Since the breakup with NPR Lady (completely amicable!), I’ve been thinking, “How much more unsuitable can I get?” The answer was delivered to me yesterday. I spent the afternoon with another NPR Lady (does this come with the second X chromosome?), but instead of being a rather passive, if believing, recipient of government propaganda, she’s actually an activist. She’s written several books on lobbying, PACs, and is a passionate advocate for public financing of elections. We have a dinner date planned for next week. Spud advises everyone to lay in a stock of popcorn.
And there’s a stock of birthdays today as well, including a guy who furnished several American victories; the Ron Jeremy of his day; a guy who loved you, baby; a poor man’s Red Skelton; a guy who was to sword-and-sandals what Clint Eastwood was the spaghetti westerns; a singer-songwriter with a million dollar smile; easily the most dishonest AG since John Mitchell; and the true star of Buffalo Bill.
Let’s dooooo eeet.
Well, somebody isn’t buying into the Domino Theory. Bad Germans, Bad, Bad! /hits them on the snout with a rolled up Der Spiegel
Getting the old band back together.
“We’ll begin a process to evaluate ways to study this, then get back to you. Now gimmee the money.”
Don’t get in the way of Nikole’s grift.
Sometimes there’s a happy ending.
Local news. This area is hilarious.
Old Guy Music today is dedicated to the one and only anchor of our weekday daily Links.
It can’t be any worse than their voting process.
Unless I’m missing the joke, the happy ending has gone missing. Story of my life ;-\
Better now?
Yes. And you’re right, definitely as happy an ending as could be hoped for. Thx!
Obligatory
Thought you might have gone here.
I was thinking he’d go here.
“a five- to seven-month sentence in juvenile probation camp, a punishment for young offenders described as less severe than military school but harsher than summer camp.”
For a guy who ran over a baby, and before that tried to poison a girl.
I gotta wonder if the shooting was street justice, or part of his otherwise criminal lifestyle.
Karma?
Sounds correct – he started chirping with some dudes in a car and they ventilated him. No doubt they’re shitbirds too, but baby steps.
The statement from the hit and run victim was far more measured and compassionate than mine would have been.
As is so often the case with young men, a girl may have been the root of it; the article said he had just been at a fast food restaurant trying to “get with” a girl.
You claim that there’s a woman to blame?
Some do, but I know it’s nobody’s fault.
a guy who loved you, baby;
Happy birthday, Frankie Valli!
Ron Desantis hates black people. Put them back in chains, he will.
I’m sure he has folders full of women who let him grab them by the hoohah, puts dogs on top of cars, is Putin’s puppet, can’t figure out a cash register / is out of touch on the economy, will bring on WWIII, wants to pardon Nixon (again!), falls down stairs and tapes conversations where he spies on his enemies.
I mean — they might as well bring back all the classics, right?
Morning, all – sorry to hear NPR Lady Prime didn’t work out, OMWC (I must have missed where you announced that). Good luck on NPR Lady Two, Election Boogaloo — sounds like you’re going to need it. 😉
Dating at my age is a surreal experience.
In what way?
Tell me about it. It’s even worse when you’re gay.
Oof, I bet.
Nobody loves you when you’re old and gay.
Fortunately, Grindr is showing me that’s not quite true.
I was wondering how big a glutton for punishment you were. Now we know.
Just tell them you’re an astronaut.
“Over the moon! Buzz Aldrin marries on his 93rd birthday: Astronaut legend ties the knot for a fourth time as he shares sweet photos with new bride Anca Faur, 63”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11660587/Buzz-Aldrin-marries-93rd-birthday-Astronaut-legend-ties-knot-fourth-time.html
Faur is Four, and that’s fine?
It’s fair.
Drinking is easier.
You forgot “Putin’s cockholster”. Because homophobia is fine when it’s from the left.
Probably said mean things to Hollywood C listers too.
What I’m really waiting for is two years from now when kids start applying to Florida colleges with AP scores from this course. Because state law requires colleges to set scores for awarding credit for *all* AP exams, and mandates colleges to award credit.
“For the chatbot search demonstration that Google plans for this year, getting facts right, ensuring safety and getting rid of misinformation are priorities. For other upcoming services and products, the company has a lower bar and will try to curb issues relating to hate and toxicity, danger and misinformation rather than preventing them, according to the presentation.
