Pro-Abortion Decision of Kansas Supreme Court Has National Implications

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Clearly, the people of Kansas at the time didn’t think their Constitution protected the right to an abortion.Justice Caleb Stegall wrote a searing dissent, criticizing the majority for “abandon[ing] the original public meaning” of the Kansas Constitution and “arbitrarily grant[ing] a regulatory reprieve to the judicially privileged act of abortion.”He summarized the majority’s ahistorical reasoning in stark terms: “[T]he story told by the majority is a strange one. In it, all the luminaries of the western legal tradition— from Sir Edward Coke and William Blackstone to Edmund Burke and Thomas Jefferson—would celebrate and enshrine a right to nearly unfettered abortion access.

Source: Pro-Abortion Decision of Kansas Supreme Court Has National Implications

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“Activist judges” will be the death of the Republic.

Words mean what they mean.

Finding new “positive” rights in old texts is impossible since the Dead Old White Guys knew the difference between the RIGHT to be left alone (negative) and a RIGHT to something (positive).

“Cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right?” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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700 rockets, 4 dead Israelis: Is the Iron Dome getting worse? – Arab-Israeli Conflict – Jerusalem Post

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

The number of unintercepted rockets and Israeli fatalities sparked inquiry about the effectiveness of Iron Dome.

Source: 700 rockets, 4 dead Israelis: Is the Iron Dome getting worse? – Arab-Israeli Conflict – Jerusalem Post

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The missile that did get through in Ashdod killed Pinchas Menachem Prezuazman, a 21-year old American citizen who was hit while running for cover. Even with a high level of interceptions, with enough metal flying, some are bound to get through, Gross said, adding that it was unclear exactly how the IDF had calculated its claimed 86 percent interception rate.

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Unacceptable.

“This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.” — The Hunt for Red October (1990) by Admiral Josh Painter played by Fred Dalton Thompson

I can understand that the Israelis are going to strike back.

Can’t say as I blame them.

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Florida man arrested after refusing to remove obscene sticker from window

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Webb said he wasn’t even aware of the state’s obscenity law, but after reviewing it since his arrest, he said it needs to be changed. He acknowledged that his sticker could be considered vulgar by some, but the law doesn’t really define what that is.

Source: Florida man arrested after refusing to remove obscene sticker from window

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“We, The Sheeple”shouldn’t have to fight for their First Amendment rights.

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Thomas Midgley, Jr. may have been the most environmentally disastrous person of all time | Popular Science

Monday, May 6, 2019

In just over a decade, tetraethyl lead gasoline—under the brand name Ethyl, cunningly not mentioning the “lead” bit—had actually captured 80 per cent of the US market. All the way, General Motors and Midgley insisted it was safe, despite plenty of what you might call “warning signs.” Huge flashing neon warning signs. Like the fact that in February 1923, when Ethyl first went on sale, Midgley himself had to take the whole month off work due to ill-health caused by the lead fumes. Or like the fact that workers at the factories that made the fuel kept on dying a lot. Five workers died from lead poisoning at the Bayway plant in New Jersey, and 35 were hospitalized, many of them driven insane by the neurological effects of lead—”the patient becomes violently maniacal, shouting, leaping from the bed, smashing furniture and acting as if in delirium tremens” one report recorded.

Source: Thomas Midgley, Jr. may have been the most environmentally disastrous person of all time | Popular Science

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Poor fellow made a “mistake”, but note the impact of the Gooferment’s “patent system” at the root of this and many other problems.

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What to do when US law enforcement asks for your password

Monday, May 6, 2019

Whether or not these tactics are lawful or Constitutional is a matter that has yet to be fully settled in the courts. This leaves a lot of gray area for travelers to worry about when it comes to privacy.

Source: What to do when US law enforcement asks for your password

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Personally, I’d say “hell no” and be prepared to buy a new phone.

YMMV

Clearly, it’s unconstitutional.

