The Power To Punish
Donald Trump has taught the Republican Party many things that have directly conflicted with long-standing party orthodoxy, so it shouldn't really come as that big a surprise that Republicans are now embracing using the power of government to punish corporate behavior they don't approve of. This is the party formerly known as the champion of the free market, mind you. The party that fought hard for corporations to be considered citizens with full constitutional rights, including the right of "free speech." All of those ideals have been conveniently tossed on the ideological scrap heap, though, as Republicans now fully embrace using the full power of government to punish corporations for speaking out on politics.
This isn't just "picking winners and losers" in the marketplace, either -- a concept Republicans also (theoretically) used to be against. It is more about causing fear in corporate boardrooms that they could be next if their corporation does something the most extreme right-wing politicians do not approve of. Such as speaking out against an unpopular law.
The frontline of this battle currently is Florida, where the Republican governor is attempting to set the stage for a future presidential run. To do so, he's doing a fairly good job of "out-Trumping Trump" -- coming up with all sorts of new laws designed to draw attention to those the Republican Party has chosen to demonize in this election cycle. Which is where the infamous "Don't Say Gay" law came from.
Ironically, Disney actually tried to keep out of this fracas. They refused to publicly weigh in on the bill until it was too late. After facing a backlash from their own employees, however, Disney half-heartedly denounced the new law. Disney is in a rather unique place in Florida, since it is the state's largest employer -- a position that usually carries a lot of weight with state politicians. Disney's late entry into the fray was not appreciated by the Republicans, however, who immediately started demonizing Disney itself in the most vile ways imaginable.
Calling Disney "groomers" and (as Ted Cruz just did) suggesting that all Disney movies will now show Mickey and Pluto having sex with each other wasn't enough, however. Now the governor and the state legislature is going after Disney with what can only be called a "bill of attainder" -- which is supposed to be illegal under the U.S. Constitution, but which actually happens all the time when handing out goodies in the tax code. New laws aren't supposed to target one individual or one company for either benefits or punishment, but it actually happens on a regular basis. The legislative language is creatively written so that the only ones affected by the new law are the ones who paid the lobbyists to insert the language. In any case, unlike bills craftily designed to give a tax break to one company, this time Florida is craftily writing a law to take a privilege away from just one company -- Disney.
Now, there's a reason why corporations give so much money to politicians in the first place, and that is to protect their bottom line. Which usually means shoveling cash at politicians who will ensure tax breaks and other goodies. But Disney threatened to cut off this flow of dollars in response to the passage of the "Don't Say Gay" law. This likely would have been a temporary pause, in much the same way as what happened after the January 6th insurrection (where many corporations announced they would not be donating to politicians who had voted to overturn an American presidential election... for the next six months or so... after which things could return to normal once again once nobody was paying attention). But the Florida governor sensed a political opening worth exploiting, since he has nationwide political ambitions.
So the state senate just passed a bill to revoke a special provision Disney got back in 1967. Now, on the one hand, it is hard to argue for special tax privileges for corporations since this is another example of government "picking winners and losers" in the marketplace, but it's hard to see this as anything other than political retaliation or retribution. Republicans passed a contentious law, Disney spoke out against this law, therefore Disney must be punished with another law that takes away a special break they've held for 55 years. It's understandable, on that level. It's petty, but it's at least understandable.
Democrats, of course, aren't above using the power of the marketplace to influence corporate behavior. But Democrats largely do so by private means -- encouraging boycotts or denouncing corporate behavior without politically threatening them. This isn't entirely true, as the "anti-BDS" movement has proven -- where Democrats try to pass laws boycotting any company that boycotts Israel in any way. This effort is a clear abuse of government power, and I have spoken out against it in the past. But other than that glaring exception, Democrats aren't usually in favor of using laws to directly punish businesses for their political beliefs.
Republicans didn't use to be for this sort of thing either, though. They spoke in glowing terms of the sanctity of the free market and denounced "burdensome regulations" on corporations. They were all for giving business a free hand to do as it liked, pretty much universally. Conservatives would never have dreamed of punishing one individual corporation for expressing a political opinion, back then.
