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And so to Trump’s final hours in office – politicalbetting.com
And so to Trump’s final hours in office – politicalbetting.com
This from an excellent piece by McKay Coppins in the Atlantic under the heading “The Coming Republican Amnesia”.
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I fear we have not heard the last of Trump and his works. And another thought, that I was taught, as part of management. 'Do something wrong and it takes takes ten acytipons, each taking the same time, too put it right!'
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/mcconnell-trump/index.html
It was prominent on their own scotreferendum.com website.
https://twitter.com/mattwardman/status/1351788057150816256
(Though as ever it might be argued that there are loopholes between the weasel words.)
Archive.org link:
https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20150120011925/https://www.scotreferendum.com/questions/if-scotland-votes-no-will-there-be-another-referendum-on-independence-at-a-later-date/
The idea of pardoning himself has captivated Trump nearly the entire span of his presidency. He viewed the prospect as a unilateral magic wand he believed could ease his legal troubles, if not make them disappear entirely.
Almost as alluring: preemptive clemency for members of his family, who Trump has long bemoaned were being unfairly targeted by his enemies. Rendering them immune from retribution seemed like a raised middle finger to his detractors.
Trump, according to people he'd spoken to, appeared more taken with the message of unchecked power it might send to his naysayers than actual protection from liability. His pardon power was among his favorite perks of the job. Over the past weeks, Trump has discussed pardons incessantly with associates, often asking if people who had not been accused of any crime wanted one before he left office. The discussions unnerved some aides, who did not believe they were in line for prosecution.
It was a once in a generation opportunity.
A new post Brexit generation is on us, and other opportunities may occur.
If your best argument against another referendum is this, then you will fail.
And here is where I think the Phrase was coined by Alex Salmond in the preface to the White Paper "Scotland's Future", which was published in Nov 2013. Here is that.
https://twitter.com/mattwardman/status/1351791698096099330
The worst thing is that I have now typed acytipons sufficient times for my iPad to think it’s a word.
That's why I put the other one in.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/
I don't hide my opinion of the SNP, as many don't of other political groups.
But let's debate on the information that is out there.
I'm not really sure why he wrote it - perhaps he did not imagine he could lose or made the statement to scare up the voters?
As "opportunity" in "the view of the current Scottish government" is not a commitment of any kind about future votes.
Anyway, Trump's last act as he leaves the Presidency will be to grant clemency to the people of Scotland for their crimes against HYUFD as he hopes they will let him in to play golf.
Incidentally I thought this was rather a remarkable admission from TUD on the previous thread about the SNP’s campaign strategy:
Most of the standards implemented by the BSI (and the EU) are hand-me-downs from the ISO, and that is extremely unlikely to change post-Brexit.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/20/furious-kent-residents-step-up-fight-over-brexit-lorry-park
1. Imagine Remain had won the EU referendum in 2016, and then UKIP had won the 2020 election on a policy of holding a referendum on the UK exiting the EU.
2. Imagine if the Scottish paper had said that this would be the last referendum for 100 years. That would be ridiculous, right?
3. Times change.
If only someone had mentioned it before...
(That CE is largely self-certified, unlike *cough* the insane profit centre that is UL, is entirely coincidental.)
Alotta Fagina never was much use.
Golf still allowed in Florida, then :-) .
Reading up about Presidential Pardons, and especially the piece from David Allen Green, https://davidallengreen.com/, I wonder whether a Presidential Pardon prevents charges at State level, or different charges in future.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/19/inauguration-day-schedule-guide-joe-biden-donald-trump
Edit: Five hour time difference between DC and London at present.
(He's also secretly looking forward to the law suit....)
It comes down to momentum and what the voters actually want - if enough of them want another referendum and it is supported by the govt of Scotland then we should find a time and way to have one. Whats enough? For me, consistently polling over 55% but its obviously subjective.
Literally no-one in the SNP committed to not calling another referendum in the immediate future. Sex Pest Alex Salmond called Paxman a twat for trying to get him to do so. Sturgeon rejected putting a time frame on another referendum.
What's written there is "we don't think this will happen again easily so better vote Aye all right"
He may be helped by a tsunami of stories that come out in the next few weeks from people who were, er, bidin' their time until a veangeful President was safely out of the White House.
They will all paint the Trump Era as Peak Stooopid.
And there does seem to be stories of secret pardons as technically they would only need to be revealed if it went to court.
I do love the fact Trump has been talking about and offering Pardons to a lot of people in the White House scaring people who didn't think they had done anything wrong
There is a thread regarding Steve Bannon on Twitter - it's reflects what I've read to be correct and opens up 2 interesting points
https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/1351796875800805377
https://twitter.com/pbartram1/status/1351799449731756032
Meanwhile Tiger King is still sat in jail.
Given that she is appointed by the President it would make more sense to do it the other way around. Although having her ready does mean there wouldn't be a gap in the event of something terrible happening at midday, I guess.
There are also concerns about the rollout of the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine. Ministers had expected to receive two million doses a week this month, but Astrazeneca suggested that it may not hit that target until mid-February.
Georgia being by far the most entertaining one.
I didn't realise the VP was sworn in earlier. My understanding was that the office of both President and Vice President are transferred at noon although the formal swearing in may take place later, so there is no gap. A bit like a monarch becomes king/queen on the death of the previous monarch, but may not be crowned until some time after.
In fact, there is a case of a nineteenth century President (without checking, I think it was Zachary Taylor) who refused to take the oath of office on a Sunday, but whose term is still held to start on March 4th. (Notwithstanding the fact the then President Pro Tempore's grave has 'President for a Day' written on it.)
But I could be wrong. I've never made a detailed study of the minutiae of handovers because it's never seemed terribly important.
That might explain the confusion.
A few short hours and someone sane will have their hands on the nuclear code. All being well.
Seems I was right to flag it after all.
It is the opiate of the masses. But, I think, it may be a good thing.
I am an atheist - not the ranting kind, such a s Dawkins - just don't believe.
But it seems to me, more and more, that organised religion had the function of controlling the belief set of the very large number of people who need such beliefs.
Without that organisation, they don't sit around discussing refinements to utilitarianism, as atheists.
They invent their own religions. Which involves repeating all the mistakes from previous attempts.
My first job was at a studio on Kings Road. Day 2 our next door neighbour parked his pink Rolls Royce in our car park without permission. I was sent sent next door to get him to move it. I rang the bell and no one answered so I went back and said he wasn't in. 'Stupid Boy!' If he wasn't in what's his f**ing car doing in our carpark!'
'Go back and don't return till he moves it!' I rang his bell continuosly thinking my career was about to be over when a bleary eyed Keith Moon opened the door and yelled "FU+K OFF' and slammed the door in my face! No HR departments in those days so I just kept my finger on the bell till he moved it. A steep earning curve for an 18 year old!
"His character was his destiny, and it became ours, too."
President Donald J. Trump: The End
This terrible experiment is over.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/opinion/trump-presidency.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
Ends on a positive note though on how US can recover.