Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

[angelo]

Why isn't the elephant in the room been addressed? That elephant is Islam! A backward barbaric supremacist ideology that is purely religion driven.

One might even go so far as to posit the not only is Islam "religion driven", it even seems to act like an actual religion! Who would have thought?

The trouble arises because it's a supremacists ideology posing as a religion!

 

[KeepTalking]

My guess would be that she has at least as much of a handle on it as you have on Islam. That is a fairly low bar, however, given that you don't even seem to realize that Islam is a religion.

LMAO! It is the "identity politics" Left that doesn't realize that Islam is a religion (i.e. a set of beliefs and practices) and not a race.

No, it is the person who made the following statement who does not seem to realize that Islam is a religion:
"Why isn't the elephant in the room been addressed? That elephant is Islam! A backward barbaric supremacist ideology that is purely religion driven."

Why isn't the elephant in the room been addressed? That elephant is Islam! A backward barbaric supremacist ideology that is purely religion driven.

One might even go so far as to posit the not only is Islam "religion driven", it even seems to act like an actual religion! Who would have thought?

The trouble arises because it's a supremacists ideology posing as a religion!

Take a look Derec, case in point. Angelo still does not realize that Islam is a religion.

 

[Derec]

Take a look Derec, case in point. Angelo still does not realize that Islam is a religion.

Neither do people who accuse others of being "racist" if they are against Islam.

 

[lpetrich]

NBC News on Twitter: "BREAKING: Trump admin. has formalized work requirements for recipients of food stamps, a move that will cause nearly 700,000 people to lose access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). https://t.co/BHohfXewLS" / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "My family relied on food stamps (EBT) when my dad died at 48.
I was a student. If this happened then, we might’ve just starved.
Now, many people will.
It’s shameful how the GOP works overtime to create freebies for the rich while dissolving lifelines of those who need it most. https://t.co/WOrYvhfPj4" / Twitter

I feel very grateful to AOC for not being resentful of people who live off of public assistance. I see that all too often.


ETA: AOC Instagrammed a picture of herself relaxing in some lounge area with the caption "Me waiting on Congress to hold fossil fuel companies accountable."

 

[angelo]

No, it is the person who made the following statement who does not seem to realize that Islam is a religion:
"Why isn't the elephant in the room been addressed? That elephant is Islam! A backward barbaric supremacist ideology that is purely religion driven."

Why isn't the elephant in the room been addressed? That elephant is Islam! A backward barbaric supremacist ideology that is purely religion driven.

One might even go so far as to posit the not only is Islam "religion driven", it even seems to act like an actual religion! Who would have thought?

The trouble arises because it's a supremacists ideology posing as a religion!

Take a look Derec, case in point. Angelo still does not realize that Islam is a religion.

What don't you understand about my point that islam is a supremacist ideology posing as a religion?

 

[KeepTalking]

Take a look Derec, case in point. Angelo still does not realize that Islam is a religion.

Neither do people who accuse others of being "racist" if they are against Islam.

Well, it's a good thing I did not do that then, isn't it?

 

[KeepTalking]

Why isn't the elephant in the room been addressed? That elephant is Islam! A backward barbaric supremacist ideology that is purely religion driven.

One might even go so far as to posit the not only is Islam "religion driven", it even seems to act like an actual religion! Who would have thought?

The trouble arises because it's a supremacists ideology posing as a religion!

Take a look Derec, case in point. Angelo still does not realize that Islam is a religion.

What don't you understand about my point that islam is a supremacist ideology posing as a religion?

The thing I don't understand is how you can fail to realize that Islam is, in fact, a religion.

Nearly any religion can manifest extremist ideologies in its followers, Christianity is another such example, and Islam is no exception in this regard.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Why isn't the elephant in the room been addressed? That elephant is Islam! A backward barbaric supremacist ideology that is purely religion driven.

One might even go so far as to posit the not only is Islam "religion driven", it even seems to act like an actual religion! Who would have thought?

The trouble arises because it's a supremacists ideology posing as a religion!

Take a look Derec, case in point. Angelo still does not realize that Islam is a religion.

What don't you understand about my point that islam is a supremacist ideology posing as a religion?