But that was then (the pre-Trump era) and this is now. Donald Trump certainly tried to punish any entity that he got angry with, for any reason under the sun. Private individuals, corporations, Democratic politicians, celebrities, even Republican politicians who didn't kowtow to him enough. His track record on accomplishing actual punishments has been rather shaky, though, since he is just as inept at attacking his perceived foes as he is at everything else he puts his hand to. But he certainly never showed the slightest bit of restraint in doing so.
Which is why Republicans are now cheering on the effort to punish Disney. They're even contemplating other legislative ways to punish the company (such as ending the copyright extensions on Mickey Mouse).
Which is odd when you consider how hard conservatives fought for corporate free speech in the first place. Of course, back then "corporate free speech" equated only to "large piles of corporate cash donations to Republican politicians" and nothing more. Corporations should be unfettered to influence elections because they were people as far as the Constitution was concerned, the conservatives argued. And they won, in the Citizens United Supreme Court case. But now that "corporate free speech" is actually speaking out against Republicans, it must immediately be retaliated against.
This is likely only the beginning. If Republicans take control of the House of Representatives, look for Republicans to waste an enormous amount of time punishing all and sundry for opinions they disagree with. Kevin McCarthy has already proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he'll allow the most extreme members of his caucus to set the agenda, so that is exactly what we should all expect. Every time some right-wing television blowhard gets a bee in his or her bonnet over some perceived corporate slight, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert and Madison Cawthorn and all the rest of the Keystone Kongressmen will leap into action and hold lots of hearings and pass all sorts of ridiculous bills. Thankfully, even if Republicans capture control of the Senate, few of these will survive. And any that do make it to President Biden's desk are sure to be vetoed. Even so, it's a disturbing development.
We seem to be in the dawn of a new era of Republicans attempting to ideologically police corporate political messaging. Not through public pressure or private boycott attempts, but through the power of government. They seek to coerce corporate boards to say only what the purity committee of the Republican Party has deemed correct. That is obviously a very dangerous precedent to set.
So much for the "party of small government." So much for "corporate free speech." So much for letting the free market decide. Republicans are now all about naked abuses of governmental power, plain and simple. Say something Republicans don't like? You will be punished. That is the message all corporations should be reading into what Florida is attempting to do to Disney right now.
-- Chris Weigant
Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisWeigant
"Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert and Madison Cawthorn and all the rest of the Keystone Kongressmen"
I think you meant the Ku Klux Kongressmen
Republicans didn't use to be for this sort of thing either, though. They spoke in glowing terms of the sanctity of the free market and denounced "burdensome regulations" on corporations. They were all for giving business a free hand to do as it liked, pretty much universally.
Oh, but they will be once again squawking these same words when legislation is proposed that doesnt benefit their corporations.
Heck, at the very same time. Do you really think that there's some kind of floor beneath GQP conduct? Some hypocrisy, lie or action that they won't stoop to?
These are the guys who are still trying to overturn our Constitutional Republic, for Pete's sake.
Kind of in the vein of
Answer:
The life expectancy of the filibuster the moment the Repugs win the Senate.
Question:
How long is a nanosecond?
Speaking of short attention spans, I'm not anywhere close to being fretful about next seven months. This is especially true regarding the J6C hearings, justice for every last Insurrection co-conspirator and enabler and managing Covid.
I'm understandably less certain about electoral success come November. No denying that the headwinds are, well, windy to say the least. But times are not normal and there are tons of moving parts.
Making the political, legal, economic and Constutional arguments against Repugs prematurely would waste a bunch of GQP manufactured criseses. That's the reality of short attention span syndrome.
The Dems can prevail but they must message the victories as well as hammer on the cray-cray alternative they offer come November. And all of it in the optimal moment.
MIND YOU I'm not advocating any kind of collusion between J6C, DOJ, Georgia and New York and the Dems game plan. What reason could Merrick Garland, the Deep State and the rest hold any kind of grudge against the Repugs and Herr. Trump?
Heh.
Fear, firearms and Facism, anyone?
Does absolutely nothing but oppose American progress out of the latest GOP failures because Biden is President?
Or the baddest and most resilient country in history once again standing strong and leading the prosperous and free world against tyranny?
Yikes! That's a talking point...Sorry for the boldify but I got excited!
Or,
Fear, (someone else's) Faith and Facism.
(taptaptap)
Is this mic on?
