Incidentally, at least one of the wrongly-expelled legislators will be reinstated:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/expelled-tennessee-house-dem-justin-jones-votes-reinstated_n_64307c21e4b0c2da1506ab01

‘Jones and Pearson were removed immediately and forced to give up their committee assignments, leaving their seats vacant. County legislative bodies can fill those vacancies — and in Jones’ case, the Nashville Metropolitan Council appears to have the votes necessary to reinstate him to his position, according to The Tennessean.
Twenty-three of 40 members on the council confirmed to NBC News that they’d vote to reinstate Jones. They could cast the vote as soon as Monday, during a special meeting set up to discuss the vacancy.
Jones told CNN on Friday that he doesn’t see it as the end of his political career.
“This extreme tactic to expel us and try to humiliate us has only put a spotlight of the world on Tennessee, and so I will go back because ... it’s worth whatever sacrifice that we have to give, whether it’s being expelled, whether it’s being in a hostile environment,” Jones said.’

Hope this puts an end to the racist clowning in the Tennessee legislature.  Sane people in that state need to vote Dems into office, and end the Reconstruction-era approach to governance (with Republicans replacing Dems as the bad guys)..

As long as the expulsion exists and persists, this Tennessee Legislature is illegitimate.
The Tennessee GOP has trump disease. The only cure is surgical removal of trump. 

IOW, it's pure B.S.

 

Incidentally, due to factors like lack of education, racism, economic inequities and lax gun laws, Tennessee is among the more violent, crime ridden states in America:

https://247wallst.com/state/tennessee-has-a-near-nation-leading-violent-crime-rate-according-to-fbi/?utm_source=patch-nashville%26utm_medium=referral%26utm_campaign=patch-nashville%26wsrlui=v11752701

‘The FBI recently released its annual Uniform Crime Report, offering a statistical documentation of crime in the United States in 2021. Historically, the UCR has provided a comprehensive snapshot of crime in each of the 50 states, but this year, the picture is incomplete.

Due to a change in reporting systems – from the legacy Summary Reporting System to the new National Incident-Based Reporting System – many police departments across the country did not submit cime data to the FBI. As a result, nine states were excluded from this year’s UCR: Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Whether or not 2021 crime estimates for these places will eventually be released remains to be seen – but for the states with available data, the latest UCR offers some useful insight into 2021 violent crime trends.

Violent crime is a broad category that consists of four types of the most serious offenses: robbery, rape, aggravated assault, and homicide. In Tennessee, there were 34,753 violent crimes reported in 2021, or 498 for every 100,000 people, the fourth highest violent crime rate among the 41 states with available data. Meanwhile, the national violent crime rate (based on the incomplete data) stands at 334 incidents per 100,000 people.

While it is not always the case, violent crime is often more common in economically disadvantaged areas with high poverty rates and lower levels of social integration. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey, the poverty rate across Tennessee stands at 13.6%, compared to the 12.8% national poverty rate.’

I guess the Legislature (Republicans, that is) have given up and decided to let Tennesseans police themselves?  Seems to be working out well!  lol

More self-serving Rightist drivel:

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Let me guess. The New York Times, right? Yep.

[Real news is confusing…]

Posted by CE0802 on April 14, 2023, 6:34 am, in reply to "The Highest Court Has the Government’s Lowest Ethical Standards"

Justice Thomas:

"Harlan and Kathy Crow are among our dearest friends, and we have been friends for over twenty-five years.

"As friends do, we have joined them on a number of family trips during the more than quarter century we have known them. Early in my tenure at the Court, I sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary, and was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable.

"I have endeavored to follow that counsel throughout my tenure, and have always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines. These guidelines are now being changed, as the committee of the Judicial Conference responsible for financial disclosure for the entire federal judiciary just this past month announced new guidance. And, it is, of course, my intent to follow this guidance in the future."

[Translation: ‘The Court has no system of ethics and Tony Scalia told me it was OK, so I took the money and guess what, suckah, I’m gonna KEEP taking the money!’]

