This is where someone who could stomach jumping into the cesspits her fans and MAGA voters gather should start loudly asking “Hey, holdup a minute, isn’t defamation when somebody says you did something bad or gross and disgusting? What she say’n about our President? Does she think she’s too good for Trump?!”
Our thread is NYT specific, but so much of the media is also terrible:
The arrests came as multiple ongoing federal investigations swirl around Mayor Eric Adamsand his top deputies, including one inquiry that appears at least partly focused on whether the administration sped up fire safety inspections at the Turkish consulate in exchange for illegal contributions.
Manhattan-based U.S. Attorney Damian Williams declined to say whether the case against the former fire chiefs was related to “any other investigation we may or may not be doing.” But he put people on notice that his office is continuing to pursue any corruption.
…and Megyn Kelly ignores it.
It’s all part of Megyn’s “Operation Leopards Won’t Eat My Face This Time.”
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…at this point, The Atlantic is Newsmax with a monocle and a cigarette holder…
Something about reaping what you sow…
Again, “just plain assholes” probably isn’t the best place. Starving people who can’t grow food because of record drought (driven by climate change) resort to mass slaughter of elephants. Meanwhile the first world that contributes disproportionately to climate change has food excesses, but how do you make money from feeding the needy?
Oooh, I bet some billionaires can show their compassion by going on safari to slaughter elephants and donating the meat. They might even get a tax break!
Helsingin Sanomat has an analysis piece on a recent scandal over a post made by Finns Party MP and party vice-president Mauri Peltokangas on social media. In it, Peltokangas lauded an Ostrobothnian retailer for the lack of ‘Mogadishu dialects’ to be heard there, and said he had seen no ‘camels or flying carpets’ in the car park.
The post was almost identical to one he had made before, and was prosecuted for incitement over. Prosecutors argued that his comments were intended to portray asylum seekers as backward, and denigrated their cultures.
He was acquitted that time, and when questioned this week said there was nothing racist in it and pointed to the court verdicts.
HS suggests that this is part of the party’s twin track messaging. For the general audience, Peltokangas is saying that he is staying within the bounds of legal discourse and courts have ruled he is not inciting hatred. But to his own supporters, he’s signalling that nothing has changed.
He’s “playing the hits”, according to HS, and it seems to be part of the party’s communication strategy. As evidence it notes party leader Riikka Purra’s response to the post, where she commented that perhaps petrol is now so cheap camels are not the preferred mode of transport.
HS says this is in line with comments from party leaders in the summer, that they had been too “nice” since joining the government and that’s why their polling numbers had dropped.
Traditionally the party has attacked the government’s immigration policy, but it is now unable to do so as it is the government. Therefore creative ways must be found to say what works with voters, and that means, according to HS, the “playing the hits” strategy.
The legal right you give up when you sign up for Casa Bonita reservations
In Casa Bonita’s terms of use is an arbitration clause that means any legal claim against the restaurant would likely be handled privately.
The South Park assholes require you to agree to binding arbitration if you make a reservation at their restaurant.