In Utah, a Republican governor vetoed a transgender-athlete bill, noting that it was targeting only four athletes currently playing. From MSNBC:Last month, Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox also vetoed a version of the measure in his state, citing data that only four trans high schoolers played sports in Utah.
“Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few,” Cox, a Republican, wrote in a letter to the state Senate president and House speaker. “I don’t understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live. And all the research shows that even a little acceptance and connection can reduce suicidality significantly.”
Depressed as can be, I dove into Ukraine research (Spoiler: the war is going well but at insane cost) and as the evening waned I stumbled across this Tovarishch Karlson 20.04.2022 video.(30:54)
Bez reklamy blagodarya nashim tovarishcham iz Silikonovoy doliny na YouTube!
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Commercial free thanks to our comrades in the Silicon Valley mob over at YouTube!
So, for no particular reason I eased myself down and smoked a bowl and thence took a different kind of hit...for you, Team Weigantia. For us! Yes, I:
1- Sat through the whole thing.
2- Without even thinking about hurling my cell. No, really – I'm effing proud of myself! I could never do that before. Couldn't help Media Matters monitor enemy airspace without a fresh TV every three days. And that's without a firearm in my possession. For the record, breathing right and being mindful seemed helpful.
3-Took detailed notes right there on the same page with my first day of wagering MLB. We are talking about a very sacred space here, people. Not quite like CW recounting important speeches, but still. This is free, y'all. Although any wayward wager settlements would be welcomed! Grift is bipartisan these days – woot! ;D
Carlson is like that always cranky Uncle at the table, a permanent scowl on his face and endless grievances. The one who never questions himself and disdains any who do. Gawd, for his family's sake I pray he's not like that all the time, he's that convincing. He's top-shelf at setting the audience's expectations and sharing their subsequent perception of the subsequent material. If you look at it this way…
***Warning – Mature Audiences Only***
This is a very alternative universe with it's own alternative facts. This parallel universe (read, propaganda) sprang from and supports the Gingrich School of Politics as Holy War. Thirty years of Republican's grooming poor and uneducated Americans to fear and hate and kick down at marginalized groups (while they pick their pockets) was inevitably going to have to get this cray-cray to keep the rubes all riled up and distracted, see?
So.
What should America fear?
JOE BIDEN is senile. Or else HE'S OUT OF CONTROL. He was installed by establishment Democrats and Zuckerberg 's $419M to safeguard rig our election to stop Trump's economic populism.
MICHELLE is next.
Whoops! Well I guess I gotta finish it now.
Miles of Biden gaffe-o-rama film, big whoopee. They had a couple of token black guys dispensing the kool aide.
Tulsi Gabbard (right down at the bottom of my Primary preferences...with Joe) was criticized by fellow Repugs for saying she's against something absolutely no one is remotely proposing and that's hot war with Russia. Like no one proposes to try to take our guns away, it's a shit solution to an imaginary problem. Tulsi is slick, I'll say, right up to the part where she says that criticizing her is modern day McCarthyism.
The media empire so chill about Ivanka's Chinese trademarks and Jared's Saudi billions is shocked, shocked I tell you, that prominent black Dems have hired their own relatives over the years.
Oh yeah, besides Zuck and the Dems the Silicon Valley Mob Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon and Netflix manipulated the 2020 election: suspending Parlor was proof! They conflate freedom of speech (it affects Government conduct, alone) and freedom to say anything you want anywhere you want. So what if it's their playground so it's their rules? Conservatism of that ilk is as dated as Reaganism, puh-leeze!
So Facist Democrats want a thought control tyranny where no dissent is permitted. It's obvious.
So, there you have it, in chronological order. Yer welcome.
AS FOR ME, I am left to ponder whether a second date with a bar of Dr. Squatch and endless hot water is in order. The question is, can I fall asleep while feeling like I dunked my head in a barrel of sun-rippened kool aid and I'm still icky?
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He's top-shelf at setting the audience's expectations and SHAPING their subsequent perception...
Squatch today.
Squatch tomorrow.
Squatch forever!
Like Tide and Dawn it's that good.
They had me at ...marinating YOUR man meat!
