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Willfully Horn

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  1. After an enjoyable night of work, I turned on local cable, to learn Texas’ legislature was coming to the end of this session, (and saw R Perry stumping for online sports betting.) I send this wish to the universe: may each Texan come to face the consequences of their vote.
  2. New essay out by Stonekettle “And I don't expect any better from the Press than I do from Donald Trump. They are one and the same, made for each other like a snake eating its own tail. Depressing? Sure, but it's no different than it's always been. From the broadsheets of the British colonists to the yellow journalism of Hearst and Pulitzer to the content scraping blatant plagiarism of outfits like Occupy Democrats to this latest stunt by CNN, in America, the media has always been about profit first, second, and last.” https://www.stonekettle.com/2023/05/caveat-emptor.html?spref=tw.
  3. There are times the psychos complain gun laws aren’t enforced strictly enough, then there are most times.
  4. Replace counselors with chaplains? What’s the difference between chaplains and youth ministers, aka the profession seemingly most likely to include child rapists? What could go wrong?
  5. Anonymous message board dude is so much more reliable than the NEJM, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Endocrine Society, the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association. These are the groups that have the ideological worms, not the hate engines on the right. Not to mention those researchers whose names are on their studies. All those folks are suspect. Unlike el-anonarcissist.
  6. Having trouble reading this evening? The article I linked says you are full of shit. Address Scientific American’s current missive, or fuck off.
  7. No, it isn’t. Scientific American republished the article, in March 2023, to counter actual misinformation which is cited when legislators push anti-trans bills. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-the-science-on-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-kids-really-shows/
  8. I agree. My politics are left of center. I view our parties as right of center and wingnut right. So, I am curious which Dem legislation is broadly viewed as radical. I can think of one, the college debt relief program. What are some others?
  9. Thanks, Troph, for the head’s up. Church of God, Transgender, then. I agree that God is in all things, male, female, and neither. My point is this SCOTUS seems to go out of its way to protect religious rights, and therein lies a position to fight back against state oppression.
  10. While it is nice to hear good news, it is also somewhat depressing that we are at the point we have to engineer fixes to the damage we have wrought. https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/engineers-develop-water-filtration-system-that-removes-forever-chemicals-171419717913
  11. Well, the societal cost of just one white collar crime, which might as well be defined as those crimes which police do not investigate, wage theft, the stealing of duly earned wages, is three times the amount of all robberies, shoplifting to bank robbery. So, yeah. This source says three times as much. https://www.edelson-law.com/blog/2022/10/wage-theft-outpaces-all-other-theft-in-america/#:~:text=Unfortunately%2C the truth is that,other types of theft combined.
  12. There ought be a Church of God, the Transgendered. Obviously, trans folks don’t see their gender identity as a religious issue, and I am not suggesting they should. Still, such a church should create religious protections, as recognized by this wingnut SCOTUS. Not trying to offend, I guess I ought to say. But, I would respect a church that focuses on an obvious truth, that creation is, shall I say, fluid, with respect to gender, infinity more than the heretical prosperity gospel.
  13. Crow funerals. Remind me of a folk tale I’ve heard about cattle. I’ve never witnessed it, despite living in a rural setting where cows were ubiquitous. But I do love the imagery. The rale goes that cows gather to. Inclement the place where another cow has died, and that the circle grows larger, meaning increased radius/diameter, with each passing day. Like I said, I should have seen such, but I did not. Still, I like the thought.
  14. While this is uncorroborated, who would be surprised? I’m putting this here for the fucking irony.
  15. Nebraska Rs to investigate a state senator, who voted against an anti-trans bill, for ethics violations. The senator has a trans child, so they claim she would personally benefit from the bill’s failure. The hypocrisy is mind numbing. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3976112-state-lawmaker-who-has-trans-child-and-voted-against-anti-trans-legislation-faces-ethics-investigation/
  16. Here is another despicable human who doesn’t give a fuck. I have no words to describe the contempt I feel for this person
  17. The video is mis-titled. FF got her quote right. She “won’t have to worry…” not “Obama will pay…” The rhetoric around the ACA was that folks ought not have to worry about either buying medication or putting gas in the car. When folks tell you what they are, believe them. Read up on Curtis Yarvin, “guru of the New Right.” Peter Thiel is the billionaire who is using his fortune to attempt to bring those ideas into fruition. And yes, absolute power and monarchy is the end of democracy. The first link lays out their goals, in Yarvin’s own words. The second link explains the connection between Thiel and Yarvin, and also what Thiel is doing to bring about their goal. https://unherd.com/thepost/curtis-yarvin/ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets
  18. Or, you know, quotation marks around a direct quote. Not sure why you don’t see how having affordable medical insurance (guessing here, because I don’t remember that woman’s statement) would make paying other bills easier.
  19. @fattyflattie, your tears about folks struggling to make ends meet, given your professed desire to raise taxes on those who earn the least, are positively reptilian.
  20. Yeah, I will continue to point a finger at racism. Not sure why you think folks shouldn’t.
  21. The ease with which guns are obtained in this country is the sole reason we deal with the scourge of school shootings. Anyone who believes differently is lying to themselves and others. Here’s Michael Ventura’s take on our culture and school shootings, written in the weeks after Columbine. Show me where he is wrong.
  22. Pancho’s waitstaff used to ignore my table after the stack of used dishes obscured their view of the raised flag. My Glock now keeps the sopaipillas coming.
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