The thing I don't understand is how you can fail to realize that Islam is, in fact, a religion.

Nearly any religion can manifest extremist ideologies in its followers, Christianity is another such example, and Islam is no exception in this regard.

There are Buddhists that are violent!

 

[Elixir]

Nearly any religion can manifest extremist ideologies in its followers, Christianity is another such example, and Islam is no exception in this regard.

Just for grins I googled the following terms and noted the number of responses:

violent Muslims: 17,600,000 results
violent Islamists: 3,260,000 results
violent Hindus: 3,950,000 results
violent Buddhists: 1,370,000 results
violent Atheists: 1,340,000 results
violent Christians: 23,900,000 results

So, by this metric the least violent group would be atheists which is not a bit surprising to me. The runaway winner for most violent would be Christians. Again not terribly surprising, except for its margin of "victory" above Muslims.

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "My family relied on food stamps (EBT) when my dad died at 48.
I was a student. If this happened then, we might’ve just starved.
Now, many people will.
It’s shameful how the GOP works overtime to create freebies for the rich while dissolving lifelines of those who need it most. https://t.co/WOrYvhfPj4" / Twitter
noting
NBC News on Twitter: "BREAKING: Trump admin. has formalized work requirements for recipients of food stamps, a move that will cause nearly 700,000 people to lose access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). https://t.co/BHohfXewLS" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "The rule ignores the reality of American life.
Plenty of parents who support can’t claim “adult” (18+) children as dependents.
Getting disability status is notoriously difficult &food is an immediate need. What if someone has an undiagnosed mental issue, like severe depression? https://t.co/UzBvF5dY7l" / Twitter
noting
Heritage Foundation on Twitter: "@AOC The rule applies to able-bodied adults between the ages of 18 and 49 who do not have dependents.
The rule wouldn’t apply to parents with minor children, the elderly, or disabled people." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "These exclusionary “rules” sound great to anyone who hasn’t dealt with the actual lived experience. In truth it means paperwork, waiting, & absurdist bureaucracy.
Let’s talk about the example of severe depression, which is an elevated risk for people in economic hardship." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "If you have severe depression (or any number of mental issues), everyday life is very difficult. But it’s really hard to get disability status in general for mental health issues.
So if you need food stamps, and can’t afford a dr’s visit for a diagnosis/medicine, you go hungry." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Or let’s talk about food stamps and cars!
This is one of the wildest rules to me.
If you have a busted car that’s worth a less than $5k (say, to drive to that work req), it can preclude you from food stamps.
See how these “rules” start to stack up? https://t.co/yIc1YblMcR" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "The devil (that starves low-income Americans) is in the details. https://t.co/lqxUqKjjCY" / Twitter
noting
Daniel J. Willis on Twitter: "I didn’t know this but it’s in there and it’s insane. You’re required to work to get food stamps, but are ineligible if you have a car worth more than $2,250 you use to commute to work. Which is necessary to work if you don’t live on a bus route. [url]https://t.co/4ZnL63iUUG https://t.co/RVLWFXPDBD" / Twitter[/url]

 

[lpetrich]

Zephyr Teachout on Twitter: "yup https://t.co/z6jFY7cUzM" / Twitter
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Won’t you look at that: Amazon is coming to NYC anyway - *without* requiring the public to finance shady deals, helipad handouts for Jeff Bezos, & corporate giveaways.
Maybe the Trump admin should focus more on cutting public assistance to billionaires instead of poor families. https://t.co/BbqhXbB9MM" / Twitter
noting
MARIA TERESA KUMAR on Twitter: "BREAKING: ⁦@amazon⁩ agrees to open in Hudson Yards in a deal without any financial incentives from New York City or state.
⁦@AOC⁩ ⁦@votolatino⁩ https://t.co/RjaufJU2wz" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Me waiting on the haters to apologize after we were proven right on Amazon and saved the public billions [url]https://t.co/AC64pG0nZI https://t.co/xzCepkX4AV" / Twitter[/url]
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jordan on Twitter: ".@AOC was unfairly criticized and attacked for standing up to one of the biggest companies in the world.
That company just caved. https://t.co/tV8sTW8GYM" / Twitter
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Raw Story on Twitter: "Ocasio-Cortez takes victory lap after Amazon goes to NYC -- even after she helped block $3 billion in subsidies https://t.co/oXUEhZjk2s" / Twitter
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Ocasio-Cortez takes victory lap after Amazon goes to NYC — even after she helped block $3 billion in subsidies – Raw Story

