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Ronna McDaniel Wins Rare 4th Term as RNC Chair

#20 | POSTED BY GAL_TUESDAY

So instead of falling in line with a perfectly good explanation about being a gay escort that Paul Pelosi called, Depape lays out a massively unbelievable narrative about attempting to be the vehicle of justice to stop democrats from further harming his country, and by doing so implicated himself in crimes involving breaking and entering and attempted murder.

And according to BLUEWAFFLES, he's doing this to undermine his own legitimate defense, purposefully. And it's all based on Paul Pelosi potentially holding a cocktail in his left hand.

Makes a lot of sense, eh GAL?

Posted by rstybeach11 at 2023-01-29 09:18 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday

Her win is one step from getting an upgraded cabin on the Titanic. It will not end well ...

Posted by catdog at 2023-01-29 09:00 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Twinpac

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

The bigger question, is why does anyone need to dance so close to the edge of the pornography laws

The point with overly broad laws is you don't have to dance close to the line to cross it in the minds of those who enforce such laws. When the charges are so severe and the top of government has expressed their desire to identify and enforce a particular subject matter strictly, I get very concerned about de facto censorship or even actual censorship.

You are essentially demanding self imposed censorship. I'm pretty strongly against censorship and the threat is all that is needed. Just because no one has been hauled away yet doesn't make the threat any less.

It doesn't matter if it's one teacher or one school district or the whole state. If anyone is even considering removing any suspected gay imagery due to this law or interpretation then it's censorship.

Posted by TaoWarrior at 2023-01-29 08:59 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday

Three Seconds of Audio Could End Up Costing Fox $500,000

I don't drink Rein.

#21 | POSTED BY BLUEWAFFLES AT 2023-01-29 04:14 PM | REPLY

You should start.

Posted by Alexandrite at 2023-01-29 08:55 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by Gal_Tuesday

@#7 ... what are the dashes? ...

The Dashes are what happen when I say things like, I think the Fox executives should give up one of their fucking balls for each of these violations. That is how seriously i view this, in my view, intentional violation of FCC rules by Fox.

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-29 08:43 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by Tor, funny by hamburglar

Three Seconds of Audio Could End Up Costing Fox $500,000

A fine means legal for a price.

Posted by snoofy at 2023-01-29 07:56 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by LampLighter, newsworthy by hamburglar

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

#112

The problem is that pornography laws are so broad that they very well could be used to arrest someone because the police didn't like what they said or taught. The fact that the case would eventually be tossed out is immaterial to people who risk arrest by it. Especially over a 3rd degree felony. Given the current political environment in FL right now this is clear intimidation of teachers by the government. You can say nothing will come of it all you want but if you were a teacher in FL how worried might you be? Personally I would do everything I could to stay on the right side of the law which once again is so broad that it could easily be used as a cudgel.

The problem is every time you think oh they won't go that far they do. How many times does something "shocking and unexpected" have to happen before it is expected and no longer shocking?

Posted by TaoWarrior at 2023-01-29 06:53 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

I'd like the opposite. Every single federal tax be eliminated EXCEPT income tax. No gas tax, no cigarette tax, nothing at all. Then set a progressive income tax with no deductions whatsoever.

I want any tax increases to show up immediately in people's paychecks so we know exactly when they vote to increase our taxes.

I'd like to see:

25k and under: 0%
25001-50k: 20%
50001-100k 25%
100001-500k 30%
500001-5000000 35%
5000001+ 40%

And include ALL sources of income. Stock? Valued at the time given and again at the time sold with the additional revenue taxed at the above rates.

The rich and especially rich and famous are given so much free crap for the advertising it comes with, the rich would never pay taxes again.

