General Politics Discussion (III) [ARCHIVED] • Page 294

"Macron doesn't know this, of course. Why would he? But Jean-Marie Le Pen was a Lieutenant in the French paratroopers who helped suppress the Algerian independence struggle. And in the course of that task, he was directly involved in the torture and extrajudicial execution of prisoners. This included electrocution, battering with truncheons, and being force-fed soapy liquid before having a towel stuffed in one's mouth while soldiers jumped up and down on one's stomach. This was a crucial part of the subjectifying experience that galvanised the fanatical nationalist and racist Le Pen, sparking his dreams of fascist revolution, and that provided a base for a fascist movement discredited by the Second World War. Much as the National Front and then BNP emerged from beleaguered and embattled empire loyalists, so today's Front national is a legacy of the French empire.

What is more, the rise of fascism in the first instance could hardly be explained without reference to the colonial experience and its huge, often hidden, crimes, and the racist dreams driving them: Italy in Libya, Germany in south-west Africa, France in north Africa and Indochina, Spain in the Rif, and so on. One could hardly talk fascism without talking about the history of bombing, the history of gassing, the pioneering of efficient methods of genocide, all in the colonies."

LENIN'S TOMB: Awkward

 

Q: IF I IDENTIFY W THIS MORE THAN FRIENDS DOES THAT MAKE ME AN HONORARY BLACK PERSON ASKING 4 A FRIEND

 

no it just means you're lying to yourself

 

This is the stupidest fucking thing I've read today and I read David's posts:

Richard Albert: Haiti should relinquish its sovereignty - The Boston Globe

Jk David

 

Also, shoot me in the head:

 

What are the odds it passes? Genuine question. I'm skeptical, but I don't know anymore these days.

 

Have we gotten a new CBO score yet?

 

Probably not. They want to pass it before a CBO score is out so they have enough votes.

 

The House just passed a bill that affects overtime pay

 

Not entirely sure, I know a lot of people are calling but trying not to be too optimistic

 

How exactly is this bill different than the one that failed? I haven't read much about this one

 

Been changing a lot the past few days but last I heard, allows states to decide if they want to keep pre-existing condition protections. Some bullshit about money for high-risk pools as well. And I thought I heard something about letting employers shop over state lines but I dunno if that made it in the bill or not. I'm sure there are things I'm forgetting though.

 

They keep adding shitty amendments, so no one even really knows what is or isn't in the bill even.

 

Democrats say they need a better economic message. Ohio’s Sherrod Brown thinks he has one.

Here's a short interview with Sherrod Brown and a little on his interesting proposal of a "Corporate Freeloader Fee". Sounds like a winning plan for democrats if I ever heard one.

 

Senate would still have to approve but I haven't seen anything from previous no voters like Tom Cotton

 

Upton was a big "no" earlier this week but they got him back with this

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/...cial-vote-to-the-latest-health-bill.html?_r=0