As I write this, on Tuesday evening, I am suffering from a mild headache and an overall sense of “bleah”. I’m really pushing it to get through the evening. And as I sit here, I see Barf Kitty.
I create a “cat cave” for her out of a blanket, and lately I’ve started filling a hot water bottle with, of course, hot water and shoving it under the blanket. Since cats are better than some military armament in seeking heat sources, it keeps her happy and content and out of my lap.
At times like this, when I’m stressed, frustrated, and tired, I look at that cat and think…
If I get a second chance, I’m coming back as a house cat.
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Penn State players react to NCAA sanctions:
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Seeing the picture reminds me of “Lil Bit”, the little girl that we rescued. Yesterday as I was leaving to go to work, she was still curled up under the covers with her head almost sticking out. Then I noticed that one of her back legs was straight up in the air. Looking closer, she was on her back all 4’s in the air with her head right beside her butt. My thoughts were, A) how in the he!! could she curl up into a ball like that and B) how could that possibly be comfortable.
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C) don’t that stink? 😀
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#1 That’s funny EG! Man there are some wicked comments.
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When some of us warned that all of this was nonsense, and pointed out the myriad ways that Catholics, Evangelicals, Mormons, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Orthodox Jews, Muslims, and others would be affected, and their opportunities and liberties restricted, the proponents of marriage redefinition accused us of “fearmongering.” When we observed that reducing marriage to a merely emotional union (which is what happens when sexual reproductive complementarity is banished from the definition) removes all principled grounds for understanding marriage as a sexually exclusive and faithful union of two persons, and not an “open” partnership or a relationship of three or more persons in a polyamorous sexual ensemble, we were charged with invalid slippery-slope reasoning. Remember?
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The fundamental error made by some supporters of conjugal marriage was and is, I believe, to imagine that a grand bargain could be struck with their opponents: “We will accept the legal redefinition of marriage; you will respect our right to act on our consciences without penalty, discrimination, or civil disabilities of any type. Same-sex partners will get marriage licenses, but no one will be forced for any reason to recognize those marriages or suffer discrimination or disabilities for declining to recognize them.” There was never any hope of such a bargain being accepted. Perhaps parts of such a bargain would be accepted by liberal forces temporarily for strategic or tactical reasons, as part of the political project of getting marriage redefined; but guarantees of religious liberty and non-discrimination for people who cannot in conscience accept same-sex marriage could then be eroded and eventually removed. After all, “full equality” requires that no quarter be given to the “bigots” who want to engage in “discrimination” (people with a “separate but equal” mindset) in the name of their retrograde religious beliefs. “Dignitarian” harm must be opposed as resolutely as more palpable forms of harm.
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It’s ok to have sex outside marriage. Just tell your spouse the U.N. said so.
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Here’s a look at what “progressives” have planned if RMoney wins:
And what should Democrats do if Romney comes to power on the strength of racially suppressed votes? Such an outcome and such a presidency, I’d hope they contend, would be illegitimate — a betrayal of our laws and traditions, of our very essence as a democratic republic. Mass demonstrations would be in order. So would a congressional refusal to confirm any of Romney’s appointments. A presidency premised on a racist restriction of the franchise creates a political and constitutional crisis, and responding to it with resigned acceptance or inaction would negate America’s hard-won commitment to democracy and equality.
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Looks like Wagonburner ran off Darren.
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Please continue to pray for the Christians in Syria. This is a message from an archdiocese in Syria.
A RECENT COMMUNCATION TO US FROM METROPOLITAN SABA ([email protected]), Archbishop of DOWAMA’s Sister Diocese of Bosra-Hauran in southern Syria: “Dearest Sayyidna Basil: I hope everything is doing well for you and your Diocese. For St. Timon feast day, unfortunately and for the second year in a row, all the clergy and people of my Archdiocese will not be able to gather together to celebrate the divine services of our Patron Saint. However I, with the nearby priests, will concelebrate Divine Liturgy on the day of the feast, next Friday, July 27th at our Cathedral of George in Al-Sweda. Thank you for your prayers for us, especially when your Diocese will jointly observe St Timon Sunday on July 29th. The people of my Archdiocese are in a very difficult situation, but not as severe as that experienced by the people of the Archdiocese of Homs. Metropolitan George (Abu Zakhem) remains in Homs, though he travels to the Patriarchate in Damascus from time to time. Two Christian areas of Homs — Bistan ad-Diwan where the Chancery is located as well as the Cathedral of the Forty Holy Martyrs and an Orthodox school, and Al-Hamydiye where the large St. George Church is located as well as another Orthodox school and an Orthodox orphanage — are under the control of armed groups since last January. The neighborhood in old Homs where our Church of St Julian (Mar Elian) is located, the shrine which has housed his wonder-working relics since his martyrdom in AD287, is also under the control of armed groups since last year. That neighborhood is now an Islamic area, with no more than ten Orthodox households remaining around St Julian Church. No one is in the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Homs in Bistan ad-Diwan neighborhood since April; it is partially destroyed. St George Church in Al-Hamydiye neighborhood was completely destroyed , while the icon and church goods workshop located on the grounds of the Church of St Julian has been completely looted and the two Orthodox schools are closed. But the most tragic aspect of the disaster in Homs is the number of buildings destroyed and the fleeing of all the people of the area (including more than 3,000 Orthodox families). Concerning our own Archdiocese of Bosra-Hauran, Bethany House, our Archdiocesan retreat center in Kharaba, is full of refugee families from our parish in Maarbeh, while the two parish halls of that village are full of more than one hundred women and children. We are under God’s mercy. Needing your prayers, I remain Your brother in Christ, +SABA of Bosra-Hauran”
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Did I miss something between Pyro and Darren? Do I need to go back and read the tail end of last night’s thread?
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A Catholic and a Mormon?
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Rumor has it they joined the church of Scientology.
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Democrats are trying very hard to allow voter discrimination against a certain group, which cannot speak for itself – the dead.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign is asking Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to launch an investigation into voter-registration forms that are being sent to Virginia residents and addressed to deceased relatives, children, family pets and others ineligible to vote.