Posted by ABH at 2023-01-29 06:08 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by LampLighter, newsworthy by Corky, newsworthy by DarkVader

My post #104 was directed to Lamplighter. I don't normally respond (intentionally) to Snoofy, but I will complete the thought. Florida schools are NOT removing rainbow flags from their classrooms. The law covers CURRICULUM and CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. Rainbow flags and pictures of spouses are NOT CURRICULUM or CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. If a kid asks "who is that" and the teacher says, "My wife", there is no violation of the law. If the kids want to pepper the teacher with a barrage of personal questions, the teacher should answer in the same manner that any teacher who has normal boundaries separating their personal life from professional life would answer. If the teacher decides to turn it into a lesson plan for 2nd graders, and discuss same sex marriage, with specific descriptions of how they express their love in the bedroom, then you have a problem. That is the sort of thing the law covers. Not flags and family photos.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2023-01-29 06:04 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by LegallyYourDead

Television Frontman Tom Verlaine Dies at 73

Sorry to hear Tom has checked out. Television's "Marquee Moon" album is a classic. There were good moments after that as well, but that's what the majority of his fans, myself included, remember most from his career.

Posted by cbob at 2023-01-29 05:57 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

"Nope, you are wrong again. Look at the law"

The law:

(b)Any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter however reproduced, or sound recording that contains any matter defined in s. 847.001, explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, or sexual conduct and that is harmful to minors.

"and that is harmful to minors."

Please define the criteria that makes printed matter "harmful to minors."

Please also state the statutes or relevant case law that finds that exposure to gay pride is not harmful to minors.

Posted by snoofy at 2023-01-29 05:53 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

@#97 ... Now you do how this is about Liberals (all over the country) being concerned about kids (in Florida)... ...

Simple, it is not just Florida were Liberals are expressing their concerns.

In the case of Florida, however, it is a wider concern because Gov DeSantis is using it nationally to cement his bona fides for 2024 (or 2028).

So, really, the question your comment should be asking is why does Gov DeSantis seem to want this to be such a big deal outside of Florida?

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-29 05:32 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

@#88 ... You're wrong. This is about intellectual freedom and treating children with dignity and respect. ...

Yup.

fwiw, tangentially related...

Russia bans LGBTQ-friendly content under new law
www.dw.com

...Under Russia's new law on "LGBTQ propaganda," in effect since December, the distribution of any content considered to be an attempt to promote same-sex relationships and homosexuality can be punished. The legislation, which effectively outlaws any public expression of LGBTQ behavior or lifestyle in Russia, has resulted in a steady stream of book and film bans across the country.

Any person who says something positive about love between two men may be forced to dig deep into their wallets and pay a fine. Anybody who publicly supports a friend who is considering changing gender, especially on social media, is committing an offense. And anybody who praises a film in which two women kiss could end up in court. These examples, and many others, are now forbidden in Russia and can be punished with a fine of up to 5 million Russian rubles (around 65,000/$70,700)....

Florida is looking more like Russia with each passing day...

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-29 05:12 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

@#81 ... For Liberals this isn't about kids, or free speech or LGBTQ issues in Florida or anywhere else. It is about stopping Desantis from becoming President. ...

Not really.

Liberals have been fighting for these things since way before Gov DeSantis had mentioned his desire to become President. Indeed, Florida is not the only place where Liberals fight for these.

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-29 05:09 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

@#91 ... age-appropriate classroom material ...

Is it defined anywhere in the law exactly what "age-appropriate" means, or is it left vague intentionally (as in Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law), so that the law can be widely applied to nearly anything?

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-29 05:07 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

"For Liberals this isn't about kids, or free speech or LGBTQ issues in Florida or anywhere else."

^
You're wrong. This is about intellectual freedom and treating children with dignity and respect.

"It is about stopping Desantis from becoming President."

^
That is also about intellectual freedom.

Posted by snoofy at 2023-01-29 04:54 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

Clearly the left thinks this type of meterial should be incorporated into the classroom.
#68 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

All you got are lies.

Lies are why this law was passed.

Lies, conservatives use to attack homosexuals and kill freedom.

Posted by ClownShack at 2023-01-29 04:49 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

GQP election denied voted illegally three times.

Republicans seem intent to show that there is voter fraud, even if they have to apparently commit the fraud themselves.