The company intends, for example, to block certain words to avoid hate speech and will try to minimize other potential issues.”
But, of course.
The deep-ish dives I’ve seen show the thing is already at the level of your average CNN reporter or Wikipedia author. What else is there to do??
Dude! Why do you keep doing this to yourself?? 😖
A man has needs.
All things considered.
*golfclap*
You need migraines?
No, I need hergrains.
Is that what they’re calling yeast infections nowadays?
Do you need a maid?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bORW_YEmHwY
Serious answer: in both cases, these were exceptionally smart and accomplished women, and I am irresistibly attracted to intelligence. SP was proof of that.
I don’t let politics dictate who I socialize with, and am delighted at the stories it generates.
I am right there with you on that! I wish you the greatest of success and happiness! 🙂
Likewise, and likewise.
Can you explain the cognitive dissonance in such people?
Isn’t there a word for self punishment?
“Sometimes it’s heaven, sometimes it’s hell, sometimes…”
…it’s the Scarlett Pimpernel.”
It seems to be self abuse, one way or the other.
Something to talk about with NPR Lady 2.
Society as Sex Trade
‘In unveiling the legislative proposal last year, DeSantis said the measure was drafted with the intent of “taking a stand against the state-sanctioned racism that is critical race theory” — an academic theory that addresses systemic racism in the U.S.
But scholars have argued that concepts related to critical race theory are not taught until students reach the college level.
“Remember when we were told they weren’t opposing the teaching of Black history, just ‘CRT’? And how many dismissed those of us who said these laws were anti-history laws, and anti-Black? Perhaps one day folks will listen to those who know,” Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The New York Times’s 1619 Project, wrote on Twitter.
Hannah-Jones’s program, which puts the repercussions of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the forefront of the national narrative, has been banned in Florida classrooms.
“Our history has long been treated as illegitimate,” Hannah-Jones said. “It has always been contested.”’
If by “our” history she means her completely discredited drivel, then yeah, it’s rather justifiably contested.
“academic theory that addresses systemic racism in the U.S.”
Note that the premise of this “academic theory”, namely that there is systemic racism in the US, is accepted as true.
“But scholars have argued that concepts related to critical race theory are not taught until students reach the college level.”
Note that the argument of these scholars is presented as if it, too, were uncontestably true.
Framing is everything.
Yes. For certain values of “system” it is arguably true. They are taking advantage of a word that means something different to nearly everyone. When actually having to defend it among intelligent people, the definition of system shrinks dramatically. For general consumption, it’s The (White) Man.
I can think of absolutely true examples of systemic racism in the US, though. For instance, minimum wage laws. Or gun control.
I actually took an African American history course in college and enjoyed it. It filled in some of the gaps that were missing from AP US history. It helped immensely that the teacher was an actual historian and not an activist.
I took a course in college called “Native American and Chicano Literature.” It was handled as a straight-up literature class within a subgenre. I read some pretty interesting books, several of which I still have around. It was interesting and I was glad I took it.
Interesting trivial side note: You all may remember the actress Annabeth Gish, from Mystic Pizza and a few other things? The course was taught by her father. He was a pretty cool guy.
“Florida is doing its best to tilt the scales and shut down important, much-needed discussions of race, slavery, stolen lands, and undeniable history that have led to where we are as a society today,” Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones (D), the state’s first openly gay senator, said Thursday in a statement. “Gov. DeSantis’ whitewashing of history and book bans are his latest assault on American history and our First Amendment rights. Horrifyingly, it is our vulnerable and underrepresented students who will suffer the most as a result.”
CHILDREN WILL DIE!
Take a breath, drama queenie.
“Los Angeles police responded and found drugs in the driver’s system and marijuana in the car, according to an incident report obtained by Fox News.
The suspect was 15 at the time of the hit-and-run and asked the court for an early release from his light punishment. A judge denied the request, but the youth died before his 18th birthday.”
Too young to drive, but didn’t deserve to die. Although his murder might not be related.
“The teen was already on felony probation for poisoning a high school girl’s drink at the time of the hit-and-run, which surveillance cameras captured on Aug. 6, 2021.”
Deliberately poisoning someone is way worse than reckless driving.
