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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The ironic thing about Tsai is that like Hillary Clinton, her loss in Taiwan's 2012 presidential election to the China-friendly Ma Ying-Jeou can be partially attributed to foreign interference . . .from the Obama Administration
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"She left us with distinct doubts about whether she is both willing and able to continue the stability in cross-Strait relations the region has enjoyed in recent years," the U.S. official told FT. Tsai's opponent Ma Ying-Jeou has already used the quote to attack the candidate.
For those on Capitol Hill who are already critical of the Obama administration's Taiwan policy, the leak is just one more example that the White House views Taiwan though the lens of its policy toward Beijing.
"It is embarrassing, but perhaps not surprising, that this administration would attempt to undermine Dr. Tsai's candidacy in such a way," said another senior Senate GOP staffer. "Instead of catering to the whims of the PRC, the administration should stay neutral, and then stand back and let the voters on Taiwan determine for themselves who their leaders should be and what their relationship with the mainland will look like."
In Taiwan, it's widely speculated that Tsai's phone call to Trump
on his first day in office was done by her to get back Obama for his refusal to sell Taiwan new military equipment and a leaked memo from a State Department official warning Taiwanese voters that her winning would destabilize East Asia.
Edited by FluffyMcChicken on Aug 24th 2020 at 8:53:18 AM
First of all spartan, I think you are ovestimated how "Pragmatic" the CPP ise specially consider the many explain of their undending pettiness, authorcracy most of the time also rule by their proyection of power meaning that one chian policy would probably make thing china they can be bold and aproach others countries in east and south asia.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"Biden campaign heavily disavows the endorsement of Richard Spenser.
The Democratic Party doesn't have that big a tent.
The Hill: McSally tells supporters to 'fast a meal' and donate to her campaign
Edited by nova92 on Aug 24th 2020 at 10:19:46 AM
I wonder if he's rethinking his ideology, as now that it's the dominant one in the US, incompetence is soaring.
...yeah, he probably doesn't realize this mess is the closest to him getting what he wants, but it's an amusing thought. Also keep rejecting him, Dems. Remind everyone what standards looks like.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A prominent women's hospital here violated patients' rights by singling out pregnant Native American women for COVID-19 testing and separating them from their newborns without adequate consent until test results became available, according to a federal investigation disclosed to New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica.
All patients were screened upon arrival at the hospital with forehead temperature checks and standard questionnaires. But starting in late April, according to the report, patients with home ZIP codes on the hospital's list were treated as "persons under investigation" and tested for COVID-19.
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The practice, while meant to stop the spread of COVID-19, was described by clinicians and health care ethicists as racial profiling. Isolating expectant mothers as though they had the virus created a stressful birth experience, a clinician noted. Separating newborns from mothers awaiting lab test results denied them early skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding, which studies have shown can affect bonding.
Investigators concluded that the hospital failed to protect patients' rights by implementing an "informal policy to target patients that live on Native American reservations for COVID testing, and [to] separate mother and baby while test results were pending, and did not provide clear options for these patients to request or refuse COVID testing and separation from their babies."
Lovelace "inconsistently implemented the ZIP code list, which was limited to patients that lived on Native American lands," investigators concluded. The "deficient practices" may have resulted in "confusion in the provision of care by hospital staff and unnecessary stress for the patients."
It remains unclear just how many newborns were separated from their mothers as a result of the policies. Lovelace has repeatedly declined over recent months to publicly reveal that information. Investigators might not have interviewed all affected mothers, Kunkel acknowledged.
Lovelace Women's Hospital did not admit to any wrongdoing but reported that the practice has been halted. Hospital officials submitted a plan to fix problems identified by investigators, including a promise to conduct internal audits to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations and COVID-19 screening guidance.
"The Department of Health will assure that the plan of correction is fully and effectively enacted," said New Mexico Secretary of Health Kathyleen Kunkel, the state's highest-ranking public health official. "The Division of Health Improvement will be conducting an unannounced onsite survey to verify compliance."
-RE Richard Spencer:
That dude is certainly one odd duck. Since fading into obscurity, he for some reason, seems to try and prove the good old 'Nazis are Left-Wing' garbage right.
Edited by Forenperser on Aug 25th 2020 at 10:04:07 AM
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianOh no no, we're not gonna do this one again.
Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Aug 25th 2020 at 1:20:47 PM
We learn from history that we do not learn from historyRe:Republicans running without a platform
I think that's says it all really,they're not interested in playing anymore,not because they're going to win but they're afraid of losing,if they lose they can just say "Yeah,we lost so what?We were'nt interested in playing anyway,we let you win!"
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverThat's my theory behind their platform. It looks very loyal, but is actually putting distance between them and Trump by putting all responsibility squarely on his shoulders, rather than theirs.
So that once he loses the election, they can say it is Trumps platform that failed, not theirs.
Also, it is hardly like their voters don't know what they are about anyway. The platform is mostly just formality.
Hope shines brightest in the darkest timesI find that arguing Left Wing and Right Wing about different decades in different countries in a totally different global situation is dumb on both sides.
It's a meaningless distinction that distorts what they were about.
Fascists transcend such labels because they're that awful.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Aug 25th 2020 at 5:30:38 AM
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Sadly, it's 5 months until Inauguration Day.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"