#referendum gate

[artemisbarnowl]

I am in a cow paddock. I am 5 kilometres from parliament house. With the right breeze you can hear speeches from the national library as people walk for the Voice to parliament, a referendum that will hopefully change our country for reconciliation and recognition of first people. I am 2 kilometres from an international airport with less than 15 gates. This is the capital, the heart of the country. I can smell cow shit and wattle. Less than half a million people live here. Im 4ks from a grape chupa chup bubble tea and an asian grocer but there is so little culture if i post about a class im doing next week you'll be able to meet me there if you wanted (unless the class was piliates. Theres so much pilates). Behind me is a sorta annoyed water dragon and behind her is a porche that got pulled over by federal police. The prime minister lives 7ks away. The entire economy exists for people who fly here from sydney (2.5 hour drive/1 hour flight) or Melbourne (8 hour drive/1 hour flight) on monday morning and fly home again friday afternoon. A main arterial road was closed because of a flower festival. All this within a 5km radius of the cbd. A couple of hours to walk around and you could see everything but mostly just bush and farm. There is 1 tram line and no trains, except the one that takes you interstate and it does not line up with the bus timetable or even go to cbd to meet connecting services. This is where matters of policy and law are decided. Every time I lay eyes on the spire and flag atop parliament house (just left of centre in the background above. Not the tower on the mountain) i think of the women who are not safe there, were assaulted there, their place of work and the house that decides how 23 million people must live. I know for sure that none of the people making decisions have ever stood in this cow paddock and looked back at their house or their office building, but 200 metres to my left is a road they travel down every week.

[fatehbaz]

When Dr Harold Young [...] takes visitors on a journey around Belize City, the first stop is an unremarkable building, whose basement entrance is partly shrouded by creeping pink bougainvillea. Its padlocked gates and broken windows back on to a parking lot in the city’s historic centre. Most passersby ignore the innocuous plaque outside. Belize, a country of 400,000 citizens, is [...] a part of the English-speaking Caribbean. A former British settlement and then colony, it is one of the region’s eight remaining Commonwealth realms – independent countries where the monarch remains the head of state.

Belize is the only Commonwealth realm King Charles has never visited.

The building is blocked from public entry but is known locally as the former headquarters of a TV station [...] once owned by the Conservative peer Lord Michael Ashcroft, who has sprawling business investments around Belize. But for those who are aware, the building serves as a horrifying reminder of the brutality of British rule here. “It’s the last remnants of a holding dungeon for slaves,” Young says. “Before they were put out for sale.” 

Unlike the island states in the Caribbean, where plantation slavery underpinned the colonial economy, enslaved labour in Belize revolved around the logging of mahogany at camps in the country’s interior. [...] [T]he remnants of violent enslavement are now mostly absent from public view. The building’s story has been passed down for generations, and is noted in certain tourist literature. But the historic plaque outside, while acknowledging its use in the mahogany trade, presents its connections to slavery merely as “local folklore”. “When you live in a colonial environment, the colonialists don’t want you to prove what they were doing was a horrendous trade, right?” says Young, who is Belizean Creole, meaning of mixed African heritage. [...]

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History is still not fully told. Crimes remain unacknowledged. [...]

But as the United Kingdom prepares to crown its new king, the citizens of Belize are laying the groundwork for a similarly historic event: they could be the first nation to remove Charles as head of state. [...] The process, the prime minister [...] acknowledged in an interview [...] means it is “quite likely” that Belize will be the next country to leave the Commonwealth realm, following Barbados’s seismic decision to become a republic in 2021. [...] Belize is not alone [...].

[D]iscussions over the future of the British monarchy have accelerated throughout the region.

Now, officials in seven of the remaining realm countries in the Caribbean have indicated they will seek to follow the same path [...]. In Jamaica, [...] the government has committed to a vote before the next general election in 2025. In Antigua and Barbuda, the prime minister [...] said shortly after the death of Queen Elizabeth that he would hold a referendum within three years. [...]

Such debate is far from new to the English-speaking Caribbean and did not begin with Barbados’s decision in 2021, nor the death of Queen Elizabeth last year. Carried by a wave of Black nationalism and socialism, three former British colonies, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and the newly independent Dominica, removed the monarch as head of state throughout the 1970s. Alternatives to the crown had been debated in popular circles long before even then. [...]

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Still, symbolism and imagery of the current moment [...] matter, particularly as relations between the English-speaking Caribbean and the UK fall to new lows in the aftermath of the Windrush scandal and both the government and the monarchy’s recent refusals to go beyond passive expressions of regret and offer a formal apology for the atrocities of slavery.

In March last year, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to the Caribbean marking the Queen’s jubilee was punctuated by a series of protests that cast a long shadow over the exercise in soft power. In Jamaica, photographs of the pair shaking hands with children through a chainlink fence and later parading in white clothing in an open-top Land Rover were decried as a throwback to colonialism.

In Belize, the couple were forced to abandon plans to visit a Mayan village in the country’s south, following protest. [...] “There’s only so much the fig leaf of public relations and exercises in ‘soft power’ can cover,” [...]. “These images and videos were widely shared on social media [...].” Outside St John’s Cathedral in Belize City, the remains of a semicircular brick wall mark the boundary from where, it is said, enslaved people were permitted to listen to services inside. The building itself was built by enslaved labour, but colonial authorities banned enslaved people from entering.

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Text by: Oliver Laughland. “‘Colonialism lingers’: Belize shrugs off coronation amid calls for repatriations.” The Guardian. 4 May 2023. [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me.]

[capseycartwright]

it always leads to you, in my hometown

James gave her a reassuring smile. “You can love somewhere,” he began, and maybe he meant somewhere and someone, too, but Erin wasn’t ready to have that conversation. “And still need to leave it for a while. Derry will always be here,” he reassured, reaching out and giving her knee a gentle squeeze.