The errant mailings from the Washington-based nonprofit group Voter Participation Center have befuddled many Virginia residents, leading to hundreds of complaints.
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On Monday, the Voter Participation Center responded to the Sunday Times-Dispatch story, stating in a letter on its website that “imperfections in the VPC vendors’ lists — while regrettable and unfortunate — should not be the reason or the excuse to call an entire process that is working into question.”
Justin Riemer, the State Board of Elections’ deputy secretary, said forms have been sent by the group to deceased infants, out-of-state family members, and non-U.S. citizens, among others.
In a letter this month, the State Board of Elections asked the group to cease pre-populating their forms and raised questions about how the group was obtaining lists of registered voters, citing the errant forms.
Riemer noted that pre-populating the forms violates rules set forth in the state code and the Virginia Constitution requiring that voters fill out their own forms. -
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#16 Have you ever tried to reason with an alcoholic? It does not work as they are, by definition, unreasonable and as such it is a wasted effort. The same is true with the assaholic troll in question.
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#17 Dude! You’re the absolute worst about responding to him! LOL.
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They will do anything to take Virginia.
Take her where?
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The gun that will not go away.
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Gosh I think I got sumfin in my eye……………
What honor looks like: The flash mob at Gate 38 of Reagan National Airport
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I’m working real hard on that. I am endeavoring to stop responding to the unreasonable in all aspect of my life. Sometimes I stumble in that regard; more frequently in other realms of life. With respect to the troll, I thought for a while that reason may cause it to see things a little differently – it was a futile effort and I am not likely to seriously engage it further.
I see an inherent dysfunction in it as it seems to get satisfaction in irritating others; I wonder if it likes to torture animals as well? Definitely signs of untreated mental illness. -
In my defense, it was not gratuitous and merely showed a glimpse into bygone times.
I agree but…
Language is only offensive if it offends someone.
I blurred it.
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#9 Texmo
That letter reminds me of one in my stack of family history stuff that I inherited from my mother, who got it from her sister, who did a lot of genealogy work on that side of the family. Some of the items are letters, translated from the original German, that mentions the need to pray for our fellow Catholics in Germany, which were being persecuted. This would have been somewhere in the 1800’s. I haven’t studied the materials thoroughly, but I gather that the Catholic persecution was one reason that my ancestors decided to come to America.
But I don’t think the persecution was as bad as what the Christians in the Middle East are suffering now. We definitely need to keep them in our prayers, and pray for a massive conversion on the parts of the Islamists, who see human life as little more than that of an insect. -
I finally snapped to what you think drove Darren away from the Couch. Prolly right; he was posting on FB this week.
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I didn’t see what the issue was until it was apparently too late. Oh well.
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#29: This is the last post I recall seeing from Darren:
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July 21, 2012 at 2:47 am
Whoa, dude. The mother of all curse words makes the Hamous front page!!!
Not my thing so take care, y’all!I hope he decides to come back.
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In a move that could lay bare the inner workings of the consumer data industry, eight members of Congress have opened a sweeping investigation into data brokers — companies that collect, collate, analyze and sell billions of details annually about consumers’ offline, online and mobile activities for marketing and other purposes.
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Caroline Glick weighs in on the situation in Syria and Iran. Just a snippett:
The Syrian government is daily engaging in massacre. Its opponents, for their part are increasingly open about their jihadist ideology, spurring the Christians of Syria to flee from their homes, and the Alawite minority to fear for their lives.
But what makes the Americans most fearful is that these competing groups of terror sponsors and mass murderers will find their arsenals of genocide destroyed by Israel, acting in self-defense.
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I certainly meant no offense.
Those two “recipes” conjured up an image of a couple of guys smoking (cigarettes), drinking straight bourbon (maybe on the rocks), telling off-color jokes, wearing gray flannel suits with white shirts and skinny black ties. Like Johnny Carson was when he first took over the Tonight show and would have Martin, Sinatra, Rickles, Sammy, or any of those other guys on. -
This I find disturbing and distasteful
Former Solicitor General and Senate candidate Ted Cruz is being accused by a Super PAC supporting his Republican primary opponent, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, of helping to cause a young man’s suicide.
The latest ad from the pro-Dewhurst Texas Conservatives Fund features Sandy Fonzo, who claims her son never recovered from his time at a for-profit juvenile detention center that was built with the help of real estate developer Robert Mericle. As an attorney, Cruz defended Mericle in a civil suit – an appeal of a breach of contract case between Robert Mericle and a private insurance company – but he was not involved in any criminal suit against Mericle.*
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/24/dewhurst-super-pac-ad-cruz-responsible-for-mans-suicide-video/#ixzz21e5dYZzjHow low can he go?
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#33 Pyro: I didn’t take it as offensive either, off color perhaps, but offensive no, particularly in context. Perhaps he is trying to shield his chirrenzes who can read from seeing the word.
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How low can he go?
The word “limbo” comes to mind.
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……..as the 12th anniversary of me surviving my HEADON back on Aug 5th 2000 approaches – MANY of this live pilot’s thoughts echo in similar fashion inside me…………….hopefully I am earning my bonus time on earth……………..
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G’Morning All
System for stopping an oil spill is tested in Gulf
By CAIN BURDEAU
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The first deep-sea test of a state-of-the-art containment system for stopping an oil spill akin to BP’s catastrophic 2010 spill began on Tuesday, regulators said.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said the Houston-based Marine Well Containment Company was to move a capping stack system it has developed onto a ship and carry it out to where a test wellhead has been placed on the bottom of the Gulf. The stack will be lowered by wires onto the test wellhead sitting 7,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf.
Once the containment system is in place, regulators say the wellhead and capping stack will be pressurized to see how they handle conditions that would be experienced in the event of a real oil spill. Rideaux said there would be no release of fluids in the exercise.
This new capping stack is capable of containing up to 4.2 million gallons of oil and 200 million cubic feet of natural gas a day, according to MWCC.
There are some differences between the stack used in the BP spill and this new one.
