There's something really weird about Hochul, aside from her rabid authoritarianism. She has wildly inappropriate affect—bugfuck nuts is another way to put it. I'd love to know what a skilled psychologist has to say about the way she presents.
Very low affect and it's like her jaw is wired shut. You could have our governor (Maine) who has a nose the size of Manhattan. For those of you who are tender-hearted regarding people's looks, healthy men and women continue to look like men and women as they age. However, drunks in particular end up with enlarged noses and ears, and female drinkers / smokers end up looking like men. My partner once asked who the man was in a photo of our foster daughter and her brother; the "man" was Laura's mother. Grandma the bartender looked just the same, a man with very large bosoms!
I agree. I really had never seen anything other than a few news photographs of her until I watched the debate in the governor's race. I would have thought her handlers could have found a way to make her look and act more normal. I kept warning my friends when they were cheering that Cuomo was being thrown under the bus (instead of led to the gallows as he should have been) that they wouldn't let him go unless they had someone much worse to take over.
I think this is what passes for "normal" these days! Watch the faces of people on television, particularly politicians and so-called experts. Leaving the sound off is helpful. Their faces are dead, nearly expressionless, their lips barely moving.
The dead fish look is a manipulative technique. It allows a gullible audience to project their own sentiments onto a blank slate, sometimes called an "empty signifier".
Really? Is that what it's all about? I think it's more a class / power signifier than anything else. If you are bourgeois you are not supposed to exhibit any passion or excitement.
In contrast to this, I listened to a speech by a Romanian senator (female) who was the most passionate person I have heard speak in years. In all my experience with leftist politics, the bourgeois norm of no fervor was strictly enforced. Chomsky is the norm, droning on and on and on.
Very kind of you. I'd like to know how many other people experienced disapproval when they expressed themselves passionately about meaningful issues.
(One reason I've always much preferred African-Americans! I was walking down the street in NYC one day with a friend and I was outraged about some injustice. Two black guys passed us by and approvingly said, "She IS outraged!")
Until "COVID" I honestly knew nothing about our Constitution - thanks public school! I had no idea that our government can pass any ridiculous "law" they want, but if it's in direct contradiction to the constitution it's automatically null and void. Apparently, the majority of other Americans didn't know that either or all of the illegal COVID "mandates" would have been ignored and mocked from day one. So, it's our own fault if we don't keep the tyrants in check and call them out. Stop complying with unconstitutional orders.
But it's also important to note that the supreme court (supremely what?) has in essence vacated the Fourth Amendment many times. Just because something is unconstitutional does not mean it will get overturned.
That is EXCELLENT news! The first step of tyrants is silencing free speech.
Speaking of tyrants, in Washington, "we", not the people, are going to be the first in the country to create a " domestic violence extremism Commission "
It will have every flavor on it with exceptions like Christians for example.
Lara Gabriel, Washington:
"This Orwellian bill would cause Washingtonians, including parents, nurses, doctors, and vulnerable and marginalized communities, to be afraid of expressing their opinions or of speaking misinformation, for fear of being labeled or penalized as a domestic violence extremist."
"Side Show Bob", the Attorneys General:
"And that's not something we have seen around the country with other states. It's really one takeaway from this report is, I think it's appropriate for states to take a more active role on addressing domestic violent extremism. And this commission can put forth recommendations to really address this challenge here in Washington state.
Translation, Washington is going to lead the states to become the thought police!!!??
David, what do they mean by domestic violence extremism? Wife-battering was replaced with the more benign-sounding domestic violence, but I'm guessing that's not what you're talking about. Is it about domestic "terrorism"?
If you piss off anyone on this list, congratulations, you are a domestic terrorist! Notice, no Christians
“The commission must consist of the following members:
(a) Four legislators, one appointed by each of the two largest caucuses of the senate and one appointed by each of the two largest caucuses of the house of representatives;
(b) A representative of the governor’s office appointed by the governor;
(c) A representative from the attorney general’s office;
(d) A representative from the American civil liberties union;
(e) A representative from the anti-defamation league;
(f) A representative with expertise in public health;
(g) Six representatives from organizations representing groups protected under RCW 9A.36.080, which may include but is not limited to the following:
(i) A representative from the black/African American community;
(ii) A representative from the Muslim community;
(iii) A representative from the Jewish community;
(iv) A representative from the Asian or Asian American community;
(v) A representative from the Sikh community;10
(vi) A representative from the Latino/a/x community;
(vii) A representative from the LGBTQ community;
(ix) A representative from the general immigrant/refugee community; and
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A renewed line in the sand, thank you Judge Carter.
Thanks Mickey - great news!
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There's something really weird about Hochul, aside from her rabid authoritarianism. She has wildly inappropriate affect—bugfuck nuts is another way to put it. I'd love to know what a skilled psychologist has to say about the way she presents.
I hear you, James. She seems like a fictional character!
