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Monthly Archives: May 2022

Yet another modest proposal

Sunday, May 29, 2022

We read in this morning’s New York Times that the state of Texas has (and other states with fascist legislatures soon will) made it illegal for a corporation to decline to do business with gun makers and other merchants of death. In another era, this blatantly unconstitutional interference in interstate commerce would be considered…umm…I know!: […]

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More Republican Election fraud—What a Surprise!

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

This is truly unbelievable. Well, in this day and age not unbelievable, but it should be, being yet another example of Republicans committing the crimes that they accuse Democrats of committing: Five candidates vying for the right to challenge Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) are facing the possibility of being eliminated even before the primary […]

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George pleads guilty

Thursday, May 19, 2022

It seems W has unwittingly pled guilty to being a war criminal: Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday inadvertently condemned “the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq” as he delivered remarks criticizing Russia’s assault on Ukraine. This got me thinking about a post I wrote at […]

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The rule of law continues to crumble

Saturday, May 14, 2022

The courts, well stocked with right wing nutjobs, particularly in the Confederacy, seem to be competing with each other to see who can make the most outlandish decisions, discarding not only years of precedence, but basic legal principles that even a child could understand. The latest example (See also) is a decision from the 5th […]

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Chapter Infinity in IOKYAR

Sunday, May 8, 2022

You really truly couldn’t make this stuff up, this being just a quick update of it’s okay if you’re a Republican. It’s okay to commit voter fraud if you’re a Republican. Seems like one Billy Lanzilottie, a “23-year-old GOP operative, South Philadelphia ward leader, and chairman of the Republican Registration Coalition” arranged to have more […]

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More on the post Roe world

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Since my post of a few days ago I’ve read a lot of speculation about which precedents the court will destroy next. Most of the speculation is sound, but some should give one pause, if one believed that the right wing members of the court have even a shred of intellectual honesty. For instance, a […]

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Where we may go after Roe goes down

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Yesterday we learned (no need to link, everyone knows about it by now) that the Supreme Court is planning to reverse Roe v. Wade. It’s actually a bit of a surprise to me, as I expected that they would simply gradually chip away at it until it was all but overruled, but never expressly so. […]

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