didn't ban airplanes. But I have to take off my belt and hold up my fucking pants before walking into a time machine just to get on the plane. right after I dumped the water out of my Yeti.
And took anything in a semi-liquid form and put it in a sandwich bag.
By the way - why can't we all just take our guns on the plane? 2nd amendment rights and all...
Same reason you can't smoke.
Is there a constitutional amendment protecting my right to smoke?
You can bring a gun on a plane though. Has to be checked luggage.
Lotta good that does me when a bad guy with a gun shows up on the plane.
I'm not understanding this. They check you baggage for that.
I'm being a smart ass because I'm pretty sick and tired of a bunch of scared mentally challenged idiots thinking they need to run around with a gun at all times in order to feel safe.
Funny - same asshats were telling people that wanted everyone to wear masks during a pandemic to just stay home if you are scared. I got that same message for those that need a gun-muscles.
That's one of my favorite things to laugh (so as not to cry) about. "Don't live in fear!" (armed with three guns at Wal Mart).
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Does ignorance, denial and disconnect from reality solve problems? What THE fuck is wrong with repubs? Other than the two at the Dias, were any other repubs in the hearing room?
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Every time a lib celebrates a Cheney a new Antifa is born
There’s weight in Liz’s words, deeds and actions but they’re too little and waaaaaay too late. Darth Cheney one on one with Charlie Rose circa 2000, anyone?
And the fucking guy’s mechanical heart runs on oil. Liiiiiiiiiz, it’s your father, Darth. Liiiiiiiiiz, come back. I need you Liiiiiiiiiiiiz.
Funny that I haven’t heard Bernie’s take. Thanks Bernie. Your legacy is cemented.
“[T]he former president and his party are today a clear and present
danger for American democracy,” Luttig reiterated to NPR’s All Things
Considered.
And, as if in confirmation, delegates to a
convention of the Texas Republican Party today approved platform planks
rejecting “the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and
[holding] that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not
legitimately elected by the people of the United States”; requiring
students “to learn about the dignity of the preborn human,” including
that life begins at fertilization; treating homosexuality as “an
abnormal lifestyle choice”; locking the number of Supreme Court justices
at 9; getting rid of the constitutional power to levy income taxes;
abolishing the Federal Reserve; rejecting the Equal Rights Amendment;
returning Christianity to schools and government; ending all gun safety
measures; abolishing the Department of Education; arming teachers;
requiring colleges to teach “free-market liberty principles”; defending
capital punishment; dictating the ways in which the events at the Alamo
are remembered; protecting Confederate monuments; ending gay marriage;
withdrawing from the United Nations and the World Health Organization;
and calling for a vote “for the people of Texas to determine whether or
not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent
nation.”
Luttig said that Republicans must start speaking to
Democrats as ”fellow Americans that have a shared destiny and shared
hopes and dreams for America.” “We cannot have in America either
political party behaving itself like the Republican Party has since the
2020 election.”
My take is they are Pro Birth and after that you can all go fuck yourself unless you are a white Republican extremist.
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The
delegates also called for the repeal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act,
which was passed to end discrimination against Black Americans at the
polls.
Separately,a
party platform presented to convention delegates labeled homosexuality
“an abnormal lifestyle choice.” According to the Texas Tribune, the
platform also advocates for children to learn in school about “the
humanity of the preborn child,” promoting new messaging after the state
has taken steps to vastly restrict abortion.
And
less than a month after 19 children and two teachers were shot to death
at a Texas elementary school, convention delegates adopted a formal “rebuke” of Sen. John Cornyn (R) for engaging in bipartisan gun control talks. Attendees also loudlybooed himwhen he gave a convention speech Friday when he tried to explain potential legislation.
The convention resolutionsand platform carry no force of law butare
intended to serve as a mission statement for GOP activities in the
state for the next two years. It also offers a window into how the
Republican grass roots have been edging further to the right and how the
rejection of Biden’s 2020 election victory has become a key principle
for the party.
The
rhetoric on gay rights in particular represents a reversal after years
of growing comfort within the Republican Party with equal rights for gay
Americans and polls showing large majorities of voters now support
same-sex marriage while opposing discrimination.
It comes amid a surge in hate speech and violence directed at LGBTQ people and a new push among staunch conservative circles to attack even the mere mention of sexuality as somehow “grooming” children.
The Texas Tribune reported
that party delegates rejected an effort to soften the language on
homosexuality from a delegate who said it would not help the party.
“We
are the Republican Party of Texas, not the Westboro Baptist Church,”
the Tribune reported the delegate said, referring to the extremist
church whose members travel the country to hold anti-gay rallies at
public events. The Tribune said other delegates at the convention, which
lasted from Thursday to Saturday, laughed and booed at the comment.
