The Isolated Political Blurt Thread

[1sickbastard]

Too bad for NC their senate quorum isn't one.

 

[AllyRose]

I'm still cracking up over his posts.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Hm. It now appears Bill O'Reilly has a similar problem to Brian Williams.

Only he won't get fired or suspended for it, because, you know, Fox.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Author of the controversial "Raped Women cannot get pregnant, their bodies shut it down" herp-a-derp dies at age 89.

I sincerely hope his passing was long and painful.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Did you know that Rudy Giuliani's father served time in Sing-Sing prison and was the muscle for organized crime?

Imagine if that was Obama.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

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Common and John Legend accept the Best Original Song award for ‘Glory’ from Selma.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

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Zendaya Wrote A Powerful Defense Of Her Dreadlocks After Racist Comments On “Fashion Police”

 

[JohnnySavage]

Congress failed to act: Pot is legal in DC after tonight.


(n.b.: last fall the voters voted to legalize pot in DC. Congress has to approve all of DC's laws, and said they would not approve legal pot. The Mayor said "This isn't a law, it was a ballot measure therefore it didn't need Congressional approval. The normal cast of big government Republican congress critters shat themselves, but were unable to rally the troops)

 

[Beco]

Congress failed to act: Pot is legal in DC after tonight.


(n.b.: last fall the voters voted to legalize pot in DC. Congress has to approve all of DC's laws, and said they would not approve legal pot. The Mayor said "This isn't a law, it was a ballot measure therefore it didn't need Congressional approval. The normal cast of big government Republican congress critters shat themselves, but were unable to rally the troops)

Like, Holy shit.....man

 

[Que]

Since the bulk of the political blurt thread is Zumi screeching that each and every adjudicated, justified, use of force shooting decision is a travesty, guess what just happened on the most famous one he continues to distort:http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/24/no-federals-charges-against-george-zimmerman/23942297/

But I guess that is Eric Holder showing his not dark-skinned enough privilege, right?

 

[Beco]

Congress failed to act: Pot is legal in DC after tonight.


(n.b.: last fall the voters voted to legalize pot in DC. Congress has to approve all of DC's laws, and said they would not approve legal pot. The Mayor said "This isn't a law, it was a ballot measure therefore it didn't need Congressional approval. The normal cast of big government Republican congress critters shat themselves, but were unable to rally the troops)

You cant sell it or buy it, but you can smoke it and grow it.....

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

*watches catherine tate lauren kayaking, on youtube*

busybabushka- "still ain't bovvered"

bunnyslippers- " "

TurnerLeaf- " "

(whatever alts, it has used in the past are also, " ")

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

"Washington, D.C., also legalized marijuana in the November election, and it was set to become legal Thursday after congressional attempts to block it failed. Adults in the nation's capital can possess up to 2 ounces, but Congress has forbidden sales of pot there. Public use is prohibited."

http://www.katc.com/story/28190510/alaska-quietly-becomes-3rd-state-to-legalize-marijuana

 

[Que]

You cant sell it or buy it, but you can smoke it and grow it.....

It is actually better that you cannot buy it. That way they cannot regulate it, nor can they object to it being grown. Once it can be grown unrestricted, commerce will follow.

It isn't like it hasn't been smoked by at least two (if not three) of the last three Presidents in the White House.

 

[Noor]

I want the option to buy gluten free, dairy-free, egg-free pot brownies at my local market.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

ahhhhh, Noor, someday. But, then, you would have to walk all the way to the in-store juice bar.

 

[BotanyBoy]

I want the option to buy gluten free, dairy-free, egg-free pot brownies at my local market.

Move to BFE Humboldt.....

ahhhhh, Noor, someday. But, then, you would have to walk all the way to the in-store juice bar.

Nah they only at the little shopettes, farmers markets and dispensaries.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

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No, you’re right, racism is totally over.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

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[Que]

You cannot have a conversation with anyone armed with statistics if they are prepared to believe that correlation equals causation.

