This is not exactly NRA territory, but still, thank heavens for guns and freedom and piss-poor excuses to make Hitler jokes, right?
Never mind, this isn’t actually about the politics.
But if you think that is a waste of ammoα, you should see the poor bugger in a knife fight.
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α “… more tardy than a speeding bullet at Hitler’s grave”.
Huber, Adam. “Dead Last Son of Krypton”. Bug Martini. 15 April 2015.
—————. “It’s Up For Stabs”. Bug Martini. 17 April 2015.
Speaking of incoherent, sputtering rage, because, well, nobody actually was, we do have this sort of sputtering, incoherent something to either amuse or distress or merely distract us:
The Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver is behind a new online petition asking supporters to reject a potential Supreme Court decision if justices vote in favor of making it unconstitutional for states to prohibit same-sex marriage.
“The Pledge in Solidarity to Defend Marriage,” which Staver co-authored with Deacon Keith Fournier of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, defines marriage as “ontologically between one man and one woman” and “not based on religion or revelation alone, but on the Natural Law, written on the human heart and discernible through the exercise of reason.”
Although specifics of how the pledge will be enacted are scarce, the authors nonetheless ask supporters “to stand together to defend marriage for what it is, a bond between one man and one woman, intended for life, and open to the gift of children.”
(Wong)
Of course the specifics are scarce; they’re supposed to be when one is scratching around for straws to build a wall.
This is a grim joke, I admit: Closing schools early in order to underwrite tax breaks for the wealthy is an exercise in building character.
I have a daughter; it is unclear if “character building” has any significance to her generation beyond a Calvin & Hobbes punch line.
Controversial Republican economist Arthur Laffer was recently asked about his handiwork in Kansas. It was Laffer who crafted Gov. Sam Brownback’s (R) radical – and radically unsuccessful – economic experiment, which has failed to deliver on its promises and which has ruined Kansas’ finances.
“Kansas,” Laffer said two weeks ago, “is doing fine.”
“Fine” is a subjective word, though when a state finds that some of its schools don’t have enough money to keep the doors open, it’s safe to say everything isn’t “fine.”
Six school districts in Kansas will close early this year, following budget cuts signed in March by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.
Two school districts, Concordia Unified School District and Twin Valley Unified School District, announced earlier this month that they would end the year early because they lacked the funds to keep the schools open. This week, four more districts confirmed they would also shorten their calendars, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal.
One superintendent told the Topeka Capital-Journal he doesn’t want to permanently change the school calendar, but at least for this year, budget concerns made it necessary to wrap up early.
(Benen)
Any time you get to go with, “I mean, if you karate chopped a baby”, it’s a risk. To the one, ’tis a fine setup. To the other, the punch line might end up, by comparison, a mere asterisk.
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Huber, Adam. “Thems Frighten Words”. Bug Martini. 22 April 2015.
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