Beiträge von mmsteidl

Ich bin echt gespannt, ob das nächste Woche alles ohne grossen Knall abläuft.

Was das FBI alles so auf den sozialen Medien abgreift, scheint ja nicht ohne zu sein. Man spricht wohl für nächsten Mittwoch über Pläne für 4.000 bewaffnete Radikale, in DC einzufallen, und von Angriffen auf die 50 Kapitole der einzelnen Staaten. FBI, National Guard und lokale Polizeieinheiten werden wohl alle Hände voll zu tun haben.

Ich denke, dass die knapp verhinderte Erführung der Gouverneurin von Michigan und der Sturm auf das Kapitol (inklusive Aufstellung eines Galgens für den Vizepräsidenten) nur die sichtbarsten Auswüchse des Terrors waren.

Hattest Du wenigstens händeringend ein Ticket gesucht?

Ich war damals längere Zeit vor Ort gewesen, bin aber im ersten regulären Lufthansa-Flieger von Rio nach Frankfurt geflogen, am Abend nach dem Finale. LH 501. War nicht der gleiche Flieger, oder?

Fast hätte ich den Flieger verpasst, da alle Taxifahrer in Rio besoffen waren und keiner zum Flughafen fahren wollte. Der Nachbar der Herberge in der Facela hat uns dann für einen Taxipreis nach Galeao gebracht.

Das ist die einzige Sprache, die diese Zyniker verstehen: kein Geld mehr.

Zitat von New York Times

Morgan Stanley is suspending all PAC contributions to members of Congress who did not vote to certify the results of the Electoral College, a spokesman said.

Marriott said it would pause donations from its PAC “to those who voted against certification of the election,” a spokeswoman told DealBook. She did not say how long the break would last or how the hotel chain would decide when to resume donations.

The chemicals giant Dow said it was suspending all PAC contributions “to any member of Congress who voted to object to the certification of the presidential election.” The suspension will last for one election cycle — two years for representatives and up to six years for senators.

Shopify terminated online stores affiliated with President Trump. “Based on recent events, we have determined that the actions by President Donald J. Trump violate our Acceptable Use Policy, which prohibits promotion or support of organizations, platforms or people that threaten or condone violence to further a cause,” the company said in a statement.

Blue Cross Blue Shield, Boston Scientific and Commerce Bancshares are taking a similar, targeted approach to donation freezes. The newsletter Popular Information is tracking the responses of these and other companies that donated to lawmakers who challenged the election result.

Some big banks are pausing all political donations — to those who voted to uphold the election as well as to those who sought to overturn it — a tactic that is raising eyebrows. Goldman Sachs is freezing donations through its PAC and will conduct “a thorough assessment of how people acted during this period,” a spokesman, Jake Siewert, told DealBook.

JPMorgan Chase is halting donations through its PAC for six months. “There will be plenty of time for campaigning later,” said Peter Scher, the bank’s head of corporate responsibility.

And Citigroup is postponing all campaign contributions for a quarter. “We want you to be assured that we will not support candidates who do not respect the rule of law,” Candi Wolff, the bank’s head of government affairs, wrote in an internal memo.

Facebook will pause all of its contributions to political action committees representing either party for at least the remainder of the first quarter of 2021, the company confirmed in a statement on Monday, citing the need to review its policies. A spokesman for Microsoft confirmed that it would do the same.

Other companies, including Bank of America, FedEx and Wells Fargo, said they would review their corporate contribution strategy.

The suspensions coincide with the first quarter after a presidential election, which is typically light on fund-raising anyway. And companies can still give to “dark money” groups that don’t disclose their donors but often raise far more money than corporate PACs.

In other fallout, the P.G.A. of America said it would no longer hold its signature championship at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.; the social app Parler, popular among conservatives as an alternative to Twitter, went dark this morning after Amazon cut it off from computing services; the payment processor Stripe banned the Trump campaign from using its services; YouTube blocked Steve Bannon’s podcast channel; and the debate continues over tech giants’ influence over public speech.