YES, THE MEDIA EMPIRE that is totally good with Trump paying off two professional bimbos in 2016 says Twitter manipulated the 2020 election by suppressing the Hunter Biden nothingburger, er, story.
Ladies and Gentlemen, today's Republican Party!!!
I hope y'all like my formatting, especially in the first part of Comrade Carlson. I have Art skills and asthetics are important to me (shout out to Michale -- you're doing your part, too) so I try to make it visually interesting, using the HTML toolbox to vary and space my narrative to get it to breath a little.
I can't help but refine my Libtard chops by soliciting honest feedback so please, gimme your two cents.
In the world of bass guitar it's almost not so much the notes themselves but the spaces between the notes that make it TASTY.
So.. Lemme see if I understand this..
Democrats.. Who HATE big corporations being given special privileges and breaks... Have been after this Holy Grail in Florida of taking Disney's special breaks and privileges away for DECADES..
But NOW...
NOW that the GOP is on board, NOW Democrats are *AGAINST* taking away big corps special privileges and big breaks..
Because Disney has gone woke, *NOW* Democrats want to PROTECT Big Corps big breaks and special tax privileges...
Because Disney is all about being WOKE, *NOW* Democrats DON'T WANT Big Corps to "pay their fair share"...
It's ALL about the ideology.... :^/
And it's also especially ironic..
When the GOP wants to punish businesses and big corps.. The GOP does it within the LAW..
When Democrat Party wants to punish businesses and big corps.. Democrats send out BLM and AntiFa terrorists and thugs to DESTROY...
"We need to give them room to destroy"
-Democrat Party
The decimation and demise of the Democrat Party simply CANNOT come soon enough...
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Dept. of Didn’t Proofread Enough,
The Dems can prevail but they must message the victories as well as hammer on the cray-cray alternative [REPUBLICANS] offer come November. And all of it in the optimal moment.
Who needs PIE...
Let them eat cake!!!
The Dems can prevail but they must message the victories as well as hammer on the cray-cray alternative [REPUBLICANS] offer come November. And all of it in the optimal moment.
Dems cannot prevail.. This is accepted as fact..
The ONLY thing Dems can hope for is to limit how bad their losses are..
And to date?? Those efforts have been failing because Democrats KEEP DOUBLING DOWN ON STOOPID..
But make no mistake.. Come Jan 2023, the GOP will be in firm unequivocal control of Congress...
And, once the recession hits in late 2023/early 2024, Democrats will be in one of the WORST positions ever for the POTUS election of 2024 AND facing an impossible matchup in the Senate..
It's going to be a bad bad BAD few years for anyone calling themselves a Democrat..
Ah, there you are!
Hey Dude, that's some solid MtnCaddy work product upstairs. Effing listened to Tucker with enough of an open mind to listen to what he's trying to say. And bapped my considered reactions out on a not quite de militarized (read, cracked) smartphone.
When you get a moment look it over..
PolitiFact runs cover for Biden, declares viral clip of him 'shaking hands' with air is 'false'
The liberal 'fact-checker' was roasted by critics on social media
https://www.foxnews.com/media/politifact-biden-viral-clip-shaking-hands-with-air
^^^^^ Exactly why PolitiFact is just another Democrat propaganda outlet...
PF simply cannot be trusted as an unbiased source of fact...
"Our fact checks are actually just our opinions"
-Democrat Party
^^^^^^ Actual quote from Court Filing...
Hey Dude, that's some solid MtnCaddy work product upstairs. Effing listened to Tucker with enough of an open mind to listen to what he's trying to say. And bapped my considered reactions out on a not quite de militarized (read, cracked) smartphone.
You actually LISTEN to Tucker Carlson!!???
WOW... You must have a strong stomach...
I never could listen to him.. Carlson, Limbaugh, Hannity... I never could listen to them..
I roll my eyes so much, I am afraid my eyes will get stuck in the back of my head.. :D
Dems cannot prevail.. This is accepted as fact..
C'mon, Guysic, you're better than this old silliness. Accepted by whom? As fact?Conjecture is not fact. A fetus is not an unborn baby. Don has the market saturated with language abuse and comprehension issues. You have far more ability to actually make your case than to lower yourself to his level. I/we need better out of you.
