People who were all Republican from the beginning and willing to kiss the ring. Can’t see that happening for Fetterman. And as much as prople don’t like him, there is still a place for him in the Democratic Party as a “centrist” or whatever you want to call it.
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I am not saying that it will flip but him criticizing the R and the R criticizing him would not be an impediment for people without spine. He showed that he has none after proclaiming left and right that he was part of a progressive movement and now denies it
So yeah, the D might be useful for him and viceversa and continue as it is, but if he believes that he has a better chance to go to the R party, it will not be a problem for him and R party
Missouri just executed an innocent man.
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Related to illegal campaign contributions from the Turkish government apparently.
RIP to a real one
for those outside academia it may not seem such a big deal, but tenure is supposed to be inviolable. tenured professors have, for years, been able to talk about the inferiority of races and other things without getting fired.
of course, being against israel is a different thing. usually pro-palestine professors were dealt with at the tenure stage itself, by denying them promotion (for example, norm finkelstein and steve salaita). this method is newer and more audacious. the most likely outcome is a multi-million dollar settlement in her favour, but literally millions of dollars are less important to the university than maintaining the correct line on israel.
Edit- for an example of what is protected by tenure
of course, being against israel is a different thing. usually pro-palestine professors were dealt with at the tenure stage itself, by denying them promotion (for example, norm finkelstein and steve salaita). this method is newer and more audacious. the most likely outcome is a multi-million dollar settlement in her favour, but literally millions of dollars are less important to the university than maintaining the correct line on israel.
Edit- for an example of what is protected by tenure
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I wondered what the Turkish angle was with Eric Adams. He pressured a NYC official to go along with opening a skyscraper building (Turkish consular) without a fire inspection.
the whole thing is hilarious, the most explicit and enthusiastic acceptance of bribes ever.
though there's one that i don't think will make it to the FBI indictment.
though there's one that i don't think will make it to the FBI indictment.
It's interesting this is happening while Chenjerai Kumanyika (who some may know from a couple of seasons of Scene on Radio) is releasing his podcast series on the origins of the NYPD.
Fascinating to see the kind of dialogue they have. An Adams staffer talks with an Airline manager how to make it seem like Adams is quoted a "real" price for tickets because "his every step is being watched so we don't want this to look like he's flying for free". Knowing they're being watched, they continue the grift.
I'll have to give that a listen. Loved him on Scene on Radio.
New York made a mistake with Adams, and that was obvious from the beginning.
I was in NYC recently. This city is just in a bad shape, and it of course not just his fault. I have no plans to spend a day or penny there anytime soon.
I was in NYC recently. This city is just in a bad shape, and it of course not just his fault. I have no plans to spend a day or penny there anytime soon.
This is a very interesting article.
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Out of curiosity, but how come ad spending has so much sway? And I include local elections in this question, not necessarily just national. Are there so many voters out there who will see a rise in campaign videos from some candidate and suddenly think "yeah that's my candidate now that I've been bombarded by campaign ads".
Local adverts, as with yard signs, rarely seem to have a candidate's party affiliation in/on them, local issues are often very specific to a certain local policy and are often the only way a voter would ever know about them, in my area I have no idea who these people running are or what party they represent!
But then how would you know who or what to vote for? I don't quite understand the intricacies here yet.
Adverts tend to be on a specific topic/policy with the person's name assicated with it, so you're voting on a topic/policy rather than a party which is really the way it should be, especially at local level.
Local elections often have 'Propositions' - these are usually very specific to a town or local area, it might be at odds with your overall party view but something that you might want personally, for example the GOP is generally against tax rises but a local proposition might be for a rise in taxation to fund new equipment for the local fire brigade, you get to vote on that specific policy
Ok, I tend to understand it better now. But my question remains, how come ad spending has so much sway? Does it change people's opinions on a specific policy? Does it increase turnout?
Turnout, probably not, opinions, in some cases yes
Say you're a Republican, as a general rule you would not normally vote for a Democrat, in your local town the fire brigade are desparate for new fire engines, somethink you agree they need, the local GOP candidate is against raising local taxes to enambe this, the local Democraat is on favor.
In this case you could vote for the Democrat on just this issue and still vote GOP for everything else, it's a gneralization but a lot of US local elections can be like this
I'm guessing you've never seen a US election ballot paper, I've seen books that are shorter than some of them!
Coming back to your post, in that case what does ad spending do to me? Make me aware of this issue with the fire brigade so I will turn out to vote? Because it didn't change my opinion as I already agreed they need the new fire engines.
I'm trying to understand how the ad spending in itself influences an election. It obviously works, but in what kind of ways does it work?
Unless you read local newspapers or websites, you might not even know about a proposition, if it's a topic of interest it might make you turn out to vote when you might not otherwise have done, on the ballot paper the party affiliation will be present and I guess that might encorage someone to vote for that party more generally - TBH I don't know why it works but it obviously does or they wouldn't keep spending the $$$$
And we were laughing earthcentrism, humour illnesses, bleedings, trepanning and more bullshit from a few hundred years. At least they barely had proper science back in the day. This is beyond stupid. Even me when I was under 10 knew why it was risky to drink raw milk (and still did here and there from a very well known personal source accepting the possible consequences after boiling it)
Eh? You boiled it and still worried about whether it would kill you? Was it from Chernobyl?
Never trusted the frof to be honest. But that layer after going cold was delicious.
Forgot to add that we tasted the milk just after milking the cow. So there was the biggest risk
What is a frof?
They deserve it. The only people who deserve any sympathy in this situation are the medical professionals who have to deal with their nonsense.
Dumb as a rock.