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-29 04:42 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday, newsworthy by TrueBlue

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

For Liberals this isn't about kids ...
#81 | POSTED BY MIRANDA7

You're a moron. Thanks for making it clear. I'm sorry I ever considered you a reasonable person.

For Conservatives, this isn't about kids. It's about control.

They created a nonexistent issue and passed laws to eliminate freedom based on their lies.

Posted by ClownShack at 2023-01-29 04:41 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

"Because as Tao explained in #14 these laws DeSantis is instituting are meant to, and do, silence through intimidation.

#70 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-01-29 04:19 PM | Reply | Flag: "

I see your point, but I don't buy that Liberal teachers are intimidated. Unions are powerful, and know the strength of activism. Nobody is going to be fired for a rainbow, but several have already very publicly resigned citing alleged "fear". It shouldn't be hard for the unions to engage an activist teacher (especially one who is planning to quit over this anyway) to test the waters, push the envelope and become a victim of this law....but they won't because they already know rainbows are a non issue. At this point, they are milking it for all it is worth as an wedge issue. They have no need to "test the waters" or try to effect change when they are getting so much mileage out of simply lying about what they law does, and does not prohibit.

For Liberals this isn't about kids, or free speech or LGBTQ issues in Florida or anywhere else. It is about stopping Desantis from becoming President.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2023-01-29 04:35 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by hamburglar

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

Then why the freak out over the Florida law? According to you it prohibits something that doesn't happen.
POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Because as Tao explained in #14 these laws DeSantis is instituting are meant to, and do, silence through intimidation.

Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-01-29 04:19 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by truthhurts

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

"Because I believe teachers should be able to decorate their classroom with rainbows and have pics of their spouses out on their desks."

And if the gay teacher has a gay picture of their gay spouse?

Then you support grooming children. According to Republicans.

Posted by snoofy at 2023-01-29 04:17 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

When you to lie about the rate in the bill it's a garbage idea.

Posted by Nixon at 2023-01-29 03:50 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky

I remember a teacher being required to remove a printout of the Declaration of Independence from the classroom because it has the word God in it. Pride flags are along the same lines probably even more so.

Posted by BellRinger at 2023-01-29 03:49 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by JOE

Neo-Nazi Homeschool Network Has Thousands of Members

The only reason why they are pushing it now is because they know it will never pass.

It's all theatre.

The GQP has no intentions of doing anything to help the American people.

Qevin agreed to that for a vote for Qevin.

Posted by Nixon at 2023-01-29 03:45 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by DarkVader

Earlier this month, while the rest of the country was celebrating the achievements of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., parents and children in the "Dissident Homeschool" network opened a lesson plan and were greeted with the words: "As Adolf Hitler wrote ... " The contents of the MLK lesson plan would be shocking for almost anyone, but for members of the 2,400-member "Dissident Homeschool" Telegram channel, this was a regular Monday at school. "It is up to us to ensure our children know him for the deceitful, dishonest, riot-inciting negro he actually was," the administrator of the network's Telegram channel wrote, alongside a downloadable lesson plan for elementary school children.

Has DeathSantis approved this lesson plan yet?

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2023-01-29 03:31 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky

Three Seconds of Audio Could End Up Costing Fox $500,000

$500,000 is nothing for Fox.

They probably already have that accounted for in the budget.

Posted by ClownShack at 2023-01-29 03:27 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

@#16 ... I'm smarter than I think or the "FairTax" idea is dumber than some people seem to think ...

The "Fair Tax" bill looks to me currently more like a Trojan Horse than anything else.

The only tax that Republicans think is fair is a tax that transfers the tax burden away from the wealthy.

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-29 03:10 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by DarkVader

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

Getting more of "them". And by "them" he means "us". His fellow Americans with whom he is in political disagreement with. That statement should be a prime exhibit for the case demonstrating that for so many right wingers it is now Party over Countrymen.

