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Top 10 Conservative Idiots #2-16: Wheel Of Corruptions Long Halftime Walk Edition
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #2-16: Wheel Of Corruption’s Long Halftime Walk Edition
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Holy shit, this whole thing keeps getting weirder and weirder doesn’t it? I’m of course talking about Mama June: Hot Or Not. Really, could these not be the most disgusting people on the planet? That guy who they call “Sugar Bear” – what’s his deal? And how has this guy been married 3 times? Who would date these people? And how are these people still on TV? Why won’t they go away for good? Nobody gives a shit! I don’t even know why I’m talking about them! It’s a train wreck – you don’t want to stare, but you can’t look away.
Thank you Deadpool! You know let’s change face and talk about something much better – Deadpool and Logan! Yeah now we’re talking! So I saw Logan over the weekend and I have to say wow. Holy shit, that is quite a movie. It’s easily one of the best super hero movies since The Dark Knight, and hell, really, it’s Marvel’s Dark Knight. It’s proof that you can make a really good, dark, dramatic, R-rated super hero movie and it’s the antithesis of Deadpool. Hell, it’s light years above the last time a movie of this caliber was attempted – Watchmen. But the intro to Logan with Deadpool is hilarious and alone worth the price of admission. And I will say for as dark as this movie is – watch it in the daylight. Because, trust me, you will want to see sun after you come out of that movie theater. And now that it’s Daylight Saving Time, you have more hours during the day to see it! Enough of the intro. Let’s get right down to it shall we, because we have a lot of idiocy to cover. But first John Oliver is back and so is the discussion about the ACA, or as I call it “TrumpDon’tCare”. #TrumpDontCare
So where do we begin this week? Number one is easily going to go to House Republicans (1) and their justifications for ending ACA and replacing it with the AHCA. And really, can we punch Paul Ryan in the face for this one? In the second slot is Rep. Steve King. Not to be confused with *that* Stephen King, but Steve King is under fire for going full Hitler. And if there’s one thing I’ve been trying to teach you on this show is that you don’t go full Hitler. Never, ever go full Hitler. President Trump is going to take up just two slots this week – in the number 3 slot, we’re going to talk about a few truths vs. reality when it comes to Trumpcare. At number 4 we’re going to talk about Donald Trump (4) and the firing of US DOJ attorney Preet Bharara. Taking the number 5 slot is Kellyanne Conway – who made an absurd claim about microwaves. At number 6, we’re going to talk about Donald Trump Supporters (6). So there was a Trump rally in one of our favorite punching bags – Maricopa County, Arizona (that’s Sheriff Joe territory don’t you know?) – and yes, they went there. If you don’t know what I mean, you will. At number 7, we’ve got yet another installment of “People Who Somehow Got Elected”. This week we’re going to my home state of California and we’re going to discuss state representative Dana Rohrabacher (7). How does this guy keep getting elected? In the number 8 slot, we’ve got another installment of “How Is This Still A Thing”. And this time we’re going to talk about fundamentalist Christians thinking that they’re being persecuted. Yeah…. How is this still a thing? In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot, we talked about this in the monologue last week but we’re going to expand on it, and see if former Texans running back Arian Foster can indeed fight a wolf. Spoiler alert! Probably not. And finally this week we’ve got another entry into our Stupidest State contest. This time we’re going to the Gun Nut Conference where #3 Missouri and #4 South Carolina are going to bring their big guns out to see who can out duel the crazy and move on to face Montana in the conference final! Plus we’ve got some more live music for you. This time from a band who just released a new album this week! I’m talking about The Shins and their great new album “Heartworms”. Enjoy! And as always don’t forget the key!
[font size="8"]Congressional Republicans[/font]
Come on everybody say it with me. It’s time for the WHEEL OF CORRUPTION!!!! Yayyyyyyyyy!!!
The wheel is back everybody! And of course if we had a bigger budget we’d have our own graphics and theme music. Yes just like last time I’ll talk about whatever the wheel lands on. But remember that if it lands on the Guacamole option that it costs $1.50 extra. So this week the items on the wheel will be:
- Gun Nuts
- Go Directly To Jail
- Clip Without Context
- Guacamole
- 5,000
- Dating
- Whammy
- Community Chest
- Bankrupt
- Voter Fraud
- Nazis
- Booze
- Chance
- Sports
- Buy A Vowel
- Donald Trump
- My Wife
- Seinfeld
- Bathrooms
- Double Whammy
- A Recent Study
- Guns
- Stupidest State Contest
- VR Headset
- Whammy
- Remix
- People Who Somehow Got Elected
- 10,000
- How Is This Still A Thing?
- Talk Shows
- Golf
- Surveillance
- 15,000
- Hate Crimes
- A Random Tweet
- Conspiracy Theories
- Russia
- Something random in the news
- VR Headset
- ??? (Mystery)
- Florida (Obviously)
- Infowars
- Lightning Round
- Bonus Spin
Let’s get this going! Give the wheel a nice strong spin to start things off! Ooh, that was a nice spin! And it lands on... Community Chest!
Shit, I don’t exactly have $100. But I do have a wheel! Spin it again! And it lands on… are you kidding me? Bankrupt? But I’m already $100 in the hole!
Dude, is the wheel stuck? I mean seriously! Well I say that because we’re going to talk about the GOP health care plan this week. Which is why we brought out the wheel because we need to lighten things up. And I mean, I say this with all my deepest, purest darkest heart – go fuck yourself, Paul Ryan!
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday that House Republicans’ proposal to replace Obamacare was something conservatives had “been dreaming about doing.” In a press conference with House Republican leadership at the Republican National Committee's headquarters, Ryan described the American Health Care Act as “a conservative wish list.”
“Look at what this bill does,” he says. “It repeals Obamacare's taxes. That's a trillion dollars in tax relief for families that will help them with the cost of health care. It repeals Obamacare spending: Medicaid expansion and the Obamacare subsidies. It repeals the Obamacare mandates on individuals and businesses. Ends the funding for Planned Parenthood and sends that money to community health centers, which there are more of. It has a Medicaid per capita block grant. That's the biggest entitlement reform anyone here has seen. It nearly doubles the amount of money people can put into health savings accounts."
Ryan described one aspect of the proposal, providing tax benefits to those who purchase insurance individually versus those who receive it through their job, as “the crown jewel of conservative health care reform.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ryan-gop-health-plan-press-conference
“Look at what this bill does,” he says. “It repeals Obamacare's taxes. That's a trillion dollars in tax relief for families that will help them with the cost of health care. It repeals Obamacare spending: Medicaid expansion and the Obamacare subsidies. It repeals the Obamacare mandates on individuals and businesses. Ends the funding for Planned Parenthood and sends that money to community health centers, which there are more of. It has a Medicaid per capita block grant. That's the biggest entitlement reform anyone here has seen. It nearly doubles the amount of money people can put into health savings accounts."
Ryan described one aspect of the proposal, providing tax benefits to those who purchase insurance individually versus those who receive it through their job, as “the crown jewel of conservative health care reform.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ryan-gop-health-plan-press-conference
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! So let's put it this way - the Obama healthcare plan was like flying business class on Singapore Airlines. Everything is nice, you've got a nice waiting room, there's a big screen TV, plenty of food and drink, you don't have to pay to check any bags, and there's a nice destination waiting for you when you arrive. But the GOP plan is like flying Spirit or Allegiant Airlines - it's going to cost a hell of a lot more for a really shitty product, you have to pay to check everything, there's no TVs and a big fat guy sitting next to you, you know where you're going sucks, and you'll probably wind up fighting someone by the time its' all over. But it’s led GOP Congressmen to say ridiculously stupid shit like this:
A first-term congressman who spent three decades as a physician — and is now part of a group of Republican doctors who have a major role in replacing Obamacare — is facing backlash after saying that poor people “just don’t want health care and aren’t going to take care of themselves.”
Rep. Roger Marshall, (R-Kan.), a member of the GOP Doctors Caucus, said comments he made to Stat News were not meant to suggest that poor people take health care for granted. The comments were published in a story last week about his burgeoning role in the fight to replace the Affordable Care Act.
“Just like Jesus said, ‘The poor will always be with us,’ ” Marshall said in response to a question about Medicaid, which expanded under Obamacare to more than 30 states. “There is a group of people that just don’t want health care and aren’t going to take care of themselves.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-poor-%E2%80%98just-don%E2%80%99t-want-health-care%E2%80%99-republican-congressman-faces-backlash-over-comments/ar-AAo4yzX?li=BBnb7Kz
Rep. Roger Marshall, (R-Kan.), a member of the GOP Doctors Caucus, said comments he made to Stat News were not meant to suggest that poor people take health care for granted. The comments were published in a story last week about his burgeoning role in the fight to replace the Affordable Care Act.
“Just like Jesus said, ‘The poor will always be with us,’ ” Marshall said in response to a question about Medicaid, which expanded under Obamacare to more than 30 states. “There is a group of people that just don’t want health care and aren’t going to take care of themselves.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-poor-%E2%80%98just-don%E2%80%99t-want-health-care%E2%80%99-republican-congressman-faces-backlash-over-comments/ar-AAo4yzX?li=BBnb7Kz
No, they’re booing you. Because you were elected to do a job, and you clearly don’t give a flying fuck about doing that! But you know who is going to be affected by TrumpDontCare the most? If you guessed Trump supporters, you are correct sir / madam! You get points! I mean… Jesus. These people couldn’t be any more stupid.
Would President Trump have lost the election if voters knew what the GOP actually had planned for Obamacare? In 2016, voters had to take Donald Trump at his word that he would replace Obamacare with something better. He did not offer a specific proposal during the campaign, but now the House Republican leadership has a concrete proposal. Under their legislation, health care coverage for many Americans will be worse than under Obamacare.1 But how much worse?
Third Way estimates that 2.2 million low-to-moderate-income Trump voters would lose the financial assistance for their health care coverage, which they receive today from Obamacare.2 The large group of Trump voters hurt by the GOP plan exceeds Trump’s margin of victory in key states.
This memo explains how the House GOP health care plan will affect Trump voters, presents estimates of the number of Trump voters affected in each state, and shows how the number of Americans hurt by the plan compares to Trump’s margin of victory in closely fought states.
http://www.thirdway.org/memo/the-impact-of-house-gop-health-care-efforts-on-trump-voters
Third Way estimates that 2.2 million low-to-moderate-income Trump voters would lose the financial assistance for their health care coverage, which they receive today from Obamacare.2 The large group of Trump voters hurt by the GOP plan exceeds Trump’s margin of victory in key states.
This memo explains how the House GOP health care plan will affect Trump voters, presents estimates of the number of Trump voters affected in each state, and shows how the number of Americans hurt by the plan compares to Trump’s margin of victory in closely fought states.
http://www.thirdway.org/memo/the-impact-of-house-gop-health-care-efforts-on-trump-voters
So what are they blathering about? Is it cost? Nope!
https://www.healthcare-now.org/blog/new-poll-shows-canadians-overwhelmingly-support-public-health-care/
A new poll conducted by the Toronto-based Nanos Research points to overwhelming support — 86.2 percent — for strengthening public health care rather than expanding for-profit services.
“With more than 8 in 10 Canadians supporting public solutions to make public health care stronger, there is compelling evidence that Canadians across all demographics would prefer a public over a for-profit health care system,” said Nik Nanos, president of Nanos Research.
Nanos Research was commissioned by the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), a nonpartisan group that supports Canada’s public health system, to conduct a random telephone survey of 1,001 Canadians between April 25 and May 3. The margin of accuracy for a sample of 1,001 is ±3.1 percentage points.
A new poll conducted by the Toronto-based Nanos Research points to overwhelming support — 86.2 percent — for strengthening public health care rather than expanding for-profit services.
“With more than 8 in 10 Canadians supporting public solutions to make public health care stronger, there is compelling evidence that Canadians across all demographics would prefer a public over a for-profit health care system,” said Nik Nanos, president of Nanos Research.
