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October Surprise Watch 10/20 Time Bombs Exploding on Rs [1]
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Date: 2022-10-20
Trevor Noah
Trevor “Born a Crime” Noah is leaving The Daily Show at the end of the year. He has a new documentary series, The Turning Point, starting with Shouting Down Midnight, about Wendy Davis standing up, literally, non-stop, for abortion rights in Texas. It will air on MSNBC on Sunday, and then again on Peacock. We get two more episodes after that before #Roevember 8, and the rest before the next Congress convenes in January 2023.
One woman’s refusal to sit down inspired thousand to stand up.
He was Alex Wagner’s guest last night.
As soon as people start thinking that they do not have, someone can point to somebody else, and say, that is why you do not have.
That is true for those who already hate, but not for all of their victims. See the followers of Gandhi, MLK, and others who teach love and non-violence. We can offer the haters the best of everything, and heap coals of fire on their heads (metaphorically).
If politicians do not understand that the cause is more important than the symptom, we’re going to be chasing a symptom forever.
The foundational principle of Buddhism, which is by no means limited to Buddhism—karma-vipaka, cause and effect. Shakyamuni Buddha taught explicitly that chasing effects without finding and fixing causes gets you nowhere. Thus the Four Noble Truths concentrate on the cause and cure of suffering.
Louisiana Demographics
Alex Wagner led off last night with this story.
The 2020 census showed that
[Louisiana’s] Black population grew by 3.8 percent in the preceding decade, while the White population declined by 6.3 percent.
AP: Louisiana population shifts to southern, suburban parishes
Louisiana’s northern and rural parishes continued to lose population over the last decade, as people moved to cities and suburbs across the southern reaches of the state, according to detailed demographic figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Overall, Louisiana’s population topped 4.6 million people, an anemic growth of only 2.7% from 2010 to 2020 that was well below the national average of 7.4% and behind nearly every other Southern state except Mississippi. But within Louisiana, some areas saw large spikes in residents, particularly the New Orleans region, the suburban parishes surrounding Baton Rouge and southwestern Calcasieu Parish along the state’s border with Texas. Nineteen of the state’s 64 parishes showed population growth since 2010, while 45 parishes lost residents, according to the census information. The parish with the largest percentage increase of new residents over the last decade was the New Orleans suburb of St. Bernard Parish, while Tensas Parish in the Mississippi Delta region saw the steepest percentage decline, losing 21% of its people. Louisiana’s population identified as nearly 56% white, more than 31% Black and nearly 7% Hispanic or Latino, according to the 2020 data. That’s slightly less white compared to a decade earlier, when 60% of residents identified as white, 32% as Black and 4% as Hispanic or Latino.
NPR Election Law Blog: Who counts as Black in voting maps? Some GOP state officials want that narrowed.
It is no longer the “one drop” rule, that anyone with any amount of Black ancestry is Black.
Since a 2003 ruling by the Supreme Court, that definition of “Black” has included every person who identifies as Black on census forms — including people who check off the boxes for Black and any other racial or ethnic category such as white, Asian and Hispanic or Latino, which the federal government considers to be an ethnicity that can be of any race. ✁ GOP state officials [paskudnyaks] have pushed back against the analyses that led to those findings, partly by questioning a definition of Blackness that, for close to two decades, has been the standard in cases focused on the voting power of Black people and no other racial or ethnic group whom the federal government classifies as a protected minority population… ✁ Citing no evidence, GOP officials in Alabama argued in lower court filings that limiting the definition to people who mark just the “Black” box and do not identify as Latino for the census would be “most defensible.” And in the Louisiana case — Ardoin v. Robinson — officials have been arguing for the definition to only include people who check off either just the “Black” box or both “Black” and “White” and do not identify as Latino.
Center for Public Integrity: Supreme Court allows extreme racial gerrymandering to stand in Louisiana
Louisiana is one of four states this year that will be using a redistricting map courts found discriminates against Black voters. In a shift from precedent, a right-wing majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the maps could be used pending what is expected to be a landmark review of redistricting cases this fall. Chief U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick had ruled in June that the map likely violated the federal Voting Rights Act. Dick ordered the Louisiana legislature to add a second majority Black district.
Expand the courts!
