It was one degree cooler today than yesterday, but it was hotter inside, because the heat absorbed by the building’s brick work had not yet dissipated when reheated today. It’s still 89° inside, and I’m wilted. Unfortunately tomorrow looks like another hot one. I’ll try to get some sleep and do what I can of tomorrow’s writing, before it heats up tomorrow.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:21 (average 5:05). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos: Based on another audio clip from the "Battlefield Dallas" meeting that Battleground Texas just posted, it is evident that the TX GOP is no longer even trying to pretend that they’re not waging a war on black voters:
Question: "What are the Republicans doing to get black people to vote?"
Ken Emanuelson: "Well, I’m going to be real honest with you: The Republican Party doesn’t want black people to vote, if they’re going to vote 9 to 1 for Democrats."
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That Republicans believe that how black people are likely to vote morally justifies depriving them of that right is the most despicable thing about this statement.
From TPM: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Tuesday that he’s prepared to vote against the very immigration reform bill on which he’s taken a leading role and ostensibly staked much of his political future.
Rubio told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt [Propagandist delinked] that "a sizeable number of Republicans" are prepared to vote in favor of immigration reform, but not until amendments are added to the Gang of 8’s proposal that will strengthen border security and limit the discretion given to the Department of Homeland Security in the bill’s ultimate implementation…
Chris Hayes and his panel provided perspective.
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Do you remember how Lindsey "Poo" Graham (R-SC) pretended to support and work on ObamaCare, only to stall and weaken it, but pulled out the rug at the last minute? I think that this is also a bad faith effort to destroy immigration reform, maintaining the charade that he favors reform, while catering to the hatred of the Republican base.
From Think Progress:
Earlier this week, several civil rights groups filed an official complaint against Judge Edith Jones, a former chief judge of the powerful United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, alleging that she claimed that African-Americans and Hispanics are predisposed towards violent crime and that the death penalty is a public service because it allows inmates to “make peace with God.” Though these allegations will need to be proven during the formal ethics process, they are entirely in line with Jones’ past record. Here are some other facts you should know about Judge Edith Jones:
1. Edith Jones Waved Off Horrific Sexual Harassment
A paper mill worker named Susan Waltman’s supervisor told her to have sex with a co-worker, “pinched her buttocks with pliers and tried to put his hands in her back pockets,” and fellow employees hung used tampons from their lockers. When she complained to a manager, she was told she should “expect this type of behavior working with men.” After she complained, an employee of another company that worked in the mill grabbed her arm while she was carrying a vial of hot liquid, and another worker stuck his tongue in her ear. One of her co-workers told her “he would cut off her breast and shove it down her throat.” He later dangled her over a stairwell thirty feet above the floor. Though she met with senior managers about these incidents, the harassment continued. At one point, a co-worker “grabbed Waltman’s breasts and directed a high pressure hose at her crotch.”
Judge Jones wrote a dissenting opinion claiming that this woman’s sexual harassment suit should be thrown out.
2. Edith Jones Thinks Victims Of Employment Discrimination Should ‘”Take A Better Second Job Instead Of Bringing Suit”
In a speech at the University of Texas, Jones claimed that employment discrimination suits “seldom turn on evidence of race- or sex-based discrimination” and generally involve “petty interoffice disputes, recrimination, second-guessing and suspicion.” She advised workers claiming discrimination to “[t]ake a better second job instead of bringing suit,” according to the Houston Chronicle.
3. Edith Jones Thinks A Man Whose Lawyer Slept Through Much Of His Trial Should Be Executed
Judge Jones joined an opinion holding that a capital defendant could be executed despite the fact that his lawyer slept through much of his trial. Though that opinion was eventually reversed by the full Fifth Circuit, Jones dissented from that reversal.
Click through. There’s much more to come. She should certainly be disbarred. Only one word comes to mind that adequately describes her complete lack of decency. Edith Jones is a Republican!
Cartoon:
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3:26 Am I the Speed Demon today?