Nanos Research was commissioned by the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), a nonpartisan group that supports Canada’s public health system, to conduct a random telephone survey of 1,001 Canadians between April 25 and May 3. The margin of accuracy for a sample of 1,001 is ±3.1 percentage points.
Is it that poor people have a greater health risk? Nope!
http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/03/15/dont-let-the-talking-points-fool-you-its-all-about-the-risk-pool/
Most people are healthy most of the time, and as a consequence, health care expenditures are heavily concentrated in a small share of the population: about 50 percent of the health care spending in a given year by those below age 65 is attributable to just 5 percent of the nonelderly population. The lowest spending half of the population accounts for only about 3.5 percent of health care spending in a year.
Deciding how much of total health care expenditures should be shared across the population and how to share it is the fundamental conundrum of health care policy. There is more risk pooling the larger the share of health expenditures included in the insurance as covered expenses (i.e., the fewer benefits excluded and the lower the out-of-pocket cost requirements), the larger the number of both the healthy and the sick insured, and the lower the variation in premiums across different enrollees. Sharing the costs of the sick across the broader population (a.k.a., risk pooling) increases costs for the healthy to the benefit of those with health problems; this creates more financial losers than winners at a point in time, since there are many more healthy people than sick in a given year. Segmenting risk pools has the opposite effect, savings for the currently healthy while increasing costs for those with health problems.
Most people are healthy most of the time, and as a consequence, health care expenditures are heavily concentrated in a small share of the population: about 50 percent of the health care spending in a given year by those below age 65 is attributable to just 5 percent of the nonelderly population. The lowest spending half of the population accounts for only about 3.5 percent of health care spending in a year.
Deciding how much of total health care expenditures should be shared across the population and how to share it is the fundamental conundrum of health care policy. There is more risk pooling the larger the share of health expenditures included in the insurance as covered expenses (i.e., the fewer benefits excluded and the lower the out-of-pocket cost requirements), the larger the number of both the healthy and the sick insured, and the lower the variation in premiums across different enrollees. Sharing the costs of the sick across the broader population (a.k.a., risk pooling) increases costs for the healthy to the benefit of those with health problems; this creates more financial losers than winners at a point in time, since there are many more healthy people than sick in a given year. Segmenting risk pools has the opposite effect, savings for the currently healthy while increasing costs for those with health problems.
How about the number of people insured? Or should I say uninsured? We could seriously devote all 10 entries this week to the health care bill but there’s a lot more idiocy to cover here.
Twenty-four million people would lose their insurance over the next 10 years under Republican legislation being pushed to repeal Obamacare, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday.
"In 2026, an estimated 52 million people would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law," the CBO said.
Many of the provisions in the Republican bill, the American Health Care Act, would not take effect until 2020. But according to Monday's CBO score, its effects on coverage would be felt almost immediately. The agency projected that in 2018, just in time for mid-term elections, 14 million more people would be uninsured than under current law, if the GOP bill was implemented. The difference would grow to 21 million in 2020, which is when the Republicans' massive overhaul of Medicaid would kick in, and then to 24 million in 2026.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/cbo-coverage-numbers
"In 2026, an estimated 52 million people would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law," the CBO said.
Many of the provisions in the Republican bill, the American Health Care Act, would not take effect until 2020. But according to Monday's CBO score, its effects on coverage would be felt almost immediately. The agency projected that in 2018, just in time for mid-term elections, 14 million more people would be uninsured than under current law, if the GOP bill was implemented. The difference would grow to 21 million in 2020, which is when the Republicans' massive overhaul of Medicaid would kick in, and then to 24 million in 2026.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/cbo-coverage-numbers
[font size="8"]Steve King[/font]
Spin it to win it! And it lands on………… tick tick tick tick… Clip without context!
Finally some truth in advertising! Spin it again! And it lands on… A Random Tweet! Well this one isn’t really so random as it’s a Congressional representative who is one of the more batshit crazy ones. I am of course talking about Iowa rep Steve King. Can we throw that Tweet up there?
Link to tweet
Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! And this isn’t the first time Steve King has been caught saying racist bullshit… this week. Can we throw that other Tweet up there?
Link to tweet
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! And he also recently praised the Trump administration rescinding Obama-era executive orders on clean water. I mean Jesus. If we liberals endorsed clean air, republicans would endorse carbon monoxide! There was also this!
Link to tweet
But oh wait, it’s the Washington Examiner. Hey it’s almost a newspaper! Wrong! Fake news, OK? Sad!
Today people are apparently finding out and being terribly surprised that Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is a white nationalist and racist and has been that more or less openly for years. Before yesterday's paean to "culture and demographics", Steve King was saying that for every Dreamer who's a valedictorian there are a hundred running drugs. The list of similar statements is all but endless.
We've been on the King beat for years. You can go through our archives and find dozens of offensive, stupid and frequently outright racist comments from King. But there's something more specific about King. King frequently speaks in the language of white nationalists and neo-Nazis who speak of "white genocide" and America being overrun by non-whites.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/--100931
We've been on the King beat for years. You can go through our archives and find dozens of offensive, stupid and frequently outright racist comments from King. But there's something more specific about King. King frequently speaks in the language of white nationalists and neo-Nazis who speak of "white genocide" and America being overrun by non-whites.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/--100931
But Steve King isn’t just your average run of the mill racist anymore. He’s Trump’s base! He says what your racist uncle is thinking! This guy couldn’t be any more of a gigantic racist asshole and he’s the reason why we can’t have nice things! But he didn’t just let up or use the usual republican “get out of jail free” card, he doubled down on the racism!
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Monday morning doubled down on his Sunday tweet saying that "civilization" will not be restored with "somebody else's babies."
During an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo, King said that he "meant exactly what I said" in the tweet.
"I've been to Europe and I’ve spoken on this issue and I've said the same thing as far as ten years ago to the German people and to any population of people that is a declining population that isn't willing to have enough babies to reproduce themselves. And I’ve said to them, you can't rebuild your civilization with somebody else's babies," King said on CNN. "You've got to keep your birth rate up and that you need to teach your children your values."
King then lamented that the U.S. has "aborted nearly 60 million babies" since 1973 and claimed that there is an effort to "replace that void with somebody else's babies."
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/steve-king-doubles-down-somebody-else-babies
During an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo, King said that he "meant exactly what I said" in the tweet.
"I've been to Europe and I’ve spoken on this issue and I've said the same thing as far as ten years ago to the German people and to any population of people that is a declining population that isn't willing to have enough babies to reproduce themselves. And I’ve said to them, you can't rebuild your civilization with somebody else's babies," King said on CNN. "You've got to keep your birth rate up and that you need to teach your children your values."
King then lamented that the U.S. has "aborted nearly 60 million babies" since 1973 and claimed that there is an effort to "replace that void with somebody else's babies."
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/steve-king-doubles-down-somebody-else-babies
And as if Paul Ryan couldn’t be any more of a gigantic asshole, he actually defended Steve King’s racist tweet. I mean really? Usually when someone takes the low road like that, you go higher. And when you’re in a hole, stop digging! But not with the GOP, they’ll gladly double down on the assholery displayed here! This is who Steve King is – he just says what your racist uncle is thinking!
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Monday distanced himself from Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) comment that "civilization" can't be restored with "somebody else's babies," and said that he hoped the Iowa congressman "misspoke."
"I’d like to think––and I haven’t spoken to Steve about this––I’d like to think that he misspoke and it wasn’t really meant the way that that sounds, and hopefully he’s clarified that," the speaker said in an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier.
However, it does not appear that King misspoke at all. After sending the initial tweet, the Iowa congressman doubled down on his remark in a Monday morning interview on CNN and said he "meant exactly what I said" in the tweet. King claimed that there is an effort to fill a "void" left by abortion with "somebody else's babies."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/paul-ryan-steve-king-disagree?utm_content=buffer527c1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
"I’d like to think––and I haven’t spoken to Steve about this––I’d like to think that he misspoke and it wasn’t really meant the way that that sounds, and hopefully he’s clarified that," the speaker said in an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier.
However, it does not appear that King misspoke at all. After sending the initial tweet, the Iowa congressman doubled down on his remark in a Monday morning interview on CNN and said he "meant exactly what I said" in the tweet. King claimed that there is an effort to fill a "void" left by abortion with "somebody else's babies."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/paul-ryan-steve-king-disagree?utm_content=buffer527c1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
Entering the spin zone! Because unlike Bill O'Reilly, we actually support spinning here! It's what we do. And it lands on…. Wait for it… cool, I win 10,000. Of something, what that is, I still don’t know. Could be 10,000 tutus. Could be 10,000 molotov cocktails. Could be 10,000 Pink’s chili cheese dogs. We just don’t know. Spin it again! Donald Trump! ugh… as if this whole mess couldn’t get any uglier this week, our favorite punching bag, Breitbart, or as Trump calls them “the real news”, dropped the big one in regards to TrumpDon’tCare. It turns out Ryan trashed Trumpenfuror behind closed doors in a conference call last year:
Conservative website Breitbart continued their war on House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), releasing audio taken just prior to the election saying he had no interest in sticking up for Donald Trump.
Bretbart.com has long been known for attacking Ryan on orders from chairman Steve Bannon, with the current senior adviser to Trump once telling his staffers Paul Ryan is the enemy.
Monday evening, as Ryan was fending off a CBO report stating his health care plan would leave an additional 14 million Americans without health insurance in 2018, the website chose to create friction between the House Speaker and President Trump.
In the audio taken during a private October conference call with House Republican members, Ryan has few kind words for then-GOP presidential nominee Trump.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/i-wont-defend-trump-not-now-not-in-the-future-paul-ryan-caught-on-tape-trashing-trump-before-election/
Bretbart.com has long been known for attacking Ryan on orders from chairman Steve Bannon, with the current senior adviser to Trump once telling his staffers Paul Ryan is the enemy.
Monday evening, as Ryan was fending off a CBO report stating his health care plan would leave an additional 14 million Americans without health insurance in 2018, the website chose to create friction between the House Speaker and President Trump.
In the audio taken during a private October conference call with House Republican members, Ryan has few kind words for then-GOP presidential nominee Trump.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/i-wont-defend-trump-not-now-not-in-the-future-paul-ryan-caught-on-tape-trashing-trump-before-election/
But you know like I said we could have easily devoted all 10 slots to covering TrumpDontCare, but we won’t do that. But we could instead post some facts vs reality in regards to TrumpDontCare and let you draw your own conclusions, because once again, Trump is wrong on, well, everything!
Myth #1:
President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Obama’s signature health-care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid.
Trump declined to reveal specifics in the telephone interview late Saturday with The Washington Post, but any proposals from the incoming president would almost certainly dominate the Republican effort to overhaul federal health policy as he prepares to work with his party’s congressional majorities.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vows-insurance-for-everybody-in-obamacare-replacement-plan/2017/01/15/5f2b1e18-db5d-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html?utm_term=.0dd03e489b91
Trump declined to reveal specifics in the telephone interview late Saturday with The Washington Post, but any proposals from the incoming president would almost certainly dominate the Republican effort to overhaul federal health policy as he prepares to work with his party’s congressional majorities.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vows-insurance-for-everybody-in-obamacare-replacement-plan/2017/01/15/5f2b1e18-db5d-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html?utm_term=.0dd03e489b91
Reality:
House Republicans’ proposal to rewrite federal health-care law would more than reverse the gains the Affordable Care Act has made in the number of Americans with health insurance, while curbing the federal deficit, according to a widely anticipated forecast by congressional analysts.
The analysis, released late Monday afternoon by the Congressional Budget Office, predicts that 24 million fewer people would have coverage a decade from now than if the Affordable Care Act remains intact, nearly doubling the share of Americans who are uninsured from 10 percent to 19 percent. The office projects the number of uninsured people would jump 14 million after the first year
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/obamacare-revision-would-reduce-insured-numbers-by-24-million/2017/03/13/ea4c860a-0829-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.495bb1460d81
The analysis, released late Monday afternoon by the Congressional Budget Office, predicts that 24 million fewer people would have coverage a decade from now than if the Affordable Care Act remains intact, nearly doubling the share of Americans who are uninsured from 10 percent to 19 percent. The office projects the number of uninsured people would jump 14 million after the first year
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/obamacare-revision-would-reduce-insured-numbers-by-24-million/2017/03/13/ea4c860a-0829-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.495bb1460d81
Strike one! Myth #2:
DES MOINES, Iowa—Donald Trump says if he runs for president he’ll make sure entitlement programs aren’t touched.
