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Top 10 Conservative Idiots #21: Trump V. Cruz: Yawn Of Justice Edition
Last edited Sun Mar 27, 2016, 06:01 PM - Edit history (4)
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #21: Trump V. Cruz: Yawn Of Justice Edition
Before we start this week:
RIP Gary Shandling.
Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! This might be our biggest edition ever so bare with us! So we got to talk about the passing of everyone’s favorite crack smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford, who sadly passed away last week. You know what I loved the most about this guy? He truly did not give a fuck what anybody thought of anything he did. I mean this is the guy who told the Canadian press that he might have smoked crack while he was blackout drunk. How fucked up are you when as you are blackout drunk, you think “hey, crack cocaine sounds like a good idea right now!”. But when talking about Rob Ford, we should not remember the man as he died but as he lived. Which is that he was insane and we loved him for being insane. And we also loved him because he did not give a fuck. RIP Rob Ford. While looking for appropriate clips on Youtube, I found this David Letterman Top 10 list where he has Rob Ford giving advice to Justin Beiber:
Enough ranting. We got a lot of idiocy to cover this week, and only 10 spots But first I got to play John Oliver’s epic take down of Donald Trump’s proposed “Great Wall":
So where do we begin this week? Easily taking the top spot is North Carolina governor Pat McCrory (1) who just signed one of the harshest anti-LGBT bills in the entire country. Taking the second spot, Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell (2) has his middle finger aimed squarely at President Obama. In the third spot, is easily taken by Donald Trump Supporters (3) and what could possibly go wrong with their demands this week? At number 4, the entire state of Arizona (4) is under fire for how they handled the state primary election and boy there’s a lot of stupidity there. Taking the 5th seed, is of course Der Trumpenfuror. We’ll discuss a Twitter beef with Ted Cruz and some celebrity endorsements Trumpenfuror has picked up. At number 6, the cleanup from the dildo poop trench freak show at Malhuer has begun, and the Bundy Bunch (6) are in some deep shit. At number 7, we’re going to dip into the Top 10 “Where Are They Now” file and talk about Blackwater/XE and their CEO Erik Prince (7), and it seems he’s in some deep shit with the DOJ and the FBI. In the 8th slot, is returning champion Alex Jones (8) – while shit has been going down in Brussels, guess what? Alex is resorting to his usual nonsense of calling every attack a false flag. Does he even know what a false flag is? At number 9, I’ve said before that I don’t think Caitlyn Jenner (9) has the best interests of the transgender community in mind. Finally this week we're going to celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of our favorite comedies here at the Top 10 home office. I'm of course talking about the Mike Judge flick Idiocracy (10). And what better way to honor the movie than by showing you some insane, hilarious, and completely real ways that life is imitating this movie? Enjoy! And as always don’t forget the key!
[font size="8"]Pat McCrory[/font]
Religious freedom. Which I’m sure anybody with half a brain knows that “religious freedom” does not have anything to do with “religion” or “freedom” at this point. And I’m being serious here. There’s not one, but two states this week that are about to find out what happens when religious freedom bills are being passed. First in Georgia, Disney and Marvel Studios both have a huge presence there, and they’re threatening to move operations to a more LGBT friendly state if this horrendous bill happens:
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, a Disney spokesperson today made the following statement: “Disney and Marvel are inclusive companies, and although we have had great experiences filming in Georgia, we will plan to take our business elsewhere should any legislation allowing discriminatory practices be signed into state law.”
“We applaud Disney and Marvel for standing up for fairness and equality by sending a strong warning to Governor Deal,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “It’s appalling that anti-LGBT activists in Georgia are trying to pass legislation creating an explicit right to discriminate against LGBT Americans. We urge other studios, major corporations, and fair-minded Georgians to continue speaking out and urging Gov. Deal to veto this heinous piece of legislation sitting on his desk.”
This past Saturday night at the Los Angeles HRC Gala, HRC President Chad Griffin addressed nearly 1,000 supporters and leaders in the entertainment industry and called on Hollywood to stop productions in Georgia if Gov. Nathan Deal doesn’t veto the new Indiana-style "license to discriminate" bill passed by the state legislature last week. According to the State of Georgia, which offers major tax incentives for entertainment companies to film in the state, at least 248 film and television productions were shot in Georgia during the state’s 2015 fiscal year. This resulted in at least $1.7 billion in direct spending as well as more than 100 new businesses relocating to or expanding in Georgia to support these activities.
More: http://www.hrc.org/blog/disney-marvel-studios-threaten-to-abandon-productions-in-georgia
“We applaud Disney and Marvel for standing up for fairness and equality by sending a strong warning to Governor Deal,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “It’s appalling that anti-LGBT activists in Georgia are trying to pass legislation creating an explicit right to discriminate against LGBT Americans. We urge other studios, major corporations, and fair-minded Georgians to continue speaking out and urging Gov. Deal to veto this heinous piece of legislation sitting on his desk.”
This past Saturday night at the Los Angeles HRC Gala, HRC President Chad Griffin addressed nearly 1,000 supporters and leaders in the entertainment industry and called on Hollywood to stop productions in Georgia if Gov. Nathan Deal doesn’t veto the new Indiana-style "license to discriminate" bill passed by the state legislature last week. According to the State of Georgia, which offers major tax incentives for entertainment companies to film in the state, at least 248 film and television productions were shot in Georgia during the state’s 2015 fiscal year. This resulted in at least $1.7 billion in direct spending as well as more than 100 new businesses relocating to or expanding in Georgia to support these activities.
More: http://www.hrc.org/blog/disney-marvel-studios-threaten-to-abandon-productions-in-georgia
What does Nick Fury think of this? Well let’s ask him:
But wait – this passing of the bill in North Carolina might have even further complications for colleges if the proposed bill gets fast tracked:
http://m.indyweek.com/news/archives/2016/03/23/aclu-north-carolina-could-lose-45-billion-in-title-ix-funding-over-bathroom-bill-nice-work-general-assembly
ACLU: North Carolina Could Lose $4.5 Billion in Title IX Funding over Bathroom Bill. Nice Work, General Assembly
If North Carolina moves ahead and passes the bill the special session is considering today, the state could lose billions in Title IX funding.
Title IX is a provision of the 1972 Education Amendments law that says: “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
Title IX applies to any school that receives federal funding, which include about 16,500 local districts, 7,500 postsecondary institutions, "as well as charter schools, for-profit schools, libraries, and museums." In 2014, the Department of Education clarified that transgender students are, in fact, protected under Title IX.
ACLU: North Carolina Could Lose $4.5 Billion in Title IX Funding over Bathroom Bill. Nice Work, General Assembly
If North Carolina moves ahead and passes the bill the special session is considering today, the state could lose billions in Title IX funding.
Title IX is a provision of the 1972 Education Amendments law that says: “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
Title IX applies to any school that receives federal funding, which include about 16,500 local districts, 7,500 postsecondary institutions, "as well as charter schools, for-profit schools, libraries, and museums." In 2014, the Department of Education clarified that transgender students are, in fact, protected under Title IX.
That’s $4.5 BILLION that North Carolina schools could stand to lose if this bigoted bill passes this week. Which if you think about it, is the gross domestic product of the entire country of Barbados:
Well I do love this – there was a trans man named JP Sheffield actually tweeted this, and utterly destroyed the “logic” (or lack thereof) behind North Carolina’s insane bill:
http://usuncut.com/resistance/north-carolina-anti-lgbt-bathroom-law/
North Carolina signed into law last Wednesday one of the most flagrant civil rights violations in recent history, a bill specifically designed to forbid cities from passing protections for the LGBT community.
