The Hater thinks hate crime laws are actual hate crimes against 'christians'!
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Mike Huckabee Opposes Hate Crime Laws Unless You’re 'christian'
The Hater thinks hate crime laws are actual hate crimes against 'christians'!
Wisconsin religio-wingnut Claims Civil War Was Fought to Further a 'christian' Lifestyle
Lincoln said "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong" while the bible says, "Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling"…
The Republican reliance on fake history was never more apparent when Wisconsin moron Glenn Grothman got together with Vicki McKenna of News/Talk 1130 WISN radio in Milwaukee. According to Grothman, the Supreme Court’s ruling was an insult to those who died in the Civil War because that war was “a strong religious war to further a 'christian' lifestyle by getting rid of slavery.”
Never mind that christianity’s new testament
actually supports slavery rather than condemning it, and that the bible
was used to justify and to excuse the very black slavery the Union
armies fought to end. Facts are never an impediment to Republican shrieking points, however:
“Our president during the Civil War was, of course,
Abraham Lincoln, who was known as the most biblical of presidents,
somebody who quoted the bible a lot,” he said.
Not so fast, Mr. Grothman. Actually, Lincoln’s
non-membership in a cult was a big deal and made such Peter
Cartwright, a methodist clergyman, in 1846, when Lincoln ran against him
for Congress. When Lincoln did finally join a church, he attended only
occasionally.
According to William Herndon, who was Lincoln’s law partner,
Inasmuch as he was so often a candidate for public office Mr. Lincoln said as little about his religious code as possible, especially if he failed to coincide with the orthodox world. In illustration of his religious code I once heard him say that it was like that of an old man named Glenn, in Indiana, whom he heard speak at a cult meeting, and who said: “When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that’s my religion” (Herndon’s Lincoln, 1890)
No more than Thomas Jefferson, was Lincoln an evangelical christian.
When Lincoln began to speak about slavery after the
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, he did so in terms relating to the Founding
Fathers and their wishes for the future of this country, not in biblical terms, that is was the intention of the Founding Fathers that
slavery become extinct. He could hardly have made a biblically based
argument without pretending the bible opposed slavery, and Lincoln was
far more honest apparently, than Grothman.
For Lincoln, slavery was a “monstrous injustice” and
it allowed the world to call us hypocrites. Lincoln did not say “let us
re-adopt the bible” but rather, “Let us re-adopt the Declaration of
Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize
with it” (Speech at Peoria, October 16, 1854) Lincoln’s theme was the
Declaration’s assertion that “all men are created equal,” not
non-existent biblical assertions that slavery is evil.
Lincoln said, “I want every man to have the chance –
and I believe a black man is entitled to it – in which he can better
his position.” He said that, “If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong”
(letter to Albert G. Hodges, April 4, 1864).
Contrast this with Paul writing in his letter to the
Ephesians, “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling…”
(Ephesians 6:5-9). No, if Lincoln was arguing, as he was, that “all men
every where could be free,” (letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862) he could hardly mount a biblical argument against slavery.
Grothman said,
“In the Civil War, some 600,000 people died in a country that was much less populated than that today. And it was a much more religious country and I think a lot of people who died fighting in that war felt they died fighting for a religious cause, you know, ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ and all that.I think it would shock those people who died in that war to find out the constitutional amendment which was ratified kind of as a culmination of their great efforts and their great deaths would be 150 years later, a little less than 150 years later, used by these five robed, arrogant, robed people to take this constitutional amendment and say that that constitutional amendment that was drafted after the Civil War was in fact an amendment designed to say that same-sex marriage had to be legal.
