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Apr 8, 2018
Today's Tweet
The consensus (according to my very cursory cherry-picking of the replies) is that the cause of the fire was an overheated Paper Shredder - and that the reason one man died is that 45* lobbied against the requirement of - and refused to install - sprinklers in the residential parts of the building.
Fire at Trump Tower is out. Very confined (well built building). Firemen (and women) did a great job. THANK YOU!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2018
Apr 6, 2018
Stopping A Bad Guy
I haven't come up with the clever turnaround phrase - The good guy is the one who keeps the bad guy away from the gun(?)
I dunno, but if the bad guy doesn't have the gun, then the bad guy doesn't pull the shit.
Gun violence has something to do with guns - get it?
Sarah Burris, Raw Story
Police were able to thwart another potential mass shooting, this time the attack was aimed at Syracuse University. It’s all thanks to one gun shop owner who denied the possible shooter an AR-15, despite having all the legal rights to purchase one.
Twenty-two year old student Xiaoteng Zhan was deported to China by federal agents March 20, according to Syracuse.com. He had stockpiled a gun, ammunition and accessories in his off-campus apartment.
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I can't dismiss the probability that the gun dealers were acting on an impulse based in prejudice against "the other", but if there's a way to set that aside for a minute, I'm left with an impression that there are gun-friendly businesses out there trying to do something about our gun problem.
Way to go, guys.
Apr 5, 2018
Here We Go Again
One of the big things about 45*'s regime is that Mike Pence is leading a stealth attack on secular government.
And it continues to show through once in a while.
Kimberlee Kruesi, The Idaho Statesman:
A Republican lieutenant governor candidate on Tuesday softened his stance that women who get an abortion should be punished if it is ever criminalized in Idaho, a day after saying the punishment should include the death penalty.
“Prosecutions have always been focused on the abortionist,” said Bob Nonini in a statement. “There is no way a woman would go to jail let alone face the death penalty. The statute alone, the threat of prosecution, would dramatically reduce abortion. That is my goal.”
Nonini first raised eyebrows on the divisive social issue during a Monday candidate forum in Moscow hosted by the conservative Christian podcast CrossPolitic.
“There should be no abortion and anyone who has an abortion should pay,” Nonini said.
Pressed by moderators on the nature of the punishment, Nonini nodded in agreement when asked if he supported the death penalty as a possible outcome for abortion.
Nonini, a three term state senator from Coeur d'Alene, confirmed that position in a phone interview with The Associated Press.
However, several hours later, Nonini issued a statement seeking to take back his strict stance.
So, as is often the case, Nonini makes the crazed wingnut statement that gets his "base" fired up, and then walks it back in exchanges with the part of The Press that he knows his base will never see or hear.
But let's review this hardened "Pro-Life" position:
The guy is so thoroughly intent on preserving life, he's willing to kill the mother to save the fetus in her womb.
Q: what is your policy regarding a woman who attempts to abort her own pregnancy?
If you criminalize abortion - even when you reserve the penalties for the "abortionist - you need to be ready to commit law enforcement resources at the level necessary to investigate every woman every 28 days.
All of which means you've established the Fertility State.
And sorry not sorry, but it's been tried - Decree 770 - and the whole thing turned out to be really bad for Mr and Mrs Ceaucescu.
Here's the thing - again:
And it continues to show through once in a while.
Kimberlee Kruesi, The Idaho Statesman:
A Republican lieutenant governor candidate on Tuesday softened his stance that women who get an abortion should be punished if it is ever criminalized in Idaho, a day after saying the punishment should include the death penalty.
“Prosecutions have always been focused on the abortionist,” said Bob Nonini in a statement. “There is no way a woman would go to jail let alone face the death penalty. The statute alone, the threat of prosecution, would dramatically reduce abortion. That is my goal.”
Nonini first raised eyebrows on the divisive social issue during a Monday candidate forum in Moscow hosted by the conservative Christian podcast CrossPolitic.