Harlan Crow:

"The hospitality we have extended to the Thomas’s over the years is no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends. We have never asked about a pending or lower court case, and Justice Thomas has never discussed one, and we have never sought to influence Justice Thomas on any legal or political issue. More generally, I am unaware of any of our friends ever lobbying or seeking to influence Justice Thomas on any case, and I would never invite anyone who I believe had any intention of doing that."

[Translation: ‘I’m a rich white guy and in America, that means I can buy all the friends and favors I want, and there’s really nothing you can do to stop me.  Sayonara!’]

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And if you believe ANY of their smug BS, SES, I have bridge I’d like to sell you, CHEAP.

But you believe Trump, and you believe Fox, so why the hell wouldn’t you believe a lying, corrupt USSC ‘Justice’ and the Sugar Daddy who bought and paid for him?

Speaking of which:

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Political post!! Partisan politics.


Posted by GOG on April 14, 2023, 11:28 am, in reply to "Harlan Crow, Clarence Thomas’s Benefactor, Is Not Just Another Billionaire"

If one cannot mention Feinstein then one should not be allowed to mention Thomas. Looks like statues your friends will not be able to tear down. Don’t you like Lenin? I suspect the good man bought these from various nations that had ideological second thoughts. It’s his collection and no business of the author’s.
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First the whining, tattletale complaint about politics…hey, why not inform Ken instead of REPLYING to the thread, genius?

Second, note the resentment of the Confederate heroes’ monuments hitting the ground.  Nice distraction from Unca Clarence’s corruption!

Then the accusation of Leninism…hey, don’t you read the TIMES?

Anything but an honest discussion of the corruption of the Supreme Court.  Which is an ETHICAL matter.  Oh, and that includes ‘Liberal’ Justices too, Junior.

lol…smh

Idiocy on whichever board it’s posted:

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Biden Campaign Lies [sic]


Posted by Mondo Fuego™ on April 25, 2023, 12:08 pm

He says he will run for reelection, arguing he has fulfilled the promises of his 2020 bid: renewing a degree of bipartisanship in Washington while also making significant progress on progressive priorities like fighting climate change and combating gun violence; beating back conservative threats to American democracy while steering the country to the other side of a pandemic.

Bipartisanship? Republicans fight him tooth and nail on every issue.

[Because he’s bipartisan, they aren’t.  Duh.]

Fighting climate change? Have you seen any Biden effect on climate?

[You don’t believe in climate change, and attack electric cars like they were Communists]

Combating gun violence? Gun violence has increased on his watch.

[Repukes slavishly support gun ownership for everyone, particularly in violent Tennessee]

Beating back conservative threats to American democracy? He’s tried hard to silence conservatives.

[You tried hard to stage a coup and keep Trump illegally in office]

Steering the country to the other side of the pandemic? Trump gave the country the vaccine. Biden imprisoned kids, stunting their educational growth.

Trump had literally nothing to do with the vaccine, but everything to do with quack ‘cures’ and attacks on masks]

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Insane take on reality by a blowhard who hates Biden like poison.  Why?  Because somebody told him to.  No independent thought there at all, just partisan hoo-ha..

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I had intended this to be a discussion board for ideas posted on other boards where I was banned (two of them Mondo’s).  He evidently takes it as ‘Backalley II,’ because, well, he doesn’t want actual debate of his own posts: never did.

You can bring a horse to water, but that doesn’t mean it’s anything but an ass..

CE0802 lying about Fauci, like the Trumpster revisionist he is:

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There are people who STILL worship Lord Fauci. Go figure.

Posted by CE0802 on May 5, 2023, 10:38 am, in reply to "Birx’s true confession: To paraphrase “She and Fauci knew there was "

Fauci now: "First of all, I didn't recommend locking anything down."

Fauci then: "I recommended to the President that we shut the country down."

Why anyone still defends this jackass is anyone's guess
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Fauci’s actual words last fall:

https://nypost.com/2022/09/21/fauci-admits-he-knew-draconian-lockdowns-would-have-collateral-negative-consequences-on-schoolchildren/

‘During the event, Fauci spoke with The Atlantic editor Ross Andersen in front of a live audience about his experiences as the leading medical professional working in the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In one segment of his talk, the doctor spoke about his guidance in instituting “draconian” pandemic guidance knowing full well there would be “collateral” damage stemming from it.

