The California Death
Penalty has been declared unconstitutional by some Appelate Court ruling
yesterday. So now you have nine hundred
people on Death Row- and only thirteen people have been executed in California
since 1978. And there is one Black father who takes
exception to this ruling because his son was killed in savage gang
violence. But he came up with a good
idea. “Just let all those people in death row out on
the streets. Because that way we can
take justice into our own hands and kill them, but if they remain locked up we
can’t get to them”. Good point. The ruling is a little screwy. First of all they should have “stayed” this
order, and not given nine hundred hardened felons a pass. So even if there is a successful appeal of this
ruling, the damage is done. The
reasoning was screwey on this ruling anyhow.
It involved some guy who’s been on Death Row since 1992. And “Waiting such a long time for the death
penalty to be enacted is cruel and unusual punishment”. And there was other stuff about “The legal
system is broke, and enforcement of the Death Penalty is arbitrary”. Of course contrary to what you would
believe, people on Death Row have special privileges other prisoners don’t.
This really is a
breaking news item. A an airliner with 297 people aboard was shot down over Ukrainian space by a Russian plane, or missiles or
something. Chris was wondering whether
this is the first shot of WW III. They say that at 33,000 feet this airliner could not be shot down by a hand held RPG but had to be the Military. It was a flight from Amsterdam to Malaysia - and is the third aircraft to be shot down over Ukrainian space in the past week. The other two were cargo planes. Meanwhile back on the farm - - there is a “Humanitarian cease fire” in
the Mideast. It seems they want a lull
in the hail of bullets and rocket fire in order to get food and other medical
supplies into Gaza. Israel says they try
and give the population of Gaza fifteen minutes warning before the bombs
fall. But now we hear Hammas is telling
the people to ignore these warnings.
What is Hammas anyhow- “Death Incorporated”. And just how much help is Hammas getting
from Iran anyhow, and shouldn’t we think about invalidating the “treaty” with
Iran on the Nukes that is completely bogus?
I was saying- - “We should immediately reinstitute the sanctions against
Iran and toughen them up”. Iran is just
jerking us around.
They say that beach
land in Miami is getting more expensive, but ‘If business took global warming
seriously, the opposite would be happening”.
I agree. This is truly a case of
a real estate “bubble’ that’s due to burst any time. Meanwhile here in California they have this
new water conservation law that fines you five hundred dollars, per day, as
long as you violate certain conditions.
No watering your lawn between nine and four in mid day. NO washing your car without a shut-off nozel. No hosing leaves off concrete. No over-watering your lawns letting water run
down the street. Calls for water
conservation have proved completely useless.
Water use is actually up in California over the past year. I think this is a crisis we are all closing our
eyes to because all our reservuars are running dry quickly. Personally I see FAR more draconian laws- -
such as state wide water rationing, and nobody will like that. Meanwhile somebody has chopped down thirteen
trees at a family park in the Anaheim Hills.
Go figure.
The Republicans
yesterday defeated a bill to give the victims of the Hobby Lobby ruling a
chance to get birth control- - which now they are deprived of thanks to the
Supreme Court. Of course this bill didn’t
stand a chance with Boehner and the House. If for no other reason, the Boehner House should have not alienated vast numbers of women in this way. Stephanie asked Chris to take out his organ. It seems that Pat Robertson says that stomach
aches are attacks of Satan. I know there
are pastors who claim to be able to pull mysterious growths from the body and
place then on the podium. Today is
Thursday July 17, 2014 and of course that’s the dubious anniversary of both
Disneyland and my moving into my apartment in 1988, which people have argued
are really the same event. But Democrats
can take heart according to today’s show because the Democrat’s prospects for
doing better in the congressional elections (we’ve banned the term Midterm,
which sounds too much like a college course)
because women and Latinos are turning Democratic in droves. North Carolina and Colorado are tilting
Democratic. And there is a renewed hope
that Senator Mitch Mc Conell of Kentucky is going down to defeat, seeing how
happy Kentuckians are with the Affordable Care Act. (That would be a Democratic “wet dream”
which is a term I hate using.) “OK, you
can go back into your shell now, Mitch.”
I made my way through the latest “load” of Judy’s
E mails yesterday afternoon before three.
We are treated to the news that apparently in three days there is going
to be an announcement by a three judge panel that Obama Care for ANY state that
did not set up their own exchange, is invalidated. All of the provisions of the ACA will be
invalidated and according to my “source” this is a fact. Supposedly there are a few lines in the ACA
law that says all interaction MUST be through State Exchanges. Uh huh.