Certainly Sullivan Ballou, whose letter to his wife Sarah
was made famous by Ken Burns’ Civil War series on PBS, was not fighting
for a religious cause: he was, he told her, fighting for “love of
country,” for “American civilization,” and to “maintain this
government,” the latter a very un-Republican thing today:
July the 14th, 1861
Washington DCMy very dear Sarah:The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days – perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more.Our movement may be one of a few days duration and full of pleasure – and it may be one of severe conflict and death to me. Not my will, but thine 0 God, be done. If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for my country, I am ready. I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in, the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know how strongly American Civilization now leans upon the triumph of the Government, and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing – perfectly willing – to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this Government, and to pay that debt.But, my dear wife, when I know that with my own joys I lay down nearly all of yours, and replace them in this life with cares and sorrows – when, after having eaten for long years the bitter fruit of orphanage myself, I must offer it as their only sustenance to my dear little children – is it weak or dishonorable, while the banner of my purpose floats calmly and proudly in the breeze, that my unbounded love for you, my darling wife and children, should struggle in fierce, though useless, contest with my love of country?[…]Sarah, my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me to you with mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break; and yet my love of Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly on with all these chains to the battlefield.
An ancestor of mine, fresh from Sweden, fought as a
volunteer in a Minnesota regiment. He was not fighting to make America a christian nation. We have his letters. We know this. He was fighting
for his adopted country, and like Sullivan Ballou, to preserve the
Union.
Without
lies, Republicans would have no platform. That is a simple and
incontrovertible truth, and as assured today as death and taxes. Glenn
Grothman is a liar. We can’t know how Lincoln would have felt about
Marriage Equality. He is not here to ask. But we do know that if Lincoln
was religious, he was religious in his own way, and he was in no way
orthodox in his views, and that Grothman’s own Bible, should he bother
to peek inside, has some very bad things to say about bearing false
witness.
Kansas Issues $840 Million Debt Certificate To Cover Brownback’s Trickle Down Catastrophe
After a record-setting tax hike on the poor and middle class and
truly Draconian social service cuts, the state is so broke that
Brownback and Republicans had to…
It is more than likely that there are very few Americans who still
believe that the Republicans’ only economic policy, trickle down, is
anything but a raging failure. Obviously, Kansas residents suffering a
continued financial catastrophe still believe their governor, Sam
“trickle down” Brownback, when he promises that the god-sent trickle
down scheme to enrich the wealthy at the expense of the state’s budget,
the poor and middle class, education, and social services will make the
state the envy of the entire nation. Now, after a record-setting tax
hike on the poor and middle class and truly Draconian social service
cuts, the state is so broke that Brownback and Republicans had to resort
to issuing a certificate of indebtedness to prevent the state from
complete financial demise. It is the second year in a row that
Brownback’s disastrous trickle down experiment resulted in going in debt
to keep the state solvent while the rest of the nation not under
Republican control is experiencing economic growth.
A certificate of indebtedness
is a form of monetary obligation that is sometimes issued by a public
entity or private corporations that are, for all intents and purposes,
like a bond; except they are not secured. A certificate of indebtedness
is, then, effectively what a normal American would consider an I.O.U.,
and depending on the person or entity issuing it, likely worthless as
far as having any legitimacy for making purchases or paying debts.
One thing is certain; in the real world Republicans
perpetually cite, no American family would even consider walking into a
grocery store, or schedule their car to be serviced, and expect them to
provide a product or service in return for an IOU. In fact, it is highly
likely that no American would consider trying to make a purchase or
schedule a service without having access to the available funds.
Instead, they would seek a means, likely by taking a second job, to
bring in enough revenue to pay their bills and buy their groceries.
This week, after yet another year of crushing debt
due to severe revenue shortfalls borne of “fiscally-responsible” trickle
down tax cuts for the rich and corporations, Kansas Republicans and
Governor Sam “fetus” Brownback signed off on the state’s largest tax
increase on the poor and middle class and issued a record $840 million
certificate of indebtedness for the upcoming fiscal year.
The desperation move came as Kansas’ budget director
verified what Sam Brownback, Republicans in the legislature, and most
of America have known for three years running; due to Brownback’s failed
repeat of shrub-Republicans’ 8-year failed trickle down experiment he
said his god overwhelmingly approved, the state government would have
insufficient resources to meet its obligated expenditures in the fiscal
year starting tomorrow, July 1, 2015.
