Welcome to H&C,,, where I aggregate news of interest. Primary topics include abuse with "the church", LGBTQI+ issues, cults - including anti-vaxxers, and the Dominionist and Theocratic movements. Also of concern is the anti-science movement with interest in those that promote garbage like homeopathy, chiropractic and the like. I am an atheist and anti-theist who believes religious mythos must be die and a strong supporter of SOCAS.
To
start, this is Ian Mackey's (not a Reich member)
https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1515065449742061575
comment to Republican Chuck Basye (maybe Reich) during a debate over
whether school districts should be allowed to ban trans athletes from
youth sports. As numerous comments point out, “Don't tell someone
you love them, and then vote for someone that will hurt them.”
As
I have said prior, if said athlete meets all the requirements set
forth by the governing body of the sport he/she wishes to partake in,
it ends there. As Martha Stevens
https://twitter.com/LynzforCongress/status/1514930635634544641
so rightly stated, these are attacks on children.
The
provision was approved 89-40 after three hours of debate.
I
can no longer find people like this funny. They're dangerous, because
people actually listen to their half baked ignorance.
I
know I shouldn't give individuals such as Mr Howley the time of day
but the second you ignore them all hell breaks lose. Like maybe a
civil war or some stupid shit. (I should note I have not seen Howley
call for such.)
It
ain't over till every last one of you are in jail. And Wong did not
misquote you. And while I'm thinking of it, I sure would hate to have
your statement fact check. I don't think you would do so well.
So
someone married 25+ years and with kids, Hamm sure has no idea as to
the logistics to what she proposes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uc4VyQwfR0
Not only logistics, but cost. I have
been voting since 1982 and I cannot remember ever voting in a
neighbor's garage!
So
basically she wants to pick and choose which technology is used to
ensure the disenfranchisement of as many people as possible who are
unlikely to back her reactionary politics.
Hitler??
Seriously?? There are numerous choices for examples Nicely could
have chose.
That
aside for the moment,,, homelessness is NOT a choice, no one decides
to live on the streets. Nobody should be punished for their living
situation.
And
trust me, I am speaking from experience. And while I did have a safe
place to sleep and eat – in the basement of my place of employ. It
was 9 months of hell before acquiring A ROOM to rent.
After
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Mitt Romney
(R-UT) announced they would support the confirmation of Ketanji Brown
Jackson’s to the Supreme Court, far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor
Greene (R-GA) started
trafficking in the most vile of QAnon tropes,,,
Greene's
comments, as well as her party members' false accusations, do
additional damage beyond simply trashing a superlative nominee like
Jackson. They also feed into the QAnon conspiracy theory that has
bolstered support for former President Donald Trump and years ago
took hold of the right-wing fringe -- and seems to be expanding its
purview.
,,,the
host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live,” joked this week that Greene
was “especially upset with the three Republican senators who
said they’ll vote yes on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who’s
nominated for the Supreme Court.”
“She
tweeted ‘Murkowski, Collins, and Romney are pro-pedophile,’”
Kimmel said.
“Wow,
where is Will Smith when you really need him?” Kimmel said,
appearing to reference Will Smith slapping Chris Rock onstage at the
Oscars last month.
Rep.
Matt Gaetz justified his vote against a bill that would cap
insulin at $35 a month for most Americans by suggesting people with
diabetes should first lose weight before Congress steps in to help.
The
Florida Republican claimed on
Twitter on Thursday and
in his newsletter a day later that obese people, not
pharmaceutical companies, are running up the drug's price, writing
that insulin's cost "increases as waistlines increase."
"While
Democrat posturing of H.R. 6833 victimizes insulin payees as people
with an uncontrollable disease that are being taken advantage of and
need Big Brother to throw them a raft, lifestyle changes en masse
would expeditiously lower demand and the subsequent prices of
insulin,” Gaetz wrote.
Two
issues with Gaetz et al.
Insulin
has been available for 100+ years and is fairly cheap to produce.
Manufacturers of insulin know that patients will spend whatever it
takes to acquire it. No one should have to choose between taking
their medication as prescribed and putting food on the table or a
roof over their head.
Issue
number two, as I highlighted last week concerning a Cathy McMorris
Rodgers tweet, Some members of the QOP hold to the stance of
defending the right of greedy capitalists to be greedy capitalists.
Basically
it comes down to Gaetz et
al
doing a fine job at ignoring the reality of the global market. As I
mentioned last week, injectable insulin can range anywhere from
$25-$300 per vial. There is no means to justify a 1200% price
increase other than greed. Moreover, diabetics must also purchase
glucose monitors, test strips, lancets, and other supplies.
Parties
are very susceptible to being taken over by ideologues because lower
party offices have no appeal to the vast majority of our citizenry.
Many precincts are represented by no one. If you decide all of a
sudden because it's your Christian duty to become a precinct
representative, you only need a few votes to get elected.
Increasingly, they have the key say so on who will be a delegate at
the national convention, and who will write the party platform and
nominate the presidential candidate.
Religious-right
activist Rachel Hamm is running
for secretary of state in California as a Republican because she
claims Jesus
appeared in her closet and told her to do so. Claiming that she has
been designated
by God “to expose lies, to speak truth, and to establish My
Kingdom every single place that you step your foot,” Hamm says she
began her campaign because
she “would rather be dead than live in a communist country.”
A
knee-jerk response from many supporters of former President Donald
Trump when they're asked who instigated the deadly Jan. 6
insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is that it was "antifa."
But when asked to offer proof of that claim, the argument falls flat.
Case
in point: comedian Jason Selvig recently questioned a Trump supporter
about his belief that the 2020 election results were legitimately
challenged by the anti-fascist movement.
“I
was definitely pushed out,” Logan told
Eric Metaxas, a conservative radio
host, this week. “I mean, there is no doubt about that. They
don’t want independent thinkers. They don’t want people who
follow the facts regardless of the politics.”
Sorry
to break it to ya lady, but comparing Dr Fauci with Joseph Mengele is
not an example of being an independent thinker. You have become a
tool of the Reich.
With
that, I bring this episode to a close by introducing to you, World
of Antiquity.
https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldofAntiquity
Professor Miano 's well thought out challenges to those who peddle
pseudo-history. Miano is dedicated to education about ancient
civilizations, cultures, and peoples.
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.
“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!!
“,,,[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 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.
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.
,,,
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.
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.
