What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
Paintings By Picasso, Matisse Swiped From Museum : NPR
And finally, some good news.
In comparison to the rest of the news we see, audacious art thefts are just good, feel-good stories.
They are the closest we will ever see to the folk-hero bandits of the Wild West.
Vive La Thomas Crown!
France moves to fine Muslim women with full-face Islamic veils
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Ladies if you want to cover your entire face when you are out in the world, why don’t you just stay home instead? The prophet’s first wife would have refused to cover her face and you should too. You are an embarrassment to your gender.
Rachel Maddow demolishes Rand Paul – Joan Walsh – Salon.com
Just love the sub-title:
The Tea Party favorite says he’d have marched with Martin Luther King Jr., but he opposes the law that forced businesses to serve him
Think about that for a minute. Not too long. Your head may hurt.
Rand Paul thinks it was OK to refuse to seat African Americans at lunch counters or top make them sit at the back of the bus.
Tea Baggers are such fucking pussies. Just come out and say your racist ass thinks only whites are “True Americans” you spineless redneck.
Why “Mother and Child” insults parents like me – Mother and Child – Salon.com
I find it ironic that the voices that decry abortion use the same tone as the adoption revisionists. Neither group has a particularly good grasp on the idea of parenthood or family.
Rand Paul Taking Heat for Civil Rights Act Comments – Washington Wire – WSJ
Heh, I hope they rape his racist-apologist ass with this footage.
Pakistan shuts down Facebook over ‘Draw Mohammed’ Day – CNN.com
Oh, the humanity….
Well that’s progressive and well thought out. It’s not going to make facebook more attractive than or anything…
For D.C., hope in treating young offenders – USATODAY.com
It’s a shame we have steered away from programs like this. Society benefits and it is the right thing to do?
How does society benefit by being “soft on crime?” Economically for one. Taxpayers are preferable to inmates.
Vatican to pursue new legal strategy in U.S., lawyer says – CNN.com
Yeah, they are switching from “Nothing to see here, move along” to “What? me? Complicit? Never!” Big whoop.
Closing of the American Mind – Newsweek.com
An interesting take on our divided nation and the middle that is tuning it all out. Two years later and what’s different?
Syria’s smoking ban sends cafe clientele away in packs – USATODAY.com
When will the non-smoking insanity go away?
Tibetan Buddhism’s Karmapa on Modernity – Newsweek.com
“One of the holiest men in Tibetan Buddhism explains how his flock should straddle tradition and modernity.”
How can you not love Tibetan Buddhists.
China complains after diplomat assaulted in Texas | Reuters
I know China likes to “choose” what news and information are available to their population but seriously…
Ah, China?
This is the kind of thing that is going to happen if you don’t use google. People of ethnicity got harassed in Texas? Shocking! OK, not so much. See China, if you had googled first you’d know this is par for the course.
Why the hell did you have diplomats in Texas, anyways? Do what everyone else does when they are confronted with the idea of being in Texas: eat some BBQ, go to Austin and then get the hell out!
Duh…
National ID Card Included In Democratic Immigration Bill – Yahoo! News
May I see your papers everywhere, not just AZ?
In the biggest bit of doublespeak bullshit since Orwell wrote 1984,
‘National ID Card Included In Democratic Immigration Bill.’
Our founding fathers would be so proud. No, really they would. Most of them were really freaking racist as all get out.
Russia and U.S. Negotiate Adoption Agreement in Wake of Scandal – ABC News
“Russia Wants Right to Prosecute Parents Who Abuse Adopted Russian Kids”
And damn well we should. A parent is a parent. You can’t quit. Neglecting your child is a crime whether they are biologically yours or not. Neglecting your child is a crime whether or not parenthood is what you thought it would be. There is no warranty on a child; no grace period. You can not return a child. If you try; you shouldn’t have been a parent in the first place. What does US law (hopefully) do to lousy parents? Prosecute them for neglect.
Belgium veil ban passes with widespread support – CSMonitor.com
Religious Freedom, blah, blah.
If a religion dictated that someone regularly beat their spouse and children, would we allow it legally?
If a religion dictated that woman couldn’t vote, would we look kindly on that?
If a religion forbid women to work or drive a car, would we look kindly on that?
If a religion dictated that a woman couldn’t speak to anyone outside her family would we allow her to opt out of testifying in legal cases?
I’m all for Religious Freedom as long as it doesn’t encourage any sort of class-ism or prohibit its members from participating fully in society.
On a personal level, I am inclined to take a dim view of a system that says men need take no responsibility for their own actions but women must pay the price for the actions of others who they themselves do not possess any power or influence over. That’s just wrong.
Bah! Wear the veil over all but your eyes at home if you want ladies, if you want to partake in society you shouldn’t be hiding yourself from it.
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