He substituted the arrows in the eagle’s claw for a set of golf clubs — a nod to the new president’s favorite pastime. In the other set of talons, he swapped the olive branch for a wad of cash and replaced the United States’ Latin motto with a Spanish insult. Then, his coup de grace: a two-headed imperial bird lifted straight from the Russian coat of arms, an homage to the president’s checkered history with the adversarial country.
Armitage_Shankburn wrote:Right on cue, an odious fluff piece in the guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/10/kamala-harris-democratic-senator-white-house-president-2020Armitage_Shankburn wrote:In the meantime, Kamala Harris, someone no one heard of just two years ago, is being given a platform by all the major press. Look at her book. The title, the cover. It screams "female version of Obama just made for you consumer peons to endorse". Ridiculous. I predict get less than 10% in Iowa and not more than 16% in PennsylvaniaYuckHarris described herself as a “progressive prosecutor” who supported in equal measure harsh punishments for violent offenders and large-scale reforms of the criminal justice system. She pointed to her efforts to reduce recidivism and implement implicit bias training. She also recounted a “shouting match” with JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon in the aftermath of the mortgage meltdown in 2012. The exchange was so tense, Harris wrote, that she removed her earrings because “I’m a girl from Oakland”. Should Harris run, the anecdote about fighting for California homeowners against the big banks may help establish her progressive credentials in a wide Democratic primary race that will feature senator Elizabeth Warren, a sharp critic of Wall Street, and possibly senator Bernie Sanders, who has condemned corporate greed.
The usual procedure at Westminster is that the party that held the now-vacant seat moves the writ for the byelection. Since Sinn Féin, by virtue of its absence, cannot do this, there would have to be an arrangement in advance for Labour or another party to do so. This should not be hard to arrange. If the writs are moved on September 3rd when parliament returns from its summer recess, the elections could be held by the end of the month
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