Rush Limbaugh has claimed he has proof now that Global Warming is a
complete hoax. Because NOAH or some
weather service formerly said that 2012 was the hottest summer ever, and we
know how bad things were in America’s heartland with hundred degree
temperatures for two weeks straight and horrible droughts. But now Rush had learned “NOAH is trying to
keep this secret but I have learned that 1936 was an actually hotter summer”. Furthermore Rush Limbaugh has claimed that “There
WERE no weather records prior to 1895” and so he says “Therefore since we have
such a thin sampling of time- - there is NO WAY to determine WHAT the global
temperature was prior to 1895. And Rush
has stated with his expertise “Measuring things like tree rings and ice drill
holes is a bogus methodology” so Rush said it so it must be true. Furthermore Rush says “The Great Lakes water
level is rising and the global warming people said the level should be falling,
and therefore Global Warming is a hoax”.
There are other E mails stating the public supports John Boehner’s law
suit against President Obama. And of
course there was an E mail that states that our Federal deficets ate 74% of the
Gross National Product, which I know to be a lie. Maybe it is 14% And this same “survey” states that in twenty
years the deficit will be 104% of the gross national product. I have not seen one admission from any E
mailing from Judy that the deficit over the past five years has gone down one
bit. (And that ain’t right)
But returning to the real world for a minute,
Stephanie Miller this morning has statistics that state otherwise- - that the
American people consider such a suit a waste of congressional time and
resources and taxpayer money. But when
a Republican spends taxpayer’s money- - to fund two Wars or Medicare part D,
then it doesn’t count because it’s off the books. (Which goes a long way tword explaining why
the deficit seemed to rise so sharply for Obama) Something else that skyrocketed for Obama
was Senate filibusters. They were too
high under Bush but now they are at least double the Bush rate- - and Mother
Jones places the filibuster rate much higher- - when controlled for certain extraneous
variables. Now the Republicans have said "we are going to take thirty hours of debate time on EACH of Obama's subsequent nomination, using that Mitt Romney term of "slow walking". Of course Michelle Bachman
says the communist Chinese have the right idea in giving employees no worker’s
rights at all. And we know how eager
Mitt Romney was to buy that sweat shop in China where they lock the women
inside “because we have to keep outside people from getting in”. Yeah, right!
Actually if I were president I’d appoint John Fugelsang as Minister of
Propaganda, which is an actual Federation position. By the way if you want to know about the Bible, don't ask a Jew because Norman Goldman screwed a bunch of things up yesterday when he was speaking on this topic. Jehovah was not as entirely "lacking in compassion" in the OT as some of these "Testament bifercators would have you to believe, and neither was Jesus hesitent to be judgemental and if he didn't like you, he let you have it with both barrels. If you want to know about the Bible ask a former Protestent Fundamentalist like John Fugelsang or "Muah" (to use the Rush Limbaugh term)
Sgt Bergdoll is grateful to President Obama
for saving his life, which in the eyes of the right makes him even more of a
traitor. The idea that Bergdoll is getting back to living a normal life is driving these republicans nuts. Oh, in terms of religion we
have PROOF that President Obama is a Muslem agent. Because a higher percent of Islamists approve
of Obama than anyone else at 73%. 56%
of Jewish people approve of the President, and 44% of Catholics, and 37% of
Protestants. Mormons by far support the
President the least at fourteen percent or something. But
suddenly alliances with Mormons- or Ayan Rand people is just fine now. If that’s not screwy enough for you, now they
claim that since 2001 “All of the growth in jobs has been in the minority
sector” in otherwise- - minorities have gotten almost ALL of the new jobs and
hence denied White people those jobs.
But if an E mail says it, it must be true.
Actually I would not
mind lesbians in my bedroom as long as they aren’t Tammy Bruce or Samantha
Brady. (Both of them are far too trigger
happy) Here is another delightful little
story. Hobby Lobby is opening up their
own Bible Museum in Washington DC. Of course they say that other “Creation
Institute” isn’t getting the expected business so they may transfer some
exhibits like the one with the stone age cave man riding on a dinosaur. Of course- - Hobby Lobby has to decide
whether they are a business or some kind of a Christian propaganda
organization. Stephanie reminds us that
endometriosis is a serious condition for women, and quite painful and six
million women suffer from it. Chris
wouldn’t mind an all woman ticket for President and VP but an all woman ticket
could never win right now. Hillary
Clinton says she “would like a job where you work out of an office in your
homes, and it would be nice if the office didn’t have corners but- - perhaps- -
was oval shaped. 63% of people in a new poll believe that John Boehner’s suit
is a waste of time and Congress needs to spend its time passing bills that will
actually help the lives of citizens. According
to Stephanie and Chris- - one phone call to a politician is counted as one
hundred other people thinking the way you do on that issue.
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