Dave Wasserman: “I’ve seen enough: in a huge victory for the pro-choice side, the Kansas constitutional amendment to remove protections of abortion rights fails.”
Time and time, over and over, Republicans will believe less and less in reality in order to protect the egos of their grossly corrupt strong men.
Pro Lifer: Well the mother should just give the baby up for adoption if she doesn’t want the baby
Me: So who will adopt the baby?
PL: I don’t know there’s lots of couples who want to adopt
Me: Do you know any couple who is waiting to adopt?
PL: Um well not personally but like I know there’s lots of people waiting to adopt.
Me: Do you know what a domestic adoption costs?
PL: I don’t know. $15,000 maybe?
Me: The average cost of domestic adoption in the United States is $70,000 if you go through a private agency.
PL: Oh I didn’t realize it was that much
Me: Yep it’s really expensive. It can be more if you want a newborn straight from the hospital. Up to $120,000.
PL: Well all life is precious.
Me: it really is. I’ve adopted through foster care and am currently a licensed foster parent. Would you be interested in becoming a foster parent yourself?
PL: Oh no I couldn’t do it.
Me: Why not?
PL: It would just be too much for me right now.
Me: Why is that?
PL: It would be too hard to handle all the issues that came with it. I’ve heard horror stories.
Me: Yep it can be extremely difficult. But what if I told you that you were required by law to become a foster parent?
PL: what?
Me: what if you had to become a foster parent by law?
PL: they would never do that. That would never happen.
Me: Well, if a woman is forced to bear a child she doesn’t want, and she goes ahead and has that child, someone has to care for the child either through adoption or foster care. You have to do one of those two things.
PL: But I don’t want any more kids.
Me: So you don’t want someone forcing you to have a child in your home that you don’t want or aren’t able to care for?
PL: no, that’s not my job to raise someone else’s child.
There it is, folks. Have the baby, but we don’t want anything to do with it afterwards.
After blocking the bill that would aid burn pit victims, is there anyone left these people won’t screw over? Other than rich people anyway. Let’s rant about it.
This is going to happen much more often. As more people are unwilling to risk being shot groups are not going to hold events, and people are not going to be willing to go to them. That part of the economy shutters to a stop due to ammosexuals needing to stroke their egos to feel the tough man over any other right or desire of anyone else to simply be safe in public. Hugs
The long-running Music Midtown festival at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, scheduled for Sept. 17-18 with headliners My Chemical Romance, Future, Jack White and Fallout Boy, has been called off.
The likely cause, industry sources tell Billboard, are recent changes to Georgia gun laws that prevent the festival from banning guns on to the publicly owned festival grounds.
Gun rights groups had been emailing and posting comments of the festival’s social media page for several months, hinting at potential legal challenges.
The festival has been held at the city-owned Piedmont Park since 2011. A 2014 Georgia law allowed residents to carry guns on publicly owned land.
That right was expanded by a Georgia Supreme Court ruling in 2019 that held that businesses with short-term leases on public land (e.g., festivals) can’t supersede the statewide right to carry.
This is complicated because artists don’t usually want to perform at venues teeming with guns.
The event didn’t take place in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID.
Atlanta’s Music Midtown Festival Canceled After Court Ruling Made It Illegal to Keep Guns Out of Event https://t.co/UD35qrSbkr
It won’t be just the artists resisting having an armed audience, but events like this always have to carry indemnity insurance, and the carriers probably all said, “Fuck no, the risk is too high.”
Get used o it America It’s what your country has become The rights of a precious few dictate the policies of the masses To allow the few denies the many Its is all about the tail wagging the dog as America seems willing to let it happen
Speaking as someone in the music biz there’s no fucking way I’d work any festival/show/event with open carry allowed. I’ve seen enough violence just from unarmed people getting out of control who’d want to be there if they’ve got fucking guns??!
So what happens when the NRA or GOP next holds a convention in the area, since both infamously ban guns at these events wherein they demand an end to gun restrictions….?!?!
That’s sorta the point. Since they support these laws allowing firearms in public spaces, they should be forced to explain why they won’t hold their own rallies there.
Per their own logic, those should be safest places on the planet with all those guns… right?
The Christian conservatives are thrilled by this – they won on guns and they won on shutting down a music festival that wasn’t Christian entertainment. I wonder if the open carry law applies to the football stadium? Because nothing goes together like armed fans who are drunk off their ass.
No singer or band wants to perform behind a bullet-proof shield or have to wear bullet-proof vest. It’s not worth it. They can perform in “blue” states where sanity prevails for the most part.
For an event like the Midtown Music Festival, the sponsors have to purchase liability insurance which is very expensive as it is. When you add guns to the mix, the cost soars and/or the insurance carrier doesn’t want the financial risk of having a mass shooting where the claims would run into the millions of dollars. Stupid Republicans!!
Ya hear that music superstars… you play in these states with these crazy gun laws and you may get assassinated on stage by a crazed NRA gun toting American looking to prove his manhood because they dont like your message or music. Think that is far fetched. Have you checked the headlines lately
This is just the beginning. As people on here have posted, the number of guns in public will affect people’s decisions to attend events like this, travel on vacation, or even go to y store. That’s great for the economy. Good job Republicans.
His blast from a bunker had failed to reach the green and was nestled in some nasty rough. Instead, he had his caddie pick up the ball and march to the next tee.
On another hole, when a birdie putt rolled nearly six feet past the hole, he casually scooped the ball up to end the hole, apparently conceding himself a par. Try that this weekend in your match with your usual foursome. Or any foursome.
