@edgarblythe,
It's hers to lose. It will be embarrassing if she doesn't win.
@ehBeth,
Considering the level of voter apathy in NYC, it's a possibility that she could lose.
@Sturgis,
Her job is to get out the vote and then do the right thing for her constituents.
It was her call against complacency.
Traces of Texas
After Sam Houston was baptized into the Independence Baptist Church back in 1854, a church periodical commented:
"The announcements of General Houston's immersion has excited the wonder and surprise of many who have supposed that he was 'past praying for' but it is no marvel to us ..... Three thousand and fifty clergymen have been praying for him since the Nebraska outrage in the Senate."
The "Nebraska Outrage" was Sam's vote on the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
On May 30, 1854 the Kansas Nebraska Act replaced the old Missouri Compromise which held slavery south of the 36° 30' parallel (basically the line across northern Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, etc).
Sen. Sam Houston desperately filibustered the Kansas/Nebraska bill on Feb.14, 1854 trying to warn that it would lead to civil war, and most historians today agree that this was the straw that broke the camel's back, making the Civil War a virtual certainty.
Biographer James Haley relates that when he got back to Texas, Sam Houston predicted the following to Rev. Rufus Burleson: "He said in two years the abolitionists and the freesoilers will unite to form a new political party. In 1860 they will elect the President of the United States. The South will secede and think it will be an easy thing to do but there will be this long, bloody, drawn out civil war, and my beloved South will go down in a sea of blood and smoking ruin. And he said the North will think they’ve won this great victory, but the North it will have its own price to pay. The North will reap a bitter harvest of assassination. He said that in 1854. As a historian how do you get your mind around someone who can see like that?”
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Headline I just saw
Trump boasts of his accomplishments — and the entire UN bursts into laughter
@edgarblythe,
Just heard on the radio he said he's "accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country". A truly tireless and instinctual self-promoter – regardless of the audience.
@edgarblythe,
just heard a clip of that on the radio
From Al Jazeera English
US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani clashed sharply at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, with the former urging the international community to isolate Tehran from global trade, and the latter calling US sanctions "economic terrorism".
Weeks of speculation about a possible breakthrough meeting devolved into a war of words over Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal and to reimpose economic sanctions on Iran.
Trump fired the first volley, repeating his administration's contention that Iran is the world's "leading sponsor of terrorism".
Can the EU bypass US sanctions on Iran?
"Iran's neighbours have paid a heavy toll for the regime's agenda of aggression and expansion," Trump said, accusing Iranian leaders of having "embezzled billions of dollars" from the country's treasury to wage proxy wars.
"The dictatorship used the funds to build nuclear-capable missiles, increase internal repression, finance terrorism, and fund havoc and slaughter in Syria and Yemen," he said.
"We ask all nations to isolate Iran's regime as long as its aggression continues."
Trump promised Iran would face more economic difficulties when the second round of sanctions targeting the energy sector snap back on November 5.
Rouhani later hit back at Trump saying his decision to impose more sanctions is a form of "economic terrorism", accusing the US administration of trying to topple his government.
"It is ironic that the US government does not even conceal its plan for overthrowing the same government it invites to talks," Rouhani said.
'Weakness of intellect'
Without directly naming Trump, he said some world leaders are undermining world security by their "recklessness and disregard of international values and institutions".
"Confronting multilateralism is not a sign of strength, rather a symptom of the weakness of intellect," he said.
Iran tensions set to dominate UN Security Council talks
Shunning multilateralism signals an "inability in understanding a complex and interconnected world", Rouhani said.
"The government of the US - at least the current administration - seems determined to render all international institutions ineffectual," he said.
In May, the Trump administration pulled out of the historic 2015 deal designed to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb. In August, the first round of US sanctions were reimposed on Iran.
There was speculation whether the two leaders would meet in New York City, after Trump said he would be willing to meet without preconditions.
But Rouhani said in interviews Iran would not be willing to hold talks with the United States, until it decides to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The five remaining parties to JCPOA - France, Britain, Germany, China and Russia - agreed during a meeting in New York late on Monday to set up a payment system to preserve business ties with Iran despite US sanctions.
The Iranian leader said he was pleased the international community did not follow the Trump administration's "unilateral and illegal withdrawal from the JCPOA".
Glenn Greenwald Makes the Case for Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 11/9'
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/glenn-greenwald-makes-the-case-for-michael-moores-fahrenheit-9-11/
"And while the administration bears the brunt of Moore’s invective, no institution or party goes unscathed."
Andy Borowitz
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The all-male Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee are the epitome of cowardice — attacking Christine Blasey Ford from a safe distance before her testimony, and then hiring a female prosecutor to question her because they are too scared to do it themselves. What a pathetic crew of spineless bullies.
@edgarblythe,
really? it's pretty awful