BP’s out-of-control well was 5,000 feet deep and this test wellhead is even deeper at 7,000 feet. Also, this stack is capable of containing a higher flow of oil than what gushed out of the Macondo well. BP lowered its stack with pipes and this one will be dropped using wires. Regulators said it might be faster to use wires. -
Colossal backfire
Immediately after Romney’s speech, Feinstein was forced to walk back her comments, most likely under pressure from the Obama campaign. She immediately released this carefully-worded statement:
I am disappointed by the statements made by Mr. Romney today regarding a question I was asked yesterday at the World Affairs Council.
I was asked whether the White House might be responsible for recent national security leaks. I stated that I did not believe the president leaked classified information. I shouldn’t have speculated beyond that, because the fact of the matter is I don’t know the source of the leaks.
I’m on record as being disturbed by these leaks, and I regret my remarks are being used to impugn President Obama or his commitment to protecting national security secrets. I know for a fact the president is extremely troubled by these leaks. His administration has moved aggressively to appoint two independent U.S. attorneys. There is an investigation under way, and it is moving forward quickly.
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I never even looked. Was the offensive word actually visible or did you have to click on a
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Okay. I went back and looked.
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Guess I am not easily shocked or offended. I found the weekend burger recipe very funny.
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This entire “offended / offensive” thing is a complete misnomer (IMHO)………………one can ONLY be offended to the extent one CHOOSES to be offended
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OC: toxoplasmosis
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I found turning the death of Sally Ride into a union rally/rainbow-flag-waving/trolling expedition supremely more offensive.
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For me, Troll = Scroll, as I continue on down the page looking for something worth reading.
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Just a reminder:
DISCLAIMER: The presence or absence of any letter, word, phrase, sentence, paragraph, inflection, tone, reference, attitude, commission, omission, inference, the literal, figurative, or graphical description or lack thereof, of any act, performance, incident, or event(s) whether actual, perceptual, or fictitious by entities either living or dead, real or imaginary, that is believed to be, perceived as, or may at any time in the past, present, or future become offensive to or be characterized as lacking sensitivity, diplomacy, forthrightness or team spirit by any person, place or thing anywhere at any time in the known, anticipated, imagined, or hoped for universe is sincerely regretted and is herewith most earnestly apologized for by the originator on behalf of himself, his heirs, assigns, and agents in perpetuity. -
#44, 46: I think that was a line in the sand for him, I’m guessing to shield his chirrenzes. IMHO an over reaction and one not likely to produce any positive effects and will likely produce some negative ones. I can anticipate a big-time culture/reality shock to hit his chirrenzes when the shelter is gone.
I have tried to teach my chirrenzes about what is out there so they would not be shocked, and more importantly right from wrong. . . . . . .wise as serpents, yet gentle as doves. -
Darren refuses to give in to our cultural degradation and tries to
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For me, Troll = Scroll, as I continue on down the page looking for something worth reading.
As the proprietor I don’t have that luxury. A couple of people seem hell-bent on testing me just to see what they can slip through as links. Consequently, I have to look at every link they post.
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Good morning Hamsters. Ground mist and 75 at 6 but not ghastly mugly. Yea. One day closer to the first real cool front. We’re in that “dead of summer” time when the only way to survive is to look at it that way.
A thumb in Dewhurst’s eye from an unlikely source is Patricia Kilday Hart’s column on page B-1 of today’s Chron. It’s a column, not a news story, despite not being marked as such. “Has Dewhurst met an inconvenient fact he can’t deny?” Wow, she’s actually siding with Ted Cruz. Is there a full moon tonight?–nope, only first quarter.
#35 Texanadian; #37 Tedtam
Saw that ad last night and agree with your assessments. Don’t know if it is the same one that Hamous rated as 4.5 cowchips a few days ago. I give it 5 cowchips and 1 emesis basin. 🙁 -
I am not trying to ridicule at all. While it is true that our culture is degrading, we still have to live in it – that does not mean that we have to participate in the degradation. Whiskers was correct in that the offense is optional (most of the time). It is much more difficult to effect a positive change ifn you are not in the game.
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#52: I read that same article this am and I noticed that she/it had to get in some digs at Cruz in the last couple of paragraphs. I had to look up “emesis basin” translation: barf bowl.
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Political correctness kills an Olympic dream.
Tasteless? Maybe.
But does she have a right to free speech or not? Are the Olympics a private industry? Or public? Can they issue rules regarding personal behavior, like the Boy Scouts, or are they a public industry but ruled by liberal ideals, and as such don’t recognize her right to make off-color jokes? -
Great ad against JugEars and his inept bungling of the Gulf oil spill.
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Adee, I took the dog out at 5. It was so still and humid that the mosquitos were complaining.
One of the octagenarian ladies I work out with mentioned she cannot use the usual insect repellants and uses slightly diluted Listerine instead. Anyone ever heard of such a thing?? -
#51 Hammy
Consequently, I have to look at every link they post.
An easy fix comes immediately to mind.
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#56 Bone
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#60 TT: By its self, prolly not. It usually takes more than one whack with the sledge hammer to break the boulder. There is a plethora of evidence that points to the incompetence of JugEars, all one has to do is look. Those that refuse to look and/or understand can’t be helped in the first place.
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Even Greenland’s coldest and highest place, Summit station, showed melting. Ice core records show that last happened in 1889 and occurs about once every 150 years.
Happens every 150 years or so. So it’s not unprecedented. Probably not related to any anthropogenic activity.
Three satellites show what NASA calls unprecedented melting of the ice sheet that blankets the island, starting on July 8 and lasting four days.
Wait, what?
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slightly diluted Listerine instead
Trophy wife uses listerine instead of chemicals by choice. It works but not for very long. If she is going to be outside for an extended period of time she will use regular stuff. As long as she is outside they leave me alone.