If you saw the video he did more than reckless driving. He deliberately swerved into the woman and her child to hit them. The world will probably be just a little better place with him dead sooner rather than later.
“He deliberately swerved into the woman and her child to hit them.”
Well, that’s different.
A man has needs.
Pointers
Maybe you can start a sex cult for feebleminded college girls like that guy whose daughter was going to Sarah Lawrence. Try not to get caught.
“College girls may be nice to look at, but at some point you have to talk to them.” – SP
You could discuss the finer points of choosing your preferred pronouns before breaking out the Consent for Sexual Relations Contract, at least I think that’s what the young people are into now.
College girls – isn’t that a little long in the tooth for you?
He’s attracted to intelligence — so only goes for those who are in college really really early. Doctorate at 12 and all.
The feminine version of Sheldon.
Wait, what?
For you, I suppose that would be EvilAmyFarahFowler.
TV show https://www.cbs.com/shows/young-sheldon/
Sorry if I stepped on your joke, ES.
What’s wrong with a gold old sex cult? A lot of estimable people have done it: David Berg, Keith Raniere, good old Charles Manson-all in all a fine group of fellows when it’s all said and done.
I’d prefer a young, nubile sex cult to an old one, thank you very much.
The Bee folks had a rather different spin on this, including some detail that The Hill I’m sure just left out by accident.
Here’s the full scoop, and of course no one is reporting on the actual content.
Oh, love this little gem from that article:
They really, really want a race war in this country. Which I think is one of the dumbest thing in the history of mankind doing really stupid shit…. but they sure seem to love the idea.
“color-blind racism”
If you change how you interact based on color: racist; If you don’t: racist.
Heads I win tails you lose.
“Want” a race war? Hell, they’re winning one.
That syllabus is a mile wide and an inch deep. There are 25 written works listed (in addition to textbooks) for a course of about 30 weeks. Students will not read more than a dozen pages from any of them. There are lots of topics that that are scheduled for 1 class period, and have 4 or 5 objectives. One class on the Harlem Renaissance is not going to accomplish much.
This is basically an alpha version of the course, and I suspect that the first iteration of the “real” course in 2024-25 will look rather different.
More that 50 years ago I took 2 classes in Black History at Seton Hall. Ancient history now but still.
There are a lot of interesting contributions to U.S. history by blacks; I hate to see that segregated.
Done there, seen was.
“College girls may be nice to look at, but at some point you have to talk to them.” – SP
Beautiful women are like elephants. Fun to look at, but I wouldn’t want to own one. -W C Fields
Obligatory.
Heh, I was about to post that.
I love that song so much! 😁
Necessary as well.
Also obligatory. Or cautionary ;-\
Relevant
Also relevant.
If you insist.
Bah.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E0LAs7X5ybE
‘Orning ‘ordles — subtitled “I suck more than a $50 whore running a vacuum cleaner in the cold blackness of space today”.
Daily Duotrigordle #325
Guesses: 36/37
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“Planned Parenthood educator gives CHILDREN advice on how to acquire their own sex toys… and how to use vegetables and fruit as ‘spicy objects’ on TikTok”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11660463/Planned-Parenthood-sex-educator-uses-TikTok-demonstrate-sex-toys-herself.html
Axis of evil.
/waits for the TikTok of someone using a superhot pepper as a ‘spicy object’
“She’s written several books on lobbying, PACs, and is a passionate advocate for public financing of elections. We have a dinner date planned for next week. Spud advises everyone to lay in a stock of popcorn.”
I’ll enjoy these fireworks.
Allow me to predict his side of the conversation: “umhum”, “oh, of course”, “isn’t that nice”, “aren’t these potatoes wonderful?”…
I might have been able to successfully pull off that conversation two decades ago, but alas, my field of fucks is barren and I have no more to give.
“would you like to come back to my place and see my political bumper sticker collection?”
“Have you heard about our savior Jesus Christ?”
“Aren’t you Jewish?”
“Yes, but it’s more interesting to talk about someone else’s religion then yours.”
