Right wing nuts worldwide.

schuylaar said:
You can go on to Adobe and change colors to what you wish. I find it quite haunting that people drew them and they're coming to life..his face pretty spot on though regardless of color accents.
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Someone else is invited to go on Adobe. My cyberlaziness is of geological proportions.
 
Rurumo said:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Bright minds and dark attitudes: lower cognitive ability predicts greater prejudice through right-wing ideology and low intergroup contact - PubMed

Despite their important implications for interpersonal behaviors and relations, cognitive abilities have been largely ignored as explanations of prejudice. We proposed and tested mediation models in which lower cognitive ability predicts greater prejudice, an effect mediated through the...
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That was a good read thank you.

One thing I have noticed is the further away I get from having to write a literature review, the more I appreciate the information that is in them.

Roger A. Shrubber said:
they just figured that out? and it took this long?...they could have fucking asked me decades ago, the intelligence gap is GLARINGLY obvious...
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It was, back in the 1950's. What this does that is cool is building a predictive model of how prejudice people are based on the answers they gave, then testing it and showing that it worked well. Which might seem obvious, but it is not something that could be done really pre 2010-ish.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797611421206?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
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Haley Jackson on MSNBC is asking some very good questions to Nation Security Council's coordinator John Kirby about the Brazilian ex-dictator.

He couldn't really answer anything (like would they deport him if he overstayed his visa, and involvement by Americans like Bannon being investigated), but it was some of the best reporting I have seen. I think she is easily the best talking head on TV when it comes to actually doing the news. Hopefully the video pops up soon.
 
hanimmal said:
That was a good read thank you.

One thing I have noticed is the further away I get from having to write a literature review, the more I appreciate the information that is in them.


It was, back in the 1950's. What this does that is cool is building a predictive model of how prejudice people are based on the answers they gave, then testing it and showing that it worked well. Which might seem obvious, but it is not something that could be done really pre 2010-ish.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797611421206?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
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i've watched people get NOTICEABLY stupider over my adult life.
oddly enough, it started in earnest about the time the internet became popular.
coincidence?... :roll: fucking please...
 
schuylaar said:
At least Trump had the balls to stay in the Oval Dining Room watch it on TV and do nothing before leaving for Florida.
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His confidence in the America legal system has been justified, he could have jumped on a plane and be gone already, to Brazil, since Moscow is out and now so is Brazil!
 
I wonder was it to get something removed from his ass after his coup failed? Brazil's new ambassador is getting sworn in today...


Bolsonaro hospitalized for abdominal discomfort, wife confirms

16,512 views Jan 9, 2023 #bolsonaro #brazil #world
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a hospital for abdominal discomfort, his wife confirms in a social media post. NBC's Mike Memoli and Guad Venegas report on the news after supporters of the former president stormed Brazil's capital.
 
hanimmal said:
I am not sure how you get to there from what I posted. But it is all good.
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you don't get the correlation between people getting stupider and the republican party openly pursuing their fascist agenda?
they couldn't have gotten away with it before people started giving themselves social media lobotomies. they would have been lynched as traitors by the parents of the people who now swallow their shit whole and ask for more
 
Roger A. Shrubber said:
you don't get the correlation between people getting stupider and the republican party openly pursuing their fascist agenda?
they couldn't have gotten away with it before people started giving themselves social media lobotomies. they would have been lynched as traitors by the parents of the people who now swallow their shit whole and ask for more
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Much of the blame can also be laid at foxnews and the alternative fact universe that has grown up around the rightwing media "ecosystem". What social media does is allows people to connect like here and kinda say are these people evil and nuts or is it just me? Only from the opposite end of the spectrum, when you say crazy shit here someone will challenge you, there they agree, add to it and give ya likes! They get social support when they read a crazy tweet that they want to believe and there are plenty of others in the comments who will agree with batshit crazy things until a mod bans the lot of them as a danger to society! :lol: Then they go to the parlor or Truth Social, like they abandoned Foxnews when they called it for Biden, their ratings fell off a cliff and they shit their pants! Now they are getting sued for billions, Trump even burned Murdoch's asshole and left a trail of fucked over lawyers a mile wide. :lol:

Ya gotta look on the bright side Roger!

 
Bolansaro might wanna get out of dodge ASAP and fly off to a safer country, but where? He is kinda in the same boat as Trump, Dubai or Moscow, if he can get there. It will be interesting to see where he ends up, after sacking the supreme court and pissing them off, Brazil would probably not be a good choice, no matter how many fans he has on the streets.

Lula clearly has Uncle Sam and the liberal democratic countries on his side and Bolansaro appears to be another autocrat who will face the music. Probably a lot quicker than Trump, even though he appears to have been much more careful, the NSA was listening and the CIA is there too along with the FBI. Joe has been known to release such information to fuck over Putin and monitoring this guys communication with back home is perfectly legal for the NSA. They won't want to give that info out to the public, but it can be used to get other evidence that can be used and to crack open witnesses with a threat so they cop a plea.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1612620761553948672
 

Brazil's Bolsonaro is in Florida. What does the U.S. do now?

While the U.S. appears to have the sovereign right to expel Bolsonaro, doing so could get messy

Far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro flew to Florida two days before his term ended, having challenged the results of the Oct. 30 run-off election that he narrowly lost to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

On Sunday, a violent movement of election-denying Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil's presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court.

