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Amazon's Response to Parler

The first paragraph sums it up so well.

This case is not about suppressing speech or stifling viewpoints. It is not about a conspiracy to restrain trade. Instead, this case is about Parler’s demonstrated unwillingness and inability to remove from the servers of Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) content that threatens the public safety, such as by inciting and planning the rape, torture, and assassination of named public officials and private citizens. There is no legal basis in AWS’s customer agreements or otherwise to compel AWS to host content of this nature. AWS notified Parler repeatedly that its content violated the parties’ agreement, requested removal, and reviewed Parler’s plan to address the problem, only to determine that Parler was both unwilling and unable to do so. AWS suspended Parler’s account as a last resort to prevent further access to such content, including plans for violence to disrupt the impending Presidential transition.

The 2nd paragraph has some goodies:

Despite Parler’s rhetoric, its lawsuit is no more than a meritless claim for breach of contract. But the facts are unequivocal: If there is any breach, it is Parler’s demonstrated failure and inability to identify and remove such content. AWS was well within its rights to suspend Parler immediately for those failures. Parler also cannot hold AWS liable in tort for enforcing the agreement’s express terms. And there is no antitrust claim where, as here, Parler cannot plausibly plead an agreement to cause it harm and the complained-of conduct is undeniably compatible with a legitimate purpose.

The 3rd paragraph:

Compelling AWS to host content that plans, encourages, and incites violence would be unprecedented. [...rest omitted...]

Page 4 of the PDF shows the astonishing, despicable content that Parler wants to force Amazon to host. Something that most decent people would be ashamed of. I won't repeat it here for SN host it. But you can see it for yourself.

Opinion:

If your message is so repugnant to most decent people that you cannot find anyone to host it, maybe you should rethink your message.

Claiming Parler is about free speech is laughable, considering that they were able to ban speech they didn't agree with.

Parler, like Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and others, is free to build its own data centers, get its own internet connections, and host whatever it wants. Even make a business of selling hosting servers for such like minded customers. Build in multiple regions and countries to ensure sufficient redundancy for global distribution. Because the US is only 4 % of the world population. Surely the other 96 % of the world would agree with Parler's content instead of being even less tolerant of it than the US.

This stuff needs to be shown in the bright light of day so everyone can see how truly ugly it really is. That is the real cure. This happens when people conspire in secret under cover of dark.

Some among America's military allies believe Trump deliberately attempted a coup and may have had help from federal law-enforcement officials

... a French police official responsible for public security in a key section of central Paris, and two intelligence officials from NATO countries who directly work in counterterrorism and counterintelligence operations... said the circumstantial evidence available pointed to what would be openly called a coup attempt in any other nation.

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One NATO source set the stage, using terms more commonly used to describe unrest in developing countries.

“The defeated president gives a speech to a group of supporters where he tells them he was robbed of the election, denounces his own administration’s members and party as traitors, and tells his supporters to storm the building where the voting is being held,” the NATO intelligence official said.

“The supporters, many dressed in military attire and waving revolutionary-style flags, then storm the building where the federal law-enforcement agencies controlled by the current president do not establish a security cordon, and the protesters quickly overwhelm the last line of police.

“The president then makes a public statement to the supporters attacking the Capitol that he loves them but doesn’t really tell them to stop,” the official said. “Today I am briefing my government that we believe with a reasonable level of certainty that Donald Trump attempted a coup that failed when the system did not buckle.

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The French police official said they believed that an investigation would find that someone interfered with the deployment of additional federal law-enforcement officials on the perimeter of the Capitol complex; the official has direct knowledge of the proper procedures for security of the facility.
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It is routine for the Capitol Police to coordinate with the federal Secret Service and the Park Police and local police in Washington, DC, before large demonstrations. The National Guard, commanded by the Department of Defence, is often on standby too.

On Wednesday, however, that coordination was late or absent.

“You cannot tell me I don’t know what they should have done. I can fly to Washington tomorrow and do that job, just as any police official in Washington can fly to Paris and do mine,” the official said. The official directs public security in a central Paris police district filled with government buildings and tourist sites.

