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2016 June 27 — Why Now?
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The Supremes Get Real

In a 6-2 decision they ruled that domestic abusers can lose their gun-ownership rights and in a 5-3 decision they said that Texas wasn’t fooling anyone about
the purpose of their latest abortion law.

In the gun case the individual admitted he beat up his girlfriend, but felt that since he did it a fit of rage, rather than being a planned attack, that shouldn’t prevent him from having a gun available the next time he got mad. While that is not a quote, read his brief. That is essentially what he claimed.

The problem for Texas was that they have records of the debates in the legislature.

June 27, 2016   2 Comments

The Hits Keep Coming

First Brexit, now this: Iceland bounces England from the Euro 2016 Tourney.

That’s in addition to having Standard & Poor’s downgrading Britain’s credit rating, and Bloomberg noting that Brexit has already cost the world’s 400 richest people approximately $127 billion. The markets are still dropping.

The EU members are not amused and want Britain to stop messing about and get on with the ‘divorce’. If Britain doesn’t go through with the exit, they can say good-bye to all of the accommodations that the EU has made in the past to keep the Brits happy.

June 27, 2016   2 Comments