The entire court system, which suffers unconscionable delays at all levels and on all issues. But start with expanding SCOTUS to 13, one for each Federal circuit. The Court was expanded to nine members when there were first nine circuits, but we haven’t kept up.
Wrong-Wingers
Gun Wrongs in Texas
Where guns have more “rights” than women and schoolchildren, and those who love them.
After the Uvalde school shooting, some parents had to submit to DNA testing to identify their children.
The Internet has agreed not to share actual photos of such wounds on social media. I was part of that discussion.
WaPo: Texas school are sending out DNA kits, stark reminders of Uvalde shooting [paywalled]
Texas schools are encouraging parents to store their children’s DNA and fingerprint records in case they need to provide them to law enforcement if kids go missing. For many, the rollout — less than six months after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Tex. — brought to mind a grisly problem: school shootings. After the shooting at Robb Elementary School in May, families of children who were unaccounted for lined up to provide DNA samples to help identify bodies torn apart by bullets. The Uvalde gunman, an18-year-old, legally purchased two semiautomatic rifles and almost 400 rounds of ammunition to carry out the worst school attack in state history. The free test kits — which are optional — were not explicitly linked to school shootings under a 2021 law establishing a “child identification program.” “A gift of safety, from our family to yours,” reads the message printed on the kits that were handed out to students at a middle school in San Antonio last month. “Over 800,000 children are missing every year — that’s one every 40 seconds,” the text on the envelope reads.
But His Emails
Judge: Trump signed off on voter fraud allegations he knew were false in legal docs
A federal judge implied Wednesday former President Trump signed legal documents alleging instances of fraud during the 2020 election that he knew were false. Why it matters: U.S. District Court Judge David Carter, in an 18-page opinion, said these knowingly false allegations were used in at least one lawsuit filed by Trump and his attorneys in a Georgia state court. Context: The opinion stemmed from ex-Trump attorney John Eastman's lawsuit against the Jan. 6 select committee, which is seeking emails from Eastman that he's declined to turn over citing attorney-client privilege. Eastman was a primary architect behind a theory that the vice president could unilaterally reject electoral votes as part of a last-ditched effort to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election.
Does that count as perjury? The emails in question are evidence of crimes and fraud. Well, if he agrees to corroborate them, and testify that he told the President-at-that-time that his claims of votes from dead people were false, and PATT went ahead with them in court, DoJ will probably be willing to make him a deal. In this case. Not insurrection, I hope.
In multiple state and federal, criminal and civil cases, and the J6 Committee, with evidence shared all around
Four emails demonstrate an effort by President Trump and his attorneys…related to and in furtherance of conspiracy to defraud the United States, or the crime of obstruction of an official proceeding.
Thus triggering the exception to attorney-client privilege for 33 emails.
So Eastman has to turn them over to the J6 Committee.
White Supremacists et al.
WaPo: Racist GOP appeals heat up in final weeks before midterms
The toxic remarks appear to be receiving less pushback from Republicans than in past years
The usual claims that Blacks are all criminals; immigrants are all criminals; both groups want your jobs; Democrats are soft on crime…
Meanwhile, in what is laughingly called reality,
It is true, however, that hate crimes by Whites are on the rise, and that there are vastly more hate groups today. We can trace this to 2009, when death threats against the President doubled, because
HE’S BLAAAAAACK!!!!!
Messing Up
x Another day, another Republican pervert exposed. pic.twitter.com/DqFtjve2qI — Henry (@funguy6113) October 19, 2022
As is so often the case, not really a surprise any more to have another out himself.
The People
Iran
Ukraine
Drones from Iran
Ukraine says that it has shot down more than 230 Iranian drones in the last month. They have been systematically launched against Ukrainian infrastructure, including 45 power stations rendered unusable.
Martial Law Decree
Politico: Putin declares martial law in illegally annexed regions of Ukraine
He didn’t immediately spell out the steps that would be taken under martial law. Putin also didn’t provide details of the extra powers the heads of Russian regions will have under his decree. In a signal his moves could have broad restrictions for people living in Russia, his decree states that the types of measures envisaged by martial law could be introduced in Russia. The upper house of Russia’s parliament was set to quickly seal Putin’s decision to impose martial law in the annexed Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Draft legislation indicates it may involve restrictions on travel and public gatherings, tighter censorship and broader authority for law enforcement agencies.