“The giant online retailer said it has signed a new lease for 335,000 square feet on the city’s west side in the new Hudson Yards neighborhood, where it will have more than 1,500 employees,” The Wall Street Journal reported. “Amazon is taking the space without any of the special tax credits and other inducements the company had been offered to build a new headquarters in the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City, the company said.”

Zephyr Teachout has run for New York Governor, the US House, and NY State Attorney General, though without success in any of these. ZT ran for Attorney General while pregnant, and she had the baby not long before the election.

If AOC last long enough in the House, she might join some fellow Congresswomen in having a baby while in office. A recent one was Senator Tammy Duckworth (The Baby Boom in Congress | EMILY's List). Elsewhere in the world, Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan and Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand both had babies while in office.

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "
¡Y la culpa no era mía/
ni dónde estaba/
ni cómo vestía.
El violador eres *tú.*
-
And the fault wasn’t mine/
Nor where I was/
Nor what I wore.
The violator is *you.*
Hell yes Solidaridad con nuestras hermanxs en Chile https://t.co/XPtSfGzr1W" / Twitter
Solidarity with our sisters in Chile (hermanas)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Learn more about what women in Chile are facing and how they are organizing to build power and fight for dignity: https://t.co/gdfUoTESCo" / Twitter
noting
Chilean anti-rape anthem becomes international feminist phenomenon | World news | The Guardian

Un Violador en Tu Camino – A Rapist in Your Path – was first performed in late November as Chile’s nationwide uprising against social inequality pushed into its second month.

Videos of the song – and its accompanying dance moves – quickly went viral, spreading across Latin America and the world, with performances taking place in Mexico, Colombia, France, Spain and the UK.

 

[lpetrich]

AOC tweets some more about the Amazon issue.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "While we’re here, let’s clear up some GOP disinfo: - “It’s 1500 jobs vs 25,000”: The 25,000 jobs figure was a 10-20 year fantasy # from Amazon, not a promise or agreement. In exchange for that lack of commitment, they wanted billions of public $. Their Y1 jobs projection was 700." / Twitter

So their big number is a fairy tale.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "- “It’s in Manhattan, not Queens”: If you live in NYC, you would know people commute to work. Amazon would not have paid taxes for many, many years and not contribute to fixing our crumbling subway system. So lots of added strain, no benefit." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "- Also, and very importantly, these jobs are for FREE. The public was going to pay $3 billion in public subsidies & millions in hard cash building Amazon’s campus for them- NYC residents were subsidizing Amazon tons per job. Now they‘re bringing work without the welfare." / Twitter

I find it entertaining to watch right-wingers defend corporate welfare and crony capitalism, two things that they often claim to be opposed to.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "If Republicans were willing to scrutinize billionaires *half* as much as they scrutinize people on food stamps, this country would be a much better place." / Twitter

Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "Amazon was valued at $1 trillion but pays $0 in federal taxes. So imagine my surprise to find out it didn’t need taxpayers to fork over billions in corporate welfare to create jobs in New York. @AOC and many others fighting for working people were right. https://t.co/uUF0bA3Yaj" / Twitter
noting
'We Were Proven Right,' Says AOC After Amazon Expands in New York Without Taking Billions in Public Cash | Common Dreams News

 

[Harry Bosch]

AOC tweets some more about the Amazon issue.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "While we’re here, let’s clear up some GOP disinfo: - “It’s 1500 jobs vs 25,000”: The 25,000 jobs figure was a 10-20 year fantasy # from Amazon, not a promise or agreement. In exchange for that lack of commitment, they wanted billions of public $. Their Y1 jobs projection was 700." / Twitter