“Woke activist and self-proclaimed ‘loudmouth’, 65, is slammed for tweeting: ‘What Alec Baldwin did is a tragedy, what Kyle Rittenhouse did is murder'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11660235/What-Alec-Baldwin-did-tragedy-Kyle-Rittenhouse-did-murder-tweet-sparks-anger.html
“Woke The View host Joy Behar is mocked for suggesting Alec Baldwin was charged with manslaughter because he’s a famous liberal – and wrongly claims charging DA is GOP”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11659439/Joy-Behar-mocked-suggesting-Alec-Baldwin-charged-manslaughter-hes-liberal.html
CWAA
I don’t get the lefts sudden obsession with state lines.
“So he could deliberately fire into a crowd of protestors”
That didn’t happen. You’re 65. One assumes you would get wiser with age. Instead you remain the massive, retarded cunte you always were.
Tiedrich is a raging asshole, and probably gets paid to post that crap like BrooklynDadDefiant is.
“Hannah-Jones’s program, which puts the repercussions of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the forefront of the national narrative, has been banned in Florida classrooms.
“Our history has long been treated as illegitimate,” Hannah-Jones said. “It has always been contested.”
Since she’s not a serious historian and just making stuff up, I approve banning anything related to this lady. We don’t need communist indoctrination in schools.
The idea that states (directly and through their subsidiaries, school districts) haven’t exercised very tight control over what is taught in government schools since government schools were founded is one of the stupidest things I have heard from these deeply stupid people.
They’re not deeply stupid, they’re team players who will do or say anything to keep their power. They’re deeply dishonest.
As long as we’re going to have government schools, someone is going to decide what gets taught there.
Also notice, they say it’s unpopular in America, okay, but it’s a Florida law, the rest of the states can go fly a kite.
And I suspect the quoted poll results aren’t accurately reflecting the fact that this crap is full of commie propaganda.
As long as we’re going to have government schools, someone is going to decide what gets taught there.
Schools have existed in this country to produce the next generation as dictated by the current generations. That part isn’t controversial. It is using the schools to subvert that process, and the academic article on DQSH was right on point about that; not shy in the least.
I’m tired of the dishonest muh-slavery narrative myself. And by that I mean I have zero patience for crt and the cuntes pushing it.
So I dug into the proposed curriculum. Very very light on the fact that slavery was practiced by Africans upon other Africans (let alone any earlier practice). Also amused that the first primary source cited is a fucking honky! A Venetian ‘merchant’ operating under Prince Henry (of Portugal) that traded some horses for slaves (multiple humans for one horse). What? Where are the contemporaneous AFRICAN sources on Africa? Appears to have nothing to say about slave trade into South America or the Caribbean (though it will eventually get to citing Frantz Fanon – which is amusing without explaining quite how he came to be a French citizen).
Nor does it say how slavery evolved in this country from indentured servitude (and how low-status whites were the predominant class of them). Does give a shout-out to Frederick Douglass, but not Harriet Tubman, nor any of the black Christian abolitionists of the north. Mentions Nat Turner but not the Bacon Rebellion – hmmm (or how that in turn led to the Virginia Slave Codes).
You can guess where and what it does pick up.
But restrictive curriculum laws — particularly ones pertaining to LGBTQ subjects — are mostly unpopular among the American public.
Of course they are.
Bringing the LGBTQ stuff into the schools is popular then? Bullshit.
Sure, if you word the poll questions in such a way as to elicit the results you’re looking for.
“Do you agree or disagree that public schools should teach that anyone deviating from their assigned sex, or from “straight” sexuality, should be hunted down in the streets and executed by vigilante mobs?”
The problem was tolerance wasn’t enough.
They’re further problem is that I am rescinding my tolerance.
They think you can just say things and magically make them true.
This is going to sound crazy, but try to stay with me; what if “one size fits all” isn’t the best policy for education or anything else?
Re: happy ending
I’d be hard pressed to convict, nothing wrong with taking it the trash when the state won’t.
Love is complicated
I thought love is blind.
I don’t have enough exposure to Red Skelton to have a opinion, bu Benny Hill was great fun to watch as a kid.
The sight gags, sound effects, and the ladies. I liked Monty Python much better once I became a teen.
It didn’t hurt that one was often followed by the other.
Same re: Benny
Red Skelton
I really, REALLY do NOT like physical/slapstick comedy, especially when the premise is that the person is stupid. Looking at you, Lucille Ball.
She’s written several books on lobbying, PACs, and is a passionate advocate for public financing of elections. We have a dinner date planned for next week.