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I’m certain it is not an easy thing to do. And I won’t ridicule him
for trying.TOTALLY agreed x2…………………..even well deserved ridicule (certainly NOT in this case) rarely lands powerfully as most ridiculEEs tend to be oblivious
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#58 Shannon
Sympathy for you and your dog at 5 am. The reasonably decent time to be outside here vanishes by 7:30-8 am. Regarding the skeeters, they’re bad here between the house and the barn and on the back porch after sunup and until around 11 and after 6:30 pm most anywhere outside. We need a frost.
Would not be surprised that Listerine diluted might be a skeeter repellent from the smell alone never mind its anticeptic qualities. It kills bacteria and fungi. It really does reduce plaque on teeth; I’ve been using mint-flavored Listerine toothpaste for years and have very little plaque to scrape off at dental cleanings. Had been getting the toothpaste at Walmart, but lately it hasn’t been stocked. But a pharmacy can order it.
The mouthwash is available in several tame flavors besides the original turpentine-like strong concoction that would repel just about anything/anybody. 🙂 Diluted a bit with water it is not overwhelming when used as a mouthwash/gargle. There is alcohol in it, but it is not to be swallowed because of the other ingredients that provide the antiseptic qualities.
An amazing use that really works is to combat tail rubbing and skin irritation in horses caused by bacteria and/or fungi. Applying it with cotton balls to the rubbed area of the tailhead for several applications cures whatever causes the rubbing, and the skin heals and tail hairs start growing again. And it is much more effective and cheap that assorted veterinary antibiotic creams and meds that can take a long time to be effective–if at all.
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#56 & 57 – there simply aint adequate expletives found in the English language to even come close to my utter contempt for this loser
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Bob, that was pretty neat. And relaxing.
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#68 – neat-o vid to be sure – but I never saw either bear CATCH anything
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Dude, I just saw one munchin out like he’d been in my stash.
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July 25, 2012 at 9:46 am
This I find disturbing and distastefulFormer Solicitor General and Senate candidate Ted Cruz is being accused by a Super PAC supporting his Republican primary opponent, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, of helping to cause a young man’s suicide.
The latest ad from the pro-Dewhurst Texas Conservatives Fund features Sandy Fonzo, who claims her son never recovered from his time at a for-profit juvenile detention center that was built with the help of real estate developer Robert Mericle. As an attorney, Cruz defended Mericle in a civil suit – an appeal of a breach of contract case between Robert Mericle and a private insurance company – but he was not involved in any criminal suit against Mericle.*
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/24/dewhurst-super-pac-ad-cruz-responsible-for-mans-suicide-video/#ixzz21e5dYZzjHow low can he go?
At the risk of being seen to be climbing once more upon the same soap box I’ll say that this is the kind of thing you get when you don’t take a stand against this kind of tactic early on.
Two years ago, these same people used this same type of tactic to intimate that Tea Party types were at least partially motivated by Anti-Semitism when they mounted thier campaign to oust Joe Strauss.
This is one of the biggest problems with the Republican Party in Texas. The corrupt crony capitalists at the top are so jealous of thier power, and so aware that Consevatives represent a bigger threat to their maintaining it than Democrats do, that they will engage in the most egregioulsy vindicitive, spiteful, and hateful tactics to maintain it. -
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July 25, 2012 at 9:38 am
I certainly meant no offense.
Those two “recipes” conjured up an image of a couple of guys smoking (cigarettes), drinking straight bourbon (maybe on the rocks), telling off-color jokes, wearing gray flannel suits with white shirts and skinny black ties. Like Johnny Carson was when he first took over the Tonight show and would have Martin, Sinatra, Rickles, Sammy, or any of those other guys on.If somebody takes offense at something Frank Sinatra said with his Remington typewriter 50 years ago———-
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One of the octagenarian ladies I work out with
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One of the octagenarian ladies I work out with
Dude.
You put that on the internet.
Its forever.He’s a regular Romeo.
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Consequently, I have to look at every link they post.
Why you keep plagiarizin’ my links for then ! 😀
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Uh oh, an ST sighting.
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OMG it’s ST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Meanwhile, here in Texas the jack-booted nomenklatura of the academy are marching one scholar to the whipping post to be flogged.
An Academic Auto-da-FéWhoever said inquisitions and witch hunts were things of the past? A big one is going on now. The sociologist Mark Regnerus, at the University of Texas at Austin, is being smeared in the media and subjected to an inquiry by his university over allegations of scientific misconduct.
Regnerus’s offense? His article in the July 2012 issue of Social Science Research reported that adult children of parents who had same-sex romantic relationships, including same-sex couples as parents, have more emotional and social problems than do adult children of heterosexual parents with intact marriages. That’s it. Regnerus published ideologically unpopular research results on the contentious matter of same-sex relationships. And now he is being made to pay. -
ST – so glad to see you! {{{{ hugs }}}}
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Yep. Me and six old ladies in the 90 degree therapy pool. Five days a week.
Someone’s gotta do it.
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Let America be America Again
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Why you keep plagiarizin’ my links for then !
You ain’t one of the culprits I have to look at every link they post.
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Timbo’s links are just to NASCAR events & personalities, ain’t they??
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You FB-haters miss all the fun of having Ms Southern “J9” Tragedy SNIKKERin’ all the time over there.
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From UCLA law professor, Eugene Volokh, at the Volokh Conspiracy.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
[Chicago Alderman] Proco “Joe” Moreno announced this week that he will block Chick-fil-A’s effort to build its second Chicago store … following company President Dan Cathy’s remarks last week that he was “guilty as charged” for supporting the biblical definition of marriage as between a man and woman….
The alderman has the ideological support of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
“Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values,” the mayor said in a statement when asked about Moreno’s decision. “They disrespect our fellow neighbors and residents. This would be a bad investment, since it would be empty.”
Moreno is relying on a rarely violated Chicago tradition known as aldermanic privilege, which dictates that City Council members defer to the opinion of the ward alderman on local issues. Last year Moreno wielded that weapon to block plans for a Wal-Mart in his ward, saying he had issues with the property owner and that Wal-Mart was not “a perfect fit for the area.” …
The alderman, serving his first full term, dismissed any First Amendment concerns.
