Politics/Religion Consolidated Megathread Extravaganza

[Oerdin]

Chinese Communist dictator for life Xi seems to be purging his military high command.  Four of the six man (well seven of you count Xi himself) council has now been arrested and removed.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ctpu9Y3Sn1Q?si=3Zbguyf9Yf3wmUEx

[Thiel]

The Trump era tax cuts are about to expire. As Americans struggle with inflation, there should not be any disagreement that they need to be extended.

[DKG]

Conservative MP and former Tory party leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis has introduced a petition to have Canada withdraw from all UN organizations.

MP prioritizes Canadians' interests over private profits, petitions the government to exit WHO

One MP is demanding Canada's exit from the UN and WHO – two organizations working to expand their powers, accused of prioritizing profits and private interests over the health and sovereignty of independent nations.

Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis has spearheaded a House of Commons petition this week, demanding the Canadian government's withdrawal from global intergovernmental bodies, the United Nations (UN) and its subsidiary, the World Health Organization (WHO).

Canada's membership to these bodies undermines personal autonomy, compromises national sovereignty and imposes negative consequences onto the people of Canada, "far outweighing any benefits," the petition reads.

Agenda 2030 and its operational "Sustainable Development Goals" (SDG), Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), UN Judicial Review, International Health Regulations (IHR), One Health and similar programs are being rapidly implemented, absent the awareness and consent of the People or their elected representatives.

The petition underscores the growing apprehension among Canadians that the SDGs will infringe on cultural values, education, nutrition, child development and various other facets of our free and democratic nation.

The rise in sexual values and activities being promoted and normalized in publicly funded schools under CSE has parents increasingly concerned about the erosion of their children's innocence, whereas changes to the IHR appear to be more aligned with universal surveillance than creating healthy societies; working instead to serve the interests of globalist entities. 

These sweeping impacts on public and private life serve the interests of UN/WHO and unelected private entities (e.g. World Economic Forum, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, International Planned Parenthood Federation, etc.), while diminishing the health rights and freedom of Canadians.
https://www.rebelnews.com/mp_prioritizes_canadians_interests_over_private_profits_petitions_the_government_to_exit_who

[Adolf Oliver Bush]

MASS GRAVES OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN KILLED BY FAUCI IN ILLEGAL EXPERIMENTS FOUND IN NYC


And people wonder why I'm forever comparing the left to fascists and nazis...

[Herman]

Trump's incredibly effective plan to keep jihadists AND their sympathizers OUT of America.


The plan is called "Agenda 47," and it will reinstate and expand Trump travel bans on entry from terror-plagued countries, territories, and places.

"Let's back off allowing Saudis into our country, Yemenis into our country, people from Kuwait – you don't know what their intent is."

The second part of Agenda 47 involves "[reimplementing] a full suspension of State Department Refugee resettlement that would include Gaza," as well as "[implementing] strong ideological screening for all immigrants to the United States – sympathy for jihadists, Hamas, or Hamas ideology will be automatically disqualifying."

[Herman]

Last week's ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada against large portions of the federal government's impact assessment law could reset the policy landscape in this country in favour of energy development, the head of a major oil and gas lobby group said Wednesday.

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers CEO Lisa Baiton — who made the comments during a panel discussion following a business group luncheon in Calgary — said this country's oil and gas industry has been subjected to "layer upon layer" of federal regulation in recent years.

[DKG]

The U.S. government on Friday posted a $1.695 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2023, a 23% jump from the prior year as revenues fell and outlays for Social Security, Medicare and interest costs on the federal debt rose significantly.

The Treasury Department said the deficit was the largest since a COVID-fueled $2.78 trillion gap in 2021 and marks a major return to ballooning deficits after back-to-back declines during President Joe Biden's first two years in office.

The deficit comes as Biden is asking Congress for $100 billion in new foreign aid and security spending, including $60 billion for Ukraine.

The big deficit, which exceeded all pre-COVID deficits.

[DKG]

The US's mountain of debt has become a cause of concern for investors this year.

The government is likely to spend more on interest payments than on defense over the next five years, per Capital Group.

The ballooning debt burden could eventually chip away at the demand for Treasury bonds.

[Oerdin]

Six months later I still think this analysis is correct.  I don't like that result but it sounds like the most likely outcome.  A recession might tip things, RFK Jr's independent run might rip things a bit towards Trump but I doubt RFK gets 10% so probably he doesn't change the outcome.  We shall see.

https://youtu.be/sdaS3TJ6Vk0?si=T533u7ejl61Ilk0Z

[Herman]

Six months later I still think this analysis is correct.  I don't like that result but it sounds like the most likely outcome.  A recession might tip things, RFK Jr's independent run might rip things a bit towards Trump but I doubt RFK gets 10% so probably he doesn't change the outcome.  We shall see.

https://youtu.be/sdaS3TJ6Vk0?si=T533u7ejl61Ilk0Z

I watched that whole video. I almost never watch any video over five minutes.


Ya, Biden will win again. The US is becoming a one party, a one ideology state.

[Herman]

Jim Jordan is out as possible Speaker.

[Oerdin]

He said he pulled out after the third vote.

[DKG]

Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida is mounting a bid to become House speaker.

"TONIGHT, I AM ANNOUNCING MY CANDIDACY FOR SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MY SOLE FOCUS WILL BE SECURING OUR BORDER, FUNDING OUR GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLY, ADVANCING A CONSERVATIVE VISION FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND EXPANDING OUR REPUBLICAN MAJORITY," Donalds said in a statement.

"UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, THE HOUSE WILL LEAD THE CHARGE TO ADVANCE A SIMPLE OBJECTIVE: PUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST, KEEP THEM SAFE, AND MAKE THEIR LIVES EASIER," he noted. "I LOOK FORWARD TO SECURING THE VOTES OF A MAJORITY OF MY
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES TO BECOME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPEAKER, THE FIRST SPEAKER FROM THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE 118TH CONGRESS."

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, who did not back Jordan during the three votes this week, has thrown his support behind Donalds. "@ByronDonalds is an honorable leader and respected by the entire conference. That is why it is a privilege to endorse Byron for speaker," he tweeted.

[DKG]

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up a landmark free speech case that could have major ramifications for censorship by big tech platforms.

The Supreme Court is challenging a ruling a lower court made in favor of the Biden administration.

The case, known as Murthy v. Missouri, stems from a suit brought by five social media users and the Republican attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana. They alleged a host of federal agencies and officials coerced social media companies to suppress speech on their platforms in violation of the First Amendment.

The Supreme Court said on Friday:

This application concerns an unprecedented injunction installing the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana as the superintendent of the Executive Branch's communications with and about social-media platforms—including senior White House officials' speech addressing some of the most salient public issues of the day. The lower courts held that federal officials had transformed the private platforms' content-moderation decisions into state action and violated the First Amendment by urging platforms to remove COVID-19 misinformation, highlighting the risk of disinformation from foreign actors, and responding to the platforms' inquiries about matters of public health. The courts then entered a sweeping preliminary injunction governing thousands of federal officials' and employees' speech concerning any content posted on any social media platform by anyone. That injunction flouts bedrock principles of Article III, the First Amendment, and equity.

[Oerdin]

I honestly don't know much about the people jumping in the speaker race.