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12:07 AM
@TimStone isn't there an image of him doing just this a long time ago?
> “I was actually sticking up for Sleepy Joe Biden while on foreign soil. Kim Jong Un called him a ‘low IQ idiot,’ and many other things, whereas I related the quote of Chairman Kim as a much softer “low IQ individual.’ Who could possibly be upset with that?” the president tweeted.
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1:31 AM
That's what happens when your legislative session is like two weeks every 2 years. You just don't have enough time to review everything on your desk.
 
Yeah that's kind of a crazy system
Narrator: Yes
 
@TimStone I'll take "seven words that describe everything in Texas" for $100, Alex.
 
How quickly do you think they pay the talking heads? 'cause that's some bullshit
 
 
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@TimStone I think Trump's on a tear to alienate everyone from him.
Probably just to see how idiotic he can get before his base finally abandons him.
 
4:41 AM
@TimStone oh no, Americans may have to pay closer to what Australians have to pay. is what i would be saying if i was a jackass and ignored how this would effect more than gamers since this is Trump trying to find another way to stick it to China so not to loose face
 
 
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5:50 AM
> The court's unsigned order means that students in the Boyertown district will be allowed to use the bathroom or locker room aligned with their gender identity.
 
 
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8:52 AM
One year ago today
On 29 May 2018, Benjamin Herman, a prisoner on temporary leave from prison, stabbed two female police officers, took their guns, shot and killed them and a civilian in Liège, Belgium. The gunman took a woman hostage before he was killed by police. The attacker had since 2017 been suspected of having been radicalised in prison after converting to Islam, and was reported to be part of the entourage of a prison Islamist recruiter. The method of the attack was said by investigators to match and be specifically encouraged by the Islamic State which claimed the attack. Prosecutors say they are treating...
 
 
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11:08 AM
> Boris Johnson is to be summoned to court to face accusations of misconduct in public office over comments made in the run-up to the EU referendum, a judge has ruled.

The ruling follows a crowdfunded move to launch a private prosecution of the MP, who is currently the frontrunner in the Tory leadership contest.

Johnson lied and engaged in criminal conduct when he repeatedly claimed during the 2016 EU referendum that the UK sent £350m a week to Brussels, lawyers for a 29-year-old businessman who has launched the prosecution bid told a court last week.
 
11:23 AM
@Memor-X could this lead to BJ being made ineligible to become the next PM?
 
@Nzall not sure, i heard about this on our ABC News and the person talking about it said something about him being jailed for life for lying which seems really weird and might have been a joke. but i don't know if UK Parliament is like Australia's where you can't serve if you have a criminal conviction even if said conviction occurs after you taking office
the person did say that it looks bad on him though and might cause the conservative party to think twice about him
 
12:27 PM
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Definitely guilty sometimes..
 
we live in a society
 
@HalfEmpty /r/im14andthisisdeep?
 
No, I forget where I found it
Facebook somewhere
 
@Yuuki Yes, although tbh it's pretty much a case "This is Canada with Climate change" right now.
Most of Canada believes Climate Change is a thing we need to action, but doesn't want to actually have any of those actions impact them in anyway.
 
lol yeah I saw the "the green party wants to use only alberta oil" thing
 
12:32 PM
more expensive gas? more tax? NOPE
"Fix this, but please do it via magic"
 
@Wipqozn this scares me about going back to college a lot
 
@HalfEmpty It likely depends a lot on what you studied as well
I'd be really curious to see divisions based on program.
Which that article lacked, unless I missed it.
 
@Wipqozn It might appear in the original report: federalreserve.gov/publications/files/…
 
I imagine it's a lot like the US where you'd get a lot more bang for your buck if you pick up a trade. Unless you live in Texas, where any given legislative session might end up with your licensing board terminated and now any schmuck can invalidate your schooling and call themselves a plumber.
wew small government
 
@Nzall That's handy. Thanks.
 
Canada has a really big problem with domestic terrorism/organised crime at the moment
 
@HalfEmpty Gotta catch the trrrrsts
 
Motorcycle gangs are huge particularly
@fredley well, yeah
 
@HalfEmpty TBF they were pretty visible when I was there
 
They are.
And the thing about those government databases is a) the provinces don't really share info and b) nobody can just look up anybody they want without a reason. There are serious consequences for failing that one
 
1:00 PM
I love to work backwards from "x% of people who do crimes have some variety of mental illness" and arrive at "we are going to put mentally ill people in a list labeled 'possible future criminals'"
 
There are a lot more people than that in the databases
 
you're right, and that's bad
 
Meh, I'm not so sure. They track known associates of criminal gangs mostly, that's the big one
There are a lot of protections in place for people who are known to the police in Canada
We have a lot of corrupt individuals in high positions and the court system is a bit fucked but the actual police format is pretty decent imo
 
1:37 PM
Mueller is apparently making a public statement at 11 today?
 
he's finally going to release the double secret indictments
im pro life and take no pleasure in reporitng this
 
@TimStone worst case, he explains why he doesn't want to answer in a public hearing.
 