“You have the right to say what you want to say, but zoning is not a right,” he said, adding that he also had concerns about traffic in the area….In Boston, Mayor Thomas Menino reportedly took a similar view:
Mayor Thomas M. Menino is vowing to block Chick-fil-A from bringing its Southern-fried fast-food empire to Boston … after the family-owned firm’s president suggested gay marriage is “inviting God’s judgment on our nation.”
But denying a private business permits because of such speech by its owner is a blatant First Amendment violation. Even when it comes to government contracting — where the government is choosing how to spend government money — the government generally may not discriminate based on the contractor’s speech, see Board of County Commissioners v. Umbehr (1996). It is even clearer that the government may not make decisions about how people will be allowed to use their own property based on the speaker’s past speech.
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Crazy, crazy peoples.
At least NASA may get some useful information.
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The aquatic center in Brenham is a hidden jewel… An indoor, seven lane competition pool, an indoor 90 degree, 80 person capacity therapy pool, and an outdoor complex for the kiddies. $13 a month.
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More rain at the Dome. /sigh
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I think I need to log off and unplug for a while. I’m not scared of the thunder, but I think my laptop might be…
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I’ve never eaten at a Chick-fil-A before. Guess I’ll have to try it.
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Chick-fil-A is famous for donating food for volunteers on civic projects. In the last few years, I have been a volunteer at 2 events (a playground construction and a butterfly garden prep/planting) – where the lunch break was catered by that company. They make a very good chicken breast sandwich.
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They make a delicious chicken sandwich once you pick the pickles off. I’ve never cared for the waffle fries though.
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#94 Their nugget platter is a price performer that always went over well with the seemingly insatiable appetites of the kids that used to hang out at the 42 compound.
However, because their Waffle Fries so closely resemble a lesbian orgy, they are an intolerable abomination that presents a clear and present danger to the fabric of society. They must be stopped! I’ve called my congressman, contributed to NOM, boycotted the chain, and am writing a spoof news piece about them. -
#99 bob42
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#96 Hammy
I do love breasts.
I guess you’re safe from Westboro, then. That’s good to know.
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Hubby just called and told me he was able to save someone this morning. They installed a water meter for a customer. The customer had been working outside, pulling weeds and such, and stopped to write a check to Hubby. He made a comment that he thought he needed some water and started to walk away, but fell down after just a few steps. Hubby and helper got him into the shade and got some water in him and on him. He didn’t want an ambulance. The customer had a nice car, so they got him into the car with the a/c on and got him cooled down. Hubby contacted a relative who lived a few blocks away, loaded up the customer’s tools and stuff, and drove his car over the cousin’s house where he could receive care.
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#102 – good on Hubbster! (but not wanting a Bambulance aint an option for someone that “falls out” – they aint thinkin straight at that point mos’ likely)
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Never had Chik Fil A, either.
I’ve only noticed them in malls and can’t remember eating in a mall in the last twenty five years.
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Lovely luuuuvvvs Chick-fil-a. Lots.
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I really do not eat fast food anymore, but I did enjoy Chick-fil-A’s deluxe sandwich. The best part is their customer service. I have never received better service at another chain period. Everyone looks like they actually enjoy being at work and they will bend over backwards to serve you. They will even refill your drink and bus your garbage from the table while you wait for others in your party to finish eating.
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It is tough trying to navigate the highways and byways of what passes for American pop culture as a dad trying to raise children. On one side you give into the secular garbage and on the other side it seems like you are raising ignorant children. There are some things that really shock our oldest who is in middle school, but I would rather she find out from Mom & Dad than a kid at school.
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I’ve only noticed them in malls…
That’s what I was thinking. Right next to the Orange Julius. And I don’t think I’ve been to a mall since Northwest Mall went full-on thug. There is a new stand-alone chick-fil-a real close to me where Northline Mall used to be. I’ll give it a try soon. There’s also a new “Raising Cane’s” nearby. Never had that either.
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I’m gonna stop in the one on Westheimer Parkway on the way home.
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Only thing wrong with them is they don’t serve beef.
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I like the waffle fries, too.
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There has been a stand alone chick fil A on Hwy 6 & Bellaire for 15+ years. There is another one on Hwy 6 south of 59. There is also one in Richmond on the 59 feeder. About three years ago they opened one up at 59 & West Airport. I guess ya’ll are being discriminated against. I smell a lawsuit. 🙂 It is remarkable that they really do not lose out on business by closing shop on one of the busiest days of the week for fast food.
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The Chick-fil-a on Grand Parkway at 59 in Sugar Land allowed Greater Fort Bend County Tea Party to use its parking lot to collect supplies and household/clothing items for the Joplin, MO tornado victims and rescuers. The manager gave us coupons to give to donors, and he provided complimentary drinks and breakfast items to our group. It is a first class place. 🙂
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If a fake barf kitty were placed in the road, would Wagonburner swerve or even slow down?
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Ooo, cool.
A rubber barf kitty toy for Max The Beagle.
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I wouldn’t run over a cat. Between the bad juju and getting sticky innards everywhere, it’s just not worth it.
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Of course there’s no voter fraud in the United States.
But the Holder DOJ apparently thinks there is…“They did use drug money to buy votes, and drug dealers felt they would be protected,” Harvey said.
Prosecutors say more than $400,000, part of it drug proceeds, was pooled by Democratic and Republican politicians over several elections, and spent to buy the votes of more than 8,000 voters, usually at $50 apiece.
One voter was even able to bid up the cost of his vote to $800.
In the Eastern District of Kentucky alone, more than 20 public elected officials and others have either been convicted or plead guilty in various vote-buying cases just in the last two years.…but only if they’re dumb, white rednecks.
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Just got a robo-call from Huckabee for Dewhurst. Funny to hear him decry outsiders interfering in Texas politics. Also just saw where the serial baby killer Cruz caused a teen suicide to boot. good grief.
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Also just saw where the serial baby killer Cruz caused a teen suicide to boot.
I heard he ate the babies after he killed them.
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Obama stops in Portland for a GCS.