“And you?” she breathed the words. "Will you always be here?"

- or, a series of moments over their university years where james and erin fall together, fall apart, and find their way home to each other.

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AUGUST 1998

Erin wanted to make one thing clear: she loved Derry. It felt important, to clarify that - especially as it was the night before she left it for four years of university in Dublin. She loved Derry, with every part of her heart and soul, the city etched deep into her bones, at the core of who she was - Erin Quinn could have been a very different girl, if she’d grown up somewhere else. But, she didn’t: she’d grown up in Derry, and so the city she called home now would forever be, well, home.

Derry was changing - for the better, Erin hoped, but that wouldn’t become clear for another while yet. Derry was changing, the city she knew so well entering a new era, the Good Friday Agreement approved on all sides of the border, people beginning to hope that their future could be a peaceful one. May had rolled into August, the summer slow, and syrupy sweet, the days feeling endless, and too quick, all the same, passing faster than Erin had been ready for.

The lights of the city glittered in front of her as Erin watched on from her spot on the walls, drinking in the sight of her home before she set off for university in the morning.

“I thought I might find you here,” a voice drew her attention, Erin twisting to see James standing a few metres away, arms crossed over his chest as he watched her carefully.

Erin gestured vaguely. “Yeah,” she managed. “You found me.”

“Mind if I join you?”

Erin shook her head, watching as James eased himself up and onto the cool stone of the wall beside her. Derry was never very quiet, but it felt quieter that evening, the noise of people going about their lives background noise as she watched James settle next to her.

“Aren’t you going to ask me what’s wrong?” she asked after a beat of silence.

James shrugged. “I think I can guess,” he said, because over the last year, James had developed this uncanny ability to read into Erin’s every thought, and so it didn’t surprise her that he knew. Well, Erin supposed - it wasn’t hard to guess why she was here, sitting on the city walls, instead of watching her mother go through the packing list for the fifth time that day.

“Everything is changing,” Erin said, letting out a shaky breath. This week - it had been full of goodbyes.

They’d gone to the airport with Clare and her mammy on Tuesday, waving goodbye from the departures hall as Clare had headed for the security gate, and her new life in London, away to university about as far as she could get from Derry. Erin understood, really, she did - for Clare, Derry was filled with the ghost of her father, the man sitting quietly on every street corner, a reminder that he never saw Clare finish school, never got to vote in the referendum, never saw his beloved Northern Ireland start on the slow march to peace. No, Erin could understand why Clare needed to leave - but for a moment, clinging to Michelle’s hand, Erin had wished that the day hadn’t come and that Clare hadn’t felt like she needed to go.

It was hypocritical of her, she knew - Erin herself was off to Glasgow in the morning, a place at the University of Glasgow on their English Literature course waiting for her. She’d applied on a whim, and told nobody, until UCAS had come through and informed her that she’d been given an unconditional offer at Glasgow to study her dream degree. It had been her mammy, who’d told her she should go, Mary wiping away Erin’s confused tears as she’d reassured her daughter that it was okay, and she should go, and follow her dreams, and her, and her daddy, would always support her - no matter where in the world she was.

James was staying. That had been the biggest plot twist of it all - if their lives were a novel, and James staying in Northern Ireland could be considered a plot twist rather than a thoughtfully made life choice - but Erin could understand why he was staying. James hadn’t said it in as many words, but here, in Derry, he’d found a place to call home for the first time, and so it made sense that he wasn’t willing to go very far, English and Film Studies at Queen's University Belfast his new home as of September.

“It is, aye,” James agreed, and Erin couldn’t help but smile at the Derry lilt that had found a home in James’ accent, the swotty (Michelle’s words, not her own) English accent he had arrived in Derry with all those years ago now slowly beginning to fade. It suited him, Erin decided - he was a Derry girl, after all.

“What - what if it’s not as good?” Erin couldn’t help the tears that welled up in her eyes as she looked at Derry, and looked at James again, her heart aching as she tried to even begin to process the monumental changes that they were standing on the precipice of. For years now, Erin had dreamed of university, adulthood, and growing up, and now it was finally all happening, she couldn’t help but wish that she was heading back to Mary Immaculate College and Sister Michael’s wrath in two weeks' time.

James looked thoughtful, for a second. “I don’t think it’ll be comparable,” he said, continuing after a beat. “Nothing is ever going to be comparable to this,” he gestured vaguely, waving toward the rolling expanse of Derry that spread out for miles in front of them. “But that doesn’t mean that what’s coming next is going to be bad. You know? It’s going to be - it’s going to be fun,” he said, determined. “It’ll be different, sure, but it’s going to be fun too.”

Erin wiped roughly at her eyes. “What if I can’t do it alone?”

James gave her a fond smile. “You’ll never be alone, Erin,” he said, and Erin couldn’t help but smile. She hadn’t ever been alone, not really, her life always full of joy, and laughter, and friends and family. She, and Clare and Michelle had already gone through the teary goodbyes and promises to stay in touch, and Orla had, in her very Orla-like way, solemnly reassured that she could easily swim the length of the Irish sea between here, and Scotland, if Erin ever needed her.

“I know, I just…” she trailed off, wondering how to voice her fear aloud. “What if I get to Glasgow, and I can’t do it alone?”

“Erin Quinn,” James said, as though he was about to say something obvious, something she should already know. “You can do anything you set your mind to.”

