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Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
“This week was bigger than Rugby”🕊️
Beauden Barrett a class act, as ever. They did Caddy proud today👏🏼🖤
#SCOvNZL #AllBlacks
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
You don't have to prove your innocence Shane, they have to prove your guilt, and they have to prove it beyond reasonable doubt.
Brand wasn't convicted because someone made a statement he couldn't disprove. If you can stomach it, read the transcripts of his trial.
My professional experience matches the figures, less than 3% of all rapes reported to the police (historic or otherwise) result in someone being charged, because it's very difficult to meet the threshold for charging.
Around 70% of charges result in a conviction.
In theory a single statement from an alleged victim can meet the charging threshold (Full Code Test) but it very rarely happens, and it certainly didn't with Brand.
In the case of historic rapes we look for documented or institutional links, disclosure witnesses and bad character, or pattern evidence. We'll compare credibility and memory fading to ensure the
We also conduct highly detailed achieve best evidence interviews with the alleged victim which are scrutinised for discrepancies, then compare them to, amongst other things, the accused's responses in their interview.
It's far more complicated than this word salad has explained, but essentially, someone in your past having a grudge against you isn't going to get you in the dock.
The three c's - (convincing, compelling and consistent) are hard to achieve in a fictional, malicious or facetious statement.
Sorry this was so long, it's as short as I could make it.
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
The 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand may have interrupted an Israeli intelligence operation.
On February 22nd, 2011, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch. The city center was severely damaged, and more than 180 people died. Among the dead was Israeli Ofer Benyamin Mizrahi, crushed by a collapsing column while sitting in a parked van on Gloucester Street. His body was trapped inside the vehicle and could not immediately be recovered.
Three other Israelis, all ostensibly backpackers on vacation, were able to extricate themselves from the destroyed vehicle. Within 12 hours they were on a flight out of New Zealand, with the assistance of officials from their embassy.
Meanwhile, a rescue team was dispatched from Israel to assist with recovery efforts. But the team was not accredited and NZ authorities refused to allow them to participate in recovery efforts. Undaunted, the team was later discovered working in the city center and were confronted by armed NZ police officers before they were forcibly removed from the area.
Another team of Israeli forensic analysts were initially welcomed to assist with casualty identification. But concerns quickly arose due to their access to government databases, and that access was soon removed to prevent the insertion of spyware or the altering of data, according to reporting by Stuff.co.nz.
Days later, when Mizrahi’s remains were recovered, investigators found five passports in his belongings. NZ authorities began to focus on the unusual circumstances surrounding the death of Mizrahi, leading to tense diplomatic discussions between the two governments. The next day, Prime Minister John Key later stated investigators found no evidence linking Mizrahi to Israeli intelligence.
In March 2004, two Israelis suspected to be Mossad agents were arrested attempting to secure false New Zealand passports, leading the NZ government to enact diplomatic sanctions against Israel.
Since then, neither government has been forthcoming about the incident, but questions remain as to what Mizrahi and his companions were doing in Christchurch when the disaster struck.
#earthquake #christchurch #mossad #israeli #newzealand
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
I read JD Vance's post on this site yesterday and at first I was shocked. The Vice President all but admitted that his own administration made a mistake going to war with Iran. I can't think of a sitting VP breaking with his President this publicly in my lifetime.
And at first glance his analysis seems spot on. His first prescription is to end the war. A war that he and the President, until this week, refused to even call a war.
It's hard to disagree with him. But like everything MAGA, the thread of truth is there to hide the larger truth. And the larger truth is this.
Tuesday was the greatest repudiation of a sitting President by voters in the history of this country.
Not a repudiation of a policy. A repudiation of a man.
The message was not only about Iran or Israel or slogans or even the price at the pump. The message was simple.
WE ARE DONE WITH DONALD TRUMP.
We are done with his lies. We are done with the corruption and the gaslighting. We are done with the insanity. We are done with the cruelty.
The message from Mississippi to Iowa, from Kansas to Maine, from North Carolina to Texas, young and old, North and South, East and West, was the same.
Fuck Donald Trump.
This country desperately needs a healthy Republican Party. A party with room for Mitt Romney and Thomas Massie, for Chris Christie and (I can't believe I'm saying this) Marjorie Taylor Greene. A party that puts this constitutional republic above the interests of one man. A party that knows the difference between a Ken Paxton and a John Cornyn, between a Vivek Ramaswamy and a Mike DeWine.
