Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Brian Tyler Cohen"
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Though I loath Trump, and think he did indeed handle the crisis very poorly, I do think it is a bit unfair to criticize Trump for down-playing the crisis before March. Many world-leaders were playing it down at that time, hoping the virus could be contained through targeted quarantines. They were trying to prevent panic.
However, by March 1 it was clear that the virus was no longer containable, e.g. due to the massive contaminations occuring in the Italian alps in late Februari, that spread the virus over the whole of Europe. I would hold March 1st as the date that all leaders should have changed their messaging on Covid, as by that date the speed with which the virus was spreading was clear to all. BTW, the WHO was a week late in calling Coivid.19 a pandemic (which they did on March 11th).
A key factor in the spread of the virus was that many people had booked expensive holidays in the Alps and were unwilling to forfeit that money, as they were not being reimbursed. So, greed was an important factor in the spread of this disease. The Alps should have been closed much sooner, and the holiday makers reimbursed, that would have saved the world a lot of grief. Sadly, a week is a very short time in politics, but a very long time with this virus.
But Trump is fully to be blamed for his actions after March 1st.
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It must be me, but I still don't understand how double-jeopardy would apply if Cannon grants a motion to dismiss after the jury was sworn in instead of before. Because it has been widely established that appealing a decision by a judge or jury does not constitute double-jeopardy. And certainly when the judge does not consult the jury in a decision to dismiss, that should CERTAINLY be appealable. And when the judge makes a decision to dismiss on a point that was raised long before the jury was selected, that should be grounds for disbarment of the judge.
The USA needs some very serious reform of its judicial system, and this time allowing for the situation where a judge is corrupt. So much in the US government system assumes honorable behavior by officials, and this is exactly what Trump & Magats are abusing all the time.
For example, it should be much easier to recuse a judge. In my country (Netherlands), either prosecution or defense can call for a review by a panel of judges, to consider whether a judge has demonstrated apparent bias to either party. If so, the judge (or the court in case of multiple judges) is recused and replaced by another. This procedure usually takes about 1 day from initial challenge to conclusion. No proof of bias is required, simply the appearance of bias is enough. No decision by the judge is needed either, if she displays partiality in the way she runs a case, that is enough.
Cannon would have been long removed from the case under these rules.
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I don't often disagree with Sanders, but he is wrong about the Palestinians. He steps over the fact that Hamas governs Gaza. That is a problem, as Hamas has lost its legitimacy in the 7 Oct attack. No government can do such a thing and expect to remain in power. Much less Hamas, where we can be certain they would do it again if given the opportunity.
There are only two possible ways to resolve the conflict: 1). Palestinians themselves prosecute Hamas, or 2). Israel takes over governance of Gaza. As the Palestinians are both unable and unwilling to do 1, it will be option 2 (which is what Israel is doing now). It is not an option to go back to the status quo ante (Hamas is in charge of Gaza and Israel withdraws), the atrocities committed by Hamas on 7 October are too great for that.
If Sanders is so concerned with Palestinian welfare, he should work towards a third option: An international coalition of peace keepers to take over governance of Gaza. I sincerely doubt anyone would want to participate in that, but Sanders has no right to protest against option 2 while not providing a viable alternative.
So I wholeheartedly agree with the way Biden is acting: admonishing Israel to minimize civilian casualties, and leaving it at that. The quicker Israeli rule is established, the quicker society can be rebuilt.
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The USA can learn a LOT from other democracies.
There are several fundamental errors in the way Justice is done in the USA, starting with the election of Prosecutors, and the appointment of Judges by politicians. These have broken the Separation of Powers in the USA.
Additionally, several important mechanisms / rules are simply not enforced. Most importantly, the Obstruction of Justice rules. In a real democracy, no politician comments on an ongoing case, because to do so would be Obstruction of Justice. The recent antics of Johnson calling the prosecution of Trump into question, should land him in prison VERY quickly if that Law were upheld. That is again an failure to properly Separate the Powers of government.
Same with the way government officials treat summons to appear before a Congressional committee. Refusing to testify, in my country, means immediate imprisonment up to such a time that that person is prepared to testify. Which is again a failure to Separate the Powers of government.
The USA has been sliding towards dictatorship, where the Executive is all-powerful, for some time now. Time to stop it.
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@JohnSmith-fq7hj I certainly am. That was federal overreach if I ever saw it, exactly the type that the 2nd amendment was intended for.
It was overreach because a). it went against the express wishes of the local authorities. b). it went against the express wishes of the state authorities. c). it only made things worse. d). the violence was over the second the feds left. e). the troops were unidentifiable. f). the troops abducted innocent bystanders. g). the troops molested journalists. h). they operated not only to protect federal property, but were confronting protesters a long way from them. i). they misused "less lethal" weapons to cause serious and permanent injuries, and even death.
Don't come with the "law and order" and "they started" sh*t. Open you eyes. The dictator did this only so he could score in your books, not to help solve the situation. Otherwise he would have waited for an invitation from the major or governor. Or are you just another bigot that denies certain people their 1st amendment rights? That it is OK to murder innocent people of a certain race?
If so, shame on you.
Instead of shooting at the protesters, you should talk with them, listen to their grievances, and try to come up with sensible solutions. Because if you think there is no systemic racism in the USA, you are blind. If you think their plight is their own fault, you are a cruel monster. If you think the racism doesn't need to be rooted out, you are a selfish bigot.
In the BLM case, Law and Order is not what is needed. It just keeps the lid on the pot. But as long as there is a fire under it, the pressure is going to build until something breaks. The stronger the lid, the bigger the resulting explosion.
Strong investment in good education for all is the only long-term solution.
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