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"In God We Trust" to remain on US currency, appeals court rules
Just a matter of time until Trump has it altered to "Official American Donny Dollars" anyway.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul, Minnesota rejected claims by 29 atheists, children of atheists and atheist groups that inscribing the national motto on bills and coins violated their First Amendment free speech and religious rights. While other courts have allowed the motto's use on currency, Circuit Judge Raymond Gruender said it also did not constitute an establishment of religion under a 2014 Supreme Court decision requiring a review of "historical practices."
Gruender said the Constitution lets the government celebrate "our tradition of religious freedom," and that putting the motto on currency "comports with early understandings of the Establishment Clause" without compelling religious observance.
"In God We Trust" began appearing on U.S. coins in 1864 during the Civil War, a period of increased religious sentiment, and was added to paper currencies by the mid-1960s.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-religion-motto/us-court-rejects-atheists-appeal-over-in-god-we-trust-on-money-idUSKCN1LD24K
Now that poverty has been eradicated
the church can finally afford a few luxuries for its most faithful. So refreshing, wouldn't you say?
Bishop Patrick J. McGrath, 73, acknowledged in an interview with the Mercury News of San Jose that the price tag is “a lot of money,” saying “I could understand” it might not sit well with some parishioners.
The nearly 3,300-square-foot (306 square-meter) home’s listing boasts of a “grand-sized chef’s kitchen,” ?soaring ceilings” and “luxurious master ensuite” with a “spa-like marble bathroom” in a “Tuscan estate.”
It was purchased with funds set aside for paying the costs of a bishop’s housing and upkeep after retirement, said diocese communications director Liz Sullivan. She said the diocese was “following the policy set forth by the United States Council of Catholic Bishops” in purchasing the home.
https://www.apnews.com/871d1b9a322b45469d80bf359d4dcb91
More pics here:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/26/san-jose-diocese-buys-bishop-2-3-million-retirement-home/
You better believe Trump is taking a look in the mirror
and he ought to be sweating bullets!
^^^ The work of the talented Michael de Adder for the Toronto Star
Does Louis CK deserve another chance?
He appeared at New York comedy club on Sunday night and reportedly received a rousing ovation from the audience as he performed his routine. No jokes about the #MeToo movement, which he became a target of for pleasuring himself while forcing various female co-workers to watch him in his dressing room. He has admitted the stories are true and has apologized for them.
Does Louis CK deserve a chance to keep making a living as a comedian/actor if there's a public appetite for his comedy despite his sexual misconduct?
https://pitchfork.com/news/louis-ck-performs-first-stand-up-set-since-misconduct-scandal/
https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/entertainment/louis-ck-apology/index.html
What if you could live "forever"?
Would you take that option?
John McCain, in a clip played repeatedly on CNN, alludes to writer William Saroyan's line:
"Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case."
No exceptions to date. But, let's say you were chosen by science to be the first one granted that option. There could be no reversal of your aging/maladies, but you could be guaranteed you would never die of natural causes. You'd only perish due to some sort of accident or calamity.
Would you sign up?
Increasing security as a defense against mass shootings
That's the reactionary, and somewhat understandable, position that some involved in the video game industry are taking in light of Sunday's shootings in Jacksonville:
Gamers plead for more security after deadly Jacksonville shooting
“It’s time esports events (large and small) double down on security for everyone in general and players specifically," the CEO of an esports team tweeted
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gamers-plead-more-security-after-deadly-jacksonville-shooting-n904016
And that's exactly what's happening at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, site of a mass shooting in February:
Stoneman Douglas will be patrolled by 18 security personnel in new school year
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-sb-stoneman-douglas-security-20180808-story.html
We know that having an ex-deputy as a school resource officer/security person didn't prevent the 17 people from dying in the Stoneman Douglas shooting despite him being on the scene...
https://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg/status/996558186776793089
We have mass shootings now in schools, in churches, at video game competitions, from hotel windows into crowds at a music festival, in shopping malls, on the streets. Are there enough security guards to go around? Do we need to live in a permanent police state?
Here's a reasoned alternative, but it doesn't get traction, of course:
I went to a huge conference on school safety. No one wanted to talk about gun control
The most obvious solution to school shootings is the one nobody wanted to discuss
https://www.vox.com/2018/7/30/17518970/school-shooting-solutions-safety
The NRA needs to dig into the vault for a strong counter-argument
Searching, searching, searching...
Aha...
How much longer will Trump be in office?
What does your gut tell you in regards to Trumpy's numbered days in the White House? Will we have to endure another two months? Six months? A year?
I'm looking forward to the finale of The White House Apprentice with "You're fired" being shouted at Trump, but how long until he gets evicted?
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