President Barack Obama has suggested that Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party is "disintegrating" because it has lost touch with "fact and reality".
Mr Obama said that the Democrats are not at risk of "Corbynisation" and that even the party's more left-wing figures like Bernie Sanders are more moderate than Jeremy Corbyn.
In an interview with David Axelrod, who advised the former Labour leader Ed Miliband, Mr Obama was asked if he feared that the democrats could fall apart like Labour.
He replied: “I don’t worry about that, partly because I think the Democratic Party has stayed pretty grounded in fact and reality."
Mr Axelrod asked if Mr Obama was concerned about the "Corbynisation" of the Democratic party, after Labour "disintegrated in the face of their defeat".
Mr Obama said that even Bernie Sanders, the socialist senator who finished runner-up to Hillary Clinton in the primaries, was “pretty centrist” compared to Mr Corbyn.
I say we're counting Thursday and Friday as one unending great day.
1) Jezza did better then expected, sure. 2) This only holds if Cobyn has the required discipline to run a country long term properly, when his misadventures running the Labour party have been a disaster. 3) Cobyn wasn't elected PM as far as I know.
This is a small victory, the war for Labour's soul is not over.
Take the L.
That's not a convincing counter argument, Eiki.
Bogart's was, though.
It also ignores the fact that politics isn't a short term game, remember when the Dems predicted the GOP were a permenant minority party after W.? Good times.
I'm not saying Corbyn doesn't deserves accolades for this victory, on the contrary. Just that it would be foolish to assume that Labour is going to roll over completely until the end of time because he won an election. Blair won elections, as well.
edit: That's not even going into the thing which matters most to a politician: governing. It's great that he ran a campaign, but it does not immunize him from his bad decision making within the party itself - and those issues will still be there were he to be the PM tomorrow.
"And I just don't agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free. I wrote an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal this summer that basically portrayed my views on this," said Swift.
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I felt like I was saying to my fans, "If you create music someday, if you create a painting someday, someone can just walk into a museum, take it off the wall, rip off a corner off it, and it's theirs now and they don't have to pay for it." I didn't like the perception that it was putting forth. And so I decided to change the way I was doing things.
Wow, powerful stuff, she's standing up for small artists obviously. Anyways, all her music is back on all streaming services.
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There's a definite scootenfrooty in the Tories spending months calling Jezza a terrorist sympathiser and then having to crawl to the fucking DUP to save their arses.
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About 900 students at a Georgia high school were groped by law enforcement officers during a drug sweep that was conducted without a warrant and didn’t yield any drugs, a federal lawsuit claims.
The suit was filed by a human rights group on behalf of students at Worth County High after an April 14 incident when about 40 officers showed up at the school without advance notice.
They put the school on lockdown for four hours and ordered many students into hallways, where they were forced to stand spread eagle, the lawsuit says.
According to the suit, officers cupped boys’ genitals, touched girls’ vaginas, reached inside bras, touched girls’ bare breasts, patted their buttocks and placed their hands inside students’ underwear. No drugs were found.
About 900 students at a Georgia high school were groped by law enforcement officers during a drug sweep that was conducted without a warrant and didn’t yield any drugs, a federal lawsuit claims.
The suit was filed by a human rights group on behalf of students at Worth County High after an April 14 incident when about 40 officers showed up at the school without advance notice.
They put the school on lockdown for four hours and ordered many students into hallways, where they were forced to stand spread eagle, the lawsuit says.
According to the suit, officers cupped boys’ genitals, touched girls’ vaginas, reached inside bras, touched girls’ bare breasts, patted their buttocks and placed their hands inside students’ underwear. No drugs were found.
Aren't there some really messed up Fourth Amendment opinions when it comes to schools?
There are but it really depends on how shitty the school is about the rights of its students.
my highschool was like one step short of being a prison but by the time senior year rolled around there was some staff change ups and the school became a lot less restrictive and a lot more open to listening to the problems that students have.
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actually Douglas was a pretty cool principal.
ex-marine and he cared enough about the kids in school that when one kid had a mental breakdown, punched him in a face and jumped out a window Douglas chased after him, through the archery range (which was in active use at that time), and tackled him before he could throw himself in front of a car.
didn't even punish him. I think being an ex-marine gave him a pretty good idea about mental issues.
