May 262013
 

Yesterday I slept poorly, and when I finally did sleep, I slept through most of my research time, so this article is all I have today.  Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s tool me 4:27 (average 4:46).  To do it. click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From Alternet: It’s been another week of the insane, inane, and outright offensive. Here’s your top ten:

  1. Pennsylvania governor can’t find any Latinos to work for him. Gov. Tom Corbett (R-PA) told a Spanish-language newspaper this week that  he didn’t have any Latinos working for him. There are approximately 18,000 Latinos just in the Harrisburg, PA area alone.
  2. Pennsylvania governor remembers single Latino who works for him. A day after saying he didn’t have any Latinos working for him,  Corbett suddenly remembered a single Latino appointee working in his administration.
  3. Conservatives freak out over Boy Scouts decision to admit gays. Here’s the ten best conservative freak-outs over the group’s decision to admit gay scouts while maintaining a ban on gay leaders.

Click Through for the rest of the ten craziest things Republicans did last week.

From Common Dreams: Notorious Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio engaged in racial profiling and violated drivers’ constitutional rights, a federal district court ruled on Friday…

…"Singling people out for traffic stops and detentions because they are Latino is unconstitutional and just plain un-American. Let this be a warning to any agency trying to enforce the ‘show me your papers’ provision of SB 1070 and similar laws — there is no exception in the Constitution for immigration enforcement," said Wang.

"Today’s decision vindicates the rights of Latinos in Maricopa County who’ve been terrorized by discriminatory MCSO practices and have had their communities torn apart," added Dan Pochoda, legal director of the ACLU of Arizona. "The court recognized that racial profiling within the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is a pervasive and widespread problem that can only be addressed through substantive, meaningful changes to eradicate this egregious practice and begin rebuilding public trust."

It could not have happened to a more deserving goose-stepper.

From Daily Kos: Writing in Thursday’s Washington Post, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell provides evidence that he says substantiates his assertion that President Barack Obama is responsible for a "culture of intimidation" that "goes well beyond one agency or a few rogue employees."

For example, McConnell says:

The president’s lawyers circulated a draft executive order in 2011 that would have required anyone bidding for a government contract to disclose political donations. The message was clear: If you want a government contract, be careful which causes or candidates you support because the White House will know.

Yep, you read that right. According to Mitch McConnell, requiring firms that do business with the government to publicly disclose how much political cash they’ve given to the politicians from whom they seek contracts and special treatment is all about intimidating companies into silence. Of course, that was not the idea at all. The real idea was to let the public know whether companies that made anonymous political contributions were getting special treatment from the government.

Leave it to Bought Bitch Mitch to twist reality into InsaniTEA. McConnell is certainly intimidated, but he’s really afraid of being primaried by a Bagger.

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  17 Responses to “Open Thread–5/26/2013”

  1. 3:57  The guy that made this puzzle has to have chrome balls to go with the chrome skull!  All that is shiny is not gold!

  2. 3:50 Pretty gruesome for a Sunday puzzle.

  3. Puzzle — 3:57  The guy that made this puzzle has to have chrome balls to go with the chrome skull!  All that is shiny is not gold!

    Alternet — It's hard to pick a favourite because they are all just so "insane, inane, and outright offensive".  But #3 certainly said volumes, especially this tweet from OnMyHonor.Net 

    OnMyHonor.Net @OnMyHonorBSA

    Today's vote teaches our kids that you should not stand up for what is right instead – stand up for what is popular

    Change the place of two words, and you have what should be.  I am offended that the BSA counts itself as a "Christian" organisation.  Apparently it is OK to call yourself a Christian organisation but not adhere to Christian principles.  Personally, I'd like to see religion taken out of the BSA, for that matter out of the world-wide scouting movement, and replaced with human rights and dignity for all people.

    Common Dreams — "…widespread problem that can only be addressed through substantive, meaningful changes to eradicate this egregious practice and begin rebuilding public trust." — The best start to this reform is to get rid of over-the-hill and obsolete Sherrif Joe and his staff.

    http://www.

    Daily Kos — Let McTurtle be primaried and then Ashley Judd come in and clean house sending the Republican/Teabaggers scurring for cover like the vermin they are!

     

    Cartoon — From Wikipedia:

    Congress refused to seat legislators from those states and advanced legislation to overrule the Southern actions. Johnson vetoed their bills, and Congress overrode him, setting a pattern for the remainder of his presidency. Johnson opposed the Fourteenth Amendment, that gave citizenship to African American males. As the conflict between the branches of government grew, Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act, restricting Johnson in firing Cabinet officials. When he persisted in trying to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, he was impeached by the House of Representatives, and narrowly avoided conviction in the Senate and removal from office. Returning to Tennessee after his presidency, Johnson sought political vindication, and gained it in his eyes when he was elected to the Senate again in 1875 (the only former president to serve there), just months before his death. Although Johnson's ranking has fluctuated over time, he is generally considered among the worstAmerican presidents for his opposition to federally guaranteed rights for African-Americans.

    Almost sounds like he was one of the Dixiecrats.

     

    • LOL!  At least I kept you from being last.

      I agrree, but a lot of what claims to be Christian isn't.

      Amen!

      Judd is out of it now.

      Good observation.  Johnson certainly took a Dixiecrat stance

  4. "Yes, we have no Latinos"  As if Pennsylvanians needed ANOTHER reason NOT to re-elect Corbett in 2014.

     

    I think Joe Arpaio will look VERY fetching in his pink undies … while living in a tent … in 110 degree Arizona heat.

  5. I really think they are all trying to outdo each other with the craziness. There is no other plausible explanation.

  6. 10.5 approx. on puzzle, at least I finished it..

  7. Mitch might be scared but he has all ready amassed a huge campaign fund.  No accouting for the idiots who vote for him.

  8. I looked for this several times yesterday but C2 wouldn't let me find it!  As for the BSA – I read some of the comments and felt I needed a shower – what is wrong with those bigots?!!

    "

    The president’s lawyers circulated a draft executive order in 2011 that would have required anyone bidding for a government contract to disclose political donations. The message was clear: If you want a government contract, be careful which causes or candidates you support because the White House will know.

    "Yep, you read that right. According to Mitch McConnell, requiring firms that do business with the government to publicly disclose how much political cash they’ve given to the politicians from whom they seek contracts and special treatment is all about intimidating companies into silence. Of course, that was not the idea at all. The real idea was to let the public know whether companies that made anonymous political contributions were getting special treatment from the government."

    I do agree that everyone should know which company is giving how much money to what political party – it might stop some of the shenanigans  (well, for a while at least).

     

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