Tag: US politics

Congrats to those of you who live in states that had good election results.

I’ll be over here lamenting the predictableness of Alabama’s Red State status as well as the passage of Amendment 1:

“Providing for certain religious rights and liberties; authorizing the display of the Ten Commandments on state property and property owned or administrated by a public school or public body; and prohibiting the expenditure of public funds in defense of the constitutionality of this amendment.“

and Amendment 2:

“To declare and otherwise affirm that it is the public policy of this state to recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, most importantly the right to life in all manners and measures appropriate and lawful; and to provide that the constitution of this state does not protect the right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.”

which are not only going to fuck over our citizenry (as usual) but also likely end up with multiple lawsuits because we learn nothing from our past.

Sigh.

Alabama, where Republicans try to out Trump-fan, gun-fan, anti-abortion-fan, out Bible-thump, and out White Conservative each other, and where one douchecanoe is bold enough to brag about being prepared to fight/fighting against “so-called ‘transgender’ rights.”

Dude totally threw that in because 1) folks are trying to get the gender markers on AL drivers licenses changeable easier and 2) shithead probably realized it’s Pride month.

Tomorrow I get up at buttcrack in the morning to do my part to elect a Democrat to the Senate seat left vacant by the Evil Keebler Elf.

Here’s to putting the human dumpster fire that is Roy Moore in the trash heap where he belongs once and for all.

So in Alabama political news, the human dumpster fire twice kicked from AL Chief Justice position for defiance of federal law, also known as Roy Moore, won a runoff against the human dumpster fire appointed by our now deposed former governor, aka Luther Strange (who is called Big Luther because he is 6’9", even if it’s the biggest Good Ole Boy sounding thing ever).

Moore is admittedly the human dumpster fire that the Democratic candidate has a better chance of beating.

He is also the shittier of the human dumpster fires, so if he wins the special election in December, boy howdy are things gonna be Interesting in the Not Fun way.

Also apparently Steve Bannon was on hand to congratulate the winning human dumpster fire, which means, eww, both Bannon and Trump have been in my state.

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odinsblog:

Something for all the “But Mike Pence!!!” types still arguing that we shouldn’t try to impeach Trump.(article)

Thank fuck, someone explained this more eloquently than I could.

(Though another reason this galls me is that Trump should be impeached because he has violated more laws than any president in our history. He needs to be punished for that. Saying that he shouldn’t because you don’t like the guy who comes next is attempting to game the system in much the same way the Republicans have been. Impeachment isn’t about trying to get the president you want. It’s about punishing the ones who break the law.)

I try to keep politics off this blog but god damn

Impeachment isn’t about trying to get the president you want. It’s about punishing the ones who break the law

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totallyamelia:

Actually, yeah, everyone should have the right to a meal, housing, and the ability to have an income. These shouldn’t be privileges. 

In which an angry Republican proves that capitalism is ridiculous as hell

… These are all literally human rights? I keep seeing stuff like this and. Do people not know about the human rights?

Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

Article 23.

(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

(…)

Article 25.

(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.


(and that’s just the basics on that topic, 22 is a good summary and 24 is worth knowing about too, and by the way since it’s currently relevant, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.” is article 9.)

Friendly reminder the USA have not ratified the Declaration of Basic Human Rights.

Let that last truth sink in.

unabridged-tomes:

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ahmedsrizwan:

Gaga opening with “this land is your land, this land is my land” and then singing “born this way” was a huge fuck you to trump and pence and no one will ever convince me otherwise.

NEVER FORGET that “this land is your land, this land is my land” was by WOODY GUTHRIE – Pro-union, anti-fascist folk hero.

No way does Gaga not know that.

…and on the radio this morning some guy called in to say how happy he was that it wasn’t political…

To add an unexpected and fascinating plot twist, Donald Trump’s father was Guthrie’s deadbeat landlord in the 1950s. (source per @npr in the link)

I mean, “This Land Is Your Land” has a couple of decidedly political verses…which almost everyone leaves ou:

As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said “No Trespassing.”
But on the other side it didn’t say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.

In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?

Bolded for emphasis.While the song praises the America that all should have access to, it also calls into question who is actually getting the full benefits of all the promises of the nation.

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Reblogging again because you can never have enough Nazi flag ripping on your blog.

Reblogging because we stand against hate.

Reblogging because fuck yes

Mainstream media is really important in shaping a popular opinion – this movie (the Sound of Music, for people who don’t recognise it) was the first thing I knew about Nazis and the beginning of the war. I’d never heard about them before, and I remembered mum having to explain to me what the symbol meant. This movie showed likeable, strong and sympathetic characters tearing up Nazi flags and resisting the Nazis. It showed Nazi-sympathizers as intimidating and unfair. It showed us that normal people (Rolfe) could fall for their propaganda and we could lose them. 

I was seven years old when I first watched this and immediately I knew Nazis were terrible, and because of the power of the story and the warmth of the characters this feeling sunk to my core. 

I worry a lot about kids whose first introduction to world events is a movie like ‘American Sniper’.