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Picture of the Day for June 29, 2015: How “Incentives” Work for the Rich and Poor
Posted in Capitalism, Conservatives, Economic Policy, Economics, Government, Justice, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged 1%, Food Stamps, Poor People, Rich People
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Pope Francis, Republicans, and the Gospel of Climate Change Denial (With a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Award-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore noted that since Pope Francis came “out on the side of acknowledging human-caused global warming, Republican presidential contenders are suddenly on the side of ‘science’ not religion.”
Fiore:
Thanks to the pope, it’s becoming more difficult to cast yourself on the side of the angels and the oil companies at the same time. Never mind that human-caused global warming is established science, political contributions from the oil and gas industry are waaaay more important than saving the world. And it’s not just the Republican candidates, a surprising number of regular ol’ Republican people are still buying into the “hoax” line fed to them by big oil and politicians.
Posted in Big Oil, Campaign Finance, Capitalism, Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Conservatives, Energy Policy, Government, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, Science, Short Video, United Kingdom, United States
Tagged Climate Change, Global Warming, Mark Fiore, Political Cartoon, Pope Francis, Republicans
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Bill Maher on Republicans, Country-of-Origin Meat Labeling, and the United States of You Don’t Wanna Know
By Elaine Magliaro
Last night, Bill Maher did a funny “New Rules” segment about the Republican party’s “fondness for axing both country-of-origin meat labeling and the estate tax…” He talked about House Republicans pushing “for a measure that would ban meat producers from including country-of-origin information regarding their products.” Maher wondered “how such a law could be phrased as a benefit to consumers.”
Maher suggested that the party’s new mantra should be “Eat shit and die.” He said the new regulation was about shielding corporations from people – not saving people from corporations. Maher asked, “How do you write that law in a way that explains that law is good for people? What do you name it, the ‘Freedom From Information Act?’
Real Time with Bill Maher: The United States of You Don’t Wanna Know (HBO)
Regarding the Council of Conservative Citizens: The White Supremacist Group That Inspired Dylann Roof Is Listed by the IRS As a Nonprofit Organization That Promotes Social Welfare
By Elaine Magliaro
It has been widely reported that Dylann Roof, the young man who killed nine people in a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, was influenced by a white supremacist group known as the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC/CCC). Roof cited the group in his racist manifesto. The council is now reportedly “under fire for allegedly inspiring racial hatred in Roof, a 21-year-old high school dropout.”
According to Miranda Blue of Right Wing Watch, the CofCC released a statement which condemned the murders but defended Roof’s “legitimate grievances” against African Americans. Blue noted that Earl Holt, president of the group, “released his own statement saying that the shooter had merely ‘gleaned accurate information’ from the group’s website about ‘the seemingly endless incidents involving black-on-white murder.’”
Posted in IRS, Racism, United States
Tagged Council of Conservative Citizens, Dylann Roof, Racists, White Nationalists, White Supremacists
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Picture of the Day for June 26, 2015: On the Subject of Same-Sex Marriage and Justice Antonin Scalia
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
I couldn’t resist posting this picture today.
Quote of the Day for June 26, 2016: Justice Kennedy’s Beautiful Closing Paragraph of the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Anthony Kennedy
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Jordan Weissmann of Slate said that Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, who authored the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the United States, “is sometimes made fun of for his notoriously purple prose.” He said that today, however, Kennedy “managed to close his opinion with one of the most beautiful passages you’ll likely read in a court case.” Weismann said he teared up when reading it–as did a few other Slate staffers.
Supreme Court: Same Sex Marriage Legal (Breaking News)
By Chuck Stanley
The Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, ruling same sex marriage legal in the entire United States. Today’s ruling overturns bans in 14 states which had enacted prohibitions against same sex marriage.
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Posted in Constitutional Law, Courts, Equal Rights, Justice, SCOTUS
Tagged Same-Sex Marriage
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Stateside Texas: Governor Abbott Appoints Home-schooler to Chair the State Board of Education
Gov. Greg Abbott
(R-Texas)
By Elaine Magliaro
The Associated Press reported last week that Governor Greg Abbott of Texas had tapped Houston Republican Donna Bahorich, a home-schooler, to serve as the new chairwoman of the Texas Board of Education. The AP said that Bahorich’s nomination has to be approved by a two-thirds vote of the Texas Senate.
Ryan Poppe of Texas Public Radio said that Abbott is “now being criticized for selecting someone whose own kids have never attended a public school.”
Get Ready to Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick: Mexican Artist Creates Piñatas of Loudmouth Bigot Donald Trump
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Last week, when narcissist, real estate magnate, and reality TV star Donald Trump declared that he was running for president, he said that the United States had become “a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.” He accused the Mexicans who were coming into the United States of being criminals and rapists. He also claimed that they were bringing drugs into this country. The pompous bloviator promised to build a Great Wall on the nation’s southern border.
Trump said, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” He claimed that he had spoken with border guards who told him that’s what our country was getting from south of the border.
Posted in Mexico, United States
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Bigotry, Donald Trump, Mexican Immigrants, Univision
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