“These are not subtle principles” for managing demonstrations, “and they transfer to every situation,” the official said. “This is why we train alongside the US federal law enforcement to handle these very matters, and it’s obvious that large parts of any successful plan were just ignored.”

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The third official, who works in counterintelligence for a NATO member, agreed that the situation could only be seen as a coup attempt, no matter how poorly considered and likely to fail, and said its implications might be too huge to immediately fathom.

“Thank God it didn’t work, because I can’t imagine how hard it would be to sanction the US financial system,” the official said. By sanctions, he means the imposition of the diplomatic, military, and trade blockages that democratic nations usually reserve for dictatorships.

“The broader damage around the world will be extensive in terms of reputation, and that’s why Putin doesn’t mind at all that Trump lost. He’s got to be happy to take his chips and count his winnings, which from the Trump era will be a shockingly quick decline in American prestige and moral high ground.

“Every moment the Americans spend on their own self-inflicted chaos helps China, it helps Putin, and, to a lesser extent, it helps the mini-dictators like [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan and [Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor] Orban, who breathe cynicism about politics, human rights, and democracy as their air,” the official said. “They won’t miss Trump; they will be glad to see his drama leave so they can enjoy the poisoned political climate.”

Seal Who Killed Bin Laden Mocks “Scared” Congressmen Who Hid Under Their Desks
The political theatrics has gone from Shakespearian to SNL
BY MISSY CRANE
JANUARY 13, 2021

The left is going off the rails with this “we were under enemy fire” theatrics they’re staging over the DC Capitol melee.

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There were actually people who were injured and an unarmed female Trump supporter who shot in cold blood.

But leave it to self-centered, filthy-rich, elitist politically motivated politicians to put all the focus on them.

It’s disgusting to watch infold, especially after over 20 people were killed during the BLM “peaceful” protests that went on all summer long, and these same people didn’t say a word.

It’s okay to burn down American businesses. and slaughter innocent people, but God forbid if you scare the political elites. There will be HELL to pay. The entire force of the federal government will come reigning down on you.

This is just more of the ‘Let Them Eat Cake” elitist attitude going on with our current government.

The peasants can get burned in the streets, but how dare you break a window and take selfies inside their sacred and holy chamber.

And no, I’m not condoning “riots,” of any kind. I’m making a valid point.

And trust me, I am not the only one watching this ghastly B-list movie unfold with contempt and disgust.

As a matter of fact, an actual American hero – the former Navy Seal who killed Osama Bin Laden – is watching this stunt and he’s even more disgusted than I am.

Here’s what Mr. O’Neill said: “I’m watching these Congressmen speak. I cannot believe they are in charge… talking about how “scared” they were. Hiding under desks… betas”

I’m watching these Congressmen speak. I cannot believe they are in charge… talking about how “scared” they were. Hiding under desks… betas

— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) January 13, 2021

President Trump didn’t incite an insurrection – that wasn’t an “insurrection” for crying out loud. It was a bunch of fed-up Americans who are sick and tired of their shitty government, along with some Antifa instigators, and touristy patriots who were invited in by the police.

That’s the lamest “insurrection” I’ve ever heard of.

https://www.waynedupree.com/2021/01/seal-who-killed-bin-laden-mocks-scared-congressmen-who-hid-under-their-desks/

Leftists won't read Wayne DuPree, but this is an appeal to stop acting like a bunch of cunts. Oh yeah, who remembers Hillary Clinton arriving in Bosnia, amidst "sniper fire"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHVEDq6RVXc

Here is one of my most favoritest court smackdowns. But there are so many to choose from.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

WISCONSIN VOTERS ALLIANCE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

v.

VICE PRESIDENT MICHAEL R. PENCE, et al.,
Defendants.

Civil Action No. 20-3791 (JEB)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiffs’ aims in this election challenge are bold indeed: they ask this Court to declare unconstitutional several decades-old federal statutes governing the appointment of electors and the counting of electoral votes for President of the United States; to invalidate multiple state statutes regulating the certification of Presidential votes; to ignore certain Supreme Court decisions; and, the coup de grace, to enjoin the U.S. Congress from counting the electoral votes on January 6, 2021, and declaring Joseph R. Biden the next President.