Posted by moder8 at 2023-01-29 02:53 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Zed

100 percent factual.
But you don't deal with facts.
Nor do you accept what your choices have done to this country.

Posted by YAV at 2023-01-29 02:35 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

"The popularity of the FairTax suggests..."

...they're using cockamamie equations.

For example, if you buy an item for $100, and with sales tax it's $107...you've paid a 7% rate. With the FT, you'd pay $130...but the Fair Tax calls that 23%...because 30% didn't poll well. And they use 30/130 ($30 out of $130 total spent) to "calculate" 23%.

Did you get that? They use a different equation than the usual "sales tax" equation everyone knows.

And of course, that $130 doesn't include the local sales tax...and the new STATE sales tax to make up for the abolition of the federal template.

Do I hear $145?

Posted by Danforth at 2023-01-29 02:08 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky

Why are conservatives so adamant to put guns in schools and remove rainbows from classrooms.
Can you understand how you're over propagandized pawns?

#22 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

Keep in mind that republicans want to arm teachers who they think are grooming kids.

Posted by truthhurts at 2023-01-29 01:51 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by john47

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

BellRinger, Eberly, Miranda.

Answer 1 simple question.

Why are conservatives so adamant to put guns in schools and remove rainbows from classrooms.

Can you understand how you're over propagandized pawns?

Posted by ClownShack at 2023-01-29 01:24 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by john47

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

Why not?

Don't like being called groomers then don't ask stupid questions like that.

Posted by BellRinger at 2023-01-29 01:18 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by billy_boy

Rep Carter is mis-portraying why the IRS will be hiring more agents. it is to be able to have the manpower needed to audit the wealthy (whose resources currently overpower the IRS).

@#10 ... It doesn't say explicitly, or I haven't seen it, but I would expect that things like food neceesities and utilities would not be taxed, or would have a lower tax. ...

I would like to see the actual mechanism of the tax before i comment on that.

However, I will say that it has been a major goal of Republicans for years (decades) to reduce the amount of taxes that the wealthy pay and transfer the tax burden to the less than wealthy.

Indeed, from the cited article...

...In his announcement, Carter said that the infusion of billions of dollars will "weaponize the IRS against small business owners and middle America" and that the Fair Tax Act would abolish the IRS altogether....

Why should this tax proposal be any different than what the republicans have been saying and doing for years (decades?)?

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-29 01:13 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by DarkVader

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

I am sure that a blue state like California would have no problem if one of their teachers brought in a conservative book, not on the approved state lesson plan/reading book list, right???

Posted by MSgt at 2023-01-29 01:04 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by billy_boy

#7 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

um, how is that different now?

GE ends up with write-offs allowing their tax bill to be 0% where those who can afford it least are paying much much more.

Posted by JasonM at 2023-01-29 12:41 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by DarkVader

@#1 ... I think it is an interesting concept. ...

A 30% sales tax is a supremely regressive tax, hitting those hardest who can afford it the least.

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-29 12:21 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by DarkVader

Nation Reels over Sickening Video of Tyre's Deadly Beating

How would this make rich people richer? I view this similar to a VAT, and if your a citizen of a VAT country, there is no avoiding it. There are no loopholes. It's a tax paid at the time of purchase, so if you want the thing you're buying, you'll have to pay for it. #4 | Posted by madbomber

Adding on to TaoWarrior's post, rich people spend a much smaller percentage of their income than poors. In addition, almost all countries with VATs also have income taxes to make sure that Riches pay a chunk of their income to support government spending.

The countries that have no income tax and rely exclusively on VATs is extremely small. How do they manage:? "The short answer is they have other sources of income. For instance, the oil industry accounts for the majority of government funding in Oman or Qatar. The same goes with the Maldives, its main source of funding comes from tourism. These sources of revenue are sufficient to allow these countries to eliminate taxes imposed on corporate or personal income."

Posted by censored at 2023-01-29 12:13 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by DarkVader

Fox News: The beating of Tyre was done by black Officers so its not racism and therefore this nation doesn't have a problem with police brutality!