That is the message voters sent on Tuesday, with more ballots cast than in any midterm in American history.
WE ARE DONE WITH DONALD TRUMP.
The sooner the brave members of whatever remains of the Republican Party understand that, the sooner we can begin to heal.
I hope Democrats in Congress heard it too. Voters sent the same message in 2020, and we failed to make it stick. I for one don't think this country can afford 26 more months of this madness before we do the one thing voters just demanded in historic numbers.
Trump needs to leave, and he needs to leave now.
All it would take this January is eleven Republican senators willing to acknowledge the existential threat this lawless President poses to the country and the world. Eleven brave Republicans need to stand up and end this madness. Save their party. Save the country.
It's up to all of us to give them the courage to do what's right.
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
The nation has been left stunned after a man who got a tax payer-funded BBC chauffeur to pick up his 16-year-old girlfriend from school when he was 29 years old has turned out to be a rapist. I mean where were the signs?
The man in question is attempted comedian Russell Brand—someone who mysteriously carved out a TV and movie career despite not being remotely funny or likeable. If you don’t know who I’m talking about, Brand is the one who always looks like he’s pissing on railway lines. Yes, he’s the ex-husband of the first woman to take a joy ride in space!
Brand ended his marriage to Katy Perry when the allegations against him first emerged. He then became a Youtuber so he could convince people that the eventual court case was an establishment stitch up. This argument would’ve been more convincing if he’d found a single person to defend his character in court.
Brand conveniently discovered that he loved Jesus and started carrying a Bible everywhere he went. This was definitely not for the cameras. He was interviewed by Piers Morgan who asked him which Bible passages were most meaningful to him. Unfortunately, he couldn’t answer. At least he’ll have plenty of time to spend with his booky wook in prison.
Brand actually thought he was gonna be redemeed, saying he could “feel God’s presence” while walking into court. He told his social media followers the prayers seemed to be working. Unfortunately for him, God doesn’t like rapists any more than the jury did.
After falling silent while the prosecution cross-examined him on why he kept groping women without their consent, and forcing himself on them, he was convicted of rape and three counts of sexual assault. This came as a huge surprise to everyone who’d looked the other way for the past 25 years.
Brand will no doubt be delighted to find that many prison inmates share his disregard for consent. I’m sure he won’t object if his big strong cellmate decides he just can’t help himself.
Brand’s sex crimes were so well-known that his fellow comedians called him out on stage for years before the law caught up with him. It’s not like he kept any of this a secret. He bragged about his rapes and sexual assaults in a book that reached number 1 in the Sunday Times best sellers list and was widely praised by critics. He was declared Shagger of the Year three times by the Sun newspaper.
His management enrolled him in a sex addiction clinic where he was asked to draw up a list of all the women he’d wronged. He compared the process to Saddam Hussein being asked about individual kurds he’d killed. In a follow-up memoir, he wrote of his time in the “nicky wick”, “If this is what I’m telling you, can you imagine what’s being left out?”
Brand was so confident of his crimes that he laughed on the radio about how he indecently exposed himself to women. He even offered to send his naked assistant to one man during an interview—the man in question was Sir Jimmy Saville.
Brand caused a public outcry in 2008 when he called 78-year-old Andrew Sachs for his BBC Radio 2 show with Jonathan Woss. The incident was pre-recorded and producers decided it was fine to air. During the call, Brand said, “I shagged your granddaughter”, made a mock apology to Sachs, and then suggested he commit suicide.
Since humiliating old people counts as entertainment in the UK, both men continued to have successful TV careers and Brand even starred in a couple of terrible Hollywood movies. It’s funny how rapists fail upwards, isn’t it?
Brand is just the latest in a long line of people to follow the proud BBC tradition of sexual offences. They include Sir Jimmy Saville, Rolf Harris CBE, Stuart Hall OBE, Huw Edwards MBE, Chris Denning, and Tim Westwood. You’ll be pleased to know the BBC did their utmost to shelter these men for years until the law caught up with them. Aren’t you glad you’re forced to pay your licence fee?
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
Wow. This is amazing!
The incoming House Oversight Committee chairman @RobertGarcia just outlined the four main investigations that Democrats will be opening when they take back the house in January.
It’s about time!!
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
Both the left & the right have to come to an agreement about this shit.
This is an insane image.