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Paulie K is a 99 percenter! Who knew?
Explaining to rapt readers in the increasingly niche-drive Times demographic (all very liberal, all the time, and no, David Brooks doesn’t count as a dissenting voice) that Fitzgerald wasn’t just referring to the size of one’s bank account, but rather that “many of the rich expect a level of deference that the rest of us never get to experience and are deeply distressed when they don’t get the special treatment they consider their birthright.”
This is flat-out repugnant: first, Krugman including himself in “the rest of us” is an insult to every American who, unlike Krugman, doesn’t have three residences, numerous streams of income and expensive accountants to complete his taxes. Second, and this isn’t confined to Krugman alone, but includes his fellow Times plutocrat Thomas Friedman and publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., is Krugman so delusional that he doesn’t recognize that he, workaday Paul, is accorded “a level of deference,” among the power elites in the media, academia and rarefied economic community that, ahem, 99% of Americans will “never get to experience”? I do think Krugman is so blinded by his hate of Mitt Romney (maybe on a personal as well as political level, maybe not) that he, in his quest for the John Maynard Keynes Award for truth-telling has solidified his status as a functional nutter.
Intervention, please! I’m not certain if there are 12-step programs for such an affliction, but surely that could be arranged for one of “the rest of us” who isn’t really one of “the rest of us.” -
Speak for yourself, buddy. Imma bottom seventy percenter and my accountant is pretty expensive.
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I sit at Chick Fil A in Cinco Ranch. The parking lot is full and the drive thru lane is backed up into the street. The dining room is packed with a culturally diverse crowd composed of people from several races, some obviously not from the US. One family is presumably Hindu, and another is Middle Eastern,and I can hear at least three different languages. All ages and both sexes are present. Traffic at the order station as been constant,but nobody waits long as there ar four servers working.
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Hambone
I’ve only noticed them in malls…
That’s what I was thinking. Right next to the Orange Julius. And I don’t think I’ve been to a mall since Northwest Mall went full-on thug.Dang Dammit, I’d completely forgotten that they were in all the Malls, of course I’ve NOT been to any Mall in 20 years. One opened on the Gulf Freeway between Bay Area an Eldorado a few years ago and I really like them, their Spicy Chicken sammich is to die for and unlike Shamaal I do love the dill pickles but they only put a couple on so I add some when I get home. Also Unlike you, (Hambone) I love Mayo and they don’t put a dang thang on the sammich but the meat and the pickles. BUTT, oddly enough I, like, shamaal hate the soggy, crappy waffle fries, I’ve NEVER ordered them, only ate them when my wife brought them home. I replace them with their fabulous Carrot N Raisin salad, actually better than Aunt Imogene made, and that is saying a lot!!
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Oops. I may be a bottom eighty percenter.
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Wait, before I go, Spicy Sammich, Carrot N Raisin Salad, $5.13 out the door,….Yup, I’m
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While you’re there, tell ’em they need to add a fish sandwich, if they are on such a damned cow-saving crusade.
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The cow campaign started on a Mad Cow riff.
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84 Hamous says:
July 25, 2012 at 1:09 pmWhy you keep plagiarizin’ my links for then !
You ain’t one of the culprits I have to look at every link they post.
Damn. Gotta change my image. I’m about to turn 54 years old and my blogging legacy is to have the most gold stars on the wall and more brownie points in the ledger second to Darren. The ascendency has not gone as intended.
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So many trolls, so little time ………………………….
texpat #117Of course there’s no voter fraud in the United States.
News to me, just damned little that can be fixed by disenfranchisement of legitimate voters. But you know that.
As the Justice Department investigates Pennsylvania’s voter ID law on the federal level, a coalition of civil rights groups is gearing up for a state trial starting Wednesday examining whether the law is allowable under Pennsylvania’s constitution.
In that case, Pennsylvania might have handed those groups and their clients (including 93-year-old Viviette Applewhite) a bit of an advantage: They’ve formally acknowledged that there’s been no reported in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania and there isn’t likely to be in November. -
Remember when Houston was such a bad sports town Bud Adams had to move the Oilers outta town?
When the Texans placed individual-game tickets on sale on Wednesday, all but 100 seats sold in a team-record five minutes.
When the Texans placed individual-game tickets on sale on Wednesday, all but 100 seats sold in a team-record five minutes.
Fans are so excited about the Texans this season, they’ve sold a team-record 65,801 season tickets. The pervious high was 64,540 in 2010.
The Texans have a season-ticket waiting list of more than 19,000, also a team best.Maybe it was the operation we didn’t care for.
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Texpat, again #80
Meanwhile, here in Texas the jack-booted nomenklatura of the academy are marching one scholar to the whipping post to be flogged.
Ummmmmmmm yeah. The Regnerus study is flawed. Using a sample population of 3 to draw conclusions against a large population is dicey and misleading. However, his methodology was published and folks are examining his work and are free to publish their own work. Being tenured, I’m not overly concerned about his chances, unless it can be demonstrated that he fabricated data or falsified his conclusions to support the position of his conservative sponsors.
That the knuckleheads ran with it as “proof” of something is their ethical issue.
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From Adee and her TEA Party buddies on the North side…..
Join Sarah Palin, the KWTP and other TX Tea Party Leaders
on Friday, 7/27 Ted Cruz Get-Out-the-Vote Rally in The Woodlands
CRUZ CAMPAIGN TO HOLD HOUSTON AREA GET-OUT-THE-VOTE RALLY FRIDAY
The Ted Cruz for Senate campaign will hold a get-out-the-vote rally in The Woodlands on Friday with Texas Tea Party leaders and conservative supporters to energize voters before the runoff election on Tuesday, July 31st.
Cruz will be joined by several special guests, including Senator Jim DeMint, Governor Sarah Palin, Cathie Adams, Julie Turner of Texas Patriots Tea Party in The Woodlands, Robin Lennon of Kingwood Tea Party, Ken Emanuelson of Dallas Tea Party, Waco Tea Party leader Toby Walker, and Amy Kremer of Tea Party Express.
