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.
Some influential members of the conservative news media have turned on Representative Paul Ryan, whom Republicans are trying to draft for speaker of the House.
Source: Latest Unease on Right: Ryan Is Too Far Left – The New York Times
WTF? The G.O.P. is off the rails.
Hillary Clinton stopped at a union rally outside Donald Trump’s hotel on the Strip here, taunting him on the eve of the first Democratic presidential debate.
Clinton taunts Trump outside his Las Vegas hotel – CNNPolitics.com
hmmmm
Good intentions and deep sympathies cannot counter corrosive doctrines and destructive policy.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s Responsibility for Mass Incarceration – The Atlantic
hmmmm
A Wisconsin mother, imprisoned to protect her fetus, fought back in federal court—and won the first round.
The High Stakes of Wisconsin’s Fetal-Protection Law – The Atlantic
hmmm
This woman is doing amazing things for diversity in fashion.
Meet Mariah Idrissi, hijabi fashion model for H&M | Fusion
hmmm
Arrested for stealing an umbrella on a rainy day. It was a decision that could have ruined her life, if Youth Court hadn’t existed.
Brownsville Youth Court is redefining justice for juveniles | Fusion
hmmm
The best way to deal with memories is to change them.
This Woman Came Up With The Perfect Way To Hide Your Ex In Facebook Photos
heh
Charles Koch: I’m fighting against special interests – CBS News
Pssst, yo dude, you are a special interest. Dipshit.
The measure goes into effect, Jan. 1, 2017; it affects four schools still using the “R-word.” They will be allowed to phase out materials such as uniforms because of cost concerns.
Now, this I agree with. Public funds should not be used to celebrate bigotry.
MILFORD — Some parents of children in Milford’s public schools are outraged that the annual Halloween costume parades at the city’s elementary schools have been canceled this year.
Source: Milford Parents Object To End Of School Halloween Parades – Hartford Courant
Somewhere, sometime, cultural sensitivity started to equal stamping out culture. In order to be sensitive to a few the obvious route is to be insensitive to all? WTF? This is not progress people, this is bullshit.
Trump has been using the power ballad at campaign events.
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler demands Trump stop playing ‘Dream On’ | TheHill
heh
Rezaian was arrested in Tehran with his wife in July 2014 and was tried by a Revolutionary Court on espionage and other charges.
Iranian TV says Post correspondent Jason Rezaian convicted – The Washington Post
sigh….
President says of rapper’s 2020 campaign, “Do you really think that this country is going to elect a black guy from the South Side of Chicago with a funny name to be president?”
Watch Barack Obama Give Kanye West Political Advice | Rolling Stone
🙂
Meryl Streep stars as Emmeline Pankhurst in the new film ‘Suffragette’. Here she talks feminism, Hollywood sexism and window-smashing, wearing a t-shirt with a famous line from her character.
Meryl Streep talks ‘Suffragette’, feminism and family
hmmmm
Feminist protesters lie down on red carpet at premiere of Suffragette – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Nothing like women supporting other women…
Or is that people missing the point?
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
‘I’d rather be a rebel than a slave’ is a quote from Emmeline Pankhurst, played by Streep in a new film, but for some the phrase evokes unfortunate associations
Meryl Streep and co-stars attract backlash over Suffragette T-shirt slogan | Film | The Guardian
Let’s just label the experience of white women, in other countries (!!!!) as a trigger warning and be done with it.
Because being divided by race is the goal here, right??????
The cast of upcoming feminist film ‘Suffragette’ is receiving major backlash after posing in t-shirts that many feel are racially tone deaf.
Mmmhmmm.
Sometimes context isn’t just important, it’s everything.
“Meryl Streep’s Suffragette T-Shirt Disaster: What Were They Thinking?”
Meryl Streep and the “Suffragette” T-Shirt Controversy | Flavorwire
Litmus tests. It’s almost enough to make one not want to identify with feminists at all. Ooops, Meryl’s way ahead of us on that one.
LONDON (AP) — Time Out magazine has defended its use of a slogan including the word slave on a T-shirt worn by Meryl Streep to promote the movie “Suffragette,” arguing that critics have taken the quote out of context.
Time Out defends Meryl Streep T-shirt in ‘slave’ row – US News
Without getting into whether or not this was a poor or thoughtless choice of words….
Women tearing down women talking about women empowering each other. What the hell is wrong with this picture?!
Could a lot of the accusing, name-calling, “outing,” and just generally being holier than thou and judge-y that comes out of the left could be avoided by better education?
Or just empathy for each other even?
Would progressive have whined less if they knew the history of the phrasing?
Would Americans be less reactionary and authoritarian if they had more of a global perspective?
Will the left ever stop picking off and hostilely separating itself from its allies with its litmus tests?
Does it all just come down to liberals being incapable of assuming good intent?
sigh…..
Targeting California’s recent record-low voter turnout, Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a measure that would eventually allow Californians to be automatically registered to vote when they go the DMV to obtain or renew a driver’s license.
Gov. Brown approves automatic voter registration for Californians – LA Times
hmmmm
