This really sounds like something from the onion. Sadly, it's not hard to believe that it's not satire.
from the article, "The BOLI ruling ordered the mom-and-pop bakers to pay $135,000 to the lesbian couple. They were also slapped with a gag order that prohibits them from speaking publicly about their refusal to participate in or bake wedding cakes for same-sex unions."
Are we now forced by the state to endorse something that our religion prohibits?
What's next? Straight couples must pay fines for not being gay? Be gay or else?
If a gay cakeshop owner refused to do anything but gay weddings, he/she would be heralded as the voice of self expression and liberation.
They were also slapped with a gag order that prohibits them from speaking publicly about their refusal to participate in or bake wedding cakes for same-sex unions."
sorta sounds like several right violations for the bakers...}
This really doesn't belong in the "President O" thread as per that title, but this is along the lines of the extreme leftwing, of which the resident is the poster boy.
You should notice that The O's cheerleader squad doesn't report that Iran passed a law forbidding inspectors to enter the military bases where the nuclear weapons program is.
Want to start a pool for the date the first city dies in fire?
Both are well thought out pieces. Both also hinge on factual statements that seem to flat out contradict each other.
The ones that jumped out to me were first the assertion that Iran was X years from having a useful nuke. They spout that like it's a simple fact with a single answer, but as long as Israel has spies, I don't know how you can assert an answer to that question. I ***never*** bet against Israeli spies. Never.
The second was sanctions and access. One describes sanctions with no teeth and no guarantees of access. The second says all access everywhere is guaranteed and the sanctions don't end until we get it, and don't last if access goes away.
I can agree with both articles based on their conclusions from the precepts they declare, but those precepts seem significantly contradictory...
Iran will not allow access until All sanctions are lifted and we bribe them billions. Then we must ask permission and they have 14 days to think about it....and will reluctantly say no because it's against the law to allow inspectors.
Then Obama will declare success and tell us again how awesome he is.
Had an interesting chat with the conspiracy guy at work who was all in favor of the treaty. He's not an Obama fan.... but after a rant about the Rothschild bankers to the British Royalty, the Zionist lobby & neocons, and how Netanyahu was full of it..... I still think we got a bad deal.
But I admit I think Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy and he has a far more complex take on it... and 9/11 was an inside job. ..... and Barry's Daddy was Davis. ...and there were no gas chambers. .... so you be the judge on rational thinking.
It didn't work out with Neville Chamberlain. It is going to be worse with what these two surrender Monkeys have done to America. This isn't going to be pretty.
I have to admit, BO has managed to accomplish the near impossible. He has created a common ground between the Israelis and the Saudis. That's no small thing.
I wasn't positive about this, but I just heard it confirmed on the news. Basically, this deal with Iran isn't binding on future Presidents, so it is at best a very short term band-aid. Of course, the concessions we gave Iran won't end with the end of the deal. Not a good horse trade for the US at all.
Obama is in full denial mode regarding the terrorist attack that killed four Marines today, referring to the dutiful Muslim as a 'lone gunman'. Yes, he was the only shooter, but's got a whole bunch of other terrorists behind him. The president is a lying sack.
Brilliance on Putin's part. According to a French analyst. I have to agree but not with the conclusion. This is part of the ongoing proxy war with the West the Soviets had.
The only question left is where the first nuke goes off. A buddy says N.Y. reasoning that Tel Aviv would telegraph their capacity ( their intent is clear to all but Obama. ) & reduce Iran's chance at success here.
Poor people are always going to be most hurt by inflation, the reduction in the value of your money, far more than middle class or richer people. That's just math.
Same with any economic policy that takes money from people in taxes. Poor people can't use shelters, can't use tax deferred savings accounts, because they don't have the money in the first place. Warren Buffet has teams of lawyers that make more than most of us to protect himself ( and his stock holders ) from taxes. Poor folk like me can't afford that, we got Turbotax.
Racial disparity. I'm going to point at a book that many scream about titled "The Bell Curve". It's simple. White european ancestry Americans have a lower IQ than Ashkenazi Jews, or Chinese, or some other groups. As A Group. On Average. Statistically. Say it isn't so, complain about how the tests aren't fair, all you want, it's true.
yes, any INDIVIDUAL human of ANY race/ethnicity/ancestry can be a genius or a moron. You find very smart people with any color skin, same with dumb people.
When you pile groups of people together by "race" however, you get differences that are very real.
Those White European ancestry Americans are just dumber than those Chinese ancestry Americans. And are a fraction smarter than Latin American ancestry Americans. ( which are a mix of European and native American )
There is a lot of arguing that the tests are biased, and that IQ is a failed concept, mostly from people offended that their "race" didn't rate on top, or have an agenda that is racist and depends on lies and hatred to prevail.
Well, it's just true. Rank overage IQ scores with average income and it tracks.
I have my own theory as to why this is so. It has to do with the filter effect of immigration. America was mostly settled with waves of peasants fleeing the hell their old home had become, due to religious intolerance, famine, war, etc.
Which wave determines the reasons and who made it here. Sometimes we got the best, sometimes the rejects, and always the restless. There's a lot of papers written on this subject, with more to come. I'm not going to write them, I have different interests.
So, Yeah, Dumber people are going to be impacted more by changes in technology, economics, and everything than smarter people. On a statistical level, this is going to show "racial" differences in impact.
In the case of Obama and his Progressive Fascist minions, that means they get to preach hate to gain power. In the case of folk like Sanger, it means they get to preach and practice genocide to rid the planet of the "lesser races" and strive to improve the breed with eugenics.
In any case it's an excuse to steal your stuff and tell you what to do.
Obama has excelled at insuring the poor stay in their place and that the well heeled ..... Those he panders to ... Continue to be well supplied with capital.
I read the handwriting a couple years ago and boarded the "give me free shot" bandwagon .....
Turns out .... Chicken little may have been dead right
Never trust a country to a Kenyan (his words ... From his book... Not mine) community organizer. You elect someone stupid .... Expect stupid shit.