WHAT: Cruz for Senate Houston Area Get-Out-the-Vote Rally
WHEN: Friday, July 27 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Come Early for a good parking place! MAP
WHERE: The Woodlands Town Green Park (Waterway Park)
ADDRESS: 2099 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380
MEDIA NOTE: Media who would like to attend should confirm by emailing: [email protected].
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I always remember the manatee that swam up the Ship Channel into Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston around the time the Oilers packed up and left. Big media flap and manatee watchers. Contest picked name Hugh Manatee. Local TV reporter asks man peering over the bridge rails, did he like having a manatee in town? Man replies “I’d rather have the manatee here than Bud Adams.”
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I just saw on Chick-fil-a’s Facebook page an ad for a peach shake. That there combines two of my most favorite food items.
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Thank you, Shannon.
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Hamous #62
Three satellites show what NASA calls unprecedented melting of the ice sheet that blankets the island, starting on July 8 and lasting four days.
Wait, what?
Hmmm …………….. my link has NASA making the point that it has happened before. How could mine be different than yours?
Ice core samples show that the surface melting seen this July happens once in about every 150 years, and the last such melt happened in 1889, NASA said.
“It could be that this melt event is caused by normal variations that just happen once in a while,” Wagner said by phone Tuesday.Oh yeah, go with the story that supports your beliefs.
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I generally quit reading when the troll appears…………….
Great, calling someone a troll as a baiting exercise rarely works. I’ll ignore it.
The same is true with the assaholic troll in question.
Well consider the source and the family friendly language, and we certainly know not to open the links. I’ll ignore it.
For me, Troll = Scroll, as I continue on down the page looking for something worth reading.
Criminy, this is getting out of hand. I do not even have to post. This place is becoming self-trolling, a certain homeostasis is being achieved.
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Man replies “I’d rather have the manatee here than Bud Adams.”
Another one from that era: You find yourself in a room with Hitler, Mussolini, Bud Adams, and a pistol with two cartridges. What do you do? Shoot Bud Adams twice.
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To heck with Sarah Palin, inquiring minds want to know if SouthernTragedy will make an appearance. In her camo cheerleader outfit.
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With Darren missing, my heart’s just not in it anymore.
The second time Romney uses businessmen whose businesses depends on government loans, grants or contracts to exist.But the other, more puzzling problem the two have for this particular Romney message is that rather than wanting to get out of the way of big government, Smith and Ramos have embraced it and benefitted from it greatly. ….
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Almost makes the scroll wheel miss EPJ.
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Am I too much of a geek to be excited about watching a NOVA show about string theory and 11 dimensions?
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#132 Shamaal
I don’t mind your polemics, ideological diatribes, absurd rants couched in condescension and arrogance.
But I do mind the fact you perpetrate a lie, and a big one.
The entire Leftist project to charecterize voter ID as some kind of modern day poll tax and an attempt to deprive citizens of their sovereign right to cast a ballot is a vicious and contemptible lie.
Let’s take the DOJ hearings in DC earlier this month as reported by Hans Von Spakovsky, recent and former DOJ civil rights attorney and Federal Election Commision member.On March 12, Thomas Perez, the Assistant Attorney General of Civil Rights, claimed in a letter to Keith Ingram, the Director of Elections in Texas, that “the total number of registered voters who lack a driver’s license or personal identification card issued by DPS could range from 603,892 to 795,955.” However, on June 1, the report of Stephen D. Ansolabehere, hired by DOJ as another of their experts, claimed that “1,893,143 records on the V[oter] R[egistration] files could not be matched to valid records on the state identification lists provided” to Ansolabehere.
however, DOJ’s statistics were fraudulent and deeply flawed,
•More than 57,000 of the voters were listed as “deceased” in the Texas Department of Public Safety’s driver’s license database.
•More than 290,000 of the voters are over the age of 65 — and therefore able to cast mail-in-ballots without having to show any photo identification.
•More than 260,000 voters are listed as “in suspense” on the Secretary of State’s Voter Registration List because they had moved or left the state — and therefore are ineligible to vote.
•More than 450,000 were successfully matched to state-issued photo identification records — an obvious, plain, and grievous “error” by DOJ.
The last mistake proved to be quite embarrassing to DOJ on the first day of trial. Two of the individuals listed by the Justice Department and its collection of “experts” as not having a photo ID included Texas Election Director Keith Ingram and his wife, both of whom have Texas driver’s licenses, as Ingram testified on the stand. DOJ and Ansolabehere also made other mistakes that led Sager to conclude that more than 1.45 million voters were incorrectly listed by DOJ as not having an ID.and this,
Texas had another expert, Prof. Daron Shaw, conduct a representative survey of a sample of the voters that DOJ claimed had no ID. He found that 73 percent reported they actually had a Texas driver’s license. The survey also showed that 39 percent had passports and 18 percent had military IDs. Once the voters over age 65 who don’t need an ID to vote were eliminated, the survey revealed that 1.9 percent of whites, 0.96 percent of Hispanics, and 1.23 percent of blacks will have to obtain a free photo ID. Shaw concludes that “there is no statistically significant difference in ID possession rates amongst whites, blacks, and Hispanics” contrary to the false claims made publicly by DOJ (his report also showed that Catalist’s race-matching data is largely flawed – only 68 percent of voters that the Ickes firm claimed are African-American self-identified as black).
So, it’s unfortunate you have to be outed as a liar, but life’s a b***h and I’m sure your low threshold for honesty will continue to serve you well.
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#142 Shannon;
To heck with Sarah Palin, inquiring minds want to know if SouthernTragedy will make an appearance. In her camo cheerleader outfit.
That works for me! 😀
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I recall the data in question, it is the data that Texas supplied to the DOJ
Judge Perez’s conclusion about this:“Even after submitting data that show over 600,000 registered voters do not have either a driver’s license or personal identification card issued by DPS — and that a disproportionate share of those registered voters are Hispanic — the state has failed to propose, much less adopt, any program for individuals who have to travel a significant distance to a DPS office, who have limited access to transportation, or who are unable to get to a DPS office during their hours of operation. This failure is particularly noteworthy given Texas’s geography and demographics, which arguably make the necessity for mitigating measures greater than in other states.”
