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Nayib Bukele is the first good leader that Central America has known in forever, and he’s been bullied by the US for not being democratic enough.

But yes, we are giving one hell of a performance as a country, acting like a senile degenerate with a death wish. I actively avoid domestic news because they are relentlessly embarrassing.

This is a great country, with an extraordinary history, with an exceptional culture, with amazing accomplishments, with wonderful people. We just need to get out of this… funk and stop acting like bloody idjits. Everybody’s watching. This is embarrassing.

4 responses to “Embarrassing”

  1. ed Avatar
    ed

    I really doubt he will be banned from running in Colorado. This reeks of political maneuvering to make this go to the SCOTUS.

    As far as I know he has not been convicted of any crimes, so that needs to happen before any serious threat of disqualification.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      Of course, this is all for show. But our enemies overseas are celebrating.

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    Stringer Bell

    Well, when you define fascism as democrats losing elections, then it’s entirely reasonable for the government to do whatever it can to prevent the opposition candidate from running for office. It’s just common sense.

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    Post Alley Crackpot

    So … about how I became an architect …

    My grandfather wanted me to be an investment banker, my extended family wanted me to be a lawyer (for very specific reasons I’ll get to), and my father left me to choose, but as he owned a multi-national construction company, going into architecture seemed like more than just being additive.

    But the lawyers in the extended family weren’t just any lawyers.

    They include most of the justices at the Nuremberg Tribunal, as my extended family is somewhat multi-national as well.

    And so, every now and then, I have Voltaire’s temptation surface where from time to time I’d like to execute an admiral.

    Putting large numbers of political scoundrels in the gallows seems reasonable and proper.

    But most of all, this tendency for justice runs in the family.

    In part I became an architect because I reckoned that I’d probably like dealing justice just a bit too much.

    The chief justice at Nuremberg definitely has my respect: he wanted to put Curtis LeMay on trial at Nuremberg as well.

    And now Bukele reminds us, and in particular me, that we very well should have done, because it makes no use to hector people over principles you don’t follow yourself.

    This is not merely embarrassing.

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