Posted by Sycophant at 2023-01-29 12:04 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by john47

Memphis Police Disbands Unit Whose Officers Were Charged in Tyre Nichols's Death

I remember when Dallas put one of these together for a particular area overrun with drugs and prostitutes walking the street.

They had to disband it later because the officers partly took over the drug trade and were sleeping with the prostitutes...as well as beating people.

Posted by Sycophant at 2023-01-29 12:01 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by lfthndthrds

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

How would this make rich people richer?

Not necessarily richer but would likely decrease the tax rate they pay which is already pretty low. I mean if I make 1M a year but my expenditures are only 120k my tax rate becomes only 2.76%. Meanwhile the single mom working two jobs making 40k and spending every penny she makes is paying 23%.

The only way I see this working is pairing it with a UBI or EIC or something that at least covers the tax on the amount of money necessary to live on. Maybe make that money up on a day fine system like 30 other countries do.

Posted by TaoWarrior at 2023-01-29 11:13 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by DarkVader

Most obscenities laws are written with a ton of vagueness due to first amendment issues. As such there is a lot of wiggle room for what you could be arrested for or not. Now in most cases there extreme reading of obscenity laws will be thrown out at some point in the legal proceeding, however not too many people want to be arrested and deal with all the issues that go with that. You are talking possible years long case that might include prison time, loss of job and stature in the community, potential sex offender registration with the issues that go with that.

So by threatening to strictly enforce obscenity laws you are creating an environment where most people will assume and behave as if the strictest possible interpretation of intentionally vague laws is the actual law. The law makers know this and so IMHO it is a direct violation of people's first amendment rights as you are silencing people through threats of enforcement.

I'm not going to be the guy that challenges it lands in jail and craters my life and until someone decides to be the test case things will stand as they do now.

Posted by TaoWarrior at 2023-01-29 10:11 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday, newsworthy by ClownShack

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

Can't bring Hustler into a first grade classroom. According to Yav, that is apparently fascist.

Posted by BellRinger at 2023-01-29 09:54 AM | Reply | Flagged funny by billy_boy

Jan. 6 Who Pepper Sprayed Brian Sicknick Gets 80 Months

"He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws " he would make a Trump."

Michael Stevenson

Posted by SomebodyElse at 2023-01-29 08:43 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY, newsworthy by Angrydad

Nation Reels over Sickening Video of Tyre's Deadly Beating

Police in NY want to make a peaceful show of force with all implications. The people should respond with theirs.

Posted by fresno500 at 2023-01-29 08:40 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by john47

Man Charged with Setting Fire to Planned Parenthood Clinic

Life sometimes takes on an odd tint, like it is expressing itself in a humorous way if only we could get the joke or understand the criminal. I do not understand the far right and as an atheist, I look to their pretense at following "god's orders" to be self serving nonsense.
I am Hugh Massengill, no relation as far as I know, and I think Planned Parenthood is a valuable institution in our communities. I also, being of advanced age, am very aware that in most states, crimes against property carry very high penalties. Spending say 15 years locked up in a miserable noisy dangerous jail to make a point is nuts. A few cells are not a person. Women's reproductive rights are important, their bodies are their own.
Got a grievance...non violent civil disobedience will make the same point at a much smaller cost.
But then, I am a nobody from nowhere and "god" doesn't speak to me...so what do I know.
Hugh Massengill

Posted by Hughmass at 2023-01-29 06:51 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by john47

Indiana Lawmaker Targets Furries in Schools, Schools say there's No Problem

This is the thread where the "small government" dingdongs advocate for eliminating one government agency and replace it with two more

Posted by ChiefTutMoses at 2023-01-29 04:59 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by DarkVader

Republicans have lost all connection with reality. They now live in a fantasy world where they fear everything.

Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2023-01-29 02:48 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Zed

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

Once again, the headline is a lie F.S. 847.012 is not new, it has been on the books for decades . Providing pornography to minors is, and has been a felony in Florida and most likely, 49 other states.