The right-wing hysteria erupted after Charlotte passed an ordinance to protect trans citizens from being bullied and assaulted for using bathrooms that fit their gender. Governor Pat McCrory said the ordinance “defied common sense” in a tweet that belied his obvious disgust with the transgender community.
North Carolina signed into law last Wednesday one of the most flagrant civil rights violations in recent history, a bill specifically designed to forbid cities from passing protections for the LGBT community.
The right-wing hysteria erupted after Charlotte passed an ordinance to protect trans citizens from being bullied and assaulted for using bathrooms that fit their gender. Governor Pat McCrory said the ordinance “defied common sense” in a tweet that belied his obvious disgust with the transgender community.
But while Georgia hasn’t stated where they will vote on this particular bill in the forthcoming weeks, North Carolina did this:
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/pat_mccrory_says_he_signed_the_broadest_anti_lgbt_bill_in_the_country_to_prevent_government_overreach
On Wednesday in a special session North Carolina lawmakers rammed through HB2, a bill that they were granted a mere five minutes to read before beginning debate. A bill that literally made its way through both chambers of the General Assembly, onto the governor's desk, and signed into law in a mere 12 hours.
Even before the City of Charlotte began debate on a bill to extend nondiscrimination protections to LGBT people, North Carolina's Governor Pat McCrory issued a strong threat. He told City Council members, "this action of allowing a person with male anatomy, for example, to use a female restroom or locker room will most likely cause immediate State legislative intervention which I would support as governor."
As soon as the Mayor of Charlotte signed the nondiscrimination ordinance, McCrory and top elected Republican lawmakers sprung into action. They threw the state into chaos, which affected even school aged children. One, a sixth-grader whose best friend is transgender, wrote an op-ed in a local paper urging Gov. McCrory to stop his hypocritical campaign. Wisely, she said, "many people have a similar opinion to McCrory’s, and this opinion is that it puts cisgender people at risk. They say that some people may pretend to be transgender just to 'stalk' people in the bathroom."...
“The basic expectation of privacy in the most personal of settings, a restroom or locker room, for each gender was violated by government overreach and intrusion by the mayor and city council of Charlotte," McCrory trumpeted in a statement after signing the bill Wednesday night.
On Wednesday in a special session North Carolina lawmakers rammed through HB2, a bill that they were granted a mere five minutes to read before beginning debate. A bill that literally made its way through both chambers of the General Assembly, onto the governor's desk, and signed into law in a mere 12 hours.
Even before the City of Charlotte began debate on a bill to extend nondiscrimination protections to LGBT people, North Carolina's Governor Pat McCrory issued a strong threat. He told City Council members, "this action of allowing a person with male anatomy, for example, to use a female restroom or locker room will most likely cause immediate State legislative intervention which I would support as governor."
As soon as the Mayor of Charlotte signed the nondiscrimination ordinance, McCrory and top elected Republican lawmakers sprung into action. They threw the state into chaos, which affected even school aged children. One, a sixth-grader whose best friend is transgender, wrote an op-ed in a local paper urging Gov. McCrory to stop his hypocritical campaign. Wisely, she said, "many people have a similar opinion to McCrory’s, and this opinion is that it puts cisgender people at risk. They say that some people may pretend to be transgender just to 'stalk' people in the bathroom."...
“The basic expectation of privacy in the most personal of settings, a restroom or locker room, for each gender was violated by government overreach and intrusion by the mayor and city council of Charlotte," McCrory trumpeted in a statement after signing the bill Wednesday night.
There you have it, we officially live in the Matrix.
[font size="8"]Mitch McConnell[/font]
So this week there was another massive Isis planned terror attack in the city of Brussels, Belgium, which we will address later in this edition. There’s some truly terrible shit going down right now. But you know who would aid the terrorists as much as anybody? Putting an NRA sponsored shill on the Supreme Court and that’s Kentucky Senator and after guy from a hemorrhoid infomercial Mitch McConnell.
Supreme Court justices are nominated by the president and appointed with the advice and consent of the National Rifle Association, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
McConnell offered this unusual view of the confirmation process during an interview with Fox News Sunday. In response to a question from host Chris Wallace, who asked if Senate Republicans would consider the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court after the election if Hillary Clinton prevails, McConnell responded that he “can’t imagine that a Republican majority in the United States Senate would want to confirm, in a lame duck session, a nominee opposed by the National Rifle Association [and] the National Federation of Independent Businesses.”
The Majority Leader’s statement is significant for several reasons. For one thing, it suggests that his previously stated position that “this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President,” is a sham. Simply put, it’s unlikely that the NRA or the NFIB will change their position on a nominee just because Hillary Clinton is president and not Barack Obama.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/03/20/3761908/mcconnell-no-new-supreme-court-justice-until-the-nra-approves-of-the-nominee/
McConnell offered this unusual view of the confirmation process during an interview with Fox News Sunday. In response to a question from host Chris Wallace, who asked if Senate Republicans would consider the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court after the election if Hillary Clinton prevails, McConnell responded that he “can’t imagine that a Republican majority in the United States Senate would want to confirm, in a lame duck session, a nominee opposed by the National Rifle Association [and] the National Federation of Independent Businesses.”
The Majority Leader’s statement is significant for several reasons. For one thing, it suggests that his previously stated position that “this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President,” is a sham. Simply put, it’s unlikely that the NRA or the NFIB will change their position on a nominee just because Hillary Clinton is president and not Barack Obama.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/03/20/3761908/mcconnell-no-new-supreme-court-justice-until-the-nra-approves-of-the-nominee/
Gee, Mitch, why don't you just cut out the middle man and give Obama the finger yourself?
You know let’s think about what Sen. McConnell is proposing here. He literally wants to put a gun absolutionist on SCOTUS. Because that’s what the NRA wants – a world where everybody has guns and nobody is in charge. And if you saw what happened in Brussels this week and Paris back in November, that seems to be where we’re headed. But there’s more:
http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/03/20/mitch-mcconnell-to-fox-news-nra-must-approve-of-new-supreme-court-justice/
Mitch McConnell refuses to give up. Despite President Obama moving forward and nominating Merrick Garland to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, the Kentucky Senator is sticking to his guns, literally in this case, and insisting on blocking Garland as the nominee. In an interview with Fox News Sunday this morning, McConnell told host Chris Wallace that a new Supreme Court justice must have the approval of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Wallace specifically asked McConnell if, should Hillary Clinton become president, he would consider the nomination of Merrick Garland. McConnell told Wallace:
‘I can’t imagine that a Republican majority in the United States Senate would want to confirm, in a lame duck session, a nominee opposed by the National Rifle Association and the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB).’...
Mitch McConnell refuses to give up. Despite President Obama moving forward and nominating Merrick Garland to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, the Kentucky Senator is sticking to his guns, literally in this case, and insisting on blocking Garland as the nominee. In an interview with Fox News Sunday this morning, McConnell told host Chris Wallace that a new Supreme Court justice must have the approval of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Wallace specifically asked McConnell if, should Hillary Clinton become president, he would consider the nomination of Merrick Garland. McConnell told Wallace:
‘I can’t imagine that a Republican majority in the United States Senate would want to confirm, in a lame duck session, a nominee opposed by the National Rifle Association and the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB).’...