The new Kansas record for an IOU in lieu of paying
its debts eclipsed the previous record that was set during the 2009
fiscal year after shrub-Republicans’ Great Recession crashed the state’s
revenue and after deep cuts failed to stem the budget crisis. At the
time, the Kansas State Finance Council issued three certificates of
indebtedness to borrow a total of $775 million that foreshadowed a
1-cent, three-year increase in the statewide sales tax in 2010 to put
the onus on the poor and middle class, again, to make up for another
Republican (shrub’s) trickle down failure that contributed to the Great
Recession. Just about one year ago the Finance Council approved another
indebtedness certificate to the tune of $675 million for the
currently-ending fiscal year that trickle down Sam had promised was the
last time because he swore that Kansas’ fiscal fortunes would
miraculously improve because tax cuts for the rich and corporations, and
therefore less tax revenue, was certain to bear trickle down fruit and
bring in much more tax revenue.
That is, after all, what Sam Brownback
promised throughout his re-election campaign while he held up the fetus
card, but when the Republican-led legislature returned for work in
January they were confronted with exactly what any sane human being
should expect when tax cuts for the rich and corporations produce less
tax revenue; another crushing revenue shortfall that required a series
of mid-year budget cuts to education, government, and social services.
Recently, when even drastic budget cuts failed, as expected, to bring in
more tax revenue, Brownback and Republicans passed a record tax
increase affecting the poor, middle class, and typical of Republicans,
managed care facilities for the elderly and disabled. Still, like any
American knows, slashing a budget or cutting expenses does not, and
cannot, bring in more revenue.
Instead of even considering rolling back unfunded
tax cuts for the rich and corporations, Republicans and their hero
Brownback approved $400 million in tax hikes in an attempt to close the
certain 2016 fiscal year budget deficit. Those tax hikes affecting the
poor and middle class were general sales taxes on necessities like
groceries, eliminating middle class citizens’ itemized deductions, and
imposing a tax increase on managed care facilities. The tax hikes on the
poor and harsh budget cuts were no solution for the Kansas revenue
shortfalls and going deeper in debt was Brownback and Republicans
solution of choice.
According to Brownback and Republican legislation,
instead of ending tax cuts for the rich, the governor had to come up
with $50 million in budget cuts and he naturally cut education,
healthcare, and social service funding. It never entered Brownback’s
mind to rescind even part of the tax cuts for the rich and corporations
because he has promised for three years that cutting revenue by giving
the wealthy and corporations tax cuts increases state revenue and allows
wealth to ‘trickle down’ to the poor and middle class.
On Friday last when Democratic lawmakers gathered at
the state capitol for ceremonial final day of the annual legislative
session, they expressed exactly the same exasperation they have over the
past two years with expansion of the state’s debt that must be repaid
by June 30, 2016. Obviously their exasperation is due to increasing the
state’s debt obligation after Brownback squandered the budget surplus he
was left by his predecessor, but also because they are well aware there
is no possible way the state’s revenue is going to increase as long as
Brownback’s tax cuts for the rich and corporations stay in place and cut
revenue.
The Kansas House Democratic Leader, Tom Burroughs,
uttered the obvious and said this record-setting escalation in borrowing
“illustrated the precarious financial condition of state government.”
Burroughs also noted that the only reason the state budget is in
freefall is because of the trickle down decisions in 2012 by Brownback
and the Republican-misled legislature that foolishly exempted 330,000
businesses from paying income taxes and slashed individual income tax
rates primarily affecting the very rich. Burroughs’ said “This is a
direct result of Brownback’s failed fiscal experiment. Until
members of the legislature take steps to implement a responsible and
sustainable budget, the state will continue to be forced to borrow money
to cover expenditures.” The Kansas Senate Minority Leader, Anthony
Hensley, was more blunt and said that the state’s budget woes are
entirely due to Brownback and Republican legislature’s “incompetence and mismanagement” of the budget. Hensley said that “Governor
Brownback and the Republican Legislature are responsible for the
largest tax increase in history and, now, the largest certificate of
indebtedness in history.”