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[victoriawoodhullforpresident]

“In the past, women have proven that they can resist in a meaningful way, when they have had a clear agenda that is unsanitized and unapologetic, a mobilized mass that is forceful and public, and a conviction that is uncompromising and relentless. On the rare occasions when these three elements have coalesced in the last two centuries, women have won their battles. The suffrage campaign faltered when its leaders resorted to accommodation and deception—daintily claiming they just viewed the vote as a form of “enlarged housekeeping.” Ultimately, it was the combination of a forthright agenda, mass action, and sheer physical resistance that won the day. Suffragists organized thousands of women, filed 480 appeals to the state legislatures, launched fifty-six referendum efforts and staged forty-seven campaigns at state constitutional conventions. Even so, it wasn’t until the National Woman’s Party members began picketing the Capitol, chaining themselves to the White House gates and enduring imprisonment and forced feedings, that half the population finally got the vote.”

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Susan Faludi

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[brookstonalmanac]

Events 4.10

428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). 1407 – Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title "Great Treasure Prince of Dharma". 1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French. 1545 – The settlement of Villa Imperial de Carlos V (now the city of Potosí) in Bolivia is founded after the discovery of huge silver deposits in the area. 1606 – The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. 1710 – The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain. 1717 – Robert Walpole resigns from the British government, commencing the Whig Split which lasts until 1720. 1741 – War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz. 1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria. 1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years. 1816 – The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States. 1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus. 1821 – Greek War of Independence: the island of Psara joins the Greek struggle for independence. 1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive. 1858 – After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry. 1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico. 1865 – American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time. 1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh. 1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die. 1872 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska. 1875 – India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform. 1887 – On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America. 1896 – 1896 Summer Olympics: The Olympic marathon is run ending with the victory of Greek athlete Spyridon Louis. 1900 – British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort. 600 British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner. 1912 – RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage. 1916 – The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City. 1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos. 1919 – The Third Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Huliaipole. 1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons. 1938 – The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria. 1939 – Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published. 1941 – World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia. 1944 – Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp. 1963 – One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea. 1968 – The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died. 1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons. 1971 – Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit. 1972 – Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong. 1972 – Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam. 1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people. 1979 – Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. 1988 – The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. 1991 – Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140. 1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites. 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland. 2009 – President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis. 2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries. 2016 – The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship. 2016 – An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan. 2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, which was located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.

[whm-of-light]

I see the “AI same output as artists, whys that wrong? Whats different?” argument and I feel my soul calcifying in real-time because the point of art is the creation of it and if you want to skip that you’re not making art you’re making something make art for you.

Like, sure, yeah this stuff is going to ubiquitous in the culture in 3 years. I’ll be old man shaking fist at cloud. My first foot down in the modern referendum, but I mean, if you’re sitting here pulling thoughts from your head for something to spit out at you all you’re doing is daydreaming on command, and everyone and anyone can do that.

“But it gives us all access to more difficult forms of art! It’s an equalizer of skill!” No shit, and so what, I’m ablelist, I’m gatekeeping, I’m pulling shut some assumed ivory tower gate from the hoarding masses, but come here, listen: I run. I love running. I hate running. It’s extremely hard to determinedly commit to. But I can’t help. It’s like gravity. See that tidal feeling? That “ugh” and “must.” It’s that. It’s gotta be that. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was written by a journalist with locked-in syndrome. I don’t wanna hear it. Anyone can do work suited to their experiences. Anyone can make art already, AI hasn’t equalized that.

If I invented something to run for me, what the hell would be the point? You think if we threw robots onto the field that’d make the game more exciting? If you don’t like the bleed, you’re not here for the thing itself, you’re not here to enjoy it, you’re in it for the achievement without the work. Fine. But then I wouldn’t call you an artist just like I wouldn’t call the guy betting on horse races a jockey.

I don’t care if you make AI art, cool, I’ll fuck off to my little apartment and write my little stories without it, because that’s the goddamn soul of it man, and if you think the joy is the quick-hit dopamine rush of success you’ve already lost. Look, your easy road out is not my problem, but my God I wish you the joy of finally hitting that delicate string of personal fulfillment in you that isn’t tuned to some fraudulently garnered, virally driven public-facing capital.

[dcaiv072793]

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noun

plural noun: elections

a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.

"an election year"

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appointment

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plural noun: elections

a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.

"an election year"

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general election

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popular vote

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picking

selection

choice

appointment

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A Center named Cataina

Hull Sisters

SF = Sex

8 players on the beach vaction aka mia

Coach Named Slim Hen..

PF = the J not 3three pointer aka

C = Rugby aka Screens and Passes

(nascar & hockey)

11 players equal the recycle company “u___ take out the trash.”

St. paul: gate of heaven = GOD

Nun cataina : gate of hell = Insect Bible (stabed someone in brazilc at the rio vista feviial, Atl, geogia jail “brazilan case)

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A procurer, colloquially called a pimp (if male) or a madam (if female, though the term pimp has still extensively been used for female procurers as well) or a brothel keeper, is an agent for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings.

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[veritywarner90]

When considering substantial changes to how society functions (the VOICE Referendum) its wise to look at other country’s experiences.

Canada has passed similar legislation:

https://justice.gc.ca/eng/declaration/index.html

Below is an email I have obtained from a Canadian farmer… see how it sits with you.

FROM A CANADIAN FARMER:

I have received a text concerning a meeting in Peace River on June 8 th concerning a proposal put forward to support native people coming on to privately owned land at will and without permission.

My husband and I are beef farmers in the xxxxx Valley of B.C. and we appose this idea vehemently. I will outline some of the reasons for our opinion on this matter.

First of all it’s privately owned farm land that we purchased, pay taxes on, and maintain and protect at great cost to us. This land was bought fairly and according to the law of the land. We cleared it via bull dozer, and excavator over a fifteen year period. We have cleared timber, picked sticks, and spent at least two hundred thousand in clearing the land and developing it into productive farm land that feeds Canadian citizens. This does not include the cost of the building of our home and out buildings which we built with the timber from the land and erected ourselves. Also extensive fencing and forestry maintenance.

