednesday morning. “Some school districts are putting litter boxes in the school bathrooms for students who identify as cats. Very important to address every student’s needs.”

That’s a tired and easily refuted claim that right-wingers have been making for a couple years now. But Dungy, who always prepared so well as a coach, recycled this idiotic claim without bothering to check it out.

Why? Because it meshed with his hateful view of some people who don’t meet with his approval, even children who can be harmed by such hateful rhetoric.

A poll conducted of LGBTQ youth in November said 45% of transgender and nonbinary youth said they’d been cyberbullied or harassed online because of increased anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and policies, and 24% said they’d been bullied at school.

It is so bad that almost 30% said they did not feel safe going to a doctor if they’re sick or injured.

Words matter. They cause serious pain. The Trevor Project’s 2022 survey on mental health reported that nearly half of all LGBTQ young people, including no binary youths, considered suicide in the last year.

That’s why Dungy’s words and attitude matter. He is entitled to his beliefs, but he needs to expect the response. There was considerable outcry, and Dungy deleted the tweet and, under pressure, issued a statement expressing regret for his hateful and ignorant remark.

Andrew Lawrence (GUARDIAN) offers:

But somewhere along the way, something in Dungy snapped. After his oldest son, James, took his own life in 2005, the coach went from speaking at conferences for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to fundraising for a think tank that opposes same-sex marriage. When Michael Sam, pro football’s first out gay player, was drafted by the St Louis Rams in 2014, Dungy said he wouldn’t have wanted the University of Missouri linebacker on his team because of his sexual orientation and the potential distractions it might bring. Mind you, this is the same paragon of gridiron virtue who argued for Michael Vick to be rehired after the Pro Bowl quarterback was federally imprisoned for running a dog fighting ring; Dungy also said he’d welcome Ray Rice back into an NFL locker room after the Pro Bowl tailback was banished from the league for KO’ing his girlfriend.

All the while Dungy rates among the NFL’s worst television analysts, providing the least insight in the most monotone delivery. Only he could make the last minutes of Jacksonville’s wildcard comeback against Los Angeles about as thrilling as Ben Stein’s roll call in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. (Not even the great Al Michaels, clearly beaten down from announcing too many Thursday night games, could inject any more life into the broadcast.)

The low energy alone would be reason enough for NBC to at least bench Dungy. But he remains a prominent part of the network’s NFL coverage and figures to remain so next season. Sticking by dodgy NFL analysts is a routine play for NBC. Lead announcer Mike Tirico has a graveyard of sexual allegations from his ESPN days, and so does fantasy man Matthew Berry; Michele Tafoya, NBC’s longtime NFL reporter, made a full heel turn to anti-woke punditry after retiring from the sideline. It’s hardly a shock that Dung – a rich, platformed member of the jockocracy–would espouse conservative Christian ideology, or that he’d be tempted to draw sports analogies in his rhetoric. But as long as Dungy has the NFL for a bully pulpit, he’s no less polarizing a football man than Rush Limbaugh was during his brief ESPN stay. Dungy can speak his mind all he wants; you won’t read me telling him to stick to sports. But the NFL might want to think about finding a new human shield. This one’s lost his integrity.

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Let's note one because I left a Tweet response.

I have never been anything but nice to Antonio Sabato Jr. I've never agreed with his politics -- but online and off, I have been nothing but nice to him. What he just did was one of the most offensive things you can do in my world. It's why I've ragged on Ann Wilson, who I like (most recently for the prig attitude regarding a song she sang that fans made a hit an that she wants to now act like she's better than). I do not tell people who to vote for. I do not use, in my offline life, I do not misuse or dishonor my fan base. I'm very aware that I have what I have because of them. That's why, though I love Ann to tears, it pisses me off when she starts doing things that are insulting your fan base.

Antonio? It wasn't women propelling his rise years ago. It was men. Men responding to his body and his beauty. Without gay (and bi) men, he'd have nothing today in the way of fame. And now he wants to support a homophobe?

Those were photos aimed at a gay audience and don't kid, I know the person over the campaign. And it's why they selected the publications those ads ran in. (And the original creator of the ads knew Antonio's appeal vanished the moment he 'thickened' -- and he was right.)

Antonio has spit on the people who gave him a national name, who gave him support and who were fans despite his meager talents.