Florida prosecutor's crackdown on repeat offenders leads to drop in violent crimes as Dem city crime soars
Progressive criminal justice reforms have coincided with rising violence in big US cities
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-prosecutor-crackdown-repeat-offenders-drop-violent-crime
So, lemme get this straight..
When you actually PUNISH criminals like they do in Florida instead of running a race-based justice system where black criminals go free like Democrat governments do....
Crime actually GOES DOWN!!???
Who woulda thunked it!!!???
C'mon, Guysic, you're better than this old silliness. Accepted by whom?
By everyone who follows politics and can read the writing on the walls...
Take a poll here in Weigantia.. I don't think you will find that ANYONE here believes Democrats will actually hold onto the House and Senate in Nov..
As fact?Conjecture is not fact.
I am not talking about conjecture..
Today, the sun will rise in the east and set in the west.
Is that not fact?? Even though it hasn't actually happened yet, it's still a fact..
So it is with Democrat losses in November.
Unless some cataclysmic event happens, Democrats will lose Congress in November..
This is fact...
A fetus is not an unborn baby.
Not factually accurate.. A fetus can survive outside the womb at 22 weeks...
Again, keep in mind that THIS comes from a Democrat Propaganda Machine...
Things are getting WORSE for Democrats, not better...
And the longer things get worse, the worse Democrats are going to do in November..
It's a forgone conclusion that Democrats will lose the House.. This is accepted by all...
And it's fast becoming apparent that Democrats will lose the Senate as well...
The only option for Democrats is to limit the losses.. Outright wins are simply not a possibility..
And NOW the stakes are even higher in 2022...
If Democrats cheat again in 2022 as they did in 2020..
They be goin' to JAIL!!!
If Zuckerburg tries to do in 2022 what he did in 2020??
He's going to JAIL!!!
It's obvious that Democrats won't try and cheat this time around...
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Like I say, I'm in a different headspace nowadays. And they're just words. Just like our Weigantia deal is just posting stuff. But I learn better when I listen.
Nevertheless, this is an astonishing disclosure! Got
you instant enhanced cred there, Bruh. I gotta crash, but I'd love to get a short list of your news sources.
They don't even have to be all fancy schmancy like this but it'd be nice, to wit:
Go to info and commentary:
Beau of the 5th Column
Glenn Kirshner
***
Geopolitics, human history and big picture thinking:
WhatIfAltHist
GeoPop
***
Biting Political comedy:
https://youtube.com/c/TheLincolnProjectThe Lincoln Project
Mrs. Betty Bowers -- America's Best Christian (tm)
https://youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight">JohnOliver
And my two favorite Fellow anti-Political Correctness warriors:
Bill Maher
Jon Stewart
Mañana, Oveja mia!
I think you meant the Ku Klux Kongressmen
That's obviously an allusion to the KKK..
And WHICH Party was it that created the KKK??
WHICH Party was it that gave this country the vile, disgusting and perverse KKK??
Oh yes, that's right..
It was the DEMOCRAT PARTY...
It's ironic..
The Party that today embraces CANCEL CULTURE and wants to erase all vestiges and reminders of racism and slavery?
Is the Party that is the BIGGEST vestige and BIGGEST reminder of racism and slavery....
The Democrat Party...
Yo, Michale! Shouldn't you be on shift by now? OR are you and your lovely wife doing something about that morning woody? Politics aside go get it, Brother! Us guys should ALWAYS pull for each other, yo.
Hehehehehehe
You crack me up, MC... :D
Mariupol has fallen...
Putin orders troops not to storm final Mariupol holdout
Putin called the storming of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works 'unnecessary'
https://www.foxnews.com/world/putin-orders-troops-not-to-storm-final-mariupol-holdout
As Mariupol goes, so goes Ukraine. :^(
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Glink! Vee hahv zee results! Eee does read zee posts!
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Aha! I posted a half dozen or so fancy pancy links to my primary YouTube news sources...so now I'm in comment purgatory!
While we're waiting I also subscribe to NYT, WaPo, Detroit Free Press, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The Economist and soon, Foreign Affairs. POLITICO is my go to straight political news source and I've been rumored to frequent that clown Chris Weigant's comment section.
I check out Fox News and OAN, especially the comments sections. Newsmax treasures that I register before I get to read their comments and I'm not interested in joining the legions of top shelf Libtrolls already ably*
manning the ramparts. Sic temper tyrannus!
