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Plastic surgeons explain rise of the 'Mar-A-Lago' face

There'll be a new look on Capitol Hill in January when the Trump Administration officially takes office.

Many in Donald Trump's inner circle appear to have gone under the plastic surgeons knife, creating what is now being dubbed the 'Mar-a-Lago' face.

Defined by copious use of Botox, a Miami-bronze tan, puffy lips and silky smooth skin, plastic surgeons told DailyMail.com it was giving Trumpland an almost 'plastic' and 'Real Housewives' look.

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Wir solltem die realexistierende Demokratie auch nicht idealisieren...

Zitat von Wemir

Ah, es war eine Boeing:

https://www.reuters.com/busine…lnius-airport-2024-11-25/

Es war allerdingskeine MAX. Hatte also nicht die Autotrimfunktion die an einem Anstellwinkelsenor häng. Außerdem Baujahr 1993, also vor der Fusion mit McDonnell Douglas.

Zitat von Utan

OMG - "Beauty in Berlin. Gesichtslasern bei Dr. Emi"!!!

Fuck, ist das gefährlich!

Kuhhörner verbieten oder doch eher die eigene Kultur verteidigen?

Biden begnadigt Hunter

passende Musik

Peak #Demokratie und #Freiheit ist allerdings erst vollständig erreicht, wenn sich Donald Trump selbst begnadigt und sich auch rückwirkend, sowie für alle Zeiten zukünftig Immunität gewährt, sobald er wieder im Amt ist.

Immer diese Millenials.

https://twitter.com/Catholic4C…tatus/1863281911390429413

Zitat

This holiday season, remember that Mary had a choice, and you should, too.

Zitat von Wemir

https://twitter.com/Catholic4C…tatus/1863281911390429413

Wer sagt denn, dass sie es nicht probiert hat und der Fötus alle drei Tage wiederaufer.... quoll.

Die Community Notes haben interveniert:

Zitat

The Virgin Mary's choice was on whether or not she would accept The Holy Ghost, to become the Mother of Jesus, *before* His conception.

https://www.kingjamesbibleonli…nnunciation-to-mary_bible

https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/so…d/reflection-annunciation

Zitat von Hohli

Immer diese Millenials.

Eine Firma ohne Chef - klappt das?

Zitat von Marner

Biden begnadigt Hunter

Was bleibt ihm übrig. Harris kann es ja nichtt mehr wie geplant für ihn erledigen.

Er hätte doch Trump lieb fragen können.

Die haben sich ja getroffen. Vielleicht hat er Trump gefragt und der meinte, mach es Joe, ich würde es auch tun.

Zitat von Hohli

Er hätte doch Trump lieb fragen können.

Als Gegenleistung für seinen MAGA-Support?

Zitat von Wemir

Vielleicht hat er Trump gefragt und der meinte, mach es Joe, ich würde es auch tun.

Ja und zwar vor einem Spiegel.

Weiß man eigentlich was seine Budget Pläne waren, die abgelehnt wurden? Mehr Ausgaben, weniger Ausgaben, Austerität ...? Ich in der hysterischen Popcorn Berichterstattung dazu nichts finden können.

Zitat von Roy

Weiß man eigentlich was seine Budget Pläne waren, die abgelehnt wurden?

Er hat sich wohl offen für Neoliberale bis marktradikale Politik stark gemacht, hinter allem was schlecht lief finstere Kommunisten und Agenten des Nordens am Werk gesehen, und den neoliberalen Vordenker und Übervater Milton Friedman zu seinem wirtschaftspolitischen Vorbild erklärt. Das lässt vermuten, dass er auch versucht hat, das Land mit den üblichen "liberalen" Rezepten aus der Krise heraus zu sparen und die Inflation durch Zinserhöhungen zu bekämpfen. Aber ich glaube, der Haushalt war nicht der einzige Grund dafür, dass das Parlament - inklusive eines großen Teils seiner eigenen Partei - ihm schliesslich die Gefolgschaft verweigert hat:

South Korea’s Three-Hour Coup

Earlier today, South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law. The short-lived coup was an act of desperation by a deeply unpopular right-wing leader and has only strengthened opposition to his rule.