We have a herd of Black Angus Beef cows that we nurture and keep safe with in the confines of our completely fenced in farm. If people were to come upon our farm either through the fencing or through the gate system without notification they are putting themselves in danger as well as our horses and cows. Encountering an angry charging bull or calving cow is best avoided for safety reasons.

A farm that is actively in production of vegetables, hay or livestock is not a place to just wonder around in without permission or notification. Trespassers can easily damage crops either unknowingly or purposely with out guidance from the owners who husband that farm. Hunting on a farm, especially without permission is exceptionally dangerous to both the livestock and human inhabitants due to stray bullets that could possibly hit cows or horses or possibly go through walls of buildings. Gut piles left behind can attract predators further endanger livestock and family members due to attracting large unwanted predators to the area, and there is no guarantee that messes from hunted undulates would be cleaned and removed from our farm.

Trespassers can unknowingly bring diseases into farms that can result in great financial loss or destruction of crops or animals. The stress on livestock can be very detrimental especially during calving season and if disease is brought in to any livestock operation via trespassers it can possibly impact consumers.

There are laws developed by provincial and federal authorities that hold farmers accountable to properly protect their animals with standards used to guide farm animal care in Canada that were developed by the National Farm Animal Care Council . Therefore trespassing makes it impossible for farmers to meet the outlined standards implemented by the National Farm Animal Care Council. The regulations require animals that are used for food must be handled in a way to avoid stress or pain. Having unwanted trespassers entering a farm would make meeting this criteria impossible. It simply must not be allowed.

Clearly, allowing any group of people on private property with out permission is a dangerous and rudely invasive endeavour. It promotes conflict by removing the established rules, guidelines, and laws that have been put in place to keep the peace, and create good relations among Canadian citizens of all creeds and backgrounds. Raising one group above the other and condoning willful trespassing because of historical differences is detrimental to maintaining civil order and good relations as well as placing farmers in a very precarious position of being unable to meet health and safety standards for their animals on secured pasture.

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[garbage-today]

Always Take the Bike Tour - Part 2

23 March, 2023 | Santiago Chile

Rolling back to Bellavista, most of the tour ended up at lunch together at the good but otherwise unremarkable restaurant next door. Carlos the tour guide saved us from a debate on venue by helpfully handing us a free drink ticket each.

Back on the bikes, our new guide was named Ama.

This tour was more focused on politics - particularly recent politics. Ama was a student who could give a first hand account about the protests that rocked Chile in 2019. In brief:

Chile elected a socialist President named Salvador Allende in 1970.

Allende started implementing the programs he was elected on: nationalization of large scale industries, national healthcare and education, public works projects etc.

US president Richard Nixon did not like the look of this nation in South America growing closer to Cuba and telling its international creditors to fuck off.

With substantial US backing, Allende was deposed and murdered; with General Augusto Pinochet taking power.

Pinochet ran a brutal military dictatorship that resulted in thousands of murders, disappearances, and widespread torture. Everything was privatized - schools, healthcare, water, etc.

In a sweetheart deal, Pinochet left the presidency in 1990 but basically remained in power (Senator for Life, head of the military) well into the 2000s.

Chile still has the constitution Pinochet basically wrote when he took power, Ama explained. This, and a series or right-leaning rulers since Pinochet, caused widespread discontent. The straw that broke the camels back took the form of a small increase in the cost of transit - small, but they had been raised, and raised and raised again.

Students poured into the subway entrance above and forced open the gates. Ama was there. She described a police response that bordered on homicidal. But the protests persisted and grew. More than 1.2m people marched in early October 2019. Only a national referendum on whether or not to replace the constitution eventually dissipated them.

The referendum was approved, a new constitution was drawn up, but another vote rejected it. They are trying again, this time with some “experts” starting the process. Given nothing had changed - the Constitution of 1980 was still the law of the land - I asked Ama why protests had not resumed.

“Exhaustion” she said.

I could certainly understand that. It’s not like the police in the United States have gotten any less murderous or any better at preventing violence; one need only point to Uvalde.

We visited the site of the coup d'état - the presidential palace - as our last stop.

Statues of former presidents are placed throughout the courtyard. This was most recent addition.

Biking back through the dense city center, I was struck by a feeling of nostalgia. Here I was, more than 6000 miles away from Seattle, but the broken disconnected biking infrastructure and truly awful drivers were all too familiar.

Once we were back, I joined two of the other tourists at a local pub. The pub was delightful and well stocked with a variety of beers using exclusively local ingredients. My companions for this outing were Marcel - a dutch airline pilot here an extra day after a conference, and Mira - a german automotive engineer. Given our technical backgrounds, it was about three beers in before we managed to get into engineering-related disasters in an insane amount of detail. Marcel went deep on the Boeing 747 MAX debacle, Mira on the Volkswagen emissions scandal, and of course I got to talk about Silicon Valley Bank.

A great time was had, and I learned a bit of a lesson trying to keep up with Nederlanders on the beer front, but I’ll add one thing I was particularly struck by: the connection both of these folks had to Ukraine. While the United States has been relatively untouched, Marcel’s family had taken in refugees. Mira was originally from Ukraine and still had quite a few family and friends there. It’s easy to find our exposure to a distant war to be limited to a few friends with closer connections and some headlines; but to Europeans it is quite literally next door.

[wordexpress]

Imran Khan vows legal action against 'every officer' involved in house raid

While Khan was in Islamabad to mark his presence at a court on Saturday, over 10,000 armed Punjab police personnel launched a major operation at his residence.

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday vowed to take legal action against “every single officer” involved in a raid on his Zaman Park residence here and brutal beating of his party workers during the search operation.