*I mean, motherfucking Ukraine strength ably!
In a way, the circumstances in Ukraine is eerily similar to my epic battle with DirecTV..
I had amassed approx $3.8 million my first year..
DirecTV came after me with everything they had.. Spent OVER 5 million dollars....
They ended up with about $40,000...
When it was all over, I asked "Dave's" lead attorney, "Was it worth it??"
He said and I quote, "Well.. We definitely didn't get what we expected.."
Sometimes the best outcome you can achieve is not to win.. But to make sure your enemy loses...
So it is with Ukraine..
Ukraine cannot win...
But Ukraine CAN make sure Putin loses...
"Never underestimate a man who has nothing to lose."
-IceT, SURVIVING THE GAME
"Cursing is the sign of a weak mind."
-Oscar Finlay, REACHER
Midterm elections: Immigration, Title 42 leave Democrats in 'bad shape,' campaign experts say
More Democrats break with Biden admin as GOP seeks to drive home immigration issue
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/midterm-elections-title-42-leaves-democrats-bad-shape
Democrats snatching apocalyptic defeat from the jaws of a mediocre defeat... :D
I have nothing to lose here as no one here has the courage to engage in rational discussion about One Demand.
The fact that you believe that indicates you are not very well connected with reality.. :D
Cowardice to engage in rational discussion is proof of a weak mind and no integrity.
You never have any rational discussion..
All you ever show is comment numbers..
I don't debate with numbers.. They are pretty limited...
Your actions betray your comments.
Facts to support?? No???
Of course.. :^/
"Democrats are in bad shape — some would say terrible shape — for the midterm elections. The Title 42 controversy does nothing to help them and probably makes the outlook worse for Democrats."
-Larry Sabato, Director
University Of Virginia Center For Politics
I believe it because it is true.
You believe WHAT is true??
Further, THAT is exactly your problem.. You are all about "truth"... Not facts..
But go ahead, prove me wrong.
I will.. Once you actually make a claim and not just spew numbers..
Another fucking outright lie.
What is?? 43?? How can 43 be a lie... It's just a number...
How can I rationally discuss things with you when all you do is spew numbers..
You don't OFFER any rational discussion..
OK OK OK.. I give up..
I will rationally discuss things with you..
44, 16, 47, 19, 42....
TAKE THAT!!!!
Pro-life medical experts rip media's coverage of abortion: Not following 'science' but 'political rhetoric'
One pro-life doctor says reporting on abortion often uses 'unrealistic and euphemistic terms in order to disguise' the 'reality of the situation.'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pro-life-medical-experts-rip-medias-coverage-abortion-following-science-political-rhetoric
Once again.. Proof positive that Democrat "science" is nothing but poorly disguised Democrat activism...
Awwww carp... Frak it.. Ya'all get the gist..
This is a HUGE mistake on the part of the Biden Administration..
If Biden's handlers LOSE this appeal, which is all but a certainty, then it's going to be impossible for the CDC to impose any more mandates.. Even if the actual science warrants a mandate...
Bad move, Biden.. Very bad move..
And more proof that you actually have no argument..
You just have comment numbers...
I'll be around if you ever want to have rational DISCUSSIONS and not just spew numbers back and forth..
Whether you are here or not you will not engage in rational discussion.
Not factually accurate..
I simply refuse to rationally discuss comment numbers..
Ask me specific questions, I will give you specific answers..
Up to you...
I have a new name for Justice Jackson Brown..
Affirmative Action Jackson...
DEMOCRATSVILLE
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18308515/slab-city-ben-fogle-mermaids-pirates-throuple/
Smoke pot all day long.. :^/
Like I said.. Democratsville.. :^/
How the gay rights showdown threatens Disney’s unprecedented self-rule in Florida
https://archive.ph/hV4qk#selection-1721.1-1721.82
You can bet that Disney CEO Chapek is yelling at his vocal whiney bitchy LGBQ+ABCEIEIO minority, "Ya see!!??? *THIS* IS WHY WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS!!!"
:^/
The majority of Floridians, INCLUDING DEMOCRATS support FL's Anti-Groomer law...
