You don’t suppose there were some Israelites who said “I’m not worshipping that calf, I’m just hoping to get enough grain for my table and maybe buy my wife some myrrh for our anniversary if only I could afford it.”
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You don’t suppose there were some Israelites who said “I’m not worshipping that calf, I’m just hoping to get enough grain for my table and maybe buy my wife some myrrh for our anniversary if only I could afford it.”
You mean not counting the dozen or so MSM stories about the Trump hotel-brothel that I could find in 5 minutes on Google? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u... www.bloomberg.com/features/201...
It seems to me this is pretty much the entire point of the Declaration of Independence. Or, as Jefferson put it, “the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Those last two crucial words are often left out of Jefferson’s quote.
There is a bit of Alan Rickman in that photo.
A military flyover to drown out their voices!
Is that a Q in his hand?
Grizzly bears and brown bears are the same thing. That looks like a black bear to me, though.
“We’re going to have to make a deal with Hitler. Why fight to the death over the Sudetenland.” -Neville Chamberlain
They must really feel great about having to leave their real jobs to pick up trash for military enlisted wages.
Next the Republican Party will rename itself the “Commanders.”
Maybe the real point is that we shouldn’t waste our energy pointing fingers or placing blame but we should join together to save our country.
Back it up with what? We all want action, but they don’t have the votes.
That is the project. Destroy public education, leading to a nation of ignorant, uneducated people who will keep electing terrible leaders.
Understood. Yaz carried the Sox on his back in 67.
He used a college draft deferment, which the law allowed, then enlisted in the army national guard. All perfectly legal at the time. At least he wore the uniform, and didn’t claim he had bone spurs or childhood asthma. I’m no fan of Bolton, but I don’t think that makes him a draft dodger.
Even though I grew up a Detroit fan, and was a right handed hitter, I always copied Yaz’s stance when I batted. He sure looks good for 86.
Yaz was a left fielder, not a third baseman.
I think you mean 1967. 1968 was Detroit over the Cardinals.
That will last until SCOTUS grants a stay pending appeal.
I miss that electric jolt when you missed a bit of the foil and it made contact with one of your metal fillings.
John Roberts is the Merrick Garland of Chief Justices.
Look at all those 90 year old white hippies protesting.
1945. Under a Democratic administration.
Article I, section 4 gives Congress the power to pass laws regulating Congressional elections. That does not give the President any power at all, nor does it make the States agents of the federal government.
“The states are merely an “agent” for the federal government.” No, the states are sovereign entities which run their own elections to select their representatives in Congress.
He’s landing at an Air Force base and not leaving the base. He will not see any Alaskans or their flags.
I’m surprised there is no mention in the article of the problem of invasive green crabs, which is a huge threat to these ecosystems: hakai.org/primed-to-de...
The White House has announced the site of Friday’s summit :
and sex offenders.
Putin will not see any Alaskans. I expect he will land at an Air Force base and access will be completely locked down.
Veterans do not serve for glory.
Isn’t it interesting that the only people Trump calls “low IQ” are Black?
The IRS has always had a say in this because staying out of politics used to be a requirement for them to stay tax exempt. Before this, if they endorsed a candidate, the IRS would take away their tax exemption. But no more.
I’m not arguing with you, but Mar a Lago isn’t a golf club, as I understand it.
Im asking because I’m ignorant about this, but wouldn’t most of the customers in a spa like this be women? Who would be doing the sexual harassing (besides the rich guy who owns the spa)?
Catcher set up outside, the pitcher missed his spot, the catcher’s movement fooled the umpire, and the umpire blew the call.
She moved to dismiss the charges based on the Epstein 2007 plea agreement, but it was denied, and upheld on appeal, which is what she’s appealing to SCOTUS.
If the “authorities” means Todd Blanche, I would say no thanks.
Perhaps Prince Andrew has a spare room where she can stay.
Control for alcohol consumption rates and I’ll bet the difference disappears.
When people make things up, even if it’s in support of a righteous cause, it just strengthens the hand of the oppressor.
It is clear that kidnapping people off the streets and sending them to foreign gulags is a more important national priority than educating our children.
Looks like a rainbow to me. This was a better throw, though it’s a trash video:
Seize. Cease means stop, you don’t want them to do that.
Andy Biggs is a graduate of the University of Arizona law school.
Why does the media report Trump’s tariff threats without any mention of the fact that he has no authority under the Constitution to impose any of these tariffs?
After 26 years in the home, Mrs. Grant might not be up on the latest lingo.
I could care less.
Of the 34 million “able bodied” people supposedly on Medicaid, how many of them are mentally ill or mentally disabled?
Holding her without testimony? She had a trial, witnesses testified, a jury found her guilty, and she was sentenced to 20 years.
John Lewis wasn’t a coward. Martin Luther King wasn’t a coward. Gandhi wasn’t a coward. Courage comes in many forms, and it doesn’t require a gun or violence.
Make sure you write your will and leave burial instructions before doing this. Your next of kin will appreciate it.