This power weakness play is meant to allow Putin to declare Ukrainian military efforts in these areas international aggression (but still not war) and greatly expand Russian military, um, wait, I know!
Disasters
OK, Your Move, Tuckums. Wait, No, McCarthy!
The Guardian: House Republicans Divided Over Aid to Ukraine Ahead of Midterms
McCarthy says Congress won’t ‘write a blank cheque’ while another senior Republicans says Ukrainians should ‘get what they need’ “They just won’t do it,” McCarthy added. “It’s not a free blank cheque. And then there’s the things [the Biden administration] is not doing domestically: not doing the border and people begin to weigh that. Ukraine is important, but at the same time it can’t be the only thing they do, and it can’t be a blank cheque.” A few hours later, however, the ranking Republican on the House foreign affairs committee, Michael McCaul, who is likely to run the committee in the event of a Republican win in November, argued that arms supplies to Ukraine should be stepped up. “We’ve got to give them what they need. When we give them what they need, they win,” McCaul said on the Bloomberg television channel. In particular he referred to the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), which has a longer range than the missiles the administration is currently providing. The Biden administration has withheld ATACMS so far for fear that if they were fired into Russian territory it might lead to a sharp escalation that could end up entangling Nato. McCaul argued that the missiles would be useful for striking Russian missile and drone launching sites in Crimea, adding: “Last time I checked, Crimea is occupied illegally by Russians.” According to Putin, the entire theater of war is now Russian territory. So don’t talk malarkey. BTW, note that “no blank check” is weasel wording of the highest order, the Newspeak level. It could mean No aid
Radical cuts to aid
Continuing as before, after bogus oversight hearings
Increasing aid
Kherson
Russia has ordered Ukrainians out of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
x Looks like the Russians finished creating a barge bridge over the #Dnipro near #Kherson in the past 24 hours. Imagery from Oct 18 show a barge pushing the last parts into place at 0814 UTC. This allows Russia to resupply faster or to evacuate quickly. It's also an easy target.🤔 pic.twitter.com/MKbRu1RzPV — Tim Ehrhart (@ArtisanalAPT) October 19, 2022
Stuff
There are too many stories of captured Russian tanks and other equipment and ammunition for me to get into. Here is just one.
x #Ukraine: Ukrainian forces captured a Russian 152mm 2A36 Giatsint-B howitzer in #Kherson Oblast. Will need a few repairs! pic.twitter.com/3isDiWV6tk — 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) October 17, 2022
Collaborators
x This is how people treated the current Gauleiter of #Kherson, Vladimir Saldo, even before he joined the occupiers. pic.twitter.com/iNSb3hEf8E — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 19, 2022
Smugglers
x Justice Dept charges 5 Russian for sanctions evasion, shipping military technology to Russia--some recovered in Ukraine battlefields, shipping oil from Venezuela's sanctioned PDVSA to China, Russia and company matching description of Oleg Deripaska's Rusal
https://t.co/6YnazHWK6I pic.twitter.com/gqE6mXOwbz — Wendy Siegelman (@WendySiegelman) October 20, 2022
UK
PM Truss is boguser than our Former Guy. She is doomed, except that the Party cannot agree on a replacement.
x “What can I say? There are hotels with a lower turnover of residents than Downing Street these days. The people of Britain deserve much better than this succession of inadequates” #torychaos pic.twitter.com/h0HGKGUPgX — Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) October 14, 2022
Can we talk about, maybe—an election?
China
x Ex-Premier Wen Jiabao: the progress of human society is via debates among diff. schools of thoughts … For China to have a truly bright future, we must promote independent & critical thinking… & create a free academic environment for people to seek the truth & meaning of life. pic.twitter.com/SiA0YNeApY — Hao HONG 洪灝, CFA (@HAOHONG_CFA) October 19, 2022
Yeah! Tell XI about himself!
The Environment
The EV tipping point is toppling. For a long time nothing seemed to be happening, and now everything is trying to happen all at once. Given the chip shortage, however, it will have to happen all at once over a somewhat extended period. But we have been seeing lots of good news on chip futures, with new fabs under construction and in some cases going into production.