What neither Hensley nor Burroughs would say out
loud is that unless Brownback and the Republican legislature rescind, or at
least drastically roll back, tax elimination for corporations and tax
cuts for the rich, next year at this time Kansas Financial Council will
be forced to issue yet another, record setting, certificate of
indebtedness while Brownback and Republicans make more drastic budget
cuts, pass another tax hike on the poor and middle class, and then
promise yet again that tax cuts for corporations and the rich will
create a revenue bonanza the entire nation will marvel at; it is the
same promise Brownback has made for the past three years and the results
have been, and will continue to be, the same.
It
was a mystery why Kansas voters re-elected Sam Brownback and a
Republican-misled legislature when everyone of the state’s residents
were aware that the state’s financial catastrophe was due to Brownback’s
failed trickle down ‘experiment.’ Still, Brownback knew that all he had
to do to guarantee he would get four more years to completely decimate
the state’s economy was drag out that tired old fetus to bring out the
religious right vote. Maybe it will take resident’s seeing their state
in bankruptcy, their roads crumbling before their eyes, and schools,
hospitals, and law enforcement agencies closing down before they come to
their questionable senses.
Republicans Crushed In Oklahoma As Supreme Court Rules 10 Commandments Monument Must Come Down
In a decisive 7-2 ruling, the Oklahoma Supreme Court
has ruled that the ten commandments monument erected at the State
Capitol must be removed. The monument was a gift from Republican Mike Ritze. However, plaintiffs argued that the
monument’s placement at the Capitol involved the use of public property
for the benefit of a specific religion. They argued, and the court
agreed, that the Oklahoma Constitution clearly prohibits such a display
promoting one religion over others.No public money or property shall ever be appropriated, applied, donated, or used, directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit, or support of any sect, church, denomination, or system of religion, or for the use, benefit, or support of any priest, preacher, minister, or other religious teacher or dignitary, or sectarian institution as such.
Brady Henderson, the legal director for the ACLU of Oklahoma praised the ruling, stating:
I think that at the end of the day it is the right decision simply because it acknowledges limits on the government’s power to effectively decide what religious edicts are right and wrong.
Republican Mary Fallin, was predictably upset by the ruling, and she vowed to work with the state’s Attorney General to “evaluate the state’s legal options moving forward”.
While
many evangelical 'christians' are sure to express their displeasure with
the court’s decision, it is clear that the state’s constitution
prohibits such blatant displays privileging a specific religion over all
others. Many 'christian' wingnutss believe that they follow the “one
true religion” and that all others should be subjected to their belief
system. However, in a society that values the separation of cult and
state, imposing one’s own religion upon others is against the law. The
state’s Supreme Court has made it clear that the law applies even in
Oklahoma.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
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Legacy Sealed: Obama’s Approval Ratings Soar After Historical Wins For Progress
All signs point toward a highly favorable legacy.
US and Cuba set to announce deal to reopen embassies
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Editor's Note: The announcement has been made.
The Republican Death Star Is Crumbling As CNN Beats Fox News For 4 Straight Days
The long-term problems at Fox News were exposed as
CNN beat Fox News among the key age 25-54 demo for four straight days
last week.
According to Nielsen data, CNN beat Fox News for first place in the demo most coveted by advertisers from Thursday (6/25) through Sunday (6/28). Fox News remained first among total viewers.During Friday’s huge news day-the Supreme Court gay marriage ruling, the escaped prisoners in New York, terror attacks in Europe-CNN won the demo for total day with an average audience of 243,000 (compared to Fox News Channel’s 193,000).In prime, CNN won in the demo each hour from 4 p.m. ET through 11 p.m., with Anderson Cooper taking a narrow win over FNC’s O’Reilly Factor while Bill O’Reilly was off for the night, and Wolf Blitzer beating FNC’s The Five by a big margin, 405,000 to 277,000.
