SINGLE PAYER, SINGLE DECIDER: Charlie Gard’s Parents Drop Legal Battle Over Experimental Treatment.

AMANDA MARCOTTE: The sad story of Charlie Gard shows there’s no limit to right-wing political vampirism. “A dying baby and his parents have been exploited by conservatives who want to strip Americans of health care.”

Forget it, Jake — it’s Marcotte.

A POSTER EXPLAINS WHY ONLY THE FREE MARKET CAN PROTECT HUMAN LIFE: The Free Market versus Death Panels by Alpheus Madsen. Cogently.

THE STATE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND:

ANSWER: BY NOT BEING TARRED AND FEATHERED WHEN THEY START TO OVERREACH. How Bureaucracies Creep Into Life-and-Death Medical Decisions.

BUT SARAH PALIN WAS THE CRAZY ONE FOR BELIEVING THAT SOCIALIZED MEDICINE INVARIABLY LEADS TO DEATH PANELS: Parents of baby Charlie Gard say he has passed away.

What better way to disillusion the south of their idea they were fighting tyranny than by forcefully tearing down their monuments

-Polly Spin

REMEMBER “LOVE TRUMPS HATE?” YEAH, ME NEITHER. Trump-supporting Drag Queen Faces Wrath of LGBT Community.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Professor Who Called for ‘White Genocide’ Says Leftist Profs Are Being Targeted.

WOMEN’S STUDIES PROF: ‘I Wish Someone Would Just Shoot’ Trump.

WHEN DON’T THEY? When Progressives Endorse Hate.

OH, THAT LIBERAL FASCISM: Nice Butcher Shop; It Would Be A Shame If Something Happened To It.

CLIMATE OF HATE: Democratic anti-Trump activist shot/killed a Republican.

FLASHBACK: New audio: Ted Strickland jokes that Scalia’s death came ‘at a good time.’ Well, he may feel differently now.

One of my whackadoodle left-wing associates actually SAID that, in public, the other day. I was a tad incredulous and quickly attempted to change the subject. Then she said it again. Another attempted subject change. Another blurt, followed by my departure.

I was overwhelmed with thoughts and feelings by this “disclosure.” First came “what in the WORLD are you talking about?” Then, after making some rapid connections set out below, I arrived at “how can you be THAT mind-numbingly stupid?” And I finally settled on the ubiquitous “this is how you get more Trump.”

For starters, how in the name of Article II could ANY POTUS make any crime “legal?” A STATE crime, no less. In order to believe and accept this lunacy one must believe that the POTUS has legislative authority over the several states. No. Just no. On every count. So to us sentient humans the assertion of the legalization of rape is patently false on its face and should never be uttered in public again without exposing said utterer to scorn, ridicule, derision, and stoning. Now on to the “kernal of truth” that all such allegations have.

Ever hear of “Dear Colleague Letters?” Most folks haven't and I wish to GOD I was in that number. They're the Federal Government equivalent of “nice bidness you got here. Be a SHAME for anyt'ing to happen to it.” It's not a statute. It's not a regulation. It's not even an executive order. It's a letter sent by a government employee telling lower level government employees how they SHOULD conduct themselves and what the consequences of failure will be. They do NOT have the force of law - except when they do. Short version: if you don't do what we tell you HOW we tell you we might conveniently forget to cut your monthly check.

So back in the Obama era the Department of Education (NOT the Department of Justice) issued a dear colleague letter to colleges and universities across the fruited plain advising them how to handle rape charges. The accused were to be denied their right to counsel and their right to confront their accuser, among other things. They additionally reduced the burden of proof from the criminal standard of “beyond a reasonable doubt” to the MUCH lower civil standard of “a preponderance of the evidence.” Needless to say this made the handling of rape charges quite a bit easier. Find the lad guilty in a kangaroo court, kick him out of school, and label him as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Scores of young men have faced this fate. Surely some of them ARE guilty and SHOULD be punished to the fullest extent of the law. But as is often the case, the lawsuits are coming. The young men are fighting back. And winning. Millions of dollars of damages are being levied against our state colleges and universities. These damages will be paid by US, dear fellow taxpayer.

And the Trump administration will likely rescind the Dear Colleague Letter thus returning Constitutional rights to the accused. So no. Trump is NOT making rape legal. But if the shrieking continues much longer he MAY be getting my vote in 2020.

you've all probably seen worse but I DID wannagive a headsup to my more delicate followers.