Zitat von Jacobin - 03.12.24

A sudden declaration of martial law by an unpopular president late Tuesday night focused domestic and global attention on South Korean politics.

For the last two and half years, Korea’s pro-democratic opposition has decried President Yoon Suk-yeol’s “prosecutor dictatorship.” The term describes his use of the prosecution service to frustrate liberal and progressive politicians, media, and labor unions, accompanied by a revival of anti-communist rhetoric associated with past dictatorships.

For instance, in his August 2023 Liberation Day speech, Yoon declared that “the forces of communist totalitarianism have always disguised themselves as democracy activists, human rights advocates, or progressive activists while engaging in despicable and unethical tactics and false propaganda.” This kind of slander made many worry that Yoon’s regime would lead to a regression of democracy; to others, Yoon’s rants simply sounded like the tired mantra of old-school conservatives who routinely parrot the language of dictatorship era.

Then in September of this year, a press release by Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Min-seok alerted the public that Yoon was planning something. Kim noted that Yoon had designated many of his high-school classmates and close associates to prominent security positions in state administration and the military. He staffed the Ministry of Public Safety and Security, Ministry of National Defense, and Defense Counterintelligence Command with cronies. Kim warned that Yoon was likely preparing to create a situation in which he could easily declare martial law, using the pretext of a public security situation created by “pro–North Korean” forces.

To many people, this kind of premonition sounded shrill. But by early Wednesday, even Korea’s deeply conservative Choson Ilbo declared that “Kim Min-seok was right.” As the events unfolded Tuesday night, even the ruling conservative People Power Party chair Han Dong-hoon declared that Yoon had acted unlawfully.

The Choson’s swift vindication of Kim’s warning and the National Assembly’s rapid resolution dissolving martial law quickly demonstrated that Yoon’s move was the desperate act of an unpopular president struggling to survive, one that few expected at that.

For almost the entirety of his administration Yoon has faced persistent scandals and intrigues, and been charged with incompetence. His administration was inept in its handling of the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush disaster, in which 159 people died and a further 196 were injured. He also obstructed the investigation into the death of Marine private Chae Su-geun during a flood response in 2023. Yoon’s response to both of these incidents greatly dismayed the public. So did his use of prosecution to intimidate the media, settle scores with the opposition party, and constrain labor activism through damage claims and criminal charges.

More directly, Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon-hee, quickly attracted attention for perceived bribery, influence peddling, academic and employment fraud, and stock price manipulation.

Even more significantly, the exposure of meddling by Kim, Yoon, and their spiritual advisor Myung Tae-kyun in party polling and candidate selection procedures to cement Yoon’s control of the party this past September contributed to growing calls for Yoon to be impeached.

Observers argued that Myung played the same Rasputin-like role as Choi Soon-sil, a spiritual adviser to impeached president Park Geun-hye. Myung was indicted earlier Tuesday on charges of violating political funding laws.

Ironically, Yoon was the very prosecutor who tried Park, Choi, and their accomplices for their crimes and threats to democracy. Park had stacked her administration with figures from the administration of her father, dictator Park Chung-hee. Yoon’s power play, at first glance, seems like something Park might have done.

Park’s administration was brought down by 2016–17 Candlelight Revolution. Perhaps it was because Yoon had witnessed the power of that event that he decided to attempt to head off resistance by going straight to emergency measures. [...]

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Man darf allerdings auch nicht den Fehler machen, Südkorea für eine liberale Demokratie wie in Westeuropa zu halten. Das war bis in die 80er Jahre eine Diktatur (was die USA natürlich nicht davon abgehalten hat, sie nach Kräften als Bollwerk gegen den gotlosen Kommunismus zu unterstützen) und die Organisation des ökonomischen Aufstiegs wurde explizit einer relativ kleinen Gruppe von Oligarchen überlassen, deren Familiendynastien bis heute die koreanische Wirtschaft und ihre großen Konzerne dominieren.

Ach, ZEIT, du meine Lieblingspropagandapostille der aufgeklärten, selbstverliebten grün-neoliberalen bürgerlichen Mitte.

"Die Glauwürdigkeit der demokratischen Mitte" ist nix anderes als ihre Funktion als Sprachrohr der Eliten.