It feels highly unlikely that anything good will come of this and there's also a 50/50 chance it'll just be Barr in a Mueller mask
 
1:56 PM
Trebek's cancer is reportedly "near remission"
Oh right, I forgot about that crap
That's probably what he's going to talk about
 
@TimStone I think he would have addresses the book claim with a statement like the Buzzfeed story, not personally
 
Unless he was instructed to
@TimStone lol
 
2:18 PM
@TimStone we can only dream
 
But also Alaska being "out of country"
 
That’s what I meant lol
 
oh okay
 
2:37 PM
SNC-Lavalin to stand trial on corruption charges, Quebec judge rules
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/snc-lavalin-trial-corruption-bribery-1.5153429
> SNC-Lavalin spent months lobbying the federal government to avoid finding itself in this position. It hoped to use a new legal mechanism — a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) — to pay a fine rather than risk conviction.
> They allege SNC-Lavalin paid around $48 million in bribes to Libyan officials between 2001 and 2011, a violation of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.
> If SNC-Lavalin is found guilty of the charges, it could face a 10-year ban on receiving federal government contracts.
> SNC-Lavalin CEO Neil Bruce has said that such a penalty would devastate the company, which has struggled since it was enveloped by a series of corruption scandals in 2012.
 
3:01 PM
Mueller sounds like a grandpa exactly like you'd expect
 
(and how it relates to the most common vehicle by which people receive health insurance in the united states)
 
Mueller just explicitly said that charging the President with a crime was not a position they could consider
Which was apparent, but still quite something to hear him actually say
 
it's official bob mueller is a russian agent now
 
Mueller says that he would not provide any additional information beyond what is already available in the report in an appearance before Congress, and that there would therefore not be value in him appearing again, essentially
States unequivocally that there were multiple, systematic attempts to influence the election and that the investigation process was fair and performed by good willed individuals
 
I can't believe that our institutions did not magically save us this time
unlike all those other times where they did
 
3:13 PM
I mean he basically stressed that the institution here would be Congress
So yeah we're screwed, obviously
Can't wait for the Trump tweetstorm on this one, the news cycle focus is definitely going to be on Mueller stating without question that the DoJ position that a President cannot be indicted prevented any meaningful outcome
 
we're over here playing chess but nancy is in congress playing 4 dimensional battle checkers
 
I get why people are mad at him for not doing more but also I'm not sure what the point is when the House could literally solve this problem right now
 
I mean
 
Oh whoops!
Didn't mean to post that here. silly me.
 
I don't believe you
 
3:20 PM
Oh fuck not again, what am I doing
 
Just like someone in the Senate could kick McConnell right in the crotch and yet that has not happened
 
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only American president to do so. He had previously served as the 36th vice president of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and prior to that as both a U.S. representative and senator from California. Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. After completing his undergraduate studies at Whittier College, he graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1937 and returned to California to practice law...
but why was this ever a thing then? Or this "the president is above the law" a new thing?
 
it's strategic
 
@Wipqozn Congress did an impeachment investigation
Which they could do, right now! But have not
Because ThE pOlLs
Or some such nonsense
 
the real impeachment process is voting in 2020
 
3:22 PM
@TimStone oooh okay
 
if you think about it
 
Ah, alas, the fascists have 100% support, we must do nothing
 
So just pure corruption and cowardice in Congress, got it
You all really need to hurry up and give AOC Supreme Authority to just fix your r government
 
listen, if we look into crimes, we will lose out on the 6 people in the new york times editorial page who say they'll vote for joe biden, but only if democrats don't do impeachment
 
And then she can come to Canada and do the same
 
3:24 PM
 
@Wipqozn (to this issue)
@Unionhawk lol that Be Nice to Maggie article
Also the non-apology about the Hope Hicks piece
"You see, we used a bad photo but actually it's totally reasonable to suggest that she has a choice in responding to a Congressional subpoena because technically she does"
But yeah, I dunno what more Mueller should have done here? He could say "Well we would have charged the President, if we could", but if Pelosi is still not going to do anything then what's the point?
So, meh
In other news though
lmfao, McConnell's office about his SC confirmation comments
Essentially just "It's not hypocrisy because you knew from the outset I was an opportunistic jackass"
(relatedly, 🤷‍♂️)
 
4:49 PM
> Greg Gianforte, GOP lawmaker who body-slammed reporter, considering run for Montana governor
Gonna have to do a murder to top that tho
 
5:23 PM
…Some NY lawmakers are upset that a Chinese firm is designing new NYC subway cars because…they could hack them?
Which is pretty insane?
The phone thing is at least a theoretical concern, they could get information that way, but like, they're just going to crash some subway cars? The hell?
 
