2019 August 15 — Why Now?

Mental Health Issues?

by Bryan

Israel bars Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting, apparently because Trump told Netanyahu he would appear weak if he allowed Muslim female members of the US House of Representatives visit Israel. Given that Bibi has a caretaker government waiting for new elections because he was unable to form a ruling coalition after the last election, he danced to Trump’s tune.

Steve King: If not for rape and incest, ‘would there be any population left?’ If Steve King knew anything about genetics and history he would realize that incest was responsible for genetic diseases like hemophilia among royal families in Europe. When you keep marrying cousins recessive genes become a problem. The “Hapsburg jaw” is among the more obvious, if less fatal, defects.

Steve King opposes exceptions for rape or incest in abortion laws. Look, if you don’t like abortion, don’t have one, but don’t try to legislate your prejudices. This is an issue for women, and men should stay out of it even if they wear funny clothes and proclaim they “know the truth.”

August 15, 2019 11 Comments

Quotes

"It's better to be six feet apart right now than six feet under."

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

"Blognito ergo sum!"

The Culture Ghost

"Caedite eos! Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius."

Abbé Arnaud-Amaury of Citeaux

"Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen."

Heinrich Heine

"Все счастливые семьи похожи друг на друга, каждая несчастливая семья несчастлива по-своему."

Толстой Лев Николаевич

"Кто что ни говори, а подобные происшествия бывают на свете, - редко, но бывают."

Гоголь Николай Васильевич

"A person who has a cat by the tail knows a whole lot more about cats than someone who has just read about them."

Mark Twain

"There are two novels that can change a bookish 14-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

John Rogers

"The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it."

Sir Terry Pratchett

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