Hi and welcome to TWATs episode 5. This week is pretty busy so we are going to jump right in. But before we go that route, quick answer to a question I received. No, I have no plans for live content ATM. Regretfully my speech is not so great (IMO). Pre-recording allows me to edit my sound to where I think it is tolerable. Maybe with time that will change.
So to begin this week, I thought it would be good to get your blood roiling right from the start. Patrick Howley, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsKlSewXoOg to borrow from Zachary Petrizzo at the Daily Dot, https://www.dailydot.com/debug/patrick-howley-joe-biden-far-right/
“Patrick Howley seems to be a mouthpiece for every false smear the right wants to float into the online ether.”
From what I can gather and Petrizzo (and others) confirm
“Howley has a history of blogging for right-wing outlets and a history of leaving those outlets on bad terms, even once going as far at Breitbart to express “skepticism” following a colleague’s assault. He also had to leave a role at the Daily Caller over racist, sexist tweets.”
From what I gather, this dude is a piece of work.
For years I got asked why I harped on about David Barton and his pseudo-history. When you teach people the garbage he spews, this is what we end up with. Two examples!!
Apparently he's never heard of amendments,,, https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1898373093684260
Speaking at a campaign rally for Oklahoma MAGA pastor and Republican Senate candidate Jackson Lahmeyer https://www.alternet.org/2022/03/michael-flynn-us-constitution-creator/ Flynn incorrectly claimed that “the word ‘Creator’ is in the Constitution four times.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0MXbnAv5gs
Whether Flynn meant to say the DOI or Constitution is of no matter as the DOI only mentions “the Creator” once. Also, the DOI is NOT a legal document.
While Barton's influence https://www.npr.org/2012/08/08/157754542/the-most-influential-evangelist-youve-never-heard-of has waned since his 2012 book debacle concerning The Jefferson Lies. It seems his false teachings are still prevalent.
“,,,[I]t drives the secularists nuts because the Bible's all over it! Now we as Christians don't tend to recognize that. We think it's a secular document; we've bought into their lies. It's not."
(Keep in mind that quote is from 2012, although I highly doubt Barton's views have changed much and he is passing the torch to his son Tim.)
I have always believed that public health policy should be devoid of politics. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-03-08/florida-to-recommend-against-covid-vaccines-for-healthy-kids Obviously Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo doesnt agree
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said Monday that the state will formally recommend against COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children.
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The new guidance would run counter to recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that all children ages 5 to 7 should be vaccinated. Although children are generally less likely than adults to become severely ill with COVID-19, public health experts have underlined that vaccinations further reduce their risk and help prevent them from infecting others.
I have no nice way of stating it, but this is fucking stupid. This isn’t a position rooted in opposition to “government mandates”; it’s simply an anti-vaccination position, espoused by a state surgeon general, during a pandemic.
With that being said I bring this episode to a close with YTer Sir Sic. UK based social commentary with a satirical bent.
https://www.youtube.com/c/SirSicTheSocialInequalityCrusader
It's me again,,,
As I was writing up the script, this bit of news floated by. https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/3/11/texas-judge-blocks-probes-trans-kids-supportive-parents-statewide
A Texas judge Friday ordered a statewide halt to investigations of parents of transgender children under Gov. Greg Abbott's directive that claimed letting kids access gender-affirming care is child abuse.
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She ruled (judge Amy Clark Meacham) that Abbott's order was not adopted properly and violated the Texas constitution, and that is could not be enforced while the lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
Very welcomed news but the fight is not over as a number of “Don't Say Gay” bills are being touted by the Reich. Florida the most prevalent and the closest to becoming law. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/dont-say-gay-bill-florida-senate-passes-controversial-lgbtq-school-mea-rcna19133
The Florida Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in the state’s primary schools. The measure, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by its opponents, was passed by the state House last month and now heads to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has previously expressed support for it.
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