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Hier der Text des neuen Articles of Impeachment.

Kurz und knackig. Die letzten drei Zeilen sind wichtig.

Nancy is not amused. Das passiert, wenn man einer Frau ihr Namensschild klaut und einen Briefkopf unterbezahlt:

“Today, following the president’s dangerous and seditious acts, Republicans in Congress need to follow that example and call on Trump to depart his office — immediately,” she wrote. “If the president does not leave office imminently and willingly, the Congress will proceed with our action.”
Ms. Pelosi also said she had spoken with Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about “preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes.”

Es hatten ja schon vor ein paar Tagen ca ein Dutzend Ex Verteidigungsminister (alles Linksradikale wie Cheney und Rumsfeld) einen offenen Brief an die Militärführung geschrieben und sie an ihren Verfassungseid erinnert...

Impeachment on the way.

pelosi hat Militär gebeten, Trump die Nuke Codes wegzunehmen.

Bei seinem Bro KJU?

Wenn ich die Daten richtig interpretiere, müsste Frankreich inzwischen durch sein mit der Impfung der Imfwilligen. Die anderen wollen nicht...

Der Typ im Ausschwitz Pulli fehlt. Ansonsten eine detailgetreue Replika der very special people.

Zitat von The Guardian

6m ago

16:35
Schumer says Trump should be removed from office
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has released a statement saying Donald Trump should be removed from office after his actions yesterday, as a mob stormed the Capitol.

“What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office one day longer,” Schumer said in a statement.

“The quickest and most effective way - it can be done today - to remove this president from office would be for the Vice President to immediately invoke the 25th amendment. If the Vice President and the Cabinet refuse to stand up, Congress should reconvene to impeach the president.”

A Republican congressman, Adam Kinzinger, also called for invoking the 25th amendment today, and some progressive lawmakers, including congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have said Trump should be impeached (again).

Nein, nicht nur. Aber schau Dir mal die gute Elizabeth aus Fahnders Twitterperle an. Sieht aus wie Nachbar's Tochter. Sie will doch nur eine Revolution anzetteln, völlig unverständlich, dass es da Widerstand der Polizei gibt. In welchem Land leben die denn? Was ist eine Verfassung noch wert, wenn man schon nichtmal mehr seine Revolution machen darf?

Eins muss man Trump lassen, er hat gezeigt, dass es für menschliche Dummheit keine Limits gibt.

https://www.acacamps.org/resource-libra…-special-people

Zitat von peksim

steidl hat nen kalender an der wand wo er tage vom trump runtazählt

Wirst lachen, ich bin völlig im Reinen mit der Situation. Habe seit über einem Monat kein CNN mehr geschaut. Trump is gone. Nix von dem heute überrascht mich, habe so etwas erwartet.

Es ist nicht wahrscheinlich, aber nicht ausgeschlossen. 25th Amendment. Vizepräsident und Mehrheit des Kabinetts müssten ihn für unfähig erklären, sein Amt auszuüben.

Section 4 addresses the case of an incapacitated president who is unable or unwilling to execute the voluntary declaration contemplated in Section 3; it is the amendment's only section that has never been invoked. It allows the vice president, together with a "majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide", to declare the president "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office" in a written declaration. The transfer of authority to the vice president is immediate, and (as with Section 3) the vice president becomes acting president – not president – while the president remains in office, albeit divested of all authority.

hier noch Nachricht von einem Freund (Bruder des australischen Rekord-Rugby Nationalspielers):

Yes. We live 1km from the Capitol Building. Treason, sedition, domestic terrorism and a coup d'etat urged on by the would be dictator.

Er könnte heute Nacht noch Präsident werden...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…y-live-updates/

Na ja, das hat Trump auch

Ossoff ist zwar stark favorisiert, aber er sollte schon noch warten, bis er von unabhängigen Experten zum Sieger ausgerufen wird.

Hach ja, ich hätte mit den ganzen Erinnerungen ein Museum bauen sollen. Was anderes bleibt uns ja eh nicht übrig... Nicht wahr, Gemüse?