Younger viewers avoid Fox News like the plague. The
whole purpose of moving Megyn Kelly to 9 PM was to attract younger
viewers. The Five was also intended to attract younger viewers. Instead,
Wolf Blitzer and his beard of doom is attracting more younger eyeballs
than Fox News.
Fox News is a big fish in an evaporating cable news
pond. Jeff Zucker appears to be well on his way to righting the ship at
CNN. Zucker has found that mix of hard news, original series, and
documentaries appeals to a broad spectrum of viewers.
As
long as Fox News has the conservative market cornered, they will
continue to lead in terms of overall viewers, but when one examines the
long-term future, Fox News has some real problems. The United States is moving back to the left as a country, and the big bad Republican media Death Star that is Fox News is beginning to show signs of crumbling.
Donald Trump accuses Univision of trying to ‘suppress’ his campaign in $500 million lawsuit
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A More Meaningful Gesture Than Taking Down The Confederate Flag: Expand Medicaid
A More Meaningful Gesture Than Taking Down The Confederate Flag: Expand Medicaid
Pulling down the flag is the least they can do.
Colorado Court: Use Of Public Funds For Private Schools Is UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Scalia's Dissent in Obergefell (Same-Sex Marriage) Case Would Criminalize Justice Thomas's Marriage
by Paul AbramsMissed in Scalia's childish histrionics was his so-called 'originalist' approach for interpreting the Constitution (when it suits him, that is -- those who voted on the Second Amendment could not possibly have been thinking about semi-automatic assault weapons or 25 bullet magazines, but Scalia holds that those are protected).
In Obergefell, Scalia asserts that he knows that the people who voted to approve the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 were not thinking about same-sex marriage when they voted, and, therefore, the original intent of that Amendment prevents Scalia from finding a right to same-sex marriage in its guarantee of equal protection under the laws.
That same approach, however, would make Justice Clarence Thomas's interracial marriage illegal, and subject to criminal prosecution in Virginia, the Thomas's state of residence. As assuredly as voters in 1868 were not thinking about gay marriage when they voted for the Amendment, they certainly were not approving it to enable interracial marriages.
Interracial marriage, "miscegenation," was not only impermissible in Virginia, it was a criminal offense subject to time in jail. Citing the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court overturned the Virginia and other state statutes in the poetically-named case, Loving v. Virginia, in 1967.
According to Justice Scalia's reasoning, the people voting on the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 did not contemplate interracial marriage as what they were protecting by passing it. Hence, Scalia would have to say that Loving was wrongly decided.
That would make Scalia's wingnut buddy, Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginny, subject to imprisonment in Virginia.
Here’s How Bigots Are Responding To ‘Rainbowed’ Profile Pics On Facebook
Those “rainbowed” profile pics supporting gay marriage really bother
the bigots. They’ve adopted their own “overlay” to show support for
hate, and it makes no sense at all.
Idaho county clerk threatens to marry her dog after Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage
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Go ahead ... marry the
dog. As far as we can determine there is no law in Idaho prohibiting her
from marrying her dog. Now having the marriage consummated may be a
different story, we haven't looked into Idaho's laws concerning sex with
animals because quite frankly we don't care.
Friday, July 3, 2015
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Obama’s ‘Terrible’ Financial Reform Scores Another Huge Victory
Another victory for Obama that you’ll never see on the evening news.
Rapper Killer Mike endorses Bernie Sanders for president
by Amanda Holpuch
The Run
the Jewels rapper announced his support via Twitter after the
Democratic candidate backed full reinstatement of the Voting Rights ActKiller Mike said in a tweet to his more than 148,000 followers that he was moved to officially endorse Sanders because of the Vermont senator’s call to restore the Voting Rights Act, which was weakened in 2013 when the US supreme court invalidated key protections in the act.
The Atlanta rapper frequently appears on news programs to provide a voice from the hip-hop community and has been increasingly vocal about politics in the past few years .
In replies to the initial tweet, Killer Mike further explained why he was choosing Sanders over other candidates.
