When will Republicans wake up to the obvious fact that many of their supporters are obviously, clearly mentally ill?
That’s not a bug, that’s a feature.
I’ve said it before, will say it again: the Bible never made the case the Antichrist couldn’t have as his base a bunch of evangelical Americans. 
Heh. I’ve seen the claims that UPC barcodes are “THE MARK” that Revelation says everyone will have to wear in order to participate in the economy (even to the point of buying food, apparently). Shortly after I learned about this, I started seeing advertising for small businesses that made a point of including a little drawing of a fish. The intended message seemed to be “do business with ME, because I’m a Christian.”
The message that I got was “ONLY do business with businesses that display THE MARK.”
‘Most of Government Is Unconstitutional’
Steve Bannon would be very happy about this.
Aspenglow, I’d be interested in your thoughts.
Bannon’s happiness would be negligible when compared to Putin’s.
Apologies, ThelmaLou. I missed this till just now.
Steve Bannon and Grover Norquist.
I don’t think anyone needs any special training in the legal field to see what’s happening here. They’re flat telling us. It’s been the goal of the Federalist Society/American Enterprise Institute (Kochs) for decades to reduce government until you can “drown it in a bathtub.” They’re so close they can taste it. I’m sure the legal “reasoning” has been worked out for a very long time.
Not wishing to be overly dramatic, but the flame of liberty is guttering. They have their 5 votes. They’re going to use them. They’ll cement their legacy with a cherry on top when they replace Bader Ginsberg, if we don’t stop them in 2020 in both houses of Congress and the presidency.
As I’m sure you’re aware, economist Paul Krugman summarized as: “Rather than proposing unpopular spending cuts, Republicans would push through popular tax cuts, with the deliberate intention of worsening the government’s fiscal position. Spending cuts could then be sold as a necessity rather than a choice, the only way to eliminate an unsustainable budget deficit.” He wrote that the “…beast is starving, as planned…” and that “Republicans insist that the deficit must be eliminated, but they’re not willing either to raise taxes or to support cuts in any major government programs. And they’re not willing to participate in serious bipartisan discussions, either, because that might force them to explain their plan—and there isn’t any plan, except to regain power.” (Emphasis mine.)
We took our eyes of the ball. They never did.
Put it this way: I’m glad I’m in the final third of my lifetime.
No prob. I know you’re busy with your comfort food buffet. 
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Yes. Paul K. is my personal hero.
Yup.
NFJ. In 20 years, I’ll be 90 (God willing) and ready to check out. It’s one of those times I’m glad I don’t have kids/grandkids to worry about.
JUNE 22, 2019
The Oregon state legislature is working on a climate change bill, and Republican legislators refused to attend, preventing a quorum, so the Democratic Governor sent out state police to round up the missing Republicans to come to the legislature. Local militia groups are claiming they will protect the missing Republicans, and have called for an armed rally outside the state Capitol. The Capitol was shut down for safety reasons.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-oregon/oregon-capitol-building-closed-as-precaution-amid-partisan-dispute-idUSKCN1TN0PS
From the same article:
Have we ever had a sitting state senator die in a hail of police gunfire?
So this is what Republican leadership looks like today. Sigh.
This stands for No Fucking Joke. Did I invent this? (Seriously, I don’t know if I did. Has anyone encountered it elsewhere?)
I don’t have a problem with the senators fleeing the state. Dems did it in Wisconsin in 2011, and I support the move in both cases, as long as it doesn’t shut down all legislative functions for too long. Gives the minority time to breathe before getting steamrolled by the majority.
Mouth-breather militia types and the senators who support such stupidity, though… yeah, fuck those guys.
I’ll be interested in seeing how Brian Boquist spins his comments to show him as anything other than a thug who’d rather murder police officers than abide the law.
This is different tho. I. This situaion, the GOP has reneged on a promise not to do this. They got concesions from the Dems and now, by fleeing, are failing to do what they promised. They are bad faith actors and should not be trusted again.
And that’s in addition to threatening violence.
They did promise not to do that! Bastards!
Why didn’t they simply show up and vote no? Are they afraid that the future will judge them on that vote?
Just sent Brian an email. Between my Wife and I we have nearly 60 years of government jobs. I will not put up with this shit.
In case anyone feels the same -
There are enough Democrats to pass the bill, but not enough to form a quorum to get the bill considered.
Is that legal for the state police to round up State Congressmen like that?
N/M, just saw the topic in General Questions.
Ah, if two republicans showed up and voted no, it would be considered because the Dems are going to vote for it. But if they aren’t there even to vote against it, they don’t have a quorum, so it dies.(guessing)
Brave, brave Sir Robin.