So let’s think about this here for a minute – McConnell wants a SCOTUS justice who’s approved by both the NFIB and the NRA. By the way the Miami Herald has taken the liberty of breaking down McConnell’s bullshit about why he will obstruct and block Obama’s every SCOTUS pick from now until next January:
A few words about the pious insincerity of Mitch McConnell.
As you are no doubt aware, McConnell, the Senate majority leader, announced on the very day that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died that he would refuse to hold hearings on any replacement nominated by President Obama. McConnell’s “reasoning,” if you want to grace it with that word, was that since the president has less than a year left in his term, the appointment should be made by whomever the American people choose as his successor.
Last week, after Obama fulfilled his constitutional duty by nominating respected federal judge Merrick Garland to the post, McConnell renewed his refusal. “The Biden rule,” he said, “reminds us that the decision the Senate announced weeks ago remains about a principle and not a person. It seems clear that President Obama made this nomination not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed, but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election.”
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article67628897.html#storylink=cpy
As you are no doubt aware, McConnell, the Senate majority leader, announced on the very day that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died that he would refuse to hold hearings on any replacement nominated by President Obama. McConnell’s “reasoning,” if you want to grace it with that word, was that since the president has less than a year left in his term, the appointment should be made by whomever the American people choose as his successor.
Last week, after Obama fulfilled his constitutional duty by nominating respected federal judge Merrick Garland to the post, McConnell renewed his refusal. “The Biden rule,” he said, “reminds us that the decision the Senate announced weeks ago remains about a principle and not a person. It seems clear that President Obama made this nomination not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed, but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election.”
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article67628897.html#storylink=cpy
Now to close out this edition, a band that I love is Coheed and Cambria. Their new album is called “The Color Before The Sun” and if you don’t have it, get it because it’s a damn good album! Well this article has a video of them but I can’t embed it because there’s no Youtube link:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has led the Republican fight to avoid approving Merrick Garland—or any other candidate nominated by President Obama—to the Supreme Court. Over the last week, he’s been front and center explaining why he doesn’t think a justice should be seated until after a new president has been elected.
Now one rock band has set the senator’s objections to music.
Coheed and Cambria is a band from New York state’s Hudson River Valley. They’re not usually a political band—nearly every album they’ve released is part of a multipart science fiction epic. But for the second time, the group has teamed up with Funny or Die to wade into the Supreme Court debate.
http://fortune.com/2016/03/23/coheed-cambria-mitch-mcconell/
Now one rock band has set the senator’s objections to music.
Coheed and Cambria is a band from New York state’s Hudson River Valley. They’re not usually a political band—nearly every album they’ve released is part of a multipart science fiction epic. But for the second time, the group has teamed up with Funny or Die to wade into the Supreme Court debate.
http://fortune.com/2016/03/23/coheed-cambria-mitch-mcconell/
[font size="8"]Donald Trump Supporters [/font]
Before we get into this week’s edition of Trumpenfuror supporters let’s take a look at a preacher who claims that white people were the “chosen ones”:
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/03/11/religious-nuttiness-jesus-jew.html
Well known is the old English adage that Jesus is an Englishman. But the quaint charm of an assertion like that is missing entirely when one of Donald Trump’s supporters says Jesus wasn’t a Jew.
It is a view altogether too reminiscent of Hitler’s conception of Jesus as an “Aryan fighter” who “who took up His position against Jewry.”
This new claim comes from Thomas Robb, whom the SPLC describes as “an Arkansas-based Christian Identity pastor and head of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which he took over in the 1980s after the departure of David Duke.”
According to Robb, appearing on “The Alan Colmes Show” on Fox Radio Wednesday, Jesus was not a Jew. “He was an Israelite.” If that distinction seems bizarre, read on.
White supremacism. Just…………… what the fuck.
From the “Gee, what could possibly go wrong?” file comes this. Donald Trump supporters are a dangerous and scary bunch. Last week I talked about how Trump supporters were threatening murder, convention riots, desecrating cemeteries, they were looting and beating the shit out of people who they disagree with, and Trumpenfuror was absolutely fine with it! In fact, he is actually encouraging this sort of thing! But there’s something that I touched on last week that I want to expand on for this week. And that is this:
Donald J. Trump warned of “riots” around the Republican National Convention should he fall slightly short of the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination and the party moves to select another candidate.
The remark from Mr. Trump, in an interview on CNN’s “New Day,” came less than 12 hours after he won the Republican primaries in Florida, Illinois and North Carolina and extended his delegate lead to roughly 200 over his closest competitor, Senator Ted Cruz.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/16/donald-trump-warns-of-riots-if-party-blocks-him-at-convention/
The remark from Mr. Trump, in an interview on CNN’s “New Day,” came less than 12 hours after he won the Republican primaries in Florida, Illinois and North Carolina and extended his delegate lead to roughly 200 over his closest competitor, Senator Ted Cruz.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/16/donald-trump-warns-of-riots-if-party-blocks-him-at-convention/
That’s right – Trumpenfuror is actually threatening convention riots if he is not selected as the republican front runner. I mean even the Cleveland PD are actively training for such a scenario, but here’s where things could go horribly, horribly south.
For all the ink spilled on the upcoming GOP visit to Cleveland and the attendant worries about Cleveland's ability to deal with protestors in general and the sometimes violent nature of interactions between some Republican supporters and protestors around the country so far this year, sometimes it feels like the city isn't fully prepared for what is actually coming down the pike.
Which brings us to this petition on Change.org, from Americans for Responsible Open Carry, which demands that THE POWERS THAT BE force Quicken Loans Arena to temporarily set aside its ban on weapons inside the arena so that folks can enjoy the Trumpian majesty of the convention while bearing arms.
http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/03/24/3000-people-have-signed-a-petition-demanding-open-carry-inside-quicken-loans-arena-during-the-rnc
Which brings us to this petition on Change.org, from Americans for Responsible Open Carry, which demands that THE POWERS THAT BE force Quicken Loans Arena to temporarily set aside its ban on weapons inside the arena so that folks can enjoy the Trumpian majesty of the convention while bearing arms.
http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/03/24/3000-people-have-signed-a-petition-demanding-open-carry-inside-quicken-loans-arena-during-the-rnc
Holy shit! Trump’s brain dead supporters are actively trying to get Quicken Loans Arena to overturn their ban on open carry just for the RNC. And the text of the argument is flat out batshit insane:
According to the policy on their website, "firearms and other weapons of any kind are strictly forbidden on the premises of Quicken Loans Arena."
This is a direct affront to the Second Amendment and puts all attendees at risk. As the National Rifle Association has made clear, "gun-free zones" such as the Quicken Loans Arena are "the worst and most dangerous of all lies." The NRA, our leading defender of gun rights, has also correctly pointed out that "gun free zones... tell every insane killer in America... (the) safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk." (March 4, 2016 and Dec. 21, 2012)
Cleveland, Ohio is consistently ranked as one of the top ten most dangerous cities in America. By forcing attendees to leave their firearms at home, the RNC and Quicken Loans Arena are putting tens of thousands of people at risk both inside and outside of the convention site.
This doesn't even begin to factor in the possibility of an ISIS terrorist attack on the arena during the convention. Without the right to protect themselves, those at the Quicken Loans Arena will be sitting ducks, utterly helpless against evil-doers, criminals or others who wish to threaten the American way of life.