While Khan was in Islamabad to mark his presence at a court on Saturday, over 10,000 armed Punjab police personnel launched a major operation at his Zaman Park residence and arrested dozens of his supporters. Police claimed to have seized weapons and petrol bombs from Khan's house.

Khan’s supporters managed to take control of his residence late Saturday night when the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman returned from Islamabad after attending the hearing in the Toshakhana case.

Addressing the nation, Khan on Sunday said he would take legal action against Punjab police, including “every single officer” who participated in the “attack” on his residence.

Heavy machinery was used by the Punjab police to break into Khan's residence. Khan's wife - Bushra Bibi - was present in the house during the police raid.

“I want to ask everyone, police, army officers, the judges of this country and the people (about) the respect of chadar & char diwari (veil and walls) in Islam,” the 70-year-old former prime minister said while talking about the raid on his house.

Khan said he wanted to address the nation last night but could not as he was angry. “And a person should not talk when he is angry.”

He accused the Punjab IG of violating the orders of the Lahore High Court (LHC), saying he had referred to an anti-terrorism court for obtaining a search warrant even when a high court judge had already laid out the procedure for conducting a search at his house.

He said that his party would initiate contempt proceedings in the court and also take legal action against Punjab’s caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi.

Later, Senior PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that the party had sent a letter to the Punjab chief secretary requesting a case be registered against PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz, Naqvi, Punjab Inspector General of Police Dr Usman Anwar, Lahore Capital City Police Officer Bilal Siddique Kamyana and 18 other police officers for the “attack and robbery at Zaman Park”.

Chaudhry said the PTI had requested a judicial commission as well on the Zaman Park operations and the death of party worker Ali Bilal.

Khan earlier questioned the authorities under which law they broke the gate, pull down trees and barged into the house. He said much worse, police raided his house after he left to present himself before the Islamabad court.

"Bushra bibi, a totally private non-political person, was alone in the house. This is a total violation of the Islamic principle of sanctity of chadar & char diwari [veil and walls],” Khan said in a series of tweets.

He said that the contempt issue, violation of the sanctity of the home and the violence against his workers and domestic staff will be raised in court.

During the address, Khan announced that the party would stage a power show at Minar-i-Pakistan — the same venue where he launched his campaign for the 2013 elections — on Wednesday. He added that it would be a “referendum” on where the nation stood.

Meanwhile, Lahore Police on Sunday booked Khan and over 1,000 PTI workers under terrorism charges in two cases. The number of cases against Khan has climbed up to 97.

Police claimed to have recovered rifles, Kalashnikovs, bullets, marbles and petrol bombs from his house during the search operation.

Police had also removed all the space encroached in Zaman Park for the last several months and also destroyed the “bunkers” made to attack the law enforcement agencies.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rana Sanuallah said the government would consult its legal team to assess whether a process could be initiated to ban Khan’s party.

"Terrorists were hiding in Zaman Park. Weapons, petrol bombs etc have been recovered from the residence of Imran Khan which is enough evidence to file a reference against the PTI for being a militant organization,” Sanaullah said.

Regarding the government's plan to initiate the process to declare the PTI a proscribed outfit, the minister said: “Primarily it is a judicial process to declare any party proscribe. However, we will consult our legal team on the issue."

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appeared to agree with the assertion by his niece PMN-L Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz that Khan’s party is a “militant organisation”.

"If anyone had any doubt, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Niazi’s antics of the last few days laid bare his fascist and militant tendencies," Sharif said, adding that Khan has "taken a leaf out of the RSS book".

Police on Sunday obtained one-day physical remand of over 100 PTI activists arrested during Saturday's operation.

As Punjab police has completely withdrawn security from the PTI chief, the Gilgit-Baltistan province where his party is in power is providing security to him.

The cricketer-turned-politician was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in October last year for not sharing details of the sales. The top electoral body later filed a complaint with the district court to punish him, under criminal laws, for selling the gifts he had received as prime minister of the country.

Khan was ousted from power in April last year after losing a no-confidence vote, becoming the first Pakistani prime minister to be voted out by the National Assembly.

[vakaricreations]

Blackie Spit Park in Surrey British Columbia

It is situated along the shores in Boundary Bay Blackie Spit Park is an educational and recreation park that has an off-leash dog zone. The park also has numerous bird species. This is why Blackie Spit is one of the most popular birding spots in Canada. This region is home to over 200 bird species that fly through the area on a regular basis. In the fall and spring it’s a very popular destination for birds that migrate. It’s also a element of the Pacific Flyway. Alongside the off-leash dog swimming area, there’s an area with an enclosed shelter as well as tennis courts. There’s also a 5 kilometre nature trail that loops about the pit. The trail leads until Dunsmuir Gardens. In the time of migration, Blackie Spit is a stopping point for birds. In winter and the fall it’s an excellent spot to view Harbour Seals. https://vakaricreation.blogspot.com/2022/12/redwood-park-in-surrey-bc.html The area also plays host to Dunsmuir Community Gardens which is the parklands that were established by the City Council in 1996. The gardens are home to a range of historical structures. It includes the earlier Crescent Beach Hotel, which was a resort for summer with a swathe of summer cottages. The building was transformed into a parkland in the year 1996 in a referendum that was a vote for the entire city. The garden also is filled with cultural and natural heritage. The park has two off-leash dog areas and a dog beach and an off-leash dog park with a large enclosure. There are also trails for dog owners to explore. The dog off-leash pool is the only one within the town that permits dogs to swim off a leash. The off-leash dog swim area is only open to dogs to swim when tides are in. There are also numerous gates that double. Additionally the dog off-leash area is the only off-leash swimming area in Surrey which is completely off-leash in the daytime. The park is open to visitors through a nature trail that runs along the railway tracks as well as the shoreline. It is a wonderful spot to view various sand dune ecosystems. It is also a preferred spot for birds migrating to. It is a popular birding spot which is frequented by thousands of people each year. It’s also member of the tracking Surrey’s Biodiversity umbrella project. The park is maintained as a conservation area for wildlife. It’s also designated as an Environmentally sensitive area, which is recognized as a vital habitat for birds that migrate as well as threatened animals and rare species of plants. To protect the natural environment, bikes aren’t permitted. It is also a favorite location for a family excursion. Visitors should be wary of going to the beach. There are many initiatives planned in the near future for the area. They include habitat enhancement including drilling a slough that runs that runs between the two dykes. It is also part of tracking Surrey’s Biodiversity Umbrella Project which is a joint venture with City Council, the Surrey Museum as well as Tracking BC. https://ift.tt/cu4jMSr December 12, 2022 at 04:47PM

