Marine le Pen sentenced to Prison

[cytg111]

RULE OF LAW.

And no one is above it. Its how its supposed to work bitches.

Now to establish laws that puts you away for good if you engage in shit like

Le Pen’s National Rally pays off Russian loan ahead of EU elections

The loan has been a big thorn in Le Pen’s side since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

www.politico.eu

Russia? Stay the fuck out of EU politics.
America? Stay the fuck out of EU politics.

Bitch please.

 

[amenx]

The thing that I find crazy about the whole situation is how other far-right leaders in France apparently are against her being banned from electable positions. I mean, I get it from a "she's one of ours" perspective (and they're likely as corrupt as fuck too), but in terms of the political spectrum and their ability to gain more supporters, they've pushed themselves further from the mainstream by basically advocating that a person who abused their political position to an undebatable criminal extent (ie. it wasn't a victimless / purely procedural crime) is someone who should be allowed back into such a position.

No doubt they'll spin it some other way, but the counterargument is easy to make. IMO they should have counted their blessings in that they now have one less competitor.

People who are anti-immigrant or xenophobic care less about rule of law. Something Trump recognized when he said he could shoot someone on the street and still get elected.

 

[biostud]

People who are anti-immigrant or xenophobic care less about rule of law. Something Trump recognized when he said he could shoot someone on the street and still get elected.

Who can break the law?

 

[mikeymikec]

People who are anti-immigrant or xenophobic care less about rule of law. Something Trump recognized when he said he could shoot someone on the street and still get elected.

Perhaps, but there's a process of radicalisation that many have to go through to become unashamedly far-right (and some never reach the full extreme and yet are say MAGA). I'm talking about how far-righters appeal to those who are vulnerable to their BS.

 

[pmv]

world's smallest violin - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

en.m.wiktionary.org

the world's smallest violin

Definition of the world's smallest violin in the Idioms Dictionary by The Free Dictionary

idioms.thefreedictionary.com

I thought maybe it was a reference to this sort of thing:

The non-so-small story of the Nano Sculptures - the size of a speck of dust — Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff

In 2014, Hurwitz pioneered a new sculptural technique in the field of Nanoart using multiphoton lithography and photogrammetry to create the world's smallest human portraits of his first love. The works of art were inspired by the nineteenth century marble sculpture of Cupid and Psyche by Antonio Ca

sentient.art

He missed a trick in not making a sculpture of a violin, - - that could serve as a meme forevermore.

 

[Brainonska511]

It's a sarcastic response.

I still find it amazing there is no provisions in the US Constitution regarding barring convicts from running for president.

Beyond reasons already stated, we also have the alpha version for a democratic republic, and it hasn't really gotten the necessary patches.