“I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid,” Trump told The Daily Signal. “Every other Republican is going to cut, and even if they wouldn’t, they don’t know what to do because they don’t know where the money is. I do.”
Trump, the successful businessman who has flirted with a political career in the past, spent time in Iowa recently to talk about the issues at the top of his agenda.
http://dailysignal.com/2015/05/21/why-donald-trump-wont-touch-your-entitlements/
“I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid,” Trump told The Daily Signal. “Every other Republican is going to cut, and even if they wouldn’t, they don’t know what to do because they don’t know where the money is. I do.”
Trump, the successful businessman who has flirted with a political career in the past, spent time in Iowa recently to talk about the issues at the top of his agenda.
http://dailysignal.com/2015/05/21/why-donald-trump-wont-touch-your-entitlements/
Reality:
As a candidate, Donald Trump promised that he wouldn’t cut Medicaid. He’d “save Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security without cuts,” he pledged during his announcement speech. “Have to do it.”
The House Republican health care bill doesn’t just break that promise — it makes a mockery of it.
According to the Congressional Budget Office estimate released Monday, the American Health Care Act would slash $880 billion in federal funds from Medicaid in the next 10 years. As a result, 14 million fewer people would have Medicaid coverage in 2026, the agency estimates.
http://www.vox.com/2017/3/13/14914812/trump-ahca-medicaid-cuts
The House Republican health care bill doesn’t just break that promise — it makes a mockery of it.
According to the Congressional Budget Office estimate released Monday, the American Health Care Act would slash $880 billion in federal funds from Medicaid in the next 10 years. As a result, 14 million fewer people would have Medicaid coverage in 2026, the agency estimates.
http://www.vox.com/2017/3/13/14914812/trump-ahca-medicaid-cuts
Strike two! And finally myth #3:
President-elect Donald Trump says he will not throw out all parts of the Affordable Care Act he said he would do away with before the election. In his first post-election television interview, he said he will keep the portions covering people with pre-existing conditions and children living at home under the age of 26.
Trump also said Hillary and Bill Clinton called him separately to offer congratulations, characterizing the former president as “gracious” in his call and his former opponent in her call “couldn’t have been nicer.” The interview, in which Lesley Stahl also speaks to the Trump family, including Melania, Ivanka, Tiffany, Eric and Donald, Jr., will be broadcast Sunday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Excerpts of the interview appeared on the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley. Transcripts of the excerpts are below.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-keep-some-obamacare-says-clintons-gracious/
Trump also said Hillary and Bill Clinton called him separately to offer congratulations, characterizing the former president as “gracious” in his call and his former opponent in her call “couldn’t have been nicer.” The interview, in which Lesley Stahl also speaks to the Trump family, including Melania, Ivanka, Tiffany, Eric and Donald, Jr., will be broadcast Sunday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Excerpts of the interview appeared on the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley. Transcripts of the excerpts are below.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-keep-some-obamacare-says-clintons-gracious/
Reality!
The Republican-backed American Health Care Act would be totally devastating to older Americans who rely on the individual market for insurance, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
The bill does bring down overall premiums in the individual market by about 10 percent by 2026 compared with what they would be under current law, the CBO found. But the CBO includes a big caveat: This would greatly differ based on age and income.
The CBO offers an example of a single individual with an annual income of $26,500.
If that person is 21 years old, he’ll largely benefit from the Republican health care bill. Under the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), he would on average pay $1,700 in premiums for insurance. Under the Republican plan, he would pay $1,450.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/13/14914596/ahca-cbo-premiums-age
The bill does bring down overall premiums in the individual market by about 10 percent by 2026 compared with what they would be under current law, the CBO found. But the CBO includes a big caveat: This would greatly differ based on age and income.
The CBO offers an example of a single individual with an annual income of $26,500.
If that person is 21 years old, he’ll largely benefit from the Republican health care bill. Under the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), he would on average pay $1,700 in premiums for insurance. Under the Republican plan, he would pay $1,450.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/13/14914596/ahca-cbo-premiums-age
Striiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike 3! You’re out, assholes!
[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]
Let’s spin it to win it! Ooh that was a good spin there! And it lands on… Conspiracy Theories!
Planet Tranny… I don’t think I’ve seen that one. I don’t suppose you have a copy of that, do you, Alex? I mean since you’re so obsessed with “trannys”…
Spin it again! And it lands on golf. So you know the Trump sons Uday and Qusay have been busy setting up Trump branded properties all over the world right? And would you be at all shocked to learn that the Trump brothers have been boasting about getting rich off the presidency? I am! 
WASHINGTON — It is a golden age for golf — at least as far as the Trump Organization is concerned.
On Memorial Day weekend, the Senior P.G.A. Championship will be held at the Trump National Golf Club in suburban Washington. In July, the company’s course in Bedminster, N.J., is hosting another major event, the United States Women’s Open. The company is also bidding to host the Scottish Open or a half-dozen other possible professional tournaments at courses it owns in spots around the world from Miami to Dubai.
“The stars have all aligned,” Eric Trump, who as executive vice president of the Trump Organization oversees all its golf properties, said on Thursday morning, while sipping an iced tea at the restaurant inside the Trump International Hotel before appearing at a promotional event for the Memorial Day tournament. “I think our brand is the hottest it has ever been.”
What he did not mention at the news conference, while the cameras were rolling, is the product placement of incalculable value that is helping boost the Trump Organization’s golf courses: his father.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/us/politics/trump-golf-courses.html?_r=0
On Memorial Day weekend, the Senior P.G.A. Championship will be held at the Trump National Golf Club in suburban Washington. In July, the company’s course in Bedminster, N.J., is hosting another major event, the United States Women’s Open. The company is also bidding to host the Scottish Open or a half-dozen other possible professional tournaments at courses it owns in spots around the world from Miami to Dubai.
“The stars have all aligned,” Eric Trump, who as executive vice president of the Trump Organization oversees all its golf properties, said on Thursday morning, while sipping an iced tea at the restaurant inside the Trump International Hotel before appearing at a promotional event for the Memorial Day tournament. “I think our brand is the hottest it has ever been.”
What he did not mention at the news conference, while the cameras were rolling, is the product placement of incalculable value that is helping boost the Trump Organization’s golf courses: his father.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/us/politics/trump-golf-courses.html?_r=0
But let’s switch subjects now and briefly talk about the firing of, and I hope I am pronouncing this guy’s name correctly – Preet Bharara. So let’s go through the chain of events to show how it all got started and it’s not going away any time soon!
Preet Bharara, the Manhattan federal prosecutor who was told to submit his resignation along with 45 others on Friday, has no plans to do so — forcing a potential showdown with President Trump and the Department of Justice.
Mr. Bharara, whose office is overseeing a case against a top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and an investigation into people close to Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City, has told several people that he did not hand in a resignation on Friday, as he was ordered to do by the acting deputy attorney general, Dana Boente.
He also does not intend to do so over the weekend, he said in conversations with associates, a move that could force the hand of the Trump administration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/us/politics/preet-bharara-us-attorney.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
Mr. Bharara, whose office is overseeing a case against a top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and an investigation into people close to Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City, has told several people that he did not hand in a resignation on Friday, as he was ordered to do by the acting deputy attorney general, Dana Boente.
He also does not intend to do so over the weekend, he said in conversations with associates, a move that could force the hand of the Trump administration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/us/politics/preet-bharara-us-attorney.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
And then there’s more. So why did he get fired? Let’s go over some cases he had working in the books prior to his firing:
President Donald Trump’s decision to fire U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara happened as Bharara’s office was reportedly probing Fox News over its alleged failure to inform shareholders about repeated settlements for allegations of sexual harassment and assault by former Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes and other executives against female employees. Reports indicate Trump may pick one of Ailes’ former lawyers to replace Bharara.
Ailes Left Fox News Amid Flurry Of Sexual Harassment Allegations. In early July, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson sued the network’s CEO and Chairman Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. Carlson’s attorney told The Washington Post that 25 women had “come forward with what they describe as similar harassment claims against Ailes that stretch across five decades back to his days in the 1960s as a young television producer.” 21st Century Fox tasked a law firm with conducting a review of Ailes' conduct and “the initial findings were damaging enough that the Murdochs decided they had to escort Ailes out,” according to CNN’s Brian Stelter. New York national affairs editor Gabriel Sherman reported that sources briefed on the investigation said former Fox News host Megyn Kelly told investigators that Ailes had also sexually harassed her.
https://mediamatters.org/research/2017/03/12/us-attorney-preet-bharara-was-investigating-fox-news-when-trump-fired-him/215644
Ailes Left Fox News Amid Flurry Of Sexual Harassment Allegations. In early July, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson sued the network’s CEO and Chairman Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. Carlson’s attorney told The Washington Post that 25 women had “come forward with what they describe as similar harassment claims against Ailes that stretch across five decades back to his days in the 1960s as a young television producer.” 21st Century Fox tasked a law firm with conducting a review of Ailes' conduct and “the initial findings were damaging enough that the Murdochs decided they had to escort Ailes out,” according to CNN’s Brian Stelter. New York national affairs editor Gabriel Sherman reported that sources briefed on the investigation said former Fox News host Megyn Kelly told investigators that Ailes had also sexually harassed her.
https://mediamatters.org/research/2017/03/12/us-attorney-preet-bharara-was-investigating-fox-news-when-trump-fired-him/215644
Yup! There it is! Emperor Palpatine was firing the lead investigator on Jabba The Hutt’s, er, Roger Ailes, sexual harassment claims! God, how deep does this go? In fact Trump may have done more damage to his presidency by firing Bharara than he would have had he let him stay!
But a US attorney being fired instead of resigning? That's a big difference. It's also very rare. Sometimes there's a good reason to fire a US attorney. Like if he leaks information about an undercover investigation ... to the person being investigated.
In the late 2000s, there was a huge controversy when the George W. Bush administration summarily dismissed eight US attorneys, with no allegations of serious misconduct.
In the politically-charged aftermath, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned, and this remains a rare instance of a mass dismissal of US attorneys by a President, without any concrete grounds.
So a firing like Bharara's is unusual.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/12/opinions/bharara-clever-move-cevallos/index.html
In the late 2000s, there was a huge controversy when the George W. Bush administration summarily dismissed eight US attorneys, with no allegations of serious misconduct.
In the politically-charged aftermath, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned, and this remains a rare instance of a mass dismissal of US attorneys by a President, without any concrete grounds.
So a firing like Bharara's is unusual.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/12/opinions/bharara-clever-move-cevallos/index.html
[font size="8"]KellyAnne Conway[/font]
Spin that shit! Wheel goes ‘round, wheel goes ‘round, wheel goes ‘round, where does it land? It lands on… REMIX!!!!!!!!!!!
Spin it again! And it lands on… surveillance. You know we love ragging on ultra far right conspiracy theorists here on this show – doesn’t matter if its’ Alex Jones or Steve Bannon. In fact one of these days I want to do a special “THIS IS WHAT RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY THEORISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE” edition of this program. Because when you amp the crazy up to 11, as Trump has done, you get something like this:
Tyranny surveillance agency? Does he even know what tyranny is? Oh, and Alex – they *DO* monitor and control all airport travel! Something tells me Alex doesn’t leave his studio much. Well, there’s that level of crazy and then there’s KellyAnne Conway:
ALPINE, N.J. — The White House is offering yet another wrinkle in its attempt to support President Trump’s allegation — unfounded, so far — that his campaign headquarters in Manhattan was wiretapped by the Obama administration. The latest comes from Trump’s senior counselor Kellyanne Conway.
She says the “surveillance” may be broader than even Trump suggested.
