I forgot also to mention the Supremes overturning the Chevron doctrine. Another democratic principle--separation of powers--flushed away.
On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 10:29 AM Merle Lefkoff <[email protected]> wrote: > One way to lose democracy (even if tattered) is a loss of trust in our > institutions. The electoral system is one of them. Hyper over-reaction to > one lousy debate. However, now I'll have to vote for the war criminal Joe > Biden. > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 4:05 PM steve smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What are our Non-USA members hearing/thinking after last night's >> debate/debacle? >> >> I felt that Biden's Rally today was something necessary for him (and >> Jill and the DNC) to do to demonstrate that last night was some kind of >> anomaly, but it doesn't erase it, just cleanses the palate a little >> bit. I've also been listening to the various "who should the DNC pick >> in his place?" talk which is 'natural' but maybe premature to do publicly? >> >> I did listen to an European channel this morning (can't remember if it >> was England or German, both have British accented commentators) and >> there was a report of a strong "hands-off" response from their >> leaders. Moscow did pretty much exactly what you would expect... I >> haven't heard anything from the Middle East, Africa, India, China, >> Southeast Asia or South America yet, but I would expect the "free world" >> to be disturbed no matter how things unfold down the line. >> >> In the vernacular, I'd like to believe that we could "elect a ham >> sandwich" against the likes of Trump, but that is obviously a biased >> opinion... maybe we *should* but that isn't the same as *can*. >> >> I don't see how the "West" benefits in any way from another Trump >> term... Russia, NK, China maybe? BRICS in the large, maybe some kind >> of wash? Central/South/MX America? Can't look too good? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > > > -- > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > Center for Emergent Diplomacy > emergentdiplomacy.org > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA mobile: (303) 859-5609
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