The article seeks to conflate the often misrepresented "Don't Say Gay" bill (which concerns age appropriate curriculum) with -------------------- statutes.. They are not the same thing. The new law has NO criminal penalties, no felony or misdemeanor prosecutions are possible. it is a CIVIL statute.

Should teachers be concerned? Yes, they should, because it has become increasingly common for edgy, progressive authors to include sexually graphic language, particularly in "coming of age" stories targeted at LGBTQ teens. The authors intent may be inclusivity and outreach to kids struggling with their sexuality, but detailed descriptions of sexual activity can easily run afoul of pornography and obscenity laws.

This issue is not new or restricted to Florida. If you think Floridas pornography laws are unreasonable, I suggest you take a look at the laws in your own state.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2023-01-29 12:21 AM | Reply | Flagged funny by billy_boy, funny by JasonM

Do I have that right?

I think you pretty much nailed it.

Posted by REDIAL at 2023-01-28 11:10 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky

'There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming'

So a nut job with right-wing political beliefs breaks into the home of one of the most powerful people in the Democratic party, attacks her husband with a hammer within view of the police, and it's all caught on camera, and after the video is made public the assailant calls the media to brag and say he didn't go far enough ... but according to some, maybe it was a gay spat or a drug deal gone bad. Do I have that right?

Posted by cbob at 2023-01-28 11:03 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday, newsworthy by Zed, newsworthy by Corky, newsworthy by ClownShack, newsworthy by TrueBlue

This article helps me understand why so many Evangelicals support Trump:

Onishi: A lot of folks are now very familiar with the phrase "white privilege," but the writer Chrissy Stroop has helped me understand "Christian privilege" in the United States. The idea is that if you are a Christian person " especially a white Christian person " you are given a kind of benefit of the doubt in the public square. When you use rhetoric that can only be classified as extreme, it's often written off, and it doesn't set off the alarm bells that would be set off if you were a Muslim person or if you were someone who was neither Christian nor white.

Many people imagine the white Christian still to be Ned Flanders from The Simpsons " the kind of pesky, moralist neighbor up the street who doesn't want people to use bad language or drink too much beer at the barbecue. But we really should envision him as Mr. Burns, the person who wants absolute control over the public square and who will use any means necessary to get it.

Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-01-28 10:37 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky, newsworthy by danni

'There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming'

Excellent article, Corky. Thanks for posting it.

Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-01-28 10:28 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky

'There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming'

"I think the last thing it does is it puts those who buy into this story on the side of God. That may sound trite, but when you have an understanding of yourself as playing a special role in history, as outlined by the Creator, your political life takes on a supercharged dimension. I think we saw that on Jan. 6."

Yep, that's the scary part. The merger of politics and religion:

My son and I couldn't be more excited to see Kevin Sorbo's new Left Behind in theaters! Who needs 3D when we have the Lord salting our popcorn.

twitter.com

Then stay after the film for a special message from the author of the series and Gov Mike Huckabee! That's why so many Christian conservatives don't want their kids in public schools--they want to them to drink the right-wing Kool-Aid straight and undiluted.

Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-01-28 10:00 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by danni

'There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming'

I hit a nerve. I don't mean to impune your false religion and fake earth goddess. Feel free to make whatever futile gesture you think will appease her. Leave us normals alone. Mkay.

Posted by visitor_ at 2023-01-28 09:35 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by billy_boy

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

Florida. America's ----.

#2 | POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD

No, no, no.

You see there is an ---- and around the ---- are some hemorrhoids, and occasionally a hemorrhoid will become infected due to unsafe ---- sex with a syphilitic hobo and that infection will have pus and that pus will draw flies and the flies will give birth in the festering, infected hemorrhoid, creating maggots and the maggots will poop into the syphilitic infected festering pus from the diseased hemorrhoid.

The odor given off by that ---- is Florida.

JeffJ is the person licking that ----.