MSNBC analyst claims ‘Jesus Christ would be called a groomer’ if ‘alive today’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-analyst-matthew-dowd-jesus-christ-groomer-alive-today
If Jesus was adamant about teaching sexual activity and gender-bender crap to kindergartners..
Yes.. He would be called a Groomer...
What's the point??
Jesus was an outspoken teacher. Of course he was crucified.
Plus the right wingers prefer Supply Side Jesus to that Nazareth dude...
Jesus was an outspoken teacher. Of course he was crucified
By secular types.. Yunno.. Democrats..
CNN+ joins AIR AMERICA
:D
Gotta love it.. :D
And in the AWWWWWWW department.. :D
http://mfccfl.us/IGDdonation.jpg
JL, Liz.. Ya'all made this possible.. :D
Jesus was an outspoken teacher. Of course he was crucified.
I am sure that Jesus didn't want to teach sex stuff to kindergartners..
I sure as hell know that Jesus wouldn't want to teach that a boy can be a girl if he tries really really hard..
Hell, even Affirmative Action Jackson admitted that gender = biology which is SCIENCE...
And SCIENCE says that a boy is a boy and a girl is a girl...
So much for the claim in yesterday's commentary that Republicans want to raise middle class taxes.. :D
Biden gets 3 Pinocchios for saying 'congressional Republicans' want middle class tax hike
The claim 'just barely' missed getting four Pinocchios
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wapo-gives-white-house-3-pinocchios-for-claim-that-congressional-republicans-want-middle-class-tax-hike
And THAT comes from Democrat Water Carrier extraordinaire WaPo...
If Senator Scott's plan is a "Republican plan" when Occasional Cortex's DEFUND DEMORALIZE DEMONIZE THE POLICE plan is the Democrat Party plan...
Can't have it both ways, people...
Couldn't let the commentary for the 4/20 column come and go without this.
Don Harris wrote:
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No one here has underestimated me (except in their comments where they pretend they are).
No one here has underestimated me (except nearly everybody here) and anyone who's read the self-worded bio of Don Harris.
I have nothing to lose here as no one here has the courage to engage in rational discussion about One Demand.
You are confusing apathy with apprehension. Not surprising based on your bio. <--- Since you seem permanently infinitely confused, that is definitely not me pretending to underestimate your obvious object and factual ignorance.
If any of you had truly underestimated me then you wouldn't be afraid to engage in rational discussion as you have all consistently refused to do.
No one here is afraid of you.
The fact that you don't engage in rational discussion proves that you realize that One Demand is a good idea and could work because if you could make a case with rational discussion you would do it instead of lying, trolling and dodging.
Let it sink in that at this point, nobody (except you) gives a hang about your hang-up.
That is why CW will not address it. He knows it is a threat to the big money politicians and big money interests that he spews propaganda for.
The only thing petrified is your platitudinous bullshit. Pun intended.
He wants to keep the idea out of the marketplace of ideas that is a cornerstone of democracy.
If CW actually did want to keep your bullshit "out of the marketplace," couldn't he just take away your posting privileges? Rhetorical question.
Seems I comprehend a lot more than Mtn Caddy thinks.
Seems to me like you are wholly incapable of connecting the dots. :)
MtnCaddy
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Depressed as can be, I dove into Ukraine research (Spoiler: the war is going well but at insane cost) and as the evening waned I stumbled across this Tovarishch Karlson 20.04.2022 video.(30:54)
Bez reklamy blagodarya nashim tovarishcham iz Silikonovoy doliny na YouTube!
Chto... net zagara yaichek?
Love you, Russ. :)
Hey Kick-
Wondered if you have any inside baseball on the Cuellar/Cisneros race. Everything I have read has been pretty plain vanilla and thought you might have some details to share.
Also, a moment of silence for our boy Louie G, coming in 4th among four in the AG primary. It appears that he got so toxic he was gerrymandered out by his own party. The newly created district runs from Waco to Naco, the very antithesis of a "compact" district but worth it to get rid of Louie Louie.
As always, your insights on state elections appreciated.
Kick,
Love you back, my sweet friend! Hope we get a chance to catch up soon. I have missed you,
-R
Pro-life medical experts rip media's coverage of abortion: Not following 'science' but 'political rhetoric'
Once again.. Proof positive that Democrat "science" is nothing but poorly disguised Democrat activism...
I’ve checked around and not a single medical school offers “Pro-life medicine” as a specialty; nor do they teach any classes by that name.
So your expert isn’t a medical expert, but a political hack. Proof positive that Republican "science" is nothing but poorly disguised Republican activism..
@m
44, 16, 47, 19, 42....
TAKE THAT!!!!
what's your powerball number?
To all the lying spineless groveling cowardly Republican Trump ass lickers... two things:
1. People are ratting you out.
2. There are tapes. :)
@kick,
trump himself will never serve a day. a few small fish may fry, but the main point of the investigation shouldn't be to get trump or his groupies, it should be to shine light on the domestic terrorists who have operated with impunity for a long time - mainly because they happen to be white.
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trump himself will never serve a day.
Define "serve." If you are referring to "prison," I will simply respond that there are worse punishments that can befall a narcissist/criminal like Benedict Donald than a stretch at "Club Fed." Were Roy Cohn and Richard Nixon not "dead as a doornail," we could ask either one of them to explain my point.
a few small fish may fry, but the main point of the investigation shouldn't be to get trump or his groupies...
"Get Trump or his groupies?" We punish offenders as a deterrence to crime by the offending perpetrators as well as anyone else with two brain cells to rub together who is paying attention and/or maybe contemplating the same or similar illegal activities. Indeed, if there is no punishment (or attempted investigation/punishment) for criminal activity, your "shining light" acts as a klieg that screams: "Go ahead because nothing will happen."
So the main point of any investigation should be: Witnesses will be sworn and questioned under penalty of perjury, and perpetrators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law no matter who you are. Whether or not they "serve a day" is up to either a judge or a jury of their peers. "Winning" in a court of law while losing in the court of public opinion is more devastating to more perpetrators than one might imagine. Is a wealthy perpetrator who commits crime more likely to be able to "buy their way out" or "wangle" out of punishment? Of course. Is a not-so-wealthy White perpetrator who commits crime more likely to be given a lesser sentence or "serve" no punishment at all? Of course.
... it should be to shine light on the domestic terrorists who have operated with impunity for a long time - mainly because they happen to be white.
So you're saying institutional racism is alive and well in America? When multiple White perpetrators who willfully and with intent are given "a slap on the wrist" and/or sentences of probation and/or civic lectures for knowingly illegally voting multiple times in an election while a person of color receives a multiyear prison sentence for unknowingly illegally voting once on a provisional ballot that wasn't even counted at all, only an uneducated rube with shit for brains would argue against your totally "on point" factual statement.
Trump's right-hand coconspirator was recently thrown off the voting rolls in North Carolina for knowingly voting illegally in an election in a state in which he did not reside. Anybody believe Mark Meadows will "serve a day" for knowingly committing a voting crime? If he does, anybody believe he'll get a multiyear sentence? Not unless they are willfully ignorant and turning a blind eye to existing institutional racism.
You make a lot of great points, without including pie, but I digress.
As for my cryptic post, it wasn't actually meant to be about Donald, per se, except to the extent that it was/is his ample ass being licked by multiple lying spineless groveling cowardly Republican Trump ass lickers.
So, to recap:
* Republicans are lying spineless groveling cowardly Trump ass lickers.
* People are ratting them out.
* There are tapes.
* What... no pie? :)
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Hey Kick-
Hey, TX-1.
Wondered if you have any inside baseball on the Cuellar/Cisneros race.
Not as yet, but I could phone a friend who likely does. Let me get back to you on that.
Everything I have read has been pretty plain vanilla and thought you might have some details to share.
Stay tuned. I got friends in low places *wink* and will definitely report back.
Also, a moment of silence for our boy Louie G, coming in 4th among four in the AG primary.
Winning!
It appears that he got so toxic he was gerrymandered out by his own party. The newly created district runs from Waco to Naco, the very antithesis of a "compact" district but worth it to get rid of Louie Louie.
That's your Louis, TX-1. Sorry for that. Louis isn't the only toxic Republican that lying spineless groveling cowardly Trump ass licking other Republicans have an issue with, and there are tapes to prove it.
As always, your insights on state elections appreciated.
Watch this space. :)
Russ
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:)