I’m glad we’re basically in agreement and I guess I should just leave well enough alone. But nowhere did I say that it was a mistake to give teenagers the freedom to have kids out if wedlock.
I said its a mistake for teenagers to have kids out if wedlock. Because it is. Profoundly so. Maybe not for all kids. But for many it will be, economically speaking, the biggest mistake of their lives. So as a society, we should acknowledge that and work to change that.
Carson still with shovel in hand.
Ben Carson said Thursday that Adolf Hitler’s mass murder of Jews “would have been greatly diminished” if German citizens had not been disarmed by the Nazi regime.
The murders of the homosexuals, Roma, mentally ill, would have continued though. Perhaps Ben could provide us with the numbers of Jews saved (diminished) that he divined from visions, dreams, hallucinations. If only teh Romans had guns, the Huns, Vandals, and Visigoths would have never sacked them. Until every straight, non-Muslim American is armed; we’re just asking for it. This turd just doesn’t get it.
Actually, I can totally believe that.
This, not so much. Does he think that the Jews in Germany were particularly heavily armed prior to Hitler coming to power?
I think it’s just a really remarkable time to be a politics junkie. Things are happening that haven’t happened in a long time, and it’s fun to have my expectations and “accepted wisdom” challenged.
I think he means that the good people of Germany would have stopped Hitler, instead of, ya know, being all in favor of what he was doing to the Jews.
To be appointed, a new speaker requires the support of 218 Republicans. There are 248 Republican House members. This means that a member can’t become speaker without the support of the Freedom Caucus.
Don’t worry Newt Gingrich can pull the party back together, he’s willing to take the job None of that affair baggage to get in the way!
Or a bipartisan coalition that says “fuck you” to the crazies. (I agree, it’s not going to happen)
Can House business proceed without a speaker?
It’s a pretty sad time to be a citizen, though.
He’s tanned, he’s rested, and he’s ready. And he’s done it before – Newt for Speaker in 2015!
And if they have no speaker, why won’t they shut the fuck up?
Pretty much no. If they can’t come up with a majority on one of the most basic house votes the chances they can pass a vote on anything is unlikely.
Apparently, Boehner is going to stay on until they choose a replacement, so they won’t be without a speaker at least for now.
Spotted this comment on FARK:
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McCarthy said he wanted a fresh face in there and that’s why he dropped out. I assume this means Boehner got a new coating of Minwax Colonial Maple 223 Finish applied.
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As if Carson’s Popeye’s anecdote didn’t make him look stupid enough already, Snopes is now reporting that he may have made the whole thing up.
Naw. Somebody who’s making up a story generally does a better job of it.
I dunno man, have you ever read L. Ron Hubbard ? 
Wait a minute, this is about fried chicken?
He is a vegetarian? Perhaps he saw “Popeye’s” and thought he would go in there to get a can of spinach?