Voter groups and individual voters from the states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Arizona have brought this action against Vice President Michael R. Pence, in his official capacity as President of the Senate; both houses of Congress and the Electoral College itself; and various leaders of the five aforementioned states. Simultaneous with the filing of their Complaint, Plaintiffs moved this Court to preliminarily enjoin the certifying of the electors from the five states and the counting of their votes. In addition to being filed on behalf of Plaintiffs without standing and (at least as to the state Defendants) in the wrong court and with no effort to even serve their adversaries, the suit rests on a fundamental and obvious misreading of the Constitution. It would be risible were its target not so grave: the undermining of a democratic election for President of the United States. The Court will deny the Motion.

To say that Plaintiffs’ 116-page Complaint, replete with 310 footnotes, is prolix would be a gross understatement. After explicitly disclaiming any theory of fraud (“This lawsuit is not about voter fraud.”), Plaintiffs spend scores of pages cataloguing every conceivable discrepancy or irregularity in the 2020 vote in the five relevant states, already debunked or not, most of which they nonetheless describe as a species of fraud. ...

In order to provide an equitable briefing and hearing schedule on a very tight timetable, this Court immediately instructed Plaintiffs to file proofs of service on Defendants so that they could proceed on their preliminary-injunction Motion. Twelve days later, Plaintiffs have still not provided proof of notice to any Defendant, let alone filed a single proof of service or explained their inability to do so. ...

Even if the Court had subject-matter and personal jurisdiction, it still could not rule in Plaintiffs’ favor because their central contention is flat-out wrong. “Plaintiffs claim that Article II of the U.S. Constitution provides a voter a constitutional right to the voter’s Presidential vote being certified as part of the state legislature’s post-election certification of Presidential electors. Absence [sic] such certification, the Presidential electors’ votes from that state cannot be counted by the federal Defendants toward the election of President and Vice President.” More specifically, “Plaintiffs [sic] constitutional claims in this lawsuit are principally based on one sentence in Article II of the U.S. Constitution.” That sentence states in relevant part that the President “shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and . . . be elected as follows: [¶] Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors . . . .”

Plaintiffs somehow interpret this straightforward passage to mean that state legislatures alone must certify Presidential votes and Presidential electors after each election, and that Governors or other entities have no constitutionally permitted role. As a result, state statutes that delegate the certification to the Secretary of State or the Governor or anyone else are invalid. That, however, is not at all what Article II says. The above- quoted language makes manifest that a state appoints electors in “such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct.” So if the legislature directs that the Governor, Secretary of State, or other executive-branch entity shall make the certification, that is entirely constitutional. This is precisely what has happened: in each of the five states, the legislature has passed a statute directing how votes are to be certified and electors selected. ...

Plaintiffs readily acknowledge that their position also means that the Supreme Court’s decisions in Bush v. Gore and Texas v. Pennsylvania “are in constitutional error.” They do not, however, explain how this District Court has authority to disregard Supreme Court precedent. Nor do they ever mention why they have waited until seven weeks after the election to bring this action and seek a preliminary injunction based on purportedly unconstitutional statutes that have existed for decades — since 1948 in the case of the federal ones. It is not a stretch to find a serious lack of good faith here.

Yet even that may be letting Plaintiffs off the hook too lightly. Their failure to make any effort to serve or formally notify any Defendant — even after reminder by the Court in its Minute Order — renders it difficult to believe that the suit is meant seriously. Courts are not instruments through which parties engage in such gamesmanship or symbolic political gestures. As a result, at the conclusion of this litigation, the Court will determine whether to issue an order to show cause why this matter should not be referred to its Committee on Grievances for potential discipline of Plaintiffs’ counsel.

(INTERNAL CITATIONS OMITTED - see the PDF)

Prolix. What a neato word. I would like to create a new programming language named Prolix.

But Trump said . . . the election was stolen! And he has proof! Lots of proof! The facts are on his side. Yet he never produces even the barest shred of evidence of any of this, or anything else he's ever said.

First off: Deutsche Bank won't do any more business with Trump

London (CNN Business)Deutsche Bank will no longer do business with President Donald Trump, a move that will cut off his business from a major source of loans that once helped fund his golf courses and hotels.