This is a direct affront to the Second Amendment and puts all attendees at risk. As the National Rifle Association has made clear, "gun-free zones" such as the Quicken Loans Arena are "the worst and most dangerous of all lies." The NRA, our leading defender of gun rights, has also correctly pointed out that "gun free zones... tell every insane killer in America... (the) safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk." (March 4, 2016 and Dec. 21, 2012)
Cleveland, Ohio is consistently ranked as one of the top ten most dangerous cities in America. By forcing attendees to leave their firearms at home, the RNC and Quicken Loans Arena are putting tens of thousands of people at risk both inside and outside of the convention site.
This doesn't even begin to factor in the possibility of an ISIS terrorist attack on the arena during the convention. Without the right to protect themselves, those at the Quicken Loans Arena will be sitting ducks, utterly helpless against evil-doers, criminals or others who wish to threaten the American way of life.
You know what? I need some appropriate music for this entry. Can we get that please?
Remember that one guy last week who told liberal websites like Moveon.org to shut up or they’ll start shooting?
Right wing media have argued that anti-Trump protesters should expect "to get beat up" at his rallies, and others have labeled him the "victim", claiming the protesters infringe on Trump's First Amendment rights and are "totalitarian" and "fascist." Right wing media figures have blamed MoveOn.org for "orchestrat violence" and hijacking "what was to be a peaceful campaign rally," despite the fact that the group was there to protest previous incidents of violence at Trump rallies. Trump apologist and CNN contributor Jeffrey Lord described MoveOn.org as "the new Ku Klux Klan."
On March 16, conservative author Mathew Vadum took to Twitter, and threatened MoveOn.org saying, "Note to MoveOn anti-free speech thugs: Our side has guns, tens of millions of them. Behave yourselves. #tcot."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/03/16/conservative-author-threatens-anti-trump-protes/209330
On March 16, conservative author Mathew Vadum took to Twitter, and threatened MoveOn.org saying, "Note to MoveOn anti-free speech thugs: Our side has guns, tens of millions of them. Behave yourselves. #tcot."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/03/16/conservative-author-threatens-anti-trump-protes/209330
Something tells me I should be out of the country come convention time. What’s Ensenada, Mexico like that time of year?
[font size="8"]The State Of Arizona[/font]
So Trumpenfuror easily won Arizona this week. But not without controversy and this is in the hometown of everyone’s favorite illegal immigrant chasing Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is an admitted fan of Der Trumpenfuror:
"Let's be clear -- voter suppression happened on March 22. We don't know at this point if it was by chance or by planning, but no matter what, there's nothing we can do to deny that voter suppression happened," he said. "Sitting and standing in line four to five hours to vote, even if you end up voting, is still voter suppression. And the fact that people are not questioning whether their vote is counted at all is also suppression."
Historically, the Department of Justice had to approve any changes in voting procedure in Arizona because of the state's history of discrimination against minorities in voting. But a Supreme Court decision in 2013 allowed Arizona to begin making changes without federal oversight. Leaders said if federal scrutiny had been required before making changes, Tuesday's situation would have never happened.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who lost Arizona to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, called the situation "a disgrace."
"In the United States of America, democracy is the foundation of our way of life," the Democratic presidential hopeful said Wednesday. "And what happened in Arizona is a disgrace. I hope that every state in this country learns from that and learns how to put together a proper election where people can come in and vote in a timely manner and go back to work."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/24/politics/arizona-voting-investigation-department-justice/index.html
Historically, the Department of Justice had to approve any changes in voting procedure in Arizona because of the state's history of discrimination against minorities in voting. But a Supreme Court decision in 2013 allowed Arizona to begin making changes without federal oversight. Leaders said if federal scrutiny had been required before making changes, Tuesday's situation would have never happened.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who lost Arizona to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, called the situation "a disgrace."
"In the United States of America, democracy is the foundation of our way of life," the Democratic presidential hopeful said Wednesday. "And what happened in Arizona is a disgrace. I hope that every state in this country learns from that and learns how to put together a proper election where people can come in and vote in a timely manner and go back to work."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/24/politics/arizona-voting-investigation-department-justice/index.html
Yup – Bernie had it right here. This is absolutely a disgrace and an epic fail. It’s almost like it’s being rigged by the powers that be that Der Trumpenfuror take over as president.
[font size="8"]Donald Trump V. Ted Cruz: Yawn Of Justice[/font]
We’ve talked about Trump a lot the last few weeks, but you know what I’ve had enough this week. We may do a Trump free edition next week. It will be hard but it must be done. But I do have to talk about Trump V. Cruz. As Stephen Colbert pointed out in his most excellent Hunger Games parody, the field of presidential candidates is slowly narrowing and now it’s down to four:
But you know what? Forget The Hunger Games. This is playing out more like a terrible season of “The Bachelor”. The cycle of the broadest candidates is slowly narrowing. The roses have been handed out to the people who we want to stay – Bernie, Hillary, Teddy, and the Donald. We just have to meet the parents, go on a series of hometown dates and have the previous contestants tell all about the few that remain. But now the gloves have come off, and The Donald has been attacking Ted Cruz’s wife fast and furiously:
Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is accusing rival Donald Trump of being behind a National Enquirer story claiming private investigators are looking into allegations that Cruz had at least five extramarital affairs.
"I want to be crystal clear: these attacks are garbage," Cruz wrote on his Facebook page. "For Donald J. Trump to enlist his friends at the National Enquirer and his political henchmen to do his bidding shows you that there is no low Donald won’t go. These smears are completely false, they’re offensive to Heidi and me, they’re offensive to our daughters, and they’re offensive to everyone Donald continues to personally attack. Donald Trump’s consistently disgraceful behavior is beneath the office we are seeking and we are not going to follow."
Trump, responding on his Facebook page, wrote that he had "absolutely nothing to do with it, did not know about it, and have not, as yet, read it.
"Likewise, I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer and unlike Lyin’ Ted Cruz I do not surround myself with political hacks and henchman and then pretend total innocence," he wrote. "Ted Cruz’s problem with the National Enquirer is his and his alone, and while they were right about O.J. Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin’ Ted Cruz."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/03/25/ted-cruz-blames-donald-trump-enquirer-affairs-story/82257996/
"I want to be crystal clear: these attacks are garbage," Cruz wrote on his Facebook page. "For Donald J. Trump to enlist his friends at the National Enquirer and his political henchmen to do his bidding shows you that there is no low Donald won’t go. These smears are completely false, they’re offensive to Heidi and me, they’re offensive to our daughters, and they’re offensive to everyone Donald continues to personally attack. Donald Trump’s consistently disgraceful behavior is beneath the office we are seeking and we are not going to follow."
Trump, responding on his Facebook page, wrote that he had "absolutely nothing to do with it, did not know about it, and have not, as yet, read it.
"Likewise, I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer and unlike Lyin’ Ted Cruz I do not surround myself with political hacks and henchman and then pretend total innocence," he wrote. "Ted Cruz’s problem with the National Enquirer is his and his alone, and while they were right about O.J. Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin’ Ted Cruz."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/03/25/ted-cruz-blames-donald-trump-enquirer-affairs-story/82257996/
Seriously – if I had a dollar for every time Trumpenfuror has said “I” and “me” , I would probably have as much money as Trumpenfuror! But here’s where things have gone south in the ongoing feud between Trumpenfuror and Cruz, and even Chelsea Clinton herself dipped a toe in to explain her feelings about the attacking of Ted Cruz’s wife Heidi:
"Well, I wouldn't defend anything that Senator Cruz and Mr. Trump says, or believes in, or stands for," Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s daughter said at a Wisconsin campaign stop. "I think that the level of vitriol goes beyond anything that we certainly have seen in contemporary times in this election, and I think that anyone who is involved in politics … continues to stand up against that type of vitriol and hate speech.”
