The Courage of Their Conniptions 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
Precedented 0
Gene Lyons sees a precursor of the laughing misnamed “Moms for Liberty.” Here’s a bit from his article; follow the link for the rest. You’ll be glad you did.
Back in the ‘70s, when a former Miss Oklahoma named Anita Bryant and the Rev. Jerry Falwell were running a similar scam, they used to say that because “homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children … they must recruit our children.” That’s not actually true, of course, but it sounded right to a lot of yokels.
But back to the Moms. I love how they call it “Liberty” when they’re demanding censorship and conformity.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
inside a larger story about a house fire on North Carolina’s Outer Banks is a warning that the climates they are a-changing, and they’re coming for all of us:
Doubting Clarence Thomas 0
Thom runs the numbers.
Have Cake, Eat It Too 0
Apparently, Texas believes in the “right to life,” except when it doesn’t.
Just go read it. See if you can wrap your brain around it.
I certainly cannot.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Signal your politeness.
“One of the victims had actually said that the suspect had actually come blocked their vehicle in and cocked the gun back, pointing it at them,” said Officer Mercesed Phillips with the Cape Coral Police Department.
The mope is 73 years old. You’d hope that by now he’d have learned how to behave in public.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You won’t find one without the other.
The Golden Rule, per Evangelical
They-Call-Themselves Christians
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Do unto others.
Aside:
They worship no Jesus that I know.
A Unified Theory 0
Methinks F. T. Rea may be onto something.
Phoning It In 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice reports