See the 2023 section of my EV porn board on Pinterest. And give a hat tip 🎩 to Starbucks, for free charging in Malaysia, also now on my board.
x 1. Drivers can charge their electric vehicles for free until the end of this month at 17 Starbucks drive-through outlets in the Klang Valley, Penang, Malacca & Johor.
Starbucks Malaysia is the first retail coffee chain in Malaysia to install chargEVs at its drive-through stores. pic.twitter.com/8Sxfw1DAk5 — BFM News (@NewsBFM) October 18, 2022
x The future of vehicles is electric. But right now, nearly 75 percent of battery manufacturing is done in China.
My infrastructure law invests in America's battery supply chain, and I’m proud to announce 20 companies are being awarded $2.8 billion of that funding. pic.twitter.com/PH2UXinH9k — President Biden (@POTUS) October 20, 2022
x Today, President Biden announced $2.8 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for 20 companies across 12 states to create a strong American supply chain for electric vehicles and battery supplies. pic.twitter.com/HtCK7XMBzt — The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 20, 2022
x BMW plans to invest $1.7 billion in U.S. to produce electric vehicles
https://t.co/TgZvd2MZRE — CNBC (@CNBC) October 19, 2022
x Sweden will be BANNING gasoline cars in parts of Stockholm by 2024. They will have new "climate zones" with only electric vehicles allowed🤡 — PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) October 14, 2022
x “today’s electric cars are luxurious, futuristic, powerful, whisper-quiet and – if you charge them with rooftop solar – ludicrously cheap to run and maintain compared to their petrol equivalents.”
https://t.co/pXnqQaj99U — Mike Cannon-Brookes 👨🏼💻🧢🇦🇺 (@mcannonbrookes) October 16, 2022
x Amazing shift towards Electric Vehicles ! Tata Tiago #EV receives 10,000 bookings in 1 day: Introductory prices extended for buyers. Good news for #copper pic.twitter.com/InMZ4xzDsv — Arne Lutsch (@ArneLutsch) October 14, 2022
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x 1. Drivers can charge their electric vehicles for free until the end of this month at 17 Starbucks drive-through outlets in the Klang Valley, Penang, Malacca & Johor.
Starbucks Malaysia is the first retail coffee chain in Malaysia to install chargEVs at its drive-through stores. pic.twitter.com/8Sxfw1DAk5 — BFM News (@NewsBFM) October 18, 2022
x A joint venture set up by Japan's Sony Group and Honda Motor is aiming to deliver its first electric vehicles by 2026 and will sell them online, starting in the United States and Japan
https://t.co/iTjxc9ZnQ0 pic.twitter.com/LbUaLOTusv — Reuters (@Reuters) October 13, 2022
x Electric vehicles were the stars of the 2022 #ParisMotorShow, with Chinese EVs making their debut
https://t.co/3Ym3i2zvWB pic.twitter.com/DRn9YoTcMS — Reuters (@Reuters) October 18, 2022
x Meet Nikita and Nishita Balliarsingh, the co-founders of Nexus Powers, an Indian 🇮🇳 start-up that is set to manufacture biodegradable batteries to power electric vehicles.
pic.twitter.com/D06sdl6IE2 — Erik Solheim (@ErikSolheim) October 20, 2022
NASA: Cooling Technique Developed for Space Use Makes Charging Electric Cars on Earth Quicker and Easier
A team sponsored by NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division is developing a new technology that will not only achieve orders-of-magnitude improvement in heat transfer to enable these systems to maintain proper temperatures in space, but will also enable significant reductions in size and weight of the hardware. What’s more, this same technology may make owning an electric-powered car here on Earth easier and more feasible. A team led by led by Issam Mudawar, Purdue University’s Betty Ruth and Milton B. Hollander Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has developed the Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE) to enable two-phase fluid flow and heat transfer experiments to be conducted in the long-duration microgravity environment on the International Space Station.
x In an Intellegence operation, 1 sub-adult Temmink's pangolin was retrieved from the illegal trade in Pretoria east. 2 suspects arrested.
Very grateful to units involved - Cullinan SAPS endangered species, SAPS K9 Units of Silverton & Benoni, GDARD EMI, Transfronteir Africa 🙏 pic.twitter.com/eSN7V2t6dE — Prof Ray J (@ProfRayJ) October 19, 2022
Poachers! Gotta catch them all!
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