[selfescaping]

What can I do? Write my senator? Did that before Kabul fell, didn't do anything. Almost reached out to Erik, but it was saddening to send: "Is your firm getting ready to try to get Ukrainians-at-risk out?"

In my mind I see it plain as day. The embassy foreign service officers already have secure papers in the brown bags, ready to burn. Marines planning for a rush at the gates. A lot of heads on desks in the consular and public diplo sections, fielding call after call.

If we had more time. A few more weeks and we could have gotten more Afghan visas. A few more months and I could be an attorney in immigration court. But life has no guarantees.

I don't have the courage to call Oleksiy. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. It would be like a second death, for him, but his family was already trapped in Crimea. Could I help him, could we volunteer?

But he hadn't posted a thing. He had gone private sector, like me. Maybe we were both trying to numb ourselves from anguish, though his was surely more severe by orders of magnitude.

No, I had no more inside contacts, no influence, no way to help. I told myself I didn't have to feel useful; I had plenty on my plate. But it was still sad to see. Hadn't we hoped for a new European constitution, a referendum, Franco-German integration, something? I could not help but feel we let the next generation down.

[antoine-roquentin]

One might reasonably assume that workers are a core part of Putin’s base of support. When protests against falsified election results broke out in Moscow and St. Petersburg in 2011–12, with demonstrators calling for a “Russia without Putin,” Igor Kholmanskikh, a factory foreman at the Ural Tank Factory in Nizhniy Tagil, told the president on national television, “If the militia…can’t handle it, then me and the guys [muzhiki] are ready to come out and defend stability.” Putin’s administration played up this event considerably, with Putin later appointing Kholmanskikh, despite his lack of relative credentials, as the presidential representative for the Urals Federal Region. He successfully deflected those earlier protests, as some put it, by pitting “rural and Rust Belt Russia against urban and modernizing Russia.”

Since then, however, Russia’s economy has stagnated, with real wages declining for a number of years. Despite its reliance on oil and gas exports, Russia still has numerous large industrial enterprises left over from the Soviet era, including hundreds of often struggling “monotowns”—one-industry cities and towns reliant on a single factory, many built during Stalinist industrialization. A few years after workers pledged their support for Putin, the Urals Tank Factory was faced with bankruptcy.

Not every Russian (or Belarussian) is willing to go out in the streets in support of abstract political demands. But they have clear concerns about social welfare, and when political demands are combined with concrete grievances about falling wages or cuts in social benefits, they can become explosive. In Belarus, Lukashenko has remained in power since 1994 through what some have called “socialism with Russian subsidies” in the form of below-market prices for oil and gas. With those subsidies now gone, Lukashenko was forced to cut benefits and raise taxes. Presaging the current uprising, in 2017 Belarusians took to the streets in large numbers to protest a new tax on “parasitism”—essentially a tax on underground employment—with demands for Lukashenko to resign. The tax was scrapped.

Recently, Putin has also been forced to cut back on popular social provisions. In 2018 his government unleashed a rollback of pension benefits, leading to widespread protests and a significant drop in his popularity. That made the recent referendum on amending the constitution, which could allow him to remain in office until 2036, all the more challenging. The coronavirus pandemic has only made the situation worse.

Still, why might protests by workers pose a particular challenge? Beyond the economic damage well-placed strikes can impose, working-class symbolism continues to resonate in Russian society even 30 years after the collapse of Communism. The name “Novocherkassk”—a town in southern Russia where protesting workers were shot and killed by Soviet security forces back in 1962—remains synonymous with state repression against workers. Putin certainly remembers the event, because in 2008 he publicly laid flowers at a monument to the workers killed. A few months later, as the global economic crisis deepened, when residents of Pikalyovo protested the shuttering of their factories by blockading a major highway and creating a 400-kilometer traffic jam, Putin helicoptered in to dress down factory owner and oligarch Oleg Deripaska on national television, in a scene that became known as “the bending of an oligarch.” In a prolonged downturn, however, a savior can come to be seen as a villain.

To preempt workers from joining the political opposition, the Putin regime has tried to maintain what some have called a “discursive divide” between legitimate social and economic protest and illegitimate (and often harshly suppressed) political protest. Yet, as economic conditions worsen and the regime imposes austerity measures, that divide can crumble. When the government introduced a road tax on long-haul trucks in late 2015, Russian truck drivers from the Caucasus to the Far East were instantly united in opposition, and while they initially pleaded, “President, help us!,” after little more than a year they were demanding his removal from office.

When protests have become political, the rulers in Russia and in Belarus have sought to portray the demonstrators as feckless youth backed by foreign agents. Putin called the 2011–12 Russian protesters “chatterboxes” in contrast to “the real Russian people, the Russian working man, the man of labor,” while Lukashenko recently complained that the current protests were being led by “the unemployed.” Such rhetoric will fall flat when the protesters are marching in work uniforms out of factory gates. Moreover, while authoritarian rulers might rely on social divisions to encourage riot police to beat college-educated youth, overt repression against workers—the same class from which many police are drawn—could much more easily result in security force refusals and defections.

