Nimble America says it’s dedicated to proving that “shitposting is powerful and meme magic is real,” according to the company’s introductory statement, and has taken credit for a billboard its founders say was posted outside of Pittsburgh with a cartoonishly large image of Clinton’s face alongside the words “Too Big to Jail.”
Both the Senate and House voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday in favour of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, or JASTA, despite warnings from Obama and top Pentagon officials that the move could put American troops and interests at risk.
So now what? Will American troops be at risk? Will American interests in KSA be at risk, and is that a bad thing?
Both the Senate and House voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday in favour of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, or JASTA, despite warnings from Obama and top Pentagon officials that the move could put American troops and interests at risk.
So now what? Will American troops be at risk? Will American interests in KSA be at risk, and is that a bad thing?
Does it really count as leading a party when you're the only one in parliament?
I don't see why Stein looks up to her though. She ran for a mere seat in parliament? Why doesn't she set her sights on Prime Minister? She lacks Stein's ambition.
Does it really count as leading a party when you're the only one in parliament?
I don't see why Stein looks up to her though. She ran for a mere seat in parliament? Why doesn't she set her sights on Prime Minister? She lacks Stein's ambition.
Not sure if satire, so here's a straight answer.
Prime Minister is nothing special, they are elected as a simple MP of their 'electoral district' (Riding). Elizabeth May is the leader of her party, and she was elected to her seat, but she was the only Green elected nation wide. To be Prime Minister they must have the confidence of the legislature, so by default that falls to the party leader of the party with the most seats in the legislature. That would make them a closer match to the Speaker of the House. (Though Parliament has a Speaker who is not the PM.) The "President" is the representative of the Queen.
This is a bit old now, but a Canadian political comedian did one of the best educational comedy pieces on how the government is structured, and this is broadly true of most Commonwealth nations.
Does it really count as leading a party when you're the only one in parliament?
I don't see why Stein looks up to her though. She ran for a mere seat in parliament? Why doesn't she set her sights on Prime Minister? She lacks Stein's ambition.
Not sure if satire, so here's a straight answer.
I'm just mocking Stein's quixotic and counterproductive "quest"* to be president when she couldn't even win a governor's race, a lower statewide office, or even a state legislator race.
It seems that May is probably not the most effective politician out there anyway, but it seems she's far more effective than Stein will ever be.
*Not even Jill Stein thinks it's a real campaign to be president though. She knows she can't win, only someone truly delusional would think so, particularly given her previous failures and the fact that US presidential elections are structured in such a way that makes 3rd-party victory even less likely.
It seems that May is probably not the most effective politician out there anyway, but it seems she's far more effective than Stein will ever be.
She's well enough respected in Parliament, but 'lolGreen' is seen as a one issue party. I'm glad to see her in Parliament, though, even if she might as well be an Independent.
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In my thoroughly unqualified legal opinion this is a case of negligence on both sides.
I definitely have some serious reservations about allowing a 5 year old to fly unaccompanied by an adult. Any parent who would allow that ought to be prepared for something to go wrong.
On the other hand, if an airline is prepared to accept the risk involved they damn well better be prepared to accept the liability when something goes wrong with the process.
In the end I think it sort of turns out to be a wash. About the only moral I can find in this story is that the airlines need to start serving complementary champagne on all flights of longer than an hour.
I should note that I find this moral in every story about things that are wrong air travel today.
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