Twitter user @TristanHerzong said he was concerned that by voting for Sanders, Killer Mike could take away a vote from Clinton, the clear Democrat frontrunner. “I cannot support another Clinton or bush ever,” Killer Mike tweeted.
“I am beginning to see American political families like monarchs and I have no affection for monarchs,” he said.
With 497 days until the 2016 presidential election, Clinton is leading the pack in celebrity endorsements – Beyoncé, Ariana Grande and Moby have all said they support her run for president.
She has also proved more popular among top hip-hop artists than the other candidates. Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Ja Rule all said in May that they are voting for Clinton.
Actor Chuck Norris and reality television show parents Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar have endorsed Mike Huckabee. The Duggars’ endorsement came weeks before it was made public that their son Josh admitted to molesting young girls.
In June , Killer Mike attempted to run for local office in Georgia as a write-in candidate, but learned he did not have the necessary paperwork or time to fill it out. After learning this, he said: “I will run in the future and we will win!”
Supreme Court Kicks Republicans In The Gut By Giving People The Power To Stop Election Rigging
By ruling
that Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission is constitutional,
the Supreme Court of the United States kicked plutocrat-loving
Republicans in the gut. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg wrote the 5-4
majority opinion, joined by Justices Breyer, Kagan, Kennedy and
Sotomayer.
The crux of the majority’s reasoning can be found in last paragraph of the ruling.
Our Declaration of Independence, drew from Locke in stating: “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” And our fundamental instrument of government derives its authority from “We the People.” U. S. Const., Preamble. As this Court stated, quoting Hamilton: “[T]he true principle of a republic is, that the people should choose whom they please to govern them.” Powell v. McCormack, 395 U. S. 486, 540-541 (1969) (quoting 2 Debates on the Federal Constitution 257 (J. Elliot ed. 1876)). In this light, it would be perverse to interpret the term “Legislature” in the Elections Clause so as to exclude lawmaking by the people, particularly where such lawmaking is intended to check legislators’ ability to choose the district lines they run in, thereby advancing the prospect that Members of Congress will in fact be “chosen . . . by the People of the several States,”
Even though this case got much less attention from
the media compared to the health care and marriage equality cases it is
in some ways as important as the aforementioned cases. The reason is it
will shape the meaning of vote equality in the years to come. Had the
court ruled the other way, frankly, it would have removed the last real
hope of stopping the Koch owned Republicans from rigging elections
in their favor.
The question before the court was to determine the meaning of “legislature” under Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution.
The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
The background of this case begins with a ballot
measure in 2000. Fifty percent of the people in Arizona voted to remove
redistricting power from the legislature and to establish the AIRC.
The reason was simple: Arizonians were frustrated with a rigged
electoral map. Initially, the AIRC didn’t do a very good job of drawing
the electoral map. As noted by Miriam Wasser,
Republicans had a super majority by the end of the decade because ”the
number of registered Democrats was not reflected in the election results
– somewhat comparable to how a presidential candidate who wins the
popular vote but loses the Electoral College loses the entire election.”
After the 2010 census, a new AIRC was elected, and
they chose a different set of mapping consultants. The Koch controlled
Republicans were angry because they believed the new consultants were
“too Democratic” in other words, fair.
In 2012, the Koch Republican misled legislature
filed a suit claiming Proposition 106 (the ballot measure to establish
the AIRC) was an unconstitutional power grab by the people of Arizona.
When, in February 2014, a three-judge panel ruled that the AIRC was
constitutional, the Koch Republican misled legislature appealed to
the Supreme Court.
Through
this ruling, the Supreme Court placed an important limit on the
Republican cabal’s efforts to silence the people. It means that
independent redistricting commissions in other states are also
constitutional. It also means that the power to stop Republican
election rigging is where it belongs – in the hands of the people.
As Democrats Move Left, Republicans Have Moved Dangerously Close To The Lunatic Fringe
The once respected institution of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Eisenhower
has now become the fringe group of Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh and
birthers.
