I believe this is a historical phenomenon. It struck me again yesterday as I read "Corbynmania" by gjohnsit, and watched Jimmy Dore compare the differing responses of Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May to the Grenfell Tower fire. He was contrasting Corbyn's compassionate listening to the stories and responding to the needs of the people to May's orchestrated photo-op.
A couple days ago I showed how Dems that moved to the right have gotten massacred in the elections, while progressive candidates have survived the onslaught.
In that essay there was one study that stood out in my mind.
Background: There is some debate about the precise meaning of Azazel.
Leviticus 16: 8-10: 6 Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering for himself and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. 7 Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel. 9 And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord and use it as a sin offering, 10 but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.
Some traditions believe Azazel to be the name of a fallen angel.
Well that didn't take very long.
The headline is about Trump's brinkmanship with NAFTA negotiations.
"20 people are newly displaced every minute of the day"
I don't know why it took this long to figure it out.
Bernie Sanders and progressives in general were responsible for Hillary losing, and now he's responsible for Jon Ossoff losing.
If only Hillary and Ossoff ran further to the right.
When is a 68-year old socialist politician so cool with the kids that he upstages even the most popular bands?
When his name is JE-REM-Y COR-BYN.
Surprisingly in this time of Trump, the EEOC seems to be continuing to do its job.
An Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill in Hawthorne (NY) has been sued for allegedly discriminating against a transgender hostess.
My attention has recently been drawn back to the handful of diaries I wrote at dPOS, much of which I had subsequently forgotten. In the aftermath of the Georgia debacle, this one seems relevant. It is reproduced verbatim, including the introductory parenthetical.
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Thursday Oct 30, 2008
(This is a repost of my diary from yesterday, which went largely unnoticed. Given the theme, reposting it today has metacharm.)