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
Pour ceux qui n’ont pas compris pourquoi Ocon s’est, encore, fait virer, tout est dans cette article d’Andrew Brenson.
Et c’est ce que je dis depuis au moins 4 ans, alors que j’étais vraiment supporter avant.
bbc.com/sport/formula1/artic…
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
I didn't even know Logan Cadwallader...
Over the past few days since the news broke of the passing of the All Blacks Head of Security in the team's Edinburgh hotel I have been deeply affected.
The amount of love shown for this man online has been incredible.
Logan obviously positively touched so many people's life's, and in an age where hate, and division appear to rule the world, this outpouring of sympathy has been refreshing, adoring, and above all else, unexpected.
Logan was a rugby man, he did his best work in the shadows while protecting others. As an All Black fan for 55 years, I have never known the All Blacks head of security by name. I almost feel ashamed.
Rugby fans are apparently engrossed only in what is going on, on the field, in training, and in games.
We ruthfully ignore the human beings who are behind the scenes, playing equally as important roles assisting our brilliant team to move seamlessly, and safely around the world.
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear suits and ties and ear pieces. We could say, we know that they are doing their best work when we don't have to see them.nd the All Blacks.
Learning of Logan in this way, about his job, his family, and his commitment to the All Blacks and to rugby in general reminds me once again that our beautiful game across the world is full of heroes and heroines.
They are not always in front of the cameras, or on rugby shows, podcasts or in the press. They are quietly going about doing the best they can to make our game safe for current and future generations.
So, as the All Blacks take the field this weekend in Edinburgh, my eyes won't just look at the silver fern on the jerseys or the numbers on the scoreboard.
I will look to the sidelines, into the quiet corners where the team's protectors stand, and remember the massive void left by a true servant of the jersey.
Logan "Caddy" Cadwallader didn’t score the tries or hoist the trophies, but he stood as a shield so that others could reach greatness, bringing the same unwavering devotion to the team that he once gave to his country as a special forces soldier.
To his wife Nannette, his children Trey, Brooke, and Mia, and to his heartbroken rugby family on the other side of the world, we wrap you in our deepest love and respect.
Rest in love, Logan. Your watch is over, your legacy is secure, and you will never be forgotten by the game you protected so beautifully.
#AllBlacks #Rugby #ScotlandRugby
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
BREAKING: HOLY SMOKES! Democrats now control enough states to effectively abolish the Electoral College through the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Republicans did NOT have this on their bingo cards...
Under the Constitution, states control their electoral votes and are allowed to decide how they are allocated during presidential elections. Currently, almost every state gives its votes to whoever wins the state.
In practice, the current system means that a candidate can win the national popular vote, but lose the election because small states like Wyoming exert undue influence on the outcome. That state has 3 electoral votes with a population of just 577,000 people. California has 54 electoral votes and a population of 39.5 million people. So a vote in Wyoming is essentially 3.8 times as valuable as one in California.
Since 1992, Democrats have won the popular vote seven out of nine times.
Under the NPV, states that join agree to give their electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote, not just their own state. So a state could go red on the map, but if the Democrat wins the national vote, they still get that state's votes. And vice versa of course.
The crucial mechanism is that the compact doesn't trigger until the member states have a combined power of at least 270 electoral votes, the number needed to win the White House. So far, 18 states plus D.C. have joined, totaling 222 electoral votes. We only need 48 more.
Now is the chance to pass this measure in every state possible. Democrats won both houses of the legislature in Wisconsin for the first time in 18 years (10 electoral votes). We won the Pennsylvania state Senate for the first time since 1993 (19 votes). We now have a trifecta in Michigan (15 votes). And we won the governor’s race in Nevada (6 votes).
10 + 19 + 15 + 6 = 50.
222 + 50 = 272.
And if we hold our lead in the Arizona Senate, that number could climb as high as 283, more than enough to trigger the compact.
In addition to removing an imbalance in our system that favors Republicans, this novel approach would fundamentally change how candidates run their presidential campaigns. Currently, they are incentivized to ignore most of the country. If you live in a “safe” state, red or blue, your vote for President is basically decided before you cast it. Campaigns spend their time and money in a handful of swing states while the rest of us watch from the sidelines. If the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is adopted, they'll have reason to hit every state because they're aiming to win the largest swath of the country as a whole, not just certain states.
States have until July 20, 2028 to join the compact in time for the next presidential election.