Votes
from the more than 5,000 delegates in attendance on whether to formally
accept the language into the platform have not yet been tallied, but
party chairman James Wesolek said planks presented to delegates are
generally accepted.
The
party also blocked the Log Cabin Republicans, a long-standing group
representing gay Republicans, from having a booth at the convention, a
decision that drew a rebuke from Donald Trump Jr., who said in a
statement to Breitbart that it amounted to “canceling a group of gay
conservatives who are standing in the breach with us.”
Intraparty divisions were also on display ina
video circulated by right-wing personality Alex Stein showing Stein and
supporters accosting Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Tex.) in a hotel hallway,
calling him traitor and “eyepatch McCain” — a slur coined by Fox News
personality Tucker Carlson. For months, Crenshaw, who wears an eyepatch
because of an injury sustained while serving as a Navy SEAL in
Afghanistan, has been heckledas a Republican in Name Only, or RINO, like deceased former senator John McCain.
In
response, Crenshaw tweeted, “This is what happens when angry little
boys like @alexstein99 don’t grow up and can’t get girlfriends.”
Although
a wide range of Republican figures stepped forward this weekend to
denounce the treatment of the elected official and military veteran,the confrontationwas
a reminder of internal divisions within the Republican Party and how
activists now reject even previously popular and loyal figures.
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Sorry to be off topic, but does anyone know why I'm not seeing embedded Tweets, anymore?
I often don't see something where someone has obviously copied something there. I have no idea why. It seems random. Sometimes it will show up when I reload the page, sometimes it doesn't. But this only happens when I'm at work.
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The March toward fascism continues unabated to a collective yawn.
i saw a headline where texas gop did something to make it easier for them to secede from the union.
let them go. they would be giving up maybe 12 gop house seats and 2 senate seats. i'd gladly trade texas for new states of puerto rico and washington dc.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
The March toward fascism continues unabated to a collective yawn.
i saw a headline where texas gop did something to make it easier for them to secede from the union.
let them go. they would be giving up maybe 12 gop house seats and 2 senate seats. i'd gladly trade texas for new states of puerto rico and washington dc.
Never mind that they take more in federal taxes than they pay so they’re freedumb is subsidized.
The March toward fascism continues unabated to a collective yawn.
i saw a headline where texas gop did something to make it easier for them to secede from the union.
let them go. they would be giving up maybe 12 gop house seats and 2 senate seats. i'd gladly trade texas for new states of puerto rico and washington dc.
Never mind that they take more in federal taxes than they pay so they’re freedumb is subsidized.
watch the heads explode as they get annexed by mexico immediately lol
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
no need for a link, but the whack-a-doodle Eric Grietens campaign ad is just off the wall. or is it?
yeah that guy was my governor for awhile until he had to resign due to sexual assault accusations. the dumbasses in my state will probably elect him to whatever he is running for now.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
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This should be mentioned here. Read the end of Heather Cox Richardson's letter date June 20, 2022, the whole letter but especially the last two paragraphs. WTF next?
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
The March toward fascism continues unabated to a collective yawn.
i saw a headline where texas gop did something to make it easier for them to secede from the union.
let them go. they would be giving up maybe 12 gop house seats and 2 senate seats. i'd gladly trade texas for new states of puerto rico and washington dc.
Never mind that they take more in federal taxes than they pay so they’re freedumb is subsidized.
The March toward fascism continues unabated to a collective yawn.
i saw a headline where texas gop did something to make it easier for them to secede from the union.
let them go. they would be giving up maybe 12 gop house seats and 2 senate seats. i'd gladly trade texas for new states of puerto rico and washington dc.
Never mind that they take more in federal taxes than they pay so they’re freedumb is subsidized.
Where do you see that?
A quick look tells me that while red states tend to be "recipient states" and blue states tend to be "donor states," Texas appears to be a donor.
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The March toward fascism continues unabated to a collective yawn.
i saw a headline where texas gop did something to make it easier for them to secede from the union.
let them go. they would be giving up maybe 12 gop house seats and 2 senate seats. i'd gladly trade texas for new states of puerto rico and washington dc.
Never mind that they take more in federal taxes than they pay so they’re freedumb is subsidized.
Where do you see that?
A quick look tells me that while red states tend to be "recipient states" and blue states tend to be "donor states," Texas appears to be a donor.
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Pussies.
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There are no kings inside the gates of eden
There are no kings inside the gates of eden
And the fucking guy’s mechanical heart runs on oil. Liiiiiiiiiz, it’s your father, Darth. Liiiiiiiiiz, come back. I need you Liiiiiiiiiiiiz.