Before making his central point, Fauci first blamed the “divisiveness” of “social media” for turning every piece of his guidance during the pandemic into a confusing and controversial statement.

No, COVID didn’t come from a US lab — Lancet report continues the China coverup
“When you have a divisiveness in society where every time you say something, you have X number of people with social media looking to attack it, that adds to the understandable confusion when you’re dealing with an evolving outbreak,” Fauci stated.

He then justified his harsh COVID guidance, including pushing the federal government to mandate lockdowns, masking, and later, vaccination, because hospitals were being “overrun.”

“Of course, when you make recommendations, if the primary goal when you’re dealing with a situation where the hospitals were being overrun in New York, intensive care units were being put in hallways, you have to do something that’s rather draconian,” the doctor admitted. ‘

Here’s a recent comment:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fauci-absolves-himself-responsibility-lockdowns-testy-interview-show-me-school-that-i-shut-down

‘Dr. Anthony Fauci struck a defensive tone during a recent interview in which he reflected on his and the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, admitting that mistakes were made despite his best efforts.

"Show me a school that I shut down and show me a factory that I shut down. Never. I never did," Fauci said when asked about the consequences of "heavy-handed" public health policies in a New York Times interview published Tuesday. "I gave a public health recommendation that echoed the CDC’s recommendation, and people made a decision based on that. But I never criticized the people who had to make the decisions one way or the other."’

So where’s his current statement that he ‘didn’t recommend locking anything down?’  Smells like a lie.  Just like the claim that ‘there are still people who worship’ him.

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GOG tops himself with an overtly racist post (his Martian ruins posts are merely comical):

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Jordan Neely, the new BLM nominee for sainthood.

Posted by GOG on May 8, 2023, 7:06 am

40 arrests. Beating up a 67 year old woman, schizophrenic, violent. The White hero marine will be crucified by fat Alvin. However, let it be noted that two black citizens helped in subduing the violent Michael Jackson wannabe. That participation might save whitey from the racist tub of lard.

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Absolutely despicable and a rules violation. 

The strawman about ‘sainthood’ (no one’s saying so), the alleged criminal record (need confirmation from a reliable source), the racist personal attack on the black DA (who offended GOG’s Trumpist sensibilities), and the ‘Michael Jackson’ and ‘whitey’ references.  Not to mention the lionizing of the person who murdered Neely.

Hard to get slimier than that…smh

[add.] The family of the victim made a good point re: the actions of the vigilante:

‘Daniel Penny "knew nothing about Jordan’s history when he intentionally wrapped his arms around Jordan’s neck, and squeezed and kept squeezing.” ‘

He strangled this young man.  He murdered him.

Last edited by greenman (5/08/2023 4:02 pm)

This is typical of the closeted racism of the (in this case religious) Right..
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Witness went back to ‘thank’ Daniel Penny after Jordan Neely chokehold death, is ‘praying’ for him - Merlin May 12, 2023, 5:02 am

No Tears for Lundin Hathcock and James McDaniel either - BornToFarm May 12, 2023, 9:27 am

Some of us knew that THIS would happen, too. - CE0802 May 12, 2023, 7:22 am

Everything you know is after the fact and almost always totally wrong. - Merlin May 12, 2023, 9:27 am

How right you are. Hear hear.   - GOG May 12, 2023, 7:30 am

No tears for Lauren Heike - BornToFarm May 12, 2023, 7:00 am

Neely was killed b accident. Good riddance. - GOG May 12, 2023, 6:42 am

It is surprising that you have yet to spontaneously combust. - Muqwump May 12, 2023, 8:54 am
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Lauren Heike was white and stabbed to death by a black man named Teasley, who had a lengthy criminal record.

This is who Lundin Hathcock and James  McDaniel are:

‘Carlton Gilford, who is homeless, allegedly shot Lundin Hathcock, 35, and James McDaniel, 55..’

