I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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JH is such a piece of shit
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Excerpts from Heather Cox Richardson
April 22, 2012 (Thursday)
......by a vote of 216 to 208, the House of Representatives passed a bill to grant statehood to the District of Columbia. The measure would carve out the area around Capitol Hill, the White House, and the National Mall to remain much as they are today, but the rest of what is now the District would get one representative in Congress and two senators. About 712,000 people live in Washington, D.C., only about 37.5% of whom are non-Hispanic white.
...today on the steps of the Supreme Court building, in a talk to reporters, Senator Ted Cruz alongside Senator Lindsey Graham linked the vote for D.C. statehood to control of the Supreme Court. Cruz accused the Democrats of trying to pack the Supreme Court both by trying to add Washington, D.C., as a state—which would add two Senate seats, presumably going to Democrats—and by adding more seats to the court. Then Cruz went on to say something astonishing:
"You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game. You didn't see us try to pack the court. There was nothing that would have prevented Republicans from doing what they're doing other than respect for the rule of law, other than basic decency, other than recognizing that democracy matters, and packing the court and tearing down the institutions that protect our rights is fundamentally wrong."
This is classic Cruz: straight up gaslighting. Because, of course, Republicans have been stacking the Supreme Court since the Reagan administration, when Attorney General Edwin Meese deliberately politicized the Department of Justice in an attempt, as he said, to "institutionalize the Reagan revolution so it can't be set aside no matter what happens in future elections."
>>> Currently, on the court there are 6 justices appointed by Republican presidents and 3 appointed by Democratic presidents. Of the five justices appointed by a Republican president, only one—Clarence Thomas—was appointed by a president who won the popular vote (George H. W. Bush). Chief Justice John Roberts and Samuel Alito were both appointed by George W. Bush. Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were all appointed by Donald Trump. That is, five of the Republicans on the court were appointed by presidents who did not represent the majority of voters, not to mention the majority of Americans.
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When was the last time you stopped to listen to the wind blow through the trees? Or stopped to listen to a river as it flowed past you, or the crickets and frogs and other living things as they make their music? When was the last time you listened--truly listened--to a favorite song, paying attention to the lyrics, the drums, the rhythm, the guitars or strings? -Tom Walsh
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Divine, I am almost always in total sync with Heather Cox Richardson and stay thankful for my friend from IllinoisLadies who passed on Richardson's website/blog to me long before Trump lost the '20 election.
I also remain totally disgusted by the hypocritical Reps. who ignore what they have done ( usually far more deeper and consistently worse ) than the Democrats who generally are playing mostly by the rules. We do get out of like from time to time -- but the overall extent is so much less and far less harsh than the Reps. who have so seldom had an issue with mis-leading and or outright hypocritical lying to advance their programs and or wishes. Most of the easily recognized Reps. right now are depictable so Josh Hawley, Graham, Cruz, McConnell, Johnson and several others wholly deserve to be run out -- either for prior participation in the Jan 6. fiasco or at their respective election runs -- whichever comes first. In addition to the above they are weasels of the highest order willing to do anything to hold onto the monetary greed they have and the power greed they wish to maintain.
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Caitlyn Jenner running for governor of Cali. I'm sure repubs are loving a transgender to represent them! Lol. Repub party is a joke.
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Rand Paul was absent for vote and it was predicted he would have joined that horses' ass Hawley in a negative vote as well. Does Cruz ever listen to himself? If so, he would recognize that truth does not fall from his lips but hypocrisy does. Cruz only seems to open his mouth to change feet as the saying goes.
Did not the Repugnicans deny Garland a seat on the Supreme Court due to a sham delay for the election that was months away and yet push ACB through in record time? Unfortunately both Graham and McConnell won recent elections so they will unfortunately be sticking around unless there is some form of divine intervention (no, I am not wishing this on them; just a statement of facts).
I doubt Caitlyn will get an invite to the all boys club.
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I live in Cali. Jenner running is a big joke, a good laugh.
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Good Lord! How could Jenner back a party that is totally opposed to the LBTQ Community of which she is definitely a part......I think that the screws that are loose in that brain have nothing to do with sexuality!
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The Jenner paradox? As Maher put it tonight, "lower capital gains taxes--born that way." I doubt the GOP would touch her with a 10-ft. pole (should Newsom get recalled)--they'd pick a more stereotypical (new stereotype, that is) right-wing nutjob.
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I live in CA also, we don’t need Jenner, no experience what so ever to be gov. Sounds like Trump behind this
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One of my all time favorite authors:
Come from the heart, the true heart, not the head. When in doubt, choose the heart. This does not mean to deny your own experiences and that which you have empirically learned through the years. It means to trust your self to integrate intuition and experience. There is a balance, a harmony to be nurtured, between the head and the heart. When the intuition rings clear and true, loving impulses are favored. -Brian L. Weiss
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Definitely another Schwarzenegger and no one needs that. Maybe as was mentioned it is a good way to get back into newsy circulation for Jenner. How quick the limelight can toodle-doo on you.
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The same thing that makes me sure you are stupid as well as a mite insane.
