April 8, 2022

"Alabama Governor Signs Law Banning Transgender Medication"

"Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has enacted a sweeping law that bans gender-affirming medication for transgender youth and includes criminal penalties for doctors who prescribe it."

https://www.huffpost.com


Cruelty for the sake of votes. As the grandfather of a fine young trans kid, I am disgusted by these ploys, that claim to be 'protecting the children'.

April 5, 2022

Republicans in TN are trying to push a law that would result in NO AGE LIMIT for marriage???

"A GOP-backed bill in Tennessee would eliminate any age requirements for marriage, a move that critics are calling hypocritical amid baseless Republican accusations that the LGBTQ+ community is attempting "groom" and "sexualize" school children.

H.B. 233 gives Tennesseans "an alternative form of marriage" between individuals who have a "conscientious objection to the current pathway," according to state Rep. Tom Leatherwood, the bill's Republican sponsor.

As WKRN ​​reported, the GOP bill, first introduced in January, establishes a common-law marriage between "one man" and "one woman" but omits any age requirements for the union, an omission that Democrats have blasted."

https://www.salon.com

Unbelievable. And I honestly don't understand the 'reasoning' behind this bill -- so that people can have an alternative method of marrying, as a protest against same-sex marriage???

April 5, 2022

And it will be enough

Several years ago, one of my co-workers who followed the Limbaugh type stuff on the radio,
asked me one day, with an excited look in his eyes, what were some of the Liberal talk shows on the radio. I guess I should have been flattered; was I the representative of the Left-wing faction in our department?
I assume that he wanted a list so that he could start doing some call-ins, and become known as the Slayer of the Left. I honestly thought, and after a minute, answered, "Uh .... WPLN?"
My co-worker looked crestfallen; had I caught on to his plans, and stubbornly refused to give him anything but my name, rank, and NPR member station?
I went home and thought about it. Do we even HAVE Left-wing radio shows? Do we have some ranting, frothing-at-the-mouth, anti-evangelist hero of the airwaves?
Speaking as the recognized representative of the Left-wing faction of my department, I just don't think that's our style. We don't have that fanatical fervor to browbeat unbelievers into coming over to our side.
Which is alright. Stay informed (NPR? DemocraticUnderground?), support your candidates, vote in all elections, and contribute time in some way to you local community. And it will be enough.

March 27, 2022

Jane Mayer: "Legal Scholars are Shocked by Ginni Thomas's 'Stop the Steal' Texts"

I thought this was a great article on why Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from ANY case before the Supreme Court involving the Jan6 Insurrection, the Jan6 investigation, or any case involving TFG!

“she actively insinuated herself in the events through her texts to Meadows, and perhaps more extensively.” Gillers continued, “That’s enough to require her husband to abstain from participation in any case in which her actions might be further revealed.” Justice Thomas, he said, clearly “has an understandable interest in protecting” his wife. For that reason alone, Gillers explained, “his impartiality might reasonably be questioned, which the law says requires recusal.” More broadly, Gillers argued, “Ginni became part of the team seeking to overturn the election. That team expressly identified, as a critical part of its strategy, appeals to the Supreme Court, and therefore to Clarence.” He added, “Ginni chose to make herself part of the story that the Trump side, her side, would then ask the Court, including her husband, to interpret in its favor.”

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128409

March 1, 2022

I vote we send the U.S. trucker convoy to Ukraine to face off the Russian convoy heading to Kyev

Those truckers are so eager to fight 'Tyranny'!

February 22, 2022

"Utah US man told four-year-old to fire at officers over McDonald's dispute - police"

"Investigators believe a man told his four-year-old child to fire a gun at officers following a dispute over his order at a McDonald’s drive-thru in suburban Salt Lake City on Monday, police said.

An officer was able to swipe at the gun as it was fired, directing the bullet away."

"The officer who swiped the gun to the side as it was fired also yelled “kid” to other officers after seeing how young the shooter was, Cutler said."


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/22/utah-man-mcdonalds-drive-thru-child-shoot-officers

This asshole could have got his two kids, ages 4 and 3, killed in a hail of bullets, all because McDonalds got his order wrong.

February 10, 2022

I wish it was clearer how the discovery and returns of these Presidential documents came about.

In this post, the language is "...after Mr. Trump returned 15 boxes of documents to the government last month".
I've seen other reports, that word it more like "National Archives had to retrieve Trump White House records from Mar-a-Lago". (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/07/trump-records-mar-a-lago/)
How, exactly, was it discovered that Trump had taken these documents to Maralago as momentos?.
And what exactly transpired to get him to release them from his p-ssy gr-bbing clutches?

February 7, 2022

So, this whole debate about Spotify would mean nothing to me, if it weren't for Neil Young.

I didn't know ANYTHING about Spotify, barely heard of Joe Rogan. But I regard Neil as a hero; he has NEVER 'sold out'. So, now I'm mad at Spotify. Still don't really know anything about it.
But it occurred to me, that one way we hurt any kind of broadcast is to go after their ADVERTISERS. And sure enough, Spotify has advertisers (I looked it up)!

"You either pay for Spotify with a premium plan, or you don’t.
If there are so many users who stream on Spotify without paying, how does Spotify, and the artists who are on the platform, make money?
Spotify has two main streams of income: ad revenue and subscriptions."
https://www.makeuseof.com/music-streaming-services-explained-how-does-spotify-make-money/

So, why aren't we gathering lists of advertisers? Why aren't we threatening to boycott? Why are we just waiting for the musicians to do something?

February 6, 2022

"How Comic Genius Charlie Chaplin Survived His Hungry Childhood"

Good story describing a recently rediscovered interview with a woman whose aunt helped raise the Chaplin boys, Charlie and Sydney, after their mother entered an insane asylum.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/06/charlie-chaplin-comic-genius-survived-ragged-london-childhood

January 8, 2022

I would have been FINE with ALL Capitol attackers being locked up until trial. But THIS guy?

https://www.rawstory.com/proud-boys-2656258654/

While on pretrial release, Josh Pruitt went on CNN to say that he'd attack the Capitol again, given the chance. Because of this statement, and also because of multiple threats he made to his girlfriend and others, AND CURFEW VIOLATIONS (trying to sound like Arlo Guthrie, here), prosecuters are trying to revoke his pretrial release.

WHY he was on pretrial release seems to be unanswered. He was a member of the Proud Boys, with a long rap sheet. HE WAS EVEN WEARING A GPS ANKLE MONITORING SYSTEM WHILE ATTACKING THE CAPITOL BUILDING!!