What makes it OK for military aircraft to be used as props for a signing ceremony for a piece of partisan legislation? Why are military leaders OK with this?
Not all lawyer types. If I cared to, I would find my post from some months ago saying that his was probably the most consequential failure by any cabinet member in American history.
The regulations require immigration judges to be attorneys. Of course they could change the regulations, but there is a process they would have to go through that could be challenged in federal court.
“Well, we’re all going to die.” Senator Joni Ernst
It’s hard to move that fast with a walker.
Maybe, but if voters have the power to decide whether to recognize someone’s fundamental rights they also have the power to take them away. That’s why our Constitution has a bill of rights.
I agree, and I hope he keeps doing it for a long time. And he’d make a better President than who we’ve got. But I think we can find someone younger to run in 28.
And yet BlueSky is full of people blaming Democrats, all of whom voted “no,” for not “doing something” to stop this.
He will be 87 years old at the time of next Presidential election.
Sounds like LAPD arrested him.
To be clear, Chuck Schumer, Fetterman and all the accommodationist Democrats need to resign, retire, or be primaried. But attacking AOC for not impeaching Trump is silly. She’s been out there fighting the whole time.
They don’t have the votes and Speaker Johnson will never even allow a vote on it. And this is somehow the Dems’ fault?
Vance literally served with Padilla in the Senate for 2 years. In JD’s mind he was probably always “Jose.”
I didn’t say anything about decorum and letters. And I don’t need you to lecture me about the Nazis. My mother was in a Nazi labor camp. I know what they were, and history is repeating itself. I support resistance. But criticizing Congressmen for not making an armed assault on ICE is just posturing
Hate to break it to you but ICE has a lot of guys with guns. Do you think you could find an armed security person willing to get shot for Jerry Nadler?
The most disturbing thing about this is that Trump seems to believe that the war in Ukraine is happening in Russia.
I blocked them too, so I never saw their post. 😃
I never said it was OK. I just prefer fewer bad things and more good things. If that means I’m evil, then that’s your opinion and you’re welcome to it.
There’s always been shit. But do you want more shit or less shit? I’d prefer less.
Now you’re just making stuff up. They said she had cash, but they never said how much. They said she had passports but never said they were fake.
So what crime do you think they should have charged her with? Seems to me she may have been afraid her crazy husband was going to come after her next and she was fleeing to Canada while he was on the run.
The feds can charge if they want but that wouldn’t make the state charges go away.
Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
As Ben Franklin said, it’s a republic, if you can keep it. He understood that it was only with hard work and vigilance that we will keep it.
There is no such thing.
There is no mechanism in the Constitution for citizen impeachment. There is no such thing. Only the House of Representatives has the power of impeachment.
Ha. I’ll bet he’s celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day with an Irish flag before.
He is leaving to spend more time with the young woman he left his family for.
Arrested by whom?
Of course it’s a constitutional crisis. When the president does things that are plainly unlawful and unconstitutional and the constitutional structure is unable to stop him or do anything about it, that is a constitutional crisis.
As much as we romanticize the anti-war protests of the 60’s, remember that they led to the election and reelection of Richard Nixon. Chaos and unrest — even if provoked by an unjust war or by ICE thugs — does not win over average voters. This plays into the hands of MAGA. Gandhi and MLK were right.
Elon Musk spends over 6 hours a day on video games and social media. Is that fair?
One thing about the USA is that you have a right to wave whatever flag you want.
I’m no expert on military law but don’t the military commanders — both of the National Guard and the Marines at Camp Pendleton — have a duty to refuse to follow illegal orders? I guess that’s why Hegseth replaced the JAG’s.
I fear a Kent State type incident is coming. These guys are going to shoot into a crowd at some point, and things could get real bad real fast.
Neither, I think.
Sadly, recent history shows that there is not a shortage of unscrupulous people willing to do almost anything for personal advancement. People with integrity still have to do the right thing, but what’s left is a government staffed by people without integrity.
Suppose the Democrats had pushed a “codify Roe” bill to a vote, which would not have passed due to a few anti-choice Democrats in the House and a Republican filibuster in the Senate. The result would have been to lose some Democratic held seats in red or purple states. How would that help the cause?
The Treaty of Tripoli, negotiated by the George Washington Administration, signed by President John Adams, and approved unanimously by the Senate in 1797, says this: “The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion.”
Spraying bear spray at a person with a gun might not be a good idea. If he actually is a fed, you’ll be facing felony charges. Worst case, you’ll get shot, whether he’s a real fed or not.
A novel in one sign.
I have seen a lot of 0.00 DWI’s, where the police suspected a driver was under the influence of drugs and usually they get a search warrant and take a blood sample. The mere fact of a 0.00 DWI doesn’t prove that it was a bad arrest.
He didn’t even read it. He reposted it because he was younger in the picture and it seemed vaguely critical of Biden.
Case Price $86.47!
I want to report an immigrant drug user from South Africa who set up a wacky pretend government agency that has been firing federal employees who do important work for our country.
Much of what I know about President Polk came from They Might Be Giants.