Some historians also blame Pahlevi for having failed to promote economic liberalization in Iran. Worst yet, Pahlevi's Iran was ruled by patronage networks; its economic development was held back by nepotism and perfunctory governance.
Khomeini's Iran was an oppressive nation. Khomeini even locked up MEK members after he became the leader. The current regime in Iran is also a despotic one; it has been working hard to expand its sphere of influence in the Middle East through influence operations and militant proxies, particularly Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group and Yeman's Houthis.
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goldberg
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Fri 14 Aug, 2020 06:03 am
@goldberg,
The MEK, not MKE.
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goldberg
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Fri 14 Aug, 2020 06:06 am
From The Economist.
"A few radical activists, including some associated with Black Lives Matter in Chicago, argued that looting can be legitimate. One woman, protesting at a police station that held arrested looters, called it a form of “reparations” for white oppression.
This really is a live debate. Vicky Osterweil, author of “In Defence of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action”, published this month, sets out the same argument at book length. Looting by the poor, black or otherwise repressed is a radical tactic that brings welcome change, in her view. Peaceful civil-rights demonstrations are too easily ignored, whereas “riots and looting are more effective at attracting attention to a cause”. The shared experience of looting can also be “joyous”, produce “community cohesion”, count as a small act of “direct redistribution of wealth” and, she reckons, does little harm to those who have insurance. She thinks it also leads people to question high levels of inequality."
Vicky Osterweil, I'm not married. So? Is it okay for a singleton like me to grab your arse just like Trump did? You wouldn't call the police, right? We could write another book together called" In Defence of Groping" in your dimply-lit house, with a whiff of your fresh perfume wafting from your body. Seeing your leopard-print cardigan, I started getting carried away, running around the room like a galloping horse.
Vicky Osterweil, " light of my life , fire of my loins" in the words of Nabokov in his novel Lolita.
The appointments of the top two officials at the Department of Homeland Security violated federal law, the Government Accountability Office said on Friday.
GAO, which is an independent watchdog agency that reports to Congress, said that Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and his deputy Kenneth Cuccinelli are serving under an invalid order of succession under the Vacancies Reform Act.
The Vacancies Reform Act governs how temporary appointments can be made to positions that require Senate confirmation. President Trump has repeatedly circumvented the Senate confirmation process by placing people in acting positions -- including Wolf and Cuccinnelli, whose official title is Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.
Those two appointments violated the act, GAO said, because of the sequence of events following the resignation of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in April of last year. The official who assumed the title of acting secretary at that time, Kevin McAleenan, had not been designated in the order of succession, GAO said.
Subsequent personnel moves also were invalid, and Wolf and Cuccinnelli “are serving under an invalid order of succession," the agency said.
GAO said it was referring the matter to the DHS inspector general for reviews, and that any further actions would be up to Congress and the IG.
GAO, which is an independent watchdog agency that reports to Congress, said that Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and his deputy Kenneth Cuccinelli are serving under an invalid order of succession under the Vacancies Reform Act.
The GAO was roundly ignored when Obama was president. Why listen to them now?
Quote:
Seven Times the GAO Found the Obama Administration Violated Federal Law
The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., wrote in a pair of new court filings
that Trump should be treated like any other recipient of a subpoena, who is typically
unable to access details of secret grand jury proceedings.
He should have explained that to the Congress that wanted the Grand Jury transcripts of the Mueller probe.
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MontereyJack
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Fri 14 Aug, 2020 03:16 pm
@coldjoint,
Yeah,Trump is real. real crook, real liar, real sexist misogynistic racist slug/
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MontereyJack
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Fri 14 Aug, 2020 03:21 pm
@coldjoint,
His first point is bullshit No need to go into the pigshit in the rest of the vid.