Posted by truthhurts at 2023-01-28 09:20 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by john47

'There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming'

Funny thing about those Patriot Bibles - they're all missing the 7th and 8th Commandments.

Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-01-28 09:03 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by john47

Climate change extremists by definition are not rational actors. Would you risk waking up during surgery to reduce CO2 by 0.01%? medicalxpress.com

Greta and Algore aren't scientists. Neither is Joy Behar.

Posted by visitor_ at 2023-01-28 08:12 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by LegallyYourDead, newsworthy by lfthndthrds

Nation Reels over Sickening Video of Tyre's Deadly Beating

Can't blame race this time- it is the badge and no oversight.

Posted by Brennnn at 2023-01-28 08:06 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by john47

We Tried to Call the Top Donors to George Santos' 2020 Campaign. Many Don't Seem to Exist

Hey-those ----- pills aren't going to buy themselves, and those endorsements from DJTJ and his gal pal Kimmy G. Carry great weight with the buyers ...

Posted by catdog at 2023-01-28 06:05 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by john47

The FEC is as strong as spaghetti cooked for a week. Left up to them, Santos will skate. Talk of the DOJ stepping in should worry Anthony D., and if indicted he will find no defenders in the House GOP, but I will wager he will not resign until convicted, and the GOP will vote to expel him only with great reluctance ...

Posted by catdog at 2023-01-28 06:02 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by OCUser

Yes, Florida Teachers Could Face Third-degree Felony for Using Books, Literature in Classroom Not Approved by State

I love a thread where Republicans champion First Amendment rights!

Posted by snoofy at 2023-01-28 05:30 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Nation Reels over Sickening Video of Tyre's Deadly Beating

Not surprised, but that video is horrific.

Posted by Alexandrite at 2023-01-28 03:15 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by john47

Nation Reels over Sickening Video of Tyre's Deadly Beating

Who's reeling?

Who's even surprised?

"This is America." Just like the song says.

Posted by snoofy at 2023-01-28 03:06 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by john47

'There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming'

Was the Dust Bowl a climate change apocalypse?

Asking for Republicans.

Posted by snoofy at 2023-01-28 03:02 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by shane

'There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming'

#3 Like climate change alarmists.

Posted by visitor_ at 2023-01-28 02:51 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by billy_boy, newsworthy by lfthndthrds

'There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming'

I found this article to be most true.

"There is more to fear from stupid people than Evil people"
bigthink.com

Posted by bat4255 at 2023-01-28 12:39 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by El_Buscador

Never been on Truth Social but I'll bet they have plrnty of your favorite Patriot Bibles! Hell it's got Don Jr's endorsement! Or you can order direct from Christian Bookstore as Patriotic Jesus wants vyou to:
General
patriotdepot.com

God bless Donald Trump and if you have time Lord America too! And don't tell me you sre a patriot if you don't have one of these Patriot Bibles! General Jesus commands you to own one!

Posted by danni at 2023-01-28 12:07 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by AMERICANUNITY, funny by john47

The Two-Decade Red State Murder Problem

Glad someone finally put all this together.

Righties always act like their rural enclaves are gravely places of love, Jesus and prosperity.

Meanwhile, we all know they're economic deserts full of meth heads, --------, Chreestians and misery.

Posted by jpw at 2023-01-28 12:05 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by john47

'There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming'

Every con artist in the country knows the trump base is the biggest bunch of suckers they can possibly target.

It's why george santos is in congress now.

Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-01-28 11:43 AM | Reply | Flagged funny by john47, newsworthy by danni

The nonthinkers and loons are always teetering on an apocalypse of one sort or another; interestingly, it's often a doomsday they've created for themselves. Bon appetit!

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2023-01-28 07:21 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky

Extramarital Affair and Cash-fueled Double Life of McGonigal

@#8

That link is a main reason why I do not click on google.com links posted here. Those links seem to contain data that links back to the person wo initiated the google query.

For example, in the google link in #6, the following raised a flag...

...
&oq=mcgarnigle!
&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i13i512l4j0i13i30l4.4968j0j7
&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1033US1033
...