Carlton Gifford is also black, his victims, white.  Racists like Born To Farm love to contrast things like the subway killing in NYC with killings of whites by black people.  It’s a kind of false equivalency, where every complaint about a white killing a black must be met by claims of ‘lack of concern’ about whites killed by blacks.  He’s the type who, whenever gun violence is mentioned, ALWAYS says ‘..but Chicago!’ as well as ‘but what about black-on-black shootings?’  Again, these references are race-baiting, plain and simple. 

And by an alleged ‘Christian.’

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It continues - this trolling clown never offers a single fact, logical argument, or rational post.  His entire ‘method’ is posting a provocative claim - ‘Evolution isn’t real,’ let’s say - and then to agree idiotically with himself in the body of the post - ‘No it isn’t!’

A three-year-old could post this crap.

And yet the best and brightest on R & E can’t do more than post lazy attacks over and over, while he runs rings around them, mockingly.

Why?  Why do you post to him, and why does Ken permit this repetitive (and thus against the rules) trolling?

Baffling.  He seems to pull the strings while everyone dances.

The list, FWIW, and commentary:

(I am assuming the religions here are Judeo-Christianity, Islam and Baha’i - again, leaving out polytheism, which humanity has believed in and practiced for 10,000 years)

1.One God [Monotheisms only; not universal]
2.Creator [A single creator God? See above. Divine Creation?  Common]
3.Unknowable [God? I know of no such religion]
4.Can be known through the heart [False, usually through prayer in the above faiths]
5.Can be known through His Manifestations [Only Baha’i, AFAIK]
6.Sends Manifestations to teach all people
the same Spiritual Message. [Only Baha’i]
7.He loves all but that does not mean He loves what they do. [Sounds Christian; not universal]
8.Manifestations are recognized in infancy [Only Baha’i]
9.Manifestations foretell future [Only Baha’i] Manifestations especially One Who has come at the "End of Time", Baha'u'llah [Only Baha’i]
10.Major teachings: Clergy are ignorant. [I know of no such faith]
11.Be detached from material world [Some faiths; not universal]
12.Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. [Judeo-Christian; not universal]
13.Sacrifice material possessions as needed.[Some faiths; not universal]
14.Love everyone (with certain exceptions) [Neither is universal]
15.Obey God in all things. [Most faiths; Common]
16.Good go to Heaven. [Not universal]
17.Bad go to Hell. [Not universal]
18.Obey God's Laws. [See 15; Common]
19.No sex outside marriage [Common but not universal]
20.Males have sex only with females [Not universal]
21.Females only have sex with males. [Not universal]

Many of these, including ones about sexuality and Manifestations, are Bauer’s own biases and beliefs.  Some are not only not universal, but unknown.  There might be half-a-dozen or so that are common to many faiths.  This is simply the nature of human thinking and beliefs, as well as moral ideas, and prove NOTHING else.

Of all of these, five (2, 11, 13, 15 and 18) might be the most ‘universal.’  Five are solely Baha’i, two are exclusively monotheistic, two are total nonsense, and 12 are not at all ‘universal.’

An absurd list.

Last edited by greenman (5/17/2023 8:09 am)

I doubt jb bauer has capacity to understand a TOS or DNR violation.
His emotional distress today is clearly evident in hastiy written responses where flying fingers weren't exactly nimble or accurate.
Somewhere at a beginning of this distress was somebody's written cause that launched it. 

This is how stupid GOG is.  Merlin posted a good critique of high grocery prices, and how the favorable deals given mega-stores like Wal-Mart hurt the small business.  Idiot boy’s response:

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Interesting. Blames the small retailer. And does not address the root cause for why there is

Posted by GOG on May 30, 2023, 10:56 am, in reply to "The Real Reason Your Groceries Are Getting So Expensive"

across the board increasing costs for goods and services. The big boys buy in massive quantities at a discount. The little guy cannot. Thus his prices are higher to the consumer. Duh.

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‘Blames the small retailer?’  Nowhere does it do that.  ‘Does not address the root cause’ of COURSE it does, that’s what  the piece IS ABOUT!

The last couple of sentences sum up the ENTIRE POINT of Merlin’s article, concluding with a ‘DUH’ which only demonstrates his own cluelessness.

Just shut up, GOG.  You don’t know what’s going on, and you’re lazy. as. hell.