“Nobody ever ran for office so he could leave me the fuck alone. Check, please.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS_gLFOrjMw
Unfortunately.
Color-blind racism just means white people are allowed to hate white people, too; encouraged, even.
Encouraged, the nudged, then required.
YOU MUST WEAR THE RIBBON, OR ELSE.
Looks like the Germans are finally starting to catch on.
The basic question to be asked is if the US wants modern tanks in the war why doesn’t it supply them itself? It’s beginning to look like DC is preparing the diplomatic battlespace for a patsy to hang the failure on.
Was anyone expecting anything other than accusations of racism when their agenda is denied?
It’s the biggest tool they have. Hopefully it’s starting to wear out.
A message of hope and optimism
Several people took to Twitter Friday evening to criticize President Biden after he tweeted that he had “never been more optimistic” about serving another two years in the White House.
“Two years in, and I’ve never been more optimistic about America’s future,” Biden said on the two-year anniversary of his inauguration, which was on Jan. 20, 2021.
But, people who responded to the post did not share the president’s enthusiasm.
“Well, that makes one of us,” one user replied.
——-
“Jesus take the wheel,” said another.
Face it, Bub. You’re no Ronald Reagan.
When did he start caring about America?
“but instead of being a rather passive, if believing, recipient of government propaganda, she’s actually an activist.”
Sounds terrible. But I’m sure I could have rhetorical fun if I was in such a situation. Deliberately pissing her off would be worth price of dinner.
Brutal assessment of Prime Minister Horseface
https://covidreason.substack.com/p/requiem-for-jacinda-arderns-political
Yeah, from the stories I’ve seen, she took what everyone else was doing and dialled the petty and vindictive up to 11.
dialled the petty and vindictive up to 11
So, IOW, a woman. //jk
that sounds like hate speech and disinformation. hateinformation if you will
When did he start caring about America?
He cares deeply about America, insofar as it serves as a conduit for personal wealth and power.
Powerline,
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/01/the-week-in-pictures-hot-stove-edition.php
Lots of LOLs.
Heavy lies the head that wears the crown of thorns
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern surprised the world this week, announcing that she was quitting because she no longer had “enough in the tank” to do the job.
“Politicians are human. We give all that we can, for as long as we can, and then it’s time,” she said in an emotional address that signalled the end of her five-and-a-half years in office.
It is unusual for a politician to admit they are burnt out – but it’s not surprising that the stress of leading a country can take its toll.
World leaders enjoy many privileges, but they must often cope with constant travelling, long hours, and little time to relax.
Boo fucking hoo. The poor little darling, ripped from her life of blissful anonymity and quiet happiness completely against her will, to be thrust into the leadership of a nation. She probably wishes she had never pulled hat sword out of the stone.
Politicians are human – yes just shit examples of the species
Two 3,800-year-old Cuneiform Tablets Found in Iraq Give First Glimpse of Hebrew Precursor
The ancient tablets, uncovered 30 years ago during the Gulf War and forgotten until now, offer a first glimpse of the Amorite language that Hebrew developed from
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-20/ty-article/two-3-800-year-old-cuneiform-tablets-found-in-iraq-give-first-glimpse-of-hebrew-precursor/00000185-ca23-d3a8-a3cf-cf3326430000
Mastering Negroni Cocktail with Three Generations of Italian Bartenders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwiEG2qcVL4
not really negronis but I would try em, especially the one at 9 45
OMWC wants a challenge – the Everton management job is going to be open soon (as in possibly even before this match is over). They are down 2-0 at the half and have managed two shots (not even on goal).
I had to take mandatory African American studies in the colleges. The teacher was a hack fraud who made us buy his cheap, poorly written book that he had us read one chapter from and never use again. He was a white dude.
Most of the “history” were vague and unsubstantiated claims. No other history course I took used fewer primary sources even though they exist in abundance for that era.
Should note this was a Florida college/university.
As an engineering student I escaped most of that crap.
I did however have a professor (integrated electronics) who handed us printed out copies of his new textbook and expected us to proof it while we learned the subject. If you found edits to make, you got bonus points and he got published on our work.
Yea, our asshole just wanted some extra book sales. Pretty sure we were the only ones buying the piece of crap. It was like it was written by a third grader and he couldn’t even work it into his own damn course for appearances.