He should be ashamed of himself. Again, in my world you do not betray your fan base. You respect them and you thank them. Junior decided to spit on whatever is left of his dwindling fan base.

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With his record of lies, do you believe him?

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WAIT! WAIT! NEWLY ELECTED HOUSE REPRESNTATIVE GEORGE SANTOS IS SAYING HE WILL RESIGN FROM COLLEGE "IF 142000 PEOPLE ASK FOR ME TO RESIGN"?

DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT?

HE'S IN TROUBLE ALREADY FOR LYING.

HE LIED ABOUT WHERE HE WORKED. HE LIED ABOUT BEING JEWISH. HE LIED ABOUT HIS EDUCATION. HE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING -- INCLUDING THE 'OUT' GAY MAN FORGETTING TO REVEAL HE WAS RECENTLY MARRIED TO A WOMAN (DIVORCED 2019).

BUT NOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE HIS WORDS THAT IF 142000 PEOPLE ASK HIM TO RESIGN, HE WILL ACTUALLY DO IT?

GEORGE, WE WERE BORN AT NIGHT, BUT IT WASN'T LAST NIGHT!

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

Okay, now we're going over to Iraq. There's an issue that we've been ignoring -- my choice to do so. We'll go into why in a minute. AL-MONITOR reports:

Iraq has not apologized to Iran after several Iranian parliamentarians slammed Iraq for using the term "Arabian Gulf" as it hosted the 25th Gulf Cup in Basra and asked for an apology.

Alireza Salimi, a member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Parliament, attacked Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani and the leader of Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, for what he termed a hostile action.

“I advise the Iraqi prime minister and Muqtada al-Sadr to apologize and stop these kinds of contentious actions that are against the interests of the two nations and create disputes between the two nations,” Salimi said according to Iranian media reports.

ASHARQ AL-AWSAT reports:

Observers and experts, however, said Iraq has so far ignored the complaints because it does not want to become embroiled in a diplomatic dispute with Iran, especially as Baghdad is playing a key role in achieving rapprochement between regional countries, most notably Saudi Arabia and Iran.

While Baghdad has not officially commented on the “Arabian Gulf” dispute, the Sadrist movement, led by influential cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, rejected Tehran’s summoning of the Iraqi envoy.

Leading member of the movement, Issam Hussein said on Wednesday that Tehran is not justified in summoning the envoy.

Moreover, he noted that the move gives Iran’s supporters in Iraq the “green light” to criticize the naming of the tournament.

He remarked that Iran is “greatly bothered” by the rapprochement between the Iraqi and Gulf people.

It fears that this rapprochement could develop into an increase in tourism and later development in economic and investment, he added.

First, as a US citizen, I don't have an opinion on which of the two names Iraq chooses to use for the competition. Second, I'm not Condi Rice.

The US government has too often seen Iraq and Iran as twins or as potential twins. They are neighboring countries. As we have noted for years now, they will have many disagreements -- and have had many disagreements. They may act together but they will also act in opposition.

Condi Rice, whenever things were going the way she wanted between Iran and Iraq (at odds) or at any time (like when Moqtada's influence was ebbing) would insert herself into the process. It was stupid to begin with because the disagreement then becomes with the US.

We're noting it now to explain to all those e-mailing why we aren't obsessing over this news and to again remind that neighbors will always have frictions. The two countries are not twins. They aren't individual nations that share a border and will work together on somethings and not work together on other issues. When government officials in the US fret over Iraq and Iran it's as though they're still addicted to the domino theory.

The above disagreement is not a US issue. I don't plan to comment on it and say someone's right and someone's wrong, it's not my business and I don't see how it helps. If outlets from the region choose to run columns or editorials, we may note those. But this is something that needs to be between those two counties. And, if that really makes you butt hurt because -- like Condi -- your goal is to drive a wedge between Iraq and Iran, grasp what Condi never could, a chorus of US voices is just going to turn attention towards the US and make it the target of frustration. So let it play out for that if you just can't support the notion that we don't need to stick our nose into everything.

I picked the morning paper off the floor
It was full of other people's little wars
Wouldn't they like their peace
Don't we get bored
And we call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence

-- "The Three Great Stimulants," written by Joni Mitchell, first appears on DOG EAT DOG

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