I've not a clue what those codes mean, and that is the problem. :)

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-27 08:24 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by GalaxiePete

Tornado Alley Is Creeping Into New Territory

@#2 ... Thanks fossil fuels....

If the current weather trend holds a few more days here (and it currently looks like there's a good chance it will)...

January 2023 will be the first January on record for inland Connecticut in which there was not one daily high temperature below freezing. Weather records for inland Connecticut go back to 1905.

My snow thrower has been idle so far this year. Usually by this time of the winter season it has had a good workout.

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-27 06:50 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by GalaxiePete

Jan. 6 Who Pepper Sprayed Brian Sicknick Gets 80 Months

Had Trump simply conceded the election, just like every other losing POTUS candidate in history, Ashli Babbitt would still be alive.

Posted by rstybeach11 at 2023-01-27 06:05 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Gal_Tuesday, newsworthy by hamburglar

"Everything You Know Is Wrong!" (Video) - FIRESIGN THEATRE (full album, with video)
www.youtube.com

Truth Social reminds me of Firesign Theater's album, "Everything You Know Is Wrong."

Posted by LampLighter at 2023-01-27 05:59 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by john47

Extramarital Affair and Cash-fueled Double Life of McGonigal

BTW, Democrats have been suspicious of the 666 Fifth Avenue bailout from the get-go:

Congress probes Jared Kushner's dealings amid 666 Fifth Avenue sale

Democrats seek records on diplomatic activities around Brookfield deal

Kushner Companies purchased the building in 2007 for a record-shattering $1.8 billion, seeking to reposition the property. But the financial crisis unfolded shortly thereafter and destroyed those plans, putting the firm in jeopardy.

A decade later, a $1.4 billion payment on debt at the building came due and Qatar's sovereign wealth fund rebuffed chairman Charlie Kushner's plea to invest roughly $1 billion in the property. Jared took a trip to the Middle East in 2017 to discuss a Qatar blockade with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a move ultimately backed by Trump.

The following year [2018], Brookfield Asset Management paid $1.28 billion for the ground lease under the Fifth Avenue building and paid almost 100 years of rent upfront. Qatar's sovereign wealth fund was the second-largest stakeholder in Brookfield Property Partners at the time.

The restrictions on Qatar were lifted shortly afterwards.

therealdeal.com

Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-01-27 04:53 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Extramarital Affair and Cash-fueled Double Life of McGonigal

Oh, and McGonigal himself has ties to Jared Kushner as the company he went to work for when he left the FBI, Brookfield Properties, helped bail Kushner out when he couldn't pay the debt on his 666 Fifth Avenue property:

Heather C Richardson

After McGonigal left the FBI in 2018, he worked for Brookfield Properties, the multibillion$$ real-estate company in NY that handled the bailout of Jared Kushner's 666 Fifth Avenue by a $1.1 billion, 99 year lease thanks to the Qatar Investment Authority
twitter.com

Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-01-27 04:32 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Extramarital Affair and Cash-fueled Double Life of McGonigal

"One of McGonigal's attorneys, Seth DuCharme, declined to comment."

It also turns out that one of McGonigal's attorneys, Seth DuCharme, has close ties to Rudy and Barr:

Someone has probably already noticed this, but Seth DuCharme, the attorney who's representing FBI counterterrorism agent McGonigal in his Deripaska case, was principal Deputy Associate AG under Barr.

And Rudy G was a named partner at his firm.
twitter.com

One of the most interesting details about the Charles McGonigal case revealed today: He's represented by Billy Barr's former aide, Seth DuCharme, who had his hands in a whole ------- of corrupt Billy Barr stuff.
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Fun fact! Charles McGonigal's lawyer is none other than Seth DuCharme - the guy Bill Barr appointed as Acting US Atty for the Eastern District after he forced out Geoffrey Berman at the SDNY.

Coincidence? ' Maybe they all just know each other from the Elks Club or wherever
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Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2023-01-27 04:24 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY