Daily review 30/08/2024

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    The US Army defended an Arlington National Cemetery employee who was pushed aside during a visit by former president Donald Trump, saying that she acted professionally and was being unfairly attacked.

    She was actually trying to prevent Trump and his creeps from dishonouring all the other vets (her job !)…so according to one of Trumps thugs….questioned her mental health ?!

    Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung had said: "The fact is that a private photographer was permitted on the premises and for whatever reason an unnamed individual, clearly suffering from a mental health episode, decided to physically block members of President Trump's team during a very solemn ceremony."

    On that day Trump, the Republican candidate in the 5 November presidential election, visited the cemetery and took part in a wreath-laying ceremony honoring the 13 servicemembers killed during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

    He also visited Section 60 of the cemetery, where troops are buried and which is considered hallowed ground in the military.

    Federal law and Pentagon policies do not allow political activities in that section of the cemetery, but videos were taken by Trump's campaign and used in advertisements.

    "An ANC (Arlington National Cemetery) employee who attempted to ensure adherence to these rules was abruptly pushed aside," the Army statement said.

    "This incident was unfortunate, and it is also unfortunate that the ANC employee and her professionalism has been unfairly attacked," it added.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/526599/us-army-defends-arlington-national-cemetery-employee-in-trump-campaign-incident

    This particular thug….wouldnt be out of place in some convicted felons mob outfit. Oh thats right, he is.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Cheung_(political_advisor)

      2. 2.1.2

        Further to Mr Oddjob/Cheung..

        When a female military official at the cemetery tried to prevent Trump campaign staff from photographing and filming in Section 60, Cheung and LaCivita reportedly "verbally abused and pushed the official aside". Cheung later baselessly asserted the woman was "suffering from a mental health episode," which military officials said was false.

        A federal law prohibits the use of U.S. military facilities, cemeteries in particular, for political campaigns

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Cheung_(political_advisor)

        I wondered where I knew the name Chris LaCivita ? And yea, he's this slime bag…..

        He is known primarily for coordinating smear campaigns against military veterans running for higher office as members of the Democratic Party, including the controversial "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" negative campaign against 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry and attacks on 2024 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Governor Tim Walz.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_LaCivita

        Trump, how low could he go? Is there a low bar below ground ?

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    If you wanted to know which way right wing blogger David Farrar and Juliet Moses from the NZ Jewish Council would swing on the upcoming visit by the antisemitic Candace Owens, they have, unsurprisingly perhaps, prioritised blind conservatism over cultural solidarity.

    Placing individual political opportunity over empathetic collective action is so on point for these clowns.

    Candace Owens is an ultra-conservative American black woman and Trump supporter. People like her are highly prized assets for right wing institutions because they provide agency and example of how they think minorities should operate, that is to abandon or minimise heritage in favour of profit-seeking Western neoliberalism. They lend legitimacy to the message brown people should act more white in order to succeed. See our own Tama Potaka and James Meager.

    So far so good, but recently Owens has amplified, among other controversies, holocaust-denying Jewish conspiracy theories, presumably because she thinks she'll profit from it.

    It's here where Farrar and Moses had a choice to either do what they do with any other actor who they disagree with (actively campaign against them), or tacitly endorse them (by simply 'agreeing to disagree'). Predictably, they chose the latter because for them, political blood is even thicker than any form of common interest.

    Heaven forbid Farrar and Moses might consider direct action against a commercial troll who denies the existence of their people!

  4. 4

    God, this week was particularly bad for us.

    Anderson and Hipkins , plus Parker, what are you thinking?

    Unbelievable.

    1. 4.1

      Oh, you're a leftie, are you? If so, welcome.

      Anderson makes the same or fewer mistakes that the current minister, mercenary Mitchell. Perhaps a bar too low.

      Not sure what Hipkins did or did not do to enrage you so much, but I agree, he's not talismanic or even mildly exciting in any way.

      Parker is doing Parker. Consistent in his beliefs, and biggest hero of the lot, just needs the support of others, not you obviously.

      2. 4.1.2

        The oil and gas stupidity, honestly is it has there ever been a worse read of timing and public frustration.

        As for supposedly being a labour' member and voter of 45 years ,I only hope we become better than what we are, I steadfastly refuse to vote green.

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