Comments on: Republicans are going to put you all back in chains – again

By: avi

avi — Fri, 06 May 2022 01:52:50 +0000

“As a parent and grandparent who still shuttles small kids in my car, who the hell runs a Stop sign with kids in the car?
Someone distracted. Been known to happen.”
She pulled into an intersection after making a full stop.
she DID NOT run a stop sign

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 05 May 2022 17:55:49 +0000

The next “logical” step in the Democratic Party’s arsenal:
“Bill Seeks to Muzzle Doctors Who Tell the Truth About COVID”—
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/05/05/doctors-hunted-by-pharma.aspx

…to be followed by the next “logical” step…
…to be followed by the “logical” step after that….

Why, it’s Palestinian Rules!!…all the way down…:
“The Palestinian State Bill: Palestinians Ask That More Arab Repression Not Be Allowed”—
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18482/palestinian-state-bill

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Thu, 05 May 2022 17:32:20 +0000

Unity! Responsibility! Transparency!

By: Sgt. Joe Friday

Sgt. Joe Friday — Thu, 05 May 2022 17:00:04 +0000

I don’t think Biden understands what he’s saying. I have seen dementia up close (my dad the last 3 years he was alive) and it all looks very familiar to me. Elderly people with dementia are often easily agitated, become angry with little provocation, and have trouble refraining from expressing whatever foolish thought has popped into their head. Biden probably heard the MAGA remark from someone in his inner circle and was merely parroting the words, without stopping to consider what he was really saying. Biden has always been something of a belligerent dumbs**t given to saying things that are foolish and/or provocative, and the dementia has only made it worse.

By: miguel cervantes

miguel cervantes — Thu, 05 May 2022 16:06:40 +0000

shambling does make the stupidest arguments, take it away judge alito

Unable to show concrete reliance on Roe and Casey them- selves, the Solicitor General suggests that overruling those decisions would “threaten the Court’s precedents holding. that the Due Process Clause protects other rights.” Briof for United Statesas Amicus Curiae 26 (citing Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U. 8. 644 (2015); Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U. S. 558 (2008 ); Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U. S. 479 (1965)). That is not correct for reasons we have already discussed. As even the Casey plurality recognized, “[aJbortion is a unique act” because it terminates “life or potential life.” 505 U.S, at 852; see also Roe, 410 U. 8., at 159 (abortion is “in- herently different from marital intimacy,” “marriage,” or “procreation”. even the Casey plurality recognized, “[aJbortion is a unique act” because it terminates “life or potential life.” 505 U.S, at 852; see also Roe, 410 U. 8., at 159 (abortion is “in- herently different from marital intimacy,” “marriage,” or “procreation”. And to ensure that our decision is not mis- understood or mischaracterized, we emphasize that our de- cision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right. Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.

By: Robert Shotzberger

Robert Shotzberger — Thu, 05 May 2022 15:50:16 +0000

Yes and repealing Roe vs Wade will cause the sun to explode. Women and children harmed most.

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Thu, 05 May 2022 15:29:52 +0000

Neo asks, ‘what did you expect’. Well, I did not expect much; but, even so I am surprised.

There was a time when he tried to disguise his nastiness behind his fake teeth smile. I guess the Presidency has unleashed the full Biden. Worse luck for the country.

There used to be a saying, or cliche, that men grew into the Presidency. Biden is shrinking to the extent that I might liken him to an insect chirping, but I do not want to insult crickets. I think roaches are silent.

Although tempting, it would not be appropriate to use a four legged metaphor, like a hyena, for a President. No, can’t go there.

By: Nonapod

Nonapod — Thu, 05 May 2022 15:25:00 +0000

Biden and/or his handlers evidently believe that becoming even more harsh and divisive will stem the tide of voters moving away from Democrats. On the surface it seems odd.

The word that seems to sum up the Democrats over the past few years is beligerant. It’s weird. They seem to have only become more extreme and less tolerant of any skepticism or dissent the more the public at large moves away from them. It’s as if they’ve lost all capacity for moderation and compromise.

I know some people believe that the explanation for this behavior is that they’ve got (or believe they’ve got) the election system locked down so they can just steal all the elections from now on. But that doesn’t seem likely to me for a number of reasons.

Maybe they’ve become addicted to divisiveness? Their behavior seems to make more sense if you look at it through the lense of addiction.

By: Oblio

Oblio — Thu, 05 May 2022 14:57:22 +0000

Someone in the comments here, and I apologize for not remembering who it was, called out a predictable set of responses in the way toxic narcissists respond to criticism: DARVO–Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. I went looking for the literature on such people, and the other major strategies included things like projection and gaslighting, in addition to lying, of course. That all sounded pretty familiar. When have we experienced that more than during the Great Polarization?
So how do we explain the pandemic of such behavior? Jonathan Haidt blames social media, but I think it more likely that social media just enabled and accelerated the underlying condition, which was obvious to many of us going back to the 60’s and 70’s.
In what fields would you expect to see a higher than usual concentration of narcissists? Show biz and politics, for sure. (Insert Bad Orange Man’s name here.) Certain kinds of high profile journalism. Academia, especially elite academia. The Law. Medicine (for anyone who has spent much time around doctors). Narcissists can be very adapt at fighting the internal political battles inside an organization, especially in organizations insulated from the cost of mistakes. So should we add senior bureaucrats and corporate executives? Dr. Fauci is both a doctor and a senior bureaucrat, for example.
These specialities all exhibit guild-like behavior. In many cases, they are increasingly hereditary in their membership. And these guilds end up controlling institutions, especially those insulated from the cost of failure.
The people inside and attracted to these institutions are subject to this gaslighting, projection, and threats of surveillance and exclusion.Wouldn’t the middle managers in the system act in ways that are hyper-sensitive to threats to the values and norms of the guild/institution? Controlling behavior makes sense as a strategy. Is it any wonder they show signs of stress, anxiety, and paranoia, or that they act out in ways that strike bystanders as irrational (if not insane) and detached from reality? I believe the young students crying out for more mental health services really are suffering. Of course they might also be addicted to the cause of their suffering.
So yes, the Mitt Romneys are going to put people in chains. That totally makes sense.

By: stan

stan — Thu, 05 May 2022 14:03:50 +0000

Evil people projecting their evil on others.

Nasty, vicious, vile slander is the essence of the Democratic party. It’s the entirety of its campaign playbook.

The sickest aspect of the Democrats’ slanders which applies to both their politicians and voters — it’s how they feel good about themselves. The more often and more vile the slanders, the better they feel about their own moral superiority.

These are sick, morally defective people.