Glenn Kirschner – If the J6 Rally on 9/18 is Relatively Peaceful, What Will That Tell Us About the Violence of 1/6?
Meidas Touch – Governor Newsom gives his victory speech after defeating the recall.
The Lincoln Project – The Fox Virus
MSNBC – State Republicans Seek Voters’ Personal Info As GOP Vote Count Stunts Threaten Security
Don Winslow Films – #TexasWarOnWomen
Parody Project – WITH THIS CREW
Beau – Let’s talk about General Milley’s actions….
Glenn Kirschner – Insurrection Updates: More Guilty Pleas & FBI/DOJ Upping the Ante to Seditious Conspiracy
Thom Hartmann – Incels, Turtle Love & More Bizarre Tales Of the Right-Wing
Ring of Fire – Teachers Desperately Try To ‘Deprogram’ Children With Q Supporting Parents
Armageddon Update | I’m Suing A Zygote’s Mom
Vote Vets – Texas Veteran, Former United States Marine Sergeant, Katherine Wyatt, Discusses Texas Abortion Ban
Rocky Mountain Mike – Delta Quarantine
Beau – Let’s talk about triage at a gas station….
Glenn Kirschner – is late. So I threw in the kitten vid.
Meidas Touch – E. Jean Carroll says she has SLAM DUNK sexual assault case against Trump
Now This News – George W. Bush Compares Domestic Extremists to 9/11 Hijackers (or, When you’ve lost W…)
Really American – Texas Abortion Law Targets The Poor
MSNBC – What You Need To Know About The Planned Sept. 18th Rally – The white dude doesn’t convince me, and I’m glad to see he doesn’t convince the others either.
Cracked – If Dentists Were Honest | Honest Ads
Kitten Who Needed An Incubator To Survive Grows Up To Be A Spitfire – Personal story – I had a cat give birth on my bed (while I was in it.) She had 5 kittens, but rejected the last two. One was still in the placenta and not breathing, but the other was (mostly) out of the placents and was breathing, but cold. I warmed him in my hands, found a doll bottle, and tried to feed him a little milk (I had no KMR and no time to waste.) He took very little, if any, but it got all over him. In despair, I laid him down by MomCat to try to figure out what to do next. To my surprise, she perked up – “What’s this” – and started bathing him. I guess he must have smelled better and tasted good from all that spilled milk. Anyway, after that, he never looked back. In fact, he became her favorite of the litter. Totally by accident … but someone else might be able to use it sometime.
Beau – Let’s talk about VP Harris and bail….
Yesterday, not a lot happened, and what did happen was mostly annoying small stuff. Plus, it was hot – hotter than it’s been for over a week. So let’s just all move on from that.
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Medium – Statement from Senator Amy Klobuchar
Quote – Of course this has been scary at times, since cancer is the word all of us fear, but at this point my doctors believe that my chances of developing cancer again are no greater than the average person.
Click through for full statement. Pat already TJI’ed the news, but I think it’s worth a repeat (with a picture and an exhortation.)
White House Press Release: President Biden Names Seventh Round of Judicial Nominees
Quote – The President is announcing eight new candidates for the federal bench, all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution. These choices also continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country — both in terms of personal and professional backgrounds.
Click through for a few stats and all 8 names and short bios.
The New Yorker (Borowitz) – Fox News Accuses Biden of Using Federal Government to Improve Country
Quote – “Joe Biden came into office claiming that he wanted to be the President of all the people,” Sean Hannity said. “Now, however, his real agenda has become clear: he wants to increase Americans’ life expectancy. How long one lives should be a personal choice,” Hannity continued. “But not if Joe Stalin-slash-Biden has anything to say about it.”
Click through for what sounds like pretty straight news to me.
Food for Thought –
Yesterday, I changed the ink cartridge in my printer, wich enabled me to print out instructions to do something else which I hadn’t beeen able to accomplish because I couldn’t see the instructions and the screens I was supposed to be performing them on at the same time. I still haven’t accomplished it … but I’m getting closer. Incidentally, I do apologize for not mentioning Rosh Hashanah until now when it’s over. But for those who celebrate, I do hope it was happy. And there are other occasions coming soon to observe.