I am reminded of Trump's 2016 campaign when the smarter of the moron twins said when asked about how no American bank would touch them with a ten foot pole: "we get all our money from Russia." I wonder if that is still true?

On another "front", someone says that the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Canada have offered to send troops to help defend the US Capitol. If this were true, I wonder how such a thing could even be worked out. Amusing, but seems implausible.

Some people are now telling the truth about racism:

“This is not America,” a woman said to a small group, her voice shaking. She was crying, hysterical. “They’re shooting at us. They’re supposed to shoot BLM, but they’re shooting the patriots.”

The most devastating news of all for Trump.
Trump is reportedly 'gutted' about losing PGA Championship

A source close to the White House told Haberman that Trump is "gutted" by the move, and while he's angry about the House moving forward with impeachment (for an unprecedented second time), his reaction to losing the tournament was a "different order of magnitude."

Wow. Something that Trump truly cares about more than he cares about his family, children or anyone else, nevermind you or I.

Last night the owner of the shop I work at called to tell me my first job today had cancelled so I could come in later if I wanted. Of course I still woke up at 5am, and after letting the dogs out I got back in bed and dozed for another hour. In my experience, this doze time is when I have the most lucid dreams, although I never really think about it until after I wake up.

This morning's dream was a real doozy. I was working on my car, but it was at the house I used to live in before moving to the farm. As I was bent over under the hood, I looked up and my Dad was walking across the yard. Before I could say anything, he said, "Look who I've brought with me," and motioned behind him with his hand.

To my surprise, it was my grandfather. I rarely dream about him, and when I do, it's usually something along the lines of him just being present, not really talking to me or anyone, for that matter.

I've been blessed in life to have had a father who taught me all the skills I use to make a living. My Dad recognized my aptitude when I was very young and took as many opportunities as he could to teach me what he knew. I learned how to diagnose and repair machinery, use tools, do electrical, plumbing and carpentry, as well as maintain and fix cars and equipment. But my grandfather was the one who taught me how to hunt, fish and garden. I had the best of both worlds when growing up, even if I didn't realize it until much later in life.

My grandfather and I had a "special handshake" we always did whenever we saw each other. First we'd do a regular shake. Then we'd change grip and do the "hand saw," which was just like it sounds, moving our arms back and forth like we were sawing a board. The last shake was called "milk the cow." I'd lock my fingers of both hands together and let my thumbs hang down, and he would grab my thumbs like udders and pretend to milk them. It was a little special something we did my whole life, up until the last time I was with him before he died.

So when I saw him standing there w/ my Dad, I knew I was dreaming but somehow forced myself to stay asleep long enough to ask, "How about a shake?" We did all three, and I looked fondly into his smiling eyes while he milked the cow.

When I woke up, I was bawling. Rest in Peace, Dad and Pop-Pop, and thanks for everything you've taught me. Especially how to milk the cow.

From an article in the Guardian about French bean plants:

“We see these signatures of complex behaviour, the one and only difference being is that it’s not neural-based, as it is in humans,” Calvo said. “This isn’t just adaptive behaviour, it’s anticipatory, goal-directed, flexible behaviour.”

Should we start running now?

I'm skeptical of the right's narrative. And, the left's narrative is complete bullshit. I'm sifting through all the shit, trying to find some nougats of truth.

https://twitter.com/JohnDoe1284495/status/1347088136808005633

EMS worker from LeHigh Pa rejects the notion that Trump supporters broke into the capitol. He fingers the activists who busted out the windows as separate and distinct from Trump supporters.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1347032914182217728

Claims again that Trump supporters were NOT responsible for the broken windows. The video isn't much evidence of anything, it's too far away, and all you hear are a few people yelling.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1347032914182217728

Another video of "violence on the south side".

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/dc-police-identify-four-trump-americans-killed-chaos-us-capitol/

Lemme understand this: One person shot to death, and three people die of "natural causes", so we claim that 4 people are killed. That doesn't add up. Let's say that I walk past a store during an armed robbery, and suffer a fatal heart attack. The cops are going to claim that the armed robber killed me? Huh? WTF? Need more details on those "natural deaths". Sounds like someone desparately needs to inflate body counts to make their narrative work.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55577362

There are claims, and even supporting video, that capitol police ALLOWED people into the capitol. Apparently, those claims are credible enough that officials are resigning and/or being asked to resign.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/electoral-college-certification-updates-n1252864/ncrd1253112#blogHeader

Improvised explosive device found at Capitol

WASHINGTON — At least one improvised explosive device was found on the Capitol grounds, several law enforcement officials told NBC News.

