{"id":357,"date":"2025-01-04T02:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T10:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaberborran.com\/?p=357"},"modified":"2025-01-12T07:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:12:08","slug":"the-news-may-be-stale-but-the-irony-is-fresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaberborran.com\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"The News May Be Stale, But the Irony Is Fresh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/12\/03\/nx-s1-5214630\/south-korea-lawmakers-voted-to-overturn-the-presidents-declaration-of-martial-law\">Dec 3, 2024, South Korea<\/a> (the First Republic was established in 1948):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Lawmakers in South Korea unanimously voted to lift a controversial martial law, which was declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier on Tuesday, reversing a dramatic event that shook the nation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, the vote was <strong><em>unanimous<\/em><\/strong>, not along the party lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yes Mr Matt Gaetz and Ms Marjorie Taylor Greene: it&#8217;s &#8220;<em><strong>martial law<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; not &#8220;Marshal law.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/texas-lawmaker-says-republicans-must-do-whatever-trump-tells-them-without-question-if-he-says-jump-we-all-jump\/ar-AA1u5zID?apiversion=v2&amp;noservercache=1&amp;domshim=1&amp;renderwebcomponents=1&amp;wcseo=1&amp;batchservertelemetry=1&amp;noservertelemetry=1\">Nov 14, 2024, United States<\/a> (the Constitution was ratified in 1788):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>In an MSNBC appearance at the Capitol, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) emphasized party unity under Trump<\/em>: <em>&#8220;There&#8217;s no question he&#8217;s the leader of our party,&#8221; Nehls said. &#8220;So now he&#8217;s got a mission statement, and his mission, his goals and objectives &#8211; whatever that is &#8211; we need to embrace it. All of it. Every single word.<\/em> <em><strong>If Donald Trump says jump three feet high and scratch your head<\/strong>,&#8221; Nehls continued, &#8220;<strong>We all jump three feet high and scratch our heads.<\/strong> That&#8217;s it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Start practicing jumping Mr Congressman! cause I suspect you will be jumping a lot over the next few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 3, 2024, South Korea (the First Republic was established in 1948): Lawmakers in South Korea unanimously voted to lift a controversial martial law, which was declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier on Tuesday, reversing a dramatic event that shook the nation. Yes, the vote was unanimous, not along the party lines. 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