@TimStone lol
hell yeah
 
5:41 PM
Naturally
 
 
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6:52 PM
nyt is really dropping things all over the place lately
 
Corn futures are up 20% due to trade warring and flooding so it's pretty lucky we don't have entire systems dependent on corn production
taps earpiece …ah
 
7:20 PM
> Sarah Sanders: "I don't think Congressman Amash is worth the time of the White House."
lol, imagine literally any other President saying this about someone in their own damn party
Pelosi: ?????
 
listen, it might play well in a deep blue district, but in Nancy's district?
what is right is making sure donald trump gets reelected at any cost
 
> Sarah Sanders on election interference: "We're going to do what the previous administration didn't. First, acknowledge that there is a problem and try to make sure that it doesn't happen again."
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I don't even know why you waste the energy saying that when Trump will turn around and say there is no problem
 
no he will say he fixed the problem you fool
 
Just scream OBAMA HILLARY! into the mic and run away
@Unionhawk But he's already said there is no problem because Putin told him so
It's what he believes and he doesn't care
 
yeah there is no problem bc he fixed it
 
7:27 PM
Just by virtue of being cool, I'll accept it
You will be entirely unsurprised to learn that they're looking for research to confirm that "Yes, it is good to have them"
Allowing them to sit back and do nothing
 
user15026
@TimStone a aaaaaa noooooooo
 
> Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's head of trust and safety, legal and public policy, said Twitter believes "counter-speech and conversation are a force for good, and they can act as a basis for de-radicalization, and we've seen that happen on other platforms, anecdotally."
You absolutely have not seen that
 
listen, we need to hear both sides in this debate, which must be forever ongoing and never settled
they're going to conclude that actually the correct course of action is to just arbitrarily put white supremacists on everyone's timeline
thus fostering conversation
 
> Powerful (extremist or otherwise) actors will always find another way to get their word out, and we know from experience that speech restrictions (including of extremist content) all too often catch the wrong actors, who are often marginalized individuals or groups.
I think this is an important point here
 
do we have stats on the infowars.com audience before and after losing their youtube channel
 
7:35 PM
Laura Loomer's solution to this was to lock herself to exactly one (1) door of Twitter HQ and then go to Jack's house which is really pathetic and funny so idk I think that worked
Twitter's issue is that they want an easy way to blanket ban stuff instead of just admitting certain people are particularly bad but also bring in views from bad people like them
 
but you're right, they do ban marginalized people today.
that is already a thing twitter support does on the regular
 
@murgatroid99 sure, but "we can't make a perfect policy so let's not do any policy" is not great either
 
so so far we have identified zero new downsides
 
@GodEmperorDune Good thing nobody was arguing for that
 
@murgatroid99 it's their current policy on white supremacy
 
user15026
7:37 PM
They seem to be using the "well we all know keywording is bad so what else can we do I mean really"
 
this isn't the first time they've tried to tackle this question, it's just last time they concluded "well, if we did, we would also catch politicians" which
good
 
there is also the "what happens when GOP politicans get caught up for advocating white supremacy" article from a while back
 
listen, it's a hard problem. on one hand, white supremacists are bad people, but on the other hand, banning them will probably cause @jack's following count to go down
so you know, who is to say
 
It's going to be dumb like them saying deplatforming doesn't stop the deplatformed people from being terrible despite the fact it does stop them from having a large audience
 
@TimStone no it's going to be dumb like "no, it doesn't stop them from having a large audience" the replies are filled with evidence of the opposite "ah, well, nevertheless"
 
7:53 PM
"We deplatformed Alex Jones and he didn't immediately turn to dust, what do you say to that??"
Cursed image
 
@TimStone listen, just because infowars dot com no longer gets hundreds of thousands of views on youtube thanks in large part to the suggestion algorithm doesn't mean that they aren't still a top 5000 website for anyone to just seek out on their own if they want
 
@TimStone "scam of some sort" ... "php"... where's the lie
 
(alexa rank like 4000ish, audience crossover with brietbart, drudge, etc)
 
Imagine if we regulated supplements
 
@TimStone they'd switch fully over to survival gear
 
8:08 PM
I wish I could get paid by some unknown source to do nothing but sit around and act that dumb
What an easy life
 
how dare you attack serious journalism
 
@GodEmperorDune I was going to make a similar joke
 
8:59 PM
The one sentence version being that UK soccer clubs have realized that they're better off (from a corporate perspective) just making in-house media and not granting outside media outlets access, so outside media gives in to basically any demands in order to publish their pieces and maintain what little access they have.
Reminds me of the White House Correspondents Dinner where they're so desperate to keep their access to Huckabee Sanders' lies that they aren't comfortable with any serious critiques.
 
user15026
I am not sure why you came in here to basically rant about this
 
user15026
It's unappreciated, rude, and not at all what this room is for.
 
9:54 PM
Looks like Bibi couldn't form a coalition? But he's still trying to play himself up
I'm so old I remember a few days ago when the President endorsed him because of course
Also uh the former mayor of Tehran admitted to killing his wife?
 
user15026
Whaaaaaat the heck
 
11:00 PM
That reminds me of the time they tried to rename french fries and french toast to "freedom fries" and "freedom toast"
 
11:19 PM
> After multiple years of relatively problem-free global crop production on a large scale there are 3 big stories developing simultaneously:

1. #noplant19 in the entire #Corn Belt of US.

2. Developing drought in Canada. #wheat

3. Hot and dry conditions developing in China.
 

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