The explosive device was found outside a building, the officials said.

“Along with our law enforcement partners, FBI Washington Field Office responded to reports of suspicious devices. The investigation is ongoing," a spokesperson for the field office said,

Fails the suck test: No officials are named, and a "suspicious device" is not necessarily a "improvised explosive device".

https://www.foxnews.com/us/capitol-hill-attacks-explosives-rnc-dnc-real-deal-sources-say

Again, fails the suck test.

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/533109-dc-police-confirm-explosives-found-near-capitol

Sucks less - a statement is attributed to Chief Robert Contee, so maybe there were explosives at the RNC and DNC.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/06/multiple-explosive-devices-found-amid-washington-dc-protests/

Makes everything questionable again with

Two realistic-looking homemade bombs were found Wednesday in Washington, DC — one just outside the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the other near the Democratic National Committee’s offices, authorities said.

Either they were real, or they were realistic looking. Stop the bullshit.

It was “successfully detonated,” the RNC said in a statement.

Well, yeah, if protocol demands that you place a bomb on the "suspicious device" and detonate your bomb, I expect that the device should be "successfully detonated". That doesn't tell us whether the "suspicious device" was really a bomb.

My REAL problem with all these claims of explosives, centers around Congress reconvening soon after protesters were cleared. Business as usual. NO ONE was afraid that a bomb might have been concealed within the Capitol, to be detonated during proceedings.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533186-1-capitol-police-officer-in-critical-condition-up-to-60-hospitalized-after

Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund defended the Capitol Police’s response to Wednesday’s riots, saying the department had a “robust plan” in place ahead of the demonstrations.

Sund is obviously an idiot, who never should have been in a police chief's position. However - I really want to know how 60 cops were "injured". I didn't see that much violence, although I'm looking for it. If 60 cops were injured by protesters, I would expect to see a lot of stories about injured protesters being treated and released, or even admitted to the hospitals within driving distance.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-coup-2649783506/

Another total idiot. How in the HELL was a little riot "worse than 9/11"? How many fatalities? Idiot. Idiot. Idiot. I need a rhetoric shovel. No, a rhetoric backhoe. Unfortunetely, an idiot general is just parroting the stupid shit he hears from congress and the media.

https://www.rawstory.com/police-accused-of-leniency-with-trumpists-severity-with-anti-racists/

The first thing that struck AFP photojournalist Saul Loeb as unusual when he arrived at the Capitol building to cover Joe Biden's election certification Wednesday was the thin police presence."It was basically like any other day on Capitol Hill for security. That was a bit surprising," recalled the 37-year-old, whose day was about to turn out unlike any other.The photographer would go on to take defining images of an unprecedented breach of the halls of Congress, from a Trump supporter with his foot on a desk in top Democrat Nancy Pelosi's office to a marauding intruder wearing a fur hat with animal horns.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/08/parliament-siege-habermas-democracy-history

A more reasonable look at the "riots" on Capitol hill. It seems to neglect that Capitol police allowed protesters inside though.

Huh. More and more links lead to Parler. I finally decided to go look at Parler. Can't see diddly unless you register. Mobile phone number required to register. Fek it. Verification process helps to keep out bots - and anyone who doesn't need, want, or use a mobile phone. Or, just doesn't want to give away personal information. Assholes.

https://www.sott.net/article/446905-Antifa-still-riot-in-Portland-on-night-Bidens-election-is-certified

All the outrage over Washington, and Multnomah County is still under seige. But, no one is supposed to be watching what the leftists are doing. Doesn't fit the narrative at all!

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Voices/2021/01/08/Capitol-siege-is-Americas-third-day-of-infamy-Trump-must-go/8101610049646/

Another "day of infamy" article. The idiocy pervades.