We can fix our democracy. The time is now.
Please like and share if you support this idea!
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
Democrats will win big tonight then give their own voters the middle finger by appointing Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker and Chuck Schumer as Leader, and nothing will fundamentally change. This is how the duopoly works, which is why we need to topple the system.
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
We now have a lot more evidence about the election. Although a few key races remaining outstanding, it's now clear it's a Democratic wave. A few thoughts:
1. The Dems won the House as expected. But by more than polls/models predicted. It will be about 245-250 seats, rather than 235-40. Among other things, this means the DSA contingent will NOT be essential marginal votes, and thus probably can't hold soon-to-be House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries hostage.
2. In the Senate, the Dems now have 53 seats, and will likely end up with 55-56, once we get results from Michigan, Nebraska, Mississippi, and Alaska. They won in places like South Carolina, Kansas, and Iowa, which - until recently -few thought were even possible. And they won some big races (e.g. Texas) by bigger than expected margins. The fact that Mississippi is on the list of close races (with a Black Democrat within a point of the Republican incumbent) is incredible.
3. Survey data shows tariffs and to a lesser extent immigration played important roles in the result. I hope this means policy shifts on those enormously important issues, and that Dems will work to reverse what Trump has done and pare back executive power here.
4. Trump said the election should be about him, and he got his way! His unpopularity and that of many of his policies (especially tariffs and the War in Iran) was decisive. He made the Democratic Party Great Again, and he alone could do it.
5. The results on this are not fully in. But it looks like some of the GOP gerrymanders (e.g. - Texas and North Carolina) may turn into "dummymanders." In a wave election, gerrymanders can work to the disadvantage of the party that did them, because they thin out that party's margins in some previously safe seats in order to transfer those voters to seats held by the opposite party.
6. It is notable that Trump - so far - said he was going to accept the results, rather than try to challenge them, or do things like declare an emergency, send troops to seize ballots, and the like. But I won't feel fully secure on this for some time yet.
7. I hope this means MAGA will go into terminal decline and lose its grip on the GOP. But it is far too early to predict that. To be clear, we don't just need a repudiation of Trump. We need a repudiation of his deeply evil agenda on immigration, trade, civil liberties, and undermining the Western alliance, among other things. Not clear to what extent Republicans will be willing to do that.
8. While I think it's good Dems won (at least at the federal level), I still have a long list of reservations about that party and its agenda. They are less bad than Trump. But that's a low standard of comparison. And I still worry about the potential further growth of the DSA socialist wing. Even most more moderate Democrats support way too much regulation and spending, and are indifferent to the looming fiscal crisis facing the nation (on that latter point, they are much like Republicans).
Tonight was a good night compared to the alternative. But we still face huge challenges, and still have two badly flawed major parties. And we are still beset by a number of structural flaws of democracy, such as widespread voter ignorance.
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
So turns out - not a baseball bat and not politically motivated.
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
Is something MEDICALLY wrong with Camilla...has she been drinking? There is no end to her BIZARRE behaviours.
First, she shakes this woman’s hand and doesn’t even bother to look in her direction. APPALLING.
Then, she discards her SHOES? Where does she think she is? Everyone there is capable of walking on sand. Her heel is barely 1” off the ground. Could she not have worn flats?
She starts to STARE OFF into space. Then doesn’t know what to do with her silly umbrella.
She’s supposed to be representing Britain and she’s behaving like she’s on holiday.
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
𝐊𝐚𝐩𝐚 𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 🖤🌿
Kapa O Pango was created specifically for the All Blacks, first performed in 2005 ahead of a Tri Nations Test against South Africa at Carisbrook in Dunedin. It was introduced as a new haka to sit alongside Ka Mate, reflecting the team’s evolving identity.
Composed by Derek Lardelli of Ngāti Porou, a leading authority in tikanga Māori, the haka was developed over the course of a year in close collaboration with the team. Its name translates to “team in black”, and its words and actions draw on the land of Aotearoa, the silver fern, and the unity of those who wear the jersey.
Jo Cornick 🐾 retweeted
George Madgwick, Reform UK’s Hampshire leader who repeatedly tweeted about alleged migrant rape cover-ups in Portsmouth and the need to protect women and girls, has now been charged with 35 offences including 12 counts of rape.
Allegations involve four complainants (then 16–17) between 2008–2021. Suspended from the party; court date 25 Nov.
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