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The remains of a major Aztec temple and a ceremonial ball court have been discovered in downtown Mexico City, shedding new light on the sacred spaces of the metropolis that Spanish conquerors overran five centuries ago, archaeologists said on Wednesday.
The discoveries were made on a nondescript side street just behind the city's colonial-era Roman Catholic cathedral off the main Zocalo plaza on the grounds of a 1950s-era hotel.
The underground excavations reveal a section of what was the foundation of a massive, circular-shaped temple dedicated to the Aztec wind god Ehecatl and a smaller part of a ritual ball court, confirming accounts of the first Spanish chroniclers to visit the Aztec imperial capital, Tenochtitlan.
"Due to finds like these, we can show actual locations, the positioning and dimensions of each one of the structures first described in the chronicles," said Diego Prieto, head of Mexico's main anthropology and history institute.
Archaeologists also detailed a grisly offering of 32 severed male neck vertebrae discovered in a pile just off the court.
those wacky Aztec
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The remains of a major Aztec temple and a ceremonial ball court have been discovered in downtown Mexico City, shedding new light on the sacred spaces of the metropolis that Spanish conquerors overran five centuries ago, archaeologists said on Wednesday.
The discoveries were made on a nondescript side street just behind the city's colonial-era Roman Catholic cathedral off the main Zocalo plaza on the grounds of a 1950s-era hotel.
The underground excavations reveal a section of what was the foundation of a massive, circular-shaped temple dedicated to the Aztec wind god Ehecatl and a smaller part of a ritual ball court, confirming accounts of the first Spanish chroniclers to visit the Aztec imperial capital, Tenochtitlan.
"Due to finds like these, we can show actual locations, the positioning and dimensions of each one of the structures first described in the chronicles," said Diego Prieto, head of Mexico's main anthropology and history institute.
Archaeologists also detailed a grisly offering of 32 severed male neck vertebrae discovered in a pile just off the court.
those wacky Aztec
i remember when losing meant something
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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The remains of a major Aztec temple and a ceremonial ball court have been discovered in downtown Mexico City, shedding new light on the sacred spaces of the metropolis that Spanish conquerors overran five centuries ago, archaeologists said on Wednesday.
The discoveries were made on a nondescript side street just behind the city's colonial-era Roman Catholic cathedral off the main Zocalo plaza on the grounds of a 1950s-era hotel.
The underground excavations reveal a section of what was the foundation of a massive, circular-shaped temple dedicated to the Aztec wind god Ehecatl and a smaller part of a ritual ball court, confirming accounts of the first Spanish chroniclers to visit the Aztec imperial capital, Tenochtitlan.
"Due to finds like these, we can show actual locations, the positioning and dimensions of each one of the structures first described in the chronicles," said Diego Prieto, head of Mexico's main anthropology and history institute.
Archaeologists also detailed a grisly offering of 32 severed male neck vertebrae discovered in a pile just off the court.
those wacky Aztec
i remember when losing meant something
The Aztec invented the fatality.
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I just imagine some big Aztec bastard standing courtside waiting to literally pull out spine cords sub-zero style.
How are babby formed, and also how does UK election work? It seems like you guys can just have an election whenever you want, for reasons such as "I want more of my party to get elected, let's give that a go" or "what's all this then" and can we do that too right now please?
How are babby formed, and also how does UK election work? It seems like you guys can just have an election whenever you want, for reasons such as "I want more of my party to get elected, let's give that a go" or "what's all this then" and can we do that too right now please?
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Until 2011, the Prime Minister could call an election for literally any reason, though they had to call one if five years had past since the last one. There was then the Fixed Terms act, which limited the power of the Prime Minister to call an election unless:
- The government loses a vote of no confidence
- The commons holds a 2/3 supermajority "let's have an election" vote
In this case, Theresa May got the latter to happen.
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Australia has three year election cycles at the federal level and we have still maintained the grand tradition of the government being able to call an election whenever they want, so long as they call one before their term is over.