In a wide-ranging interview Sunday at her home in Alpine, where she lives with her husband — a possible nominee for U.S. solicitor general — and their four children, Conway, who managed Trump’s presidential campaign before taking the job as one of the president's closest advisers, suggested that the alleged monitoring of activities at Trump’s campaign headquarters at Trump Tower in Manhattan may have involved far more than wiretapping.
“What I can say is there are many ways to surveil each other,” Conway said as the Trump presidency marked its 50th day in office during the weekend. “You can surveil someone through their phones, certainly through their television sets — any number of ways.”
Conway went on to say that the monitoring could be done with “microwaves that turn into cameras,” adding: “We know this is a fact of modern life.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/12/kellyanne-conway-surveillance-trump-campaign-wider/99109170/
She says the “surveillance” may be broader than even Trump suggested.
In a wide-ranging interview Sunday at her home in Alpine, where she lives with her husband — a possible nominee for U.S. solicitor general — and their four children, Conway, who managed Trump’s presidential campaign before taking the job as one of the president's closest advisers, suggested that the alleged monitoring of activities at Trump’s campaign headquarters at Trump Tower in Manhattan may have involved far more than wiretapping.
“What I can say is there are many ways to surveil each other,” Conway said as the Trump presidency marked its 50th day in office during the weekend. “You can surveil someone through their phones, certainly through their television sets — any number of ways.”
Conway went on to say that the monitoring could be done with “microwaves that turn into cameras,” adding: “We know this is a fact of modern life.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/12/kellyanne-conway-surveillance-trump-campaign-wider/99109170/
Yes – conservative conspiracy theorists are so over the top paranoid about government surveillance (despite that they created most of these programs), that they actually think their microwave ovens might be listening in on them. I’ve never seen any evidence that shows they didn’t. Or did they? You know if you need any further proof just how out of touch Trump fans are with reality, Amazon put out a fake radio station to promote season 3 of “The Man In The High Castle”, and well, as you can guess the proverbial shit hit the fan:
An ad campaign for a dystopian television show has some Trump supporters seeing red.
Amazon’s “The Man in the High Castle,” loosely based on a Philip K. Dick novel, is ramping up for its third season. The thriller, set in 1962, imagines a world in which the Axis powers won World War II and America is controlled by fascist leaders. The East Coast belongs to Nazi Germany; the West Coast is in the clutches of Imperial Japan.
At SXSW in Austin last week, as part of a marketing campaign for “The Man in the High Castle,” Amazon launched “Resistance Radio,” a fake Internet-based radio station broadcast by the fictional American “Resistance” from the show.
“Hijacking the airwaves, a secret network of DJs broadcast messages of hope to keep the memory of a former America alive,” the website said. Click through, and an interactive image of an antique, dual-knob radio appears while mod tunes drift through your computer’s speakers. In between songs, DJs on three different stations speak about how to fight the “Reich” in America.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/amazon-launched-a-fake-radio-station-to-promote-%e2%80%98the-man-in-the-high-castle%e2%80%99-angry-trump-supporters-thought-it-was-real/ar-AAofhCl?li=BBnb7Kz
Amazon’s “The Man in the High Castle,” loosely based on a Philip K. Dick novel, is ramping up for its third season. The thriller, set in 1962, imagines a world in which the Axis powers won World War II and America is controlled by fascist leaders. The East Coast belongs to Nazi Germany; the West Coast is in the clutches of Imperial Japan.
At SXSW in Austin last week, as part of a marketing campaign for “The Man in the High Castle,” Amazon launched “Resistance Radio,” a fake Internet-based radio station broadcast by the fictional American “Resistance” from the show.
“Hijacking the airwaves, a secret network of DJs broadcast messages of hope to keep the memory of a former America alive,” the website said. Click through, and an interactive image of an antique, dual-knob radio appears while mod tunes drift through your computer’s speakers. In between songs, DJs on three different stations speak about how to fight the “Reich” in America.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/amazon-launched-a-fake-radio-station-to-promote-%e2%80%98the-man-in-the-high-castle%e2%80%99-angry-trump-supporters-thought-it-was-real/ar-AAofhCl?li=BBnb7Kz
[font size="8"]Donald Trump Supporters[/font]
Spin that shit! Come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy…. Stop!!! And it lands on A Random Tweet! And we get to use actual Trump Tweets now! No more Fake Trump Tweet generator! Ah, don't be sad! Because Trump's madness does not stop. And just this morning he tweeted this:
Link to tweet
First off, Trump, I hope you realize that you just boosted the sales numbers for both Snoop Dogg and BADBADNOTGOOD, right? And his net worth was $143 million, and he still tours and sells out large venues, hardly what I would consider to be "failing". But I have many questions. The first is - really, Trump? Snoop Dogg is who you decide to go after? I mean first off – Snoop Dogg is 1,000,000 times cooler than you will ever be. Second, his career is definitely not “failing”. Third, I mean, really, Trump? you know what let’s play the video here in question:
And let’s not forget that Snoop Dogg actually attended Comedy Central’s Roast Of Donald Trump:
So really, Donald, before you attack someone, you should know what you’re getting into! Spin it again… and it lands on Donald Trump. Sigh… this next entry is proof of why we can’t have nice things. And I bet if Jesus sees what Trump fans are doing in his name, he’d tell his dad… “No, dad, fuck it! I’m not going back down there! I mean look at who their leader is!”. But seriously Trump fans, keep doing what you’re doing. Because while last week I did a deep dive into the threats on Jewish cemeteries and man that got dark, and they’re not letting it up even slightly. WTF is going on in this country? I remember a time was when there America were the good guys, but now the bad guys are taking over at an alarming rate.
Several hundred people gathered to rally in support of President Donald Trump on Saturday at the state Capitol. Carrying signs and waving American flags, the boisterous crowd gathered in solidarity in the wake of protests following Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration.
Phoenix's "March 4 Trump: Spirit of America Rally" was part of a nationwide campaign that, according to an organizer's website, included more than 50 marches, including in Berkeley, Calif., Denver, Washington, D.C., New York and Boston.
Numerous state and local officials attended the Phoenix rally, including state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, state schools Superintendent Diane Douglas and former Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. The Arizona Department of Public Safety reported attendance was at about 300 people midway through the event. A group of about a dozen counterprotesters was also there, wielding signs and cellphones as attendees approached them arguing politics.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/03/03/hundreds-expected-phoenix-pro-trump-rally/98713666/
Phoenix's "March 4 Trump: Spirit of America Rally" was part of a nationwide campaign that, according to an organizer's website, included more than 50 marches, including in Berkeley, Calif., Denver, Washington, D.C., New York and Boston.
Numerous state and local officials attended the Phoenix rally, including state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, state schools Superintendent Diane Douglas and former Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. The Arizona Department of Public Safety reported attendance was at about 300 people midway through the event. A group of about a dozen counterprotesters was also there, wielding signs and cellphones as attendees approached them arguing politics.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/03/03/hundreds-expected-phoenix-pro-trump-rally/98713666/
Ooh, I like that one! But they buried the lead here. What really happened at that Phoenix rally? I mean we had 3 and a half million people around the world join in the women’s protest last month. But this week? A few hundred Trump fans show up and all hell breaks loose. But then again this is Maricopa County – the county that elected and continued to reelect Sherriff Joe Arpaio for decades, but now that is no more! So should we really be *THAT* surprised?
Maricopa County burnished its reputation as the Trumpiest in America last weekend as hundreds of locals, including heavily armed militamen, white nationalists and even a few elected officials, gathered to support the 45th president. The ensuing "March for Trump" was as horrifying as it sounds.
Some even dared to tell Dan Cohen of the The Real News Network how they'd make America great again now that Trump was in office. And Muslims weren't the only religious minority unwelcomed.
"If she's Jewish, she should go back to her country," a 13-year-old Trump supporter said of a protester.
The day's proceedings would grow uglier still.
"I just want to let them know that I can't wait for the liberal genocide to begin," an Oath Keeper shouted at a small group of protesters.
"That's the way to make America great again," he later told Cohen. "Liberals are destroying the country."
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/trump-supporters-call-liberal-genocide-and-deportation-jews-arizona-rally
Some even dared to tell Dan Cohen of the The Real News Network how they'd make America great again now that Trump was in office. And Muslims weren't the only religious minority unwelcomed.
"If she's Jewish, she should go back to her country," a 13-year-old Trump supporter said of a protester.
The day's proceedings would grow uglier still.
"I just want to let them know that I can't wait for the liberal genocide to begin," an Oath Keeper shouted at a small group of protesters.
"That's the way to make America great again," he later told Cohen. "Liberals are destroying the country."
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/trump-supporters-call-liberal-genocide-and-deportation-jews-arizona-rally
What are these “oath keepers” and who are they swearing an oath to? It certainly isn’t the constitution because killing people who you don’t agree with, definitely isn’t an amendment last I checked! In fact if you guys had actually read the constitution, you would know that the first amendment guarantees both freedom of speech and freedom of religion! And little secret – it’s not us liberals who are destroying the country! You’ve been brainwashed by AM hate radio to believe that!
And in case you’re wondering if Trump fans couldn’t be any more classier than they are, I give you this incident from George Washington University. Just because Trump is in office, that does not under any circumstances give you a free pass to be an asshole! Stay classy, Trump fans! :
Signs promoting America as “a white nation” were posted on the campus of George Washington University, shocking and upsetting some students.
The signs mirrored those found on many other campuses in recent weeks. Groups that the Anti-Defamation League, which seeks to document and prevent bigotry, identifies as white supremacist have been pushing to spread their message on campuses and recruit college students, according to a recent analysis by the ADL. The report said the groups have been emboldened by current politics, and called it an unprecedented outreach to American college students. The ADL says more than 100 such incidents have happened this academic year, with more than half of them since January.
Corey Garelick, a law student, said he and his friends had seen the signs all over campus. “I cannot believe this is taking place today in the U.S., let alone on a college campus in a liberal city like D.C.,” he said. Garelick said other students are outraged, and many, including a friend who is an immigrant and a Muslim, are scared.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/03/13/white-supremacist-signs-posted-at-george-washington-university/?utm_term=.6ebb060d9d5b
The signs mirrored those found on many other campuses in recent weeks. Groups that the Anti-Defamation League, which seeks to document and prevent bigotry, identifies as white supremacist have been pushing to spread their message on campuses and recruit college students, according to a recent analysis by the ADL. The report said the groups have been emboldened by current politics, and called it an unprecedented outreach to American college students. The ADL says more than 100 such incidents have happened this academic year, with more than half of them since January.
Corey Garelick, a law student, said he and his friends had seen the signs all over campus. “I cannot believe this is taking place today in the U.S., let alone on a college campus in a liberal city like D.C.,” he said. Garelick said other students are outraged, and many, including a friend who is an immigrant and a Muslim, are scared.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/03/13/white-supremacist-signs-posted-at-george-washington-university/?utm_term=.6ebb060d9d5b
[font size="8"]Dana Rohrabacher[/font]
Let’s give the wheel a good strong spin, shall we? Ooh, that felt good! Where does it land, nobody knows! And it lands on… clip without context!
Let’s omit the word “opponent” from that sentence and I will agree with you, Pat!
Spin it again! People who somehow got elected! Hit it! Politicians at national, state and local levels who are so terrible , you wonder how they got elected in the first place. Or in this case reelected. It’s now time for another installment of:
This week – California state representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Obviously). You might remember Mr. Rohrabacher from his name being floated about as a possible candidate for Donald Trump’s Secretary Of State position. Which we all know now is being run by a guy who was the former CEO of Exxon and poster boy for greed, Rex Tillerson. But who is Dana Rohrabacher? Well, he’s a guy who openly supports the Taliban – and even did so on his own Congressional page!
Jan 24, 2012
Washington, Jan 24 - The Obama administration's plan for building peace in Afghanistan involves reconciliation talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. But Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight, says a political resolution with the radical Islamist group, which ruled Afghanistan when U.S.-led forces invaded in 2001, would be a "betrayal." Last week, the 12-term Republican from California's 46th District led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Berlin to meet with a group of Afghan politicians opposed to involving the Taliban in a coalition government. He spoke with U.S. News about the meeting and what he thinks is driving the policy. Excerpts:
What's wrong with the current strategy in Afghanistan?