On Wednesday, Trump ignited a nasty battle with Cruz after he posted a meme making fun of Cruz’s wife Heidi’s appearance.
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/chelsea-clinton-slams-donald-trump-ted-cruzs-wife-war-w200304
On Wednesday, Trump ignited a nasty battle with Cruz after he posted a meme making fun of Cruz’s wife Heidi’s appearance.
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/chelsea-clinton-slams-donald-trump-ted-cruzs-wife-war-w200304
But now the gloves have come off. Who do you want to win? Donald Trump or Ted Cruz? Either way they’re both losers.
“Donald, you’re a sniveling coward, and leave Heidi the hell alone,” Cruz said, pointing his finger at news cameras just before addressing employees at Dane Manufacturing, a plant located in a village of about 1,000 people located about 20 miles north of Madison. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker kicked off his re-election campaign in 2014 at the facility.
The two leading Republican candidates have been fighting on Twitter throughout the week over their wives. Late Wednesday night, Trump retweeted an image showing a side-by-side comparison of his wife, Melania, with Cruz’s wife, with a declaration that the images were “worth a thousand words.”
The feud began when an anti-Trump Super PAC used an apparently nude photo of Melania from an old photo shoot in one of its ads. Trump blamed Cruz for the ad, and threatened to “spill the beans” on Heidi. The two have continued to trade jabs, mostly over Twitter. For more on that, check this handy Washington Post timeline of the bickering.
Cruz on Thursday said Trump’s attacks are the work of a “small, petty man intimidated by strong women.”
“Donald does seem to have an issue with women,” Cruz told reporters. “Donald doesn’t like strong women. Strong women scare Donald.”..............................
Read more: http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/in-wisconsin-ted-cruz-warns-donald-trump-to-leave-heidi/article_dc4e0b35-5389-5096-8d3c-1c777908d104.html
The two leading Republican candidates have been fighting on Twitter throughout the week over their wives. Late Wednesday night, Trump retweeted an image showing a side-by-side comparison of his wife, Melania, with Cruz’s wife, with a declaration that the images were “worth a thousand words.”
The feud began when an anti-Trump Super PAC used an apparently nude photo of Melania from an old photo shoot in one of its ads. Trump blamed Cruz for the ad, and threatened to “spill the beans” on Heidi. The two have continued to trade jabs, mostly over Twitter. For more on that, check this handy Washington Post timeline of the bickering.
Cruz on Thursday said Trump’s attacks are the work of a “small, petty man intimidated by strong women.”
“Donald does seem to have an issue with women,” Cruz told reporters. “Donald doesn’t like strong women. Strong women scare Donald.”..............................
Read more: http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/in-wisconsin-ted-cruz-warns-donald-trump-to-leave-heidi/article_dc4e0b35-5389-5096-8d3c-1c777908d104.html
Excuse me, I'm going to let Donald and Ted Cruz go slug it out for a few rounds while I go watch Batman V. Superman. Wake me up when it's over.
[font size="8"]The Bundy Bunch [/font]
Here’s the story of a man named Cliven who raised up three very angry sons. All of them hate the government. The youngest one said so on Facebook. Here’s the story of a man named Ammon who dug a poop trench and got dildos instead of snacks. And now they’re all behind bars as one big jail happy family. And that’s why they’re called the Bundy Bunch. The Bundy Bunch. I could do that bit all day.
Well so what are they in the news for this week? Well the FBI has begun clean up on their dildo poop trench freak show. And how much is it going to cost?
BURNS, Ore. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will spend roughly $4 million to clean, repair and upgrade the Oregon wildlife refuge that was the site of a 41-day armed occupation by ranchers earlier this year.
Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe said he wants the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns to become a symbol to the rest of the country that collaboration, not confrontation, endures, The Oregonian reported. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made similar statements during her visit to the refuge earlier this week.
http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/millions-taxpayers-oregon-refuge/#cxYq.gWAzEqE
Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe said he wants the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns to become a symbol to the rest of the country that collaboration, not confrontation, endures, The Oregonian reported. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made similar statements during her visit to the refuge earlier this week.
http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/millions-taxpayers-oregon-refuge/#cxYq.gWAzEqE
Gee thanks guys! Your inability to abide by the law and excessive greed is costing the rest of us nearly $4 million! And could cost as much as $65 million! But what else is in store for the Bundy Bunch? Well here’s just a bizarre sampling of what the FBI has found:
NEAR BURNS, Ore. — The public got its first look Wednesday of the damage found inside the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge since the 41-day armed occupation ended last month.
The media received a tour of the refuge.
Noticeably, the sign at the main entrance to the Visitor's Center was gone, probably saying the most about what went on during the occupation.
The landscape hasn't change, but there's a lot of work going on at the Visitor's Center. Refuge employees are working out of temporary modular buildings. There are a lot of big pipes, because the government said the occupiers clogged up the septic system and major repairs to plumbing would eventually get underway. There is currently no running water, no toilets, and no electricity at the Visitor's Center.
http://katu.com/news/local/cleanup-underway-at-refuge-occupation-costs-rise-to-65-million
The media received a tour of the refuge.
Noticeably, the sign at the main entrance to the Visitor's Center was gone, probably saying the most about what went on during the occupation.
The landscape hasn't change, but there's a lot of work going on at the Visitor's Center. Refuge employees are working out of temporary modular buildings. There are a lot of big pipes, because the government said the occupiers clogged up the septic system and major repairs to plumbing would eventually get underway. There is currently no running water, no toilets, and no electricity at the Visitor's Center.
http://katu.com/news/local/cleanup-underway-at-refuge-occupation-costs-rise-to-65-million
But wait there’s more – here’s a picture of what the FBI found and if you click on the link above, there is a picture of the famous poop trench:
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[font size="8"]Erik Prince[/font]
For this entry, we’re going to take a dip into the Top 10 “Where Are They Now” file. You might remember Blackwater / XE Holdings CEO Erik Prince right? The military contractor and serial killer for hire who stirred up a lot of shit in Iraq and Afghanistan? Well this week he’s back in the news and for some very unflattering reasons:
ERIK PRINCE, founder of the now-defunct mercenary firm Blackwater and current chairman of Frontier Services Group, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies for attempting to broker military services to foreign governments and possible money laundering, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the case.
What began as an investigation into Prince’s attempts to sell defense services in Libya and other countries in Africa has widened to a probe of allegations that Prince received assistance from Chinese intelligence to set up an account for his Libya operations through the Bank of China. The Justice Department, which declined to comment for this article, is also seeking to uncover the precise nature of Prince’s relationship with Chinese intelligence.
https://theintercept.com/2016/03/24/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-under-federal-investigation/
What began as an investigation into Prince’s attempts to sell defense services in Libya and other countries in Africa has widened to a probe of allegations that Prince received assistance from Chinese intelligence to set up an account for his Libya operations through the Bank of China. The Justice Department, which declined to comment for this article, is also seeking to uncover the precise nature of Prince’s relationship with Chinese intelligence.
https://theintercept.com/2016/03/24/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-under-federal-investigation/
Ouch. That’s some pretty deep shit there. Not just attempting to force a private mercenary army for hire on unsuspecting countries but money laundering on top of that! I mean is this guy the Walter White of serial killers for hire? This legitimate holding company is just as legitimate of a business as this car wash is!