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‘Deep Sleep’: How an Amateur Porn Film Set Off A Massive Federal Witch Hunt

Sunday, May 5, 2019

“But Deep Sleep did have its consequences. I realized it was going to make my legitimate acting career virtually impossible. There had just been too much publicity and too much prejudice, and I was too well known at that point. Which is kind of sad. But you can’t turn back the clock. And I have no regrets because I think it was important that we fought. I’m glad that they picked on us, because we didn’t cave in. You can’t have regrets about anything you’ve done—only about the things you didn’t do.”

Source: ‘Deep Sleep’: How an Amateur Porn Film Set Off A Massive Federal Witch Hunt

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Interesting story about an “adult topic”.

All the time I was reading it, I kept asking “were was i?” because I don’t remember it at all.

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Toilets & Skyscrapers: How Chicagoland’s Elite Push Property Tax Bills Onto Average Joes

Saturday, May 4, 2019

Authored by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner via Wirepoints.org, Many of Chicagoland’s elite know exactly how to pass the property-tax buck onto other residents. For decades they’ve used their powerful connections to cut their own property tax bills and push the costs onto other unsuspecting residents.

Source: Toilets & Skyscrapers: How Chicagoland’s Elite Push Property Tax Bills Onto Average Joes

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“Assessed value” has always been a scam.  Taxes are theft.  If we have to be “robbed”, then let’s use the purchase price of the property whenever that last sale was.  There’s no “opinion” or way to fudge that fact.

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Call Anti-Abortion Lies What They Are: Incitements to Violence | The Mary Sue

Friday, May 3, 2019

It gets tiring being forced to explain, over and over, what later abortion is at this point, yet incessant right-wing obsession with it as a salient political talking point have made it clear that this isn’t a topic that’s going away any time soon. There is far more extensive, accurate, and thorough reading about later abortion, but all in all, it’s a normal, safe, legal, and often medically necessary procedure, often to protect the woman’s health, or safely address extreme fetal anomalies. Yes, it’s rare, but that doesn’t make it any less normal or medically necessary.

Source: Call Anti-Abortion Lies What They Are: Incitements to Violence | The Mary Sue

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As a pro-life little L libertarian, I think “abortion” is a national disaster. With its Margaret Sanger Nazi-like eugenics, it is contra-species-survival and on that basis the current Gooferment policy is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy. Clearly, we need to have a more rational less-heated discussion about the principles and policies. Any true “pro-life advocate can no more advocate violence or killing without betraying their principles.

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Inside Sanders’ Soviet ‘honeymoon’ – GreenwichTime

Friday, May 3, 2019

The trip garnered brief mention in the 2016 presidential campaign, but earlier this year, a video from a Vermont community television station was posted online that showed a few minutes of Sanders’ unlikely celebration with the Soviets. Right-leaning websites suggested Sanders was cozying up to communists, underscoring how the trip might be used against the senator if he becomes the Democratic nominee.

Until now, however, relatively few details about the trip have emerged, and most accounts have relied heavily on Sanders’s recollection. An examination by The Washington Post of the trip – based on interviews with five people who accompanied Sanders, as well as audio and video of it – provides a fresh look at this formative time for Sanders, foreshadowing much of what animates his presidential bid.

Source: Inside Sanders’ Soviet ‘honeymoon’ – GreenwichTime

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Interesting that they called Trump a “manchurian candidate” for “Russian collusion”.

Here’s a “manchurian candidate” running in plain sight.

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Can Walnuts Help Prevent Inflammation And Brain Decline? | Worldhealth.net Anti-Aging News

Thursday, May 2, 2019

An earlier study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease revealed walnuts help to provide protections against the brain wasting disease; animals studies showed adhering to a walnut rich diet lead to significant improvements in learning skills, memory, motor development, and reduced anxiety.

Source: Can Walnuts Help Prevent Inflammation And Brain Decline? | Worldhealth.net Anti-Aging News

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Eat your walnuts to stay out of “the (old age) home”!

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