Note how the article points out that the statistics were flawed, not the data that the statistics were drawn from. But that’s just a sideshow that will come to an end shortly. I guess that’s what happens when you only listen to the parts you want to hear.
Let’s take the easy ones. Remember the data is supplied by the state of Texas•More than 57,000 of the voters were listed as “deceased” in the Texas Department of Public Safety’s driver’s license database.
So STOT supplied voter roles with deceased persons and the DOJ found it
•More than 290,000 of the voters are over the age of 65 — and therefore able to cast mail-in-ballots without having to show any photo identification.
Elderly voters may not be able to vote at the polls, but it’s all right, they should have voted by mail
And why can the DOJ pull the STOT case apart so easily?But when it came time to supply the numbers requested by DOJ to make an empirical decision about the law, Texas lunched. They supplied two sets of numbers of registered Hispanic voters thought to lack photo ID without bothering to reconcile either.
And the jewel?
Two of the individuals listed by the Justice Department and its collection of “experts” as not having a photo ID included Texas Election Director Keith Ingram and his wife, both of whom have Texas driver’s licenses, as Ingram testified on the stand.
The state provided data that says these folks are ineligible!
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#148 Texpat, VERY WELL Said Sir! I get soo tired of hearing that if someone has to prove who they are to vote that they’re being denied the right to vote. Everyone should want all people that are legally entitled to vote, to vote, NO ONE ELSE!
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The fact remains that voter ID fraud is statistically non-existent and less than a handfull of cases in hundreds of million of votes cast.
And what is the state’s defense, overwhelming proof that the data used to purge voters is significantly flawed.
Next they’ll be begging the federal government, that paragon of database integrity, to help them out.
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Yeah but if you support a lying, Kenyan born Communist Canine-Connoisseur-in-Chief, you really don’t care if the person voting is who they say they are.
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Well, “Lil Bit” wants to go out for a late walk, and since the IQ level here has gone slam a$$ through the floor, I’ll take the little girl around the block…… hey the mosquitoes will be real happy! 😀
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#150 Shamaal
That’s utter nonsense and you know it.
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Let’s state the obvious.
There is only one reason to oppose voter ID.
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Before I go she’s in my lap, LQQking up at me with those big brown eyes and DANG I can’t say no!
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#154 LOL 🙂
153Yeah but if you support a lying, Kenyan born Communist Canine-Connoisseur-in-Chief, you really don’t care if the person voting is who they say they are.
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Well, “Lil Bit” wants to go out for a late walk, and since the IQ level here has gone slam a$$ through the floor
Phil’s just being Phil. Trying to get a rise. He’s just a junior troll.
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Oh Yeah! My favorite Bond flick on ENCRW at 10.
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#155 texpat
Bull, the raw data that the state provided was trash, in their words “flawed”
The same data used by the state to determine the effect if the law was passed.
The DOJs contention is that there is insufficient voter ID fraud to justify the passage of the law, and I agree.
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Thunderball!
Hubba Hubba
Pretty heady stuff for a 12 year old, particularly that scene where he presses Patricia Fearing the physiotherapist back up against the glass wall in the steam shower scene.
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Shamaal
I have personally witnessed a non-eligible person voting. I knew the person through a social contact, and when I congratulated her on her citizenship, she got that “deer in the headlights” look. When I asked if she actually got her citizenship, she became very flustered. The Democrat election judge got up, whispered in her ear, and she said that yes, she did get it. At that time, I didn’t know what to do about the situation, so I just left.
People who are not supposed to vote, do vote.
Just because they are not caught does not mean it doesn’t happen.
And they may not be getting caught because they are being helped or have support of the people a the polls.
Voter ID won’t hurt. It’s a farce that anyone is being disenfranchised. If you told those selfsame “disenfranchised” people that they’d get paid $100 to show up at a DPS office, they’ll find a way to get there. And as I understand the law, they can vote provisionally, if they don’t have ID.
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Pretty heady stuff for a 12 year old
Then you better not watch it.
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I even got the trading cards. I wish I had hung on to them.
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Tedtam
I obviously cannot dispute you personal experience.
But I gotta go with my core belief that says that preventing someone from voting is more heinous than somebody ineligibly voting; particularly in light of so few cases of voter ID fraud and so many cases of disenfranchisement.
It got so bad in Florida the registrars stopped enforcing the law using the state’s databases.Over 500 of the 2,700 had been identified as citizens; 40 had been identified as non-citizens.
That’s 500 people who have to go before a state panel to prove they are citizens and receive permission to participate in America.
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Something actually important
Gypsy’s got a lump the size of a small egg on her chest. I’m thinking cyst probably benign. It’s a trip to the vet tomorrow.
Some dogs get these and they come and go.
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What y’all been missing on FB tonight…
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I also recall a report by a poll watcher that showed up somewhere (I can’t remember where and it’s late and I’m still fighting that wissing headache), but a guy showed up to vote and whipped out a registration card. When he was informed that the person listed had already voted (or some such issue), he dug around in his pockets and found another card. “Here, try this one,” he said, and he voted. The poll worker let him vote.
I think it was a True the Vote poll watcher who reported it. And it happened here in Houston.
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Geek humor, it’s a riot.
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Stealing elections – it’s the Democrat way. Just ask Ol’ Joe Kennedy and his mob buddies. By any means necessary.
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#165 Shamaal:
That’s 500 people who have to go before a state panel to prove they are citizens and receive permission to participate in America.
I don’t understand the objection to proving you are a citizen. We don’t seem to mind asking for identification in scores of daily situations that everybody encounters on a regular basis. Are you saying that voting is not as important as buying a beer, or a pack of cigarettes, or cashing a check? Why is it that you and other liberals continue to demean and cheapen the act of voting?
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Why is it that you and other liberals continue to demean and cheapen the act of voting?
It’s an easier way to win.
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