So their big number is a fairy tale.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "- “It’s in Manhattan, not Queens”: If you live in NYC, you would know people commute to work. Amazon would not have paid taxes for many, many years and not contribute to fixing our crumbling subway system. So lots of added strain, no benefit." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "- Also, and very importantly, these jobs are for FREE. The public was going to pay $3 billion in public subsidies & millions in hard cash building Amazon’s campus for them- NYC residents were subsidizing Amazon tons per job. Now they‘re bringing work without the welfare." / Twitter

I find it entertaining to watch right-wingers defend corporate welfare and crony capitalism, two things that they often claim to be opposed to.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "If Republicans were willing to scrutinize billionaires *half* as much as they scrutinize people on food stamps, this country would be a much better place." / Twitter

Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "Amazon was valued at $1 trillion but pays $0 in federal taxes. So imagine my surprise to find out it didn’t need taxpayers to fork over billions in corporate welfare to create jobs in New York. @AOC and many others fighting for working people were right. https://t.co/uUF0bA3Yaj" / Twitter
noting
'We Were Proven Right,' Says AOC After Amazon Expands in New York Without Taking Billions in Public Cash | Common Dreams News

Yea, happy days in New York. The original plans were for Amazon to locate 25,000 jobs. The new scaled back expansion that AOC and Bernie are happy about is 1,500. 23,500 jobs are going somewhere else.

 

[lpetrich]

Yea, happy days in New York. The original plans were for Amazon to locate 25,000 jobs. The new scaled back expansion that AOC and Bernie are happy about is 1,500. 23,500 jobs are going somewhere else.

AOC claims that that number "was a 10-20 year fantasy # from Amazon, not a promise or agreement."

Monét X Change on Twitter: "Every NYer should be writing this woman a thank you note. @AOC is the way, the truth, the life, the business, the one! https://t.co/kBiFGneQYV" / Twitter
noting
Ocasio-Cortez takes victory lap after Amazon goes to NYC — even after she helped block $3 billion in subsidies – Raw Story

 

[angelo]

Why isn't the elephant in the room been addressed? That elephant is Islam! A backward barbaric supremacist ideology that is purely religion driven.

One might even go so far as to posit the not only is Islam "religion driven", it even seems to act like an actual religion! Who would have thought?

The trouble arises because it's a supremacists ideology posing as a religion!

Take a look Derec, case in point. Angelo still does not realize that Islam is a religion.

What don't you understand about my point that islam is a supremacist ideology posing as a religion?

The thing I don't understand is how you can fail to realize that Islam is, in fact, a religion.

Nearly any religion can manifest extremist ideologies in its followers, Christianity is another such example, and Islam is no exception in this regard.

Big, big difference is xtianity went through a reformation which today renders it mostly harmless as compared to the murderous, barbaric ideology of islam! Over 35.000 muzzie terrorist attacks just since 9/11 which has resulted in hundreds of thousand of innocent deaths and maimed.

How many such atrocities have been committed by all xtian denominations during the same period? When was the last time a Mormon, or a JW strapped a bomb to himself and triggered it killing or maiming innocent people?

 

[Harry Bosch]

Yea, happy days in New York. The original plans were for Amazon to locate 25,000 jobs. The new scaled back expansion that AOC and Bernie are happy about is 1,500. 23,500 jobs are going somewhere else.

AOC claims that that number "was a 10-20 year fantasy # from Amazon, not a promise or agreement."

Monét X Change on Twitter: "Every NYer should be writing this woman a thank you note. @AOC is the way, the truth, the life, the business, the one! https://t.co/kBiFGneQYV" / Twitter
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Ocasio-Cortez takes victory lap after Amazon goes to NYC — even after she helped block $3 billion in subsidies – Raw Story

I like AOC. But her command of facts is sometimes alarming. I've sat on economic development boards in both Oregon and Washington, so I understand how these work. $1,200Billion of the grants were in the form of refundable tax credits or so called claw back. That's about $53/000 per job. The average that I saw for these claw backs was between $25,000 to $50,000 per job. So, if the company creates all the jobs over a certain amount of time, they keep the grant. But if they 2 less jobs, then they have to pay back part of the grant back in the form of a long term loan. So, if two fewer jobs, they'd have a long term loan of $106,000 to pay back. There are people who audit this work and it is available to the public if you want to look for it.

