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Wednesday January 08, 2020 · 8:44 AM PST

2020/01/08 · 08:44

Is anybody gonna point out to the Idiot-In-Chief that the 52 hostages he's using to brand his illegal dumbass war were held by the exact same people that Reagan negotiated with to steal the election?

Surely Billy Barr remembers, since he's the POS that helped most of the fuckers involved in that conspiracy skate.

Those who fail to remember history don't notice when bad actors do THE SAME DAMNED THING AGAIN. Those who do are doomed to sit helplessly by as the same Con-Men and rubes create THE SAME DAMNED MESS AGAIN.

UPDATE: My apologies, originally wrote “killed”. I blame lack of coffee. And rage.

Some decor for your Prematurely Spiking the Ball parties . . .

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Monday June 06, 2016 · 9:03 PM PDT

2016/06/06 · 21:03

** FILE ** President Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast, in this May 1, 2003 file photo. Democratic congressional leaders on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 sent Iraq legislation setting timetables for U.S. troop withdrawals to President George W. Bush and a certain veto. On the fourth anniversary of the president's "Mission Accomplished" speech, Senate Majority Democratic Leader Harry Reid said that Bush "has put our troops in the middle of a civil war. A change of course is needed." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) — I'll just leave this right here . . .

And please, Clinton voters, don’t bother to show up tomorrow. No need to trouble yourselves.

Flying with my Disabled Child, or Compassion is not in Fashion.

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Sunday July 29, 2012 · 4:16 PM PDT

2012/07/29 · 16:16

We are in the midst of a very stressful transition, moving across the country from Charleston, SC to Portland, OR, in order to access better educational and therapeutic resources for our daughter Camille, who has Cerebral Palsy.

One of US Airways' gate agents, Connie Owens, took it upon herself this morning to make our travel even more difficult, stressful, and inconvenient. I do not have sufficient words to express my absolute disgust and disappointment with Ms Owens' lack of compassion, flexibility and courtesy.

We have flown with our daughter many times in the past eight years, usually taking US Airways because their crews have been unfailingly helpful, sympathetic and courteous. Until now.

Follow me below the orange clouds for the gory details . . .

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Friday January 01, 2010 · 9:37 AM PST

2010/01/01 · 09:37

All three branches of South Carolina's government are now aligned in their heroic efforts to make sure that our citizens receive no benefit from federal Stimulus funds.

For those of you who missed out on Tuesday's rant, South Carolina Screws the Disabled (not just Argentines . . .), it appears that our Governor and Legislators have illegally misdirected up to $71 million in federal Stimulus funds intended to prevent Medicaid cuts into a "Rainy Day Fund". This is the latest iteration of Governor Sanford's determination to prevent South Carolina citizens from receiving any benefit from the Stimulus.

Yesterday, the SC Supreme Court (in the person of Justice Costa Pleicones) rejected a Petition for Emergency Relief in the case filed to recover these funds. Welcome to the Republican Health (Don't) Care nation.

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Tuesday December 29, 2009 · 9:22 AM PST

2009/12/29 · 09:22

I am the proud and exhausted father of a ten year old with Cerebral Palsy and PMD. Due to deep cuts in South Carolina's support for its disabled citizens, my wife and I are even more deeply exhausted than usual, and near the point of emotional and physical breakdown.

We discovered in today's Post & Courier that these family-destroying cuts are due not just to the usual underfunding and idiotic politics of our state, but actual fraud.

In brief:

A group of disabled residents has asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to stop a deep round of cuts next month to in-home care because they say state officials have put millions in federal stimulus money in a "rainy-day fund" that should have been used to avoid the cutbacks.

The group filed a lawsuit that alleges the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs has received $54 million in stimulus money this year but that 90 percent of it, intended to preserve jobs and protect Medicaid services, has been transferred to a reserve fund created by the Legislature -- what the suit describes as a violation of the stimulus bill that could put South Carolina's future funding at risk.

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 11:01 AM PDT

2008/10/31 · 11:01

I don't know how it is elsewhere*, but here in South Cackalacky all the schools close on Election Day.

Which means that a lot of folks who want to vote, who have to take time off from work and stand in line, are going to be accompanied by (shudder) Bored Children . . . .

A couple of Diaries collided in my pinball-machine-like brain today (which is unfortunate, because it was a mess in there already) - JeffLieber's excellent How an umbrella can win the election, and Rimjob's well-and-geekily thought out Who Would Captain America Vote For? . . . and I think I've gotta idea . . .

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Some decor for your Prematurely Spiking the Ball parties . . .

Flying with my Disabled Child, or Compassion is not in Fashion.

SC Supreme Court to Disabled - "Happy New Year. We Don't Care."

South Carolina Screws the Disabled (not just Argentines . . .)

Can Captain America save the Republic?