The Challenges of Dating While Conservative  Or even Libertarian for that matter

FOR IDEAL MARITAL HAPPINESS, sex three to four times a week is best, according to researchers. And  I always thought a marriage was worth a blowjob.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: “She has had relationships she describes as purely sapiosexual, in which there was no sex, just intense conversation.” They very likely wanted actual sex. She was using them for “sapiosex.” So, really, when you think about it, they were raped. It’s “Time Rape.”

IT IS ACTUALLY ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THIS IS WRITER HUMOR, BUT… I’M PROUD TO REPORT MY FRIEND KATE HASN’T BEEN INCINERATED BY A LIGHTENING BOLT.  YET: Open Letter to The Author.

I KNOW WHICH SIDE I’M ON ALREADY: Battle over bare-breasted women brews at one of Maryland’s busiest beaches.

HEH: CNN’s Jim Acosta Read The Statue Of Liberty Poem, Had A Meltdown When Someone Suggested Immigrants Be Able To Read It, Too.

THE BLACK KNIGHT JUST CALLED AND SAID, “DUUUDE.” CNN’s Jim Acosta Claims Victory In Briefing Beef With Stephen Miller: ‘He Couldn’t Take That Kind Of Heat.’

THIS IS CNN: Charlie Martin on Why CNN’s Jim Acosta is Wrong About the Statue of Liberty.

IMMIGRANT SARAH HOYT: Mr. Acosta, Can You Hear Me Now?

ACTUALLY, THE MASK OFFICIALLY CAME OFF IN 2008*; ACOSTA IS SIMPLY CONFIRMING THEIR BIAS: Acosta Pulls the Media’s Mask Off; cements the media’s reputation as the opposition party.

OUT ON A LIMB: Jim Acosta is a Knucklehead.

SPENGLER: Jim Acosta, Racist Apologist for White Privilege.

 

 

 

HEH: CNN’s Jim Acosta Read The Statue Of Liberty Poem, Had A Meltdown When Someone Suggested Immigrants Be Able To Read It, Too.

THE BLACK KNIGHT JUST CALLED AND SAID, “DUUUDE.” CNN’s Jim Acosta Claims Victory In Briefing Beef With Stephen Miller: ‘He Couldn’t Take That Kind Of Heat.’

THIS IS CNN: Charlie Martin on Why CNN’s Jim Acosta is Wrong About the Statue of Liberty.

IMMIGRANT SARAH HOYT: Mr. Acosta, Can You Hear Me Now?

ACTUALLY, THE MASK OFFICIALLY CAME OFF IN 2008*; ACOSTA IS SIMPLY CONFIRMING THEIR BIAS: Acosta Pulls the Media’s Mask Off; cements the media’s reputation as the opposition party.

OUT ON A LIMB: Jim Acosta is a Knucklehead.

SPENGLER: Jim Acosta, Racist Apologist for White Privilege.

 

 

 

Taxpayers may have overpaid by more than $1 billion for Mylan’s EpiPen, senator reveals.  Because it was made by a Donk.

Lest you've forgotten:  ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION, DONE WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY: Exposing the EPA’s Gold King Mine Cover-Up.

THE 21st CENTURY ISN’T WORKING OUT THE WAY I HAD HOPED: Dems give politically connected judge six-figure gig she’s too obese to do.

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! Feds Spend $20,000 on Musical About Illegal Immigrant Lesbian.

EIGHT YEARS OF HOPE AND CHANGE, AND THEN THIS: Texas Boys State votes in favor of secession.

Feds Authorized Montana Woman's Hemp Farm, but Now They're Killing It

MEANWHILE, CNN CLAIMS THAT AN AMUSING GIF IS INCITING VIOLENCE: Man arrested for making threats to Senator Ernst (R-Iowa).

Maine State Democrat Representative Scott Hamann Threatens He’ll Make Trump a “Half Term President” (Like JFK, If You Don’t Get It) If He Ever Comes Within 10 Feet of Him.

CULTURE OF HATE: Online Game Encourages Users To ‘Push Trump Off A Cliff.’

Dem Senator Refuses to Take Back Calling the GOP ‘Evil.’  Sometimes it’s easy to confuse the Stupid Party for the Evil Party.

CONGRESSMAN LUIS GUTIERREZ: When Democrats Take Majority We’re Going To “Eliminate” Trump.

CIVIL DISCOURSE: Kat Timpf Assaulted At Campaign Event.