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AP News – Shadow docket Supreme Court decisions could affect millions
Quote – Since Aug. 24, that truncated process known as the shadow docket has moved at astronomical speed, producing decisions related to immigration, COVID-19 and evictions and, most recently, abortion. Those three decisions, with the conservative wing of the court in the majority, have the potential to affect millions of people, in a fraction of the time and outside the normal scrutiny signed opinions can bring. “My memory is, typically, if the Supreme Court was acting in July and August, it was really that quintessential emergency appeal, dealing with something like a death penalty situation. It wasn’t like: What is immigration law going to be in our country? It wasn’t: Will tenants have certain rights? It wasn’t the big substantive questions,” said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School.
Click through for details.
The Hill – Texas abortion law roils businesses
Quote – Still, as of Tuesday afternoon, only a handful of companies have spoken out against the law. Corporate America has mostly remained silent, despite its vocal opposition to Texas’s restrictive voting bill that was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) Tuesday. “It’s not surprising because this is harder than a number of other issues,” said Sandra Sucher, a professor of management at Harvard Business School. “Abortion is particularly contentious because we know that it relates to people’s religious views, which is kind of a no-go zone for companies.”
Click through for full story.
The New Yorker (Borowitz) – Abbott Considering Other Measures to Prevent People from Ever Setting Foot in Texas
Quote – Although he acknowledged that new laws banning most abortions, restricting voting, and allowing citizens to carry a gun without a permit or training would dissuade many from visiting Texas, Abbott said that “there’s more we can do…. Just spitballing here, but what if we mandated that every visitor to Texas got bitten by a dog or poked with a stick of some kind?” he said. “I’ll be damned if that wouldn’t do the trick.”
Click through for the reat. Andy doing straight news again.
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Glenn Kirschner – Here’s Why Courts Should Strike Down Texas Abortion Law Violating Women’s Constitutional Rights. I do think Glenn is wrong on one thing – not a point of law – I wouldnever argue with him on that. But he says “taking away people’s Constitutional rights is not a winning strategy.” On the contrary, it was a winning strategy for Democrats until Lyndon Johnson renounced it, and it has been a winning strategy for Republicans ever since.
Meidas Touch – Mary Trump Says THIS is One of the Most Diabolic Things Her Uncle Donald Did
The Lincoln Project – Ivermectin
Really American – Larry Elder: Slave Owners Deserve Reparations
Liberal Redneck – “Un-American” Vaccine Mandates
Beau – Let’s talk about what the world’s EMT means for DOD….
Glenn Kirschner – 11 Republican Representatives Join McCarthy’s Obstruction of Congress: Welcome The New Dirty Dozen (I’d call it the “feckless twelve” – “hapless” is too nice, and the original “dirty dozen” ended up accomplishing cleanliness.)
Bonus Glenn: Glenn Kirschner joins Stephanie Miller to talk about the Republican Party. Talk about letting one’s hair down!
Meidas Touch – First Texas… Now Mississippi Set to Deliver DEATH BLOW to Roe v. Wade?!
politicsrus – Texas Abortion
Goose has epic response to humans taking her injured boyfriend0
Update on Arnold – Goose love, in sickness and in health
Beau – Let’s talk about patriotic education, dogs, and civic mindedness….
Glenn Kirschner – WAPO Cites Kevin McCarthy’s “Downward Spiral” Culminating in Obstructing Congressional Investigation
Now This News – Remembering the Founder of the Black Panthers
Thom Hartmann – Abortion: Is the Texas GOP the Dog that Caught the Car? (We can hope he’s right – but I personally doubt it.)
Rob Rogers – Exit Strategy
Cat Keeps Stealing Things From The Neighbors
Beau – Let’s talk about a message to Australia from Florida Man….