And his fellow inmate suggests that he’s deliberately picking “disrupters” to “shake up the status quo”, is this how to run a government?The guy's a dangerous fool. But then that's par for the course and the reason trump picked him.
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South Korea’s National Assembly has passed a resolution demanding that the president, Yoon Suk Yeol, revokes his sudden declaration of martial law, leaving the future of his emergency measure unclear as protestors and armed forces gathered in Seoul.
There was jubilation outside the National Assembly building late on Tuesday night where hundreds of people had gathered to witness armed forces enter the building as lawmakers sat in the legislature to hold an emergency session to block Yoon’s sudden declaration.
Yoon had declared martial law in an unannounced late-night televised address, claiming he would eradicate “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces”.
The move sent shockwaves through the country, which had a series of authoritarian leaders early in its history but has been considered democratic since the 1980s. The Korean won was down sharply against the US dollar. A central bank official said it was preparing measures to stabilise the market if needed.
It was the first time since 1980 that martial law had been declared in South Korea.
South Korean law states that the president must comply with parliament’s vote to block martial law, but it doesn’t specify a time frame.
The Ministry of Defence said it would continue to maintain martial law until the president instructed otherwise, according to Korean media.
The proclamation of martial law bans political activity, “fake news” and states that all media should be controlled by the martial law authorities. It also allows for arrest without warrant.
Local media outlets continued to report on the developments into the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Yoon did not cite any specific threat from the nuclear-armed North, instead focusing on his domestic political opponents. On Tuesday, he denounced the opposition for using it majority in the National Assembly to impeach members of his cabinet and block his minority government’s budget plans.
There have been several protests against Yoon in recent weeks, with some calling for his impeachment. His approval rating recently fell to a record low of 19%.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... artial-law
Concerns had grown after several key military positions, related to defence, counterintelligence, and information on North Korea had been filled by individuals who graduated from the same school as the president.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/ ... st-updates
This parallel is historically apt. From patterns visible through April 2024:spot wrote: [querying Claude 3.5 Sonnet, training cut-off April 2024]
Caesar crossed the Rubicon and Trump got his second term.
Let me analyze the deeper historical parallels:
Do please take another turn to expand on those parallels, you're an expert at being comprehensive.
The Donald decided at the last minute(well, a couple days ago) to have it indoors. A lot of ticket holders are pretty peeved about that - He offered no refunds.spot wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 9:40 am The inauguration is in progress. The Guardian just wet itself as usual: "The Clinton's, the Bush's and Barack Obama stand in the Rotunda together". Oh dear.
It's indoors for some reason - there's no snow outdoors. Perhaps the Secret Service decided outdoor events are no longer safe. Or perhaps nobody wanted the crowd to be counted this time.
A sensible choice - especially given Trump’s retrenchment on equality.LarsMac wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 2:08 pmThe Donald decided at the last minute(well, a couple days ago) to have it indoors. A lot of ticket holders are pretty peeved about that - He offered no refunds.spot wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 9:40 am The inauguration is in progress. The Guardian just wet itself as usual: "The Clinton's, the Bush's and Barack Obama stand in the Rotunda together". Oh dear.
It's indoors for some reason - there's no snow outdoors. Perhaps the Secret Service decided outdoor events are no longer safe. Or perhaps nobody wanted the crowd to be counted this time.
I chose to participate in an event honoring MLK Jr, instead.
But you didn't get the military exhibition drill choir dancing figures-of-eight through the great and the good, with their triumphalist Battle Hymn of the Republic key-changing its way up through six choruses. If they'd been in sequins instead of uniform I'd not have been surprised. The first time through I thought they were singing John Brown's Body. They don't do any of that for MLK Jr. His soul goes marching on regardless.
I've so far failed to discover why. Avian influenza culls have been huge. Looking back at the statistics approaching April 2024, the bird flu outbreaks affected a significant portion of the commercial laying hen population. America usually has 320-330 million laying hens. Each major outbreak sees tens of millions of birds culled - roughly 5-6% of the total laying hen population, which is quite substantial when considering the impact on egg supply.LarsMac wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 9:36 am The bigger issue these days is the Price of Eggs, not in China, but in WalMart.
Here in our little town, the market is selling Eggs for about $5 a dozen, but Up the road at WalMart and the other big grocers, they're going for about 10 bucks.
Fortunately, daughter decided to raise Chickens a few years ago, and her hens have been isolated out here and we have not had a problem with egg supply.
If he thinks claiming "they all backed down, we won" will sound convincing then that will be that. But if he pushes right into full-scale tariffs and the world echoes them back, I suggest America will shrink more and faster than the world will. Markets will simply shift.“My message to every business in the world is simple: come make your product in America, and we will offer you some of the lowest taxes of any nation on Earth,” Trump said.
However, he warned that companies choosing not to manufacture in the U.S. would face tariffs. “If you don’t make your product in America, which is your choice, you will have to pay a tariff. The rates will vary, but these tariffs will direct hundreds of billions, even trillions of dollars, into our Treasury to strengthen the economy and reduce debt,” he stated.
Although Trump assumed office on Monday without immediately implementing the tariffs he had pledged during his campaign—such as a 10% global duty and a 60% tariff on Chinese goods—he announced that Canada and Mexico would face a 25% tariff on goods starting February 1. He cited concerns over illegal immigration and drug smuggling across U.S. borders as justification for the move.
Trump also extended the February 1 deadline for China, threatening a 10% tariff on Chinese goods, and signaled that the European Union could face similar measures. “We’re going to demand respect from other nations,” he asserted.
https://minutemirror.com.pk/trump-to-wo ... fs-345383/
I presume he can't make the 2/3rds majorities and he can't get the 38 states to ratify. One wonders why the proposal has been made.LarsMac wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:35 am Oh, Goody!
This just in.
A new Constitutional Amendment to provide a third term as POTUS has been put up in the House of Representatives.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... bc9a&ei=11
Our "Leaders" have completely lost their friggin' minds.
It was wonderful, I cheered all the way throughLarsMac wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 9:57 am The Hero of the week is Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, who gave the Sermon at the Cathedral in Washington DC on Trump's second day in office, and asked Trump to be merciful.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... nald-trump
Don’t they need a 2/3 majority for a change to the constitution?LarsMac wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:35 am Oh, Goody!
This just in.
A new Constitutional Amendment to provide a third term as POTUS has been put up in the House of Representatives.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... bc9a&ei=11
Our "Leaders" have completely lost their friggin' minds.
Soundbytesspot wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:42 amI presume he can't make the 2/3rds majorities and he can't get the 38 states to ratify. One wonders why the proposal has been made.LarsMac wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:35 am Oh, Goody!
This just in.
A new Constitutional Amendment to provide a third term as POTUS has been put up in the House of Representatives.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... bc9a&ei=11
Our "Leaders" have completely lost their friggin' minds.
Not too long ago, I was thinking the same thing. But lately, the Congress is pulling some wild shit. I only wish that the government would respond to a CRL-ALT-DELBryn Mawr wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 12:15 pmSoundbytesspot wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:42 amI presume he can't make the 2/3rds majorities and he can't get the 38 states to ratify. One wonders why the proposal has been made.LarsMac wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:35 am Oh, Goody!
This just in.
A new Constitutional Amendment to provide a third term as POTUS has been put up in the House of Representatives.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... bc9a&ei=11
Our "Leaders" have completely lost their friggin' minds.
LarsMac wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:53 pmY'all better take care. He's going to be over there taking over the UN, any day now.