As with protests generally, strikes are difficult to carry out in such repressive regimes. In both Russia and Belarus, the major unions—holdovers from the Communist era—remain in the pockets of the ruling elite. Independent unions are much smaller and constantly harassed, though they can suddenly become a powerful voice, as they are now proving in Belarus. Large industrial enterprises in both countries are heavily dependent on state support, a dependence that the state and then managers exploit in order to garner votes for the ruling parties come election time. Yet, interestingly, that dependence is now being inverted in Belarus: In some factories, rather than shutting down production, workers are compelling their bosses to publicly denounce the police repression and fraudulent elections, essentially pulling down a crucial pillar of regime support.

Meanwhile, in Russia, protests have continued since early July in the far east region of Khabarovsk. True, the primary grievance there is political—the removal of a popularly elected governor from an opposition party—but they combine with economic dissatisfaction, and the protesters there are learning from their counterparts in Belarus and calling for workplace strikes.

In the short run, it is unclear how all this will end. The protests in Belarus and Khabarovsk may well fizzle out, as others have in the past. But as Putin looks at the events in Belarus, he no doubt sees his nightmare scenario playing out, with workers leaving the factory gates to join protesters in the city square. In the longer run, Russia’s leadership faces a dilemma: To overcome further economic stagnation that can provoke such protest, it will have to wrestle with a sizable Soviet legacy—its many large industrial enterprises, often struggling to be profitable in a global capitalist marketplace.

Yet, should Lukashenko fall, what will happen to the workers of Belarus (and perhaps in the future, to those in Russia)? Could they end up like coal miners at the end of the Soviet Union, providing muscle to bring down a dictatorship, but ushering in neoliberal reforms that threaten their livelihoods? Having now discovered their social power, they may need to keep using it.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 5.27

1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. 1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. 1199 – John is crowned King of England. 1257 – Richard of Cornwall, and his wife, Sanchia of Provence, are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at Aachen Cathedral. 1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. 1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. 1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia. 1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland. 1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. 1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification. 1863 – American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson. 1874 – The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria. 1883 – Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10 million in damage. 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. 1915 – HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives. 1917 – Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church. 1919 – The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight. 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. 1930 – The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public. 1933 – New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission. 1935 – New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495). 1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. 1940 – World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive. 1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency". 1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men. 1942 – World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later. 1950 – The Linnanmäki amusement park is opened for the first time in Helsinki. 1958 – First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. 1960 – In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office. 1962 – The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine. 1965 – Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam. 1967 – Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census. 1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline. 1971 – The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal. 1977 – A plane crash at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, kills 67. 1971 – Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre. 1975 – Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom. 1980 – The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more. 1984 – The Danube–Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s. 1988 – Somaliland War of Independence: Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces in Hargeisa and Burao, then second and third largest cities of Somalia. 1996 – First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. 1997 – The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell. 1998 – Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot. 2001 – Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002. 2006 – The 6.4 Mw  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured. 2016 – Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha. 2017 – Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. 2018 – Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City, and causing cars to overturn.

[ingek73]

Prince William had a secret meeting with Gordon Brown about Scottish independence

May 28, 2021

By Kaiser

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tour of Scotland

Last weekend, the British papers had several stories about how the Boris Johnson government was using the Royal Family as props to discourage Scottish independence. Scotland has already had one referendum vote on Scottish independence and it didn’t pass, although it was closer than the Windsors and Tories would have liked. Since then, the independence movement has gotten stronger and more popular, and it’s likely that another referendum vote will be held next year or 2023, at least that’s what Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says and wants. So the Windsors have been happy to be used by the Tory government and people are blatantly talking about how Prince William and Kate’s Scottish mini-tour was supposed to be part of the larger royal “charm offensive” to show Scotland that they should stay in the UK.

The problem, as always, is that William is an idiot and the royal family is pretty stupid too. On the last day of Will and Kate’s Scottish mini-tour, the media outside Holyroodhouse Palace (the official royal residence in Edinburgh) noticed a curious visitor: former prime minister Gordon Brown, who has launched an anti-independence movement in Scotland.

The Duke of Cambridge and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown reportedly hosted a ‘secret meeting’ at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh where they reportedly discussed Scottish Independence. Gordon Brown has been open about his views on Scottish Independence and recently announced that he has launched a campaigning movement to ‘save the union’

Channel Four news reports how Kensington Palace confirmed to them that the meeting today took place and that the Duke of Cambridge was “listening to community views on the issue of independence.”

An SNP source also reportedly told the channel that “The Duke’s secret meeting with Gordon Brown would appear to be evidence of coordination between the unionist campaign and the Royal Family.”

It is unclear at this point exactly what was discussed in the ‘secret meeting.’

Chanel four reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy has also made claims on social media that Royal officials ‘tried to stop the news channel from airing footage from outside Holyrood Palace’ filmed while they were investigating the ‘secret meet up.’

The journalist claimed on Twitter: “Gordon Brown, who’s just launched a campaign to save the Union, just had unpublicised meeting with Prince William. Only politician save Nicola Sturgeon met on Royal visit to Scotland. So sensitive #C4News prevented from airing footage shot from outside palace gates!

“Kensington Palace have said we were stopped from airing the footage we filmed of Mr Brown in the grounds of Holyrood Palace – not because of sensitivities – but because they claim #C4News was trespassing. Our team were in public place outside gates.”

[From Edinburgh Live]

Just so we’re clear, the timeline was: reporters notice that Gordon Brown was driven into Holyroodhouse Palace and they got footage of it, which they began to air with the story that Brown was likely meeting with Prince William. Kensington Palace then tried to shut down the media by claiming that the footage was illegal (it was not). Then KP confirmed the meeting and tried to put a bow on it by adding the meeting (after the fact) to the Court Circular.

