The Political Thread

[Chris]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-president-yoon-address-nation-ahead-impeachment-vote-2024-12-07/

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday apologised for his attempt to impose martial law this week and bowed during a televised speech to the nation, only hours head of a planned impeachment vote.

Yoon said he would not seek to avoid legal and political responsibility for his decision, which he said was born of desperation.

The speech was the embattled leader's first public appearance since he rescinded the martial law order early on Wednesday, just six hours after it was declared and after parliament defied military and police cordons to vote against the decree.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-president-yoon-address-nation-ahead-impeachment-vote-2024-12-07/

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday apologised for his attempt to impose martial law this week and bowed during a televised speech to the nation, only hours head of a planned impeachment vote.

Yoon said he would not seek to avoid legal and political responsibility for his decision, which he said was born of desperation.

The speech was the embattled leader's first public appearance since he rescinded the martial law order early on Wednesday, just six hours after it was declared and after parliament defied military and police cordons to vote against the decree.

Man if only our President-elect showed as much humility or willingness to take responsibility for his fuck ups

 

[Comrade Khan]

I think like 90% of south Korean presidents go to jail after term lol

 

[Smart Marx]

When you have North Korea right there, you think you can get away with murder.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Anyways, free Korea, free Georgia, free Ukraine, free Syria, free Palestine.

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/asia/south-koreas-president-yoon-sun-yeol-intl-hnk/index.html

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol survived a vote of impeachment on Saturday after the vote was boycotted by governing party lawmakers.

In another day of high drama, a number of lawmakers left parliament ahead of the vote to impeach President Yoon over his decision to impose a short-lived period of martial law earlier this week. Just two remained inside while the one governing lawmaker who returned voted against the motion.

 

[Chris]

Live updates: Notre Dame Cathedral hosts reopening ceremony after 2019 fire

Latest news and live updates on the Notre Dame Cathedral reopening in Paris, France, following a devastating fire at the church in 2019.

www.nbcnews.com

Paris' famed Notre Dame cathedral will reopen five years after a fire tore through the Gothic landmark and almost destroyed it. French President Emmanuel Macron will address the public as a reopening service gets underway.

 

[Smart Marx]

There are people defending lynching now on social media…

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Lynching who tho

 

[Smart Marx]

Lynching who tho

Oh just old lynchings from the 60s and stuff.

You know POC vaguely accused of rape, but no due process.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Ah yeah, sounds like an average day on white supremacist Twitter.

We need to just drop the site from any association here at all.

 

[Smart Marx]

I don’t know about going that far. You guys made me go through a lot of trouble upgrading the server just so the X domain would embed

 

[Brandon Blaze]

I still use Twitter for stuff sometimes for here, since it’s either not on Bluesky yet, or cause it’s just easier.

 

[Comrade Khan]

The downfall of humanity will be in top of a pile of "well it was more convenient "

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Something that’s actually important, I’m sure most people will not just go for convenience.