3:47 No speed demon today but I'm not bringing up the rear either! Nice and easy means no crashes!
3:29 Yes Patty, you are speedy today but certainly on demon.
Sadly, that's my job! 🙁
Daily Kos ~ Business as usual for the Greedy Obstructionist Pharts.
Think Progress ~ My God! What hatred of women coming from another woman! I get the fact that she is a RepubliTHUG, but, really now. You don't expect this from another woman.
Cartoon ~ God bless all those who gave their lives to help end Hitler's hold on Europe.
Indeed!
She's like Clarence Thomas.
Amen!
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/06/massachusetts_legislators_appr_1.html#incart_river
We've touched on affordable housing, I thought you'ed like to see what MA is doing.
That's great for you guys. I suppose that MA has had a loto of people mpving west, like mostr eastern states, so you dso not have the level of housing shortage we have. Because of our mild winters, Portland is a Mecca for the homeless making out problem worse than most cities.
Puzzle — 3:47 No speed demon today but I'm not bringing up the rear either! Nice and easy means no crashes!
Daily Kos — This is so offensive and outrageous! I forwarded it on to all my Care2 Texans because this blatant bull shit has to stop! Not only is this a violation of people's constitutional rights, but in my mind, it is also a human rights violation. So Emanuelson said he misspoke. That holds no water with me because that statement came a month after he said it. I still feel the rage within! And, being a Canuck, I can't do anything except support those who choose to fight back against these racists. As Terrie W says, I can feel my BP sky rocketing!
I think this guy should change his name to Satanson!
TPM — He who lights a candle at both ends gets burned! May Rubio, and any other RepublicanéTeabagger who thinks that they can pull the wool over everybody`s eyes need to get burned. I read an article on Care2 yesterday — 10 reasons not to wear wool — and I think this could be the 11th. Don`y wear wool so that RepublicanéTeabaggers can`t pull the wool over your eyes! They have no shame nor morals!
Think Progress — Isn`t she just the prettiest little cupcake on the plate! All mould and putridness from the inside out! Yes, and very consistent with wackyRepublican/Teabaggers!
Catroon — My stepfather, a Canadian paratrooper, jumped with the Brits at Normandie and then moved on to Belgium and the Netherlands. Like most soldiers it seems, he did not talk much about the war. Soldiers are called to kill other humans in war, and that is against our own feelings of preservation I think.
I am. 🙁
Writing about it helps me vent tyhe anger I feel.
Bingo!
Most disgusting!
If he was involved in Operation Market Garden, he was in some of the most intense fighting of the war.
I'm wondering how many retrials will result from Judge Edith Jones vile, racist, hate-mongering comments.
Anyone else old enough to remember the movie "The Longest Day" commemorating D-Day? It won two Academy Awards, and was nominated for three others. A great film!
I remember it well. I remember Red Buttons, a paratrooper, hanging from a church steeple just hoping he wasn`t seen by the enemy who were below. Alas he was! And look at all the big names — Rbt Ryan, John Wayne, Rbt Mitchum, Richard Burton, Eddie Albert, Rbt Wagner, Sean Connery, Paul Anka, Kenneth More and many more. I used to inhale WWII movies — almost mainlined the things! That was my era!
The steeple shot in summary:
http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/MyWebFilms/Oorlog/LongestParachuteToren.asp
That be the picture! Gives new meaning to "hangin' out", doesn't it!
Well, you showec up my age again, but it this case, it's easy to remember, because I watched it on Netflix today. I try to do so every D-Day.
I am completely embarassed that woman shares my name!
I hope you have a better day tomorrow, TC.
Condolences!
Thanks Edie.
Sounds like Judge Edith is quite an ideologue for the misogynystic GOP. Once we get to the point of being dangled over a stairwell by some knuckle dragging neanderthal (also a member of the republican party, I feel certain), it ain't sexual harrassment anymore. It's all out assault and perhaps attempted murder. I believe a case could be made for attempted murder here.
Get this loony "Judge" off the bench!
I fully agree!