I had an ancient history class that ONLY used primary sources (which were scarce and almost always statues and cave wall art) and we were supposed to divine the circumstances surrounding that people. I hated that class so much.
Bizarre. When historians are researching they use primary and secondary sources to figure things out. Makes no sense to assign only primary sources.
She told us straight up the first day we were the first class she was trying this with and it was an experiment. Looking back, I think the textbook was meant to be a secondary text, not the primary.
Hmm, that changes my judgment a little. I’ve experimented with different ways of teaching. Some worked and I’ve incorporated them into all my classes. Some have not worked and I’ve ditched them. Unfortunately, there’s really no way to know until you try it with a real class. I can’t promise the students they won’t be bored, but I don’t tell them their grades won’t suffer if my ideas don’t work.
Classes should be a mixture. You aren’t going to be able to have an undergraduate course (especially taken by non-majors) where you can really go over the amount of primary sources necessary to get a full picture of what was going on. You don’t have the necessary skills, resources, and general framework to work from to form accurate opinions. You were just going over a set of primary sources curated by the teacher that were readily accessible.
That’s a dumb idea.
Tony Dungy is a right wing zealot, and NBC is still going to allow him on the air! Where are my pearls!
70% of NFL players agree with Dungy. If that reality bothers you, I’d say stop watching football but the person writing at The Nation probably already does and tells everyone how they should really be watching the beautiful game.
Also said this multiple times in the last week – NFL and NBA will NEVER do a gay pride event and try to force their players to wear rainbow anything. They know exactly how that would blow up in their faces and so do the people who cover the sport. But they won’t point out how it’s only the NHL and MLB who do this and will gladly lambast the rare white guy who stands up and says he won’t wear the ribbon.
As Penguin pointed out earlier this week. You sure about the NFL?
I’m sure. 100% sure. There will never be any mandatory rainbow jerseys at NFL games. They may rope a few guys into doing that sort of thing. You may one day see a pride day at the stadiums. But they wouldn’t dare try and force their players to wear rainbow jerseys.
I can’t read The Athletic story. Fuck those covid hucksters.
I canceled my subscription in April 2020 and never looked back.
As opposed to the Women’s March where kids are adorned with pussy hats. Those guys are totally sane.
And if Nick Sandmann was a typical kid at a March for Life, I’ll put those kids up against your shrieking Gretas any day of the week.
The writer is a bigot who doesn’t believe the lived experiences of otherkin. Or at least wants to deny they exist to suit his argument. And he has the gall to claim that these companies go after guys like Kaepernick but allow Dungy to spew his bigotry. If Dungy were white, he’d totally be disowned by NBC. But he’s an aged black man and revered coach and no one gives a shit when he says what 90% of people in his protected demographic think.
OOoooo….
The Shrieking Gretas would be a great opening act at Lilith Fair.
“dragged there by teachers who abuse their authority”
Pretty sure those teachers who bring students there all work for private schools and do so as part of school-sponsored field trips requiring permission from parents. Funny how “I’ve covered the March for Life in Washington, D.C., for years” journo seems unaware of that.
Attendance is not mandatory. I had my kids in a conservative Catholic school that went to the march every year. The school encouraged it but it was in no way required.
Contrast that with the left Christian school my daughter was in. They took a field trip to the SPLC and even if you didn’t participate you were supposed to write an essay on “how your views of race in America” evolved from the experience.
“even if you didn’t participate you were supposed to write an essay on “how your views of race in America” evolved from the experience.”
“Being pressured to participate in a crypto-Marxist attack on American society has resulted in a deep skepticism, if not cynicism, about the validity of claims that the United States, and white people generally, are irredeemably evil and must be fundamentally transformed, by any means necessary into something by turns vicious and oppressive, or unnatural.”
Zirin typifies the woke sports journalist, absolutely and vindictively leftist as well as bone stupid.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Dungy’s son was gay and committed suicide because of it.
JHTFC, I will never understand how rulings, even for restraining orders, can be that narrow.
We wouldn’t want to chastise our rulers that harshly.