Funny that I haven’t heard Bernie’s take. Thanks Bernie. Your legacy is cemented.
And, as if in confirmation, delegates to a convention of the Texas Republican Party today approved platform planks rejecting “the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and [holding] that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States”; requiring students “to learn about the dignity of the preborn human,” including that life begins at fertilization; treating homosexuality as “an abnormal lifestyle choice”; locking the number of Supreme Court justices at 9; getting rid of the constitutional power to levy income taxes; abolishing the Federal Reserve; rejecting the Equal Rights Amendment; returning Christianity to schools and government; ending all gun safety measures; abolishing the Department of Education; arming teachers; requiring colleges to teach “free-market liberty principles”; defending capital punishment; dictating the ways in which the events at the Alamo are remembered; protecting Confederate monuments; ending gay marriage; withdrawing from the United Nations and the World Health Organization; and calling for a vote “for the people of Texas to determine whether or not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation.”
Luttig said that Republicans must start speaking to Democrats as ”fellow Americans that have a shared destiny and shared hopes and dreams for America.” “We cannot have in America either political party behaving itself like the Republican Party has since the 2020 election.”
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prolife until you’re born.
At Texas GOP convention, loyalists embrace far right, anti-gay rhetoric
illegitimate president.
The delegates also called for the repeal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which was passed to end discrimination against Black Americans at the polls.
Separately, a party platform presented to convention delegates labeled homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice.” According to the Texas Tribune, the platform also advocates for children to learn in school about “the humanity of the preborn child,” promoting new messaging after the state has taken steps to vastly restrict abortion.
And less than a month after 19 children and two teachers were shot to death at a Texas elementary school, convention delegates adopted a formal “rebuke” of Sen. John Cornyn (R) for engaging in bipartisan gun control talks. Attendees also loudly booed him when he gave a convention speech Friday when he tried to explain potential legislation.
The convention resolutions and platform carry no force of law but are intended to serve as a mission statement for GOP activities in the state for the next two years. It also offers a window into how the Republican grass roots have been edging further to the right and how the rejection of Biden’s 2020 election victory has become a key principle for the party.
The rhetoric on gay rights in particular represents a reversal after years of growing comfort within the Republican Party with equal rights for gay Americans and polls showing large majorities of voters now support same-sex marriage while opposing discrimination.
It comes amid a surge in hate speech and violence directed at LGBTQ people and a new push among staunch conservative circles to attack even the mere mention of sexuality as somehow “grooming” children.
Pride events targeted in surge of anti-LGBTQ threats, violence
The Texas Tribune reported that party delegates rejected an effort to soften the language on homosexuality from a delegate who said it would not help the party.
“We are the Republican Party of Texas, not the Westboro Baptist Church,” the Tribune reported the delegate said, referring to the extremist church whose members travel the country to hold anti-gay rallies at public events. The Tribune said other delegates at the convention, which lasted from Thursday to Saturday, laughed and booed at the comment.
Votes from the more than 5,000 delegates in attendance on whether to formally accept the language into the platform have not yet been tallied, but party chairman James Wesolek said planks presented to delegates are generally accepted.
The party also blocked the Log Cabin Republicans, a long-standing group representing gay Republicans, from having a booth at the convention, a decision that drew a rebuke from Donald Trump Jr., who said in a statement to Breitbart that it amounted to “canceling a group of gay conservatives who are standing in the breach with us.”
Intraparty divisions were also on display in a video circulated by right-wing personality Alex Stein showing Stein and supporters accosting Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Tex.) in a hotel hallway, calling him traitor and “eyepatch McCain” — a slur coined by Fox News personality Tucker Carlson. For months, Crenshaw, who wears an eyepatch because of an injury sustained while serving as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan, has been heckled as a Republican in Name Only, or RINO, like deceased former senator John McCain.
In response, Crenshaw tweeted, “This is what happens when angry little boys like @alexstein99 don’t grow up and can’t get girlfriends.”
Although a wide range of Republican figures stepped forward this weekend to denounce the treatment of the elected official and military veteran, the confrontation was a reminder of internal divisions within the Republican Party and how activists now reject even previously popular and loyal figures.
continues....
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
-EV 8/14/93
let them go. they would be giving up maybe 12 gop house seats and 2 senate seats. i'd gladly trade texas for new states of puerto rico and washington dc.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
https://www.moneygeek.com/living/states-most-reliant-federal-government/
or somewhere in the middle...
https://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2020/04/kentucky-a-huge-taker-in-states-balance-of-payments/
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