We also have elections on Saturdays! It's quite convenient.
How are babby formed, and also how does UK election work? It seems like you guys can just have an election whenever you want, for reasons such as "I want more of my party to get elected, let's give that a go" or "what's all this then" and can we do that too right now please?
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Until 2011, the Prime Minister could call an election for literally any reason, though they had to call one if five years had past since the last one. There was then the Fixed Terms act, which limited the power of the Prime Minister to call an election unless:
- The government loses a vote of no confidence
- The commons holds a 2/3 supermajority "let's have an election" vote
In this case, Theresa May got the latter to happen.
when you don't have a 2/3 majority but 2/3 of people are like YEAH LET'S DO THIS
that's
that's probably a warning sign that you shouldn't do this
i mean, i'm glad she did but
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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The remains of a major Aztec temple and a ceremonial ball court have been discovered in downtown Mexico City, shedding new light on the sacred spaces of the metropolis that Spanish conquerors overran five centuries ago, archaeologists said on Wednesday.
The discoveries were made on a nondescript side street just behind the city's colonial-era Roman Catholic cathedral off the main Zocalo plaza on the grounds of a 1950s-era hotel.
The underground excavations reveal a section of what was the foundation of a massive, circular-shaped temple dedicated to the Aztec wind god Ehecatl and a smaller part of a ritual ball court, confirming accounts of the first Spanish chroniclers to visit the Aztec imperial capital, Tenochtitlan.
"Due to finds like these, we can show actual locations, the positioning and dimensions of each one of the structures first described in the chronicles," said Diego Prieto, head of Mexico's main anthropology and history institute.
Archaeologists also detailed a grisly offering of 32 severed male neck vertebrae discovered in a pile just off the court.
those wacky Aztec
Some gods are just more upfront about their needs.
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How much dancing is Mojo doing?
So much dancing
That's not a convincing counter argument, Eiki.
Bogart's was, though.
It also ignores the fact that politics isn't a short term game, remember when the Dems predicted the GOP were a permenant minority party after W.? Good times.
I'm not saying Corbyn doesn't deserves accolades for this victory, on the contrary. Just that it would be foolish to assume that Labour is going to roll over completely until the end of time because he won an election. Blair won elections, as well.
edit: That's not even going into the thing which matters most to a politician: governing. It's great that he ran a campaign, but it does not immunize him from his bad decision making within the party itself - and those issues will still be there were he to be the PM tomorrow.
huh
that's kinda funny
They are this guy's party
Wow, powerful stuff, she's standing up for small artists obviously. Anyways, all her music is back on all streaming services.
i would eat that
Heinz baked beans aren't like US baked beans. They are beans in ketchup topped up with sugar.
fucking what
holy shit
Fukkin camper.
no i know
There are but it really depends on how shitty the school is about the rights of its students.
my highschool was like one step short of being a prison but by the time senior year rolled around there was some staff change ups and the school became a lot less restrictive and a lot more open to listening to the problems that students have.
ex-marine and he cared enough about the kids in school that when one kid had a mental breakdown, punched him in a face and jumped out a window Douglas chased after him, through the archery range (which was in active use at that time), and tackled him before he could throw himself in front of a car.
didn't even punish him. I think being an ex-marine gave him a pretty good idea about mental issues.
those wacky Aztec
i remember when losing meant something
The Aztec invented the fatality.
this sounds delicious tbh
Who put it there
Sex
Until 2011, the Prime Minister could call an election for literally any reason, though they had to call one if five years had past since the last one. There was then the Fixed Terms act, which limited the power of the Prime Minister to call an election unless:
- The government loses a vote of no confidence
- The commons holds a 2/3 supermajority "let's have an election" vote
In this case, Theresa May got the latter to happen.
We also have elections on Saturdays! It's quite convenient.
Adults. What's wrong them?
when you don't have a 2/3 majority but 2/3 of people are like YEAH LET'S DO THIS
that's
that's probably a warning sign that you shouldn't do this
i mean, i'm glad she did but
Some gods are just more upfront about their needs.
They don't couch it in martyrdom and holy war.