{"id":51949,"date":"2023-05-30T05:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=51949"},"modified":"2023-05-29T19:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T02:58:56","slug":"open-thread-may-30-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/05\/30\/open-thread-may-30-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread May 30, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I learned something I did not know about the Marine Corps<\/a> – not all that surprising, since it happened after my time – way, way after my time. But it makes a lot of sense. I just hope some of those mementoes are representative of other faiths. The manger Christans need to respect and in a way emulate is emphatically not the one that Aesop’s dog was in.\u00a0 And, yes, I did watch the National Memorial Day Concert<\/a> (a day late) – it’s still available to stream if anyone else missed it the first time.<\/p>\n

Cartoon –<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

John Pavlovitz – Dangerous Christian Drag Show<\/a>
\nQuote – They shamelessly don their cheap, glittery regalia, meticulously transforming themselves into a sickening inversion of who they actually are, putting on an unnatural false persona designed to indoctrinate young minds by passing as something they\u2019re not. It is a vile bait and switch that decent human beings should be sickened by.
\nThe political Right is the worst kind of drag show: that of hateful, heartless bigots pretending to be Christian.
\nClick through for essay<\/a>. What can I say? He nails it.<\/p>\n

Crooks & Liars – Dem Senator Schools Chuck Todd On Why Congress Can Regulate Supreme Court<\/a>
\nQuote – “The Chief Justice has to make this decision, though, right?” Todd asked. “Separation of powers, whether, I mean, it’s pretty established, Congress can’t make a law that does that, right?” Whitehouse informed the host he was mistaken about how the Constitution works. “No, it absolutely can,” Whitehouse laughed. “Well, it doesn’t mean it’s constitutional,” Todd quipped. “Yes, it does,” the senator explained. “It means it’s constitutional because the laws that we’re talking about right now are actually laws passed by Congress. The ethics reporting law that is at the heart of the Clarence Thomas ethics reporting scandal is a law passed by Congress.”
\nClick through for story<\/a>. Chuck Todd is far from alone in (apparently} believing the “SC” in “SCOTUS” stands for “Sacrd Cow.” It doesn’t. Whitehouse is a gem.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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