Very low affect and it's like her jaw is wired shut. You could have our governor (Maine) who has a nose the size of Manhattan. For those of you who are tender-hearted regarding people's looks, healthy men and women continue to look like men and women as they age. However, drunks in particular end up with enlarged noses and ears, and female drinkers / smokers end up looking like men. My partner once asked who the man was in a photo of our foster daughter and her brother; the "man" was Laura's mother. Grandma the bartender looked just the same, a man with very large bosoms!
I agree. I really had never seen anything other than a few news photographs of her until I watched the debate in the governor's race. I would have thought her handlers could have found a way to make her look and act more normal. I kept warning my friends when they were cheering that Cuomo was being thrown under the bus (instead of led to the gallows as he should have been) that they wouldn't let him go unless they had someone much worse to take over.
I think this is what passes for "normal" these days! Watch the faces of people on television, particularly politicians and so-called experts. Leaving the sound off is helpful. Their faces are dead, nearly expressionless, their lips barely moving.
The dead fish look is a manipulative technique. It allows a gullible audience to project their own sentiments onto a blank slate, sometimes called an "empty signifier".
Really? Is that what it's all about? I think it's more a class / power signifier than anything else. If you are bourgeois you are not supposed to exhibit any passion or excitement.
In contrast to this, I listened to a speech by a Romanian senator (female) who was the most passionate person I have heard speak in years. In all my experience with leftist politics, the bourgeois norm of no fervor was strictly enforced. Chomsky is the norm, droning on and on and on.
That's an interesting analysis! Thanks. I hadn't considered that at all. I gotta rethink a lot of things now.
Very kind of you. I'd like to know how many other people experienced disapproval when they expressed themselves passionately about meaningful issues.
(One reason I've always much preferred African-Americans! I was walking down the street in NYC one day with a friend and I was outraged about some injustice. Two black guys passed us by and approvingly said, "She IS outraged!")
Until "COVID" I honestly knew nothing about our Constitution - thanks public school! I had no idea that our government can pass any ridiculous "law" they want, but if it's in direct contradiction to the constitution it's automatically null and void. Apparently, the majority of other Americans didn't know that either or all of the illegal COVID "mandates" would have been ignored and mocked from day one. So, it's our own fault if we don't keep the tyrants in check and call them out. Stop complying with unconstitutional orders.
Amen.
But it's also important to note that the supreme court (supremely what?) has in essence vacated the Fourth Amendment many times. Just because something is unconstitutional does not mean it will get overturned.
That is EXCELLENT news! The first step of tyrants is silencing free speech.
Speaking of tyrants, in Washington, "we", not the people, are going to be the first in the country to create a " domestic violence extremism Commission "
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-a-washington-state-plan-to-fight-domestic-extremism-could-be-a-model-for-the-nation#:~:text=In%20Washington%20state%20this%20week%2C%20legislators%20held%20public,with%20a%20public%20health%20and%20civic%20engagement%20approach.
It will have every flavor on it with exceptions like Christians for example.
Lara Gabriel, Washington:
"This Orwellian bill would cause Washingtonians, including parents, nurses, doctors, and vulnerable and marginalized communities, to be afraid of expressing their opinions or of speaking misinformation, for fear of being labeled or penalized as a domestic violence extremist."
"Side Show Bob", the Attorneys General:
"And that's not something we have seen around the country with other states. It's really one takeaway from this report is, I think it's appropriate for states to take a more active role on addressing domestic violent extremism. And this commission can put forth recommendations to really address this challenge here in Washington state.
Translation, Washington is going to lead the states to become the thought police!!!??
Wow...thanks for sharing this, David!
David, what do they mean by domestic violence extremism? Wife-battering was replaced with the more benign-sounding domestic violence, but I'm guessing that's not what you're talking about. Is it about domestic "terrorism"?
They will be "heading it off" This is a link to it
https://whocountsthevotes.com/hb-1333-domestic-violence-extremism-commission/
If you piss off anyone on this list, congratulations, you are a domestic terrorist! Notice, no Christians
“The commission must consist of the following members:
(a) Four legislators, one appointed by each of the two largest caucuses of the senate and one appointed by each of the two largest caucuses of the house of representatives;
(b) A representative of the governor’s office appointed by the governor;
(c) A representative from the attorney general’s office;
(d) A representative from the American civil liberties union;
(e) A representative from the anti-defamation league;
(f) A representative with expertise in public health;
(g) Six representatives from organizations representing groups protected under RCW 9A.36.080, which may include but is not limited to the following:
(i) A representative from the black/African American community;
(ii) A representative from the Muslim community;
(iii) A representative from the Jewish community;
(iv) A representative from the Asian or Asian American community;
(v) A representative from the Sikh community;10
(vi) A representative from the Latino/a/x community;
(vii) A representative from the LGBTQ community;
(ix) A representative from the general immigrant/refugee community; and
(x) A representative from the African community;
CREEPY!
Damn right Hochul is a dictator.
When I was a teenager in the 80's Lefties were for free speech and flag burning as a symbol of it.; my how the tables have turned.