I didn't write anything on that but I did answer questions and I'm quoted in it.
Dario Hunter destroyed his own run for the Green Party's presidential nomination.
C.I. had the idea that Third should go through my site to see how I came out for Dario and how, over months and months of his refusing to use social media to get the word out on his campaign, while his challenger Howie Hawkins was using social media, led me to switch my support to Howie.
Dario ruined his own chances.
I was for him. I wanted him to get the nomination.
But Dems were lying about Joe Biden. Was I going to lie about Dario?
Howie wanted the nomination and was working his ass off to get it.
Here's Howie.
The Democrats, people are saying, were looking for 'electability.' They'd back any candidate in the primary if they thought the person was electable.
That's not what I was looking for.
I was looking for 'campaignability.' I was looking for a candidate that would work their ass off to get votes for the Green Party. We grow a little bit every year and we need a candidate who can help us grow even more. That's someone who will go out there and campaign their butt off. In 2020, that's Howie Hawkins.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020. So far this week, 3 protesters have been killed
in Iraq and while the prime minister is making statements they seem
awfully familiar to what's been said before.
In
Baghdad on Sunday, protesters were shot at by security forces with two
ending up dead and many more injured. Those two murders have only
increased the number of protesters. Let's look at ALJAZEERA's report
and see if you can catch where the government is in conflict with
itself.
Did you catch it?
Simona
Foltyn: The military spokesperson of the prime minister has condemned
the violence and has promised an investigation. He also said that
security forces have been ordered to use force only as a last resort.
Samya Kullab (AP) reports, "Iraq’s prime minister said Monday he had ordered an investigation into
the killing of two anti-government protesters, saying security forces
were not authorized to fire 'a single bullet' toward the demonstrators.
Twenty-one protesters were also wounded in the overnight clashes." An investigation?
Doesn't he have investigations already into previous attacks on protesters?
And no one's been punished for those attacks -- attacks carried out by
security forces under the command of the prime minister. To be fair,
these previous attacks? We're talking about attacks carried out
before Mustafa al-Kadhimi became prime minister (May 7th).
But he made promises. As AL KHALEEJ TODAY reminds, "Prior to joining office Mr Al Kadhimi vowed to meet protester demands
by holding early elections and investigating protester deaths. Yet the
new prime minister has had to deal with a catastrophic economic crisis
triggered by a decline in oil prices caused by the coronavirus pandemic."
Are any of these promises going to be kept?
Oh, he's dealing with an economic crisis? Wow. Poor baby. All the
leaders of countries are dealing with economic crisis in one form or
another -- with or without oil being factored in.
Yesterday's protest by young Iraqis are a legitimate right, and the security forces do not have permission to fire a single bullet towards our protestors.
What does that have to do with his failure to keep promises?
His
spokesperson is stating that the security forces are only allowed to
fire on the people as a last resort; however, Mustafa himself Tweeted
that they "do not have permission to fire a single bullet towards our
protestors."
Which is it? Those are two different things. Is Mustafa telling the truth or is his spokesperson?
ALJAZEERA also offers a photo essay.
On that essay and the two videos above, let's note women and girls are
participating in the protests. We have to note that now. When the
protests started in October, the western media refused to acknowledge
the presence of women and girls. To read the western coverage, no
females were participating. Not only were they participating from the
start, their numbers steadily grew -- so much so that their
participation became one of the key stories and Shi'ite cleric and
one-time movement leader Moqtada al-Sadr would attempt to prevent
females from protesting and issue an edict that males should not protest
with females. The response to that? Even more females showed up for
the protests. The Tweet below uses two photos from the ALJAZEERA essay:
Demonstrations Continue In Baghdad As A 3rd Person Was Killed Overnight On Tuesday,This Comes After Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi Instructed Security Forces Not To "Fire A Single Bullet" On Monday #IraqProtests#Iraq#Baghdad
7:26 AM · Jul 28, 2020
The
western media is already bungling key details about the protests so
let's stress that females are participating before they run (again) with
their lie that it's only Iraqi males.
Discontent in Iraq is not new, and neither is the suffering of Iraqis
from unemployment, lack of security, corruption and a crippled health
system trying to fight Covid-19. However, tensions are escalating.
Rocket attacks on military bases or in the vicinity of the International
Zone of Baghdad, commonly known as the Green Zone, are near-daily
occurrences, and security incidents such as kidnappings and
assassinations are on the rise.
Armed groups within the country, some with political parties backing
them and others with Iranian backing, know that Mr Al Kadhimi has them
within his sights and are lashing back. With temperatures exceeding 50
degrees, frequent electricity cuts and a general public malaise setting
in, Mr Al Kadhimi is heading towards a crisis.
The Prime Minister’s first foreign trip abroad since he came to
office was slated earlier this month to be to Saudi Arabia. It was meant
to bring news of economic opportunities and entering a new era in
relations in the region. However, the trip was cancelled
as King Salman bin Abdul Aziz was taken to hospital. Consequently, Mr
Al Kadhimi’s first foreign trip was to Iran. It became a staging ground
for Iranian leaders to push their own anti-US agenda, at which point Mr
Al Kadhimi had to push back defensively on the need for ‘non-interference’ in relations.
All this comes as the Iraqi government is facing an economic crisis
that can only be resolved by external investment. Foreign direct
investment or private sector investment at a time when the global
economy is facing a recession and global pandemic will not be easy and
will require hard work.
“We had no guns, no knives, just our chants,” said Ahmad Jabbar, a male protester in the square.
“We (clashed) with them for six hours. They wouldn’t even let the
ambulances come get the wounded,” he said. More rallies have been called
for Monday night, with activists demanding the release of fellow
protesters arrested the previous evening.
“If our guys aren’t freed, we’re going to ramp up our efforts. We’re
staying in our tents, and we’re not afraid,” said protester Maytham
al-Darraji.
Latest from #Iraq
- IHCHR confirms 3 protesters died & 21 others wounded since Sunday in #Baghdad
- PMF repelled an #ISIS attack on SYR-IQ border
- Latest: Outlawed armed groups ‘seeking chaos’ at Baghdad protests: interior min
#IraqProtests#العراق
Iraqi activist Mohammed al-Tamimi told Rudaw on Monday that he sees
parallels to Sunday night's violence against demonstrators with that of
previous administrations.
“What we witnessed yesterday in Tahrir Square by Kadhimi’s government
was similar to what we used to face during the government of Adil
Abdul-Mahdi,” he said from Tahrir Square, referring to Kadhimi's
predecessor who resigned as PM late last year.
approach to electricity outages, events surrounding recent protests and reiterated his commitment to holding early, free and fair elections.
7:12 AM · Jul 28, 2020
In the video, a highlight, not the full speech, he states:
It
pains me to see my fellow Iraqis suffer in this hot weather because of
the mismanagement of the electricity sector. Our approach is for Iraq to
produce its own gas to operate our gas-fired power plants. Successive
governments have imported gas-powered plants but they did not develop
Iraq's gas production capacity. The protests by young people are a
legitimate right and the security forces do not have the permission to
fire a single bullet towards our protesters. We started an
investigation into the circumstances of what happened yesterday in
Tahrir Square and I asked for the facts to be presented to me within 72
hours. I said on my first day of assuming office that I wasn't seeking
to hold onto any position and that government will prepare for early
elections. I remain committed to holding early elections.
In response to Mustafa announcing an investigation, Hayder Tweets:
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