You also cannot have a meaningful conversation with people that still parrot six and a half year-old carefully crafted campaign slogans as if they are economic and historical facts.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

If you are in the UK you are being taxed for having periods.

Tampons and Sanitary Towels are taxed at 5% as ‘non-essential, luxury items’. Men’s razors are not.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/theres-nothing-luxurious-about-my-periods-so-why-is-the-government-taxing-tampons-as-if-there-is-10045629.html

There is a petition appealing to the Government to change this here.

https://www.change.org/p/george-osborne-stop-taxing-periods-period?alert_id=XstHXFVBTt_12qlBX%2Bejn8SXHvqzp449gXNNh8K1%2FjXKVdH%2Fnfddi8%3D&utm_campaign=73140&utm_medium=email&utm_source=action_alert

 

[IrezumiKiss]

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Republicans cut a cake to celebrate banning marriage equality in Texas.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Attorney Generall Ken Paxton filed and was granted a temporary emergency stay by the Texas Supreme Court to halt any future same-sex marriages in Travis County, claiming the "inevitable disruption" caused by the couples' order would present "potential harm not just to [the state] but to the plaintiffs themselves and to the public interest at large."

http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2015-02-27/marriage-equality-comes-to-texas/

February 25, 2015

A Republican member of the Texas House on Wednesday asked the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to investigate state District Judge David Wahlberg, whose order last week allowed an Austin same-sex couple to marry. Rep. Tony Tinderholt, a tea party favorite and freshman legislator from Arlington, complained that Wahlberg, a Democrat, failed to notify the state attorney general’s office that the constitutionality of a Texas law was being challenged in his courtroom, as required by state statute.

http://m.statesman.com/s/news/texas/

Sonemaly Phrasavath

Travis judge rules Texas gay-marriage ban unconstitutional
Feb. 17, 2015

A Travis County judge ruled Tuesday that the Texas ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, but there was no rush to the altar after county officials — scrambling to understand the impact of the judge’s 3 p.m. order — decided against issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, at least for now.

Travis County Probate Judge Guy Herman ruled as part of an estate fight in which Austin resident Sonemaly Phrasavath sought to have her eight-year relationship to Stella Powell deemed to have been a common-law marriage. Powell died last summer of colon cancer.

Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir, who praised Probate Judge Herman for his ruling, said she will confer with county lawyers to determine her options.

“I am scrambling, trying to find out if there is anything I can do. Right now, I think it’s no, but we are checking,” said DeBeauvoir, who in the past has said that she was ready to begin distributing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as soon as allowed by the courts.

Michael Knisely, the lawyer for the siblings who opposed Phrasavath’s claim, said no decision has been made on whether to appeal.

Attorney General Ken Paxton declined an offer to be party to the case and thus is not in a position to appeal.

“Our office is reviewing today’s ruling from Travis County,” Paxton spokeswoman Cynthia Meyer said.

Herman’s ruling came after an hourlong hearing in the Travis County Courthouse. Phrasavath challenged the constitutionality of the prohibition on gay marriage as a first step toward establishing her relationship as a common-law marriage.

Phrasavath and Powell began living together in Austin shortly after Phrasavath proposed in 2007, leading to a marriage ceremony that, though not recognized under Texas law, was performed one year later by a Zen priest in Driftwood southwest of Austin.

Travis County courts became involved after Powell died without a valid will in June, eight months after she was diagnosed with colon cancer, leading to a legal fight over her estate between Phrasavath and two of Powell’s siblings.

“It was never about property rights or about property,” Phrasavath said after the hearing. “At least for me, it was about standing up for my relationship and my marriage. If I didn’t do that, I would absolutely have no voice.”

Phrasavath said she didn’t enter court intending to break new legal ground.
“The alternative was to be silent and do nothing,” she said. “I can’t imagine anyone being married for 6 or 7 years, then having to walk away after losing their spouse and feel like the marriage never happened.”

 

[IrezumiKiss]

The fact that people aren’t generally aware that it’s legal to pay disabled workers below minimum wage — section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act — proves how little attention disabled people get.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs39.pdf

 

[IrezumiKiss]

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