McConnell Hits A New Low As Kentucky Thinks Dead Col. Sanders Would Be A Better Senator
McConnell is so
unpopular in Kentucky that the state’s voters thought KFC’s Colonel
Sanders would be a better senator that McConnell.
According to PPP,
“In spite of KFC’s weak poll numbers Colonel Sanders remains a beloved
figure, with 71% of voters seeing him favorably to only 8% with an
unfavorable view. In fact they even think Colonel Sanders could be part
of the solution to the problems in Washington- by a 47/27 spread voters
in the state say they think Colonel Sanders would make for a better US
Senator than Mitch McConnell. Too bad he’s dead.”
Kentucky voters would rather have a dead fried
chicken magnate as their senator than the very much still alive Mitch
McConnell. McConnell’s approval rating in the state continues to be
dismal. Only 32% of Kentucky voters approval of McConnell’s job
performance. Fifty-four percent disapprove. Republicans gave McConnell a
slight 47%-37% approval advantage, but his approval rating with
Democrats and Independents is in the 20s.
McConnell continues to prove that elections are
often about who shows up to vote, not how unpopular a candidate is.
Mitch McConnell is not popular in Kentucky by any measurement, but
Republicans continue to hold their noses and vote for him because they
believe that he is their only choice.
Kentucky’s voters have spoken, and they think that
they would be better served by having a dead person represent them than
they are by Mitch McConnell.
The
reality is that Mitch McConnell isn’t a very good senator, and the fact
that he is now losing in polls to dead people suggests that his current
term should be his last.
Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Clinics To Remain Open
by Ian Millhiser
The Court’s order is temporary and offers no direct insight into how the Court will decide this case on the merits. It provides that the clinics’ application for a stay of the Fifth Circuit’s decision is granted “pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition” asking the Court to review the case on the merits. The Court adds that, should this petition be denied, the stay will automatically terminate. Otherwise, the stay “shall terminate upon the issuance of the judgment of this Court.”
While the substance of the order offers little insight into how the Court will ultimately decide this case, the final sentence of the order does: “The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, Justice Thomas, and Justice Alito would deny the application.” Notably absent from this list of dissenting justices is Justice Anthony Kennedy, a wingnut who typically votes with his fellow wingnuts in abortion cases, but who has also refused to overrule Roe v. Wade outright.
Captive virgins, polygamy and sex slaves
Chief Justice Roberts' Marriage Equality Dissent Has A Hidden Message For Wingnuts
The landmark victory for marriage equality
was handed down over the dissents of four justices, each of whom wrote
their own dissenting opinion. Of these, by far the most thoughtful and
the most significant was Chief Justice John Roberts’s dissent. Roberts
rejected the Constitution’s promise of marriage equality — a view which
The Onion quipped will someday lead to him being a villain
“in an Oscar-winning film about the fight for marriage equality.” Yet,
in the process of reaching his conclusion, Roberts also rejected a
particularly aggressive brand of judicial wingnuttery that is rapidly
becoming ascendant in wingnut legal circles.
NBC Dumps Trump
NBC dumped Donald Trump over his racist Mexican remarks as the network said "You're fired," for his heinous actions.
‘Antonin Scalia is a Douche’ brunch special sells out in record time
NC Bigot Assaults Gay Bar Owner Over SCOTUS Ruling, Won’t Be Charged With A Hate Crime
After intentionally seeking out a popular LGBT establishment and
assaulting its owner for being gay, a North Carolina man makes bail for
simple assault and won’t be charged with a hate crime.
Bad Cop - Good Cops
Phoenix Cop Kidnaps, Rapes Woman- Police Arrest Their Own For A Change
A Phoenix police officer has been arrested for kidnapping and sexual assault. Another rotten apple removed.Almost Half Of Americans Think Humans And Dinosaurs Lived Together
This is a side effect of a free-market educational system.
Almost half of Americans are idiots then.
Either by choice or indoctrination.
This is why the world laughs at us.
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