EDIT:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/8/capitol-police-rejected-offers-of-federal-help-to-/

Amidst all the "trump said" "pence said" "officials blah blah blah" I find this:

WASHINGTON (AP) - Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times, according to senior defense officials and two people familiar with the matter.

Despite plenty of warnings of a possible insurrection and ample resources and time to prepare, the Capitol Police planned only for a free speech demonstration.

Still stinging from the uproar over the violent response by law enforcement to protests last June near the White House, officials also were intent on avoiding any appearance that the federal government was deploying active duty or National Guard troops against Americans.

No wonder so many police officials are resigning. They had the authority and the power to order up required troops. They were offered troops, and turned the troops down.

ADATA to launch 64 GB DDR5-8400 RAM modules for Intel's upcoming Alder Lake-S CPUs in 2H 2021

Back in 2018, the first generation of DDR5 modules for the consumer PC markets were believed to debut with 5200 MT/s data rates and gradually increase speeds up to 8400 MT/s as the standard matured. However, ADATA is already testing 8400 MT/s modules and we could see these speeds offered with the first gen products in late 2021. Of course, the price points for these high-speed modules would be considerably higher than the current DDR4-3200 or even the DDR4-4800 standards, so most users may settle for the DDR5-5200 modules at first.

Capacities will also be increased, as ADATA is considering including up to 64 GB per single module. The DDR5 increased speeds and capacities should be able to ramp up performance scaling with the number of CPU cores, and thus reduce bandwidth-based performance limitations.

Also at Tom's Hardware and Wccftech.

It seems likely that these would also be compatible with AMD's Zen 4, or Zen 3+ on AM5. But for now, RAM speeds will be improving way past the JEDEC official limit (although latencies could still suck) and capacity will be doubling and probably quadrupling later. The internal ECC features could improve the reliability of consumer devices.

It is done. From Jan 20, Dems have all they need to start fixing America, Parliament Congress and Executive all together.
Crumbling infrastructure, unemployment, raising inequality index, covid and vaccines distribution, there's lots to fix at the survival level.

Don't try to fuck them just because libtards hurr durr. But, if they fail to address any of the above, feel free to bite them.
Just don't start with "China Biden" and "Russia Mitch" and "heavy Trump legacy" and "but Obama/Trump whataboutism", those are ghafla, stupid things that de-focus you from having you asking, expecting or doing better. It also distract you with irrelevant details, like diverting your mind in inventing reasons (or CTes) for which they fuck you; when actually you'd better focus on stop being fucked.

I wish if I ever hear about Trump again on this site, that reference better be in a snooker context (I really hate his hair style) or anything not related to Donald J Trump, may his name forever be forgotten.

I also really wish there'll be no more "Fuck your feelings" and "Get over it" when "I don't share your feelings" or "Is not about feelings" will absolutely suffice (or absolute indifference)
I'm not that naive to think they'll disappear immediately, but I'll tell you I'll start considering them as insults. Serious offenders (in my eyes) will gain my eternal indifference, no matter what compelling arguments they may make in their comments. Because you aren't a philosopher or a superior IQ before being a human.

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[Edit Jan 8]
Start by cleaning up your own neighborhood or town, it's clearly under your control.

New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim walked amid the mess shortly after voting to certify Joe Biden’s victory over Trump — and felt the weight of the day wearing on him — when something motivated him to clean up the debris.

“I was just really affected emotionally. I felt this kind of heightened, kind of supercharged kind of patriotism that I just felt take over,” he said in an interview.

It was then he noticed police officers putting pizza boxes in trash bags, so he asked for one, too, and began cleaning up.
...
“When you see something you love that’s broken you want to fix it. I love the Capitol. I‘m honored to be there,” he said. “This building is extraordinary and the rotunda in particular is just awe-inspiring. How many countless generations have been inspired in that room?

“It really broke my heart and I just felt compelled to do something. … What else could I do?”
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“I think it was 1 in the morning,” said fellow New Jersey Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski. “There were a couple national guardsman and I noticed somebody on his hands and knees leaning under a bench to pick something up and it was Andy all by himself, just quietly removing debris and putting it in a plastic bag. He was clearly not doing it for an audience.

“It was for me the most poignant moment of the long night.”