General Politics Discussion (III) [ARCHIVED] • Page 634

he definitely is lol

 

Same as any other instance of using median, massively reduces the influence of outliers

 

So it's not a concrete plan, but it'll definitely happen lol

 

My life would be made tbh.

I think she'd do a good job.

 

This will go well.

 

Nah she's just a neoliberal.

 

I really hope there is a Twitter account that does this.

 

Sorry, that slogan is taken! haha

 

Well, she is.

 

And here I thought I was being original and funny and then you just march in here bursting my bubble!

 

Would vote for her over Trump in 2020.

 

"Exploiting a simplified, misleading story of the Crusades (namely, that they were primarily a Western, Christian, defensive response to Middle Eastern incursion on Christian lands) isn’t a strictly contemporary phenomenon. In fact, it came into fashion during the age of colonialism and was reborn again in the early 20th century. In both of those cases — and in our own current climate — the imaginary parallel between the Crusades and our own conflicts does much more to advance our own political causes than to accurately represent the Crusades....The popular conception of the Crusades comes not from their historical reality, but from two related places: First, from 19th and early 20th century scholars of the Crusades, such as French historian Joseph-Francois Michaud or the German Heinrich von Sybel or the American George Lincoln Burr, who saw their research linked to contemporary nationalistic colonial projects in Africa and the Middle East; and second, from the resurrection of those ideas by 21st century conservatives, such as cold warrior Robert Spencer, Santorum and many surrounding the presidency of George W. Bush."

Perspective | Islamophobes want to recreate the Crusades. But they don’t understand them at all.

 

Does anyone know what time the Comey hearing is on Thursday? I have an afternoon flight and don't want to land in the apocalypse

 

Thread

 

"The immediate cause of the diplomatic break can be traced back to the 2011 Arab Spring. Unlike Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which quickly opposed any revolutionary movements that threatened established Arab autocracies, Qatar decided to bet on the revolutionaries and used some of its vast fossil-fuel wealth to support them. In particular, Sheikh Hamad decided to throw its weight behind Muslim Brotherhood movements in Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere, building off of his long-standing support for Brotherhood branches around the Arab world, including Hamas. This represented a radical shift from Hamad’s previous “no problems” foreign policy, which presumably reflected Hamad’s desire to increase Qatar’s prominence on the geopolitical stage commensurate with its financial clout. Under Hamad, and then Tamim, Qatar has adopted a number of foreign policies that have at times, placed it at odds with its fellow Gulf states:"


What’s Happening in the Persian Gulf

 

There's 44:58:18 on the CNN clock thing and I'm too lazy to do that math tbh.

 

That seems...not good.

 

Ugh

 

You own this now GOP.

 

Per CNN: Comey is scheduled to testify in an open session of the Senate intelligence committee starting at 10 a.m. ET, followed by a non-televised closed session around 1 p.m.

 

It's not that's going to stop him from tweeting.

 

Democratic Edge in Party Affiliation Up to Seven Points

• 45% of Americans identify as Democrats or lean Democratic
• 38% of Americans identify as Republicans or lean Republican
• Largest Democratic advantage since April 2015

 

I wonder if he realizes how much the Saudis are despised by significant portions of the US military establishment in the region.

 

Well they have artillery if they wanted to change that... wonder where they got that...