But there’s more!
For more than a year, U.S. intelligence has been monitoring Prince’s communications and movements, according to a former senior U.S. intelligence officer and a second former intelligence official briefed on the investigation. Multiple sources, including two people with business ties to Prince, told The Intercept that current government and intelligence personnel informed them of this surveillance. Those with business ties were cautioned to sever their dealings with Prince.
Among the concerns of government investigators is that Prince’s attempts to provide defense-related services to Libya and other countries violate U.S. defense export regulations. Under federal law, U.S. citizens seeking to offer military services or technologies to Libya must have a license certifying that the services or articles are approved under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR. “Many of these services and articles are designed to kill people or defend against killing people,” said John Barker, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for export controls. “To protect U.S. national security and foreign policy as well as that of its allies, the U.S. requires prior authorization.”
Among the concerns of government investigators is that Prince’s attempts to provide defense-related services to Libya and other countries violate U.S. defense export regulations. Under federal law, U.S. citizens seeking to offer military services or technologies to Libya must have a license certifying that the services or articles are approved under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR. “Many of these services and articles are designed to kill people or defend against killing people,” said John Barker, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for export controls. “To protect U.S. national security and foreign policy as well as that of its allies, the U.S. requires prior authorization.”
Holy shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not only is he being monitored very closely by the NRA (as President Frank Underwood called them “the biggest gun in his arsenal”), but he’s attempting to start World War III! I mean could this guy be any more of a maniacal armchair dictator if he tried?
[font size="8"]Alex Jones[/font]
Before I delve into how batshit fucking crazy Alex Jones is this week, anyone remember that movie Chappie? It wasn’t Neil Blomkamp’s best film by any means but the whole plot revolved around a police robot being kidnapped and reprogrammed to have human feelings. Well in a case of life imitating art this week, a group of hackers and trolls kidnapped a Microsoft chat room bot only to reprogram it with insane feelings of genocide, racism, and extreme misogynism. Can I have “Things that sound like what an Infowars fan would say” for $200, Alex?
Microsoft launched a smart chat bot Wednesday called “Tay.” It looks like a photograph of a teenage girl rendered on a broken computer monitor, and it can communicate with people via Twitter, Kik and GroupMe. It’s supposed to talk like a millennial teenage girl.
Less than 24 hours after the program was launched, Tay reportedly began to spew racist, genocidal and misogynistic messages to users
"To be clear, Tay learned these phrases from humans on the Internet. As Microsoft puts it on Tay’s website, “The more you chat with Tay the smarter she gets, so the experience can be more personalized for you.” Trolls taught Tay these words and phrases, and then Tay repeated that stuff to other people."
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/microsoft-tay-racist-tweets_us_56f3e678e4b04c4c37615502
Less than 24 hours after the program was launched, Tay reportedly began to spew racist, genocidal and misogynistic messages to users
"To be clear, Tay learned these phrases from humans on the Internet. As Microsoft puts it on Tay’s website, “The more you chat with Tay the smarter she gets, so the experience can be more personalized for you.” Trolls taught Tay these words and phrases, and then Tay repeated that stuff to other people."
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/microsoft-tay-racist-tweets_us_56f3e678e4b04c4c37615502
While I won’t blame Infowars fans directly, we can also blame them indirectly, for their batshit crazy leader Alex Jones was at it again this time claiming that the horrendous ISIS attack on Brussels this week was yet another false flag operation designed to take away your right to bear arms and say horribly racist things about Muslim people:
JONES: So we got 34 dead, ISIS is taking responsibility. Donald Trump has shown his geopolitical foxiness in that he told AIPAC yesterday, just hours before this happened, that NATO has been basically backing ISIS, and is no friend of Israel.
And that's just true. How astute. Hollande, Merkel, France more than anybody, has been backing Al Qaeda and now Islamic State, it's the elephant in the room. All over the Middle East, all over North Africa, especially Libya and Syria, and that's what's so frustrating about watching the communist Hollande, the communist Merkel, go, "We will stand strong against this terror. We will keep the emergency going and take all your rights and arrest anybody who's right wing and criticizes Islam."
They bring 'em in, unvetted, they let 'em attack, and then they take your rights. This is the ultimate false flag.
Brussels attacks are a false flag. I want to go with that, then all the enemies and detractors will come in and attack us, national news will say that I said it didn't happen, and then everyone will find the truth and millions will watch it.
http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/03/22/trump-media-ally-alex-jones-on-brussels-attacks/209452
And that's just true. How astute. Hollande, Merkel, France more than anybody, has been backing Al Qaeda and now Islamic State, it's the elephant in the room. All over the Middle East, all over North Africa, especially Libya and Syria, and that's what's so frustrating about watching the communist Hollande, the communist Merkel, go, "We will stand strong against this terror. We will keep the emergency going and take all your rights and arrest anybody who's right wing and criticizes Islam."
They bring 'em in, unvetted, they let 'em attack, and then they take your rights. This is the ultimate false flag.
Brussels attacks are a false flag. I want to go with that, then all the enemies and detractors will come in and attack us, national news will say that I said it didn't happen, and then everyone will find the truth and millions will watch it.
http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/03/22/trump-media-ally-alex-jones-on-brussels-attacks/209452
Let me see if I can follow Infowars “logic” or complete lack thereof for a minute. So if I have this right, he’s saying that the government is actively recruiting ISIS agents to commit terrorism in Western Europe. So over here, while that is going on, the government recruits pro-Islamic militants in the US government to enact laws to take away your right to free speech that you can’t say anything bad about the Muslim religion.
But what rights are being taken away? It certainly isn’t your right to free speech – that’s still protected. It certainly isn’t your right to bear arms. What else is there? Your right to vote is being taken away. There is that!
[font size="8"]Caitlyn Jenner[/font]
So we’ve talked about LGBT issues this week a lot, especially with the passing of that disgusting bill in North Carolina. Well if there’s one thing the republicans are good at, it’s getting people to vote against their best interests. And no one is more confused about that than Caitlyn Jenner. OK Cait, we love you as a celebrity and that you’re making it easier for other trans people to live their life the way they want, and it’s great that you are finally getting to live the life you want to live. But you’ve got to wake up and realize that the people who you want to be in power, as a trans woman, are people who do not represent your best interests at all. And I’m talking about this:
In his bid for the presidency, Ted Cruz (R) has consistently surrounded himself with some of the most extreme social conservatives in the country. In addition to appearing beside these individuals at various events, he also recruited a Religious Liberty Advisory Council — what Fox News’ Todd Starnes calls a “faith-based Justice League.”
Through Starnes, Cruz unveiled this week just what kind of ideas this council has developed to protect “religious liberty.” Given the fact that his council consisted of representatives from only the most conservative iterations of Christianity, the 15-point list is unsurprisingly dedicated to privileging Christian beliefs and enabling discrimination against the LGBT community and women.
For example, one of the recommendations is to “rescind Executive Order 13672 – an order that requires certain federal contractors to not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.” This order, which Obama first issued back in 2014, requires companies that contract with the federal government to have a policy against discriminating against LGBT people. By vowing to rescind it, Cruz is blatantly endorsing such discrimination and promising to subsidize it with taxpayer funding.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/03/25/3763293/ted-cruz-religious-liberty/
Through Starnes, Cruz unveiled this week just what kind of ideas this council has developed to protect “religious liberty.” Given the fact that his council consisted of representatives from only the most conservative iterations of Christianity, the 15-point list is unsurprisingly dedicated to privileging Christian beliefs and enabling discrimination against the LGBT community and women.
