James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

Pierre #Poilievre’s fake “Being It Home” video is raising eyebrows in the UK press. Remarkable achievement for an opposition party..😮

“Canada’s Conservative party has deleted a social media campaign video with a heavily nationalist message with the video featuring scenes from other countries, including Ukrainian farmers, Slovenian homes, London’s Richmond Park and a pair of Russian fighter jets”

@disordered

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/20/canada-conservatives-video-other-countries

I was doing some reading about these power generating ocean buoys, and it's interesting to see all the complaints that pop up any time someone tries to make a new way to capture energy. Suddenly, people really care about the environmental impact of these methods, but never ever in comparison with coal and oil.
I still hear naysayers about solar panels, despite the fact that GPS and the International Space Station has used them for decades.
They really care about the migration patterns of Ducks when we start talking about wind power, but get an Oopsie about a massive oil spill.
Loss of life is very important for alternative methods, but no discussion about the impact when it comes to oil drilling and coal mining.
The fact of the matter is even setting aside the environmental impact, coal and oil are finite resources. Of course, we should care about the impact of how we produce energy, but we have to stop falling for false equivalency. Everything will have a downside, but we can address those issues and still move forward.

Looking at WaPo's coverage on the news side, they mention that Trump's tariffs would be wildly inflationary but the primary focus is on the global trade war they'd ignite. Which wouldn't be a bad angle if we hadn't heard so much about inflation being a political liability for Dems for 4 years.

JD Vance could well become the president if Trump were to win since he’s so old and infirm.

Shepard Fairey, the artist who made the iconic Obama “Hope” image in 2008, has released his 2024 Kamala Harris “Forward” art.

It’s pretty spectacular if you haven’t yet seen it. #HarrisWalz2024

How did this fucking idiot EVER become President of the United States?!?!?

"Virtually 100% of the net job creation in the last year has gone to migrants In fact I've heard substantially more and actually beyond that number 100%. It’s a much higher number than that but the government has not caught up with that yet."

#IdiotTrump #NeverAgainTrump #TrumpWillLose2024 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol #HarrisWalz

This does NOT link to Twitter.

Watch this vid, via SundaeDivine:

#Trump had some dire predictions in 2020. Let’s review:

https://xcancel.com/SundaeDivine/status/1824199593787265176#m

Ukrainians have started leaving google reviews on businesses in the russian areas they’ve invaded. While the comedy can skew dark, it is really funny. It is part comedy part menace and entirely entertaining. Here’s a review on a 4-star hotel in Kursk:

#russia #Ukraine #war #GallowsHumor #funny #meme #reviews #hotel #CultureJamming #kursk #BattleOfKursk #KurskOblast

'Could Republicans dump #Trump?' Conservative says it's time to ask about mental fitness - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mental-decline-2668977519/

The fact that they decided to publish Hillary Clinton’s emails in 2016 to support Donald Trump, and decided not to publish Donald Trump’s emails in 2024 to support Donald Trump, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with our political mainstream media.

Donald Trump is desperate to land a punch on Kamala Harris. But he fails | Sidney Blumenthal

The #politicsAsSport headline is cringe.

And I'm always suspicious of remote diagnosis of mental illness.

I think Trump’s frequent displays of word salad and hate mongering are more a social sickness. Trump’s "thinking" is irrational, but it's its enthusiastic acceptance by party and mob that is the real problem.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/14/trump-harris-election-campaign?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

> Trump frantically attempts to find the key to a negative campaign against Harris. But, like the mad King Lear, he spins into agitation and confusion