It should also be noted that this was not William going off and doing something stupid on his own. William does not have the clearance to do something like this without authorization from his family, from the courtiers and likely from the Johnson government too. My guess is that Downing Street suggested it to Buckingham Palace and BP was happy to politicize Billingham the Dull. And that’s exactly what this is: royals wading into politics, and royals happily being used as anti-democratic props for a right-wing government.

[dcaiv072793]

brain gap

noun

plural noun: elections

a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.

"an election year"

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popular vote

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show of hands

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choosing

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selection

choice

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Opposite:

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o the action of electing or the fact of being elected.

"his election to the House of Representatives"

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SF = Sex

8 players on the beach vaction aka mia

Coach Named Slim Hen..

PF = the J not 3three pointer aka

C = Rugby aka Screens and Passes

(nascar & hockey)

11 players equal the recycle company “u___ take out the trash.”

St. paul: gate of heaven = GOD

Nun cataina : gate of hell = Insect Bible (stabed someone in brazilc at the rio vista feviial, Atl, geogia jail “brazilan case)

Cadiv: School , light hourse , hotle

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What is the charge for pimping in California?

PC 266h: This is a felony charge. If you are convicted under this section, you could be sentenced to State Prison for up to three, four, or six years. You would be required to serve 50% of that time in custody. This section under Pimping law is not a Strike offense under California's Three Strike Law.

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What is the punishment for being a pimp?

Pimping and pandering are both straight felonies in California and carry up to six years in prison, plus fines and fees. If the victim was a minor under 18 years old, it's punishable by up to eight years in prison.

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What is the sentence for being a pimp?

The statutory punishment for felony pimping is three years minimum in state prison, four years mid-term and six years maximum as long as the prostitute at issue is sixteen years old or older. There also can be court fines of up to $10,000.

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What is the legal term for pimp?

“Pimp” is a non-legal term used to refer to a person who procures a prostitute for a customer and receives earnings from the prostitute's services. Pimps are also commonly referred to as “panderers” and “procurers."

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Is being a pimp illegal California?

Pimping and Pandering Laws – Penal Code 266(h) and 266(i) PC. In California, pimping and pandering are illegal under Penal Code 266h and 266i. These laws prohibit inducing, persuading, or encouraging another person to engage in prostitution, as well as living off the earnings of or procuring a prostitute.Sep 11, 2023

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What is female pimp called?

A procurer, colloquially called a pimp (if male) or a madam (if female, though the term pimp has still extensively been used for female procurers as well) or a brothel keeper, is an agent for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings.

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plural noun: elections

a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.

"an election year"

Similar:

ballot

vote

poll

referendum

plebiscite

general election

local election

popular vote

straw vote/poll

show of hands

voting (in)

choosing

picking

selection

choice

appointment

Opposite:

voting out

o the action of electing or the fact of being elected.

"his election to the House of Representatives"

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A PF name carmina

A Center named Cataina

Hull Sisters

SF = Sex

8 players on the beach vaction aka mia

Coach Named Slim Hen..

PF = the J not 3three pointer aka

C = Rugby aka Screens and Passes

(nascar & hockey)

11 players equal the recycle company “u___ take out the trash.”

St. paul: gate of heaven = GOD

Nun cataina : gate of hell = Insect Bible (stabed someone in brazilc at the rio vista feviial, Atl, geogia jail “brazilan case)

Cadiv: School , light hourse , hotle

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3rd Annual Pimp & Ho Ho Ho Ball at The Shack, Playa del Rey. 118 likes. Hoes, get your dresses and heels ready. Pimps, get your pimp suit and coat ready....

People also ask

What is the charge for pimping in California?

PC 266h: This is a felony charge. If you are convicted under this section, you could be sentenced to State Prison for up to three, four, or six years. You would be required to serve 50% of that time in custody. This section under Pimping law is not a Strike offense under California's Three Strike Law.

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What is the punishment for being a pimp?

Pimping and pandering are both straight felonies in California and carry up to six years in prison, plus fines and fees. If the victim was a minor under 18 years old, it's punishable by up to eight years in prison.

Will I Go to Jail if Charged with Pimping and Pandering?

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What is the sentence for being a pimp?

The statutory punishment for felony pimping is three years minimum in state prison, four years mid-term and six years maximum as long as the prostitute at issue is sixteen years old or older. There also can be court fines of up to $10,000.

What Is Pimping and Pandering? Punishment? Defenses?

Greg Hill & Associates

https://www.greghillassociates.com › what-is-pimping-...

Search for: What is the sentence for being a pimp?

What is the legal term for pimp?

“Pimp” is a non-legal term used to refer to a person who procures a prostitute for a customer and receives earnings from the prostitute's services. Pimps are also commonly referred to as “panderers” and “procurers."

pimp | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

cornell.edu

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Is being a pimp illegal California?

Pimping and Pandering Laws – Penal Code 266(h) and 266(i) PC. In California, pimping and pandering are illegal under Penal Code 266h and 266i. These laws prohibit inducing, persuading, or encouraging another person to engage in prostitution, as well as living off the earnings of or procuring a prostitute.Sep 11, 2023

Pimping and Pandering Laws In California | Sacramento Lawyer

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What is female pimp called?

A procurer, colloquially called a pimp (if male) or a madam (if female, though the term pimp has still extensively been used for female procurers as well) or a brothel keeper, is an agent for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings.

Procuring (prostitution) - Wikipedia

wikipedia.org

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Procuring_(prostitution)

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What state is pimping legal?

Nevada

Nevada is the only US state with laws that allow legal prostitution in America. Prostitution is legal in 19 active brothels in 6 of Nevada's 17 counties.Sep 3, 2023

Prostitution Laws by State - Decriminalize Sex Work

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