At other times, a Trump mis-hit would simply be ignored. As if understanding the drill, his caddie would retrieve the golf ball from the sand or deep rough and walk forward.
For those that follow golf and have been watching as players take the Saudi sports washing cash, you will be relieved to know that to clarify the politics of the LIV tour, Donald Trump, the well known golf cheat, hit the first shot at today’s “ tournament”.
Newsmax host: “It’s presidential to look like you’re playing golf. No one can imagine Joe Biden doing anything athletic like that .. Who looks more powerful? Donald Trump looks more powerful playing golf than Joe Biden.” pic.twitter.com/p17yURbDqp
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 29, 2022
"I've known these people for a long time in Saudi Arabia and they've been friends of mine for a long time … What they're doing for golf is so great."
He does this repeatedly. He gets told it is illegal and does it anyway. It is time he face some serious punishment. He is not the president and he doesn’t get to use that seal. If you and I were to do that we would face legal trouble. Hugs
Former President Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J., was spotted continuing to use the presidential seal despite an ethics complaint and federal law potentially banning its use of the seal at the venue.
Photos taken Thursday while Trump hosted an event for the LIV Golf tournament, a Saudi-backed golf league that has faced controversy in light of the Saudi government’s alleged human rights abuses, showed the seal on various items, including golf carts.
The seal was plastered on towels, golf carts and other items as the former president participated in the pro-am event of the Saudi-sponsored tournament Thursday. It is against federal law to use the presidential and vice-presidential seals in ways that could convey “a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States.”
While violating this law could result in imprisonment of “not more than six months,” a fine or both, these punishments are rarely doled out. Trump has faced criticism from the survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and their family members for hosting the Saudi-backed golf tournament at his New Jersey resort — 50 miles from Ground Zero.
It would be bad enough for Donald Trump to be cozying up with Saudi Arabia. It’s worse that he’s also apparently breaking the law again at the same time. https://t.co/9kFrcGfYAm
A law is only a law if it’s actually enforced and when there are consequences for breaking it.
Really fucking sick and tired of this fat clown-painted spawn of Baron Harkonnen constantly getting away with blatant crimes simply because no prosecutor feels like dealing with him.
“It is against federal law to use the presidential and vice-presidential seals in ways that could convey “a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States.” Well let whoever is responsible for doling out the punishent for this get off of their ass and do it. We have had 4 years of this asshole flaunting laws and getting away with it. Enough!
The DeathSantis kingdom of Florida. DeathSantis is the warlord / feudal lord who wants to be king of the country. He thinks his kingdom is above the federal government. He has fought Biden on every measure to protect the public from Covid going so far as to demand businesses not follow federal rules then either. No matter how the courts ruled against him like his mentor TFG he claimed he won and was still the king. Hugs
Florida is advising school districts to ignore protections for LGBTQ students that President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to implement
ByBRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press
July 29, 2022, 5:28 PM
Florida advised school districts to ignore protections for LGBTQ students that President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to implement, saying the anti-discrimination language is not binding law and following the guidance could result in breaking state law.
Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz wrote to school districts Thursday saying they should not change current practices because of proposed new rules under Title IX that would extend sexual discrimination protections to students based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.
“Nothing in these guidance documents requires you to give biological males who identify as female access to female bathrooms, locker rooms, or dorms … or to allow biological males who identify as female to compete on female sports teams,” Diaz said.
He added that doing any of those things would “jeopardize the safety and wellbeing of Florida students and risk violating Florida law.”
But Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the only statewide elected Democrat and whose agency overseas school lunch programs, said the matter wasn’t just about bathrooms, but also about feeding students. The United States Department of Agriculture requires schools to put up a poster on nondiscrimination in order to receive federal money for lunch programs, she said.
“This is a fictitious culture war that they have created that is going to deny kids food,” Fried, who hopes to challenge Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, said at a news conference. “I will do everything possible to ensure that Florida’s kids are not victimized by the DeSantis administration and denied their meals.”
Fried’s department recently told schools they should hang posters with the new language. The Diaz letter told schools to disregard that guidance because it could violate state law.
Last year, DeSantis signed a bill banning anyone assigned male at birth from participating in girls’ or women’s sports. This year, he signed a bill that prohibits discussion of gender identity or sexual orientation in public schools at least through grade 3.
Earlier this month, a federal judge in Tennessee blocked implementation of the proposed new federal protections after 20 states sued over the issue.
Florida's commissioner of education, Manny Diaz Jr., told school districts to disregard federal guidance aimed at protecting LGBTQ students https://t.co/1GEB6HMxGS
Florida advised school districts to ignore protections for LGBTQ students that President Joe Biden's administration is trying to implement…https://t.co/GQGCnpWyUA
Their public schools are already cratering (by design for privatization) because the teachers are retiring and leaving in droves, leaving a massive deficit – they’re hiring veterans with no teaching experience at dozens of elementary schools (and that’s just one example)
The (public) schools need both federal and state dollars. The FL DoEd under DeSantis doesn’t give shit the bind that they’ve created for the schools or the students. They’re just in a partisan pissing match.
When I was younger, I thought, well, I’ll wait until the prejudice old people die off, then maybe retire to Florida. Sadly, I’m a senior now, and nothing has changed in that state. It’s like hate, prejudice, and religion really kick in down there when someone turns 50.
Republicans voted to block the PACT Act which would have provided healthcare access to military veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits. After voting against the bill, Republicans fist bumped in celebration that they defeated the bill. MeidasTouch co-founder Jordy breaks it down