“There should be no abortion and anyone who has an abortion should pay,” Nonini said.
Pressed by moderators on the nature of the punishment, Nonini nodded in agreement when asked if he supported the death penalty as a possible outcome for abortion.
Nonini, a three term state senator from Coeur d'Alene, confirmed that position in a phone interview with The Associated Press.
However, several hours later, Nonini issued a statement seeking to take back his strict stance.
So, as is often the case, Nonini makes the crazed wingnut statement that gets his "base" fired up, and then walks it back in exchanges with the part of The Press that he knows his base will never see or hear.
But let's review this hardened "Pro-Life" position:
The guy is so thoroughly intent on preserving life, he's willing to kill the mother to save the fetus in her womb.
Q: what is your policy regarding a woman who attempts to abort her own pregnancy?
If you criminalize abortion - even when you reserve the penalties for the "abortionist - you need to be ready to commit law enforcement resources at the level necessary to investigate every woman every 28 days.
All of which means you've established the Fertility State.
And sorry not sorry, but it's been tried - Decree 770 - and the whole thing turned out to be really bad for Mr and Mrs Ceaucescu.
Here's the thing - again:
Eggs ain't chickens.
Caterpillars ain't butterflies.
Ain't nuthin' goin' on in my daughter's uterus that's any of your goddamned business.
So fuck the fuck off, you fucking fuck.
Today's Tweet
I don't remember ever seeing this.
Expecting people to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps is reasonable only when everybody's got boots.
Wow, I’ve seen/heard a lot of MLK footage but this is the first time I’ve seen this interview. How profound this is. pic.twitter.com/Lm8SR2z3bT— Justinfication (@Justinfication) April 4, 2018
Apr 4, 2018
Today's Tweet
The consensus forming on the intertoobz is that a $32 million settlement only comes with what the lawyers refer to as "some really freaky shit", which is an actual legal phrase - I checked Black's Law Dictionary (No I didn't - I made that part up).
JUST IN: Federal judge denies Bill O'Reilly's request to keep past sexual harassment settlements sealed https://t.co/Bun1o5pfhH pic.twitter.com/DKDDQ7hBW6— The Hill (@thehill) April 4, 2018
Russia Russia Russia
It's always Russia.
I went to see The Death Of Stalin, and maybe it's just me, but I can't stop thinking there's an obvious parallel here. There are efforts to scramble our brains - efforts coming from the White House - that seem to sync up pretty well with the main theme of the movie: "Believe nothing except what I'm saying to you right this instant."
Maybe it's not just me. Maybe we need to proceed with enough of a touch of paranoia to keep us mindful of how this shit goes when it really gets going.
Maybe it's about The Russian Daddy State by mere coincidence. And maybe not.
Art is pretty amazing.
Apr 2, 2018
Today's Tweet
This one has aged pretty well.
May the Cosmic Muffin bless you and keep you, John Fugelsang
In 9th grade the coach said my sweater made me look gay.— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) April 2, 2018
I replied that was ok, as I wanted his wife to leave me alone.
And that's how I failed gym.
Apr 1, 2018
There Will Be Propaganda
It's never time for Radical Skepticism - because that's an exercise in self-defeat, which makes it a very useful thing for the Daddy State.
Radical skepticism or radical scepticism is the philosophical position that knowledge is most likely impossible.[1] Radical skeptics hold that doubt exists as to the veracity of every belief and that certainty is therefore never justified. To determine the extent to which it is possible to respond to radical skeptical challenges is the task of epistemology or "the theory of knowledge".
Every year, the big guys spend many many billions of dollars on Marketing and Branding and Advertising and straight-up Propaganda. They don't spend that kinda money on something that doesn't work.
Be Aware.
Dark Forces (ie: "conservatives" in this case) have been pouring very large butt-loads of Money, Time, and Effort into a project that takes us back to the equivalent of mid-18th century Europe.
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