Color me rushing to get this up, before I have to leave,
Jog Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 2:42 (average 4:32). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos: Getting attention today: The court case in which Republican now-presidential candidate Ted Cruz, then the Texas solicitor general, ferociously defended the state’s law barring the sale of dildos.
The brief insisted that Texas in order to protect "public morals" had "police-power interests" in "discouraging prurient interests in sexual gratification, combating the commercial sale of sex, and protecting minors." There was a "government" interest, it maintained, in "discouraging…autonomous sex." The brief compared the use of sex toys with "hiring a willing prostitute or engaging in consensual bigamy," and it equated advertising these products with the commercial promotion of prostitution. In perhaps the most noticeable line of the brief, Cruz’s office declared, "There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one’s genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship."
Cruz lost, with a federal appeals court opining that the state had no legal business telling people what they could and couldn’t do in their own bedrooms.
I wonder if Cruz had his dildo, his TRUS, up his butt when he wrote that brief,
From The New Yorker: Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon, stirred controversy on Thursday by saying in a televised interview that he had no recollection of running for President of the United States.
Appearing on the Fox News Channel, Dr. Carson responded to host Sean Hannity’s question about his ten-month-long candidacy by saying, “I do not recall any of that occurring.”
“I’ve been told that I did it, but I find it impossible to believe,” he said. “I don’t think I’d forget a thing like that.”
Dr. Carson said he had seen photographs and videos of him campaigning for the Republican nomination but called them “the work of an evil person who is really good at PhotoShop and whatnot.”
Here’s why, Andy!! Uncle Token has been brain dead, ever since he operated on himself.
From Crooks and Liars: Bernie Sanders gave a spirited closing argument for why he believes he’s the best candidate for the Democratic nomination.
I agree with him. Go Bernie!!
Cartoon:
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DK: Omg. This would be hilarious, if it wasn't so pathetic. "Imagine how his political career might have been affected had Cruz become the public face for the anti-dildos movement." Both the governor of this state and Cruz are ID's, and have lost their marbles.
NYer: Now this is funny! LOL, Andy!!
C&L: What a video. Love the Bern! Go Bernie!!
Cartoon: Yep. At least we didn't ask for an extension this year! lol.
Hope that all goes well for you today. Take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
Thanks for the post in spite of your appointments and rush, TomCat.
DK: You've got to be kidding: people do not have the right to stimulate their genitalia for for enjoyment, but only for the purpose of making babies OR inside a relationship? So no masturbation then, why don't you say so, Mr Cruz. And, given the or", it apparently it's OK when you're not on your own? I think Mr. Cruz has evolved a lot during his campaign since then and would now put even more restrictions in his brief: no stimulation unless married to someone of the opposite gender and only in the act of procreation, (that can't be helped, it wouldn't work otherwise), but as little as possible. I feel rather sorry for Mrs. Cruz, don't you?
TNY: Andy stays very close reality with his satire again. Ben Carson was so spaced out most of the time, I really wondered if he knew where he was and if he would remember any of it afterwards. The satire of course is that even Faux News couldn't be bothered to interview this boring, nearly comatose man after he left the Clown Car.
C&L: A speech with fireworks! You said it all in just two minutes, Bernie. Amen to all you said.
Hey, TC, you beat me to it! See my posting, at C2, about this horse's ass, and the didlo movie: http://www.care2.com/news/member/565542931/3975063
If Dr. Ben can't recall running, does that mean that he has to return all the campaign money he never spent? Would it were so!
Bernie's speech is great, but I tried to watch the debate, and turned it off after he carefully avoided answering a couple of questions, early on I do not know that Hillary did not do the same thing, later, but I have not got the stomach for standard political horse shit!
Cartoon: That guy better be ready…Cruze and the dildo factory may be closing in on him!
3:10 I reached for the bee to quickly and got stung.
2:29 I found the honey! Yum! Yum!
KOS: Cruz needs a butt plug in his mouth! Forever shutting him up!
New Yorker: Ben Carson: Guess he has reverted to being simply a zombie. Maybe he can get a bit part in the Walking Dead.
C&L: Bernie won the debate.
Cartoon: The IRS needs to go after Ted Cruz as he owes it $24 billion dollars for shutting the government down in 2013.
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I'd LOVE to see the IRS go after Cruz for the $24 BILLION
Ain't gonna happen, but I'd love it.
And interestingly enough, if you scroll down and take a look at Cruz' Income Tax Returns from 2011 through 2014 (yeah, it's his website – but can't find them another place) you'll note that IN NO YEAR DID THIS TALIBANGELICAL christianist TITHE … Let alone even donate 10% to charities … ANY charity!
https://www.tedcruz.org/ted-cruz-tax-returns/
The man is a smarmy ASSHOLE – forget the $$ substitutions – Cruz is an ASSHOLE!
Puzzle — 2:29 I found the honey! Yum! Yum!
Daily Kos — I think his Trus is cutting off the blood supply to his brain! Republicans are so overly concerned about everybody else's sex lives. They must be jealous.
Did you know that DILDO is a marketing term — Double Income Little Dog Only!
The New Yorker — "“Someone is trying to mess with my mind,” he said. " — That presumes that he has one! Personally, I thought he was brain dead.
Crooks and Liars — Bernie is so passionate! And you notice Jane just giving it all in the audience? Go Bernie!!!
Cartoon — We have another 2 weeks to file but I don't pay tax and my mother gets all hers back.
4:32. One big bee, or one small flower?
DKos – I read it at Mother Jones, and just had to say "So is the state of Texas thinking of severing diplomatic relations with the state of Kansas? And is Texas planning to lock people up for owning hand-held shower heads, cucumbers, pumpkins, and fingers?"
New Yorker – Priceless.
C&L – Yes, he is right on. Him being elected would be for me a dream come true. Not to imply that it isn't possible – it is – difficult, but possible. At this point.
Cartoon – You get an extra three days this year due to some obscure holiday today in DC. I'm sure everyone here will use it wisely.
Daily Kos: When I started read this, I thought it was Andy from the New Yorker. Seriously, this guy wants to be president? What a buffoon.
The New Yorker: NOw, that is Andy. Too funny.
Crooks and Liars: Go Bernie!
Cartoon: Yep.
Thanks all! Hugs!! Pooped!!