 

[lpetrich]

I was looking through some other stuff when I came across how AOC reacted to Rashida Tlaib's famous call to "impeach the motherfucker".

AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashid Tlaib Talk to Showtime's Desus & Mero - however, D&M have made their video private. But that article contains bits of transcript.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defends Rashida Tlaib on Desus & Mero on Mediaite -- has some video, including RT's famous call, and a transcript of AOC, RT, and IO discussing it:

Rashida got into a little bit of trouble for saying a boo-boo word,” Ocasio-Cortez explained on Desus & Mero. “I hit up Rashida, I sent her a text, and I was like, ‘Don’t worry about it, I mean who cares.’ And she was like ‘Yeah, I’m from Detroit, back there that’s just what we call, ‘That guy.'”

“No it’s honestly — that’s saying, ‘That guy,'” Tlaib said.

“The double standard in that is that, that guy, never gets in trouble for all of the boo-boo words he uses,” Omar added.

IO also has that video: Ilhan Omar on Instagram: “It seems like we're radical because we deeply care about the people we represent and we want to throw down for them. Thank you…”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "When @desusnice asked me, @RashidaTlaib and @IlhanMN: “Are there a lot of double standards” in DC?
You can see it here: [url]https://t.co/owq3IBctnZ https://t.co/6dV11prezK" / Twitter[/url]

“I think we have a beef with almost anyone here because there’s a lack of courage. It seems like we’re all radical because we deeply care about the people we represent and we want to throw down for them,” Omar said.

“Exactly, because for once we’re not just fighting over what is getting done, but we’re fighting over how it’s getting done,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

 

[lpetrich]

The hosts are Desus Nice and the Kid Mero
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Why She Embraces Her Twitter Trolls | Entertainment Tonight

"It is heavy. But in a weird way, that stuff is validation that you’re doing something real," she said.

"Because if you’re just flying under the radar, just trying to get your check, not rock the boat, then what’s the point of being in politics?" she asked. "What is the point of doing things if you’re just trying to maintain the status quo that doesn’t help people?"

Ocasio-Cortez -- who said she'd probably be teaching high school if President Donald Trump wasn't elected -- proved she's not taking her critics too seriously as she called the memes she tagged in on social media "so weak." "How do you have a computer that runs both Windows ‘95 and Twitter at the same time?" she cracked.

Like a power strip that is plugged into itself. The right wing likes making dumbness jokes about her.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on 'Desus & Mero' [Video]

“We’re seeing people activate and educate themselves,” Ocasio-Cortez said, “and mobilize, and make amazing art, and hit the streets, and run for office, and that’s really when our country’s at its best. So, ya know, a silver lining in everything.”

I think that the oligarchs who back the Republican Party may come to regret supporting pResident tRump -- he has provoked too much of a backlash. They'd prefer someone like Obama, who spouted soothing rhetoric about "hope" and "change", but did not really do anything that would hurt them.

About her, RT, and IO:

“I think we have a beef with almost everyone ’cause there’s a lack of courage,” Omar said, “and it seems like we’re all radical because we deeply care for the people we represent and we want to throw down for them.” Ocasio-Cortez added, “Exactly, because for once we’re not just fighting over what is getting done, but we’re fighting over how it’s getting done.”

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Desus & Mero Says 10 Mill is 'Enough'

“Why are you trying to take all our money away from us,” Desus asked jokingly. “We just signed with Showtime, and now you’re trying to put the wild tax on millionaires! What’s wrong with you?”

“No seriously though, please look straight to the camera and explain the tax shit for the dumb m***er f**kers,” said Mero.

AOC then did, explaining what a marginal tax rate is. Her proposal of a 70% marginal income-tax rate for above $10 million/year means that every dollar that one earns above that is taxed 70%, meaning that one has to pay 70 cents in taxes for it. She also noted that the highest marginal rate was 90%, under Eisenhower -- a Republican.

“When–at what point is it immoral that we’re building Jeff Bezos a helipad when we have the most amount of homeless people in New York City?” she asked, to applause from the audience.

AOC as a schoolteacher? She might still have been an activist, and she might still have run for office some day. All the ways that history could turn out...