Bolsonaro arrived in Florida on Dec. 30, therefore missing the inauguration in Brazil of his successor. The Washington Post has reported he has stayed in a house in Orlando owned by Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter José Aldo da Silva Oliveira, and doesn't appear to have engaged in any overtly political activities or appeared at any policy forums since arriving.

Bolsonaro is on friendly terms with former U.S. president Donald Trump, and his son Eduardo Bolsonaro has belonged to an anti-globalist group formed by Steve Bannon, the former Trump adviser who faces legal jeopardy in two separate cases.

Some Democrats believe Bolsonaro should be removed from the country, including progressive New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who tweeted Sunday, "the U.S. must cease granting refuge to Bolsonaro in Florida."

At the other end of the spectrum, far-right House Republican Paul Gosar of Arizona said he favours granting asylum to Bolsonaro.

The White House said on Monday it had yet to receive any requests from the Brazilian government regarding Bolsonaro's status.

By letting him stay, the U.S. could invite criticism that it is harbouring a man accused by his successor of fomenting anti-democratic violence. But forcing out the former president of an allied state who entered the country in good faith with a top-tier visa poses awkward questions about due process.

Bolsonaro, 67, had a fractious relationship with President Joe Biden, and was already on weaker ground back home in Brazil after losing broad protections from prosecution when he stepped down as president. Those probes could lead to his arrest or prevent him from running for office, Reuters reported last week.

Here's how the situation could theoretically play out:

If the U.S. initiates removal
Three U.S. sources told Reuters that Bolsonaro had almost certainly entered on an A-1 visa, which is reserved for heads of state, diplomats and other government officials.

Normally the A-1 is cancelled after the recipient leaves office. But with Bolsonaro having left Brazil before his term ended, they suspected his A-1 was still active.

One of the officials, who has experience with the cancellation of visas for former heads of state, said there is no set time limit on how long someone can stay in the United States on an A-1.

"We're in uncharted territory," the official said.

In response to Reuters questions, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said anyone in the United States on an A-1 visa no longer engaged in official business must depart the country within 30 days, or apply for a change of immigration status. Price said he could not comment on an individual's visa status, but was speaking in general terms about visa rules.

"If an individual has no basis on which to be in the United States, an individual is subject to removal by the Department of Homeland Security," Price said.

That view was echoed by John Feeley, U.S. ambassador to Panama from late 2015 to 2018 when that Central American nation sought the extradition of its former president Ricardo Martinelli.

"The United States — or any sovereign nation for that matter — may remove a foreigner, even one who entered legally on a visa, for any reason," Feeley said. "It's a purely sovereign decision for which no legal justification is required."

If Brazil moves to retrieve Bolsonaro
Lula, as he is familiarly known, has blamed Bolsonaro for Sunday's violence. In a tweet on Sunday, Bolsonaro distanced himself from Sunday's riot, saying it had crossed the line of peaceful protest.

The attack itself could result in a probe by the Brazilian Supreme Court, led by crusading Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

If Moraes were to sign an arrest warrant while Bolsonaro is in the United States, the former president would be technically required to fly back to Brazil and hand himself over to police. If he refused, Brazil could issue an Interpol Red Notice to prompt his arrest by U.S. federal agents.

If Bolsonaro were detained, Brazil would have to seek his extradition, which could take years to play out.

The stakes for Bolsonaro
Lula had already pledged in his Jan. 1 inauguration speech that Bolsonaro would be prosecuted if needed with respect to previous cases. The four criminal probes previously underway included allegations Bolsonaro leaned on the federal police to protect his sons, spread known electoral falsehoods and harboured a troll farm peddling disinformation from within his presidential office.

While the judiciary is independent, prosecutions of former presidents are not unheard of in Brazil.

Lula himself was imprisoned due to a corruption case stemming from the sprawling Lava Jato (Car Wash) probe, which also saw former president Michel Temer arrested at one point. Lula has maintained his conviction was politically motivated.

As well, ex-president Fernando Collor de Mello faced a corruption trial in the 1990s, and was ultimately acquitted.

The Bolsonaro question for the U.S. may be ultimately moot, owing to his ongoing health issues. He was hospitalized in Florida on Monday due to abdominal pains related to a 2018 stabbing he suffered while on the campaign trail, his wife said on social media.

Bolsonaro told CNN Brasil that he intended to cut short his U.S. stay due to the medical issues, according to a report published on the outlet's website, adding that the trip was originally planned through the end of the month.
 

U.S. far right becomes shameful model for anti-democracy insurrectionists

25,123 views Jan 10, 2023 #january6 #brazil #politics
Rachel Maddow looks at the similarities between the January 6 U.S. insurrection and Sunday's uprising in Brazil as well as a foiled attempted insurrection in Germany, and wonders about the influence the far right in the U.S. is having on the rest of the world.
 
cannabineer said:
Bolsonaro should wake up handcuffed to George Santos.
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All in all, I think 2023 will be a good year for liberal democracy, in Ukraine and in the courts, both in America and Brazil apparently. I don't think the republican's position in the house will last when the shit really hits the fan in a major stress test and there are several coming before fall, the debt ceiling among them. Trump's indictments and the indictments of congress people among them too, guys like Santos and perhaps other challenges too.
 
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