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Unless you were born a Smurf, "blue lives" is a career choice.
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile
can be the source of your joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Inner Smile Exercise:
1. Close your eyes.
2. Breath slowly, deeply, and consciously.
3. Set the corners of your mouth in just the slightest smile.
4. Visualize your smile growing larger and larger, and your happiness increasing.0 -
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Wingnuts is right!
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U.S. voting rights activist Stacey Abrams nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
By Terje Solsvik, Gwladys Fouche
OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. voting rights activist and Democratic Party politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote nonviolent change via the ballot box, a Norwegian lawmaker said on Monday.
FILE PHOTO: Stacey Abrams is seen speaking on screen at the Wisconsin Center on the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 18, 2020. Gabriela Bhaskar/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File PhotoAbrams, whose work was credited with boosting voter turnout last year, helping Joe Biden win the U.S. presidency, joins a long list of nominees, including both former President Donald Trump and his son-in-law, former White House adviser Jared Kushner.
"Abrams' work follows in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s footsteps in the fight for equality before the law and for civil rights," said Lars Haltbrekken, a Socialist Party member of Norway's parliament.
King, a Baptist minister who became a leader of the 1960s civil rights movement, won the Nobel prize in 1964 and remains among its most famous laureates.
"Abrams' efforts to complete King's work are crucial if the United States of America shall succeed in its effort to create fraternity between all its peoples and a peaceful and just society," Haltbrekken said.
Thousands of people, from members of parliaments worldwide to former winners, are eligible to propose candidates, and a nomination does not imply endorsement from the Nobel committee in Oslo.
Other candidates this year include Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg.
The U.S. Black Lives Matter movement, as well as Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War, U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and WikiLeaks, have also been nominated, as have pro-democracy and civil rights campaigners from Belarus to Poland and Hungary.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which decides who wins the award, does not comment on nominations, but nominators can choose to reveal their picks.
Prominent former U.S. winners include Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama, and former vice president, Al Gore.
The 2021 laureate will be announced in October.
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Full blown wingnuts - all.
I'd like to see Stacy win the Nobel Peace Prize, but there are many worthy people. Nice not to have to hear those not nominated whine.
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Yes, all are worthy nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, altho imo, the award should go to Stacey Abrams.
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Michael Moore:
Before the Oscars begin, if I may, in this year of Reckoning, I want to honor what is truly and unmistakably the most important film of the year. It was only 8 minutes and 46 seconds long. It was filmed by a 17-year old young woman under excruciating and courageous circumstances. She stood on a curb in Minneapolis, framed her camera perfectly, and held it steady as the murdering cop stared directly into her lens with the steely, frighteningly look of "YOU'RE NEXT." But she wouldn't stop. And because she didn't, the whole world saw what Black America has witnessed for 400 years. And now we know this is a daily occurrence. And not just the murdering of Black people with guns or knees (lynching), but with poverty, hunger, awful schools, crap jobs, mass incarceration, no health care — a daily killing of body and spirit and hope. Thank you Darnella Frazier for your gift, for creating a moment of justice. Much more to do for sure. But for tonight, assuming most of the Academy would agree, please accept this virtual Oscar for your moving picture that moved billions. Some day, I hope to hand you the real thing! Many blessings to you.
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Heather Cox Richardson:
On April 19, the United Mine Workers of America, the largest coal miners' union, backed President Biden's plan to move away from coal, so long as miners get government support to transition into similar jobs. In a plan endorsed by Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia (who is well known for delivering for his constituents), the union asked for funding to plug abandoned oil and gas wells, clean up mining sites, and train workers for new jobs in new energy technologies.
**In the last four years, the market for coal has slid, illustrating that old blue-collar jobs are not coming back. Trump promised to make coal great again and seemed to think that slashing environmental regulations would do the trick, but even combined with an infusion of up to $1 billion, slashing regulations could not stop Trump's administration from overseeing the fastest decline of coal-fuel capacity in U.S. history. The U.S. lost 10% of coal-mining jobs—5300 of them—between 2016 and 2020. Low natural gas prices and the rise of wind and solar alternatives pushed coal aside. At the same time, mechanization across blue collar industries means the recovery of old manufacturing jobs is not in the cards.
**Indeed, Biden's American Jobs Plan calls for $16 billion to clean up abandoned mining sites and more for the training in new infrastructure jobs coal miners want. It also addresses job losses in rural areas in an obvious but novel way: by supporting the caregiver economy. Caregiving jobs cannot ever be mechanized, and there are caregivers—and people who need care— in every single community in this country. Supporting those positions will bring money into towns left behind by the loss of jobs like mining.
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“F-word” no!
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She sure showed them!
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It's nice when, every once and awhile, someone gets what they deserve.
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"Though I might travel afar, I will meet only what I carry with me, for every man is a mirror. We see only ourselves reflected in those around us. Their attitudes and actions are only a reflection of our own. The whole world, and its condition, has its counterparts within us all. Turn the gaze inward. Correct yourself and your world will change."
-- Kirsten Zambucka0