People are talking about trying to include the Taliban in the coalition government. That's a declaration of failure for the policy we've had for the past 10 years.
https://rohrabacher.house.gov/rep-dana-rohrabacher-white-house-wrong-taliban
Washington, Jan 24 - The Obama administration's plan for building peace in Afghanistan involves reconciliation talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. But Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight, says a political resolution with the radical Islamist group, which ruled Afghanistan when U.S.-led forces invaded in 2001, would be a "betrayal." Last week, the 12-term Republican from California's 46th District led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Berlin to meet with a group of Afghan politicians opposed to involving the Taliban in a coalition government. He spoke with U.S. News about the meeting and what he thinks is driving the policy. Excerpts:
What's wrong with the current strategy in Afghanistan?
People are talking about trying to include the Taliban in the coalition government. That's a declaration of failure for the policy we've had for the past 10 years.
https://rohrabacher.house.gov/rep-dana-rohrabacher-white-house-wrong-taliban
Yes, WTF lol. We have an American politician who actively supports the Taliban and says that Obama’s policies were flat out wrong. I mean come on , even in the GOP’s crazy upside down world, up is down, black is white, good is bad, and so on. Mr. Rohrabacher is also a member of the GOP House Science Committee. And in typical GOP I mean who knew the GOP embraced science?
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), a longtime member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, recently brushed aside concern that the wildfires currently scorching across his state and causing millions of dollars of damage have anything to do with climate change. In fact, he told constituents at a town hall that "global warming is a total fraud," employed by liberals to "create global government."
In a video captured by Lee Fang of The Nation, Rohrabacher laughed off a claim made last week by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) that the unusual intensity of this year's wildfire season should give rise to a more serious debate about how climate change is affecting the temperature and length of the dry season.
"Just so you'll know, global warming is a total fraud and it's being designed because what you’ve got is you’ve got liberals who get elected at the local level want state government to do the work and let them make the decisions," Rohrabacher said. "Then, at the state level, they want the federal government to do it. And at the federal government, they want to create global government to control all of our lives."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/dana-rohrabacher-global-warming_n_3743390.html
In a video captured by Lee Fang of The Nation, Rohrabacher laughed off a claim made last week by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) that the unusual intensity of this year's wildfire season should give rise to a more serious debate about how climate change is affecting the temperature and length of the dry season.
"Just so you'll know, global warming is a total fraud and it's being designed because what you’ve got is you’ve got liberals who get elected at the local level want state government to do the work and let them make the decisions," Rohrabacher said. "Then, at the state level, they want the federal government to do it. And at the federal government, they want to create global government to control all of our lives."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/dana-rohrabacher-global-warming_n_3743390.html
And what happened this week, you may ask to get Mr. Rohrabacher a place on our ever-growing list of “People Who Somehow Got Elected”, you may ask? Well specifically this happened:
For opposing democracy and oppressing its citizens' freedom, China's leaders are "foreign thugs" and "jackboots" worthy of contempt, according to Congressman Dana Rohrabacher.
But Russia's authoritarian practices, including a habit of using assassination to quiet government criticism, gets a weird pass in Rohrabacher's brain, which surely digested ample legitimate reports of Vladimir Putin's corruption and campaign to erode all civil liberties.
Nonetheless, over the last decade, Orange County's senior career politician repeatedly praised Putin and even wept at a conservative political forum about what he sees as callous American abuses of Russia.
Rohrabacher quadrupled down this week on his sentiment during a telephonic town hall meeting after one caller expressed dismay about Russian intelligence hacking operations and advocated for an independent prosecutor to investigate.
http://www.ocweekly.com/news/new-headline-7953950
But Russia's authoritarian practices, including a habit of using assassination to quiet government criticism, gets a weird pass in Rohrabacher's brain, which surely digested ample legitimate reports of Vladimir Putin's corruption and campaign to erode all civil liberties.
Nonetheless, over the last decade, Orange County's senior career politician repeatedly praised Putin and even wept at a conservative political forum about what he sees as callous American abuses of Russia.
Rohrabacher quadrupled down this week on his sentiment during a telephonic town hall meeting after one caller expressed dismay about Russian intelligence hacking operations and advocated for an independent prosecutor to investigate.
http://www.ocweekly.com/news/new-headline-7953950
Yeah because… fuck freedom! Fuck the notion that everyone should be free! Martin Luther King? Susan B. Anthony? Who are those people? You know Rohrabacher could easily have made a case that he could be Trump’s secretary of state – I mean he loves Russia almost as much as Tillerson does!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/secretary-of-state-candidate-rep-dana-rohrabacher-defends-russia-denounces-china-201557094.html
“If it’s right for us to join in and cooperate and have a better relationship with Russia in order to defeat radical Islam and to pull China back a bit,” said Rohrabacher, “well that’s a good thing, and that’s what this is all about. Russia is no longer the Soviet Union. There’s a bunch of people here who want to treat it like it’s still the Soviet Union and get in the Cold War. That’s not what Donald Trump wants, it’s not good for America, and it’s better to cooperate with them to actually take on real enemies.”
The California congressman has been rumored as a candidate to lead the State Department in the Trump administration. Rohrabacher has been referred to as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “favorite congressman,” and he said that while most of his colleagues may view that as a negative, he doesn’t mind advocating it. Rohrabacher was a speechwriter for the Ronald Reagan White House and arm-wrestled Putin at a Washington, D.C., bar in the 1990s, when the Russian president was just a deputy mayor.
“If it’s right for us to join in and cooperate and have a better relationship with Russia in order to defeat radical Islam and to pull China back a bit,” said Rohrabacher, “well that’s a good thing, and that’s what this is all about. Russia is no longer the Soviet Union. There’s a bunch of people here who want to treat it like it’s still the Soviet Union and get in the Cold War. That’s not what Donald Trump wants, it’s not good for America, and it’s better to cooperate with them to actually take on real enemies.”
The California congressman has been rumored as a candidate to lead the State Department in the Trump administration. Rohrabacher has been referred to as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “favorite congressman,” and he said that while most of his colleagues may view that as a negative, he doesn’t mind advocating it. Rohrabacher was a speechwriter for the Ronald Reagan White House and arm-wrestled Putin at a Washington, D.C., bar in the 1990s, when the Russian president was just a deputy mayor.
And then there’s also this:
Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of California is proposing a law that would only allow states to determine marijuana policies, resolving the current conflict between state and federal marijuana laws. Four states — Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington — have laws that allow the production and sale of marijuana for adult use. Four additional states — California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada — are in the process of establishing similar regulations. Under federal law, marijuana is a schedule 1 drug, meaning it “has a high potential for abuse . . . has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States (and) there is a lack of accepted safety for use of drug or other substance under medical supervision” (21 U.S.C 812(b)(1)). Thus, a conflict.
“This is commonsense legislation that is long overdue,” Robert Capecchi, director of federal policies for the Marijuana Policy Project, said in a press release. “It is time to end marijuana prohibition at the federal level and give states the authority to determine their own policies.”
“States throughout the country are effectively regulating and controlling marijuana medical or broader adult use,” Capecch said. “Federal tax dollars should not be wasted on arresting and prosecuting people who are following their state and local laws.”
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/09/republican-congressman-introduces-legislation-that-would-take-marijuana-out-of-the-hands-of-the-federal-government/
“This is commonsense legislation that is long overdue,” Robert Capecchi, director of federal policies for the Marijuana Policy Project, said in a press release. “It is time to end marijuana prohibition at the federal level and give states the authority to determine their own policies.”
“States throughout the country are effectively regulating and controlling marijuana medical or broader adult use,” Capecch said. “Federal tax dollars should not be wasted on arresting and prosecuting people who are following their state and local laws.”
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/09/republican-congressman-introduces-legislation-that-would-take-marijuana-out-of-the-hands-of-the-federal-government/
Yes so they have absolutely no problems with the federal government taking Mike Pence’s horrifically unconstitutional “religious freedom” law national, but they would let the states determine marijuana prohibition? Get the fuck out of here! That’s representative Dana Rohrabacher, yet another one of the:
[font size="8"]The Christian Persecution Complex[/font]
Let’s spin it to win it! And it lands on… wait for it… booze!
Your days of sipping adult beverages from a Solo cup could be making a comeback, specifically at some of Boston’s high-end bars.
Following a string of local bar assaults involving glassware, the city’s Liquor Licensing Board is moving to crack down on establishments where patrons have suffered injuries related to glasses holding drinks. Watering holes with repeat offenses could have to use plastic barware in lieu of the real deal — no matter how upscale the joint.
“If we see a pattern of glass as a weapon it will no longer be allowed,” Christine Puglini, the board’s chairwoman, said at a hearing yesterday, addressing representatives of Minibar, a Copley Square Hotel bar. “You may be high-end, but you’re not acting high-end.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2017/02/glasses_may_get_banned_at_boston_bars_after_assaults
Following a string of local bar assaults involving glassware, the city’s Liquor Licensing Board is moving to crack down on establishments where patrons have suffered injuries related to glasses holding drinks. Watering holes with repeat offenses could have to use plastic barware in lieu of the real deal — no matter how upscale the joint.
“If we see a pattern of glass as a weapon it will no longer be allowed,” Christine Puglini, the board’s chairwoman, said at a hearing yesterday, addressing representatives of Minibar, a Copley Square Hotel bar. “You may be high-end, but you’re not acting high-end.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2017/02/glasses_may_get_banned_at_boston_bars_after_assaults
Boston, keep doing what you’re doing! Spin it again! And it lands on… wow, How Is This Still A Thing and People Who Somehow Got Elected in the same week! Well, hit it! It’s now time for another installment of:
This week: The Christian Persuection Complex. How is this still a thing? Because we live in uncertain times, and the majority religion in this country is Christianity. Yet, with this religion making up over half of the 320 million Americans in this country, the majority religion still feels a need to say that they are being persecuted. In fact Bill Maher pointed this out in a new rule from last year that everyone should see if they haven’t already:
But Christians still think they’re being persecuted. In fact our “esteemed” president Trump reiterated this fact a few weeks ago:
The United States could prioritize the resettlement of Christian refugees over members of other religious groups, President Trump said on Friday.
“They’ve been horribly treated,” Trump said in an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network anchor David Brody. “Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very tough, to get into the United States?”
“If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible and the reason that was so unfair, everybody was persecuted in all fairness, but they were chopping off the heads of everybody but more so the Christians. And I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to help them.”
When asked by Brody if he saw helping persecuted Christians abroad as a “priority,” Trump promptly replied, “yes.”
Trump’s comments come as the president considers an executive order that would ban refugees from certain Muslim-majority countries from coming to the U.S., and would suspend the country’s refugee resettlement program for 120 days.
As a presidential candidate, Trump called for a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S., arguing that terrorists were entering the country by posing as refugees. He also called for the creation of a Muslim registry.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316586-trump-persecuted-christian-refugees-are-priority
“They’ve been horribly treated,” Trump said in an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network anchor David Brody. “Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very tough, to get into the United States?”
“If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible and the reason that was so unfair, everybody was persecuted in all fairness, but they were chopping off the heads of everybody but more so the Christians. And I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to help them.”
When asked by Brody if he saw helping persecuted Christians abroad as a “priority,” Trump promptly replied, “yes.”
Trump’s comments come as the president considers an executive order that would ban refugees from certain Muslim-majority countries from coming to the U.S., and would suspend the country’s refugee resettlement program for 120 days.
As a presidential candidate, Trump called for a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S., arguing that terrorists were entering the country by posing as refugees. He also called for the creation of a Muslim registry.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316586-trump-persecuted-christian-refugees-are-priority
So this begs to ask the question how is this still a thing? Because the majority religion claiming a persecution complex is almost as old as the majority religion itself. Even this week, legislation has been creeping up that would put this practice into theory. Let’s explain further:
The degree to which discrimination exists in American society is in the eye of the beholder, apparently. According to the latest poll from the Public Religion Research Institute, a white evangelical in the U.S. is more likely to think that Christians experience a lot of discrimination compared to Muslims.