For example, one of the recommendations is to “rescind Executive Order 13672 – an order that requires certain federal contractors to not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.” This order, which Obama first issued back in 2014, requires companies that contract with the federal government to have a policy against discriminating against LGBT people. By vowing to rescind it, Cruz is blatantly endorsing such discrimination and promising to subsidize it with taxpayer funding.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/03/25/3763293/ted-cruz-religious-liberty/
So Ted Cruz wouldn’t just expand on the disgusting law that happened in North Carolina, no he would make it a national law. Which not only scares the shit out of me, but it should scare the shit out of you too. But what does Caitlyn Jenner have to do with this? Well………… she wants to be Teddy’s “Trans Ambassador”. Whatever that is. I think I touched on this subject a couple of weeks ago. Well, Cait should not be surprised that Ted hasn’t called her back:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/caitlyn-jenner-said-interview-surprised-ted-cruz-hasnt-called-back-yet/
Caitlyn Jenner continues to be hopeful of becoming trans ambassador for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz even though she hasn’t heard a single word from him yet.
‘Have they contacted me? No. Which, ya, I was kinda surprised,’ said Jenner at a new interview with E! News where she sat alongside her crew, Ella Giselle, Candis Cayne, Chandi Moore and Zackary Drucker, from her show, I Am Cait.
When asked about her supposed endorsement of Cruz, who has a strong record of being anti-gay and pro-Christianity, this is what Jenner has to say:...
Previously, trans actress Candis Cayne, who has become one of Jenner’s closest friends in the trans community, shared that she is frustrated about Jenner’s ignorance on trans issues as well as the negative impact that right-wing conservatives have done to the LGBT community.
Caitlyn Jenner continues to be hopeful of becoming trans ambassador for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz even though she hasn’t heard a single word from him yet.
‘Have they contacted me? No. Which, ya, I was kinda surprised,’ said Jenner at a new interview with E! News where she sat alongside her crew, Ella Giselle, Candis Cayne, Chandi Moore and Zackary Drucker, from her show, I Am Cait.
When asked about her supposed endorsement of Cruz, who has a strong record of being anti-gay and pro-Christianity, this is what Jenner has to say:...
Previously, trans actress Candis Cayne, who has become one of Jenner’s closest friends in the trans community, shared that she is frustrated about Jenner’s ignorance on trans issues as well as the negative impact that right-wing conservatives have done to the LGBT community.
But this is why Caitlyn should be deathly afraid of and not support people who don’t represent her best interests because this is exactly what will happen with North Carolina’s law:
http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/03/22/23822054/an-anti-lgbt-hate-group-is-calling-themselves-pediatricians-to-attack-transgender-youth
In today's Things That Make Me Sick news: The American College of Pediatricians – a national anti-LGBT, anti-choice, anti-sex organization – released a statement yesterday, saying that it is harmful to accept transgender children's identities.
From ThinkProgress:
“The American College of Pediatricians urges educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex,” the statement reads. “Facts – not ideology – determine reality.” The “facts” that follow actually reflect a social conservative ideology that rejects the very reality of what transgender children experience.
For example, the statement not-so-subtly concludes that all transgender people must be mentally ill. “A person’s belief that he or she is something they are not is, at best, a sign of confused thinking,” the statement reads. “When an otherwise healthy biological boy believes he is a girl, or an otherwise healthy biological girl believes she is a boy, an objective psychological problem exists that lies in the mind not the body, and it should be treated as such.”
Let's be clear: "The ACP is not a legitimate medical organization; its name is designed to be mistaken for the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is a national organization with some 60,000 members. The ACP, by contrast, is estimated to have no more than 200 members, and it has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its anti-LGBT positions," ThinkProgress reports. (Emphasis mine.)
In today's Things That Make Me Sick news: The American College of Pediatricians – a national anti-LGBT, anti-choice, anti-sex organization – released a statement yesterday, saying that it is harmful to accept transgender children's identities.
From ThinkProgress:
“The American College of Pediatricians urges educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex,” the statement reads. “Facts – not ideology – determine reality.” The “facts” that follow actually reflect a social conservative ideology that rejects the very reality of what transgender children experience.
For example, the statement not-so-subtly concludes that all transgender people must be mentally ill. “A person’s belief that he or she is something they are not is, at best, a sign of confused thinking,” the statement reads. “When an otherwise healthy biological boy believes he is a girl, or an otherwise healthy biological girl believes she is a boy, an objective psychological problem exists that lies in the mind not the body, and it should be treated as such.”
Let's be clear: "The ACP is not a legitimate medical organization; its name is designed to be mistaken for the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is a national organization with some 60,000 members. The ACP, by contrast, is estimated to have no more than 200 members, and it has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its anti-LGBT positions," ThinkProgress reports. (Emphasis mine.)
God these people are fucking scumbags.
[font size="8"]Idiocracy Is Becoming A Reality[/font]
Finally this week, we’re going to talk about the movie Idiocracy which is celebrating its’ 10th year as a cult classic comedy. Everyone loves that movie, am I right? Can you believe it’s been 10 years now? That’s a lot of Brawndo The Thirst Mutilator to be consuming. Because it’s got what plants crave, don’t ya know! A couple of weeks ago, Entertainment Weekly interviewed head screenwriter Etan Cohen, who made a shocking revelation about the movie, and it has more to do than just the madness that is the Trump campaign:
Don’t expect to buy Brawndo energy drinks any time soon, but one of the writers behind Idiocracy believes his film has come to reflect society more than he ever expected.
Screenwriter Etan Cohen, who wrote the 2006 film along with its director Mike Judge, said on his Twitter that he “never expected Idiocracy to become a documentary.” Lamenting the current state of the world in response to a reply to his tweet, Cohen joked, “I thought the worst thing that would come true was everyone wearing Crocs.”
His comments of course come during the 2016 presidential election, but Cohen does not go into detail about whether he’s referring to the current slate of presidential hopefuls or other issues he sees plaguing society.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/25/idiocracy-screenwriter-film-has-become-documentary
Screenwriter Etan Cohen, who wrote the 2006 film along with its director Mike Judge, said on his Twitter that he “never expected Idiocracy to become a documentary.” Lamenting the current state of the world in response to a reply to his tweet, Cohen joked, “I thought the worst thing that would come true was everyone wearing Crocs.”
His comments of course come during the 2016 presidential election, but Cohen does not go into detail about whether he’s referring to the current slate of presidential hopefuls or other issues he sees plaguing society.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/25/idiocracy-screenwriter-film-has-become-documentary
Yup but there’s far more parallels than just President Cammacho and Adolf Hitler, Jr.! At least in the movie, Terry Crews / Pres. Cammacho had integrity. Trumpenfuror doesn’t even know what that means. But… he has the best words am I right?
Oh yes my friends. In fact I’m going to show you more than a few examples that will pertain to Idiocracy becoming a reality just like Mr. Cohen had said. But let’s start with revising the food pyramid, shall we? Old news, but still relevant to the topic at hand:
The final version of a spending bill released late Monday would unravel school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year, which included limiting the use of potatoes on the lunch line and delaying limits on sodium and delaying a requirement to boost whole grains.
The bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable, as it is now. USDA had wanted to prevent that.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45306416/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/t/pizza-vegetable-congress-says-yes/#.VvV-rUcXEjw
The bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable, as it is now. USDA had wanted to prevent that.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45306416/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/t/pizza-vegetable-congress-says-yes/#.VvV-rUcXEjw
Next up – we go to merry old England, where the British government announced via a Facebook poll, what to name it’s new insanely expensive research vessel:
The official name of a new multi-million pound research vessel could be the RRS Boaty McBoatface after the internet was asked for its ideas.
When the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) opened up suggestions to name their new ship, little could they have predicted what the frontrunner would be.
Steaming ahead of its rivals, RRS Boaty McBoatface is outstripping the likes of Endeavour, Henry Worsley, David Attenborough, Falcon and many more offerings.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/boaty-mcboatface-could-be-the-name-of-200m-research-vessel-after-public-vote-a6942551.html
Yup – that’s right! An £200 million research vessel could be called “Boaty McBoatface”. See the British government just learned a valuable lesson – when the government asks people to name something, they tend to fuck with it. As for the Idiocracy parallel I give you exhibit A:
Next up – why yes, someone did ask Sarah Palin to become a Judge Judy type on reality television, where Sarah Palin should belong. But judging people, you say?
Sarah Palin to get her own Judge Judy-style courtroom TV show
Palin has reportedly made a deal with Montana-based production company Warm Springs to star in her own reality court show.
... the production team “includes the TV executive who found Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown.”
Palin does not actually have a law degree, of course.
In this genre, though, almost all of the hosts such as Joseph Wapner, Judy Sheindlin, or Joe Brown have indeed been retired judges.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/sarah-palin-to-get-her-own-judge-judy-style-courtroom-tv-show-report/
Palin has reportedly made a deal with Montana-based production company Warm Springs to star in her own reality court show.
... the production team “includes the TV executive who found Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown.”
Palin does not actually have a law degree, of course.
In this genre, though, almost all of the hosts such as Joseph Wapner, Judy Sheindlin, or Joe Brown have indeed been retired judges.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/sarah-palin-to-get-her-own-judge-judy-style-courtroom-tv-show-report/
Well when Sarah Palin gives a speech like this:
I can only imagine what that will lead to in court!
Next up – we head to North Carolina where a guy got arrested for not returning the VHS copy of the movie “Freddie Got Fingered”. That should be a crime in and of itself for just having seen that movie!
http://abcnews.go.com/US/nc-man-arrested-returning-rental-vhs-tape-14/story?id=37897366
A North Carolina man says he was arrested for not returning a video cassette tape he rented 14 years ago.
James Meyers Jr., a single dad from Concord, said he was driving his 10-year-old daughter to school at around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when police pulled him over for a broken brake light. Meyers gave the police officers his driver’s license and was shocked when they said there was a warrant out for his arrest for not returning a VHS rental, "Freddy Got Fingered," from 2002, he said.
"They were chitchatting with me and talking about how ridiculous this is," Meyers told ABC News today. "Then they arrested me.
A North Carolina man says he was arrested for not returning a video cassette tape he rented 14 years ago.
James Meyers Jr., a single dad from Concord, said he was driving his 10-year-old daughter to school at around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when police pulled him over for a broken brake light. Meyers gave the police officers his driver’s license and was shocked when they said there was a warrant out for his arrest for not returning a VHS rental, "Freddy Got Fingered," from 2002, he said.
"They were chitchatting with me and talking about how ridiculous this is," Meyers told ABC News today. "Then they arrested me.
And then there’s this guy who has an unbelievably bizarre name change, just like Joe had his name accidentally changed to “Not Sure”:
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A man whose legal name has made headlines in recent years is accused of assaulting a college officer and a deputy, according to CBS affiliate KIRO.
Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop was arrested on Sunday. Citing court documents, The Olympian reported that the Wisconsin man was seen tearing down fliers at the Evergreen State College and a confrontation ensued with a campus officer.
During the struggle, he allegedly grabbed the officer's gun, but then bit the officer's ring finger several times. He also attempted to stab the officer with a pen, according to the newspaper.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beezow-doo-doo-zopittybop-bop-bop-arrested-in-wash-officers-assaults/
Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop was arrested on Sunday. Citing court documents, The Olympian reported that the Wisconsin man was seen tearing down fliers at the Evergreen State College and a confrontation ensued with a campus officer.
During the struggle, he allegedly grabbed the officer's gun, but then bit the officer's ring finger several times. He also attempted to stab the officer with a pen, according to the newspaper.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beezow-doo-doo-zopittybop-bop-bop-arrested-in-wash-officers-assaults/
Ah, if only we could buy cans of Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator. It’s got what plants crave! But who is the real villain in Idiocracy? It’s not exactly below average intelligence or mass hysteria and stupidity as one would believe. No this article explains that the real “enemy” in Idiocracy isn’t just all of the above, it’s really media consolidation:
The Real Villain in ‘Idiocracy’
In the opening sequence of the film, Mike Judge explains that the world has been ruined because smart people won’t fuck and dumb people fuck too much. Thanks to the fact that society had reached a point where nature’s ability to thin out the weakness of the herd was rendered moot, stupid spread exponentially while smart people are eventually weeded out of society.
As a result, several people have concluded that Idiocracy is actually a tacit endorsement of eugenics. While that interpretation of the film is up for debate, the point being made is that, “Idiocracy lays the blame [for society’s ills] at the feet of an undeserved target (the poor) while implicitly advocating a terrible solution (eugenics).”
If that interpretation is to be believed, then even Judge is underplaying the inestimable influence that the media has on the world he’s created. It’s not enough to accuse the people who love reality television for being dumb. At least in part, you have to look suspiciously at the people who control the flow of information.
It’s not that the people of Idiocracy are stupid, it’s that they’ve been programmed to be ignorant. Society’s decline isn’t the result of humanity’s foibles as much as it is the result of a system that glamorizes the baser aspects of human nature while sublimating the more complex virtues that make humanity worthwhile.
https://www.inverse.com/article/13018-there-s-more-to-idiocracy-than-the-trump-camacho-connection
In the opening sequence of the film, Mike Judge explains that the world has been ruined because smart people won’t fuck and dumb people fuck too much. Thanks to the fact that society had reached a point where nature’s ability to thin out the weakness of the herd was rendered moot, stupid spread exponentially while smart people are eventually weeded out of society.
As a result, several people have concluded that Idiocracy is actually a tacit endorsement of eugenics. While that interpretation of the film is up for debate, the point being made is that, “Idiocracy lays the blame [for society’s ills] at the feet of an undeserved target (the poor) while implicitly advocating a terrible solution (eugenics).”
If that interpretation is to be believed, then even Judge is underplaying the inestimable influence that the media has on the world he’s created. It’s not enough to accuse the people who love reality television for being dumb. At least in part, you have to look suspiciously at the people who control the flow of information.
It’s not that the people of Idiocracy are stupid, it’s that they’ve been programmed to be ignorant. Society’s decline isn’t the result of humanity’s foibles as much as it is the result of a system that glamorizes the baser aspects of human nature while sublimating the more complex virtues that make humanity worthwhile.
https://www.inverse.com/article/13018-there-s-more-to-idiocracy-than-the-trump-camacho-connection
So does that explain why people are voting against their best interests like Caitlyn Jenner? Because that is how we get president Trump, er, Camacho.
See you next week!
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Thanks for the hard work