If a left wing politician was making some statement about an anti-abortion bill, it wouldn’t be labelled as a mere claim to be an infringement of rights. There is no question to the reporter the right to easy peezy abortion access regardless of what the Supreme Court says. Likewise, no claim that a bill infringes on the second amendment, one of the most clear and concise rights outlined in the BoR, it is passed off as a mere claim even though the Court just made it explicitly clear that these shitty laws weren’t allowed.
The judge knows which way he has to rule and I don’t think they act with as much restraint with other issues with regards to narrow the scope of that ruling.
I’m baffled at how a law can be unconstitutional only as applied to named plaintiffs. There are some tricky issues about jurisdiction here – can a county judge really issue a statewide injunction that applies outside of his (presumed?) county-wide jurisdiction, but this case had plaintiffs from dozens of counties, who are now the only people protected from this law in their respective counties. How does this make any sense?
I remember as a kid hearing Benny Hill died of a marijuana overdose. Then I remember reading about his actual death…that occurred long after I had heard he died of said marijuana overdose.
You’re not supposed to eat the square grouper.
Tax
justicewealthSupporters of taxes on the very rich contend that people are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic with a bigger appetite for what they’re calling “tax justice.”
Bills announced Thursday in California, New York, Illinois, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington and Connecticut vary in their approaches to hiking taxes, but all revolve around the idea that the richest Americans need to pay more.
All of the proposals face questionable prospects. Similar legislation has died in state legislatures and Congress. But the new push shows that the political left isn’t ready to give up on the populist argument that government can and should be used as a tool for redistributing wealth.
“Under the pandemic, while people struggled to put food on the table, we saw billionaires double their wealth,” said California Assembly Member Alex Lee, a Democrat.
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California already taxes the wealthy more than most states. The top 1% of earners account for about half of the state’s income tax collections. But this week, Lee proposed a “wealth tax,” similar to one promoted for years by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat.
It would impose an annual tax of 1.5% on assets of more than $1 billion and 1% on assets of $50 million or more. The new tax on wealth, not annual income, would affect an estimated 23,000 “ultra-millionaire” and 160 billionaire households, or the top 0.1% of California households, Lee said.
Steal from the rich and keep it.
Not a perverse incentive in sight.
Yes, yes, focus on the taxes and not on the monetary policy that is actually responsible for our economic situation.
The top 1% of earners account for about half of the state’s income tax collections.
And watch what happens to state tax revenues when there is a drop in what those folks make. California just loves that rollercoaster ride.
We’re one stock market crash away from reality.
It’s already happening – incomes dropped, taxes crater and the state’s ‘surplus’ turns into a deficit. Fortunately while Newsom is in office.
In Connecticut, progressive lawmakers are proposing more traditional hikes: a higher tax rate on capital gains earnings for wealthy taxpayers and higher personal income tax rates for millionaires,
“We need to ensure that the wealthiest in our state truly pay what they owe and not expect working families across our state to continue to subsidize their share,” said state Rep. Kate Farrar, a deputy majority leader in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives.
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“This ‘tax the rich’ has been around before and it’s present again. And quite frankly, it never got traction before and I seriously doubt there’s an appetite for it now,” said Gary Rose, professor of political science at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.
A lot of people, he said, don’t resent the rich as much as some progressive Democrats.
False consciousness!
The 1935 Revenue Act was known popularly as the soak the rich tax, at a time when less than 2% of Americans even paid income tax. Same as it ever was.
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“instead of being a rather passive, if believing, recipient of government propaganda, she’s actually an activist. She’s written several books on lobbying, PACs, and is a passionate advocate for public financing of elections”
The sex better be near-fatal to put up with that bullshit.
Yeah, that seems to run counter to the statement that she is quite intelligent.
I suspect she falls into the leftist pattern of having a decent diagnosis of a problem, and an absolutely 180 degree wrong solution for the problem.
The problem, of course, is that “Money and power will always find each other”. You can alleviate this only be reducing power, as even the poorest societies suffer from this problem. Her solution, of course, is to increase the amount of power.
“A Los Angeles 17-year-old who ran over a mother walking her baby in a stroller in 2021 and received just a few months of diversionary camp as punishment was gunned down in Palmdale, California, this week”
That is just… delicious.
The supreme irony of it being that if he’d received a prison sentence commensurate with his attempted double murder, he’d still be alive today. G-d comes through in the clutch!