The survey found that 57 percent of white evangelicals believe that Christians face a lot of discrimination in America, while only 44 percent recognized that same level of discrimination for the Muslim community. White evangelicals were the one major religious group to indicate that Christians faced heavy persecution. In contrast, roughly 75 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans and non-white Protestants agree that Muslims face the most discrimination, according to the poll.
Perceptions of discrimination is stark in America. Nearly half of white Americans said they believe that black Americans experience racial discrimination, while 87 percent of black Americans have come to that same conclusion, the poll found.
Christian persecution and religious freedom is a legitimate concern for the Republican Party. They recently crafted the First Amendment Defense Act, federal legislation mirrored after the “religious freedom” laws that have popped up across the country, including in Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana.
President Donald Trump’s executive order, which barred entry of travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, failed its judicial test in part because the ban excluded religious minorities in those countries, also known as Christians. The administration appeared to have a preference for a certain religious group, a court found. Meanwhile, the GOP has long focused on the plight of Christians in non-secular countries in the Middle East.
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/10/white-evangelicals-say-christians-face-more-persecution-than-muslims-poll/
The survey found that 57 percent of white evangelicals believe that Christians face a lot of discrimination in America, while only 44 percent recognized that same level of discrimination for the Muslim community. White evangelicals were the one major religious group to indicate that Christians faced heavy persecution. In contrast, roughly 75 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans and non-white Protestants agree that Muslims face the most discrimination, according to the poll.
Perceptions of discrimination is stark in America. Nearly half of white Americans said they believe that black Americans experience racial discrimination, while 87 percent of black Americans have come to that same conclusion, the poll found.
Christian persecution and religious freedom is a legitimate concern for the Republican Party. They recently crafted the First Amendment Defense Act, federal legislation mirrored after the “religious freedom” laws that have popped up across the country, including in Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana.
President Donald Trump’s executive order, which barred entry of travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, failed its judicial test in part because the ban excluded religious minorities in those countries, also known as Christians. The administration appeared to have a preference for a certain religious group, a court found. Meanwhile, the GOP has long focused on the plight of Christians in non-secular countries in the Middle East.
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/10/white-evangelicals-say-christians-face-more-persecution-than-muslims-poll/
And you know what, while we’re at it, let’s discuss “The First Amendment Defense Act” which might be one of the most unconstitutional pieces of legislation ever proposed. It’s essentially the national, nuclear version of Indiana’s pro-discrimination “religious discrimination” act, and you know that President Trump wouldn’t hesitate for a minute to sign it into law:
The First Amendment Defense Act is the nuclear version of the so-called “religious freedom” laws that have appeared across the country, most infamously in Mike Pence’s Indiana. The Republican House will surely pass it, the Senate will pass it unless it’s filibustered by Democrats, and President-elect Trump has promised to sign it.
If it becomes law, FADA will be the worst thing to happen to women and LGBT people in a generation.
Like state “religious freedom restoration acts,” FADA’s basic principle is that it’s not discrimination when businesses discriminate against LGBT people if they have a religious reason for doing so. The most famous situations have to do with marriage: wedding cake bakers who say that if they bake a cake, they’re violating their religion; Kim Davis, the government clerk who said that signing a secular marriage certificate was a religious act that she could not perform.
But those stories are a red herring. The more important cases are ones like hospitals refusing to treat LGBT people (or their children), pharmacies refusing to fill birth control prescriptions, businesses refusing to offer health benefits to a same-sex partner, and state-funded adoption agencies refusing to place kids with gay families. Underneath the rhetorical BS, that’s what FADA is all about.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/16/the-gop-s-anti-lgbt-anti-women-religious-freedom-law-on-steroids.html
If it becomes law, FADA will be the worst thing to happen to women and LGBT people in a generation.
Like state “religious freedom restoration acts,” FADA’s basic principle is that it’s not discrimination when businesses discriminate against LGBT people if they have a religious reason for doing so. The most famous situations have to do with marriage: wedding cake bakers who say that if they bake a cake, they’re violating their religion; Kim Davis, the government clerk who said that signing a secular marriage certificate was a religious act that she could not perform.
But those stories are a red herring. The more important cases are ones like hospitals refusing to treat LGBT people (or their children), pharmacies refusing to fill birth control prescriptions, businesses refusing to offer health benefits to a same-sex partner, and state-funded adoption agencies refusing to place kids with gay families. Underneath the rhetorical BS, that’s what FADA is all about.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/16/the-gop-s-anti-lgbt-anti-women-religious-freedom-law-on-steroids.html
And it’s not the bakeries that are just the target here. In fact we here at the Top 10 are starting to think that the GOP would be better off if we were all dead. Because just as their horrifying anti-Islam ban would mean that a lot of people are going to die, this will also mean that a lot of people are going to die when hospitals start refusing LGBT people on religious grounds. Yes, this is a thing now. In fact I think we liberals are missing out on a monetary opportunity here. While companies can shut out gay couples based on religious grounds, we should start companies that cater *EXCLUSIVELY* to gay couples and their forthcoming weddings. But Louisiana’s former governor Bobby Jindal spells it out for you:
Now that the firestorm regarding Indiana’s “Religious Freedom” law has died down, attention is shifting to the next battleground state: Louisiana, where the “Marriage and Conscience Act” is supported by Governor Bobby Jindal, but opposed by leading pro-business Republicans in the state legislature.
This dynamic is familiar by now. It began in Arizona, continued in Georgia and Texas, and reached fever pitch in Indiana. But it is still quite new, and activists on both sides of the issue are trying to come to terms with it even now. There are two key points to bear in mind: First, the backlash to the backlash is now in full effect, and second, these “religious freedom” laws are actually much worse than anyone is saying.
So far, we’ve all been arguing about the very best cases for Christian conservatives: small, expressive businesses, like the photographers, bakers, and florists you’ve heard about. By now, most of us know the fundamental question they put forward: Should such businesses be able to opt out of same-sex weddings for religious reasons?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/15/bobby-jindal-is-doubling-down-on-rfra.html
This dynamic is familiar by now. It began in Arizona, continued in Georgia and Texas, and reached fever pitch in Indiana. But it is still quite new, and activists on both sides of the issue are trying to come to terms with it even now. There are two key points to bear in mind: First, the backlash to the backlash is now in full effect, and second, these “religious freedom” laws are actually much worse than anyone is saying.
So far, we’ve all been arguing about the very best cases for Christian conservatives: small, expressive businesses, like the photographers, bakers, and florists you’ve heard about. By now, most of us know the fundamental question they put forward: Should such businesses be able to opt out of same-sex weddings for religious reasons?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/15/bobby-jindal-is-doubling-down-on-rfra.html
But in case you’re wondering where this is going, the fact that a KKK rally gaining no attention shouldn’t be the new normal. In fact if this isn’t terrifying to you, you’re either not paying attention, or you just don’t care. Move along, nothing to see here! It’s just a bunch of Christian racists pretending to be persecuted! Because being superior to minorities is fun!
In Upstate New York, the home of a Jewish man was spray-painted with swastikas. In Virginia, fliers were distributed in several neighborhoods with the words, “Make America WHITE again-and greatness will follow.” In Colorado, two typewritten notes that read “WERE GONNA BLOW UP ALL OF YOU REFUGEES,” were left at a community center serving mainly Muslim immigrants. Now whatever was happening in other parts of the country seemed to have arrived in Dahlonega.
The mayor got dressed and headed for the square. The reverend called the sheriff. Fambrough recalled how she hurried over to see for herself, saying “No, no, not here,” the whole way, and “Hell,no,” until she was there, alone, staring at the banner.
She was a white 37-year-old mother of two, a program specialist in the biology department at the University of North Georgia who called Dahlonega a “sweet, loving town” and had never protested anything in her life. Now she felt her anger rising. She remembered the flip-chart paper in her trunk left over from a presentation a month before and made two signs — “Not in my town,” she wrote, and “Love Lives Here” — then got out and stood in her sandals holding them.
She was freezing. The square was still quiet, with all the shops closed. She scanned the windows across the street to see if someone was watching. She planned which way she would run if something happened. Cars passed, and she scrutinized each face.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-georgia-reaction-to-kkk-banner-is-a-sign-of-the-times/ar-AAoccgl?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
The mayor got dressed and headed for the square. The reverend called the sheriff. Fambrough recalled how she hurried over to see for herself, saying “No, no, not here,” the whole way, and “Hell,no,” until she was there, alone, staring at the banner.
She was a white 37-year-old mother of two, a program specialist in the biology department at the University of North Georgia who called Dahlonega a “sweet, loving town” and had never protested anything in her life. Now she felt her anger rising. She remembered the flip-chart paper in her trunk left over from a presentation a month before and made two signs — “Not in my town,” she wrote, and “Love Lives Here” — then got out and stood in her sandals holding them.
She was freezing. The square was still quiet, with all the shops closed. She scanned the windows across the street to see if someone was watching. She planned which way she would run if something happened. Cars passed, and she scrutinized each face.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-georgia-reaction-to-kkk-banner-is-a-sign-of-the-times/ar-AAoccgl?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
And in fact Pat Robertson even reiterated this fact when he was talking about a group of witches laying a spell and cursing President Trump:
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We have to say that we’re with the witches on this one! Yes, just ignore the racist trolls. Never mind that hardcore racism and Christian superiority is becoming the new normal. That’s enough to make you ask – the Christian Persecution complex:
[font size="8"]Arian Foster Vs. The Wolf [/font]
Let’s spin the wheel, shall we? And it lands on…. Wait for it…. Infowars!
Tell me again why we’re supposed to take these people seriously? And judging from his diet (or lack thereof), Alec Baldwin could probably take Alex Jones in a single choke hold. Just sayin’!
Spin it again! Sports! Now it’s time for:
Yes, I need a fucking drink my loyal Top 10 fans! Ah where you been, man! Thank you. While I’m enjoying this nice glass of Jack Daniels mixed with Jack Daniels, you know there’s been some really dark shit the last couple of weeks. And it got real dark real quick when we were talking about the desecration of cemeteries by Trump supporters. So all I have to say is, fuck it. Let’s throw out whatever we were going to talk about and talk about something that doesn’t have anything to do with anything. And that something has to do with football. Specifically, retired football player Arian Foster. Now we live in a world where batshit crazy stuff happens on an almost minute by minute basis, and as a semi-professional armchair journalist, when something like this happens, it’s one of those things that causes both sides of your brain to shut down and go “WTF”! I mentioned this in the monologue last week but it gets weirder!
If Arian Foster ever runs into a wolf, he likes his chances.
No, we aren’t kidding.
The former NFL running back thinks that he would come out victorious in a one-on-one encounter with a wolf, and he went on a tweet storm to explain his belief.
Foster’s logic behind this assertion is that he weighs more, has thumbs and has “studied the wolf.”
A few of Foster’s followers tried to make him see reason, but it was to no avail.
While there are too many tweets to post all of them, here are a few of the highlights
http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/arian_foster_outlines_how_he_would_fight_wolf_in_hilarious_tweet_storm/s1_8626_23388226
No, we aren’t kidding.
The former NFL running back thinks that he would come out victorious in a one-on-one encounter with a wolf, and he went on a tweet storm to explain his belief.
Foster’s logic behind this assertion is that he weighs more, has thumbs and has “studied the wolf.”
A few of Foster’s followers tried to make him see reason, but it was to no avail.
While there are too many tweets to post all of them, here are a few of the highlights
http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/arian_foster_outlines_how_he_would_fight_wolf_in_hilarious_tweet_storm/s1_8626_23388226
Strap in, because this is the stuff of magic here folks. I mean what…how… why… who… what the… what the serious fuck? Let’s go through some of these!
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And I love where he gets questioned on what kind of animals he could fight and then this comes up!
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Although you got to love a guy who has this as a pinned tweet.
