Ser Scot A Ellison

Boebert is deeply and profoundly stupid.

25 Republicans against Gym Jordan this time: https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1715401324643152021?s=46

Chaos breeds strange events. So many things I never thought possible have happened in the last few years. I’m not ruling this out.

So… will Emmer be “Speaker”?

It is certainly a possibility. One that I hope is quickly followed up upon. Most State and Federal Bars take felony convictions very seriously.

Sidney Powell has agreed to plead guilty to the charges against her. I really wonder if she has turned on Trump. The deal is very generous to Powell… https://x.com/ap/status/1715006888889192798?s=46

With Jordan losing support will he keep at it?

Hope so!

Jordan isn’t in. Hope he stays out. https://x.com/rpsagainsttrump/status/1714315067188027527?s=46

You don’t have to be a member of the HoR to be speaker. Will Republicans vote for a Democrat?

Could Liz Cheney be a real compromise candidate? If 8 Republicans break and vote Cheney in conjunction with Democrats she could get the speakership. I don’t agree with her on everything but she opposes Trump, supports the Constitution, and believes in democracy.

While… kinda cool… does Russia have the ability to get people to the Galilean moons in a quarter century?

Call me crazy (and I love Lower Decks) but it feels a little rudderless this season.

Sounds like someone who wants to do big stuff and gets distracted in the middle of planning with other stuff… then the original planned thing never happens.

And… the misspelling of “Israel… ‘Isarael’” is trending on Twitter… :facepalm: https://x.com/flutemagician/status/1712471170367607134?s=46

Politically… it’s difficult. That doesn’t make failure to act appropriate.

The description of Gaza as an “open air prison” is far too accurate.

But that is the very nature of the Tu Quoque fallacy. It is distraction from the ongoing discussion with the implication of hypocrisy claiming that such hypocrisy invalidates the argument of someone pointing a bad thing because they aren’t also pointing out all the other bad things.

If the condemnation of Hamas is just why mention other events at all?

You are implying that if everything isn’t also condemned then there is something improper about the condemnation of Hamas. That is the Tu Quoque fallacy. Condemning Hamas is proper whether or not the Russian genocide against the Circassians is also condemned. The two are both bad and unrelated to each other.

The Tu Quoque fallacy isn’t a valid argument. There will always be hypocrisy in what draws people’s attention. That doesn’t make what people are paying attention to invalid or unworthy of concern. There has been a fair bit of discussion of Boko Haram, the Uighur, and other terrible things that happen. At the end of the day who remembers the Russian genocide against the Cirrcasians? Acting and speaking out about an issue of note is not invalid because you haven’t done the same for every such issue that has ever happened in history.

And… therefore… Chinese imperialism is a good thing… why?

Link, please.

What?

Is she claiming, with a straight face, that there is a context that justifies or successfully offers apologia for… rape?