Republicans: continued

[L'Emmerdeur]

https://www.threads.net/@debpixcom/post/C77RIssp3c4
evangenitals

I suppose the grocer's apostrophe adds to the humor.

[Tero]

She's a singer. You don't sing apostrophes. It does appear in a Zappa song. (at 4:20)

[macdoc]

Fox News exit polls accidentally show Americans are liberal — They support abortion, gun control, government healthcare, and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

The comments are ....enlightening
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comme ... americans/

[Tero]

Joe Biden is destroying D-day by....allowing sex changes for minors?
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/C7_5rdhAHmB

[L'Emmerdeur]

It's heartwarming to see the younger Republican legislators stepping up to carry on the legacy of shitheels like Mitch McConnell as they slowly fade from the scene. Senator JD Vance, hoping to be Trump's pick for vice president, burnishes his image:

Expressing his opposition to a proposed bump stocks ban being considered in the U.S. Senate, Vance told reporters, "I think that we have to ask ourselves: What is the real gun violence problem in this country, and are we legislating in a way that solves fake problems? Or solves real problems? And my very strong suspicion is that the (Majority Leader Chuck) Schumer legislation is aimed at a PR problem, not something that's going to meaningfully reduce gun violence in this country.”

[source]

I mean, if we're going to get all hysterical and consider 60 killed and over 400 injured in a single incident to be a real problem, where does it end? The gun-grabbers have to be stopped before the 2nd Amendment is completely gutted!

[Brian Peacock]

It's heartwarming to see the younger Republican legislators stepping up to carry on the legacy of shitheels like Mitch McConnell as they slowly fade from the scene. Senator JD Vance, hoping to be Trump's pick for vice president, burnishes his image:

Expressing his opposition to a proposed bump stocks ban being considered in the U.S. Senate, Vance told reporters, "I think that we have to ask ourselves: What is the real gun violence problem in this country, and are we legislating in a way that solves fake problems? Or solves real problems? And my very strong suspicion is that the (Majority Leader Chuck) Schumer legislation is aimed at a PR problem, not something that's going to meaningfully reduce gun violence in this country.”

[source]

I mean, if we're going to get all hysterical and consider 60 killed and over 400 injured in a single incident to be a real problem, where does it end? The gun-grabbers have to be stopped before the 2nd Amendment is completely gutted!

Then again he's right, the legislation is performative, and isn't something that's going to meaningfully reduce gun violence in the US.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Then again he's right, the legislation is performative, and isn't something that's going to meaningfully reduce gun violence in the US.

I disagree. To the extent that it would continue to keep bump stocks out of the hands of potential mass murderers like the loon who shot up the Las Vegas music festival, it is significant. Agreed that it wouldn't change the rate of killings via handguns and semi-automatic rifles, but Vance would oppose any moves in that direction as well.

[Brian Peacock]

Then again he's right, the legislation is performative, and isn't something that's going to meaningfully reduce gun violence in the US.

I disagree. To the extent that it would continue to keep bump stocks out of the hands of potential mass murderers like the loon who shot up the Las Vegas music festival, it is significant. Agreed that it wouldn't change the rate of killings via handguns and semi-automatic rifles, but Vance would oppose any moves in that direction as well.

I guess I'd grant that considering the high number of injured and dead in Las Vegas, but at the same time it's only addressing a specific mechanical means in mass shootings rather than meaningfully addressing the issue as a whole - which is that it's trivially easy to act on that particular kind of impulse in the US.

[Tero]

GOP Rep. Mace says women should stop complaining about their rights being taken away because they can just flee to “somewhere else”
https://www.threads.net/@bidenharrishq/ ... 5C2-xhQx1w

[Tero]

Elsewhere.

My hypothesis is that if your brain is sufficiently addled by stupidity, the idea of a “reason” or “rationale” for your beliefs can be dismissed as a mere pretension of liberal academics. It’s not necessary. If you “know” in your gut that something must be true, then no further evidence is needed. This is what Stephen Colbert, in his prior persona as a fake Republican, defined as “truthiness”.

[Tero]

Elsewhere:

Me

I’ve come to the conclusion that it was Reagan that gave the idiots all that power. Before that they were fine in their own idiot community and were mostly isolated from any diversity. Now even the red states employ “foreigners” for the lowest paying agricultural and food processing jobs.
I’d argue that it was natural changes in the makeup of the United States that forced the idiots out of their insular white-breaded world.

Reagan may have been president when these changes began to be large enough to be noticed by at least some of them, but he didn’t cause it.

I agree with you both. (I’m a born-and-raised Coastal Elite who has lived and raised a family in Flyover Country for 20 years, so I have a fairly informed perspective on this).

[Tero]

Sorry, there were two posts there in one box.
Guy1

I’d argue that it was natural changes in the makeup of the United States that forced the idiots out of their insular white-breaded world.

The forum is closed to all but members so link would be no use.

[Tero]

The 16th amendment...taxes..is unconstitutional!
https://www.rawstory.com/clarence-thomas-2668604492/

[L'Emmerdeur]

It's a matter of principle I suppose.

Really, being pro-life doesn't obligate you to encourage ne'er-do-wells and leeches.

'13 states with Republican governors opt out of summer food program for kids'

A new, permanent summer grocery program will help nearly 21 million kids across 37 states get enough to eat this year while school’s out.

But 13 states with Republican governors have opted out of the federal program, citing their opposition to what they deride as “welfare” and their unwillingness to cover administrative costs.

Under the new $2.5 billion program created by Congress, eligible low-income households will receive a total of $120 per child over the three summer months when school-based free and reduced-price lunch programs aren’t available.

Washington, D.C., several territories and tribal nations also are participating. Families making up to 185% of the federal poverty level, or $57,720 for a family of four, are eligible.

Funds have already been distributed to families in many states.

The money will be available on an electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card. Households enrolled in state-administered programs can use their benefits at retail stores that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps.

The states that chose not to participate in Summer EBT — Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming — could decide to opt in next year.

While Oklahoma is not participating in the program, the Cherokee and Chickasaw tribes in the state are. Fourteen states with Republican governors are participating in the program.

The money put on the digital cards comes from the federal government, but states must cover half the cost of administering the program. Those costs include the salaries and benefits of the people running the program, office expenses and outreach efforts.

[Brian Peacock]

They'll never learn if you feed the little blighters!

Oh, hang on...

The Importance of Childhood Nutrition for Learning.