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And then there’s more! Apparently some network, let’s call them “CBS”, asked actual wolf experts if Mr. Foster could fight a wolf or not! This is real! This actually happened!
Over the weekend, former NFL running back Arian Foster drew headlines when he went on a long, fascinating Twitter rant about fighting a wolf. Foster firmly believes he would badly beat up a wolf , using only his bare hands.
Foster, who retired from the NFL in the middle of 2016 , made some good points, including his weight advantage (at least 30 pounds, maybe 50 pounds) and the lack of thumbs on wolves.
The International Wolf Center, which is a thing apparently, responded to Foster’s statements with a press release declaring that Foster, basically, is a crazy person for wanting to fight a wolf.
The weight advantage, it turns out, might not be an actual advantage:
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/wolf-experts-suggest-arian-foster-would-get-annihilated-if-he-decided-to-fight-a-wolf/
Foster, who retired from the NFL in the middle of 2016 , made some good points, including his weight advantage (at least 30 pounds, maybe 50 pounds) and the lack of thumbs on wolves.
The International Wolf Center, which is a thing apparently, responded to Foster’s statements with a press release declaring that Foster, basically, is a crazy person for wanting to fight a wolf.
The weight advantage, it turns out, might not be an actual advantage:
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/wolf-experts-suggest-arian-foster-would-get-annihilated-if-he-decided-to-fight-a-wolf/
So that’s one for nay! How about one for aye?
Aaron Rodgers has taken a side in the whole Arian Foster vs. Wolf debate ... and it's man over beast.
Foster got EVERYONE talking this week when he tweeted out reasons why he truly believes he could take a wild wolf in a 1-on-1 fight.
He even laid out his arguments as to why he thinks he has a legit advantage ... including thumbs and ability to strategize.
Well, outside Catch in L.A. ... Rodgers told us he sees it Foster's way.
http://www.tmz.com/2017/03/08/aaron-rodgers-arian-foster-wolf/
Foster got EVERYONE talking this week when he tweeted out reasons why he truly believes he could take a wild wolf in a 1-on-1 fight.
He even laid out his arguments as to why he thinks he has a legit advantage ... including thumbs and ability to strategize.
Well, outside Catch in L.A. ... Rodgers told us he sees it Foster's way.
http://www.tmz.com/2017/03/08/aaron-rodgers-arian-foster-wolf/
[font size="8"]Stupidest State Round 7: #3 Missouri Vs. #4 South Carolina [/font]
Let’s give the wheel a final spin for this week! And it lands on… Another clip without context!
Pat can’t really believe everything he says, can he? I mean this is too crazy even for him! Well spin the wheel again! Stupidest State Contest… hit it!
16 states will enter, and only one state will be crowned the new Top 10 Conservative Idiots Stupidest State! If you need a reminder of the conferences, there’s the Batshit Conference, the Fiscal Irresponsibility Conference, the Gun Nut Conference, and the Family Values Conference. Last week, it was a Family Values face-off to see who would face Alabama in the conference championship, and it was a nail biter but Tennessee prevailed with a last second 3 pointer to advance against North Carolina and seek the conference crown against Alabama. This week, we’re headed back to the Gun Nut Conference, you know – states where it’s perfectly acceptable to take your AK-47 on a dinner date to Chili’s, while the cops look the other way with your racist bumper stickers on the back of your car. This time it’s a central showdown as gun-happy police in #3 Missouri are going to take on the Confederacy in #4 – South Carolina! Let’s get out our brackets, shall we?
[font size="6"]Round 7: Gun Nut Conference: #3 Missouri Vs #4 South Carolina[/font]
[font size="4"]Missouri[/font]
Next up in our Stupidest State Contest is none other than the Show Me State, Missouri. Missouri is home to Branson, as Homer Simpson famously called it “Las Vegas if it were run by Ned Flanders”. Yes, picture all the bland entertainment of the Las Vegas Strip, without the booze or gambling. Missouri is also the home of St. Louis and the famous, nationally recognized monument the St. Louis Arch. It is the home of the University of Missouri. And world champion sports teams including the Kansas City Royals, the St. Louis Cardinals, the St. Louis Blues, and the Kansas City Chiefs. But what else is Missouri the home of, you might ask? Well that is a good question. It’s also the home of Ferguson, Missouri. Yes, the very town where Mike Brown was murdered by police and it sparked the political movement known as Black Lives Matter (*BEEP!!!! CONTROVERSY WARNING!!!!*).
When Baltimore erupted into protest this April over Freddie Gray’s death, it was clear that the movement against racist police brutality that began last August in Ferguson, Missouri, had survived the winter. Baltimore, many said, was the next Ferguson.
But where, then, is the next Baltimore? Perhaps somewhere in Europe.
On May 18, hundreds of Parisians gathered to protest the acquittal of two police officers who, in 2005, allegedly did nothing to prevent the accidental electrocution death of two teenagers— one black, one of Arab descent—who had run into an off-limits power facility while being pursued by police....
At a May demonstration in London, the name on picket signs was Julian Cole, a 21-year-old black Briton who has been in a vegetative state since 2013, when police allegedly left him with spinal injuries uncannily similar to those suffered by Gray in the back of a police van.
http://inthesetimes.com/article/18042/black-lives-matter-in-europe-too
But where, then, is the next Baltimore? Perhaps somewhere in Europe.
On May 18, hundreds of Parisians gathered to protest the acquittal of two police officers who, in 2005, allegedly did nothing to prevent the accidental electrocution death of two teenagers— one black, one of Arab descent—who had run into an off-limits power facility while being pursued by police....
At a May demonstration in London, the name on picket signs was Julian Cole, a 21-year-old black Briton who has been in a vegetative state since 2013, when police allegedly left him with spinal injuries uncannily similar to those suffered by Gray in the back of a police van.
http://inthesetimes.com/article/18042/black-lives-matter-in-europe-too
Yeah so apparently… things got worse. Yeah I’ll just leave it at that. There really isn’t anything you can make funny about police brutality. But what else is Missouri the home of? You know the case of BLM isn’t just limited to what happened in Ferguson. There’s plenty of other gun madness in Missouri that has led to such crimes. Missouri is also the home of a bill that would allow teachers to have guns in classrooms. Yes, this is now a thing.
JEFFERSON CITY -- Any public school teacher or administrator with a concealed weapons permit would be allowed to carry guns in Missouri schools under a bill filed Tuesday in the state House.
Republican Rep. Mike Kelley of Lamar is sponsoring the legislation, along with Republican Rep. Rick Brattin of Harrisonville. It comes less than a week after a gunman shot and killed 26 people – including 20 children – at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Missouri law currently prohibits anyone except law enforcement from bringing a weapon into schools. But following the Connecticut school shooting, Republicans around the nation have argued that similar tragedies could be avoided in the future by arming school personnel.
"I think there is a correlation between these horrible acts of violence and the gun-free zones that have come about by the law," Republican Rep. Stanley Cox, a Sedalia attorney who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, recently told the Associated Press.
http://midwestdemocracy.com/articles/missouri-bill-would-allow-teachers-carry-guns-schools/
Republican Rep. Mike Kelley of Lamar is sponsoring the legislation, along with Republican Rep. Rick Brattin of Harrisonville. It comes less than a week after a gunman shot and killed 26 people – including 20 children – at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Missouri law currently prohibits anyone except law enforcement from bringing a weapon into schools. But following the Connecticut school shooting, Republicans around the nation have argued that similar tragedies could be avoided in the future by arming school personnel.
"I think there is a correlation between these horrible acts of violence and the gun-free zones that have come about by the law," Republican Rep. Stanley Cox, a Sedalia attorney who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, recently told the Associated Press.
http://midwestdemocracy.com/articles/missouri-bill-would-allow-teachers-carry-guns-schools/
Missouri house republicans also threatened to nullify all gun laws at the federal level. Yes – all gun laws would effectively be overturned in the state of Missouri would literally present a scenario where it’s every man for himself. This is not a good thing!
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Unless a handful of wavering Democrats change their minds, the Republican-controlled Missouri legislature is expected to enact a statute next month nullifying all federal gun laws in the state and making it a crime for federal agents to enforce them here. A Missourian arrested under federal firearm statutes would even be able to sue the arresting officer.
The law amounts to the most far-reaching states’ rights endeavor in the country, the far edge of a growing movement known as “nullification” in which a state defies federal power.
The Missouri Republican Party thinks linking guns to nullification works well, said Matt Wills, the party’s director of communications, thanks in part to the push by President Obama for tougher gun laws. “It’s probably one of the best states’ rights issues that the country’s got going right now,” he said.
The measure was vetoed last month by Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, as unconstitutional. But when the legislature gathers again on Sept. 11, it will seek to override his veto, even though most experts say the courts will strike down the measure. Nearly every Republican and a dozen Democrats appear likely to vote for the override.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/us/missouri-gun-measure-pushes-nullification-boundary.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=3&
The law amounts to the most far-reaching states’ rights endeavor in the country, the far edge of a growing movement known as “nullification” in which a state defies federal power.
The Missouri Republican Party thinks linking guns to nullification works well, said Matt Wills, the party’s director of communications, thanks in part to the push by President Obama for tougher gun laws. “It’s probably one of the best states’ rights issues that the country’s got going right now,” he said.
The measure was vetoed last month by Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, as unconstitutional. But when the legislature gathers again on Sept. 11, it will seek to override his veto, even though most experts say the courts will strike down the measure. Nearly every Republican and a dozen Democrats appear likely to vote for the override.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/us/missouri-gun-measure-pushes-nullification-boundary.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=3&
And would you be surprised at all to learn that Missouri experienced a “sharp increase in murders” after gun laws were repealed? Well if you’re shocked, you should probably go vote for Trump. If this doesn’t surprise you in the least, then you are better informed than Missouri House Republicans are!
Researchers claim a new study provides some of the most compelling evidence yet for tighter gun controls in the US.
The team followed the consequences of the State of Missouri repealing its permit-to-purchase handgun law in 2007.
“Coincident exactly with the policy change, there was an immediate upward trajectory to the homicide rates in Missouri,” said Prof Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.
“That upward trajectory did not happen with homicides that did not involve guns; it did not occur to any neighbouring state; the national trend was doing the opposite – it was trending downward; and it was not specific to one or two localities – it was, for the most part, state-wide,” he told BBC News.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26222578
The team followed the consequences of the State of Missouri repealing its permit-to-purchase handgun law in 2007.
“Coincident exactly with the policy change, there was an immediate upward trajectory to the homicide rates in Missouri,” said Prof Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.
“That upward trajectory did not happen with homicides that did not involve guns; it did not occur to any neighbouring state; the national trend was doing the opposite – it was trending downward; and it was not specific to one or two localities – it was, for the most part, state-wide,” he told BBC News.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26222578
And in case you’re wondering if Missouri’s criminals are as stupid as their state legislature, I give you the case of two guys who wanted buy guns ahead of a grand jury decision about them making homemade explosives! Just charming, lovely fellows! Man, remember the days when people used to just grow weed in their garage?
Federal law enforcement officials say two men arrested Friday, now held on gun charges, are suspected of trying to acquire pipe bombs with the intent of using them during protests in Ferguson, Missouri.
Two officials say the men claimed to have affiliations with the New Black Panther Party and were trying to acquire guns and explosives. When investigators heard about their plans, they placed the men under surveillance. "We wanted to see where this might go," one official said
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/pair-suspected-trying-acquire-bombs-ferguson-protests-n254021
Two officials say the men claimed to have affiliations with the New Black Panther Party and were trying to acquire guns and explosives. When investigators heard about their plans, they placed the men under surveillance. "We wanted to see where this might go," one official said
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/pair-suspected-trying-acquire-bombs-ferguson-protests-n254021
And during the campaign this is the sort of Southern Strategy advertising that played well to today’s active, working Missouri gun nuts:
"Missouri television commercials are suddenly full of scenes of guns being loaded, prayers being offered and big smiles being smiled. Yes, campaign-advertising season is here.
The four candidates for Missouri's Republican nomination for governor — businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, former Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder — all have new campaign ads out this week. Two of them feature firearms. One shows an explosion.
The winner of the Aug. 2 Republican gubernatorial primary will likely face Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/god-guns-and-votes-missouri-republican-governor-candidates-take-to/collection_d3d662ef-0a11-5a83-a4ef-c3c26b125088.html
The four candidates for Missouri's Republican nomination for governor — businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, former Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder — all have new campaign ads out this week. Two of them feature firearms. One shows an explosion.
The winner of the Aug. 2 Republican gubernatorial primary will likely face Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/god-guns-and-votes-missouri-republican-governor-candidates-take-to/collection_d3d662ef-0a11-5a83-a4ef-c3c26b125088.html
[font size="4"]South Carolina[/font]
Next up in our Stupidest State Contest is South Carolina. The Palmetto State is also the home of this year’s world champion Clemson Tigers. It’s also the home of Charleston and Fort Sumter, which played a pivotal role in the Civil War. It’s also the home of surfing havens Hilton Head Island and Myrtle Beach. It’s also the home of the oyster and some of the nation’s best golf courses. South Carolina was also the first state to secede from the union in the Civil War, and the Confederacy is deeply enshrined in South Carolinian culture. But what else is South Carolina the home of? It’s the home of lots and lots and lots of gun violence! You know let’s juxtapose the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson with Dylann Roof shooting up a church meeting, which South Carolina gun nuts tried to justify as the lack of guns in church was the reason why so many people got shot.
After a gunman opened fire at the historic Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, SC, killing 9, police concluded the shooting constituted a hate crime. Twenty-one-year-old shooting suspect Dylann Roof, who was given a gun for his birthday, reportedly said, ‘I have to do it. You rape our women and you’re taking over our county,’ before firing his gun. He has also donned shirts with country flags of racist African states in the past.
Similar to past shootings, the latest has already re-ignited the ongoing debate about gun laws in the state. After the shooting, for example, Fox & Friends advocated for more guns, arguing people could’ve defended themselves if they were armed.
“Had somebody in that church had a gun, they probably would have been able to stop him,” host Steve Doocy remarked. “If somebody was there, they would have had the opportunity to pull out their weapon and take him out.”...
Back in 2011, a state representative proposed a bill that would allow gun owners to carry firearms into restaurants, day-care centers, and churches. However, that bill was not passed, and guns are still prohibited in child care facilities and preschools, as well as churches or religious spaces, unless a church official or governing authority gives carriers permission to bring their weapons. Concealed carry is permitted, but people cannot bring guns to medical facilities, including hospitals and doctors’ offices, without authorization. Courts, law enforcement and correctional facilities, and athletic events are also off limits. And thanks to a law signed two weeks ago, domestic violence can come with a lifetime gun ban.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/06/18/3671110/state-gun-laws-south-carolina/
Similar to past shootings, the latest has already re-ignited the ongoing debate about gun laws in the state. After the shooting, for example, Fox & Friends advocated for more guns, arguing people could’ve defended themselves if they were armed.
“Had somebody in that church had a gun, they probably would have been able to stop him,” host Steve Doocy remarked. “If somebody was there, they would have had the opportunity to pull out their weapon and take him out.”...
Back in 2011, a state representative proposed a bill that would allow gun owners to carry firearms into restaurants, day-care centers, and churches. However, that bill was not passed, and guns are still prohibited in child care facilities and preschools, as well as churches or religious spaces, unless a church official or governing authority gives carriers permission to bring their weapons. Concealed carry is permitted, but people cannot bring guns to medical facilities, including hospitals and doctors’ offices, without authorization. Courts, law enforcement and correctional facilities, and athletic events are also off limits. And thanks to a law signed two weeks ago, domestic violence can come with a lifetime gun ban.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/06/18/3671110/state-gun-laws-south-carolina/
Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Not only are they victim blaming, they’re using the tired, age old bullshit that more guns would stop a mass murder. And we wonder why the rest of the world is laughing at us, ladies and gentlemen. South Carolina is also the state that gave us Lindsay Graham. And while Graham is batshit crazy, the guy running against him wants teachers to – wait for it – carry machine guns! Yes, fucking machine guns in the classroom! How about less guns?
South Carolina state Sen. Lee Bright (R), who is challenging Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in the GOP primary, said on Friday that school teachers should be able to carry machine guns to protect students from gun violence.
Appearing on Fox News Radio’s The Alan Colmes Show, Bright expanded on his proposed bill to create high school courses on how to use a fire arm by agreeing with Colmes that the government cannot legally restrict gun ownership on school grounds:
https://thinkprogress.org/south-carolina-senate-candidate-suggests-teachers-should-be-able-to-carry-machine-guns-in-school-dc6f4cc579a1#.oqry8suo7
Appearing on Fox News Radio’s The Alan Colmes Show, Bright expanded on his proposed bill to create high school courses on how to use a fire arm by agreeing with Colmes that the government cannot legally restrict gun ownership on school grounds:
https://thinkprogress.org/south-carolina-senate-candidate-suggests-teachers-should-be-able-to-carry-machine-guns-in-school-dc6f4cc579a1#.oqry8suo7
South Carolina is also the state where you have to pay sales taxes on just about everything, but you don’t have to pay sales taxes on guns! Yes, this is real. This is a thing that happened!
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina shoppers will get a second chance to buy tax-free guns.
The state Revenue Department sent out a reminder yesterday of the "Second Amendment Weekend." The 48-hour tax break begins just after midnight the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Shoppers will pay no state or local sales taxes on handguns, rifles and shotguns, which can tally 9 percent. Taxes still apply to ammunition and accessories.
South Carolina had the nation's first tax holiday on guns last year, after legislators tacked it on to a tax break on energy-efficient appliances. But the state Supreme Court threw out that law in May because of an unrelated energy amendment. Legislators restored the tax break as a one-time event in the budget this year.
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/nov/19/south-ca... /
The state Revenue Department sent out a reminder yesterday of the "Second Amendment Weekend." The 48-hour tax break begins just after midnight the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Shoppers will pay no state or local sales taxes on handguns, rifles and shotguns, which can tally 9 percent. Taxes still apply to ammunition and accessories.
South Carolina had the nation's first tax holiday on guns last year, after legislators tacked it on to a tax break on energy-efficient appliances. But the state Supreme Court threw out that law in May because of an unrelated energy amendment. Legislators restored the tax break as a one-time event in the budget this year.
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/nov/19/south-ca... /
But South Carolina makes this tournament because not only do they have tons of batshit insane gun laws, they also are home to some of the most hardcore racists in the entire country. These guys could in fact beat out Montana in their hardcore racism. So much that Hillary Clinton had to say something about it during the campaign.
Something is very wrong when we have these incidents where kids can get arrested for petty crimes and lose their lives,” Clinton said. “Something is wrong when African Americans are three times more likely to be denied a mortgage as white people are, when the median wealth of black families is just a fraction of the median wealth for white families, Clinton said.
She also had a message specifically for white Americans, calling on them to show more empathy for the problems plaguing black communities across America.
”Tackling and ending systemic racism requires contributions from all of us. White Americans, we need to do a better job of listening when African Americans talk about the seen and unseen barriers they face every day," Clinton said. "We need to recognize our privilege and practice humility rather than assume our experiences are everyone's experiences."
The five mothers praised Clinton for spending time listening to their stories, learning about their children and said they back her plans to remake the American criminal justice system.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/24/1490132/-Hillary-Clinton-s-Powerful-Statement-On-Racism-In-South-Carolina
She also had a message specifically for white Americans, calling on them to show more empathy for the problems plaguing black communities across America.
”Tackling and ending systemic racism requires contributions from all of us. White Americans, we need to do a better job of listening when African Americans talk about the seen and unseen barriers they face every day," Clinton said. "We need to recognize our privilege and practice humility rather than assume our experiences are everyone's experiences."
The five mothers praised Clinton for spending time listening to their stories, learning about their children and said they back her plans to remake the American criminal justice system.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/24/1490132/-Hillary-Clinton-s-Powerful-Statement-On-Racism-In-South-Carolina
And in case you thought the “guns will prevent gun shootings” argument couldn’t get any more batshit insane, South Carolina once again finds a way to make it even crazier. There’s a bill on the books this very week mind you, that would allow school staff to carry weapons on campus. And to pour salt on the wound – this bill was named after a 6 year old who was killed by a gun!
Just when you think there are no more ways to loosen gun laws in South Carolina, lawmakers come up with another — and another.
One bill, sponsored by then-Sen. Kevin Bryant (now lieutenant governor), is particularly reckless. If passed, school districts could allow personnel to carry weapons in their schools. In school. In classrooms. On the playground, where little children are playing chase.
Mr. Bryant named his bill in memory of Jacob Hall, a 6-year-old who was killed in a tragic September school shooting in Townville, which is in Mr. Bryant’s senate district. He defended the bill on our Commentary page on Wednesday, saying he wants to give districts the opportunity to “arrive at solutions that best fit their communities” and keep school children safe.
But data offer something else to consider. Unintentional shootings from 2005-2010 claimed the lives of almost 3,800 people in the U.S. It is not unreasonable to think that an armed teacher might be responsible for her own death or the death of a student — purely by accident.
http://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/two-s-c-gun-bills-waste-time/article_f75b37c4-f3b6-11e6-acb0-d7d04dc7d9c5.html
One bill, sponsored by then-Sen. Kevin Bryant (now lieutenant governor), is particularly reckless. If passed, school districts could allow personnel to carry weapons in their schools. In school. In classrooms. On the playground, where little children are playing chase.
Mr. Bryant named his bill in memory of Jacob Hall, a 6-year-old who was killed in a tragic September school shooting in Townville, which is in Mr. Bryant’s senate district. He defended the bill on our Commentary page on Wednesday, saying he wants to give districts the opportunity to “arrive at solutions that best fit their communities” and keep school children safe.
But data offer something else to consider. Unintentional shootings from 2005-2010 claimed the lives of almost 3,800 people in the U.S. It is not unreasonable to think that an armed teacher might be responsible for her own death or the death of a student — purely by accident.
http://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/two-s-c-gun-bills-waste-time/article_f75b37c4-f3b6-11e6-acb0-d7d04dc7d9c5.html
Oh and here’s the kicker in case you couldn’t think South Carolina’s gun laws couldn’t be any more batshit insane than they already are. They are actually proposing to legalize silencers. Yes, silencers. Something that civilians aren’t legally allowed to carry, under the guise of – wait for it – hearing protection! And not one, but two states have very similar laws being proposed! Just… what the fuck, South Carolina?
"The bill, the Hearing Protection Act of 2017, was introduced Jan. 9 by Reps. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina and John Carter of Texas, both Republicans, and has 68 sponsors in all. It would retroactively remove the $200 tax on suppressors, and remove them from regulation under the National Firearms Act, in the name of reducing shooters' hearing loss.
While a similar piece of legislation introduced in 2015 never made it out of committee, advocates say they're cautiously optimistic that the bill will pass this year"
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/01/22/silencer-business-booms-as-deregulation-bill-heads-for-debate.html
While a similar piece of legislation introduced in 2015 never made it out of committee, advocates say they're cautiously optimistic that the bill will pass this year"
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/01/22/silencer-business-booms-as-deregulation-bill-heads-for-debate.html
[font size="4"]And The Winner Is…[/font]
Oh this was an excellent matchup folks! But thanks to a couple of technical fouls, Missouri has pulled ahead of South Carolina, and they will easily hang on to face Montana in the battle for Gun Nut supremacy. Final score – 77 – 69. Next week, we will save the best for last in round 1 as we head back to the Fiscal Irresponsibility Conference. And this is going to be a fun matchup. It’s #7 Kansas vs. #8 New Jersey. Yes, Sam Brownback will be coaching his team and going for broke against Donald Trump stage prop Chris Christie. Mano a mano! Stay tuned for more exciting action as the conference championships will be heating up!
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[font size="8"]The Shins[/font]
Ladies and gentlemen, playing their new song “Cherry Hearts” from their new album “Heartwroms” now available everywhere ,please welcome The Shins!
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See you next week!
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Thanks Initech 
